The Cedarville Herald, Volume 54, Numbers 1-26

UMLMtVILL* HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1WU mm THE CEDARVILLE HERALD K A B L H BU G L — — — EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • » t « r «d at the Post Office, Cedarville, Ohio, October SI, 1887, Hi »econd class matter. 1 FRIDAY, MAY 15 ,1931 . ANDREW MELLON TALKS FROM THE SHOULDER Andrew Mellon, Secretary o f the Treasury, in his speech be­ fore the International Chamber ,o f Commerce last week spoke more truth about business conditions than has come out o f any department o f the National government concerning the depres­ sion. F o r months we have had an overflow o f propaganda rot from state and national government agencies, none o f which has proven true and none that would stand an analysis towards building confidence on the part o f the. public in the future. Mr. Mellon does not attempt to cover up anything but comes into the open with a frank statement that we are in one o f the worst depressions, panics or business slumps, the world has ever known. Moreover he warns that we must not underestimate the seriousness o f the situation. This one statement is worthy o f serious thought on the part o f each and every individual. The bunk about prosperity being just around the corner or two. weeks away influenced many to take the wrong step and condi­ tions naturally would continue to grow worse. Business men ol' today that experienced the panic times back in the eighties and ninsties have not been foo led and Mellon has taken the proper step in warning the country, though it might have been done many months ago. The farmer, manufacturer, businessman and even bankers are facing similar problems ana all classes, are affected alike. One many think his particular line is worse than some other but in the main all are fac ing the same situation. Business will naturally get better in . the .c ou r s e o f time but don 't expect it over a week-end and do not place much confidence-in-reports-about-business—conditions-improving-fm the immediate future. Unless you have an abundance o f sur­ plus money you had better stay' as far away from Wall street investments as possible. Within the past few months men. rated as wealthy have been reduced to the bread line. It is no place f o r the small investor in panic season or out. LEGISLATIVE M ACH INERY A T W O RK ON T A X BILL By this time you have no doubt read something o f the pro­ visions o f the proposed tax laws under classification, the mir­ acle law that was to provide funds for government operation and relieve real estate o f tax burden. When the bill is passed, if such is possible, the public will probably find out that only a new method has been manufactured to draw more tax money from the pockets o f all the people. There is no sign o f reducing state government cost; Moreover more power is to be placed in the hands o f state officials to thumb taxpayers at will. When classification was adopted the promise was that real estate would be subject to a maximum tax o f fifteen mills. Now provision is being made to re-enact a former law that permitted an extra tax levy by vo te 'o f the people. This is part o f the re­ lie f program. I f the property owner has an automobile or a truck or both, he is to be called upon to pay about double the present license fees. I f the property owner has an account in the bank or building and loan it is to be taxed to provide relief. I f the property owner uses tobacco, cigarettes, soft drinks or, even malt f o r his home brew, he is to be taxed according to the rates provided in the proposed bill. Thus you can see just how the real estate owner is to get relief. In fa c t it is nothing more than a new means fo r raising additional funds fo r tax spend­ ers. Ohio is now facing a financial crisis that would wreck any banking or manufacturing institution. It was only a few days ago Ohio citizens-read press reports that the new $6,000,000 office building was inadequate and the masonary for. the walls is n o t yet completed. No provision has been made fo r heating , or lighting the building and another $500,000 is asked to make this possible. The state faces the problem o f finding money to meet the largest deficit ever le ft by one administration to anoth­ er. Ohio tax payers should be given (the opportunity o f having; some say in fram ing the proposed changes in tax laws. No law' should be passed that does not provide f o r a referendum elec­ tion i f the people desire it. The politicians point out that you cannot have a tax law subject to referendum but there is noth­ ing to prohibit it i f the legislature makes provision fo r it. The tax spending crowd,*thoSe seeking favors and protection from paying their share o f taxes naturally oppose the referendum idea, fearing the result i f the people once get to vote on it. If what we can see by observation and have heard in discussions be fore the'special tax committee that has drawn these various bills, there is to be plenty o f favoritism and it will not be for the benefit o f the ordinary home owner or farmer that owns his own land. , CAN BE CURED ] HEMORRHOIDS (OR PILES) . | WITHOUT USE OF KNIFE I WITHOUT LOSS OF TIME § A successful treatment for internal and protruding piles. Requires | from four to seven treatments at intervals o f about once a week fo r a f cure o f the average case. Also the Ideal Non-Confining Method o f \ Treatment fo r Fietulae, Rruritia Ani (itching) and Fissure, etc. | DR. J. A . YODER Osteopathic Physician and Proctologist | 18, 19, 20 Steele Bldg., Xenia § Phone 334 § »«WHHmHmimim<miimnHHHniHw«inHHHHnimmnminm.iHniiimmniiimninniim,ninnnmiiiniiiiMinnmim^ 1 Hotel Chittenden Completely redecorated and remodeled . . . over $300^000 spent In making the Hotel Chittenden the logical choice for the traveler. Home of the “ Purple Cow" Coffee Shop. Large, comfortable rooms exceptional service. Rates from' $1.50 upward. G e o * A W e y d i g , M a n a g e r COLUMBUS, OHIO IFYOUNEEDPRINTINGDROPIN TRUSTEES SETTLE FENC LINE E ARGUMENT The Township Trustees were called upon to settle a dispute over a line fence between Frank Townsley and C. F. Marshall, the request being made by the former. A fter hearing both sides and statements from witnesses the trustees decided a new fence was to be built, each paying half. The re­ spective land .owners were given def­ inite lines as to who was to keep up the fence and which end was which. SUIT FOR ACCOUNTING Suit has been brought in Common Pleas Court by Mrs. Bessie Spahr, ad­ ministratrix o f the estate o f her fath­ er, J. H. Michner, against Thomas C. Long, Xenia real estate dealer and the "National Surety Co., New York, as bondsman, to compel Long to file an account as executor and trustee un­ der the will. Long was removed by the probate court as executor April 14 and as trustee on April 29, because o f failure to file an acount. Mrs. Spahr was named administratrix de bonis non with the -will annexed. SOY BEANS GROW BEST WHEN PLANTED EARLY Yields o f Both Grain and Hay Increased by Early Plant­ ings in May. By planting soybeans from May 10 to May 15, better yields o f both hay and grains may be obtaine dthan is possible from late plantings, accord­ ing to J. B. Bark, chairman o f the farm crops department o f ttye Ohio State University, who says that early planting is of greater advantage, how­ ever, for seed tor grain production than it is for hay. Although weeds may cause greater trouble with early plantings than they do when the crop is planted late, the maximum yields can be obtained only when soy b.eans have a full growing season in which to mature. When grown for hay, he states, good yields may be secured by planting as late as Jun e l. Plantings made after that are likely to result in reduced yields o f hay. Two methods are commonly used for planting soybeans. One way is drill them solid with a grain drill and the other method is to sow them in rows from 24 to 0 inches apart in or­ der- t o .permit cultivation.' Solid drill­ ing, Park points out, requires a lar­ ger amount o f seed and often results in a weedier crop, but the labor of cultivation is saved. When drilling solid it is advisable to use not less than 2 bushels o f Manchu per acre. Smaller seeded varieties require smaller amounts o f seed for planting. The two methods o f planting pro­ duce about the s'ame yields i f the weeds, are controlled in both cases, lie asserts. By disceting the land before the beans are planted they are more likely to get started ahead of the next crop o f weeds. Beans that are drilled solid may be cultivated with a harrow or rotary hoe. The rotary hoe -is especially use­ ful in breaking the crust that some- imes forms before the beans come through the ground. Soybeans can.be cultivated with either the rotary hoe jr the harrow until the crop is 5 or 6 inches tall, provided it is done when .he leaf surfaces are dry. For Sale: Duroc male hog, 2 year- old, Inquire o f C. H. Crouse. I do plumbing and repairing. Rates reasonable. Work guaranteed. Arthur Dalton, Cedarville, O. FOR SALE:—156 agres well im­ proved within 3*miles o f Cedarville. Nice house. Large barn, Silo. No waste land, all smooth. Well fenced and tiled. Deep soil. Very reasonable price. Easy terms, W. L. Clemans, Realtor. Exclusive Agent, Cedarville, POULTRY: Wanted Poultry all kinds, also broilers, New Crop, 1 % lbs. up. The Peters Poultry Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. WANTED: Sour Cream; Wolf's Dairy. For price, 'phone 194, Xenia, NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Estate of Jennie E. Kennon, Deceased. W. Harry Kennon, Fred W. Kennon, and Howard Kennon have been ap­ pointed and qualified as Adminisrta- tors o f the estate o f Jennie E. Kennon, late o f Greene County, Ohio, deceased. -Dated this 16th day o f April, 1931. S, C. WRIGHT, Probate Judge o f said County. MittiiikimiiiMiMMiiiiiHitiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiimmniitiiiitiiiiiim 4 S |Only A Few Weeks ' f Left to Buy— BABY CHICKS B U Y N OW THE STURDY BABY CHICK CO. Box 423 Springfield, O. Cor. Erie and Auburn Ave. ly Arthur B r l » b i u i « High Wage*, High Dividsads D i u n u m s t , Sweet Word The Dole Bogey King George** 21st Year Gerard Swope, president o f the Gen­ eral Electric company, tells the Inter­ national-Chamber o f Commerce it is the business o f each industry to regu­ larize employment and avoid seasonal, or syslical periods o f idelness, Mr. Swope gave his associates, the other industrial kings, sound advice, Their prosperity depends Absolutely on the prosperity o f their own and others’ employees. It is the $60,000,000,000,- 000 earned and spend every year by American workers, in normal times that make prosperity. The few that live on unearned income cannot ahBord the nation’s automobile, radio, washing machine or vacuum cleaner output. "Disarmament is vital to the revival o f business,'’ said President Hoover to the International Chamber o f Com­ merce, adding: "O f all proposals for the economic rehibilitation . o f the world*T know o f none which com­ pares in necessity or importance with the successful results Of general dis­ armament." General disarmament, if -feasible,- and if—those- agreeing-to it- woUld act loyally, would save many billions a year. But who will disarm first? Why not let those begin disarm­ ament who have started ail the im­ portant inter-national wars o f a hun­ dred years past. This country has never started one.| When it was sug­ gested that, the death penalty be abol­ ished, a witty Frenchman replied: “ Que messieurs les assassins com­ mencement”—“ Let the assassins com­ mence.’’ In. disarmament, the war- makers might commence. Great Britain is worried, “ stagger­ ed", by the cost o f the dole. It runs up now to $500,000,000 o f our money a year. That is too much if spent un­ necessarily. But it is a small sum if the spending prevents serious rev­ olution. England preferred sending money to the continent, finan­ cing the fights o f others in Napoleon’s time, to going over and fighting on her own account. When the peace w * b was ripe for picking, she went over and picked it at Waterloo. With the question o f unemployment dangerous in Great Britain, that rich country prefers to spend half a billion feeding the people rather than pay the cost of revolution. As it is, having the Labor party jn powet’ is revolution enough for the Tories. And i f a country can afford $20,000,000,000 or an external war, it cair afford some money to pre­ vent dangerous - .dissatisfaction at home". ■ 'v . King George o f England is celebrat­ ing the end o f his twenty-first year as king. Only seventeen English kings and queens have remained longer than 21 years on the throne. King George has now equaled the term o f William the Conqueror. His has been a dif­ ferent term. The Conqueror. He has been a different term. The Conqueror ruled. He suppressed many small kingdoms to make a big one, wiped villages and farms to create vast deer parks. Long after his death, as late as the time o f Henry II, an English workman moving from one parish to another in search o f a job, without permission, was branded on his flesh with a redhot iron. King George has lived to see a work­ man, formerly in the coal mines, prime minister of England, and writ­ ing the speeches that the king deliv­ ers, "the address from the throne." / ------------' ' Bryan Untiedt, ■Colorado boy, who saved several lives in the March" bliz- bard, is out o f the White House, back in his overalls at home, helping hiB mother with the weekly washing and his father feeding the pigs. Asked a- bout Washington’s wonders, h e . said he handn’t seen anything as fine as his baby sister. He held her in his arms fo r s while, before he put sway his store clothes and put on his over­ alls. Young Untiedt doesn’t know it, but he probably 1 b happier than the President, whom he left behind in Washington. Calvin Coolidge says we have too many lawyers and too many not o f the right kind. We need only 4,500 new lawyers each year, and about 1Q,- 000 are admitted to the bar. That helps explain several things. As to the necessary number o f lawyers, Cal­ vin Coolidge does not agree with Pet­ er the Great o f Russia. When Peter wa’s told that the men in white wigs running in and out o f the English law court were all lawyers, he was amaz­ ed. “ There are only two lawyers in Russia," said he. "And as soon as I get home Pm going to hang one o f them." Marriages in New York state last year were fewer than in any year o f this century, excepting 1908. That Is mor$ important, and discouraging, than the low prices fo r stocks. Young women should realize that the only career worth while fs marriage; the Only possession really important to a woman is a fine baby, and her great­ est pleasure on earth is watch­ ing that baby learning to walk, and to say "Papa", For Renti-House o f five rooms on Main street. Mrs, Anna Townsleey I/ a 1" or FR1 Forty-five years ago Tuesday night was an eventful night in the history o f Greene county — the great May flood which followed an incessant downpour o f rain for several hours. Massies creek rose to a new high wat­ er mark that has never been reached even during the Dayton flood o f 1913., Water passed over East street as the j bridge would not take the volumn E coming down the channeLYoucould stand at the Main street bridge and place your hand in the water. Xenia had a record o f 27 lives lost when the small stream, Shawnee, went on a tear and David Tarbox, Zion City, 111., then a resident o f Cedarville, plun­ ged into the water and saved five per­ sons from drowning. WITH ALL WORK * and GUM PINK PLATES $10.00 THIS OFFER, TOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY IR. G. A . SMITH, Dentist GAS ADMINISTERED Open D i l i and Tees., Thors, and ^LYtrenlags—7 ts S Smith Bldg. MK W. High St. Springfield, OMa. Mala $•«• When is winter over anyhow? We have warm days in the spring and then a few weeks o f cold weather. Spring officially enters in March and we have other signs that people like to point to that winter is past. . When the dogwood is in bloom it used to be said was the time to plant corn but the latest we have heard is that sum? mer can never be expected until after the snowballs have tedded and the bloom dropped to the ground. Two years ago this sumer a well- known Xenia insurance agent became unbalanced mentally according to re­ ports. It was soon discovered that the agent was in bad with his life insur­ ance company to the extent o f many thousand 'dollars. It also developed the agent had been drawing dividends o f certain policy holders, neither the company or individual policy holders having the least suspicion o f wrong doing. While most o f the policy hold­ ers that had their earnings drawn re­ sided in Xenia, Cedarville had a few victims in the drawing. The company made good the loss to policy holders. Within the past few days another insurance and real estate agent in Xenia has disappeared, if common re­ ports about the city arc true. A t any rate he iB not seen on the street and stories in connection with his absence are supposed shortage in funds con­ nected with an estate, heavily obligat­ ed to one. bank in the city and misap­ propriation o f his wife’s funds. One suit has .been brought in court and all sorts o f rumors are afloat that is pro­ viding interesting gossip about the county capitol. The question o f taxation that is uppermost in the minds o f most people in Ohio brings up the financial situation and under What condition much o f the business o f today is being conducted. The installment and credit plan has in the past been a great aid to business or was at that time but -‘pay day" has arrived and now it iB something else, with money tight, un­ employment and Uncertainty o f the future, this plan is said to be going into discard. However we find that chattel mortgages in Greene county run as high as fifty or sixty a day while the average on real estate is about five a day. With June comes the roses and brides and from what we learn Cedar- ville will witness several weddings next month. When in a neighboring city several days ago we learned a very popular and charming Cedarville girl that has* been teaching in that city school is to complete her teach­ ing next month. This sounds much ilke a June bride. Another Cedarville girl conected with the local schools is to be a June bride from all reports and in addition two girl members o f the graduating class. In each case local girls are to.marry men out o f this community which indicates the male section o f this com­ munity is not much interested in un­ dertaking the problem o f finding out whether "two can live as cheap as one." We have some young and mid­ dle aged bachelors that should not let the depression keep them from march­ ing to the altar. The drop in the price o f everyday commodities should lend encouragement to these few that have been waiting and saving for these many years. It is not necessary to mention names for each reader can make his own list o f bachelors that have been "in waiting" these many years. Commencements, high school or col­ lege, usually takes older citizens back to the happy days when they crossed the threshhold for a place in the world o f affairs. It is the one big time in the' life p f our young people today just as it was in days gone by. Many of. those that graduated twenty-five years ago now find just aji much pleasure in aiding their own sons and daughters complete this step. It is also a reminder that the graduate o f twenty-five or thirty years Ago has now covered a good portion o f the average journey in life. The contrast o f school life in those days with what the student o f today enjoys is quite marked and the advancement over the same period what we desire it to be. One o f the objects o f life is for one generation to prspars fo r another. For Sal*: Tulips for Mother’s Day, 75c a dosen. Berates Wolford A GRUEN for Graduation fare n «M m <a MMbZroM etttaMl it c o m A w r a M n l from S 7 S, Otim One— from tSIJO - rUUB FB1HAY day of days—it will mean so * much mqre-if remembered with C omm . But pride o f ownership is only post o f the satisfaction our Gruen Guild watches give. These celebrated time­ pieces have earned their reputation through sheer performance — through their accuracy, their fine dependability. Gome in—-you’ll understandwhy we take pride in showing theip. . TIFANYJEWELRYSTORE Xenia, Ohio Public Sale! A public sale o f household goods and antique fur­ niture will be held at the late residence o f Aaron and Martha Shepard on McMillan street in Cedar­ ville, Ohio, on ? Saturday, May 1 6 ,1 9 3 1 At 1:00 O’clock P .M . > Consisting o f gas heaters and ranges, dining table, sideboard, dining chairs,*copper wash boiler dish cabinet, kitchen table, folding bed; 8 rocking chairs, coal heating stove, beds, comforts, quilts, blankets, goose feather ticks, and pillows, chiffon- eer, couch, carpets, rugs and pictures. ALSO THE FOLLOWING ANTIQUE walnut furniture, dresser, end-table, clock, fold­ ing bed, 2 drawer-square stand, wardrobes, wash- stand, parlor stand, drop leaf table, safe, chest o f drawers, 3-cornered cupboard, flower chest, san­ itary cot and other articles too numerous to men­ tion. Any o f the above antique furniture can be bought privately before the sale. ------TERMS CASH— Harry Shull Kennon Bros, Aucts. ^ CT tqht ... T* H anna P aint KW05 $• M f c f t 1 -n il'll Mr. Brush says: “When you can ute the floor for a mirror , you can bit .you’re looking at Lmtrorfinlehl” TLustro'Finish Protects New Floors and M«l(ef OLD Floors Young Again It’s made by Manna's to do that one thing and to do it supremely well. In CLEAR, it lets the natural beauty o f the wood show at its best. In a WOOD TONE, it stains and finishes at one operation. We’ve seen Lustro-Finish stand up under the hardest kfnd’o f use— it’s practically mar-proof, and never turns " white. We recommend it for floors and woodwork. QUALITYPAINTS&F 1 NISHE E. A. ALLEN CEDARVILLE, O. LOCAL Miss Bare Tuesday wit The Kens tained yeste home o f Mr The Hoir.i at the home Tuesday aft o’clock. Mr. and J! eago, are vi Owens, Mr. brother and NOTICE: r Wright will j for this cc I Smith Barbu Frances ai in Plain Cit; annual clash and the dirni Mrs. Ancil attending tin vention in \ turned home Mr. and Mi al Wincheste ~atrthe home— Tarbox. Mr., and Mi and Dr. C. were week-er, I. C. Davis.. Mr, and Mrt ter, Helen, of at the home Hutchison ov Miss Elsie dent in Earll High School • o f her cousir Bull. rlouchs atching HO on.. . i';:,wer n *r 7i;v? Card of T1 this means c thanks and a kind acts am pressed on t’ friends folio' sister. IE Bet THES “uefur Aaroi Cedar s. K Sh“ „. 93 dinini hboile chiffon E , : k , M d J*s, wasl £ chest c ist, sar to mer e can h ( Til u can tue can bet ithV toOrs Igain to do it Ibeauty )NE, it hardest er turns *k.