The Cedarville Herald, Volume 55, Numbers 1-26

The new things are advertised by merchants first. Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times, Read them! FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR NO. 4. Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front Often it is of more significance to you. M M ip n CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY JANUARY 1,1932. PRICE, $1.50 A 'Y fiA R NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS ' '■ DEFENDANT GETS VERDICT i After deliberating the case twenty minutes a jury in Common Fleas (Court Wednesday returned a verdict 1,1 ifor the defendant in a cognovit note COLUMBUS—Reports filed by the rsuit brought by J. A. Shahan against Probate Courts of Ohio with Secre-!Thomas R, Ballinger. The plaintiff j tary of State Clarence J. Brown, show' sued fop $126.04 won a judgment Aug- ■tliat in the last statistical year 289 ’ ust 1, but same was set aside by the girls, averaging 14 years and nine»court, months of age were sent to the Girls' court news 111 ' Another Year, Another Picture 111 cluwch N m |j oimCiWLtUS. - - - - - - - - - - - - - i u - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - — - - - - - - - - - 1 u ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i WEEKOfMITER CHURCHSK IM S Industrial School at Delaware* The youngest two were 11 years old, while there were*40 in the oldest group aged 17 to 18. During the same period of time, 903 boys, averaging 14 years and nine months of age were sent to the Boys' Industrial School at Lan- TAKES APPEAL Petition in error, seeking to have a conviction for alleged liquor law vio-j lation stt aside, has been filed in the second district Court of Appeals by Clay Masters, Alpha, who was recent­ ly adjudged guilty o f possessing li caster- The youngest boy was nine,jquor ami fined $600 and costs in. Mu- while 84 were in the oldest group aged 17 to 19, It is to be noted that the average of those committed was the same for both sexes,4,192 minors be- -mg-c-ommitted-during- the-year,-------- Proposed highway improvements for contract letting dm December 29 are announced by Director O. W. Mer­ rill, totaling 56 projects, the engU ineer’s estimates for which amount to $748,038.39. The largest contract will Ipe for a concrete bridge in Guern sey county, on the Cambridge-Cosh- •octon road, the estimate for same be­ ing $56,019,,00. The major part of the contracts will be for new bridges', all of which are td> be cbmpleted by the first of March and first of April Brick approaches to a few of the bridges will not be completed until *some time in May. i State Auditor Jo’s. T, Tracy says that it has become necessary during the last half of 1931, to borrow, in ac­ cordance with the law, large sums of money to maintain the general reve­ nue fund on a cash' basis, It is the duty of the State Auditor to restore the sums borrowed and this has been done in full to the extent o f $4,000,009 namely $2,000,000 to the, Highway fund, $1,500,000 to -the State Debt fund and $900,000 to the gasoline tax fund. In no instance has these funds bern needed .to meet the- obligations o f the said funds. There was a bal­ ance in the general revenue fund just before.Christmas holiday of $469,744- 72, scarcely enough, to meet the pay toll. . ifir' fWY7SWI!3y$lfw ' The registration record in the ro­ tunda of the State House, installed .. June-18, 1929, contains the names o f thousands of visitors who have called to inspect the Capitol Every state in the United States is represented as well as a number of foreign countries. The record is in. charge of a clerk from the Board of Public Works, who nlso acts as an information official and his services are m demand fre- quently each’ day. State Treasurer Harry S. Day re­ ports revenue from the pi^drette tax still flows into the state coffers with continued regularity. The first month after the tax went into effect, Septem her, $546,125.15, wa3 received by Treasurer Day. In October $314,440.- 94 was paid by cigarette dealers, Nov­ ember, $267,533 and up until Decem­ ber 22nd /$251,489.88, a total of $1,- 379,578.12. This indicates in all prob­ ability that the total sum for the first year of operation will amount to five and a half million dollars. nicipal court, Xenia, The court of appeals will hear the case January 7 Henry Washington, 35, colored, Xerna, ' was “Sauted the Christmas parole by the County Commissioners. In the application for parole Wash­ ington declared he was indigent and unable to pay the balance of a fine of $800 and costs assessed by Judge-' S. C. Wright last July on conviction of a liquor charge. Washington under the parole is to pay .down $100 and the balance in $10 monthly install­ ments. He promises never again to violate the liquor laws and to report twice a' month to the sheriff during the period of his parole. I Sabbath School 10 A. M. Supt. J. E. [Kyle, Preaching Service 11 A, M. Theme: "Alone with God.*', Y. F. C. U, 6:30 P, M. Third Chap ter in the Study on Stewardship. Union Service in this church 7:30 P, M, Rev, G, A. Hutchison will preach. This will be the first service in the Week of Prayer series, and should draw a full attendance o f the churches. The full program o f the week will be given in another place in this paper. It is earnestly hoped that this week’s services will mean much to all of us in preparing us fo r a Year’s Service of great good. Monday and, Wednesday in the Methodist Church. Thursday and Friday in the Presbyterian Church. FORECLOSURE SUIT Claiming non-payment of $21,000, due on a promissory note, the Pitts- burgh-Xenia Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is plaintiff in a mortgage' foreclosure! suit filed in Common Pleas Court a- gainst Mary L. Bryson, J. Robert Bryson, David D. Bryson, W. G. Bry­ son, Mary L. Bryson, as executrix of the estate of W. B. Bryson, deceased, and the Citizens National Bank, Xenia which claims an interest in property involved in the action. Attorney C. L. Darlington represented the plaintiff; COLLEGEHEAD i DIEDWEDNESDAY INZANESVILLE DIMInXenia SUIT..TO FORECLOSE Forecloseure o f mortgaged property ip lieu o f payment of $3,500 alleged due on anpte, is sought in a suit filed by Robert Cummings against Bird ["* /*«*"•*“ places and has ta*n the editor ******** ‘^ ^ I l S ^ ^ P ^ atrdnFa! XhtHSkvihgs Batik is asked by the plaintiff to set up its $200 claim, also on a note. Miller and. Finney are at­ torneys for the plaintiff. < Governor George White issued1 an executive order granting all state cm* .ployes an extra half holiday Saturday following Christmas. As the offices close at noon Saturday following Christmas* As the offices close at noon on that day it enabled alLmen and women emplowed by the state to spend three days at home, Christmas, Saturday and Sunday. The Governor enjoyed a turkey dinner at the man­ sion, the gobbler, chesnut and milk-fed being the gift of an admirer from Licking county, "PRIVATE LIVES’* TO OPEN AT REGENT THEATRE, FRIDAY The screen version of “Private Lives” , Noel Coward's smart comedy which delighted Manhatten audiences during the past theatrical season, will open Friday, January first at the Re­ gent Theatre, Springfield for five days. Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery are co-starred in the pro­ duction in the roles played in the Broadway version by Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence. Prominent •"supporting rolls are filled by Reginald Denny, Una Merkel, Jean Hcrsholt and George Davis, SlowSaleReported On licenseTags There has been no rush for auto license or dog tags during the month of December and reports indicate the same situation in all parts of Ohio. The fee for .motor cars and trucks has been increased on all classes of mo­ tor vehicles, No doubt many owners of motor cars and trucks not having immediate use for them will wait un­ til April_when the tags can b«v taken out for three quarters of the year at a saving of one fourth the cost FIND MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS 1 ALONG MIAMI RIVER . . . . . . . - , . . , , 1 , , . . - . - . J • Mrs. Martha Atm Cavanaugh, wid- . ow of JoseplT’G. Cavanaugh, died at ther home in Xenia; Thursday evening, 'following a stroke -At, paralysis.’ : Dr. J. Knox Montgomery, 70, for! “ »■ C a v a n a u g h b o r n in Xenia, 27 years president of Muskingum ! daughter ** tta JteJajnes and College, died at a hospital in Zanes- |MaryA. Maxwell; With the exqep- ville, Wednesday following an illness 1 ? ^ ht W ^ of nine weeks, due to ureamic poison- which she 5Pent m S e v i l l e , she has mg. He was the son of Rev. Andrew Spence and Lavina Grace Montgom­ ery. His college education was gain­ ed in Enfield, 111., Indiana State Uni­ versity. He graduated, from Xenia Theological Seminary in 1887. He has held pasteratse in a number of been a resident of- Xenia. Her hus­ band died June 4r 1906.. The deceased ‘ was a graduate o f Xenia High JSdfool and formerly taught at Wltjte Chapel School near 1931WASHOT YEAR;WEATHER BUREAUREPORTS The year 1931 was a hot one in a number of ways. To the businessman banker and farmer, there were many hot days worrying more about busi­ ness and low prices than the weather. BuVthe official records in Washington at the Weathfer Bureau show that we really had a warm year, new records in this respect being set for most ev­ ery state in the union: ' While generally there was. an ,"ex- METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH C. A. Hutchison, pastor. P. M. Gillilan, supt. — Sunday-School at 10 A, M.— 7- Devotions in -charge of Primary Department. Preaching at 11 A. M. New Year's Sermoi. Holy Communion./ Prayer-meeting, Wednesday at 7:30 P ,M . ■ Choir Practice, Sat. at 7:30 P. M. The Week of Prayer begins Sunday evening with the Union Service in the United Presbyterian Church, at 7:30 P. M. Services each evening of the week excepting Saturday. He Was also “president o f the Ohio Anti-Saloon League in 1914 and dur­ ing the “World War served as a Y. M. C. A. secretary. . ' ’ Dr. Montgomery was known to WIFE WANTS DIVORCE many local people and has appeared Divorce, custody of an 11-month old ,here on various occasions child, Marian Frances, reasonable, al­ imony, attorney fees and an injunc­ tion designed to prevent her husband from disposing of personal property and Oscar Mason, named co-defend- ant, from paying $200 he allegedly owes the defchdunt on two notes, are asked in a suit brought in Common Pleas Court by Esther Stockwell, mi­ nor, by F. E. Hidy, her father, against Marvin Stockwell. They were married November 28, 1927. Charging extreme cruelty, the plaintiff claims her hus­ band has been giving his time, money attention and affections to other wo­ men. that city. She nerved, as matron’ at the Odd Fellows Home and the K- of cess of high temperatures, there also P. Home; Springfield, and for sixteen was a noticeable lack o f disturbing w l years'was matrop»c $_4 boy'* wtbfcgf* apg/opafciy-wtattar phenomena, «wir J g n w t the #*• * igiied this plate January 1929"ow? storms and tornadoes that swept over FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sabbath School, 10 A. M. Prof. A, J. Hostetler, Supt, A fine time to Btaxt the New Year right. 1 Preashing at 11 A. M, by Dr. Ply- mate. This will be the regular quar­ terly communion service. All mem­ bers are urged to be present. •4* Preparatory services Friday even­ ing at 7:30 and Saturday at 2 P. M. Rev. Carl White o f Yellow Springs will preach at both services. The. ses­ sion urges upon the membership at­ tendance upon these services that our Lord Christ may be honored. No regular mid-week service on ac­ count of Week of Prayer services each night next week, See program else­ where in this issue. Happy New Year! WantStateToTake OverBullskinRoad The county commissioners have re­ quested the State Highway Depart­ ment to take over the Bull-skin road between New Burlington and Xenia. The road is one of historical im­ portance. It originally was a buffalo trail to the salt licks in Kentucky, During the days of the Indians it was a prominent trail and has been mark­ ed by civic organizations. The im­ provement of the -road would give a needed highway from the Ohio river north to Detroit. The state cafirtot take over put a portion of the road each year and the county commission­ ers wish to be relieved of the care of ;he road. A total o f 395 - birds representing 22 species were counted In the annual census conducted by Miss Clara Mc- Calmont and her'mother, Mrs. McCal- mont, Christmas Day along the Little Miami river for the National Audubon society, . The species sighted included wild duck, aparrowhawk, boli-white, doce, screech owl, kingfisher,1hairy wood pecker, downy woodpecker,, rcd-bel lied woodpecker, flicker, crow, blue jay, tufted titmouse, chickadee, white* breasted nutatch, Carolina wren, Eng* w ueorge uavia. . . . . r !jgUah starling, gracklc, cardinal, tree This delicious farce, which ^ P ^ ! f *TroW) SlateiColored jueno and song almost as much for its humor °n > t s ^ ’ wcr0 vcty searcC ac. amusing diologue as its riotous action. J ^ t,iC report of the census. Concerns the diverting complications » ,_____ which arise when a divorced couple! . make another try at marriage with -S. K, SMOOTS LEASES URBANA fresh partners and find themselves1 STOCKYARD PLANT sharing adjoining suites on their sec-; , . . ond honeymoons, .* ’ S, K, Sfmoot, South Charleston, has (leased the Urbana stockyards and in Mrs. Lula Watt entertained a num- the future Will operate the yards as lx*r o f relatives and friends at din- .1 the Urbana Livestock Co. Regular tier, Wednesday, . iMonday sales will bo continued. Local Firm WillHave RemodelingSale The Home Clothing Co, announces a big Remodeling Sale which will op­ en to the public Saturday. Mr. Hart­ man has decided to reduce his stock of clothing, shoes, and ladies wear, and is arranging his stock and reduc­ ing prices for this big event. He has forgotten cost price to make the sale an outstanding event and the public can have the opportunity of getting winter goods at the season it is most needed at unheard of prices. The community for miles around has been covered with advertising an nounring the big sate which opens at nine o'clock Saturday with some un usual prices on special articles. Miss Maude Hastings of Kent, O., lias been spending the holiday vaca­ tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hastings,} * Mr, C. F. Marshall left Saturday for Orlahdo, Florida, where he Will spend several months. Mr. Marshall has been going to Orlando for a num ber of years. Mrs, William Spracklen, who has Lecii residing on the J, Hari y Nagley farm, has rented the residence of Dr. M. I. Marsh on South Main street and is moving to town, iul in Woodland Cemetery. ing to ill health. She was a member the land of the First Baptist.church, Xenia; a ‘ The department gives account o f member o f the Daughters of Nnion the unusUal warm average tempera- V’eterans’ and Daughters og America, ture "as due to lowprcssure areas in Mrs. Cavanaugh is survived by a the North and high pressure areas in laughter, Miss Faye, a teacher at the south, which permitted warm cur- ;Central High School, and a sister, rents of air to flow, almost constantly Mrs. Nannie E .. Baumann, Creve from Southern waters. “ouer, Mo, The funeral was held at Ten years ago'we had a rather the home Monday afternoon with bur- warm year and in that time none cold enough to touch the cold record set in the winter of 1917-1918. Two years ago there were many sections of; the Country damaged by the hot weather and continued dry that injured crops. The year ••found new 'sections In the drought area, Montana, North and South Dakota. The only flood dam­ age of the year was one that is now periling lives in Mississippi. The winter thus far has b^n mild with only a small amount of snow and this for only a*, few days at a time. December goes down as the warmest on record. NewRindFarm Mrs.MaryAndrews DiedLastThursday iIX -Mrs, Mary L. Andrews, 79, a life- ong resident o f Cedarville Twp, died Thursday morning at the home of her j son, Earl Andrews/ She had been in jopr health for seyeral years. Mrs. Andrews was born in Cedai*- rille Twp. where she spent her entire ife, She was a member of the M. E« church. The deceased is survived by three sons: Frank and Earl of this place, jtnd Duff, near Xenia. Two brothers, Theodore Huffman, Areola, 111., and Charles Huffman, Frankton, Ind, Her husband, James Andrews, died a num- er of years ago. The funeral services were held from .he Nagley Funeral Home, ^Saturday ifternoon with burial in Masstes ^reek Cemetery. „ A new form o f farm company has been organized*in this state and will be known as the Farm Management Co., Inc. The members o f the com- panyare John T. Brown, former lieu­ tenant Governor of Ohio, Charles S. Neer, Mechanicsburg, and Glen G, Me llroy, Irwin Station. The purpose of the organization is to take over the management and per­ sonal supervision of certain farms be­ longing to individual owners or cor­ porations, who are not in a position to give their farms personal attention or competent supervision. All three men are Master Farmers and well known. The idea is not new as a western company for manage­ ment of farms has been very success­ ful and has now more than 1000 farms in charge. FewChangesAmong Official?;Boards ToRe-organize Newly elected and re-elected public jfficials in the village, township and •ehool district will take their places .vith the closing o f the year. In the .’Silage the present officials were re­ flected. Council completesr the busi­ ness of the year with fl meeting on Thursday night. Reorganization will, lake place Friday when bonds of the officials will be approved by council, The township trustees complete their years work Thursday and will reorganize soon after the first of the year: The board of education wilt have one new member, W. C. Iliff, who served in the same capacity several years ago. He succeeds J. S. West, who was not a candidate. OPEN FILLING STATION Messrs Malcolm and Joseph Finney have opened a filling station at what was the McMillan school on the Col­ umbus pike oast o f town* StateSuppliesShoes ForNeedyChildren Mrs. Pearl Wittenmyer, County health nurse, and Mrs. Elizabeth An­ derson,. assistant probation officer of Juvenile Court, are to .-select forty- eight needy children to be flitted with new shoes. The Ohio Relief Com­ mittee will provide the shoes. While the number is small in proportion to the actual need in the county, another consignment is expected later, accord­ ing to County Superintendent H. C. Aultman, member of the local relief committee. WATERMELONS ARE RIPE DOWN IN ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE, ALA.—Visions of sugar plums may turn the heads of kiddies to the northward but in Hunts Ville the youngsters arc gazing long­ ingly at watermelons just off the vine. Encouraged by spring-like weather, melons are still growing on many farms and attracting a good trade at curb markets. Prof. Oi W. Kuehrmanit and wife have been spending the Holiday week in Indianapolis with friends and rein* tives. The Queen Esther Missionary So­ ciety of the M. E. church held a eov- ■ered dish dinhor at the home of Miss Ruth Kimble, Wednesday, Dec, 30th. . ' The following is the program of the Week of Prayer in Cedarvlll#, the subject* being prepared by the Feder­ al Council o f the Churches o f Christ in America. Sabbath Services—Subject* “Deep­ ening o f the Consciousness « i God/' Sabbath evening service in the Unit­ ed Presbyterian Church, with* sermon by Rev. C. .A. Hutchison. ■,*■ Monday—7:30 P. M—U. P/chufch. Speaker Dr. Q, P. Elias, Subject: “ Prayer for Faith in and Loyalty to Christ/' * Tuesday—7:30 P. M;—Methodist Church. Speaker: Wilson “W«, Gal­ loway.. Subject: “Prayer for the Leadership of the Holy Spirit.''* . Wednesday—7saQ.P^M^Nfeth’Odist^ Church. Speaker: Prof, if, D. Furst. Subject: “Prayer for JInteimathinsl Good-Will and Co-opdratJon/' Thursday—7:30 P. M.-pPresb^er- ian Church. Subject: “Proper fbr the Protection of the “HoihC and Yopth/' Leader: Prof. Leroy Davls. Friday—2 P. M.— Presbyterian Church. Subject: “ Prayer' jfor the World in a Dajr o f Depression/* This service will1be in charge o i the*Wo­ men of the three churches under, the direction o f the /olloWing: Mrt, M. I. Marsh, Mrs. O. P, Elias and Mrs. W. R. McChesney, In observing this WeCKof Prayer in the first week o f tine NCwYear, we are following the1 leadership*<jf the churches o f Christ; in th e thSiight o f deepening the Spiritual L ife . . df: the membership o^ the Churches’^n order that they might be better -Christians and be instrumental in wThnihg others to Christ, the only Hope Tor'the World's Salvation. ’ ■ . f : > Xenia Police Chief Chief o f Police O. H, Cornwell of Xenia, is to get national’ police honora for capturing singlehanded, three o f five alleged slayers o f Wick, Stammer, O., -gtaear, 1* members o f the bandftTgfcng In Xenia shortly after the ' killing o f • rWick in b& atore. The men were ar­ rested on West Main street, Xenia, while making their escape. ’ Cornwell had received word o f the hold-pp and was awaiting the bandid car which ’ had headed towards. Xenia. The chief, forced the automobileto the' curb, or­ dered the men from the machine and made to lie face doWnward on the pavement -until aid was suinmohed. Four of the five men alleged to have had a part in the slaying Were given ' life imprisonment in the penitentiary by Judge Lester L. CeciLin thfe Mont­ gomery county courts/ The rCward to Chief Cornwell is made for out­ standing police Work by Charie* Hahn editor o f the National Police Officer. CedarvileBooze WasMissingFor HolidayCelebration Cedarville was a model town* over the holiday season. There was no .Christmas cheer in evidence and the raiding party that staged a visit last week found everything just as Andy Volstead intended. A fine recommen­ dation for the closing year of 1981 Several places in “ Pittsburgh” were visited but the raiding party could net locate even a drop or discover a sign that any Cedarville citizen eVeit had the least intention of being a law vio­ lator. Cedanville elects its officers \to keep intended wrong doers in line and are handed quite a compliment when the visiting raiders^qre unable to uncover a singlertTHCeof bootleg booze, * LocalTaxCollection WillBeJanuary5 County Treasurer Harold Van Pelt < announces that his office will have a representative in the various' towns in the county beginning January 4 for the payment o f’ taxes, teal estate, de­ linquent personal taxes,, and special assessments. As'has been the custom in the past taxes can.be paid on designated days, at the total tanks outride o f Xenia. The towns to be visited and the dates are as follows: January 4—Exchange Bank, Cedarville; January 6—Miami Deposit Bank, Yellow Springs; Janu­ ary 7—Farmers 'and Traders Bank, Jamestown; January 8—JFirst Nation- j al Bank, Osborn; January IT—Bowers ville Bank, BowersVillr* Mrs. Nelson Clark of Pittsburgh, is a guest o f her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Stores Lewis, near Clifton, StoneQuarryIs FillingWithWater The earth must be well soaked as a result of much winter rain and w« are probably ahead of our yearly rainfall schedule but behind on a five year av­ erage. During the winter the atone quarry is not in operation and no pumps are in use. As a result we see the quarry is filling) rapidly with water. Mr .and Mrs. Knox Hutchison had as their Christmas guests, Mr. and Mrs. A, O. CHngman, Mr. Milbura Clingman, Misses Mary, and Batty Clingmaii and M r.Vohn Maddux o f Cincinnati, ^ ENTERTAINS AT CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR VISITING GUEST Dorothy Jane Rickenbach entertain­ ed a group of her friends op Monday afternoon with a Christmas party, honoring her cousin, Betty ‘ Jane Clingman of Cincinnati. Gamas and contests were enjoyed after twWch re­ freshments in keeping with tta holi­ day season were served to the follow­ ing guests; Mary Alice Whittfrigton, Martha Jane and Marcella Martindale Nancy Williamson, Edabelle Halstead, Marie Collins, Eleanor LuttreR, Mar­ tha Jane Turnbull, Wanda Hughes, and Bernice Frame of Cedirville, Nancy Jean Anderson of Xenia, and Betty Jane Clingman of Cincinnati. ^Miss Dorothy Jane Rinds and Kath­ ryn Hinds of Siiverton, O., have been spending a few day* in Cedarville as guests of their uncle and/aunt, Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Masters. ! Mr. Elmer Jurkat, who is aMendin Pittsburgh .Art (School, will retain i that «Ry Saturday,