The Cedarville Herald, Volume 55, Numbers 1-26

The new things are advertised by merchants first. Advertisements keep you abreast of the times. ReatHhem! Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is of more significance to you. FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR NO. 6. , CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY JANUARY 15,1932. PRICE; $1.50 A YEAR NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS ( Next Monday morning, Jan. 18, a jrepresentative o f the Standard Oil j Company "Will lecture in the college 1j Chapel to the faculty and students of Ithe college on the subject of “ Petrol- COLUMBUS—Twelve hundred tons !f»m and Its Products.’* The public is of steel, making, thirty-five car loads, invited to hear this lecture, ■have been ordered by Chief Clerk W, L Bishop o f the Ohio Penitentiary, for use in the manufacture o f the new 1933 automobile license tags, the col­ ors of which will be a deep orange background with black numerals and lettering. The hack will be of colors d £ paints nOw on hand at the institu­ tion, a saving o f several thousands o f gallons pf paints resulting. Only a- bout one and three-quarter million sets of plates will be made up, it be­ ing the intention of Secretary of State Clarence J, Brown, to save every dol­ lar possible for the state, in the sev­ eral divisions under his jurisdiction. Rev. Ralph A. Jamieson gave a very interesting and instructive talk to the Y. W. C. A., Jan. 6 on the subject “ Alone with Ged.” tl It was a very op­ portune thought with which to begin the new year. . Executive-Secretary David-C-AKar- ncr, of the State Water Conservation Board, has fitted up an Office on- the third fli)or of the State House Annex and is a busy official with plans which are. to be promulgated by the board, Ohio is the key state between the Ohio River and Lake Ei‘ie, with many trib- '•utaries to both, capable o f canaliza­ tion for standard navigation. Secre­ tary Warner states there is need of a state-wide, program of water conser­ vation which will guarantee a perpet­ ual water supply for all irrigation, navigation, sanitation,- recreation or water parks and the restoration of our repidly diminishing water table or Dr. W. W. Boyd, formerly President of Western College for Women, and now field representative of the Depart ment of Education o f Ohio to the col­ leges and universities o f the state paid Cedarville College a visit Mon­ day, Jan. 11. * * * The girls' basketball team ,of the college will play the X Y Z Lteam from Catawba this Friday livening,’,. ' This is the old Jacamar girls' team, ♦ * # # ^ President McChesney preached at his old home church, Darlington, Pa,, last Sabbath. He 4s to address the Teachers’ Institute , of Clark County at Springfield, Saturday, Jan, 16; Central Presbyterian Church at Day- ton Jan, 24; a, union meeting of churches at Xenia January 31;’ Wil­ mington College, February 4; the Research Club February 5; The Kiwa- nis Club of Springfield 16; and the Dayton Schoolmasters’ Club February ,1 8 ; and Sidney Teachers' Club, Feb- Unofficial Observers o f Congress |Q ground waters with controlled drain­ age.' v ,..■■■ Governor Geroge White was host [TakeNoChances; i CalTheSheriff ruary 22. - • ■' . * . . * The following persons have given to the Maintenance and Expansion at the Athletic Club a few eveningsj Fund of Cedarville College since our [last report to the Herald January 8: Mrs.. Harriet C» .Fleming, Miss Mat- tie Duncan, Mrs. W, J. Imbrie, Wal­ nut . Presbyterian Church, and Rev.. Homer B. Henderson. We shall great­ ly appreciate gifts, large or small, to this fund'. Will you please keep it ip mind and give as you can. It is very much needed. • " v The Yellow-Jacket basketball team of Cedarville College met Wilberforce University on the Cedarville gymna­ sium floor last Saturday evening. The 44 in ritvorof Wilber-' HamanFailsTo ReplevinCadillac ago to the newspaper hoys who cover the State House “ beat.” The chief - dish at'the festal board was venison, "furnished by Attorney S. P. Dunlcle, executive clerk to the Governor. The flatter, a noted ramrod in his native county of Darke, brought doivn a couple of doe while on a recent'hunt­ ing trip in Pennsylvania. .It was un­ necessary to state that the news writ­ ers enjoyed the affair and were also regaled, with a number o f thrilling hunting trips participated in by Gov­ ernor White- a number o f years ago in Alaska. Assistant Deputy Commissioner' Edward T,' Fogo, is the proud and happy father o f a little deputy com­ missioner,' presented him by Mrs. Fogo as a New Year’s g ift Commis­ sioner and Mrs" Fogo are receiving congratulation from their friend over the state and the former has cancell­ ed a number of out-of-town engage­ ments in order that he may "Be at home with his son and heir, who ac­ cording to official records, tipped the beam of the scales at exactly eight pounds and thirteen ounces. Tho new arrival has. been christened Edward T., Jr. Fefiaffes 6n Fred H. Ca)ey, Secretary o f the Cleveland Automobile Club, has pre­ sented Secretary of State, Clarence J. Brown, v/ith a check on one of the Cleveland banks, calling for $1,500,- 000.00, the result of one week’s sale o f license plates by the official force of the auto club. Mr. Caley states that the sale of tags^for 1932 has been ten percent greater thus far this year than it was for the same period last year. Col, Chalmers R. Wilson, state registrar of motor vehicles, has made a distribution of $10,000,000 to be placed back in the various political sub-divisions of the state, which will aid materially in relieving unemploy­ ment by providing jobs on tho high­ ways of the state and will also mean retention of hundreds o f others em­ ployed on county road work. Secre­ tary of State, Brown, is being highly commended for adopting this system. Director II. G. Southayd of the State Department o f Health states that he laws o f Ohio provide that within ten dn>* *3 after a birth occurs, record of same must be reported to the local registrar by the attending physician. To the individual, a birth record is of vital importance, since it serves to es­ tablish his. citizenship and parnntage and proves his age. . . E.I BathWillTalk BeforeFarmGroup E. J. Bath, legislative agont of the Ohio Farm Bureau federation, Will be the speaker at the annual meeting of the Greene county farm bureau in the courthouse assembly room Tuesday, January 26. Annual reports of farm bureau of­ ficers'will be given at Hie- meeting, which will open at 10 o'clock in the morning and continue in the afternoon An oyster dinner will be served .at noon. . Three Women directors at large will l»e elected at the meeting. Fred Wil­ liamson is chairman'of a-nominating The Court held that the auto could not be lost in the ordinary, sense of the term. It was found qn the road but someone had to drive it there and it is impossible in the sense o f the term lost as usually applied, that an The hearing, in Common. Pleas Court Monday relative to the suit o f replevin brought by Harry Hamman against^gheriff...Baughn, was decided by Judge Gowdy in favor of the Sher­ iff and 4he Cadillac sedan found by Hamman on the road near his home several months ago,.ordered sold im 30 days. : The court held that “'any private individual who knowingly possesses an automobile from which all identt Tuesday night and the score was 35 to 15 in favor o f Defiahce. ' ' ♦ ' * ' - f > • The girls’ basketball team o f the college played the alumnea o f the col­ lege the same evening. The score was 37 to 37. ’ * . * . * voilates a section o f the state law and is liable to a fine o f $206 and costs and six months Imprisonment.”, auto could be lost. Hamman could not, if the Cadillac were turned over to him, mako any application to sell the car in any way without violating a number o f sec- Thia evening at eight o'clock in t h e ™ oi the «?»; couW >,ie ** college gymnasium an old rival o f i,n W3. p.°.3seS3,on without makmg him Cedarville College will play. Rio Grande College team Avill play the Yellow-Jackets. ’ * * . *•■ A letter from Willis Kenny, who graduated in 1930, informs us that he is engaged in life insurance busi­ ness at Wellsville, Ohio. * « * During this coming week the Amer­ ican Association of Colleges, the Lib­ era} Arts Movement of Colleges, and the Council of Churches for College Education all meet'in Cincinnati at the Netherlands PJaze Hotel. Presi­ dent McChesney will represent Cedar- Ville College at these meetings. * * A The second semester of Gcdarville College opens February 2. Registra­ tion Day is ’February 1. * * * The Day of Prayer for Colleges is Friday, February 5 at ten o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Ralph K. Hickok, president of the Western College for Women, will de­ liver the sermon. The semi-annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College will be held in the college office at ohe-thirty P. ,M. Friday, February 5. * * * The date of the Homecoming game of Cedarville College has been defi­ nitely fixed. It will be Saturday even­ ing, February 20. The Home-coming banquet will be served by the Wo­ men's Advisory Board at five o'clock in the Alford Memorial Gymnasium. A Washington Bi-Centennial commit­ tee of the faculty and students is ar­ ranging for a Washington program between the banquet and the Home­ coming game. This will likely be a one-act play. The male quartette will sing. ■ # • * All alumni and friends of the col­ lege will please keep this date open* We desire a large attendance at the Homecoming. Reservations for plates should be sent in to the college office, Cedarville College, at once. The Homecoming game, February 20, will bo with Blufftort College. JL S. OPERETTA, FEB- 9th. The C. I t S. will present the oper­ etta “ Pickles*’ in the opera house, committee lmmcd by President David February Sth at 8:15 P. M, There will G. Bradfute, be a cast o f sixty-five* self liable to a penalty The constable of a township might have taken' possession of the car and proceed to find the owner, and if the owner is not found proceed to adver­ tise and sell the car and turn the money into the public treasury where it belongs. , No statement has been given put as to whether the decision will be ap­ pealed. Tho sheriff took posession' of the car upon request of Mr. Hamman who found it. Several weeks later it was noticed that the car wa's being used daily by the sheriffs office with county license tags on it, evidently in viola­ tion of the law for operating a car on a highway without the proper identi­ fication marks. The car has been in possession of the sheriff for about three months and was operated at the expense of the county. Mr. Hamman made no attempt to claim ownership to the car until it was in use by the sheriff and a replev­ in suit was brought to determine his claim> to the property. Another interesting point arises on the sale of the car to a new owner, without a motor number as required before a license plate can be issued. The court could order a bill of sale but the car would have no engine number. HOW TO TRACE A CAR The Herald communicated by phone with the Shroyer Cadillac Com­ pany in Dayton Wednesday and was informed that where a motor num­ ber had been removed and, the body number was available, which is used by this company, it would bo possible to trace the ownership from the fac­ tory to the first dealer, and through the usual bill of sale, as required by the Ohio law, to each succeeding own­ er, such bills of sale being filed with the clerk o f court. If the car was sold to a first dealer in another state the bill o f sale method of that state could be followed. BUILDING AND LOAN FIXES DIVIDEND RATE ON DEPOSITS The directors of the Cedarville Building and Loan Association met Monday night and fixed the dividend or interest rate to be paid on deposits this year. Tho rate will be and tax free, ' CountyBudgetIs LoweredForYear The county commissioners have a- dopted the annual budget for the year which amounts to $200,327.82 in the general .fpnd, a reduction of $28,- 113.83 from 1931. Road purposes $51,010; -$58^#^ for the interest'and sinking fund?efil,000 for the district library, -and $4,700 for the dog and kennel fund. The total for the year is $325,037,82. The budget for the commissioners is $6,836.32; general office expense, $2,450; Courthouse and jail, $8,850; County Infirmary, $22,490;" Justice and mayor’ s Courts, $370; Municipal Court, $450; ewrity, $22,490; soldiers burial, IMOmLagriculture, $7,250; miscellaneousMfitotv expenses, '$4,- SomethingAbout PersonalTaxLaw board, o f elections, $9,814; treasurer’s office, $7,840; recorder’s offffice, $4,- 820; prosecuting attorney's office $3,- 230; court of appeals, $377; common pleas court, $9,145; probate court,$7,- 530; juvenile court, $10,320; clerk of court’ s office, $6,025; coroner's court, $615; sheriff's office, $14,447.50; chil­ dren’s home, $17,000; surveyor's of­ fice, $7,088; ditches, $1,000; soldier's relief commission $3,150. Misa JuliaWade Died SundayNight Miss Julia Wade, 84, life-long resi­ dent o f this township, died Sunday night dt 1 o’clock at the home of Mrs. C. M. Harris, with whom sho has made her home the past few years. The family, of which is the surviving member, resided on the Federal pike. She is survived by a number o f nieces and nephews. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the McMillan Funeral home with burial in Woodland Ceme­ tery, Xenia. She was a life-long mem­ ber of the M. E. church. AutomobileLicense MoneyDistributed Before many weeks every county auditor in Ohio will send out tax blanks under the new Ohio classifica­ tion law to everysperson in their re­ spective counties “ o f age and sound mind” who' owns taxable, tangible or intangable personal property. The return must be filed between Feb. 15 and March 31, and with each return one half of the tax assessed must be paid at that time. \ ^> The return will be made on the ba­ sis ro f property values o f Jan. 1. If any personal property returns .have been made for the year 1931, they are to be dieregarded by county auditors and new ones must be filed. %■ Will be’subject to taxation under tre new law consists of,: ;V; include all mon­ ey in checking or savings accounts, certificates of deposit or building and loan accounts. - 2— Money, which includes coin, cur­ rency or banknotes. 3— Credits, which include excess of accounts receivable over accounts pay­ able other than taxes and assessments 4— Investments, which include stocks and bonds, interest-bearing ob­ ligations, savings or deposits in finan­ cial institutions outside of Ohio, an­ nuities ahd royalties, interests in fife or limited estates, contracts for the periodic payment of money and inter­ est in land^divided into shares, if ev­ idenced by tru&t certificates. •In its general effect, the law classifies as investments anything from which an income is or may be derived. Personal Tax Exemptions Personal property which is exempt from taxation includes: ' e f 1— Household goods and furnish­ ings, personal clothing and jewelry and autos. 2— Unearned premiums and surren­ der value o f insurance policies. 5— Stock in corporations which are instrumentalities o f the federal gov­ ernment. 4— Investments of corporations in stocks o f other companies or their own treasury stock. 5— Interest-bearing obligations *■of ■ the United Statey government or of ' Ohio and any of its political subdivi­ d e automobile license money under |slong issue(1 prior to 1913 deluding the new law, which more than doubled GoIdier bonus bonds, the cost o f licenses as compared to former years on most cars, has been distributed by State Auditor Tracey. Greene county gets $42,241.96 and the municipalities the following: Fair- field, $414.35; Osborn, $863.83; Cedar­ ville, $507.68; Bowersville, $158.34; Clifton, $51.C } Yellow Springs, $763.- 20; Jamestown, $593.95; Spring Val­ ley, $276,20; Jamestown, $593.95; Spring Valley, $27G.12; Bcllebrook, $203.01; Xenia, $4,4C0.45. Cedarville, /an . 11, Mr. Editor:- About ten o ’clock Saturday night an automobile stopped in “ front of my house. J happened to be on the back porch and notic­ ed the door open and a package was dropped along the side o f the road. The auto drove away hastily and I proceeded to investigate,, only to find a cat in a potato burlap sack. I took the sack to - the house to make a closer inspec­ tion Under the light, I found a gray cab that had the appear­ ance of having been well cared for. The only thing out of the or- ordmary found was there are in­ dications of “kittenitis” -develop­ ing before many days. Having three cats and not hav­ ing a desire to take on any more boarders during the prosperity farmers—have. enjoyed-the past — two years, I am at a. loss to know what to the with the feline. It of course is not my property’ but can find no identification marks. What 'should he done in such a case ? Rfd 2. A Son of the Soil Our advice would be for you to call the Sheriff forthwith and .have him come and get the cat so that he can find the owner; or dispose o f it ac­ cording to law. Under law or prece­ dent, or neither, the 'Sheriff is the custodian of the Lost, Stray or Stol­ en- property in the county. Farmers that find a stray hog; dog, horse, cow, or guinea pig, must, under the law call the Sheriff so that he can come and get the animal and place it in forage in Xenia. Anyother course subjects them to prosecution with a heavy fine. School children should be warned by parents that found pennies, nickels or dimes, even if picked up on the street, should at once call the Sheriff so that the property can be turned over to tbe rightful owner. The Sheriff being the custodian o f lost, found and- stolen property, can; be called even if you. should loose your spectacles, pocket book, handkerchief; compact, gloves, etc. The finder will want to comply with the law and turn such property over tq the Sheriff. If a reward is givpn, it will go to the Sheriff to be- turned into the County •fUnd, ' We are living tinder a- new dispen­ sation. The depression has changed many o f our -habits, customs' and privileges, We are in the dawn o f a new era. The lost shall be sold and, converted to casl^for the public treas­ ury. v The Roman Empire under the reign of Julius Caesar has never been-equal­ ed in history. No citizen in that Ro­ man country ever had to pay taxes. It was the policy o f JuliuB to take all the lost, found’and stolen property of the- neighboring tribes and convert it into cash for the public treasury to operate the Roman government, But think! What does history tell us hap­ pened to Caesar? AUTO TAG LICENSE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR LOCALLY While the number of automobile owners taking out 1932, licenses are many thousand behind last year over the state and about 2,000 behind in this county, Cedarville reported eight increase Up to last Saturday night as comparclKo it year ago., The volume of sales runs higher owing to increas­ ed cost o f tags. RESTAURANT m o v e d C. M. Spencer has moved his res­ taurant into the telephone<building from the Barr property across the street, lie will operate a barbershop and pool room in the Barr property. 6- —Employment and partnerships contracts and wages and salaries de­ rived from them. 7— Patents, copyrights, royalties and good will o f a business. Rates On Income Investments will be taxed at the rate of five percent on the income yield. Those which do not return in­ come will be taxed atthe rate of two mills on the dollar; capital of insur­ ance companies and dealers in intang­ ibles at five mills on the dollar; de­ posits at two mills on the dollar and money at three mills, Capital and shares in financial in­ stitutions is taxed at two mills on the dollar and i9 paid at the source and not by stockholders. The deposit tax also is paid by the banks and not by the depositor. Personal Property Tangible personal property subject to taxation includes: * All personal property used in lmSi ness, domestic animals whether used in business or not 'subject to ah ex­ emption of $100; ships, boats, and air planes owend in -be state. Two rates of taxation arc applied to tangible personal property, Agri- (Continued ot TPaV«^)“ ‘’~‘~~ FewFarmersClaim ProfitForYear Director of Agriculture I. S. Guth- Cry, following a survey for reports from 1,000 farmers in every county in Ohio, reports that from the state­ ments of farmers themselves, one- third reported a profit for the year 1931. - This report may be a surprise to farmers generally as the low prices were regarded as a loosing proposi­ tion for those engaged in this line. Many reported that profits were taken on poultry, Others found tobac­ co, potatoes, corn and sweetr eorn and oats were profitable, Hundreds suggested remedies for curing some of the farmer s troubles which included “ Cuts of salaries from president on down to lessen the tax burden.” “ Repeal the 18th amend­ ment.'' “Let the government taxe our grain for taxes, as this is what the farmer has to sell." “ Increase taxes on high incomes.” “ Declare a mora­ torium on debts,” SUKER AND WOOL PRODUCTION TO BE FARM TOPIC, JAN. 22 Sheep and wool production and marketing problems confronting the sheep man will de discussed at a coun­ ty wide sheep growers meeting at Xenia, January 22 at 1:30 P. M, The importance of the sheep industry in Greene County will be discussed by County Agent E, A. Drake, L, A. Kauffman, extension sheep specialist of Ohio State University Will speak oA “ Problems of the production of Lambs and Wool," J. F. Walker, sec rotary of the Ohio Wool Growers” As sociation will talk on “ The Wool Marketing Situation” and C, W. Ham- mans of the department of Rural Eco nomies of the O, S. U. will speak .on “ Factors of Importance in Marketing Sheep and Lambs.” TAFTDISCUSSES CLASSIFICATION BEFORELAWYERS The classification tax law, which is now discussed in most every group-, is praised by a few and comdemed by hundreds. Tbe tax lsw wiH no doubt be a feature o f tbe next Ohio cam­ paign. The author o f the classification tax law, Robert Taft, Cincinnati, talked- before the Four-County Bar Associa­ tion at the Xenia Masonic Masonic Temple; Thursday night, with a num­ ber o f hankers and county officials as guests. Senator Taft predicted that his law would produce from ten. to twelve mil­ lion dollars more state revenue “than the ord tax laws, not including about $4,000,000 raised as a result o f the cigarett tax. . .He-held-that-inlyears: past-Ohio-had- not heeir collecting Ihe- personal prop­ erty tax amounting to millions. Many were transferring stocks and bonds to other states to avoid being taxed and that probably fifty per cent of the au- tomobilees were untaxed. There was no estimate to be given how much was lost in taxation on household goods, o He cited Pennsylvania -and Kentucky, the latter having a'classi­ fication law-and income tax, that only about. 30 percent of the income could be reached.' Taft, who .is a lawyer, says the new law also “ attempts” to reach finance . companies doing business in Ohio in competition wjth corporations' of this - state^ but-gavh no plan how it was t o be done. The automobile licehse-fee was increased and the- pdfsonal prop­ erty tax dropped as well as on house­ hold goods. - While the author of the tax hill gave his views o f what to expect, it willjie interesting to hear, what is be­ ing said on the other side. A suit has been filed in a Northern Ohio county against the new law in that it is un­ constitutional. While Senator Taft was upholding his law' Judge A. D. Davis, former state, inheritance tax commissioner, tbe same evening addressed the Leag­ ue o f Voters in Columbus and hit the classification tax law from every an­ gle as a.boon to bankers and the rich and he declared the legislature pass­ ed the law because, members feared the banks would take, up- their notes. • Davis said the uniform law did not get a chance and. that it was never enforcedpointing out that Franklin county has $12,000,000 unpaid taxes on its books and Cuyahoga county $28,000,000, and yet Cleveland is now asking state aid for schools.. i Former Governor Myers Y. Coop- ef* is stumping the • state making • a bitter attack on the new classifica­ tion .law as well as the cign ette tax. It was under Gov. Cooper’s adminis­ tration that classification was adopt­ ed and'W'gave it support on the plea that it would relieve real estate. Now he sees little hope for real estate and plenty o f reasons why classifications are wanted by certain interestsXCoop- er is the president Of a Cincinnati bank and has large teal estate hold­ ings in that city. What Senator Taft had to say on - his law drew much comment among attorneys, bankers and county offi­ cials and there .was the usual division of opoinion as to what was what and tswas what not. From comment we get the Senator may be forced to mako a return trip to explain what he was trying to explain. While the Senator had much to say there were many things he did not say that have a direct hearing concerning the new law. He failed to mention that every county in Ohio must turn over one per cent o f the tax collected to the Ohio State Tax Commission to build up one Of the largest divisions of of­ fice holders in any state in the union. If $350,000 is collected from Greene county, $3,500 must he sent to the tax commission to pay salaries. If the eighty- eight counties sent up the 8am<f*amount the tax commission Would have $308,000 for the salaried force. But consider Hamilton, Lucas, Cuyahoga, and other populous coun­ ties that will collect around $10,000,- 000 each. On that basis each one of the big counties would turn over about $100,000 to fill the tax commis­ sion salary fund. He. made no mention that according to State Auditor Tracy there is now not sufficient funds on hand to meet state salaries. He made no mention of the division of tax paying time from twice a year to four times &year, was for the pur­ pose of trying to keep the taxpayer unconscious of the amount o f taxes he iyo]dd pay in a year. The four col­ lections being naturally smaller than In two payments as w ler the old law. He did not mention the he advocat­ ed ah additionn1 member of the. Tax Commission and increased salaries for all members. He did not mention that wealthy homes ean now have theirt|8O,0OO and (Continued on Page's) i