The Cedarville Herald, Volume 55, Numbers 1-26

Hi# bm i things are advertised Bar ntcrehants first Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times. Read them! FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR NO; 2. - » Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front page, Offcm it is of 'more significance to you* S3* CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY DECEMBER 18,1931. PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR NEWSLETER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS COLUMBUS— Volume 114, L tw i o f Ohio, u e being shipped by Secre­ tary o f State Clarence J. Brown to all county auditors o f the state for local distribution. The Ohio roster o f township and municipal officers is being compiled hut will qot be ready fo r distribution fo r several months. saws COURT NEWS The kiddies o f the Capital City as well as those who may be visiting here, are haying a great time during the holiday season aa guests of.Santa Claus, who gives them free, tickets fOr rides on his merry-go-round, which has been erected under canvas in the State House yard. The down town ' electrical decorations are also, attracting peoplfe from scores o f ci­ ties, towns, villages and the rural CommunityT ' ' ' ' * ” . The 4,450 inmates in the Ohio Pen*. iteUtiary this year will enjoy a Christ­ mas dinner o f roast loin o f pork with oyster dressing, candied sweet pota­ toes, gravy, bread, butter, coffee and possibly pie.br cake. The pork being raised*by the state, reduces the cost o f the dinner per man. to 17 cents. Try buying a. Christmas dinner on the out­ side fo r 17 cents. The prisoners will enjoy the holiday special movie shows and opening their Christmas boxes from friends and relatives. Final flgfires on the general elec­ tion o f November 3, 1931, reveal that 1,737,576 votes were cast, as compar­ ed* iwith 2,018,281, votes cast oh No­ vember 4, 1930. The $7,500,000 bond sis*iie carried in only two counties. If 'their totals be added it is seen that even in those counties it did not re­ ceive favorable consideration from j majority o f the pepoie attending the polls. Over the whole state, 28 per cent o f the voters at-the jwlls voted fo r the issue, 44 p e r cent against the issue, while 28 per cent refuted to .vote upon it. Competent- observers say tha t bond issues, should only be passed, when, and if, they receive a majority 'o f all votes cast, ; • ■2#W a ri^ id cdncpttibh many projects un der construction. Work on bridges in various counties o f the state will con­ tinue throughout the Winter^ giving employment to hundreds o f men. Di­ rector o f Highways, O.- W. Merrell in the past few days awarded several hundred thousand dollars worth of contracts oh new- bridges and ap­ proaches,'. ' HUSBAND ASKS DIVORCE Clarence Washington says in his petition fo r divorce from h it wife Alberta Washington, that she married him through no, feeling o f affection but to acquire the status as a. widow or w ife o f a^World War veteran. He also charges gross neglect o f duty, and she has refused to live with him since their marriage last June, in-Troy He is drawnig a pension fo r disability.' I’m Sure There Is a Santa Claus SUIT AGAINST RALPH KENNEDY JohtrH . Clay has brought suit a- gainst his tenant, Ralph Kennedy to prevent disposal o f growing crops on the farm . He charges Kennedy leased the farm from Sarah C. B, Scarbor­ ough fo r a period from March l,-i930 to March 1,1932, agreeing to pay $850 a year. Clay says he bought the farm subject to the lease giving Kennedy personal notice at the time the trans­ fer o f ownership was made. By terms o f the contract, a lien is reservedlTn growing crops. FRAUD ALLEGED IN SUIT Suit seeking to have a real estate conveyance set aside and the property held under.trust for the benefit o f creditors has been filed in Common Pleas Court by MelviHe McDonald, al­ so known as Melvin McDonald, a- gainst Amy E. McDonald and Pearl Huston, the ’plaintiff claiming1 fraud*. McDonald charges there is .due from Amy McDonald, .$970.34, plus interest, less a credit o f $148 on a proirtmissory note, and that she sold real estate to delay and hinder payment o f the obli­ gation. It is claimed the property con­ veyance was made to Pearl Huston, a daughter o f Amy McDonald. Miller and Finney, attorneys for plaintiff. FILES APPEAL Appeal from a decision o f John T. Homaday, Justice, Miami Twp., fav­ orable to C. A . Wallace, Yellow 'Springs, has been Hied in. Common Pleas Court by PhiUip Diehl. Diehl sued fo r $7.42,, claimed to be duo for groceries add meats, but the defend­ ant was granted a judgment on his counter-claim o f , $7.50. due fo r labor and materials furnished, . Duripg the first ten months o f this year 1,569 were .killed in automobile accidents; During the same period last year 1,748 were* killed. According to records o f .the State Health Depart­ ment there has been a reduction in deaths from automobile accidents at grade-crossings in connection with reailroad trains, there being 233 in 1950 and only 131 this year. This re­ duction has been brought about since June. The average number o f monthly deaths from this cause is 23;. in July only three were reported, in August ten and four in September. Last year I t automobiles ran o f f the highways and upset. Thus far this year 83 up­ set after leaving the highway. STATE WILL FINISH FAIRFIELD • * PIKE IN THIS COUNTY According to a report from the State Highway Department, the 1932 road improvement program for this county includes the competition o f the Xenia and Fairfietd-Osbom pike, a distance o f 2 miles at an estimated Cost o f $60,000. The Dayton- Spring- field pike section o f 2.5 miles will be improved at a cost o f $70,000, The program calls for rebuilding o f the National highway through Madison, Countyfi o^-that part that has hot been rebuilt, su it F or part it ion a $uit brought in Common Plods Court by Kate Sets against Mery Ha­ ley, Elisabeth Butt, John J. Hpley, Tim Haley, William Haley and M. C, Nagley, as administrator o f the es­ tate o f .James Haley. Sale o f the prop­ erty is sought in the event partition is denied. Miller and Finney are the attorneys fo r the plaintiff. s S » ! 7f\ AW Environment Does Not Mould Child David C. Rife, Cedarville, and Prof. Laurence H. Snyder, o f the depart­ ment o f zoology at Obip State Uni­ versity, refute the theory o f the ex­ treme behaviorists that a normal child can he molded to a definite pat­ tern through enviornment, following a recent survey. Maintaining that their suryey in- cates heredity plays a greater part in shaping a child's destiny, R ife and’ 'Snyder, whose data on feebleminded persons with special abilities is pub­ lished in .the December issue o f Hu­ man Biology, disclose they Obtained the. records o f thirty-three patients in sixteen institutions. “ It would seem,'* they wrote, “ that in the case o f feebleminded individ- PAULNEFSETS LIBERTYFROM COUNTYJAIL Paul Nef|. 33, Bryan, O,, who some weeks ago 'parsed «. bad check on H. H. Brown, local druggist f o r $7$, has been liberated from the county jail where he was held pending grand jury action, According to the authorities Neff was also wanted onsim ilar char­ ges in Bryan. The wrong doing o f the son bora on a good mother and a brother'from Indianapolis, came here several days ago to makeigood the check to Mr. Brown and get his brother liberated uals showing marked special abilities, from the county jail, All costs were emi they had received purely coincidental­ ly two sets o f hereditary factors, fo r feeble-mindedness and those fo r the special ability. ‘‘Moreover, ‘I t would seem that if this Js_true^4he-special ability- made ■ paid the local officials as well as the county and the charge was withdrawn. Mr, Neff stated that he would take Paul with him to Bryan and pay all claims in that city and give him a new ^tarMn^ifeb^ther~thmrtsve~the—dis­ its appearance because o f the genetic grace o f a son in prison forced on a makeup o f the individual in regard t o ’ good mother. this trait, and despite the absence o f.-, Paul Neff and Mr. Brown served in normal intelligence." ]*the army two years as members* o f Their study revealed several things the band. I t was the close friendship are clearly evident, they wrote. “ One o f a ‘‘buddy” ‘that prompted Mr. SCHOOL NEWS SUIT ON NOTE Judgment fo r $325.80 is claimed on a note in a suit filed by the Harris­ burg, Pa., Pipe and Pipe Bending Co. against D. L. Hollencamp in Common ideas Court. WINS JUDGMENT C. L. Jobe, as attorney in fa c t o f John William Jobe has been awarded a judgment fo r $440 against T. C. Long, former. Xenia real estate agent, and the American Surety Co.*, New York; his bonding company," in Com­ mon Pleas Court. The Vourt also or­ dered a reduction from $1,000 to $560 on the face amount o f the surety com­ pany’s liability on Long’s bond. ORCHESTRA PLAYS IN CHAPEL As a special feature o f the chapel program, which was presented by- he mu&ic department, the orchestra p .y- ed several numbers. Jane Frame read the Bible, followed by the Lord's Pray er; Isadora Owens played a saxaphone solo; and as an advertisement o f the operetta ‘‘Pickles’’ which is to be pre­ sented soon after the holidays, solos were sung by Gladys Baker and Jun­ ior Luse. FINNEY GETS JUDGMENT J. A. Finney has recovered a judg< ment fo r $1,586.26* m an attachment suit against Clarence^ Stuckey in Com mon Pleas. Court. - BANDIT HOLD$ UP AUTOIST • * I*-*-’ -*•■ I' O. L. Crawford, traveling salesman and a member o f the firm o f C. A. . Weaver Clothing Co., Xenia, was held Up by three bandits in' a daylight rob­ bery on the Wilmington pike, near Lumberton, Tuesday morning. Craw­ ford Was driving from bis home in Peebles, O., to Xenia. He was robbed o f between $85 and $100. The bandits were armed and forced the Crawford ear to tb e side o f the road. BOARD WILL APPEAL Following a suit in Common Picas Court relative to cleaning out Beaver­ creek fo r drainage purposes, a decree has bean handed down against the County Commissioners, who are di­ rected to do the work but no part is to be charged to the land owners. The suit m i brought by L. W. Ankeney More than fifty land owner* are inter­ ested in the outcome o f the suit. The ciwnnfaRettw* »«**«* * COMPANY ENJOINED Judge Gowdy has granted an in junction against the W. H. Howard Construction company, Columbus, pre­ venting i t proceeding with its manner o f construction o f the* new $180,000 centralized school In Beavercreek township, on the grounds that it is not bejng built in accordance with the plans and specifications, was allowed Friday, The contractor must use common bfick in the load bearing walls; from Use o f bar joists with a bearihg o f less than six inches on the wall; from anchoring the bar joints in anyother way than specified in the detailed drawing, and construction o f the wall referred to with any over hang on the footing wall. If upper courts uphold the lower court the company must tear down and rebuilt the load bearing walls. The suit was brought by Irven M. Coy, a taxpayer. He charged the company was . using cinder block and hollow, clay tile in­ stead o f common brick, cheapening the construction to affect * saving and rendering the building unsafe* The inspection o f the building was in the hands at the architects, Walker and Norwich, Dayton, and the court held there was no evidence offend to disclose any approval by the board o f education o f the construction or any change in the specification*. The Con­ tracting company has given notice o f appeal, QUjiZ BOOK WINNERS HAVE BEEN "ANNOUNCED A t a .special chapel Tuesday morn­ ing, the winners in the Quiz Book Contest were announced. The winners were determined by an examination given Monday to ail those who. had completed the study o f the book which presented fundamental facts a- bout the alcohol problem. Carma Hos­ tetler, who ranked bte highest among the junior and senior girls, and Joseph West, Jr,, who had no competitors from the junior and senior boys, were declared Cedarville's representative* in the county test, the winners o f which will be given a free, trip to Washington, Di C. Besides the honor Other winners and the prizes were as follows; second, (tie) Maty Marga­ ret MacMillan and Wanda Turnbull, $1,00 each; third, Frances' Hutchison, $1.00; fourth, Dw ight Hutchison, $1; fifth, Junia Creswell, 75c; sixth, Fran­ ces Finney, 75c; seventhfi Doris Ram­ sey, 75c; eig 'th, Charles Whittington, 50c; ninth, William Jefferies, 50c; tenth, (tie) Robert Peterson and Jus­ tin Hartman, 25c each. BIRTHS REPORTED FOR NOVEMBER The following births in the county were reported for -the. month o f No­ vember; Patricia Louisa Bfcrr, Xenia. Billy Howard THmpson, Xenia. Raymond EugenljLeigbley, Xenia Doris Lee Hall, * Annis Jam Srait&gXenia •Barbara *Wens, Xenia Howard Allen Htgng, Xenia Arthur Edward Wjlsnsjticker, Jr., Xenia , { Wanda RebeoaMjlliu*, Xenia Gerald Lee Staph* Xen ia , Loran,RicbaimBij$t*yi Xenia Frank RichattEBtillcr. Yellow Springs . Nancy M a rie ffijjlit R fd., Xenia Edna Mae COLLEGE NOTES “PICTORIAL OHIO” WELL RE­ CEIVED BY STUDENTS •Tuesday afternoon, the. high school students enjoyed the pictures o f “ Pic­ torial Ohio’ ’ and the lecture presented by Mr. B. A. AuginbaUgh, o f the Statu Department o f Education. This entertainment was financed by the high school faculty as a special Christ mas treat for the high school stu- dents, Weleeme guests fo r the oc casfam were several patrons, college students nad faculty members. CHRISTMAS hOLIDAYS BEGIN DECEMBER 24 ' The Christmas holidays fo r the pub* lie schools will be^in December 24th and continue to January 4th. Plans are being made to dismiss early -on the twenty-fourth in order to accom­ odate any who wish to go away fo r the Christmas season. SPRINGFIELD DEFEATS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM Cedarville. lost Its first game o f basketball of the season, to Spring field Hi Friday night 21-15. Both of the teams played a very strong de fense, although the local boys slowed up during the second quarter, BuTT ing'the second half Cedarville out­ fought and out-scored Springfield 10- 7. The final score was 21 to/15. The boys' and girls' teams play at London Friday nigbt. Saturday night, Day- ton Fairmont, first and second teams will play here. TAX TIME EXPENDED The County Commissioners have extended the time fo r the payment o f take! tta m December 20 to January 20, but there will be no other exten sion granted. Rita Marie .Corrigan, Cedarville Golden Ervin Baker, Cedarville Infant Fisher, Zimmerman, Dayton Bichard Keith Noggle; Spring Valley „ Larry Arnold Dumford, Bellbrookr_ DottsldJLeroy White, Bellbrook Richard Lee Schildnecht, Osborn Charles Edward GUley, Osborn Kenneth Arnold Pitstick, Yellow Springs. CHARITY GAME WEDNESDAY The high school boys’ and girls’ basketball team will meet the Beaver creek Twp. teams here next Wednes­ day in acharity game. Keep the date in mind. Two good games assured on that night. ’ The proceeds o f this ggme will be used to provide meals in the school Cafeteria fo r needy children o f our community. This is a worthy cause; i f you cannot come buy a ticket any way and give it to some boy or girl who would be unable to attend other­ wise. Expenses will be .held down to the minimum. We want to realize a net profit of-at least $75. This amount will provide 500 meals at 15 cents each. Every cent o f the proceeds will go fo r this purpose. Tickets will be on sale beginning Monday, Dec. 21. Admission 25c and 15c, . The faculty Held its final meeting, before the holidays, Tuesday evening. The schedule for the second semester was approved. . / * ■- - /.•• .... ■ Misses. Angevine and Wolfe and Prof. Davis will spend the holidays at their homes in Pataskala, Newark and Columbus respectively. President and U n , McChesney expect to visit rela­ tives in Southern Illinois-' Professor Hostetler and President McChesney will complete the Schedule for the second semester, during the next fewdsys. is that special abilities may develop to a marked extent in the presence of feeble-mindedness, even idojjy and quite in the absence o f training or in­ struction.” . The researchers also found that in other individuals, both normal and subnormal,‘ training had failed to bring out any indication o f the special ability.. ■■■■ As a final point, they said, “ although the importance o f genic makeup is Clearly evident in-the appearance o f these special abilities, the develop­ ment o f such characters must depend upon environment, that is, on specific opportunity and training along these various linies.” Brown to lend accomodation. Paul Neff was regarded a fine musician and had been a member o f the Henry Theis broadcasting orchestra in Cin­ cinnati for -some time until he lost his position. The December bulletin is off the Ik- Ixti' 'fTfrr ~**T , Contractor Must Re­ build Brick Walls Common Pleas Judge R. L. Gowdy has overruled a motion o f counsel for the Howard Construction 'Co,, Colum­ bus, for a new trial, which has been injoined from, constructing the $180,- 000 Beavercreek Twp. school building, other than by-the plan* and specifca- tionS, ALLEGE STONE'WAS THROWN THROUGH WINDOW * ' *--1■ f -m * William Boase,' 69, was taken to Xenia Tuesday b y Deputy Sheriff Walton Sphar,; it being alleged that * he threw a stone through a window o f the residence o f Mrs. Anna Miller Townsley causing destruction o f prop-; erty valued at*$3. Boase denied the charge. Hearing was held Wednesday ' before Municipal Judge Dawson Smith, The trial'has been set for, Sat­ urday. ' , ■ ' JOHN FRIEND TAKEN TO FEDERAL. PRISON WEDNESDAY 1st* joists tive students and-friends o f the col- j . lege, It. is replete with news about the I o f .not less than six inches on the college and the alumni, . The Philosophic Literary Society held a special- meeting Tuesday night. It was full o f interest. The society is rendering' spicy and worth while pro­ grams. supporting walls, anchor the joists in conformity with the plfins and recon­ struct all corridor walls that have an overhang over the footing walta sup­ porting them. The contracting company has given notice o f appeal and furnished $509 bond, • Cedarville College and faculty and: students a n grateful’ to Supt. Furst for the. invitation to attend the very interesting lecture given Tuesday in the High School auditorium* by Mrs, Aughingbaugh. Cedarville College closed Thursday at 4 P, Mt for* the holiday season; Work'will he resumed at 8 A. M. Jan­ uary. 5, 1932.. The present semester will d o s e with the final examinations the last week in January. OSBORN MAN ANNOUNCES FOR REPRESENTATIVE H. S. Bagley, Osborn insurance a* gent, is the second to announce as c candidate for state representative from this county. Dr, W. R. McChes­ ney, having announced last week. In his announcement Bagley says Bath township should have representatior !n public office. JURY GIVES VERDICT IN FAVOR ROBERT EVANS The suit o f Charles F, Marshall a- gainst a former tenant, Robert Evans, for $1,585 damages, was held in Com­ mon Fleas Court, Monday. A large number o f witnesses from here were contract were charged. The jury re turried a verdict in favor o f Evans, BIG SHIPMENT OF HOGS GOES TO EASTERN MARKET Frank Creswell reports that one of the biggest shipments pf average weight hogs went to Eastern markets from here Tuesday. Some 500 head averaged 250 pounds. Clayton. Mo Mitlan had 113 bead tha averaged 265 head which were sold here a t top Pittsburgh price, Tlfyre were seven decks in .the shipment. The second semester opens Febru­ ary 2, 1932. New students can enter then-. Registration day is February i High school graduates, who could-not- enter last September, would do well to* enter in February, Former college students, who- did not get to return last September, will find it to their advantage, to come the second semes­ ter. The following contributed to the college fund Since last Friday’s re­ port: Women’ s Missionary Society o f the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Rev, Wilbur At Vorhis; Charles Townsley ’26, Fourteen students ate in attendance from Xenia in Cedarville College. They have formed an “ X ’* Club, It is open only id students from Xenia. Its purpose is to boost Cedarville College In Xehla and to promote and maintain fine college fellowship. The Club meets once a month. Its first meetihg and luncheon was held at Evans' res­ taurant. . The “ Flicker Club” has rented J, Melvin McMillan’s house in the south ern part o f Cedarville. as their quar­ ters. The purpose o f the club is to ms of the e neourage-study arid-scholarship a to promote high ideals. The club maintains study hours and Stands for good-wili and loyalty to Cedarville College, I t is composed o f twelve Junior and Senior men. The Cabaret given in the Allow Memorial Gymnasium Wednesday night by the Y, W. C, A. was the first o f its kind and one o f the best enter­ tainments ever given by college stu dents. A good crowd attended and i modest sum was realised by the Y. girls. (Continued on last pig*) Mr. Frank Creswell accompanied Deputy United States Marshal Spill­ man! Dayton, with five prisoners- to the-federal, prison -in Leavenworth; Kansas. One •o f the prisoners waa- ty n l and was recently.convicted o f violat­ ing the prohibition Jaw£ His* wife, Mary Friend, was also found- guilty, but was granted a stay "to be with her children over-the holidays before-go­ ing to the federal .prison fo r women in West Virginia, Both* resided in- a mod­ ern and up-to-date home on the Day- ton and Xenia pike. FRAGMENTSFROMAN ASTRONOMER’SWORKSHOP By :Dr. Harlan True Stetson; Director of Perkin* Observatory, Ohio Wesleyan University, Author of “Man and the Stars.*1 THIS WOBBLING EARTH Terra firma may not be so firm as it is generally supposed, if the re­ sults o f studies now being made at the Perkins Observatory become substan­ tiated through further investigations now in progress. Time was when man thought that he dwelt on a very firm earth fixed in the universe. Astronomy has now lopg taught mankind that the earth is anthing but fixed, Now the would-be watcher o f the celestial drama knows that he occupies but a tourist’s seat, enjoying qne o f the grandest sight seeing trip* through space imagin­ able. Spinning around the earth’s ax­ is at six hundred miles an hour (in latitude forty degrees) and running a race course about the Sun at a speed o f 18 miles a second, the observer climbs a spiral-celestial ramp ascend­ ing towards the star Vega at a speed of 40,000 miles an hour, while the whole galactic system makes a celes­ tial voyage through Space at probably thirty times this speed, Now it appears that the sight see- in cat in which we are riding is a hit unstable, that the earth's crust may after all be sort o f a loose skinned af­ fair which yields to the pull o f the moon in the sky much as do the tides in the ocean. These conclusions have been reached as the result o f careful analysis"!* vations o f the determination o f lati­ tude on the earth’s surface. Perhaps the most precise quantity which can be measured astronomically is the exact latitude of a given point on the earth. This the astronomer way from the rnoOn as it rises, and progressively changing a s the moon ' changes its position. Such a state o f affairs’ may be explained as a very minute but jpeal variation in the lati­ tude o f the observer due to a possible displacement o f the earth’s crust un­ der the gravitational attraction o f the earth’s satellite. * — It has long been known that minute tides must exist in the earth on theo­ retical grounds, buF the changing latitude observed in these recent stud­ ies appears ito indicate'a displace­ ment considerably greater than what would bo expected if the earth were rigid throughout, For some time geologists have been suspecting that while the interior o f the earth is probably as rigid as steel, there may be a semi-fluid layer im­ mediately beneath-the earth’s crust some seventy miles down. The possi­ bility that tides in this semi-mobile layer may be responsible fo r the ap­ parent shift o f the vertical, as observ­ ed In daily latitude variations, gives the problem a geophysical as welt as astronomical interest. Years ago scientists discovered that the position o f the north pole o f the > ’earth changed slightly in the course o f a year, describing roughly a circle something less than sixty feet in di- ameter. Present investigation* seem o show that in addiUoirtirthilrral**- tively long-period effect, there is in­ deed an hourly variation ivhich correl­ ates with the circling o f the moon *» bout the earth. This variation Would correspond to a surface displacement in the earth’s Crust of from five to ten measures by determining with great J feet. Whether or not such is actually precision through the telescope the the case, or whether there is some exact point in the heavens over the'other explanation of the mysterious plumb line, or the .vertical. It is now change for the direction of tha vertl- found that the apparent direction of cal with the rising moon, must await ’ the vertical among the star* appears the outcome of the analysis o f many to depend* in some mysterious way hundreds of observation* that will ba upon the positioh of tha moon in the undertaken- at the Perkins Obrarva- sky, the vertical being bent slightly *- tory. ' i