The Cedarville Herald, Volume 55, Numbers 1-26

C i i The new things are advertised by merchants first. Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times. Read them! Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to you. FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR NO. 20. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY APRIL 22,1932. PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS COLTJMBUS — Judicial statistics prepared by Secretary o f State, Clar­ ence J, Brown, show a decline in the number o f suits which are carried from the common pleas courts to the courts of appeals. IT he average num­ ber o f cases on hand in the appelate . courts, over a period o f ten years, up to 1931 was 4,294,-while the 1931 total was only 3,935. A study o f the cases disposed of and those on hand indi cates that our upper courts are exped­ itiously handling the cases which come before them. The All-Ohio Safety Congress is meeting in Columbus this week, open­ ing Tuesday and •closing Thursday evening, hundreds-interested- in -safe­ ty projects over the state in various industries attending all. sessions. Gov- I SCHOOL NEWS i , , SENIOR CLASS PLAY Telegram states: Opera house will be crowded on evening of April 29, 1932. I f you expect a good seat, buy a ticket early and get it reserved on April 27, 1932—12:30 o’clock. D. A. h. rONTEST WINNERS At the chapel Monday morning, the winners of the eBsay contest op the life of George Washington, which waB sponsored by the Cedar Cliff Chapter o f the D. A. R., were announced. Mrs. E. A. Alien made appropriate remarks and presented the prizes. The winners were as follows: Fourth grade—first, Robert Mur­ phy; second, Eleanor Williams. Fifth grade—first, Dasmia Detty; second, Marcella Martindale. Sixth grade—First, Agnes Lannon; second, Catherine Ferguson.* , -Additional-prizes were^awarded-to- The Fourth Wheel COLLEGE NEWS Rosalie R iley,.fourth grade}-! Beatric Qe’Bryant, fifth grade; Geneva Ben- ernor George. White opened jthe Con-ton, sixth grade. gress and Superintendent^Thos. •P. Kearns o f the Division of Safety and Hygiene o f the State Department o f Industrial Relations, presided as the chairman. A number of experts from large Eastern corporations were in attendance and participated in the three-day program. The state's inland lakes and resorts are being prepared for the spring, summer and fall season..Director .o f Public Works, Ted Brindle, lias crews at work repairing retaining walls, dredging channels and cleaning up the parks while the consrevation de partment is stocking the waters with fish and foul. Thousands o f trout are being placed in several rivers which will be closed to fishermen for proper propigation. ‘ H. G. Southard, M. D., Director of the State Department o f Health, says that birth records must he furnished by applicants in securing government positions, passports for foreign travel, working permits, school enrollments, ^federal and stat, ceompensation and many other valuable purposes. In April, 1856, the. state legislature en­ acted * law authorizing the filing o f birth records with the clerks o f the transferred to the probate court’s o f. fices. A new registration laws was passed by the! legislature on May 1, 1908, and it is now the duty of every physician who attends a birth to file the certificate with tlie local regis­ trar withim ten days after the birth occurs. There were 189. applicaions for pa- . roles at the Ohio Penitentiary during the past week, 38 being granted, leav­ ing the population of the institution at 4,325. Warden P. E. Thomas hag gardeners at work preparing flower beds for the campUs and they will soon bloosom-out in all the colors of j;he rainbow. The annual spring clean­ up is under way and a numbe rof pro­ jects for 'betterment will soon he com­ pleted, Including the heat and light tunnel, through which will be fed pow­ er to the new State Office Building, now almost ready for occupancy by the state’s various departments. TICKETS—SENIOR PLAY If you want to know more about “Rev. Brice” , or “Andy 'Hobbs” , or •‘Connie. Loring” , or “Nunkie” , or “Lem", or “ Lucy” , or any other mem-j bers of the family, buy a ticket early and get it reserved on April 27, at Richards Drug Store. Gpt your tick-, et from any one of the seniors for 15 or 25c. , TIES ELIMINATED . Since there can be only two repre-. sentatives in each subject, at" the dis­ trict contesttfeties for places on the county teanrf were eliminated by a second examination, given at Xenia, April 20. In the three way tie in Eng­ lish III, between Cedarville and Yel­ low Springs, Ruth •Kimble won first place and .Mary Margaret McMillan second place. |SIwsn? m o ' o£ (C op yilfM , W . N . V.t . { WAFFLE BREAKFAST The Y. W. C. A. of Cedarville Col- ‘ lege gave a waffle breakfast Wednes­ d a y morning in the Alford Memorial ,Gymnasium. The menu included waf- ’ fles and bacon, coffee, peaches, and grapefruit.' Between forty and fifty people were served. The Y. W. is grateful to the community for their ] cooperation and patronage. V .MU...— . | THE Y. M. C. A. | The Y, M. C. A. had special reports ’ Wednesday morning in their meeting from delegates to the*Officers’ Con' vention .which met at Wittenberg Col­ lege last week. The delegates who re­ ported were Clyde Hutchison and Ar­ thur Donaldson. INTERESTINGBITS MASSIESCREK CHURCHHISTORY MINSTREL The Minstrel given last week under thOJrecJaoi!Li>f_Mi,_A, J. Diiffy waa orte of the finest' that was ever given by Cedarville College. The music and the jokes kept the house in a good hu­ mor from start to finish. The take­ offs at the end were especially excel lent; NEW OHIO STATE i OFFICE BUILDING IS WRECKED, I COURT NEWS i The new $6,000,000- state office' p a r t it io n bt u ' . ' •/ 0 . -i Partition of prope’ „y situated iri building being completed in Columbus _ ... . , , v .. . . ■„ j j , ^ j Bowersville is the object of a suit in SENIOR, AGAIN Old-fashioned supper at Opera House April 29,1932. Come and watch proceedings. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. CORRECTIONS IN HONOR ROLL We regret very much that in last week’* publication three names were roll. They were Catherine Ferguson, Dorothy Galloway,"Louise Graham. GRADE PROGRAM The pupils of the grades will pie- sent a variety program, directed by Mrs. Foster and the grade teachers, on Tuesday, May 3, in the auditorium of hte high, school building. LOCAL MINISTERS ASSIST The ministers o f the local Presby­ terian, United Presbyterian, and the Methodist Churches assisted by Miss Stormont in’ thevBible|work in the grades, Wednesday morning. was greatly damaged last Thursday by an explosion of.some nature, the :xact cause not having been definitely fixed by authorities. Experts say the explosion was not caused by an ex­ plosive of any kind set for deliberate damage. Contractor Frank McCurran, Xenia, informs us that he inspected the new strucutre a few days ago and that it is a wreck from the sub-basement to the tenth floor. Steel an,d concrete -vould not withstand the shock and steel window frames even on the tenth' x>oor were blown out and across the boulevard into the riyet. - to have been*ded­ icated in June and .wa* intended to houseabout' 2,500 state officials and employees of various departments. Who will 'have to bear the cost of repairs, estimated at one million dol­ ors or more, is not known. Authori-. ties are studying whether the state must carry part o f the expense!. The building had never been taken off the contractor’s hands. Some are inclined to believe the building was wrecked as the result of sewer gas, a large city main passing under the building within five feet of the sub-basement floor. A workman Common Pleas Court brought by Min­ nie Mooreraah Fealey against Emma Goldsbury, Roy Richardson, Barney Richardson, Elsie Peterson, Ada Moor man Cundiff andT), L. Gerard, as ex­ ecutor of the estaid o f Isaac Richard­ son, deceased. . „ WINS .DIVORCE On grounds .offftidlfol absence from home for more thhft three years Rach­ el E. G, Cox has been awarded a di­ vorce from S, 4V. Cox in Common Pleas Court, and has also been grant­ ed custody o f their two -minor child­ ren. Thp decree not refuse the husband from care atfd support of the children. JUDGMENT GIVEN The E, C. Denton Stores Co. has re­ covered a judgment for $842 in a suit against Wilberforce University in Common Pleas Court. JUDGMENT IS ASKED The Home Building and Savings Co. through Attorney H. D. Smith, has fil­ ed suit in Common Pleas Court a- gainst Paul G. Meranda, Era C. Mer- anda and John W. Muser, seeking a The trees and pafkways in East Broad Street in the Capital City will soon be a thing of the past, as bids for their removal will be received next week, $80,000 having been appropriat­ ed for the purpose, including the build ing of a splendid new boulevard. The trees snd parkways are known to ev­ ery visitor to Columbus in the last half century. ■C* . ^ . Thousands of gardens are.planted in counties over the state .many un­ der supervision o f the state relief committee named by the governor, The project is being assisted in many communities by service clubs and pub­ lic spirited citizens. Sites are being tendered daily ahd there should be no lack of vegetables in the home this year if proper care is exercised in cul­ tivation. P, M. CONTRIBUTES TO CANDI­ DATE MARSHALL BY/REQUEST Postmasters are supposed to be un­ der civil service but they are also un­ der congressmen and politicians. The Osborn postmaster faces re-appoint­ ment and recently kicked-in with $300 towards the Marshall campaign for congress, not subject to a racket but probably in better standing. Now the postmaster’s $300 is unspent for it was on deposit in a Xenia bank when the institution was taken over by the state. The money, like the campaign funds o f the liberal interests, will be paid out in installments but not until after the primary election. Tough luck especially When the depression is on. Pulling the leg o f postmasters for the boodle fund, is an easier way to get cash than A1 Capone used when he slugged beer-runners. Two Day Sevrice on Dry Cleaning. Davis, Cleaner and. Tailor. The General Scholarship Contest given in Greene County last week for the purpose of selecting an all-county High School Team to compete for hoh- ors in the tests to be held in Colum­ bus, May 7th, indicates the following as winners for place on the team: General Science—Paul Stickel, Ce­ darville; Robert T. Conklin, Jefferson. French I—Marjory Collette, James­ town;: Rita Moyland, Yellow Springs. FrencH II—Dorothy Anderson, Ce­ darville; Annabe,! Dean, Jamestown. American History— Robert Glass, Jamestown; Julia McCallister, Cedar­ ville. World History—Frances Hutchison, Cedarville, Jos. L. West, Cedarville. Geometi'y—James Anderson, Cedar­ ville; Wallace Wilcox, Yellow Springs Wayne Griffis, Bellbrook and Eugene Haughey, Jefferson. . George Yeazell, Yellow Springs; Eugene Corry, Cedarville. 9th English—Justin Hai*tman, Ce­ darville; Elinor Hughes, Cedarville. 10th English—John Wendell Mur- phey, Cedarville. Janice Duneveht, Cedarville. lith English—*Mary M> McMillan, Cedarville; Ruth Kimble,' Cedarville; Barbara Jones, Yellow Springs. 12th English— Garina Hostetler, Cedarville; Violet McGolough, James­ town. V \ After re-chocking by the State De­ partment of Education, ties in Geom­ etry ahd English 11th and 12tl^ are Still to he decided.. The tie in English 12th, between Violet McColaugh and Carma Hostet­ ler will be. decided in the State Con­ test at ColumbuS. It Will be remem bered that these same girls tied twice in the Temperance Quiz Contest for the -trip to Washington, and this tie was never decided on but both were sent on the trip. Others from Cedarville who made splendid showing in the tests but who failed to rank first or second are Elo iso Randall, Lawrence Williamson, Joint Tobias, Harriet RitchOur, Mr. O. A. Dobbins spoke Tuesday evening before the Grange in Spring |Valley. - I . . . . , , . , judgment for $3,889.22 and foreclos- was sent below and may have struck . a match as there was no lights. He is : U‘ e °f one of ten workmen that were killed out-right or died from injuries as a result of the explosion. BIBLE READING CONTEST The annual Bible Reading Contest ;for Women of the college Was held in the Presbyterian Church last Sabbath evening. The judges were Rev. Mr. French, pastor of;the United Presby- I terian Church, Clifton; Miss Freda |Chapman, of Wittenberg College; and ■Rev. Mr. Guthrie. The winners of NEXT THURSDAY S f i r i S f £ S J S S third, Doris Hartman.. The music was rendered by the Revelers’ Quartette and the Girls' Glee Club o f the col­ lege. L. J. TABER WILL SPEAK IN XENIA . M L. J. Tabei Hon. L. J. Taber, Master of Nation­ al Grange and candidate *for U. S. Senator from Ohio at the Republican primary May 10th, will pe the princi­ pal speaker at a mass meeting Thurs­ day, April 28 at 3 P, M. in the Taber- ncale on Third Street, Xenia., Dr. W. R. McChesney will act-as chairman o f the meeting and, music will be furnished by Wilberforce Glee Club and Grange Orchestra. Mr. Taber is well and favorably SHERIFFS RAIDS ON 0—0 SCORE Raiders from the Sheriff’s office had a nothing-nothing score Sunday night when a visit was made to “ Pittsburg’’, calling among a few of the colored population, It is said an inspection party’ made a tour Satur­ day night. Out of the stories of the raid is that in one place a bottle that hab been thrown in a stove exploded while the officers were in the house. Outside of that there was no disturb­ ance. In another place the officers could have put their hands on a sup­ ply several times but did not locate’ anything. » The undsual thing about the Sheriff is that he can find time to make visits to “ Pittsburg” now and then, and in so doing drive through East Xenia and never stop at “Eva’s Place” that has never seen sight o f the Sheriff's badge and continues to do business without even nnnoying her customers. SUIT FOR DIVORCE Charging failure to provide and mental cruelty, Zora Wright has brot suit in Comtnon Pleas Court asking a known .by many ini Greene county and divorce from PaulWrigh^ whom she i wjji no doubt bring a'message worth married September 5, 1929. They have hearing. Members of the following one son, Neil, born on the couple’s organizations Were instrumental in first wedding anniversary. Requesting.Betting Mr< Taber here: 'Grange, alimony and custody of the child, the p at.m Bureau, W. C. T. U., County L. F. CLEVENGER DIED ; TUESDAY IN XENIA L. F, Clevenger, 78, Xenia, former president of the Greene County Fish and Game Association, died Tuesday, foiling an illness of several( years. Ho was born in Warren county hut spent *most of his life in this county, He was active in having the state take ovre the John Bryan farm. He is sur- vivedby two sons, Ralph, Columbus, and Ernest, Philadelphia. His wife and a son preceeded him in death. The funeral was held Thursday with burial in Woodland Cemetery. plaintiff also obtained a temporary restraining order against hef husband from disposing of their household goods, AWARDED JUDGMENTS John T, Harbine, Jr., has been a- wnrded three cognovit note’ judgments in Common Pleas Court; against Ray­ mond and Virginia Mainous for $627,- 50; against Chas, J. Carson and Cecel­ ia Carson, for $155.25; against Louis and Esther Marko for $125. PROPETY TO BE SOLD Public sale of property appraised at $5,000 has been authorized in a par­ tition suit of E, J, Wilkins against Laura Wilkins in Common Pleas Court. Question of an accounting be­ tween the parties to the action was re­ served for future consideration. CASE DISMISSED On application of the plaintiff, a foreclosure action filed by the Peoples Buiidihg and Savings Co. against Lil­ lian Mitmnn and others has been dis­ missed in Common Pleas Court. EXECUTOR IS SUED A. W. Garrett and W. H. Shields, partners in funeral business, Xenia, have brought suit against Charles F. Points, Jr., ns executor of the estate of David Lee, deceased, seeking to col­ lect d judgment for $875 claimed to be due as burial expenses for Lee. Harry t). Smith, attorney, Ministerial Association, Business Wo­ mens* Club of Xenia and County Schools. Sheep and Wool meeting all day at the Fairgrounds on the same day so the Taber meeting was set late in the, afternoon at 3 P, M., so the two would not conflict. JURORS DRAWN FOR MAY TERM COUNTY COURT The date Of the Piano Certificate Recital to be given by Marion Hostet­ ler, assisted by Clyde Hutchison, has been changed from May 12th to Tues­ day, May 10th, JUDGMENT GIVEN The First National Bank o f Osborn has recovered.two cognovit note judg­ ments in Common Pleas Court, one for $204.03 against A. G. and Sarah „ VMl, J. Hoernet, and a second for $152.05 ! a . Bowers, Xenia; Melvin Robinson, Jury panels for the May term of court were drawn Friday. The grand jury will meet Monday morning, May 2 at 10 o’clock, and the petit jury is to be called later. ■Grand jury—Harry Cook, Spring Valley; Fay Carpenter, Jefferson Twp,; J. E. Cameron, Silvcrcreek Twp Edna Bull, Xenia Twp.; William H. Noah, Xenia; Mary Smith, Xenia; J. A. Wood, Xenia; Garetta Evans, Xenia; D. J. Baird, Sugarcreek Twp.; Lawrence Manor, Beavercreek Twp.; Joseph Merrick, Silvcrcreek Twp. W. W. Troute, Cedarville; Alice Zeincr, Silvercreek Twp.; Lena Probasco, Xenia Twp.; Ervin Smith, New Jas­ per township. Petit jury: E. L. Stormont, ■Cedar­ ville Twp.; Paul Carlisle, Bath Twp.; Louis Arnett, Bath Twp.; Herman Coe, Miami Twp.; Donald Evans, Spring Valley Twp.; . Vesta Fudge, Xenia; Kenneth Withmnn, Xenia; Ar­ thur Peterson, Cedarville; F. S. Link- hart, enia; F. E. Wilson, Cacsarcreek Twp.; Leon L. Trader, Xenia; Cath­ erine Spitler, Sugarcreek Twp.; John Blackburn, Xenia; Martha MeGorvey, Xenia; Frank Stevens, Bath Twp.; Rerm Harner, Spring Valley; Lester SUMMER SCHOOL .Every day Cedarville College office is receiving inquires about the Sum­ mer School. Several have enrolled already. The outlook for a good at­ tendance is encouraging. Summer School opens July 7 and closes July 19 with one vacation day, July 4. Final examinations will be given July 19. The tuition is twenty dollars -for (the six weeks. Subjects will be offered as follows: Education for both elemen­ tary and high school teachers; high school subjects and college subjects for elementary teachers and high school teachers. College students and high school students may enroll.' .A class of thirty pupils from the grades of Cedarville Public Schools has en­ listed for observation and practice teaching. The summer school is rec­ ommended by the State Department of Education for the training of the teachers. High school students who wish to make up back work or to se­ cure studies which they cannot get in their high school curricula or to ad­ vance their work for college credit will be admitted. College students who desire to. make up back work or to advance their work towards grad­ uation will be Admitted. Teachers who wish to complete credits towards graduation or degree work will be admitted. High school graduates who wish to train for teaching will be admitted. For further information ad­ dress Registrar A. J. Hostetler, Ce­ darville, O. President McChesney preached in S t John’s A. M. E. church, Xenia, and in St, Paul’s A. M, E, church, last Sabbath morning and evening. He attended and spoke at the Grange meeting in Spring Valley Tuesday night. He gave "the commencement address at Stokes Twp. High School, Thursday evening. Mrs. Richard J. McClellan of Xenia gave a very excellent program in Ce­ darville College Chapel last ThurS' day morning. Her accompanist was Miss Juanita Rankin. We £rust that both Mrs. McClellan and Miss Ran­ kin will return soon again. M /ft E. FUND Since our last report the following persons have generously contributed to the M. and E. Fund of Cedarville College: Mr. and .Mrs. Carl Frazier, theclaBS of '29; Miss Ida M, Cox, and Rev. J. O. C. McCracken. To the Frances McChesney. Fund we are grateful to Miss Cora Agnes Ander­ son for a liberal Contribution. Miss Anderson is a member of the class of ’00. We are thankful to these friends who are remembering us in this h'our of stress. We need four thousand dollars yet in order to meet the ob­ ligations of Gedarville Clolege before June 1st. Please keep in mind the Maintenance and Expansion Fund. We deeply appreciate the help Of all of our friends. ’ STOCKHOLDERS HOLD MEETING Stockholders of the closed Commer­ cial Savings Bank, Xenia, .held a meeting Monday relative to reorgan izntion and again opening the insti­ tution. Not all the stock was repre Dress better at less expense. Have . , — _____________ _ ______ ___ _____ ___ your clothing made by Davis, Cleaner against Martin H, Lerner, Maxwell Miami Twp.; J. 0. Townsley, Cedar-!seated and a committee was named to and Tailor. Taylor and William Carl. jvilie. A entist the absent stockholders. The celebration of the 50th anni­ versary of the disbanding o f the old Massies Creek Church, at the Clifton United Presbyterian Church last Sab­ bath brought out much interesting history. David Bradfute gave a his­ tory of the Clifton church which was a part of the membership of Massies Creek congregation, M, W. Collins- read a paper giving in detail some of the events and church history as tak­ en from old papers and letters that belonged to jhia father. Music for the occasion was furnish­ ed by a quartette -representing for­ mer families of MaBsies Creek: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Turnbull, Miss Elea­ nor Bull and Mr. A. J. Duffy. Miss 'Etta~Bull,~the eldest member o f the' ~ Clifton church and the surving mem­ ber of the Massies Creek church was unable to be present. We have taken some interesting' data from the paper read by M, W* Collins: “ I was born in 1863, So. I suppose my memories of Massies Greek, con­ gregation date from about 1870- or shortly before that time. Of course, many changes'had already, taken place both in the congregation and the method o f worship. For instance,7nev­ er in my memory, were the psalms “ lined out” for singing; or were the tokens used in the communion Service. must confess that my only memory o f these tokens is that'of finding great numbers off them in an old table and with my brothers, melting them up in­ to bullets to use in target practice, when we were good sized boys. Of the families who attended Mas­ sies Greek when I was a boy, I re­ member 4 families o f Bulls, those o f Rankin, Amos, William and Scott. t Miss Etta Bull who is at present in this congregation is a memebr of this last family. There were the families of Jos. and David Loughead and,of Wm. and John ' Ferguson. The former was the grand­ father of the William Ferguson o f your church today., There were also two great uncles o f -Wm. dferguson. who were bachelor*, namely Alex: and ’ Thomas Ferguson. ' . , ’ There were also at that time, the families o f Greggs ahd the Wilsons, Adam Turner (father of David Tur­ ner) and two families o f Collins, that of my uncle, Jas. Collins and o f my father, William, who was the great grandfather1of the present John and Roger Collins and David Bradfute. The names of Brown, Galloway and Bradfute and many others disappear­ ed from the congregation (before m y day. Their departure some times were occasioned by death or removal but often by disagreement. I remember one such disagreement . between my father and Wm. Ferguson, both mem­ bers of session. My father was a very strong abolitionist and could not countenance permitting Alex Fergu­ son, the brother of Wm. Ferguson, to take sacrament because Alex had been a slave holder in Kentucky, So our family left the church and attended at Cedarville during the pastorate of Dr. Hainey, although our membership was never changed, and in a few months we returned to Massies Creek. Some families left, however, and nev­ er came hack. This was the case with the Bradfutes. Their departure was a result of a libel dispute of some sort between Mr. Bradfute, the .great grandfather of the_ .David in your church and Mr, James Marshall. A part of the account of which I shall read from the minutes of session for March 24 and 25, 1861, * * * Letter from Dr. Smart, Sept. 5, ’51. Dear Brethern: It is now twelve years and a half since l settled among you and this is only the second -time I have addressed you in regard to pe­ cuniary matters. The first was in the way o f relinquishing one-fifth o f the promised salary (500) in consequence- of the breach in the congregation at that time. If you will refer to my let­ ter in which that relinquishment is made you will find these to >be the conditions, ’Provided, the remaining four hundred Are punctually paid/, and until such time as I shall consider the congregation able to pay the orig­ inal sum of $500. As to the first I leave to yourselves to say whether it has been complied with. Only I must say, I never said in Presbytery (as 1 Understand some say I did) it was punctually paid. I said it was Always paid by the expiration of the, year or what is the same thing the half year. The sum o f four hundred dollars as paid I have not found sufficient and have therefore had to resort to other means o f help which I do not wish long to continue, Two years ago last spring the congregation without my asking it gave me 1-11 o f my time, this amounted to about one half o f what 1 relinquished to the congrega­ tion nine year*‘ ago. But at your last semi annual meeting I am informed that part of my time was recalled. 1 suppose In so doing the congregation i t