The Cedarville Herald, Volume 55, Numbers 27-52

, t- m The new things are advertised by merchants first Advertisements keep you abreast of the times. Read them! Merald. Advertising i s news, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is of more significance to you. FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR NO. 35, C E D A R V I L L E , O H I O , F R I D A Y A U G U S T 5 , 1 9 3 2 . PRICE. $1,50 A YEAR NEWS LETTER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS COLUMBUS—-Reports upon auto­ mobile registration us compiled for "the first six months of 1932, by Sec­ retary of State Clarence J. Brown, show that 1,335,912 passenger cars were registered in Ohio this year. In addition to the passenger car class 190,951 other power' operated vehicles were registered, 145)401 of which were ''commercial cars.” The total revenue derived from license plate sales for the half year was $17,375,503.48, of which amount $11,291,183.75 was paid by passenger car owners. COURT NEWS We Got to Get Rid of Him State Fair Manager Chas. M. Beer promises . one of the greatest state fairs this year ever held in the history of Ohio. His program of 17 speed events with purses totaling, $15,000 and special attractions for both night and day, including a pageant-drama, “Washington Lives”, with a cast of several hundred, using michrophone and loud speaker systems. The enter­ tainment program includes some of the best artists in the country and the admission to the fair ground has been reduced to 25 cents, making it possible to take the entire family and enjoy all the thrills of the big ex­ position. Although it was recommended by heads of one or two state departments that furnished quarters in the new state office building be occupied im­ mediately. as a n , economic measure, yet this will hardly be done as admis- LOAN COMPANIES FORECLOSE i The Home Building and Savings ] Co. is plaintiff in two sits. One seeks a judgment for $1,765.13 against Wr. - O’Diam and Dora M. O’Diam, and in - : volves mortgaged property in Bath Twp. Thq second directed against j Mrs. Bertha Huber, 147 Allen St. Day-, ton, widow of Jacob'Huber, deceased, children of the decedent and others, I asking judgment, for $8,256.02 and • foreclosure of mortgaged Beavercreek , Twp. property. H. D. Smith, attorney for plaintiff. * FORECLOSURE SUIT i The Peoples Biulding and Saving’s ! Co. brought' suit for $409.21 against! William Hart and W. D, Massie, a j minor, and forecluosure of mortgage j on Xenia property. C. W. Whitmer! represents the plaintiff, | O H P& A R t | v J JB rU A T E TO HIW TO I w. #1 ATTACHMENT SUIT Burch D. E. Arthur, funeral direc­ tor, has filed suit for $500, for funer­ al expenses, in Common Pleas Court against R. D. DeVoe. Attachment of assets of the defendant, including a of growing corn and twenty acres of one-half interest in thirty-two acres sweet <jprn on the W. J. Fogarty farm in Sugaycreek Twp. Miller and Finney attorneys for plaintiff. I. MONDAY LAST DAY FOR FILING COUNTY PETITIONS Monday is the last day for filing! the petitions seeking a change in the constitution to reform county govern-1 ment in Ohio. The plan submitted re -1 quires petitions from all over the sta te ; and several have been in circulation! Wm. Shoemaker Scalded To Death Thursday Morning COUNCILTOGET REDGROSSFLOUR i .. 1 • sion to the public would interfere to jin this county. | Council met Monday evening when a great extent with work on the build-1 The plan is the product of Cleveland. niatters of raqtine.were taken up for ingr made necessary by the explosion!and Cincinnati politicians and to Bet. consideration and* bills for the past last Api’il, which caused a loss esti-j the change the plea is made tnut the month ordered paid* Certain matters mated at threc-cju&rtGi's of a million Iproposed system would reduce the pertaining to street repairs were re- dollars, The repairs are being taken j cost of government. The two-fold ob- f errej t0 the State committee, one eare-of-in-anr-expeditiou^-manner-but-jects-of-the-new plan. aret-break-dawn^Qf-^hich-is-repairing a sunken-place the building will hardly be turned j the rural hold on state government;. at Main anfj Cedar streets where the over to the state by the contractors, centralization of- appointive county of- -brick paving has given way, due to before sometime early in X933. . fices m Columbus and weaken the on- ^he cross-over for water and sewer REPORTMADE IANNUALCOUNTY ONSAURIES COUNTYOFFICES DAIRYTOUR The annual Greene County Dairy Tour will visit herds in Montgomery and Clark County, August 10, accord- The amount expanded each year for ing to W. N. Ankeney, secretary of Iforcement of prohibition. No petitions .mams. Commissioner Wm. H. Reinhart of have been circulated here that we can! »pjie qUestiort of having StatesRoute the state conservation department i s , hear of. 142 transferred from Main street to busily engaged in supervising the dis- tributionv.of l4,000 pheasants. He has allowed 160 birds to each county. With the assistance of sportsmen in the' various localities the pheasants should propagate rapidly and in a few years there should be some excellent proving grounds for the Ring-neck pheasants. The county fair season is being in­ augurated this week with the opening of the Greene county fair at Xenia. There will be,five held in the second week, >six the third and eleven the fourth. Five will also be held during the week of August 30th. Four inde­ pendent fairs will~be held during the month of August. Nearly all county and independent fairs in the state have reduced the admission price this year. FAXDUPLICATE TOHE W E D James J. Curlett, county auditor, announces a reduction of 10 per cent in all real estate values in Greene County, to become effective for taxa- Thos. L. Wood, president of the State Employes Beneficial Associa­ tion, and cashier in the office of Sec­ retary of State Clarence J. Brown, announces that a number of handsome trophies and prizes will he awarded the winners in the golf tournament to be staged a t Harbor Hills, Buckeye Lake, during the annual picnic of state employes on Tuesday, August 16th. In addition prizes will be a- warded a t the dance pavilion and in swimming contests for men, women and children. Contests are open to all state employes. Mr. George Hardy, Jr,, New York City, visited this week with his cousin, Mr. W. R. Watt and wife. East Xenia avenue and East Street had been proposed but council did 'no t favor, the proposition for several 'reasons. One wag It .would mean the widen of the East Street Sridge and rouik z traffic along a street that was exposed to the bid quarry. Another reason was that business men on Main street would seriously object to such a change. Problems concerning public relief were discussed and it was found that a neighboring city had paid for tion a t the December collection. the/ educti°n th7removaTo7a'deStitutcfam iryV ith about $3,634,000, reducing the dupli­ cate to about 30 million dollars. Mr* Curlett has been making a study of the situation in the county and real estate values are high now when pres­ ent day values are considered. In most instances property under the old valuation was listed more * than the true value in money. The Auditor had an opinion from Prosecutor McCallis- ter that it was .within his power to make the reduction, This reduction will give property owners some relief and is in line with the demand for economy and reduc­ tion of government costs. GOES TO MT. VERNON SANI­ TARIUM FOR TREATMENT a number of small, children to this place without having had a previous residence. The family is said to be in need a t this time. Mr. W. W. Galloway, chairman of the Greene County Chapter of the Red. Cross, reported that a shipment of government flour and crushed wheat would be received possibly by the' last of the month. However it is not expected that much of this flour will be issued until winter arrives and the need is urgent. Miss Juanita Harper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Harper, was taken to Mt. Vernon Sanitarium hos­ pital for tubercular treatment, Mon­ day, Examination showed on lung but slightly affected and specialists say that six months treatment a t the institution will result in a cure. SECONDCARRIENATIONWANTSSCRAP Kansas Farmerette wants to Play the Roll of “Carrie Nation*' and Kick the Devil out of Herby Hoover*# Farm. Board that has Ruined the Farmer’s Wheat Market* Make way men for the modern 1932 Carrie Nation wheat farmer in Mrs, Ida Watkins, Sublette, Kansas,, who had a few words to say to her male farmer brethern a t a meeting in Kan­ sas City, several days ago, to consider the.wheat situation, There were proposals of how and what to do but Mrs. Watkins rolled up her sleeves and displayed a muscu­ lar arm that wields a shovel in mov­ ing wheat to save $2 a day so that she can have a profit. Being the sole operator of 4500 acres of wheat land she plainly told the farmer gathering a plenty. “I don’t want amendments. I don’t even Want an investigation. I want to kick the devil out of the farm board,” testified Mrs. Watkins. Askcil where she drew the line in co-opetative marketing, the witness became aroused and declared! “I draw the line on the doggone, damnable government interfer- enc .with our affairs and in our business. If tho fatm board stays with us we will soon be through producing. Any pegging of prices they have done ■has thrown most of us ihto ba* ’ rupt- cy and wo taxpayers are , lying for this fool experiment. j “Our farms and ‘ home by the thousands and tens of thousands have been foreclosed and will be 1 foreclosed more and more each 1 day.” ' Thomas R, Cain assailed George S, Milnor, general manager of the Far­ mers’ National Grain Corporation, a farm board agency, stating Milnor’s salary was $50,000 a year, which A- mount he estimated represented the work of 1000 farmers and their fam­ ilies. Albert Weaver, Bird, Kan., who is said to be the largest grower of wheat .in his state, farming 13,000 acres, and Mrs. Carrie Patterson, another large woman wheat grower,^ were against the farm board and wanted it abolish­ ed. I Mrs. Ruth Rayner Died In Dayton Hospital A former Cedarville woman, Mrs. Ruth Rayner, 50, wife of Wilbur S. Rayner, died Saturday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, following an operation several days previous. The deceased was born in Hull, Eng­ land, and came with her parents to this country when a small child. Her father was William Burnett, who was for some years straw buyer for the Hagar Straw Board and Paper Co, The deceased was married to Mr. Ray­ ner in 1898, Mr. Rayner a t that time being a blacksmith for the late J. H. Wolford. The Rayners have resided in Dayton for twenty-five years. Surviving besides the husband are four children; Mrs. Pearl Mamlin, Mrs. Doris Logan, Burnett W. Rayner and Wilbur S. Rayner, Jr., seven grandchildren; a brother, Charles Burnett, Xenia, and a sister, Mrs. Ol­ ive Walters, Dayton, The funeral was held Monday from the chapel at Woodlnnd Cemetery and burial was made there. clerk hire in Green# county offices has increased 62 per cjhit during the ten- year-period from f9jJ0^to-1930^but-is substantially leas than the state-wide average, according-to a survey made by .the Greene CUUnty, Inter-Organi­ zation Tax Commiftee. The committee, formed recently and now engaged in m|king a study of the expenditure of {tubiic funds in the county, in cbmpaf&on with similar expenditures irt #g*er Ohio counties, has compiled, ures on clerl fices: Auditor’s office—increased from 34,200 to $7,024; treasurer’s office— ncreased from $1,800 to $4,040; pro­ la te court, not including probation of­ ficers, increased from $2,116 to $2,862; clerk of courts office—from $1,475 to $3,000; recorder’s office—$1,222 to $2,- 535; surveyor’s office, from $2,370 to $3,388. The committee also finds that tho pay of the prosecuting attorney and assistants has increased from $1,600 to $2,310; that the yearly expense of the sheriff’s office has. jumped from $5,595 to $10,947 during the ten year period, and that the salaries of the -hree edunty commissioners have de­ clined owing to their pay being based on population, - The salaries of elective county of­ ficials are all fixed by law and based on the population of the county. The committee finds that the work handled in most of the offices has in­ creased considerably during the ten- year period which would account -for some of the increased cost which is yet under the average for the state. We notice the figures given in this report relative to the great increase >n the sheriff’s office are the same as quoted by the Herald several weeks ago. Greene county has been paying the present sheriff office more than in a number of counties of like size. In fact the comparison is startling. One county office might be singled out for comparison as to cost, taking the salary of the prosecuting attorney which is about what a deputy gets in the sheriff's office. Tlje prosecutor has all tho responsibility and must give bond, while a deputy sheriff has' no direct responsibility. William Shoemaker, 86, employee of the Hagar Straw Board & Paper Go. was scalded to death about 6 A. M. Thursday morning, when his body was found in a rotary cooker. Shoemaker was engaged in cutting bales and feeding the broken sections into the conveyor from the straw yard, which feeds straw into the ro­ tary ateam boilers where the straw is cooked. • There were no eye witnesses to the unfortunate accident, Judging from the fact that a whole bale of straw came into the hopper inside the build­ ing, .including Shoemaker’s axe, it is thought he‘fell into the conveyor or suffered a heart attack. The conveyor does not move a t any great speed and any employee by using a cool head could step out as it is open on both Public Schools Will Open September 12 At the regular meeting of the Board of Education, Thursday everting, it was voted by the Board that the Ce- darville Public Schools will open on September 12lh. The reason given by the board for beginning a week later than usual is that it, is now prac­ tically certain we shall have only and a half months of school this year. This arrangement will make a more “balanced” school year, Miss Sarah Margaret Chance, who graduated from Cedarville College, thin past June, was elected by tho Board to fill tho vacancy of Mrs. Barnes, who taught the fifth grade. Don’t Worry—A Big Boy Is On the Way Lakeside—A moratorium on talking and thinking prohibition is the paramount need today, said Samuel S. Weyer, Columbus, engineer, in a speech here Satur­ day. “With prohibition the dominant issue in politics every congres­ sional district for the last 12 years, we have elected wets and drys regardless of qualifica­ tions,” lie said, “As a result Con­ gress has become a big aggrega­ tion of little men.” the County Dairy Herd Improvement Association, which is sponsoring the tour, A-committee-from-the-associa- tion composed of Raymond Wolf, J. C. St. John, L. H. Hartley and W. N. Ankeney, together with County Agent E. A. Drake have been working on the tour, and' announce the following as the schedule: Leave the Farm Bu­ reau Office a t Xenia a t 9:00 A. M. and go direct to the Dayton State Hospi­ tal Farm where 100 Holstein c6wa are M ing;tuilked. Several of these cows have records of 15,000 pounds of milk. From there the tour will visit the Dairy Products Plant in Dayton where the Various phases of milk proceeds will be seen. A picnic dinner will be held at Forest Park and the tour will go north to the National Road and travel cast, crossing the Englewood and Taylorsville Dams. In Clark county stops will be mnde at the O. N. Hartley farm where 16 head of Guern­ seys are being milked. This herd has averaged more than 400 pounds of Baain' Fat for several years,- laBt year making a "record of 446 pounds. Tho. Kira Orest Farm where 40 head of Jerseys are milked will next be. vis­ ited, going from tharc to the Ayrshire herd of 20 cows on tho Spring Day Farm. At this place certified milk is being produced and cows milking as high us 72 pounds daily will bo seen. C.'L. Blackburn from the Depart­ ment pf Animal Husbandry of the Ohio State University will accompany the tour and discuss various phases of production a t the various stops. The committee urges all dairymen to join the tour, Republican Committee Re-organized Monday At a meeting of the Greene County Republican Executive Committee Monday evening, L. T. Marshall was chosen as chairman; Harry D. Smith,' secretary and Karl Babb, treasurer. The committee endorsed the pro­ posed reduction of real estate for tax­ ation. County Auditor James J. Cur­ lett, with the sanction of the county commissioners, making the reductftin. The executive committee comprises forty-nine members. The committee also failed to en­ dorse the best sheriff the county ever had. The sheriff that has cost the tax payers the most. Any sheriff that can ring up a higher operating cost than sheriffs in a dozen central Ohio counties needs endorsement. Noted Stock Buyer Died In*Chicago Paul Shinn 75, one of the leading Chicago livestock buyers a t one time and for years . a resident of South Charleston, and well known here, died last Tuesday at his home i n Chicago. Mr. Shinn was born and raised one mile south of Selma, the son of J. W. Shinn. In 1885 he went to Chicago as a salesman for Harpole & Co., live­ stock commissioners. Later he became ajnember of the firm, which was after wards known as Shinn, Fry & Co. Shinn worked a t the Union Stockyards as live stock commissioner. He is survived by his wife, two sis­ ters, Mrs. T. C. Wolford, near Xenia, and Mrs. Mary Perry, Chicago, and one brother. Charles Shinn. Miami. Florida. The funeral was held Fri­ day in Chicago with burial in that city. Bank Suit Appealed On Tax Collections sides for quite a distance. Ray Littler was on duty jp the rotary room and did not miss Shoe­ maker until there was an absence of straw. He stepped to the door to look for Shoemaker but could not see him. About that time the bale of straw landed in the hopper. I t is the general opinion that Shoemaker’s body went into the rotary boiler just ahead of the bale of straw. Littler a t once' started an investi­ gation and summoned help. .A light was lowered into the boiler but owing to live steam it was impossible to determine. When the steam Was cut,, off the light was lowered again and at once one limb could be detected with the body head down. Littler. in an instant lowered a ladder but was forced back when he attempted, to en­ ter’the boiler owing to the heat. Em­ ployees then used an iron rod with a hook and succeeded in getting it un­ der Shoemaker’s belt and pulled him out. I t is said he was not dead a t the time hut' died in a few minutes later. Shoemaker served abroad in the World War, and was known to have slight attacks at times with his heart. As fa r as known he was in his u su a l' health, eating his lunch about 3 A. M. Employees say Shoemaker’s body was not in the boiler more than ten min­ utes. He has been in the employ of the company since April 17, 1923 and was considered a careful and trusted laborer. Shoemaker was married and leaves his widow and a step-son. Also his parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Shoemak­ er, Jeffersonville; and two sisters, \Mrs. Hansford Jackson and Mrs. Henry Shaw, Xenia. ' _ ^ ■ Coroner R. L. Haines in his inves­ tigation, pronounced a verdict of ac­ cidental death. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from the Nagley Funeral home a t .two o’clock, This is the tlurd accidental death a t 'the paper mill among employees'since the mill was started in 1893, The first was Kil Shroades, who lost his life in k similarm anne r as Shoemaker, only The . Huntington National Bank, Columbus, has filed am appea jjn its suit, to enjoui collectlon, of personal property taxes, National-Banks back- he"acri7nHy7te7ped7nto'toe“ mouth ing this suit on the grounds they were discriminated against by the Ohio law in comparison with state banks and other financial institutions.. The case goes to the United States Supreme Court. National Banks in. Ohio have all secured- local injunctions against the collection of this tax. In some Ohio counties authorities have affect­ ed a compromise with the banks, feel­ ing that in the end the county would not get a cent. More than $40/)60 is involved in this county covering a three year period. <- of the rotary boiler. The second was the death of George Ross,, superin­ tendent, .when his arm caught in a .paper .machine and pulled his body in ,. crushing his heart. W. W. Galloway^ general manager, order the mill closed down Thursday for the day but will resume operation Friday morning. Kentucky Students Visit Ferndale MRS. JACOB KANY DIED AT HOME IN XENIA Mrs, Jacob Kany, 69, wife of Mayor Jacob Kany, Xenia, died a t her home Wednesday evening following a long illness. She Was a native of Grunstadt Rreinphalz, Germany and came to this country in 1883, Besides her husband she is survived by a son, Arthur S. Kany, Dayton; and two brothers, Jacob Schneider, Mt. Healthy, O., and Karl Schneider, Xenia. The funeral will be held from the home Friday a t 2:30 P. M. with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Forty-two young farm students of the Smith-Hughes Evening Class of Flemingsburg, Ky., public school, in­ spected Ferndale Farm and the Ham- shires last Thursday. The trip was made by motor and the boys had their lunch on the Dobbins lawn. The boys also visited other noted farms in Ohio inspecting high grade horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and getting pointers on farm management. STATE CLEANING CARP FROM ST. GARY’S RESERVOIR Woman Uses Auto To Protect Husband LOST SHOPPING BAG WHILE IN COLUMBUS FRIDAY Mrs, Frank Creswell lost a shop! ping bag in Columbus last Friday. While a t a counter in one of the lead­ ing stores, and looking a t some g> ods the shopping bag was picked up by someone. I t contained a number of purchases but no trace of it could be found. BAILEY LEGION POST WILL PICNIC HERE SUNDAY Several hundred members of An­ tonio Bailey Post, No. 125, American Legion, Springfield, their families and friends, will picnic a t the Taylor Cliffs, Sunday The delegation will come by motor conveyances, NEW AGRICULTURE HEAD The State Conservation Department has been using a huge netting to clear St. Mary's Lake of carp. So fa r 25 tons of carp have been caught, or a total of 40,108. The carp have been given to all who came for them -to be used for food. I t is said there have been so many carp in the lake that other species of fish were being exter­ minated. REV. R, R. WRIGHT, Jr., ACCEPTS WILBERFORCE PRESIDENCY Reev. R. R. Wright, Jr., Philadel­ phia, Pa., has accepted the presidency of Wilberforce University as a scces- sor to Dr. Charles H, Wesley, who re­ signed July 6th, one month after he assumed the position. The new pres­ ident is editor of the Christian Re­ corder, published by the A. M, E. Church. WILLIAM SUTTON DEAD Mrs. George Agle, who resides near South Vienna, is a real heroine and to her quick action, Mr. Agle owes his life. While working in her kitchen a day or so ago,- Mrs. Agle glanced toward Earl H. Hanefleld, Ottawa, has been appointed Mad of the State Agricul­ ture Department to succeed I.S, Guth- ery, who resigned owing to ill health. Guthcry is a prominent farmer and banker a t LaRue, O. - . the barn lot and was terrified to see The Chautauqua speaker failed to her husband being attacked by a vie- take notice of the Seventh District. A ious bull which had knocked Mr, Agle BIG BOY is on the way, depending on to the ground and was preparing to Igore him to death. | Mrs. Agle jumped into the family auto and charged the animal a t full speed. The bull became’ frightened a t the machine and ran. Mr. Agle KYLE-JACKSON PICNIC detours, FLUE TAKES 20,090 IN OHIO Between 1921-31 flu has claimed The annual Kyle-Jackson family picnic and reunion will be held in Mr. Raymon Bull’s woods, Stevenson Road Tuesday, August 9th. Dinner a t Noon. 20,090 by death, 3964 being children was severely bruised and suffered under five year# of age. There were from the shock, but is recovering rep- more female deaths than mates, idly, Rev. Thomas R. Turner, D. D., and son, Brenton, of Quincy, Mass., a r­ rived here yesterday for a visit with 'Dr, and Mrs. W* R, Mcdmney. William Sutton,'84, well known far­ mer in this county died, Saturday a t his home in Xenia, following a heart attack. He was Mm and spent most of his life in New Jasper Twp but has resided in Xenia for sixteen years. His widow, Julia A. Paxton Sutton survives with two sons, Joseph Sut­ ton, Goes Station, and J. E. Sutton, former county treasurer, Dayton. The funeral was held Tuesday with burial in Woodland Cemetery, Xenia. HAMPSHIRE SALE AUG. 20 The twentieth annual sale of Ham- shire hogs will be held a t Ferndale Farm, Friday, Ahgust 19th. About forty head of sows will be in the of­ fering. ' i if r .