The Cedarville Herald, Volume 56, Numbers 1-26

The new things are advertised by merchants first. Advertisements keep you abreast of the times. Read them! Advertising is iews, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is of more significance to you. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 9. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3,1933 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR J. HARVE LACKEY FORMEROFFICIAL DIED FRIDAY J. Haxve Lackey, 75, former county commissioner, well known farmer and stock breeder, died, at his home near Jamestown, Friday afternoon at 4:30. He had suffered a stroke' of paralysis on Jan. 16 that affected his left side. The deceased was bom in Ross Twp. May 17, 1857 and he spent his entire life in the county, death taking place on the farm where he had resided for more than fifty-two years. He was a son of Givens and Margaret Ann Turnbull Lackey and was the eldest of four sons. Mr, Lackey was prominent in the affairs in his township. He had served as president of the board of education for ten years; was townsnip treasurer . for eight years and served as land ap­ praiser in 1910. He served two terms as county commissioner, retiring Jan uary 1, this year. Mr. Lackey was engaged in breed­ ing Poland China hogs for more than fifty years and served as president and treasurer of the National Poland- China Record Association for twenty- five years. It is said that he has held the record of having shipped Poland China hogs in nearly every hog rais­ ing state in the union. Mr. Lackey was a member of the Jamestown - 'United Presbyterian church h.s entire life and had served as chairman and trustee and superin­ tendent of the Sabbath School. He was always active in Republican politics in the county. He was married to Miss Della Craw­ ford o f Xenia on Nov. 10, 1880 and their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated two years ago. Besides his widow he is survived by two daugh­ ters, Mrs. James Patterson, Xenia, and Miss Margaret at home. Miss Myrtle, a daughter, died in March last year. The funeral was private and held at the home Monday afternoon with burial in Jamestown cemetery. I James Bailey <^ets 10-Year Service Pin A group meeting of representatives o f the Standard Oil emplpyess was held Tuesday evening at the Miami Hotel, Dayton, when heads of the Ohio company addressed the employees. Topics under consideration related to uusiness of the company and how state and federal taxeB affected the business. Executive heads are op­ posed to unemployment insurance as proposed in the state for the reason companies cannot Btand the added ex­ pense. It would put Ohio industry at a disadvantage when neighboring states have nothing of the kind. James Bailey, manager of the local station was presented a ten year ser­ vice pin in recognition of his faithful service the past ten years. ( Six MoreWeeks o f W inter? Selma Institute February 10-11 The Selma Farmers’ Institute will be held Friday and. Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11 with five sessions, two each day md a night session Friday. The state speakers will be W. H. oenour, Brookville, Ind., and Mrs. Ber­ yl B.,White, Ansonia, O. The musical program will be in charge o f Leroy Lynn. The officers of the group are: Jelmar Jobe is president; Mrs. Ray­ mond Batton, secretary; Miss Esther*. Smith, Lady correspondent. The pub­ lic is invited to attend the sessions to be held in the school auditorium. VAUDEVILLE SHOW COMING „ TO OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT Brigner Home Burns Tuesday Evening GIVE SURPRISE PARTY FOR JEANETTE NEAL, SATURDAY . Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Neal entertain­ ed with a 'surprise party in honor o f their daughter, Jeanette last Saturday in honor of her thirteenth birthday. Those present were Betty Jane Judy, Betty Coulter, Francks Kennon, Doro­ thy Galloway, Mary Alice Whitting­ ton,! Helen Ross, Louise Graham, Mar­ tha Jane Martindale, Doris Trues- dale of Cedarville, and Marjorie Jean and Avonalle Welsh of Springfield.; Burial in Massies Creek Cemetery, After refreshments the guests enjoy ed games; A'troup of vodvil artists, compris- The frame residence of Leonard ng about 150 acts have organized to gner on the Columbus pike east of present shows in various towns. With town not far from the corporation this number a new show, actors and imits burned to the ground about 8:30 acts bah be assured each night. It is Tuesday evening. The fire was dis- che purpose of giving a show once a covered in the roof. There was no one veek in the various towns. sliving in the property at the time as The bill tonight features Capt. O’- he Myers family had moved the day Fimons, motion picture actor, who lost previous. Mr. Brigner had been about one arm and one leg in stunt work. He' the property earlier in the day but is to be featured in singing and danc-'had returned to his home in Madison sng. Clean vodvil is promised. Popu- ounty. The property was insured in lar prices prevail. INFANT SON DEAD William Leroy Smith, ipfant son of Mr. and Mrs. „ Percy Smith, the Clark County Mutual. The local department responded. but did not have hose enough to reach the fiie. Lower BellbrOok Pike,. Xenia, d leda t the home of his parents Wednesday even- j OCACL LEGION MEMBERSHIP * , DRIVE NOW NEAR QUOTA The Wallace C. Anderson Post of ing at 7:30. The baby was bom last the American Legion has been con- Friday and died o f purpura hemorr-; ducting a membership drive this week hagica, a rare type of blood disease.land has 21 members of a quota of 25. Besides the parents the babe is aurviv-j The drive is expected to send the SCHOOL NEWS j |COLLEGE NEWS Temperance Programs Concluded At the laBt of. the temperance pro­ grams over which Mrs* Ritchie presid­ ed, the students were given an oppor­ tunity to sign the total abstinence pledge. Previous to this, Miss Hanna, Mr. Deem, Mrs. Edwards, and Wilson made remarks concerning tem­ perance. . The devotionals: included Scripture reading by Mr. Orr, the Lord’s Prayer, and the song -“Yield Not to Tempta- tion” by a double quartette. Girls’ Hobby Fair Plans are being made for the Girls’ Hobby Fair to be held ifiXehia, Mch, ed by a brother, Robert and a sister, ]membership far in excess of the quota. Georgia Virginia. The funeral service barren Barber is Commander of the will be held Friday and is private, j Post. What? Chicken Supper. Where? M. E. Church. When? Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5:30. Price 25 cents APPENDICITIS OPERATION Willis Gormley, college student, was taken ill Sabbath in Dayton and sent to Miami Valley Hospital where he underwent an operation for appendi­ citis. He ib reported as doing nicely. Menu: Chicken sandwich, mashed He has been subject to attacks at dif- potatoes, gravy, salad, pie and coffe. ferent times in the past. NEWSCONDENSED;0R QUICKDEADIND MINISTERS RACK MORT SCHOOL PLAN— Columbus—The Ohio Pastor’s convention in session at Coh umbus this week, endorsed the Mort school plan for nnanCi Is public schools in Ohio. A resolution was passed urgmg the leg­ islature to adopt this plan. The Mort plan is the result of the Ohio School Survey Commission report. McCHESNEY INTRODUCES THREE BILLS— Columbus— Representative W. R< McChesney introduced three bills in the House Tuesday. One for the Village of Yellow Springs to transfer $8,000 from the light fund to the water fund to retire outstanding bonds. Another was that historic and pre­ historic sites, and that cerain canal lands be transferred from the department of public works to the Ohio State Archaeologi* cal and Historical Society for general preservation. The bills were referred to the proper committees for consideration. BUILDING AND LOAN BILL APPROVED— Columbus—The building and loan committee of the House of Representatives has recommended for passage the bill plac­ ing all building and loans in Ohio under state regulatory pro­ visions, instead of each having its own constitution and by-laws. The head of the department would be the only authority to take steps to liquidate “ unsound or unsafe” associations. The bill has the approval of the building and loan associations m Ohio. SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANT ADVANCE DRAW— It is said that practically each school district in the county has asked for an advance draw on the present collection of tax­ es to meet unpaid bills and salaries o f teachers, bus drivers and other employees, who have not been paid for more than a month. POSTAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS NOW TAXABLE— The State Tax Commission has issued a ruling that all post­ al savings deposits are subject to personal tax df two mills and must be returned for taxation. It is estimated that $50,000,- 000 has been invested in that way. In view o f the fact the gov­ ernment permits the state tax commission to check federal rec­ ords, all Ohio depositors can make the return or be placed on the duplicate by the state authorities. Banks and building and loans pay on deposits but the government will not , so the tax must be paid by postal savings depositors. TAX COLLECTION IN COUNTY DRAGS— . The December collection of taxes in the county has only reached shout 60 per cent according to County Treasurer Van Pelt, the time officially expiring on Wednesday, when the per centage paid way be increased. It has not been determined as to whether another extention will be asked for. THANKS FOR LOCAL BUSINESS HOUSES FROM ROSS TWP. The Committee of Ross Township Farmers’ Institute wish to thank the following Cedarville doners: Cedar­ ville Lumber Co., Shell Oil Co., Ad­ ams Realty Co., E. A. Allen, Cum­ mings Chevrolet Co., C. H. Crouse, Standard Oil Co. McQuinn Coal and Feed Store, H, H. Brown Drug Co. Richards Drug Store, Masters Gro­ cery, W. L. Clemans, Ins. O. T. Marshall, Pres. M. K. Ritenour, V. Pres. Mrs. Herachel Long, Sec. Mrs. Oscar Weljer, Cor.-Sec. ATTENDING FARMERS’ WEEK Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Evans o f Fern- dale Farms, have been spending part of the week attending the conferences during Farmers’ Week at the O. S. U. BANK SUITS HELD UP * By agreement the four national banks in the county on order of Com­ mon Pleas Court, are being with-held due to suits of like nature in the Su­ preme Court. Most all national banks in Ohio are interested in the suits in regard to taxes, which had been levied on national banks but not state banks or other financial institutions. Many counties in Ohio have compromised with the banks on a fifty -per cent settlement. In case the Supreme Court upholds the contention of the banks the counties that have not set­ tled in full will get nothing. The law has been changed and all institutions now are taxed on equal basis. The tax for 1928, 1929 and, 1930 are in con­ troversy. Picture Show-Well Attended Students and patrons filled the op- ra house, Saturday night, to see the picture, “ The Lady of the Lake.’’ The sound effects added much to the en­ joyment of the evening. The splendid support of the community in this pro­ ject. warrants another worthwhile picture which has been arranged for Saturday night, Feb. 18. At that time an all talking picture entitled “Abra­ ham Lincoln’’ will be shown with a comedy as ah added feature.' C. H. S, Is Victor Last Thursday evening, the C. H. 3. boys’ and girls’ teams were victor­ ious over the R o bs High basketeers. The tally at the end of the half in the boys’ game was 14 to 13. However in both games, the C. H. S. players were able to score easily during the second half. The final score of the girls’ game was 17-7 in favor of the Red and White sextet; while the local boys won .by a final tally of 39-17. Ross Here Thursday The classic of the year. C. H. S. vs. Ross High in basketball, comes next Thursday night, when the two schools clash on the local hardwood. Ross suf­ fered a double defeat at the hands of the Red and White teams last week, and will no doubt be determined to turn the tables this time. There wii. be only one other home game in this season, Feb. 17, when Spring Valley teams will meet the C. H. S. teams in another of the county league tilts. C. H. S, vs. Jamestown Tonight The girls’ and boys’ squads will journey to Jamestown tonight to meet the unusually strong teams of Silvercreek High School, These games promise to be feal struggles. LIBRARY GETS REDUCTION The Greene County Commissioners have approved an appropriation of $10,875 for operation of the Greene County Library. The library board has asked for a levy of 16 mills a- _ _ __________ __nr„ ........ ......... . gainst 25 mills last year, Cedarville IJ j S ’ " W l 'be “ transferred to Miss township does not share in the cost of { Lewis’ room. Miss Lewis has had en Teachers’ Meeting Saturday The local teachers will attend the meeting of the Greene County Teach­ ers’ Association at the new Beaver­ creek High School building, Saturday. Class Divisions Made In order to equalize the number of students in the fourth and fifth grades approximately eight pupils o f the fifth upkeep for the county library. PUBLIC SALE DATES Feb, 3—-Gordon and Blackburn Feb. 8—Clara Ryle. Feb. 9—Clarence Stuckey. Feb. 10—W. R. Watt Feb. 16—A. L. Flatter. Feb. 16—Arthur Cummings.' Feb. i7—Everett A. Tippy. Feb, 20—E. E. Draper. Fe b . 24 —Pemdale Sow Sale. rolled in the fourth grade only thirty- three students, while Miss Chance has had fifty-four in the fifth grade. This is not a demotion but the trans­ ferred students will receive more in­ dividual attention in fifth grade work than if they remained under the pres­ ent over-crowded condition. Editor’s Note—It was impossible to get the Honor Roll in type this week but same will appear next week. The Board, of Trustees of Cedarville College will meet today, Feb. 3rd, in semi-annual session. At this time routine work for the first semester of the year will be considered and the employment of the faculty for 1933- 34. The Board meets at 1.30 P. M. in the college office. At 10 this morning the annual Day of Prayer for Colleges will be observed. The Reverend Wil­ liam T.. Paterson, pastor of the Nor­ wood Presbyterian Church, will preach the sermon. The Glee Clubs of the College, under the direction of Mrs. Margaret Work, director of music, will furnish music for the occasion. All are cordially invited tp attend the fechnocracy - - Its A im s By W. W. Galloway Technocracy has become almost ov­ ernight the subject o f subjects. But it has come so swiftly that it means all things to all men. This confusion is only natural, as some of the propon­ ents of the doctrine, in a rather sensa­ tional way, have given oat conclusions before they have completed their an alysis. As a matter of fact, it is not yet completed. With the exception of scattered statistical bits, all that has been revealed to date is the basic idea, TECHNOCRACY SAYS: “ Manu­ facturers shudder at the thought of a razor blade (now in existance—but out never commercially produced) winch will last a life time and cost 80c. THE FACTS: This iB in reference to a cemented carbide edge on q razor blade. Recent correspondence with one o f the largest cutlery manufactur­ ers who is in close touch with those back of the development, discloses which, although not new, is very time- j that the material is still too brittle to ly. [hold a razor edge. The theory of Technocracy is that Some of the most striking errors the price system is doomed, because of fact made by the Technocrats do l i ) technological changes are causing not appear in'the latest authorized need for fewer and fewer workers, articles. These misstatements are and because (2) debt haB increased made in connection with technological much faster than the growth of popu- advances in agriculture, brick, pig iron iation or production. At present, the leaders of the move­ ment are conducting an “Energy Sur­ vey of North America’’ which consists ox’ charting data on production, em ployment, installed horse power, etc,, m various industries. It is from this rather elaborate piece of research that uie •‘i'ecnnoc.rats” aim to prove their neory as outlined above, and call for *ne greatest new economic deal since civilization began. They have already autuonzed the publication of certain statistics that they have compiled, uany of which have been proved er­ roneous. innal, complete figures from the survey, however, when checked and aouuie checKed by2competant analysts, snould provide a basis for sound reas­ oning on the problem. So far, the -neory has been hurt, more than help- iron ore, shoes, and other industries. It is apparent from ofiicial census data, that workers displaced through technological improvements have been largely absorbed by other lines of en­ deavor. Notwithstanding this fact, one should recognize that unless this . absorption continues, the number o f regularly unemployed in normal times will increase, and constitute a severe uurden. Regarding debts caused by credit expansion in the late bull mar- net, the price system has gone through a number of severe periods of infla­ tion and deflation, and although read­ justment was difficult, normal rela­ tionships were subsequently restored. The research being conducted by the Technocracy engineers should be valu­ able, not in pointing to disaster for our present system, but in augment­ ing other statistical studies which are ca, by the flimsy and incomplete na- constantly, being made to aid planning ure of .the statistical evidence that and improvement in business manage- The annual Home Coming of Cedar­ ville College will take place this com­ ing Saturday night. A banquet for all the alumni, former students, faculty, members of the Board of Trustees, students now in attendance and all other friends will be given in the Al­ ford -Memorial Gymnasium at 5:30 o’clock Saturday evening. Plates are. be­ ing, reserved ’ at 35c each by calling on or writing to Mrs. W. R. McChes­ ney or the College Office. Music will be furnished by the Department of Music under' the Direction of Mrs. Work, head of the Department. The annual Home Coming basketball game will be-played between Urbana University and Cedarville. College immediately following i)iie banquet. All- are welcome to both affairs. About thirty Cedarville College stu­ dents attended the extradordinary fine Artists Series Concert given at Memorial Hall in Dayton, Mohday evening, Jan. 30. The concert was fur­ nished by the famous horsemen qf the steppes, “Each a master" of vocal music, the thirty six talented singers under the direction of their plucky little conductor Serge Jaroff, thrilled a capacity audience with number after number of varied Russian songs. The C. C. students enjoyed the program and performance immensely. The Mixed Chorus of Cedarville College is to participate in a musical program at Wilberforce University, Saturday, Feb. 11. A great many of the colleges and universities of Ohio will furnish musical numbers during the program. Miss Mildred Bisdorf, who attended Cedarville College during the first semester, is unable to return to her college work this semester due to ser­ ious illness. Cedarville College welcomes back two of its students, Clyde Hutchison and Edward Irons, who have recently undergone operations, We regret very much that Willis Gormley was taken to Miami Valley hospital Sabbath where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Five new. students enrolled Monday for the second semester of college work. ’They were Miss Helen L. Jones, Xenia, Miss Hilda Brockman, Vandal- ia, Mr, Lester JPaxson, Yellow Springs Mr. George Moody, Xenia; and Mr. Donald Burkert, Frenchburg, Ky. Ce­ darville College is delighted to wel­ come these new students and hopes that they will find It pleasant and helpful. The Literary Society held Its last meeting the last Thursday before ex aminations, The clever program was in the form of a mock trial. New of­ ficers were elected. The next meeting will be held Monday evening of next week. .ius been presented. Everyone knows, or should know by now, that changes in industrial meth­ ods constantly displace human labor. Everyone is allso cognizant of the fact that our debt burden is very high, The arguments raised against our present money and . profit .system might be held valid if thf tectmological development have gone, gregate employment. The statistics which have been presented in attempt­ ing to prove that our whole capitalis­ tic structure must tumble .seem quite convincing until they are .-checked a- gainst recognized authentic data. Let us look at some of the fragmentary otaiements of the Technocracy school . ji comparison with the facts. i-EoulMOoRACY SAYS: “Employ­ ment has fluctuated ever downward o.uce I d J l S.” ai *E r ACTS: Census figures, num­ ber oi persons gainfully employed: xiiiO— ati.a millions; 1920—41.6 mil- .uns; loeO—48.8 millions. These in- cieases Were approximately equal to bile growth in population.' TECHNOCRACY SAYS: “ In the steel industry, .13 man-hours per ten were required in 1929, as; compared with 70 in 1900.” THE FACTS: Despite improvement in efficiency in this industry, there were a 2 persons per 10,000 of popu­ lation engaged in steel making in-1929 against 24 in 1900—U. S. Census. This -mows how deceptive this statement is in its implication of huge techno­ logical displacement. IE g HNOCRACY SAYS: “ In incan­ descent lamp manufacturer, one man .s doing in one hour today as much as it took him 9000 h o u rB (another state­ ment puts it at 10,000) in 1914.” THE FACTS: Electrical engineers ment in the future. Despite unusually rapid technologi­ cal progress during the last 10 years which-has substantially increased in the number of jobs available to the workers of the country. On the con­ trary, not only has the total number qf gainfully employed Workers con­ tinued its, steady-increase,- but the pro­ portion o f workers to total population has also increased. These conclusions are drawn from the section on Occupations prepared by .Ralph G, Hurlin and; Meredith B. Givens for “Recent Social Trends” (McGraw-Hill), the report of- the President’s Research Committee. . TWp infornuftion is .particularly partinent now when Technocracy is declaring .that job opportunities are decreasing, may entirely vanish with­ in a few decades. The facts presented by .the authors of this section definite­ ly demonstrate that Technocracy’s spectacular charges are unfounded. Since 1900, while total population has increased, the number of gain­ fully employed has increased 68 per cent. During the decade from 1910 to 1920 total population rose 19 per cent, while the number o f gainfully employ­ ed increased only 9 per cent. During every other census period, including that from 1920 to 1930, which was most prolific of all in technological changes, employment opportunities in­ creased faster, than total population. In specific industries and occupa­ tions there have been drastic reduc­ tions in the number of persons needed to Carry on, and more of such cuts in personnel may be expected in the fu­ ture. What critics of the present sys­ tem do not seem to appreciate is that there have been at the same time wide changes in personnel. requirements, which—up to the 1930 census, as* are unanimous in their refutation of ^ea8^ bave effectively compensated this statistic. They state that the ef­ ficiency in various steps in bulb manu­ facture has been stepped up thirty times at the most, instead of 9000 or 10,000 times. employment. Of the great occupational groups of the nation, none offered fewer job op- (Continued on Page 4) A PROCLAMATION BUY AMERICAN W ITHTHE AMERICAN LEGION Throughout this Nation, millions o f American citizens are unem­ ployed; thousands o f factories are idle; and thousands of retail busi­ ness houses are closed. America At Work can use more than 90 per cent o f her own agri­ cultural and manufactured goods. , In 1917 and 1918 the American citizen soldier went to France and Belgium to preserve the very existence o f these nations. Outstanding among those that have today refused to make payments upon loans extended to them in time o f war are—France and Belgium. France has hiore gold reserve than any other nation in Europe,. America is flooded with merchandise of foreign manufacture; merchandise that is produced, by cheap labor to undersell American products—and American factories are closed. The American Legion of Ohio has'launched a great campaign a- mong its members and among citizens of this great commonwealth to BUY AMERICAN GOODS and by sc doing to aid the return of em­ ployment for our citizens and the opening o f our closed factories. Now therefore, I, A. E. Richards, Mayor of the Village o f Cedar­ ville, Ohio, do call upon my fellow citizens to join with The American Legion in the purchase of American goods. Let us all adopt the slogan of the Legion, “ BUY AMERICAN — PUT AMERICA AT WORK.” % A. E. RICHARDS, Mayor o f Cedarville, O,