The Cedarville Herald, Volume 56, Numbers 1-26

/ The new things are advertised by merchants first. Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times. Read them! Advertising is vs, as mucin as the headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to you. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 10. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10,1933 PRICE, §LoG A YEAR Prominent XenianSuicide Victim Wednesday S5B A Lesson in Americana J. Harry Whitmer, 60, prominent Xenia buneral director, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head at his home in that city, sometime Wednesday forenoon. He is said to have been despondent for some time owing to ill health. The act was committed In an up. stairs bedroom. His wife being away from home at the time but returned about U o'clock and found his body across a bed in a spare bed room. He had used a .38 caliber pistol and had shot himself through the right tem­ ple. | So far as known he left no note as to why he committed the act and ill­ ness is supposed to have worked on his mind. Dr, A. D. DeHaven was called and said Mr. Whitmer had been dead for about an hour. Coroner Haines had Sheriff John Baughn make a prelimK nary examination Coroner Haines later rendered a verdict of suicide. The deceased.was the son of Rev. and Mrs. David Whitmer, a former ministe in. the. M. E. Church. When a young man he became associated with S. B. LeSourd & Co. in the in­ surance business. Later he took over the undertaking business, of Charles Johnson. He was prominent in church aqd lodge affairs in his city and "was 'a Scottish Rite Mason in Dayton. COUNTYDAIRYMEN GETAWARDS Ten Greene’ County Dairymen were recently awarded diplomas by the Na­ tional Dairy Association and their names added -to .the National•Honor Roll of 19o2 in recognition of their achievement of developing their herd of. dairy cows to a high state of pro­ duction. ‘l liree of these herds averaged more than 400 pounds of butterfat per cow for the year. The herd of nine Hol­ stein cows o f Raymond Wolf averaged 428 lbs; L. H. Hartley’s herd of 10 Guernsey cows averaged 416 pounds; and the Holstein herd of 17 cows of W. H. Ankeney averaged 404, pounds. These men are also members o f the Ohio Honor Dairy Herd Club which this year held their annual meeting at Columbus,during Farmers' Week. Seven dairymen received the award for developing a herd that produced an average o f more than 300 pounds o f butter fat for the year and are as follows; Clark Meredith 369 pounds; 3. O. St. John 365 pounds; Carl ^Ban- ford 359 pounds; Miami.Farms 350 pounds; Frank Wilson 337 pounds; Horace Ankeny. 320 pounds;;Mrs. E. E. Finney & Sons 317 pounds. All ol these herds were in the Greene County Dairy Improvement Association' ana the milk of each cow was tested and Weighed and a record kept o f all feed fed. FORD COUPE STOLEN RECOVERED MONDAY A model 1930 Ford coupe owned by Paul Orr, coach at'the High School was stolen from Main Street near the Gym Saturday night while he was in attendance at the College Home Com­ ing dinner. He had left his key in the ignition socket and the thief had no trouble in getting away. The car was tracked in the snow towards the center of town, Neighboring towns' Were notified of the theft and Mon-1| day the Columbus police reported th e f car had been abandoned on a side I street in that city. Apparently no.I damage was done. Mr. Orr had no insurance at the time but since then has secured insurance and has a new rule about leaving the key so handy. j p Greene County Out '•(•mMiiitmsftiimiHiitimiiiiiiiHtiiimMiuiiimiiliniift SCHOOL NEWS 3 iMIltlllllllllllllMIIIIMflllllMMIIIIillllimilMSIl CARDINAL TO BE OHIO OFFICIAL BIRD SOON BUILDING AND LOAN CHOOSES DIRECTORS The annual election of stockholders of The Cedarville Building and Loan Association was held Saturday even­ ing when the following were elected: W. H, Barber, C. W. Steele, A. E. Huey and Ralph Wolford. The new members of the board are Prof. Steele and Mr. Wolford. The retiring mem­ ber M. C. Nagley wa| desirous to retire. Mr. Barber has been a mem­ ber of the board for more than thirty years. The hoard will meet for or­ ganization Monday, February 13. BASKETBALL GAME POSTPONED TO MONDAY By action of the lower branch the legislature the cardinal will the official Ohio bird.' The Senate is expected to pass the bill when it goes to that body. The cardinal is a year around bird and does not change its location with the seaipns,. Rich in colqr with the tufted head he is admired, by all. He is noted for his disposition, yet is one that will stand his ground even when the jaybird is about. His voice is one of the sweetest in the bird world and no better choice could be made. The bill was offered by Samuel Dickerson, former newspaper publisher. TAX PAYING TIME EXTENDED TO FEB 28 County Treasurer Harold Van pelt announces that another extention has been, granted for the payment of taxes in this county. Owing to only about 60 per cent of the taxes having been paid it was thought best to give tax payers more time. Personal property tax returns must be filed starting February 15 and one-half o f the a- mount must be paid at the time. FARM BUREAU TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The basket hall game between ROss Twp. High School and Cedarville Hi scheduled for last night on the local floor was postponed until Monday night owing to the zero weather. The game promises to be an unusually in­ teresting one as both teams have in the past been strong contenders for SCHOOLS CLOSED OWING The Farm Bureau has plans for a membership drive’ the latter part of this month when thirty-five officers, directors and farm bureau leaders held a dinner meeting at Geyer’s in Xenia last Thursday evening. The date will,be announced later. C. R. Titlow, Osborn, president, said: “ Far- mprs have to look to their own strength to work out their salvation." victory. WIFE WANTS DIVORCE The intensive cold weather and the trouble experienced with the school Mr.. Ethe. Herring h»» Med .nit £“ ?. for divorce from Lloyd Herring. The TO EXCESSIVE WEATHER couple was married in Covington*July 6, 1929. Plaintiff says husband has been often imprisoned on seriouB charges. She asks custody of two min­ or children. CONFERENCE B. B. GAME Cedarville College basketball team rill meet the Findlay College team on fie local floor at Alford Gym, Satur- ay evening at 8, P« M. This is a lorthwestern Ohio Conference game/ to discontinue school for Friday. It is hoped the weather will moderate for the opening of school Monday. JUDGES START NEW TERMS THURSDAY IN COUNTY COURTS HOUSE COMMUTE AFTER ( PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT The temperance committee in the Ohio House o f Representatives has recommended for passage a bill to abolish the prohibition state enforce­ ment department The vote was 8 to 5, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FARMERS FAIL TO STOP PUBLIC SALE Champaign county farmers attempt­ ed to cheek a sale by the “ Penny method. The sale was made with the co-operation o f the owner o f the prop- who had turned it over to the Judge R, L. Gowdy entered upon his new term as judge o f the Court of Common Pleas, and Judge S. C. Wright did likewise Thursday in the Probate Court. •Judge Gowdy has served since 1921 when he succeeded the late Judge C. H. Kyle. Judge Wright entered on his third term. STUDY OF BIBLE CHARACTERS The study of Bible characters which is to be continued through the month of February, was begun Monday morning at chapel. Mr. Guthrie dis­ cussed the character Barnabas. The devotional period included Scripture read by Miss Fiddle, the Lord’s Pray­ er, and a duet sung by. Virginia Towns .ey and Lois Fisher. LOCALCITIZENS ATENDMET! MS G “ ABRAHAM LINCOLN” Aten-real all talking picture en­ titled “ Abraham Lincoln” will be shown in the local opera house, Sat­ urday evening, February 18th. This picture by D. W. Griffith shows the Intimacies o f LmeeWt life.ah&%orfc;' This worthwhile movie, stars Walter auston and Una Merkel. A comedy will add to the entertainment of the evening. Other pictures will be shown here, March 18, April 8, and May 6. Due to the fact that these pictures are ob­ tained on a circuit, it is impossible to announce definitely the names of the pictures to.be shown at those times. Admission rate for each picture will oe ten cents. Messrs. W. C. Iliff and G. H. Cres- ' well of the local hoard of education attended a meeting of • the Ohio As­ sociation of School' Board Members, Monday in Columbus: Supt. II. D. Furst was also presefit, ' The -meeting was called to discuss school finances. The lnaip speakers were Gov. George White and Finance Director Bevis What.is known as fhi Mort plan is now before the legisla­ ture but from Governor White’s talk he is not in favor of it as it calls for an expenditure from ,428 to $50 mil­ lion according to his statements,. The funds tfishe r a ife d ^ ,$n£. pr more new taxes. ’ ■ . . ” " - The meeting unanimously endorsed the Mort plan to the legislature foi passage. k COLLEGE' NEWS » i. Students, faculty and friends oi the college and high school listened to a very helpful and. interesting sermon delivered by Rev. W. T. Patterson in ! the Presbyterian Church, Friday morning, the occassion being the an­ nual Day of Prayer fol1 colleges and universities. The following program wasgiven: Organ Prelude; Hymn; Invocation by Rev. Jamieson; Special—“ Praise .e Jehovah" by Girl’s Glee Club; £>pripture, Supt. Furst; Special “ Un­ fold Ye. Porcals” by Gin s Giee emu; rayer, Rev. Guthrie; Announcements Special—-“ In the Cross of Christ I Glory", Girl’s Quartette. Sermon by Rev. W. T, Paterson,D.^.,,Nc^tyboq, citicifinati, O.; Praydr,v* Rev: 0: Sr ..mtacre, Summittville, O.; Special, 'There’s a Green Hi# bar Away" uy Girl’s Glee Club; Benediction by Rev. W. T. Paterson. C. H. S. Va. BATH HIGH The Red and White will journey to Osborn, Saturday evening to play the .earns of Bath'High. COURT NEWS GREENF^COUNTY TOURNAMENT Arrangements are being completed for the annual Greene County Tourn­ ament, which will be held in the Cen­ tral High School gymnasium, Xenia, February 24-25. Admission rates have been set as .ollows: General admission season tickets 75c (single admissions total M<10); season reserved seats $1.50. Those desiring to buy reserved seats •nay do so by calling Supt. Furst. .since Cedarville’s allotment of reserv­ ed seats is only twenty-three, it would ue best to obtain these tickets early vOavoid disappointment. . NXENIAN GETS PAROLE Ervin E. Thompson, 36, Xenia, who pleaded guilty to theft of an auto was paroled to Sheriff John Baughn by Judge Gowdy in Common Pleas Court. The auto was taken from Clarence Hamer, Xenia, and found in Dayton where Thompson was arrested. SPRING VALLEY HERE The basketball teams o f Spring Valley Hi will play in the Alford Me­ morial Gym, Friday, Feb, 17. This game will be the last of the pre-tourn­ ament games for the local basketeers, Spring Valley boys are strong con­ tenders for the league title and will no doubt furnish plenty of- opposition for the Red and White. NEW FORD TO BE OUT SATURDAY FOR INSPECTION; The new Ford Will go on display at Columbus Saturday according to Jean Patton, local dealer. The new car is a V-8 with 112 inch wheel base, larger j body and other refinements. It is said that Ford will have two model V-8 type cars, the other to have a shorter wheel base. GAS TAX MONEY TO BE DIVERTED SAYS SENATE ’ The Ohio Senate by a vote o f 25 to 7 adopted the Gunsett hill permitting counties and cities to divert their share o f gasoline tax money until Match 1,1985. BOARD MEMBERS IN CAPITAL Messrs. Walter Iliffe and George Creswell, members of the local hoard of education, and' Superintendent H. D. Furst attended a meeting of the Ohio Association o f Boards of Edu­ cation, Monday, in the Ohio State Uni­ versity Chapel4 Columbus Among the speakers for the occas­ ion were Mr. Bevis, State Director of Finance, and Governor White. The financial support of schools was dis­ cussed. The Association passed a resolution favoring the Mort p lan ts the best! way for financing schools. This plari; provides for the much needed relief in real estate taxes. { TWO GET SENTENCES L. W. Massie, Ross Twp., and S. J. Nicely, Xenia, were fined $500 each by Judge Smith in Xenia Municipal Coui\ Saturday on liquor charges. They arc doing time in the county jail in default of payment o f the fines. A Mill was found in the Massie home by the sher­ iff’s force and eight barrels of mash and seven gallons of liquor found. PERSONAL INJURY SUIT The Dayton and Xenia Railway* Co. is defendant in a suit for $2,500 filed in common pleas court by Irene Simt-. matron at the O. S. '& S. O. Home, alleging she sustained personal in­ juries in an accident last June 0. Tbt plaintiff claims she was a passenger on the car and when attempting tc alight, the motorman, operated the automatic door while she was still o. the step, which caused her to fall and fracture her skull. ) The Supreme Court has rendered a ; —..siem holding the distributative S ui tfte Classification tax law as ,.v.w.i.t.Lut;.oiial. When the lav/ was ...»vi c-wiismeiation two years ago tins quescion was brought up but the .<i,v was parsed just the same. - xiie section held unconstitutional . louueo^ tiiat all counties in the state .ouecting more than the amount ior- ...eny collected on personal property under the uniform law must remit tne dinerence to the state to be distribut­ ed among the counties not coming up to their quota. Hamilton county collected more than a million dollars in excess of the for­ mer quota and enjoined the sia^e on the grounds the section was uncon­ stitutional. As this money was to be lur, local use the- court sustained the Hamilton .county authorities. Tne vunstitution provides: "The genera. Assembly shall provide for raising revenue sufficient to defray expenses of the State for each year, and also a sufficient sum to pay interest on.the state debt.” The new tax law is not for raising funds for the state hut for the counties and subdivisions and the ,tate has no power to levy on such taxes collected for redisirioucion. in principal the law was wrong and as unjust as had rural counties been tax­ ed to support the urban counties. In view, that .Greene county ex­ pected to share in the distributive share and had arranged her tax bud­ get tha way, the loss is placed at $75,- 880 by County Auditor Curlett. The legislature will attempt to correct the iaw and several bills have been intro- - uuced all of which seek tp tax the city counties for the benefit of rural -ounties. Cuyahoga county refused to jonect the tax and did not even reach .he quota under the uniform law. M RETURNS PUBLIC SALE DATES Feb. 10—W. R, Watt. Feb. 16—A, L. Flatter, Feb. 16—Arthur Cummings, Feb. 17—Everett A. Tippy. Feb. 20—E. E. Draper. Feb. 23—John Stewart A Son. Feb. 24—Ferndale Sow Sale. SUIT OVER LEASE E. H. Schmidt, C. B. Schmidt and Elld N. Schmidt,, as executors and trustees of the estate of H. E. Schmicr. deceased, have filed suit in Common Pleas Court against the former C. A. Weaver Co., Xenia; The Men’s Store, Xenia, C. W. Boyd manager; and . R. Benua, John S. Hilgert and Ruth S. Benua, Columbus, claiming a bah ancc of $800 due in rentals under terms of a lease. The court allowed a temporary restraining order forbid, ding the sale or removal of store fix ­ tures from the Men’s Store. Harry D. Smith, attorney. BOUGHT NO CLOTHES Mrs Clara Hagorty has brought suit for divorce in Common Pleas Court asking divorce from Richard Hagcrty, whom she married Nov. 1, 1930. She. charges failure to provide and cruelty ahd that the husband had never bought any clothes for her, WANTED—Electric pump. Duro or V-K pump preferred, Interested parties must call John Collins, phone 12 on 151 as soon as possible. Approximately one hundred and seventy-five former students and iViends attended the annual Home­ coming Banquet at the Alford Me­ morial Gymnasium Saturday evening, February 4. An excellent chicken dinner was prepared and served by .ne Ladies* Advisory Board, after vhich the guests were entertained by. nusic furnished by the mixed chorus and the girl’s quartette under - the aide supervision of Mrs., Work, Diroc- .or of Music. < Basketball games followed the mus- cal program. C. C. girls vs. Bedorook girls; C. G. second team vs. a . u ,.,.. *no featured game, of the evening was v* C. vs. Urbana University. Gedar- *ille won 30 to 28 thus bringing to a close a very fine home coming, . LITERARY SOCIETY The Philosophic Literary Society .net Monday evening, Febrary 6 at the customary meeting place in the base­ ment of the Library. The meeting was opened by the reg- ,ar devotional exercises in charge of the chaplin, Walter Linton. Joseph . ree, the retiring president surrender­ ed the gavel to the new president, Ho­ lier Murray, and after the customary peeefi by the new president the pro­ gram for the evening was presented. The main subject for the evening .as a donate, supervised by the Pro­ gram Chairman, Mary Catherine Pro- oasco, The question discussed was: Resolved: That Colleges Should Be u-Jiducationai’’ Garonne Brill and Robert Wilson represented the affir­ mative; Carma Hostetler and Russell Murray, the negative, While ViOia ai’baugh, Doris Hartman and Carl ’erguson, served as judged, rendering the decision in the negative. ’A talk stressing the subject of Val­ entine Greetings was given by Pres­ ton Garlough. He read many valen­ cies, bringing out the personalities j£ many of the students. After a duet by Anna Jane Wham and Nina Stevenson, the critics re­ port was given by Wilda Auld and .the meeting was adjourned. Refreshments were served to about 40 members and guests. Cedarville College is pleased to re* port that the condition of Robert Har- riman is much improved. The opera­ tion proved to bo much Worse than was anticipated but ho is now making a splendid recovery, Willis Gormloy was returned from uhellospital Saturday and is under the/ care of Mrs. A, E. Richards. He is making good recovery. Records kept by a number of Greene ounty rarmers and wnicq were sum- ...u-cu ,-i'iuay snowed- tnat on the .ci.atte uie total gruss cami receipts .or uie year lboz were Zt per cent less .nan me year 1.9J1 and oO per cent .eas than the year 19o0 according to ounty Agent E. A. Drake, rhe average cash expenses on these .arms were 14 per cent less than in yJl and 41 per cent less than 1930. -c will oe noted that while expendi­ tures' had been- reduced, the redaction .as not m line with receipts, 'this is aue to the tact that, overhead costs nave remained fairly constant and mat commodities which farmers buy iuve not declined as fast as the pro- acts widen he sells, me average sise of the farms were -o i acres of which 95 acres were, in mops* Dairy sales per cow were $59,- fj6, egg saies for hen $1,69 and an av- Gragfe of slightly more thaii 11 pigs per how raised during the yeaf/Gh ah Uverage- $1108 worth of'feed was fed to productive livestock which when sold returned $1,28 for each dollar’s .worth of feed fed. * The records which these men kept consists of a record of receipts and expenditures plus an inventory at the oegmnmg and end of the year on the iarm business. It does not include tne food, used in the home or any of me ocher household axpenses. h LMER HETZEL HEADS MILK ORGANIZATION I Elmer Hetzel, Xenia, has been re- -.ecteu president of the Xenia branch m the ltriumi Valley Milk Producer's association. J. B. Conklin, secretary, j . i* i atterson, treasurer. Ralph Spahr -.u ,i. in. mason were reelected to the ^ .mxy council and John Harvey vOiiiiis was made a new member of me council. Jonn Collins, Cedarville, was odecteu as county director for the association. ALLEGEBOARD LOSMETING The semi-annual meeting of the Joavd of Trustees o f Cedarville Col- age was held rriday afternoon. Re­ ports indicate the couege wiu not in­ crease the $4,0u0 deficit which was tamed over from last year. This is in marked contrast to what many other colleges and universities are facing this year. -, . The budget for next year was un­ der discussion and will be completed at the annual meetng in June. . The present members of the faculty were offered renewals of their con­ tracts for another yepr. Appointment of an additional faculty memuer, as - an assistant to Prof.; A. J. Hostetler, in the educational department, was authorized. The largest enrollment is in that department. . President W. R. McChesney and Prof. F. A. JUrkat, the, latter treasury it of the cdllege, submitted their re­ ports, The 'enrollment shows an in- 'Crease' as tcompared" Vith last year while many colleges .report a.decrease, this year. The treasurer reported an increase in the endowment fund, The namjjs o f two. persons were sub­ mitted for honorary; degrees at com­ mencement in June, The question of continuing football was. discussed from all ang.es out no definite decision was taken to discon­ tinue the sport at this time. All members of the board were in attendance except three. The out.of town members present were itev. w. H. Tilford, Xenia, secretary o f the board, Rev. Yv. P. Harrnnan, uayton, Rev. W. R. Graham, Lafayette, Ind., president of the board; Rev. James L. Gliesnut, Richmond, Ind., and 'William Collins, Columbus. Rev, Falicehberg from WAIT), Col­ umbus, will speak in the Presbyterian Church, Sabbath evening, March 19. Rev. Ralph Simison of Trinity M. E. Church, Xenia, will address the Y, W. and Y. M, Wednesday morning. Penny Sale Plans Cedarville has received much unfavorable more or less word of mouth publicity within the past two weeks over what was co be a “ Penny bale" as a result ox judgment on the owner K>y the State Banicing Department, liquidating The Exchange uank. Several meetings have been held in a more or less secret manner at the Pennsylvania Stockyards planning for a “ Penny oale” when certain iarm stock and equipment went on the block under orders of court; ’ The interests of the bank were in the hands of the state and -he court and those responsible are said to have takep precau* non and had arrangements made for definite action had those ponsonng the movement attempted to carry out tneir threat, jhe sale was held Thuisday but something must have happen­ ed. Many of those that attended the first’meeting did so not Knowing the motives and the reason for such action. When properly informed they washed their hands of it and had no more interest in the movement. Those that continued gained nothing more than land on the black list as “ bad credit” in more than one place. The sale was orderly and even the former own­ er made no attempt or display to check the sale. What’s happened has happened and when a bank goes in­ to liquidation all property falling under state control by court decree is then the property of the depositors and not the credi­ tors 6f the institution. When a sol of men attempt such under­ hand tactics they are not only subjecting themselves to certain legal redress but are injuring the cause to realise for the de­ positors, When the financial interests of the different taxing districts in this and neighboring counties; the college, building •<nd loan, churches, Sunday Schools, dubs and individual de­ positors are at stake those who would add more loss to what has already happened, were attempting to fill a large sized order. . It is not likely that such a move will be started soon in this vicinity. If so the next step will be to organize a “ Depositors committee” tp work with the zfnfo nghoritiea and this com­ mittee will hold no meetings under cover of night in a seclud­ ed spot. The sooner the incident is forgotten the better it is go- ing to be for those who attempted to pull Klu Klux JOan stuff m a Scotch-Insh Presbyterian community.