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 news, as much as the headlines oh the front page. Often it is o f more significance to yon. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 12. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24,1933 p r ic e , $i.5Q a mm ROOSEVELTHAS NAMEDCABINET WALSHISDEAD Everything is all set for the presi­ dential* inauguration fo r Saturday in Washington, D. 0., the program to be broadcast. This will be the last in­ auguration in March, the next under a new amendment will be ,in January. President-elect Roosevelt has an­ nounced his cabinet appointments as follows: . ' State—Cordell Hull, 61. From Ten­ nessee, lawyer, representative and senator. Episcopalian. Treasury—Willim H. Woodin, 64 New York City. Industrialist, musi­ cian, and writer, collector. Presbyter ian. Hitherto a Republican. War—Geroge H. Bern, 60. Utah, Mining executive, former governor, Congregationalism Justice—Thomas J. Walsh, 73. Mon­ tana. Lawyer and senator. Catholic. Mr. Walsh died on a train on his way to Washington, Thursday morning o i heart trouble. He was a noted lawyer that prosecuted the famous oil scan­ dal cases under the Harding adminis­ tration. President-elect Roosevelt will chose another to fill his place. j Post Office—James A. Farley, 44. New York. Building Supply executive. Political leader. Catholic. Navy—Claude A. Swanson, 70. Vir­ ginia United States senator. Method­ ist. Interior—Harold L. Ickes, 58. Chi­ cago. Lawyer and social reform lead­ er. Presbyterian. Republican inde­ pendent. „ , Agriculture—Henry A. Wallace, 44, Farm editor and organization leader. Presbyterian. Independent Republi­ can. Son o f former secretary o f ag­ riculture under President Harding. Commerce— Daniel C. Roper,. 65, South Carolina. Lawyer, former gov­ ernment executive. Methodist. Labor—Frances Perkins, 49. New York. Sociologist and lawyer. Epis­ copalian. First women to ever have a seat in a president's cabinet. GREENE COUNTY CITIZENS ARE BEI{IG PUT TO THE TEST Moving Day inWashington COLLEGE JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY TUESDAY One o f the most original three-act Comedies written in recent years will be presented as the Junior dlassp lay, Tuesday night, March 7 in the opera house. The play to be given in the opera house will be directed by Miss Basore, and presented by the Junior class o f the college. -There will be special music between acts by George Moody and Clyde Hutchison, and the . male quartette. The plat opens at Doc’s at 12:30, Monday, with depres­ sion prices prevailing. SHERIFF BAUGHN NAMED RECEIVER FOR FARM L The Common Pleas Court has nam­ ed Sheriff John BaUghn as receiver to take charge o f aiid rent property in­ volved in a Suit for a period o f one year on a grain rent basis customary owing to a suit pending against Reed Pringle and others as brought by the Cedarville Building and Loan. The Xenia board o f education has turned down the compromise settle­ ment o f taxes fo r the Citizens Nation­ al Bank. Suit is pending in higher courts, (Editorial) The day following the declara­ tion o f a moratorium for German by President Hoover, the Editor asked the late George Little for his opinion and how it would af­ fect this country. His reply was that such an act was not only unprecedented but unsound business and his fear was that it “ would be the death o f the nation financially." From that date our financial structure has been falling and we want to center our criticism on our banking institutions, which have been fighting your fight with their backs to the wall. Every one should fully realize that this nation could not dump billions of. dollars into Europe and yet have the usual liquid con­ ditions prevail, as they have in the past. Drawing money out o f any bank that is not needed purely for hoarding will avail nothing. When banks and cur present monetary system fail then we will get a new kind o f money and what we now know as • money will be worthless just as the “ shin-plas­ ter was following the civil war. Allowing yourself to get work­ ed up to a fever heat will do you no good; Not a financial institu­ tion in Greene county has been re­ sponsible for the present turmoil and you are offering yourself no protection by casting suspicion on our county hanks or failing to trust them and have confidence in their conservative management. Withdrawing money to hide it does damage to everyone. It was ~ created as a medium o f exchange by your government o f which you yourself are a part. Hidden mon- - ey stops factory pay rolls. Retards business in every’ form, creating a situation that will ’ only send farm prices lower. Wrecked finan­ cial institutions places the owner-- ship and safety o f your home or farm in jeopardy. No one can be secure. For this reason we appeal to all citizens: in 'every walk o f life to stand like a stone wall and help break down this panic o f hysteria county along with other sections o f the country. Some things may have been done in the past we do not like and may have not helped to sta- . bilize business under economic laws but our problem now is to give aid in helping to restore our nation where it should be and not place ourselves on par with such conditions that prevail in Europe. Least o f all let us not take out our grudge on the financial insti­ tutions of our county that are fav­ oring you, or have favored .you, or may be needed by you in the future. Remain loyal in the faith that Greene county -stands for that which is right, fair and hon­ est under the principles found In the Golden Rule. , Withdrawal Limit Adopted By Banks All o f the banks in the county in­ cluding two in Xenia, Jamestown, Ce­ darville, Yellow Springs, Osborn, Spring Valley and Bowersville, have adopted the emergency policy Of lim­ ited withdrawals o f deposits, follow­ ing passage o f a Ijaw by the Ohio leg­ islature Monday night. The new or­ der was affective Tuesday morning. The new plan limited withdrawals of deposits to 5 per cent o f cash bal­ ances per week as o f February 27. Deposits accepted Tuesday and af- and were sent out previously were re­ turned by the banka. Locally all merchants, garages, oil stations and the paper mill felt the effect o f the new change. The paper mill started Thursday after being down a short time until adjustments could be made. Few firms are cashing checks if any and must insist on cash. Public of­ ficials have not escaped for checks on the Ohio state treasury are in the same class. However government terwards are subject to check without pension checks were cashied by our limitation. However checks cannot be local bank as well as others. Railroad used outside o f the town or city on employees faced difficulty in getting banks so located. { their checks cashed even as early as Just how long the limitation will be Monday in some instances, in force, no one can tell at this time. Where the county, township, schools Since the Ohio-law was passed a num- end villages are to get funds .to meet her o f other states have adopted the obligations is not known as what mon- SCHOOL NEWS * lllllllltllilltliiilMllilliifmiiliimiliiiaioiUMai j Trophy D splayed n Chapel j Monday morning in chapel Coach ["Orr displayed the trophy won By the C. H. S. boys in the Greene County Tournament and gave a brief review of the games. Mr. Furst and Miss Rife made comments on the games. The Cheer-leaders led the student body in yells for the Coach and the team. The devotional period included the reading o f the Scripture by Mrs. Wil­ son and praying o f the Lord’s Prayer. Elinor Hughes and Frances Kimble sang a duet, accompanied by Ruth Kimble. State T ry ing to C ol- j . lect on Forged Checks ! COLLEGE NEWS The attorney general’s office began The Girls' Quartette o i Cedarville •an attempt to. recover .public funds, College broadcasted over WAIU Sat- lost through embezzlement by state ^day morning,^ February lffi employes in a test suit filed in com­ mon pleas court in this county against Ira J. Fulton, state banking superin­ tendent, in charge o f the liquidation of the defunct Commercial and Sav­ ings Bank o f Xenia. The suit seeks to collect $1508.10 Rev. Dr. Falkenberg, president of the •Testament Pocket League will speak in the union Sabbath meeting in Cedarville, March 19. His subject is Communism. Keep this date open. The Boy’s Quartette of the College will broadcast over WAIU Saturday allegedly due the state, highway de- “ lorn*n£> March 18 at 9 A. M, Listen partment, and is based on acceptance m’ Sectional Basketball Tournament ‘•^Jw Uiaiw B -xecrioTm : basketball tournament will be held at Wilming­ ton College, Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, Four sessions are on schedule: Friday at 2 P. M. and 7:00 P. M.; Saturday at 2 P. M. and again at 7:30 P .M . Cedarville drew a bye for the first and payment by the bank of checks illegally drawn on the highway funds and illegally deposited. The amount represents the sum o f checks honored by' the Xenia bank but subsequently proved to b e , forgeries fo r which professor Hostetler, who is an official in the Intercollegiate .Association for interracial Students and participated in the recent annual meeting at Wil- berforce. Dean Steele and a number Atudents also were in attendance;. superintendent o f highways in Clinton county was held responsible and has since been sentenced to*the<pen. A fter a number o f state highway workers were convcted on payroll frauds last summer, the attorney gen­ eral^ office announced that suits ^ould be instituted to recover the round and will open the second ses- • _______ _____ .. , , .... sion at 7 P. M. when, the C. H. S. lads $56f000 in the state> will meet the team from Wayne Twp.. ___________ of Clinton county. The winner o f this game will enter the semi-finals at 2 P. M., Saturday. GASOLINE UP A CENT Cedarville Wins Second Trophy j Cedarville won second place in the annual Greene County Basketball Tournament held at Xenia Central, Friday and Saturday last. In the finals Cedarville Was defeated by Bowers- vil'e by a score o f 26 to 29, thus giv­ ing Bowersville first place in the The Standard Oil Company Thurs­ day boosted the prices o f all grades of gasoline one cent a gallon. Other companies followed suit. county. In a preliminary contest Beaver­ creek girls won first place in the bye defeating Bryan’s sextette, 16-15. The first preliminary was a consolation game between Belibrook and Beaver­ creek boys. Belibrook came out on top with a score o f 27 to 14. Cedarville earned the right to play in the semifinals by defeating Spring Valley 26-12 Friday night. In the semi finals Saturday afternoon, in the most interesting game o f the tourna­ ment, the Red and White lads defeated the two teams from the county that will enter the sectional tournament which is held at Wilmington this Friday and Saturday, March 3-4, TAX TIME EXPIRED TUESDAY — 70 % COLLECTED— The extention for paying real estate taxes expired Tues­ day and according to County Treasurer Harold Van Pelt, the collection was about 70 per cent in the county. It is reported one of tho railroads only paid fifty per coat of its taxes this penod. B^ “ k„ 0y. J lL m r l l l e are HOUSE PASSES ANTI-PROHIBITION BILL— Columbus—The Ohio House on Tuesday passed a bill pre­ viously passed by the senate that will give the electors the vote to repeal the state prohibition this fall. The bill passed by a vote of 83 to 47. The bill was debated for two hours by wets and drys and carried by only two more votes than was neces­ sary. The senate vote was 22 to 9. COMMISSIONERS REJECT DEPOSITORY BIDS— The Greene County Commissioners have rejected bids sub­ mitted by Xenia and Greene county banks as depositors for the county funds. The legislature is considering a bill to reduce the present rate from 2 to 1 per cent on active funds and one half percent on inactive funds. Present contracts expire Friday but the present contracts will continue until the legislature takes action one way or the other. BRAND WANTS GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER LAND— ' Washington—One of the last bills to be. offered by Con­ gressman Charles Brand before he retires, would authorize the secretary of agriculture to purchase 40,090,000 acres of agri­ culture lands and withdraw it from cotton, wheat and corn raising purposes to prevent surpluses and increase prices. The bill calls for an expenditure of one billion dollars. 60-YEAR-OLD p r iz e c h e r r ie s s o l d — , f London—A can of cherries, put up 60 years ago, was sold at the sale of the property of the late C. G. Hatred, South Solon banker and farm owner, together with ft can of pears that took first prize at the first Jamestown fair in Greene county 40 years ago. There were many antiques in the sale that brought big prices, one silver candle-stick bringing $100. There were 760 automobiles at the sale, one of the largest attended in the his- t o f Matfistm county. Local Players Win Honors The referees o f the Greene County Tournament and tho reporters from the Xenia Gazette selected Joe Waddle o f the local team, honorary captain of the All-County Team and most out­ standing player o f the . tournament. Murrel Klontz earned the place of .guard on the first All-County team. Cotton arid Wisecup were named for places of center and forward on the second All-County team. . XENIA LEGION CLOSES MESS HALL FOR UNEMPLOYED Foody Post American Legion, Xenia has closed the mess hall where it was operated 71 days during which 19,044 free meals were served at an average o f 267 a day. The food supplies were donated by citizens in Xenia. M urray D . Lincoln T o Address Farmers Murray D. Lincoln,‘ secretary-treas­ urer o f the Ohio Farm Bureau Fed­ eration, will be the principal speaker at the Greene County Farm Bureau Rally to be held at the Assembly Room o f the Court House in Xenia, Friday evening, March 10 at 8 o'clock, according to David C. Bradfute, vice president of the organization, aiid the chairman o f the rally day committee; Other members o f the Committee are J. B. Mason, Mrs. Ernest Bradford and Mrs. R. B. McKay. Mi*. Lincoln will speak on the legislative program ad­ vocated by farm organizations and which incldei the following: Currency legislation to stabilize the value of our money; reduction of real estate taxes to 40 per cent o f the total; the domestic allotment plan to raise farm prices and control surpluses; and re­ financing the farm mortgage debt. The public {3 invited to attend this meeting and hear a discussion of these vital problems. EARLWHELEN CAUGHT INRAID The James Sprague farm near South Charleston Was visited Wed­ nesday by George Benham, sheriff in Clark county and his force of deputies and Earl E. Wheelen, tenant, placed under arrest. He formerly lived on the Dunkle farm south of Cedarville, In the raid was taken a stijl, coil, two 50-gallon barrels of alleged rye mash, and numerous bottles of liquor. He is being held in the Clark county jail. ATTORNEY GIVEN JUDGMENT AGAINST HIS CLIENT UNCLE SAM WANTS IIIS Cash and no checks Is what Uncle Sam wants on the income tax due on March 15th, regardless o f any bank withdrawal limitation. Attorney George H. Smith, former counsel for Frank E. Snypp, Osborn, ’ under indictment for alleged viola­ tion o f the Ohio securities act, lma been granted a judgment fo r $225 in Common Pleas Court for legal ser­ vices. Subscribe for THE HERALD Dean Steele and the Debate Team of Cedarville College attended the an­ nual tournament o f Debaters at' Man­ chester College, Manchester, Indiana, iast week. The team was coached by Dean Steele, who is head- of the De­ partment o f Argumentation and De- uate in Cedarville College. The Team is composed of Joseph Free, Franklin frubee, Clyde Hutchison and Walter Kilpatrick. They participated in four debates and won three of them. The lourth was so Close that the judges Were fifteen minutes deciding who ii» Cedarville College Won the debates from. Manchester, Wheaton Joilcge, and Huntington College. They ,ost to Illinois State Normal. Thirty-two colleges were in the de­ bates. Over fifty others were present, i’here were eighty-two debate teams, fhe question debated was “ Resolved that all banking funds should be reg­ ulated by the Federal Government ■vith deposits guaranteed.” Cedarville College had the affirmative. Dean Steele and his team are to be cbngrat- ulated. This makes the second year that Cedarville College has won out ,n the tournament. Cedarville College Basketball team closed the season at home last Satur­ day night by ploying Bluff‘ on College. The score was Bluffton 51, Cedarville 35. The Girls Quartette sang at the meeting of the D, A. R, last Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Frank Turnbull’s. Miss Basore read several numbers. Prof. Kuehrmann is visiting high schools in tho interests o f Cedarville College. He reports that there is a good and larger interest than usual manifest on the part o f high school seniors in attending college. The bulletin announcing the Sum­ mer School and setting forth its cur­ ricula o f study will be off the press this week. The new annual for 1933-1934 is a- hout ready for the press. The Cedar Day' Committee was ap­ pointed this week. * Cedarville College basketball team met with Findlay College team on their floor Wednesday, March 1, limited withdrawal plan and. it may spread over the entire nation. Scores o f banks in Ohio had unusual withdrawals last Saturday and es­ pecially on-Monday. The announce­ ment Monday that Dayton banks had declared a moratorium for three days had a tendency to make Xenia citi­ zens nervous and the banks in the county suffered withdrawals as a re­ sult, Xenia taking the heaviest toll. With other cities adopting the new plan there was no other course open for the eight county banks. •Spring- field banks closed Monday also. The Ohio legislature lost no time Monday evening in passing laws for banks in Ohio. National banks were given .protection by Congress Satur­ day. One bill provides that a bank, with the approval o f the state banking de­ partment and the attorney general, may limit withdrawals to as low aB 1 per cent per month1, when such ac­ tion is necessary for the protection o f the depositors. By this plan all depositors are to be treated alike whether you have $50 or $500 in the bank. “ i . 'You can continue to make deposits and be able to draw on the full amount but this deposit is kept separate from the balance as o f Tuesday morning. No plan could foe adopted on so short a notice that would not bring soma inconveniences a t least fo r a few days. For instance no check can be cashed other than on the bank in the city from which it is located. All checks that, reached banks Tuesdaj ey they have is now tied up under the 5 per cent limitation. The collection of taxes has stopped in niost every county as checks cannot be accepted. Those who wish to pay rent, telephone gas and electric bills by checks will find if hard to pass them. Farmers cannot get their cream checks cached as they are drawn on companies in distant cities. The South Charleston Stock Yards has discontnued sales for the present. Local merchants cannot give checks to wholesale houses fo r their bills. As soon as Dayton and Springfield banks closed down Monday there was a gen- , eral rush o f salesmen to Xenia to col­ lect bills but in cash and this only proved to be a heavy strain on the two banks in that city. It is reported that much o f the cur­ rency withdrawn from county banks went into safety deposit boxes or was taken home to be hid in the mattress or under the floor rug. As for the solvency o f the banks in the county the people did .not stop to consider. They seemed determined to withdraw - on the strength o f what had happened, in. neighboring cities. ’ Since many people have had time to think o f what happened and that the banks were in splendid condition and able to meet all demands, many have ^deposited their withdrawals. Just as soon as a large per cent o f the with­ drawn funds are again deposited the 5 per cent! withdrawal lim it will be lifted. Retail business in the largest Ohio city as well as the smallest town has been paralyzed. BOY SCOUT ACTIVITIES Troop 70, Jos. R. Foody Post, Amer- icanLegion Boy Scouts o f America will be invested before the regular meet­ ing of the Legion Post Tuesday even­ ing, March 7th. Hi O. Portz, Tecum- seh Council Scout Executive, assist­ ed by Scoutmaster Lester Meiling and ■M. E. Rhoades, Chairman of Troop 16, Springfield, will be in charge o f the investure. Wm. Rickies is chairman, o f Troop Committee o f Troop ,70. J. L. Trunnel is Scoutmaster. Troop 76 o f the O. S. & 8. O. Home. J, L. Trunnel, Scoutmaster o f Troop 70. American Legion Boy Scouts o f America, has .been appointed assist­ ant Scoutmaster o f Troop 76, O. S, & S. O. Home to, assist Scoutmaster Hafikins. RESEARCH CLUB GUEST OF MRS W. W. GALLOWAY Troop 76 reports much activity and progress and several additional mem­ bers have recently enrolled. Some o f the interesting items in their program include a training class for patrol leaders’ now in pro­ gress, and , an inter-patrol contest which is in its second week, Also an annual banquet, an annual field meet, an annual Camparal and an annual play are also upon their program. The first of these events is dated fo r May when the Troop Camparal will take place. The Research Club met at the home of Mrs. W. W. Galloway Thursday af­ ternoon, About fifty members and guests were, present. The subject o f the month was “En- terainment and Recreation , in the Home." . The papers o f the afternoon were: “ Shall it be all fo r the ParentB or all for the Children?” by Mrs. J. M. Auld, and “ Shall a Mother firmly insist on "her share o f Recreation?” by Mrs. W: W. Galloway. The musical program Was a saxa- phone solo by Miss Dorothy Galloway, accompanied by Miss Rebecca Gallo­ way, and several clarinet solos by Miss Rebecca Galloway, accompanied .by Miss Dorothy Anderson. Following the program a social hour was enjoyed by the guests. Delicious refreshments were served, ROBERT TINDALL TAKES BANKRUPTCY FRIDAY Robert Tindall, well known farmer residing on the lower River road took bankruptcy last Friday. He gave his |assets at $8,550 and liabilities at $16,- 1 102.92. Exemption o f $900 is claimed ,and secured claims amount to $14,- ’ 656.80, The first meeting o f the cred­ itors will be held on March 14. RETURN FROM WESTERN TRIP t I)r. Leo Anderson, accompanied by his nister-in-law, Miss Ella Knott, returned home Wednesday evening j from Dupree, South Dakota, where they visited the latter’s brother, Mr, Paul Knott, who has been quite ill. He was much improved when they left, County Bankers Ask For Guaranteed Deposits As a means of relieving a critical situation the Greene County Banker^ Association has gone on record of urging im­ mediate adoption on the part of Congress and the Ohio legisla­ ture for legislation to guarantee bank deposits. Telegrams went forth to both Ohio Senators, Congressman and State Rep­ resentative, W. R. McChesney. The following telegram signed by o f the limitation, local business is par- Ruosoll B. Stewart, president o f the alyzed, taxes, rents, insurance, fuel, Miami Deposit Bank o f Yellow Springs light and grocery bills cannot be paid, and president o f the Greene County payrolls are being provided with dif- Bankers’ Association, was sent; ] ficulty and unless immediate action is “ The eight banks o f Greene County, had, intense suffering may be expected Ohio; urge immediate legislative a c -; in the very near future. We see no tion providing fo r government guar- possibility o f lifting our withdrawal antee o f bank deposits. Situation in limitation, except by government our county last Monday compelled our guarantee o f deposits, the machinery banks to limit withdrawal o f deposits, for same to be placed in operation at Had not such action been taken earliest possible date. Our situation promptly, we would have been drained is daily becoming mone complicated o f currency in a few days* By mtam and more aerfotm,” .