The Cedarvile Herald, Volume 57, Numbers 1-26

CEDARVILLE HERALD. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1031 THE CEDAI IVILLE HERALD KARLH BULL — — — EDITOR AND PUBLISHER XBMBXK Na'loutl Kdltorlal Assoc.; Ohio Newspaper Ansoc.: JHanii Vnl)o> Trcaa Awoc. Entered at the Post Office, Cedarville, Ohio, October 31, 1887, as second class matter. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934 — s I f there is one thing that public sentiment much back it is giving auto- |mobile drivers who are-intoxicated the to even suggest penalty by changing the law. Two young ladies of Wilmington recently were seriously injured when their automobile was hit id a three car accident, the result of a Cincinnati resident attempting to pass a ma­ chine with the Wilmington car ap­ proaching, Here is a case where two innocent parties may be mained and disfigured for life while the driver, even though he was intoxicated, as claimed by authorities, escaped with only slight injuries. You can have liability insurance, but that does not restore human life. Heavy penalities in money should not satisfy the law but long prison sentence with no chance of pardon or parole will come nearer causing drivers of automobiles to think about taking the road after imbibing in liquor. It probably is early yet to get statistics on motor car accidents where drivers were in­ toxicated since" repeal. . We- had plenty of them when illegal liquor was consumed arid it is not likely that the number will be deminished under present conditions, RECEIVING NO CONSIDERATION The most important group of citizens in the United States limit atld ,fcm’ffht rvnn^mTre^rvere are being given no consideration by the Roosevelt administra- to even SUKK tion. They are the small retail merchant, the small farmer, the small manufacturer, the small banker, the small newspaper man, the proprietor of every small business of every kind. Ev­ erything that has been offered by the federal authorities, every statement made by any of them shows an utter lack of under­ standing of the problems of the “ great middle class’’ in this country. We think that from the founding of this government until the present day .the men and women of the middle class have done more to make it a great country than all other classes combined. Among them you will find real patriotism. They are hard working, saving, love their homes, support the schools and churches and educate their children. They live well on a comparatively small income. They are the substantial citizens of all small communities. Their ideals are high and their ambition for their children is great. They pay their bills and thein taxes. They have been the ones who have made this nation great. I f receiving no consideration means being forgotten, then the “ forgotten man” of the present day is the man of the great middle class. President Roosevelt in his campaign for election promised that if he were elected he would administer the gov­ ernment in the interests of the “ forgotten man.” He has failed to keep his promise not intentionally but because he does not know the problems of the great middle class. This is not strange because President Roosevelt has had no connection with this group of citizens. His parents were wealthy. He inherited what most of us would consider great wealth. His family were social aristocrats. He has never known what it was to work and save to have a home of his own, to get enough money to educate his children, to have a small competency for his old age. He has associated with the wealthy and has lived all of his life in and around New York City. He has had no oppor­ tunity to know the manner and mode of living and the pioblems of those who live in the country and in small towns. Being of a philanthropic turn he has studied the problems of the labor­ ing class and the very poor. These he has been trying to help, but trying to help according to New York standards and his plans will not and cannot succeed in the smaller communities of the nation. Surrounding himself with college professors and students of political economy, President Roosevelt has been led farther and farther astray in his effort to bring back prosperity in this country. What is needed today is representatives of the great ,middle class from the small communities who are high in the counsels of the president. These people have never had true representation in our government. They have managed to live comfortably only because they worked hard and saved. Big business is always represented when congress and state legis­ latures meet. '. Concerns with millions of capital do not have any trouble employing smart lobbyists to look after their inter-- ests. In recent years labor has been so well organized that its interests have been well cared for by able lobbyists. The members of the great middle class have never been organized and have never been represented before legislative bodies.' When one considers he sees that it is practically im­ possible for these little fellows to be represented. They are scattered all over the nation. Each one would be" able to pay but little towards having lobbyists look after his interests and the expense of organization would be great. It is easy for the heads of .big utility organizations, for the heads of railroads, for the heads of motor companies, for the heads of steel com­ panies, for the heads of any big businesses to get together and raise the money to get all and more than is coming to them through legislation. It is because of such representation that many immense fortunes have been built. • Labor and big capital are represented at Washington in every move that is made under the so-called “ New Deal.” The little fellows are not represented. There is no one to speak tor them and even the strongest supporters of the Roosevelt admin­ istration admit they have received no consideration so far. but always say that they will. But what punishment they are tak­ ing meanwhile. But for over a century they have been accustomed to taking punishment and know how to take it. We are pleading for consideration of the great middle class, the small business man, the small home owner, the small farmers, the men and women we believe are the “ backbone” o f the nation. This nation cannot prosper if they cannot make a comfortable living, have enough to support the schools and churches and give their children a good education. We are pleading for them in the name of common justice and because we know the brave struggle they have been making for the last few years to save their businesses and their homes. Surely men and women who have meant so much to the country and have never received any special benefits are entitled to assistance from the government instead of being persecuted and harassed. I f the burden is made greater they will break under the load and this we believe would be the greatest calamity that could befall the nation. We plead for the “ forgotten man,” the member of the great middle class; that he be not crushed between the upper millstone of capital and the nether millstone of labor. \ — Hillsboro News-Herald. ( to see whether their reports arc cor­ rect. A t an’ early session o f the Ohio ilegislature a bill was passed extend­ ing the terms o f the present county recorders in Ohio two years, thug making their terms four years in­ stead of two. A suit was brought in the Second District Court of Ap­ peals and the decision just handed down holds the law unconstitutional, which means county recorders now serving are to have but the usual two year term and must run again if they desire another term, Mt. Sterling, St. Paris, Jamestown, Springfield, Xenia, London, Cedarville, Here Saturday Carlisle Springfield, Yellow ______. ' Springs, North Lewisburg, South Have you noticed the trend of music over the radio and the tendency to re­ turn to the old time melodies, the tuneful sentimental ballad and the soothing, dreamy waltz? We are not hearing so many of the jazz songs that had a strong hold on the amuse-: ment public for several years. There was a reason for the jazz period and why it lasted so long.. While the na­ tion was passing through the spend­ ing spree giving little consideration to the serious things of life, you could expect nothing more than that kind o f music. The old time waltz with its heart appeal was in those days just one of grandfather's mem­ ories that was out of date. It was during those spending days that we had the idea that nothing but antique furniture had come out Of the past.- Hut the depression, panic or what you may call it, has given people time to reflect and see some o f their mis­ takes. We are not going into a spend­ ing spree period very soon again. Such opportunities only come about once in every generation. Those who take advice from experience of the past profit, those who do not pay the price in disappointment in life in many ways. Public sentiment iB more serious at this time or you would not find the return"to the type o f popular music that can be heard today over the radio. The weatherman says Alaska took a corner oh our weather Sunday when the mercury dropped from 54 Sunday morning to zero by ten o'clock that night. The storm dropped in on us from the north, accompanied by a fine snow that gave us one of the worst" nights o f the winter. The wind was rated at 40 miles an houx It was fortunate that snow fell which provid­ ed a blanket for the wheat. So far the wheat has gone through the Winter-in fine condition. THE WORM TURNS— TARIFF REVISION NOW Odgen L. Mills, secretary of the treasury under former President Hoover, gave an important address out in Topeka, Kan., several days ago when he condemned the Roosevelt ad­ ministration for much that is being done, Mills did pay a com­ pliment to the NRA as a good thing, no doubt because had Hoover been reelected the Republicans had a similar plan ready to put in force. But all this was not the significant part of Mills’ speech. He admitted that we must have tariff reform to open foreign markets for our surplus farm and manu­ factured products. What an admission at this late date! Thousands of Repub­ lican manufacturers pleaded against the present tariff bill be­ fore President Hoover signed it. Republican orators, including Secretary Mills, defended the tariff bill in the last campaign. As a result the Republicans lost a large part of the support from business interests. Now Mills, who aspires for the Re­ publican nomination for president, urges a change in the Hoov­ er tariff law, that would restore relations with foreign markets. The gentleman in the White House is too wise a politician to tinker much with the tariff, knowing it is there by Republican rule for selfish purposes. He probably for the time being is con­ tent to let supporters of the Hoover tariff law continue to “ sit on the blister/' The Republicans have no reason to “ view with alarm” what is going on in Washington now. It is the ultimate reaction to Hoover stupidity. Friday, February 2nd, is to determine whether we are to have six weeks more of winter. What the small town has experi­ enced the past few years in the change in transportation facilities, small cities and county seat towns are experiencing today. For instance we recall the days when train service in Cedarville was once boasted as all and more than most towns had at that time. Conditions changed and the railroads failed to keep pace with modern methods o f transportation and we had the coming o f the trac­ tion line, then the bus and freight truck, both eating the heart out of railroad revenue. Then came the time when railroads had to drop service and towns and some cities found train service greatly curtailed. Right now Lebanon, county seat of Warren county, is about to loose the last yestage o f passenger service. The company operating the traction line between Xenia and Springfield wants to give up its service and place a bus on the highway. The Ohio Gang disgraced and broke the heart of Warren Harding, but no public tears have shed over what the Hoover Benedict Arnolds staged. Ten thousand dollars was lost in fees to this state with Ohio couples slipping over to West Virginia to have the nuptial knot tied for better or worse. The Ohio law is not doing what its sponsors predicted, 1 We sat in on a farmers' meeting Monday night when consideration was given the federal corn-hog programs which is intended to cut ’production, Like any other government project there was much red tape and many blanks to fill out, which brings up <thc old story that you never gdt through signing your name when getting money from "the government. As the. different pages of blanks to be filled out were read and explained we could not help but think that if nothing else comes out of the pro­ gram, farmers are getting a first class introduction as to what all corpora­ tions, and most business men must face hot only once a year but several times, before satisfying the federal 1 government, state government and the ' several departments under each. Our farmer friends that are to deal direct- ' ly with the government will soon have ' the sympathy of business men, who have been compelled to face that kind o f music the past few years. They may also have the experience of a government agent or inspector calling on them and asking to see their books I Members of the legislature serving as a committee to map out a pro­ gram of new taxes have not made any headway and have no more of a pro­ gram than has Governor White. Sug­ gestions have been made for income and sales taxes but with the federal government expected to let down the bars to include incomes of probably. $ 1 , 000 , or lower, this field may not be open to states. The politicians are afraid of the sales tax. Receivers have been suggested for revenue property Where there is delinquent taxes. The unusual suggestion is tax­ ing municipal owned utilities, like waterworks, electric plants, or other public service of like nature. Imagine a legislature passing a law to tax Cedarville, Yeilow Springs, Osborn, Fairfield and Xenia residents on the valuations of public owned water­ works. One might as well suggest taxing the courthouse, school houses and churches. The sleeper is that niost of the tax on utilities will go to the state, once again a plan to rob local taxing districts to feed a few thousand more state employees. The state now appropriates about $500,000 fqr salaries for the state tax.commis­ sion and several hundred employees. Much o f the tax confusion in the state is "due to . budget laws passed several years ago when authorities Were required to budget expected tax revenues. When tax collections fail­ ed this plan failed. A sound sensible plan would have been to budget in­ come on hpnd, but for some reason this was not the case and taxing districts soon found themselves swamped with debt. Let the public hold officials of each taxing district responsible for taxes, and you have solved, the problem. Repeal the law creating the state tax commission and return to the taxing districts the pow­ ers they once had until the German centralized form of state control was adopted. > ■ Ex-Gov, J, M. Cox, the father of the Ohio Workman’s Compensation law, has thrown a bomb shell into Ohio affairs, with, serious charges as to the manner in which the law is daily violated and how the fund has been plundered until it has shrinked several million dollars in recent years. The law has the support of manufacturers and employees in the state but crooked politics has been allowed to enter. Up in Cuyahoga county, where a county treasurer is found short several hundred thou­ sands of dollars and nothing done a- bout it, we hear that three indictments have been found against that! number of manufacturers who failed to re­ port the correct number of employees, thus saving a considerable sum. Crooked physicians have filed false statements as - to supposed in­ juries. Crooked' lawyers have played their part in plundering the fund. The object of the law was to protect in­ jured workmen from fake insurance companies and employers of labor from ambulance chasing lawyers. , Supreme Court was talked strongly € # ■ «* . M o n f s as the next, candidate, thus shutting 1 U C C W out Sen. Fess for his third term. The argument against the Greene coun - 1 tian was that he had two terms and >phe Eighteenth District Ohio East- Charleston, Sedalia, WeBt Jefferson, that was enough, Others said he ern gtar will meet here Saturday,Urban*. could not expect the wet vote, only a February 3rd, Nagley Hall, with the The following arc the district offi- part of the dry support, and little or locai chapter as hostess. About three cers; Lucile Guillaume, president, none of the veteran and farmer vote.' hundred members and gueBts are ex- Urbana; Alice Petticre.w, vice presi- One well known Republican openly pected for the occasion. dent, Springfield; Bess' Davis, secro- stated a new candidate was necessary ipbe mornjng session will he open- tary, Mechaniesburg; Nell Cresweli, ed by Jr. Past President Cora Brad- treasurer, Cedarvihe. Jey, West Jefferson, to be followed - ' ... " with a duet by Misses Lucile and LAMELLIBRANCH MOLLUSCS Eleanor Johnson, Cedarville. 0 The address o f welcome on behalf and. no “ spear carrier in J. P. Mor­ gan’s Walt Street army” had a ghost of a chance. Walter Brown’s ears must have burned as the party big tops laughed about the missing cor- ; respondence from government files 0f Cedarville Mason will be deliver­ touching on airmail contracts. There'ed by Judge s . Cf Wright. Miss was open comment that no candidate jJosephine Randall will speak on be- for governor could be elected from the w f o f the local chapter. Response Wg d ty counties and the endorsement jby AUce petticrew, Springfield. Business, election o f officers, roll call of chapters will follow. Memorial of Maurice Maschke, ’deposed Repub - 1 lican boss in Cleveland, for Dan Mor­ gan, had killed his chances. It was agreed that the “ Hold to Hoover" element in the party must be kept in the background. There; was much sentiment that Clarence J. Brown, former secretary o f state, should a- gain be a candidate for governor, There! is no cause for alarm at Washington and the government will still stand. The “ I and We” congress­ man, L. T, Marshall, informs the Springfield City Manager that the CWA program is to be continued, de­ spite what his political associates had to say at the Dayton Saturday night conflab. He says he will favor more CWA funds and, does not know o f any other member o f Congress who was opposed, Sen. Hastings please take notice. Continuing Marshall informs the Springfield official: “ However, I think We will adopt a policy o f pay­ ing our hills as we go, etc” Presi­ dent Roosevelt must have lost control of Congress, unless the Congressman from the Seventh District included the Executive in, the “ We” prediction/ The speech delivered by Ogden Mills in Topeka when he admitted tariff revision would help restore foreignJmarkets f o r ’farm and manu­ factured products has stirred up a great fuss among the old line Repub­ lican politicians and office holders. The speech drew a fire o f criticism from Sen. Fess and Sen.’ Dickinson, the latter being the key-noter at the Hoover convention. Sen. Fess charges now that M ills. represents the New York Internationalists, who want foreign private debts paid before, debts due this government are paid, und advocate a reduction in tariff for that purpose as a bait to foreign countries. . Reading between the lines one must take the view that. Sen. Fess no longer approves of the Hoov­ er moratorium to foreign nations. I f the old line Republicans continue to battle over this issue and the tariff they may be convinced just why mil* lions of party followers refused to “ Hold on to Hoover” for a second term. To create a more healthy future for the Republican party the rank and file should retire all the old crowd to private life, just as was done back in the days when the Mc­ Kinley administration followed the second term of GroVer Cleveland. Congress has completed legislation providing for the new monetary sys­ tem and holding of gold in the public treasury, It means a deflated dollar from the old gold standard and for a time at least gold and gold certifi­ cates will pass out of ordinary use. The vote in the House was almost unanimous and much larger in the j Senate than expected, due to the fact that regular and progressive Repub- ! Heart senators in some cases voted I with the Democrats. It was a real * shock when Republicans heard the ' name of Senator Capper, Kansas, a 1 conservative, recorded for the now ' monetary plan. The Senator is from a strong Republican state, publisher of a Republican daily in the state and several farm publications, including the Ohio Farmer, Republican poli­ ticians were no less surprised when Grange and Farm Bureau leaders en­ dorsed the deflated dollar plan. RESEARCH CLUB MEETING The Research Club and a number of guests were entertained Thursday af­ ternoon by Mrs. .Hervey Bailey. The program consisted of two piano solos by Miss Genevera Jamieson, Mrs. J. M. Auld read a paper on, “ The Life of Thomas Edison.” He received his first lesson in telegraphy as a reward for saving a railroad station Agent’s daughter. He was not a lover o f art but a great admirer o f music and lit­ erature, especially Shakespeare. He loved to play Parchesia. Miss Wilda Auld and Miss’ Dorothy Anderson sang two vocal numbers, accompanied by Miss Jamieson. Mrs. Donna Finney read a paper- on Scientific changes in the White House since the days o f Washington. It was interesting to hear about the inconveniences which the First Ladies had to endure. Deli­ cious refreshments were served by the Hostess. will be conducted by Elizabeth Chapter, Plain City. Dinner for the guests will.be serv­ ed by the Methodist, Presbyterian and United Presbyterian Churches, The afternoon session opens with Call to Order by Elma Hullinger, Nb, The title above may sound just the least bit dubious hut when you see them stewed, fried, and scalloped at the First Presbyterian Church next Thursday evening, Feb. 8 th, from 5:30 to 7:30 you will be convinced that they are palatable. , « MULE TEAM RUNS AW A Y ; RUSSELL STANFORTH DEAD Russell Stanfortb, 57, New Bur­ lington, died at the Espy hospital in Xenia, Wednesday night, as the re­ sult o f an accident when thrown from 258, followed by' n^sic by Ruth Leach, a load o f fire wood when a mule team West Jefferson. Presentation of the ran away after being frightened Deputy Grand Matron. ,when the front end-gate pulled loose Examplification o f Ritualistic Work allowing the wood to slide on the by Cedarville Chapter, No. 418, iteam. The team had been borrbwed Instruction, Questions and Dis- from Elmer and Dennis Chenoweth, cussion by Worthy Grand Matrons, who witnessed the accident. Stap- Lydia B. Crawford, Daylight Chapter, forth was. unmarried and the body is 399., Presentation o f 18th District held for examination by Coroner Officers-elect. Report of Courtesy Baines. ^ _____ • Committee. ■ ! $1.00 Armond’s Cold Cream The following Chapters will be rep- Face powder—G 9 c resented; Mechaniesburg, Plain City, Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs : • ■ ----------------------------------------— — — - ........................ ..... SEND US YOUR LIVE STOCK We have been having lively sales on Hogs, Cattle, Calves and Lambs. Sales Every Monday. Do You Want Feeder Cattle? If so, see us. 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VINE BETWBEN 4th and 5th STREETS RATES $ 2.00 TO $2.50 January 29 is the birthday anni­ versary o f the late William McKinley and Ohio Republicans usually observe the date with a pow wow when-lead­ ing party leaders gather around a well loaded festival board with plenty of oratory as top dressing. Such a meeting was held in Dayton last Saturday night, the headliner being Senator Hastings of Delaware, who took the lid off the Roosevelt admin­ istration. He was critical of Republi­ cans remaining neutral, and Republi­ can newspapers lacking courage to disagree with the present administra­ tion program. In tlie hotel lobby and,chatter boxes at the Dayton meeting developed much comment on who should be the next Republican Senator from Ohio. 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