The Cedarvile Herald, Volume 57, Numbers 1-26

CEDARVILLE HERALD- FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934 THE CEDARVILLE HERALD .rat i if AP.r.TT BULL — — — EDITOR AND PUBLISHER lOMBKX N'sUouxl Jtditorlal Asaac-; 0!ilo Newspaper Assoc.; Miami^Valley l’resa Amoc. Entered at the Post Office, Cedarville, Ohio, October-31, 1887, m second class matter, ____ ~ .................... FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934 "T* 7T to collect any Ins on the real estate. C. I?. Titlow, Osborn, former presi- More complication for our taxing dent of the Greene County Farm Bu~ authorities to settle. rcau, is head o f the Federation of In* — ----- vestors’ ’ Protective association of j Tipping about city restaurants and building and lo ..» stockholders and de­ hotels has been a custom for so many positors in Dayton. The federation years it was regarded almost a law lias a plan for re-organization and qaMfEjffjjrc-., ...cjra-arayvih ne n- ~n not a rule. With adoption of the NRA , legislation prepared to be presented [ restaurant code and the increase in to Gov. White. It is claimed that loss f Henry Ford is planning to erect a OHIO MUCH LIKE OTHER STATES— MORE TAXES Ohio i» not the only state that has the tax problem on its hands and we find that other states that have more different kind o f taxes than we do, have as great or greater problem with delinquent collections. Last week we were in company with a number qf newspaper men from various states and it was interesting to get first hand information. We find it has made no difference how many different kind of taxes are forced on people, apparently only so many have paid up in each state. If anything the states that collect taxes in more different ways are no. better off than Ohio; If we were to venture a statement as to the situation the whole countrv faces a well developed’ tax strike. Some states have stiver penalties than others but that has made no difference in collections. This situation is worthy of notice at this time when the Ohio legislature is to enact additional tax laws. The legis­ lature might just as well take into consideration the temper- ment of the people. More tax laws and no attempt to force a reduction in the cost of government will not please the aver­ age citizen or even property owners. * The committee from the legislature seeking a solution has a program of numerous new taxes, income, retail sales taxes, gross sales taxes, etc. In a few instances suggestion is made to abolish some o f the nuisance taxes and the intangible tax. This tax should be abolished first of all for the reason only part of the counties in Ohio are making any effort to collect it. It is manifestly unfair that most of the counties in Ohio that have been collecting taxes should now be fbreed to pay various kinds of new taxes because some of the more populous counties have failed, Delinquent taxes from seven million in Hamilton county to seventy-three million in Cuyahoga county, and eight to ten million each in a dozen or more other, urban counties. In Cuyahoga county we are told some of the largest corporations are delinquent to .the extend .of a quarter of a million each. Yet these populous counties have a desire to control most every function of the state and under the recently adopted Home Rule amendment to the constitution will eveiltur ally be able to tie the hands of many rural counties. Unless the legislature shows some rigns of being fair with the new tax legislation we predict another referendum move­ ment in the state that will chop off another five mills from real estate. The last referendum reducing real estate five mills went through with the city political bosses opposing it. Another reduction can be put through just as easy and the legislature had better keep this in mind. wages for hotel and restaurant help, f being taken by the various associa- new ten million ^dollar steel plant To to g ;ve patrons SOme protection you ' lions in securing HOLD loans will produce alli of his iequipments for are a8ite(] not to tip. While most!prove a detriment, rather than give tne automobile trade. It is said sheet patron8 have tipped therl would al- i aid to paid up stockholders and' do- steel prices have risen under the code wayS j,e sonne that would not. Again to a point where Ford can produce th(1 tin „.,lled tor srw‘f»ir»l n l- a e p often caj1<?d f some special it at much less with no great financial f avor< Under the new code there is overhead. General Motors and Chrys- a pr;nted line on each slip calling for ler are each looking about for steel (a ten cent charge for waitress fee and plants to do the same, As the motor |this is added to your bill. The waiter industry consumes most of the p r o - 01. waitress is then paid at the end of THE THIRTY HOUR WEEK DANGEROUS The adoption of the thirty hour week for all industry as proposed by the national administration naturally has some attractive features,.more men given employment, but not with­ out placing a burden on industry or forcing increased costs on products that will be a burden on consumers. The thirty hour week might be worked out if it applied only to in lustrial-workers, as producers and consumers. But what will be the result for the thousands and thousands of laborers that cannot find a place on industrial pay rolls. How will the widow or aged who have no income other than a small pension or iiicorpe of small means that might be fixed beyond their control fare? How is the ordinary day laborer to meet this increased cost of living that is bound to follow? ■ There has been some improvement, in business conditions the past six months, but most o f it has been confined to cer­ tain lines. The improvement has not been general. In fact cities and towns with factory and office pay rolls show about the only improvement. The increase in strictly rural com­ munities has not even attracted attention. Just at this time business conditions are not certain any­ where. To inject such a radical demand as a thirty hour week now will no doubt, close many factories. We. can hardly imagine any business that could be profitable on the thirty hour basis. When you double the cost of production you have added some­ thing moist concerns cannot absorb, and must pass it on to the consumer. The thirty hour week is a high sounding phrase that might be worked out on paper but it is not practical if the consumer is to have any consideration. Danger lurks ahead on the adop­ tion of the thirty hour week, and all ground will be lost that was supposed to have been recovered under the NRA, duct of steel plants, the future for U. S. Steel and other concerns will not be so' bright. The demand for cheaper cars continues and to meet NRA requirements it looks like* the leading motor companies must pro­ duce their own steel. If such is the ease American- Rolling Mill would suffer as it has specialized in auto sheet steel. Harrison county is the only county in the state that could not be bluffed into the CWA program. The county has a long record for years of having no bonded debt. Every effort was made. by the state administration to force the county to issue bonds to care for unemployed. The county com­ missioners,' one Democrat and two Re­ publicans, stood their ground. The board used money from funds ' for constructive work that gave employ­ ment to the unemployed. Food was distributed” where -needed but was handed out only after investigation and where a family able but did nothing to help itself, there was no free food. Coal is mined in that county and most of the miners had work as the demand far coal increas­ ed due to cold weather. Harrison county has not had a bonded debt for forty-four years. the day for the number of patrons served. •The United States Supreme Court has upheld the New York state milk law, involving the price fixing plan. Ohio has such a law which will soon be tested by the Ohio Supreme Court as a result of a suit of the Kroger Grocery & Baking Co., which refused to obey the law o n .the ground that it was'unconstitutional. The grocery company would not recognize the price set hy the Ohio commission. The penalty was $100 and six months jail sentence, The Ohio court is expected to hand down a decision soon. positors. .From the very first trouble financial institutions experienced with t tlie depression, few seemed to give ■ heed to the rights of those having money on deposit, Attention was centered towards relief for those who had borrowed money and had not paid it back. Laws were passed to- check foreclosure and this was not in the interest of depositors. There has heen.no criticism of thosq having loans that have paid thpir/ interest, taxes and keep the property insured, but depositors have not had a prom­ inent enough place in the picture. Mr. Titlow is a recognised lender and comes to the front now in behalf of the depositors. In view of the fact that Gov. White and the legislature have only had the interest of borrow­ ers at stake, it will be interesting to' see how far he will go in approving the proposed Titlow plan. It will be forty years this coming October since the famous riot in Washington C. H., an event that will be recalled by older citizens. The un­ usual feature of that riot was that Col. A. B. Coit, National Guard, was indicted as a result of the death of five men when he ordered his troops to fire on a mob that attacked the court house to lynch a prisoner. While many citizens did not approve of the lynch program there was much criticism of the Col., one of the charges being brought against him at the trial was that he was intoxi­ cated. He was ^tried in Pickaway county and the jury hearing his case was out1five days. From the time of tlie indictment until the jury verdict the court was in session 117 days, setting a new record in Ohio. The mob had a rope to a tree in the court house yard ready to hang Jasper Dolby, but a heavy guard of troops- men made this impossible. The .lcinger the controversy runs over cancelling of the air mail con­ tracts the’ more new history is un­ covered. It has been interesting to hoar how sons of bankers and senators have profited by tlie con­ tracts . let by former Postmaster General Walter Brown. Speculators in the stock market with a few hun­ dred dollars run the aviation ■com­ pany stocks up until they took down million-dollar profits. In the end under tlie Brown administration the government is called upon to pay a- bout 76 million for air mail service that had formerly cost 43 million. A few days ago it developed that a son of Senator Smoot drew down more than $65,000 as his fee in aid­ ing a company get a contract for hauling air mail. An official of another company testified before a senate committee that Lehr Fess, son of Senator S. D. Fess, represented this company/ The son now denies that lie had a part in the air mail contracts t lit one wonders how it conies that the head of th.e company would use the Fess name if the young Toledo at­ torney had no connection. It was only about a year ago that Mrs. Lehr Fess’ nam& was discovered on the govern­ ment pay .roll for $2,400 a year, and she a resident of Toledo. The checks were mailed according to the story’ to a hotel address in Washington. And we wonder as to the constant increase in the cost of government year after year. REPUBLICAN BOSSES TO STAGE FRAME-UP There is to be a so-called Republican jamboree in Colum­ bus next Thursday in which all counties are to be represented. The headliners behind this movement are Chairman Ed. ShoiTe, Cincinnati, and D. C. Pemberton, both noted utility lobbyists. The object of the gathering is to sell Maurice Maschka’s candidate, Morgan, former Cleveland city manager, as the Re­ publican candidate for governor, Schorre and Pemberton have a plan to give a pre-primary endorsement with the hope of shutting out all other candidates, however only those who have a certain kind of a ticket bearing voting credentials will get to cast a vote. Neither Schorre. or Pemberton have records as party lead­ ers that will appeal to rural voters and never has there been a time when the rural counties should stand shoulder to shoul­ der against any candidate on the Republican ticket for gover­ nor. Cleveland last week defaulted on more than a million dollar’s worth of bonds and now asks the legislature to pass a refunding act to check payment of bonds coming due this year and next, rather than reduce the cost of city government. Mil­ lions of delinquent taxes are reported in the city yet the rural counties are asked to support a sales, income, and other new taxes while the urban counties default their bonds. We understand these two utility representatives recently gave a dinner in Columbus to certain politicians from counties in the Seventh district. Of course utility companies paid the bill but those present were given to understand they must go home and line up their organizations for Morgan and stand for no other candidate. The question now arises,. “ Why was Greene County not represented at the dinner?” There is every indication at this time that industry will be forced to adopt a thirty hour week under the NRA on the plea that it will give more men work. Of course this is a debat­ able question. If manufacturers have sufficient business a thirty hour week might be adopted but not without adding much to the cost of product produced. If there is no more busi­ ness than at present a thirty hour week would close many plants until oiders piled up to permit a full week operation. The important question with the proposed reduction in hours and increased cost of manufactured product •is purchasing power. The consumer faces a more serious situa­ tion than the manufacturer. If all classes of labor can be employed, holders of investments able to get dividends, farmers and dairymen in­ sured of reasonable profits, the short work week might work to the satis­ faction of all. It cannot work with only laboring classes benefited be­ cause the hourly pay will not likely be increased, if so the consumer must in the end pay the freight Paul IL. Henderson, vice president of the United Aircraft & Transport Co., informed a committee of the U. S. Senate, Wednesday, that he had paid Lehr Fess, attorney, who was at one, time parliamentarian ■ of the House, a fee of either $3000 or $5000 for two days work in securing the passage of certain legislation. Fess is a son o f ' United States Senator Simeon D. Fess, Yellow Springs. APPROVED CODE National Industrial Recovery Admin. For All Retail Coal Dealers Approved, February 14th, 1934 by Preiijent Rooaevelt, and became effective on Monday, February 26th, 1934, Establishing minimum and maximum hours per day or per week and minimum rate of pay per hour or per week. For all coal shovlers, coal unloaders and truck drivers. Code also requires posting in conspicious place in office ^ of every coal dealer, of all kinds and grades of coal for § sale, together with price and terms of sale. The require­ ments of this code are in effect and are posted in my office for public inspection. D. A. It. MONTHLY. MEETING POSTPONED TO MARCH 17 : The monthly, meeting of Cedar Cliff Chapter, D. A. R..which was to have been held Tuesday, March 13 at the home of Mrs. Fred- Dobbins, has been changed to Saturday, March 17 at 2 P. M. The place to be announced in next week's paper. c L . M c G u i n n CASH STORE TELEPHONE— 3 South Miller St. Cedarville, O. -rr1 GEORGE ECKERLE NAMED CLERK OF ELECTION BOARD A dead lock in the selection of clerk i of the Greene County Board of Elec-! lions followed by a split in the. Demo-! cratic .ranks, resulted in George Eck-i erle, a Republican being chosen as ; clerk. Republican members Winter : and Kline, and Fred Dawson, D., set- - tied the contest. II. C. Sohn was re- s elected chairman. SEND US YOUR LIVE STOCK W e have been having lively sales on Hogs, Cattle, Calves and Lambs. Sales Every Monday. Do You Want Feeder Cattle? I f so, see us. W e have been appointed local sales agents f o r a large western cattle company. W e can help you obtain financing. Springfield Live Stock Sales Co. HIGGINS, RICE AND BRADFLTE 1 IN LINE FOR XENIA P. O. , Dispatches'Thursday carried the ! word front Washington that Harry; A. Higgins. Harry E. Rice and David i 0. Bradfute were certified as candi­ dates' following the U, S. Civil Service examination.. The appointment will I be made on the recommendation ' of i Senator Robert Bulklcy.. The term j of C. S.. Frazer, Republican, ended on I January I, 1933, but he has been act-.[ ing postmaster for a year and nearly three months. Higgins is chairman I of the County Democratic Executive j Committee. Rice was formerly post-1 master under Pres. Wilson. Bradfute i is a prominent farmer and former 1 president of the Greene County Farm ! Bureau. ; MAY ASK FEDERAL AID We notice by a Chicago paper that nipte than fifty-four thousand pieces of property remain yet to be ap­ praised for government loans under the Home Owners Loan Corporation. According to County Supt. H. C. Aultman three school districts in fi­ nancial trouble may ask Federal aid. They are Silvercreek and Spring’ Val­ ley and possibly Beavercreek. Sherman Ave- - ' Phone .Center 796 it ■ ..-.. • ~ — ■ ■ Springfield, Ohio ' ‘ " ' ■ , ' 7 ; “ ^ ....r ' - v— — r- i | E. D. HAINES O. A. DOBBINS [ Xenia, Ohio, R. R. 1 Cedarville, Ohio | Phone: 74-F-5 Phone: 5*112 I MIAMI VALLEY FARM SERVICE j FARM MANAGEMENT OUR BUSINESS ! . . i LET US HELP YOU MAKE THAT FARM p a y s ■-' ' ■ ' *. '*■ PUBLIC AUCTION The residence On what Was former­ ly the W. II. Barber property, inter- Think of the many millions of dollars j section of ChilUcothe , and East will be required to refinance this ’ streets, Cedarville, now owned by the property in that one city. When we j Village of Cedarville, will be sold at take into consideration the loans on Public Auction on homes over forty-eight states, the [ government stands today as the'lead- ' ing holder of real estate. No doubt j many of these loans will never be paid under the following condition. Pur- off. Regardless of the fact that own- elmser must dismantel'and remove all ers-must make monthly payments the debris on or before April 4, 1934. interest, taxes and insurance on many Terms 0f sale-CASH , day of aale. Saturday, March 24, 1934 at 2 O’clock THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER Turning from’ city .newspapers to small town press ex­ changes that come to the editor’s desk is like stepping from the slums, full of vice, into an old-fashioned garden sweet with lavender anti thyme and the scent of perennial flowers. The pages of big dailies are so fiill of murder, thievery, immorality and selfishness that the better news is obscured by these glar­ ing shattering!* of the Decalogue. One puts*the paper aside with a feeling of depression and heartache that the world is Antioch College students will con­ duct a scientific research under the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis­ tration. An effort will be made to get at the bottom of the famous yellow spring in. Glenn Park which made the town famous at one timo as a health resort. For years the 'grounds on which the spring is lo­ cated were known as Neff Park and years ago five large hotel buildings were erected to care for visitors seek­ ing relief from the mineral water. There is a new kind of taxpayers' strike down in Butler county in Ox­ ford and Milford townships. Farm­ ers have refused to pay taxes on the plea they do. not own the land. All the land in the township is held in the properties will be greater than the owner can meet. The government must then take over’ the property by some process of law and put it on the market. The same process will be followed on farm loans that become delinquent. We are'soon approaching the time when the home and farm owner thftt has his property paid for will be called upon to reimburse the government through taxes for the loss on such loans. . By order of Village Council, Cedar­ ville, Ohio, J. G. McCORRELL, Clerk. Right in the center of theatres and ■hops. Bus and car service to all Outlying points and suburbs^ Excellent Cuisine—New Low Prices 250 Outside Rooms With Bath Circulating Ice Water—Tiled Showers A clean, comfortable home for thrifty travelers. Modern and metropolitan, but not ostentatious. The ideal hotel for transient and resident guests. VINE BETWEEN 4th and 5th STREETS RATES $ 2,00 TO $2.50 The public should be interested in n general movement for legislation in the various states that will permit cities to take what is commonly known as bankruptcy, and thus legally re­ pudiate their debts by paying bond holders a paultry few dollars as set­ tlement in full. Such a procedure Would not only wreck property values within the city but would in the end send farm values even lower than they jaro today. Some of these days a sad name of “Miami University, a state history is to bo written in this country supported school. Those who occupy! on the moratorium of debt payments, the farms hold 99 year leases, forever j1 With such a procedure for nations and i enewable, requiring annual payment i brunches of government it is no of 6 per cent of the original valuation. \ wonder the individual citizen clamors so full of terrible and unhappy things. )Th„ .. , .. i.A ., mvi »• ft . * m i j.t^ t * _ * J&ttds wore set aside by the *foi it» It is the best reason whv Ohio Then picking up the papers that record the happenings of IFederal government to support the 'should be awake and not lend support the little towns around US, one gains renewed faith m life, college and later turned over to'’ the | or even encouragement lo the election State of Ohio. Some months ago the of candidates for administrative offices Here are set forth only that which uplifts a community—the activities of the business men, the church items, the happy so­ cial gatherings of the people, the marriages, births and deaths, farmers’ items, and al) thtt thousand and one daily occurences that make up the simple annals o f the great common people, who are really the foundation of this broad country of ours. Sometimes people speak lightly of the country newspaper, but it is one o f the most potent and uplifting factors in our national existence.— Christian Science Monitor. then Atty. General Bcttman ruled the ,f» om the cities. Such cities as Clove* scliool boaid could not assess the 2.85 .land, Cincinnati, Toledo and Columbus mill school rate. The land owners i have nothing in common with the now refuse to pay any kind of tax on j iural sections, in fact rural Ohio is the theory they are not owners of the now suffering form what those cities land but only lease it. They are ; have done in the past. We are to be guided by legal counsel who threatens Jcalled upon to pay one or more new an injunction against Butler county i kind of taxes because the cities are county authorities if attempt is made "dead broke," W e e k - ' E n d S p e c i a l s BROWN S DRUG STORE 25c "Firstaid” San. Napkins, 2 for 25c 25c Pure Ess. of Peppermint, 2 for 29c Pure Spirts of Camphor, 4 ozs. * 29c •Livingstons* Bulk Tomato and Cabbage Seed for early plants, now on hand. 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He j Eleanor Ky part of his disagreemen ge » 3 Cedarville Lips Betray John Boles March 13, t Glass of the You laugl sens Big M at him in . Lillian Han day, March ill •, f »-l The Mizp First Presb\ home of M afternoon. A charge of d Roll call reminiscence Labor was i for the afte read a papei Other dis A. E. Huey entitled’, “ N interesting read by Mrs George Cre: visiting her in Seattle, 1 A refreshi a social tim< DAILEY-Fl PER Miss Lillis and Mrs. A Clifton Pike, near Clifton, at a ceremc Robert Fren i United Pres? church parse -4 o’clock. Members i witnessed thi | an ensemble monizing acc Mr. and 5 a wedding ti newly-furnisi Mr. and Mrs ville High S. son of Mr, ar near Clifton, Springfield I Evening Face P c Perfume Lipstick $1,85 V/ Week End S S For Sale Cedarville H. elation, to : market prn< Acceptance- V St., Dayton, B A 1 FROM BI .< Tested for . gem used b. tested sovet Reactors • Hatched m with CODi FROM THI We can del , White, Brow ' per 100. $3> 1000. Ban- Reds, $8,00 176.00 for Wyam, $8 3 500, 180.00 Sorted, $7." 500, $70.00 order, $21 ordered; b: cash with »’ XEN