The Cedarvile Herald, Volume 57, Numbers 1-26

t 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 on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to you. FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR NO. 18 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY APRIL 6,1934 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR NEWS LETTER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS COURT NEWS Spring Production Under Way DIVORCE PETITION i On charge tof failure to provide' and cruelty, Florence L, Garrison, seeks a divorce from Everett Garri- j son, in a suit on file in Common Pleas i based Court. . j The wife asks that her husband be COLUMBUS. — Statistics upon reports furnished to Secretary of State George S. Myers show that barred of dower in her interest in real there were fewer foreclosures of real estate, requests alimony, attorney estate mortgages in January, 1934, fees, an award of support of a minor than in any other month since July, child and a court determination of 1933. Comparison with months prior property rights. The couple was mar- j to July, 1933, cannot be made, as no vied August 8, 1918 at Wilmington, j statistics were compiled until that ' — ------ j time. The estimated total o f fore- i RENTAL SUIT FILED closures for the entire state was 594 ■ Judgment for $450, claimed to be in January, 1934, as compared with due in rental money, is sought by i 1030 in December, 1933. The largest the Wilson Ice and Storage Co., a I decrease of sales was in urban prop-1corporation, in a suit filed against i erties. Foreclosures for, farms de- Howard and Florence Cline in Com- \lf " C SCHOOL NEWS Mr. Galloway Speaks Mr. W. W. (galloway presented a very interesting and scholarly ad­ dress to the high school students dur- j ing the chapel period, Monday morn­ ing, Using as a FIVE SHOTS IN HOLD UP TUESDAY NIGHT mon. Pleas Court. elined slightly but remain at about the former average o f one sale per county per month. Foreclosed farms DIVORCES GRANTED sold in January brought an average! Marie Jackson has won a divorce! price of $33.80 per acre as compared from Ralph Jackson in Common p leas. with an. average appraisal'of $44.07 Court on ground bf cruelty aM failj j and an average judgment of $47.03 ^ to provide for her 8upport. She;! was also given custody o f two minor" children. " ' ! V ' / /71 per acre. While the state legislature has been struggling unsuccessfully so far with the difficult school relief problem,1 educators of Ohio and nationally prominent friends of education will rally in Columbus the latter part of this week to arouse, as best they can,' public feeling in the interest of the. youth who are suffering more than dny, others from the threatened break­ down in public educational facilities. Following the Citizens Conference on the crisis in' education, to -be address­ ed by Mrs. Roosevelt and others Thursday and "Friday, the annual Ohio State Educational Conference Earl Homan, associated with Joe basis for his re- g ratton, in operating a gas station on marks the comparison o f living and the Columbus pike west of town, ex- automobile touring, the speaker pre- lperjenced a holdup Tuesday night and sented, in his unusually attractive WRg «for a r ide-» by a couple manner, many lessons for happy liv- '6f holdup men. He was robbed of five ing. The dangers of “ short cuts" and donars and fired at five times, “detours" were vividly shown, and thei He was alone,at the time when the rewards of traveling along the “main>pair entered and the holdup men had highway" were clearly presented. The everything their own way. Instead faculty and students cordially invite' f getting gasoline they pulled a Mr. Galloway to return soon. {pistol and ordered Homan to hold up During the preliminary program his hands. Not giving in right away presented by the juniors, Stanley's shot was fired past his head, the Swango presided. Elinor Hughes bullet entering the wall. According read the Scripture. Musical selec- ,to Sheriff Baughn it was from a 38 tions, appropriate for the Easter caliber gun. He was searched and five season included: vocal solo—Mr- Reed, dollars in change taken, accompanied by Ruth and Frances j Homan was ordered to stand on the Kimble; duet—Jane Frame and running board of a V-8 Ford, and the Eleanor Cooley; selection—boys' pair drove towards Xenia. They had Mildred H. Mims was awarded a di­ vorce from Robert L. Mims on charges of neglect of duty andreceiv- ■ cd custody of a minor child. i • I FORECLOSURE AWARDED ' William Owens has been awarded a $3,301.25 mortgage foreclosure judg­ ment against William Wardlow and others, in a suit in Common Pleas Court. , WINS JUDGMENT mm- Mrs. Martha Dailey Died Friday A . M. quartette, • Dr. Florence Williamson, professor at Bowling Greene Teachers' College, and Mrs. W. W. Galloway, member of the local board of education, spoke briefly when introduced by Superin­ tendent Furst. Teachers to Attend Conference The teachers of the local public ischools plan to attend meetings of '* v • Live Stock Men 'Budget Revision Reserve, April 27; Not Necessary not-gone any great distance until Ho­ man rolled from the running board and four shots were fired at him while the car kept on the move. He walked to a nearby house and called Sheriff Baughn, who with Deputies' Walton Spahr and . J. B. Newsom, came to Cedarville but. could find no trace o f the bandit car. The robbers were said to be about 30 to 35 years of age, ,the Fourteenth Ohio State Education -1 " r_ ’ Ial Conference, which will be held i n j | -j-i _ 'Columbus this week, Thursday/ Fri- jD O U Q S U n i y trOV Mrs. Martha Dailey, 72, widow of Friday, April 27, irill be a. most day, and Saturday.' I , , • ' ■ " ' | Nationally prominent educators and W|th the county’s proportion of lspeakers> headed by Mra. p ranklin A « I r A n u l .n n .f t r, l , a m a a m * n il m I.A. 1 . . Farm Bank Loans James Dajley and life-long ..resident interesting day for those live stock the February tax settlement'.slightly 'Deiano IWosevaltwife o f the nation1- Judgment amounting to $649.74 has of Clifton, died at the home of her men who take advantage of the t iple exceeding expectations, a downward ichie£. executive will be in attendance will meetatOhio StateUniversityall .been recovered in Common Pleas son4n‘ law and <laughter> Mr. and program composed M a forenoon revision of the Greene County general day Saturday.More than 100edu- Court by F. W. Sanger against F. R. Mrs- G- B- Hopping of Clifton, Frjday cattle feeders’ tour afd an afternoon fund budget for 1934 may ' not be cators of Ohio and other- states will and Dora Conklin Stryker. take part in the program. Four, •----- — general meetings will be held, to be DISMISS THREE CASES -f preceded by 40 sectional meetings, f Dismissal of a petition filed by the While 20 dinner sessions are scheduled Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Ky., for Friday and Saturday. The prin- against George A. Little and others cipal speakers will be Paul C. Stet- is revealed in a Common Pleas Court son, superintendent of Indianapolis entry. A compromise settlemeht was schools'; Dr. Charles H. Judd, Univers- reached by parties to the suit. Letter ity of Chicago; Dr. George D. Stray- McDorman, receiver in the case, was er, Teachers’ College, Columbia Uni-; discharged from his liabilities. .• „ versity, and Dr. Henry H. Goddard o f Having been settled, the follow- Ohio State'S psychology department, ing >tWo cases have likewise been * '■--------- . jordered dismissed: MUTy*A. Ixmg vs. April 3 marked the 200th anniver- Alfred Scott and others: ‘S. D. Conk- sary o f the birth in Scotland of lin vs. L. D. Peell and others. General Arthur St. Clair, first gover-! —------ - ■ nor of Northwest Territory, of which { ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA Ohio was once a part. At the ses' morning at 12:20 o'clock. She had trip to the Madison iGounty Experi- necessary, according to county offi- been ill five months and suffered a ment Farm and the Ohio State Uni- cials. stroke of paralysis Monday evening versity. f ' Officials had feared that if the 'which caused her death. The forenoon trip v^ll include some December real estate tax collection Mrs, Dailey had spent her entire of the most interesting feeding: pro- fell short of normal it might be neces- life in Clifton and was a member of jects on Madison Coi|hty farms. At sary to make further retrenchments the M. E. Church there. She was re- the Experiment Fariii in the after- about June 1 to avoid a deficit at the moved to the Hopping home five noon both calves and Readings will’ be end of the year, months ago. She is survived by five seen in tests comparing shelled corn . This possibility was expressed at daughters, Mrs. J. W. Boolman, Mrs. with ground corn land cob meal, the time the annual general fupd ap- Q, L. Sparrow, Mrs. G B. Hopping, Those who have attended in past propriations were made at the begin- of Clifton; Mrs. C A. Cultice, near years will find this year's project up ning of 1934 by County Commission- Springfield, and Mrs. F. W, Stretcher; to the high standard o f previous era despite reductions made from the .thirteen .grandchildren and, onq g r e a t ^ ^ . grandchild." Her husband died six tained in West Virginia and trucked It is now the belief of county offi- years ago. direct to the Experiment Farm, cials that the present budget can be ! Funeral services were conducted Many feeders will be interested in the left unchanged, although this will ■(from the home in Clifton Sunday possibilities that this source pre- not be definite until the August set- afternoon. Burial took place in Clif- sents. Some of the leading live stock dement is made on the June tax col- Albert R. Jones, Xenia, operator of t h Ce te s*on of the fifteenth annual Indiana the Maple Corner club, a dance h a l l ________________ < , . .. t History Conference, held in Indiana- jn Xenia township, pleaded not guilty 1 .■ . ■ ' ' « 'fnr^nfinn mav he desired polia last December, a resolution was to three charges yesterday when ar- F l V © Y o i l t l i S A l * C H d d adopted urging that the postmaster vaigried in common pleas court. Bond . . general issue a suitable commem-iWa3 fixed at $500 and he was remand- B y G r a n d J u r y tinup to the Univer3itv barns where orativestampon Aprils, 1934, bear-;ed to jail untilit is furnished. j 1 * I n T ? h o L T h u Z ing a likeness of General St. Clair, j Jones is charged in three affidavits Five youths were named by " and put it on sale in Columbus and Morris D. Rice, Osborn, secretary- treasurer of The Community Nation- to discuss the crisis in education- |al Farm Loan Association, has re- The public conference consists of ceived word from William I. Myers, four general meetings, opening in governor of the Farm Credit Admin- Memorial Hall, Thursday night. Ad- * istration, Washington, D. C-, that ditional sessions will be held there Federal Land Bank loans and land through Friday with the third day's bank commissioner’s loans will be activities on Saturday shifting to the,made in the futnre through' the Fed- Ohio State University campus. jeral Land Bank in bonds of the Fed- Gov. George White will preside at eral Farm Mortgage Corporation, the opening session, Thursday night, These bonds are guaranteed by the with principal addresses to 'he deliver- United States government both as to ed by Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana principal and interest, which will be and Glen Frank, president o f the Uni- at the rate of three and one-fourth take Jthe place of the cash distribu­ tion‘in .the disbursement ?the un-" versity o f Wisconsin. Friday morning’s session will be judge o f the United States District Court/Danville, Illinois. Addresses closed loans previously Approved by will be given by Louis J. Taber, .the Federal Land Banks, master o f the National Grange, and { The bojiids of the Federal Farm Royal S. Copeland, senior United Mortgage Corporation, according to per cent per annum for the bonds to be issued at this time. They will as to the amount of funds that will be available for the entire year’s ■ ■ Following the meeting at the Ex- operating expenses, perimem Farm the group will con- -— —-------— — the capitals of the other states that formed the Northwest Territory. The postmaster of Columbus had received no information up„to this week, how­ ever, that such a stamp had been authorized. Still at odds over adopting a per­ manent tax program, the general as­ sembly adjourned last Thursday to return this week with opinion divid­ ed as to whether this second Special session would be adjourned with a complete revenue act being adopted or whether it would end in failure. The most important action taken last week on a revenue measure was neg­ ative in its nature. That was the de­ feat of the Ward income tax bill by a vote of 46 yeas and 52 nays. A mo­ tion to reconsider the bill was pending when adjournment was taken. A bill providing that county treasurers shall act as receivers to collect delinquent taxes on income producing properties passed both houses. ,,, , . . . . . . . . . • , • * « • , — been used the past winter and will with conducting public dances without special session of .the grand jury for haye 8ome gi, remaining on the a MnuMti Mnt-n-‘iilHn. 'mrli/ifmnnrn An oAirnn aniinro vav v v of the trip- Various grades o f a permit, permitting intoxicated^ per-' indict ents on seven counts for vari- sons on the premises and allowing the' ous crimes. All of the boys are con- attendance of a minor girl at a dance, fined in the county jail. Eight cases His - trial on all three charges was ,were considered but one was con- set for April 12 by Judge R. L/tinued until the May'term. i * n‘r . ^ , _ • , . - .tto i vupnUHU) 'oviiiui uiuieu * ® r 9 " men of West Virginia will be present lection giving more of an exact idea RfiTintnr tram Mew Vork ithe statement by Governor Myers, . . . --------------------------- ---- - - - i„. 8 « i » pridiT^^SterToTn,^ Mrs Fmnklin'will have behind them not only the Delano Roosevelt will speak on unconditional guarantee of the fed- “ Teachers and Their Proper Prepara- eral government as to both principal ition.” George F. Zook, United States and interest, and the capital of the 1Commissioner of Education, will pre- Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation ''side at this session at which John H. amounting to about $200,000,000, but $100 Finley, New York Times, will also. also the consolidated bonds of the 'speak. Federal Land Banks issue in ex- Robert Massie, South Solon, failed | Presiding at the closing session, of change for the bonds of the Federal day feeder cattle are on tept here and will be shown to the group as s fitting end to the day’s program. Robert Massie Gets Fine of ____ ____ __ l .— _____ _ - ____ ...0 ..._______ _ ______ in his attempt to mix gasoline and Friday’s program will be Frank P .,Farm Mortgage Corporation and the Gowdy. Roy Potts, Osborn, 21, and Robert Shoup, Fairfield, were indicted on two counts for burglary. They admitted takng tires and a bettery valqed at $35, . Dale Dalton, 22, and brother, Oliver, April Allottntent To Be Cut Short Because the lief program emergency school is being included re- the FERA, Karl R. Babb, county relief . , ,____ Tights county jaiL The Ohio State . Library through its traveling library division is serv­ ing approximately 500 organizations and communities throughout Ohio, State Librarian Noon stated this week. Owing'to lack of funds, many schools in the rural districts are very poorly equipped with reading ma­ terial, and in some cases books bor­ rowed from the State Library mnke up the entire school collection. With the planned expansion of this depart­ ment, the traveling library service, will be extended to every community in the state, Mr. Noon said. The sec­ ond of four 15-minute library reviews R. R. EMPLOYEE LOSES H. S. Croushorn in his suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., seek­ ing a judgment of $931.29 lost his chse when a jury returned a verdict *^0, Port William and Walter Fergu- for the company. He had charged ,son, 18, Wilmington, indicted in con- that he was forced to join the com-jnectii[m ^ th robbery of Warnock directo learns that tbe ?6600 allotted pany’s voluntary relief department, jgrocery, Bowersville. Goods valued ........months. Eleven of the twelve jurors signed the ' were stolen and recovered by verdict. jGreene and Clinton county officials. .......................... ' The case of Harold Stafford, charg- 'ed with burglary of radio and loud liquor and his auto left the road last Thursday afternoon on the Columbus pike east of town. He had facial cuts and bruises beside being almost unconscious from liquor. He pleaded guilty before were Graves, New York state commission- 'mortgages accepted by the land hank er of education, with speakers in- commissioner as security for loans, eluding Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Ar- Mr. Rice has just returned from a lington, Vermont; Newton" D. Baker, .conference wi^h officials of the Fed- Cleveland; and an address by Alfred eral Land Bank of Louisevule, Ky., Judge 'E. Smith, New York, read by the end says that this plan will be im­ mediately (put into operation. His association will continue to accept ap­ plications and qperate as in the past, excepting payments will be made in bonds only. Frank L. Johnson, Xenia Municipal chairman. !Court, and was given a finer of $1001 On Saturday, more than forty sec- .and costs and thirty days in the tional meetings for teachers will be H . S. Commencement8peaker was continued. Dates In County Massie Drops In this county for April work relief will provide even less employment than! expected. 1 During the CWA period the. emergency school program was car­ ried on as a separate relief function, I financed by the federal government, j The program in Greene county oper In addition his driving held dn the Ohio State University suspended for six Campus, with addresses by many of jthe nation’s leading educators. Musical entertainment for the various sessions o f the conference on Thursday and Friday will be furnish­ ed by the Ohio State University sym- Iphony orchestra, men’s glee club, ! a U awis Stake Racing A t County Fair Town To Visit Tail with 28 teachers on the pay roll. _____ ^ ° Since the money must —•” " Stake racing will 'be restored to :cborus, and the concert band, the speed program of the county fair The local schools will be closed all ates under a monthly budget of $925, this year after an absence of two day Friday by action of the board of High school commencement dates i announced so far in the County a re :, j Cedarville -—May 18, thirty-nine ; Joe Massie, who formerly resided seniors, Dr. Walter Collins, president jin this community, and been in of Wilmington College, speaker. jmayor’s court numerous times on in- Spring Valley—April 27, nine-, sen-1 toxication charges, dropped into iors, Dr. William H. Beachler, Gratis,' town Monday and soon fell in the O., speaker. custody of Marshal McLean. He had s Bowersville Jefferson—May 1, nine-,the opportunity, of sleeping off his teen seniors, no speaker selected. Ijag in the steel cage. Mayor Little of Missions will hold its Annual ; Yellow Spring Bryan—May 4 or 29,!placed a tag on Massie and ordered Meeting in the First Presbyterian Small Fire Does depending on length of school term,; him out of town, not to return, if so Church of Middletown, O., Friday | twenty-seven seniors, no speaker se-|he would spend some time with the April 6. The morning session will years, the board has decided. The now come fair opens August 1. from the $6600 allotment, the work1 The fair now has membership in will probably be curtailed. the Ohio Colt Racing association and ..................■..... . iwill offer four stake events for MISSION SOCIETY MEETS 'juveniles, including a 2-year-old trot IN MIDDLETOWN TODAY and pace and 3-year-old trot and pace. - |The stakes, with added money, will The Dayton Presbyterian Society result in purses amounting to $4000. education, in order that the teachers may attend the meetings of this con­ ference, one of the most outstanding educational conferences of the year. No doubt the school will benefit by the inspiration gained by the teachers from this meeting. lected. sheriff. Boss—May 17, eleven seniors, speaker selected. Jamestown Silvercreek—April -27, twenty-nine seniors, program will -be substituted-for speaker. *■' Bcllbrook—'April 26, Little Damage begin at 9:30. Official delegates will — — represent the auxiliary societies and! The fire department was called to Senior Class Play The seniors have started on their class play and ere long will be more than busy. Dr. McChesney; To Address Boards Dr. W. R. McChesney, president of Cedarville college and a represent­ ative to the Ohio general assembly, will speak at the banquet meeting of all boards of education of Mont­ gomery county schools, to be held at Fairmcfnt high school, Saturday at 6:30 p. m. “ The Financial Outlook for Public Schools” will be Dr. McChesney’s subject. One hundred and twenty-five members of district boards of educa­ tion and the Montgomery county board of education are expected to at­ tend. “ Smoky”—April 19 “ Smoky,” another talking picture, No | , . . ’ NEW AUTO TAX BILL it is anticipated that a large group the Dan Aultman residence early last featuring an all-star cast, Will be INTRODUCED IN HOUSE from each church in the Presbytery Friday morning when fire was dis-,spon8ored by the public .schools in the ______ will attend. ’ Luncheon will be served covered ■in the roof. It was ex tin - Cedarville Opera House, Thursday A bill has been introduced by J, by the hostess church, twenty-two J. Lehman, Sandusky, restoring auto*^ A complete Presbyterial Mrs. Longworth Urged To Enter over radio station WAIU will be given i , - ... , tW Mr. M m . M Tuesday a ,c „i„e at * * * * < » • » * « ba J laablla, t. fl* hat « ' P™?; ” “ ^ ^ 1 'guislied without much loss. The 'evening, April 19, Annual property is owned by Harry Wright.; — will include ad- The clapper on the fire bell after 8:45. The other two will follow on succeeding Tuesday evenings at the same hour. COLLEGE MINSTRELS SET FOR THURSDAY, APRIL fpr exercises. SOFTBALL TEAM WILL GIVE DANCE, APRIL 12 figured .taxation. He also provided dresses by Miss Ruth Elliott of New'years of service, broke into several t $8 fee on all types of care York City, Mrs. Ivpn O. Wilson of pieces when the alarm was turned in. *,erty -for .for a fla for license tax. horsepower on License tax is now Persia; Miss Helen Chappie, C. I. I. Repairs were made and the alarm and weight representative; Mrs, Charles Ryan J system is again in use COLUMBUS.—A movement aimed at inducing Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth of Cincinnati to become a Republican candidate for United States senator has been launched here by the Pioneer Association o f and no personal property tax. The Softbali Team will give a dance 12 jn Nagley hall, Thursday, April 12 XENIA MAIL BOXES vjfor the benefit of the team. Those j AGAIN ARE ROBBED College Minstrel, auspices Y, M. C.i„ponsorjng the movement want to A., next Thursday, April 12, at^Ma|{C some improvements on the D. A. It. MEETING, TUESDAY Three mail boxes were robbed in Opera House. $1.00 Box Stationery—29c 100 Flat Sheets 50' Envelopes Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs municipal grounds and also he able to Xenia Tuesday night, making six purchase supplies. In the past the within the past ten days. Federal games have been open th the public poatofflee inspectors are making an with no admission. investigation aftd no report has been Adams of Springfield, O., who is president of the Ohio Synodical So­ ciety of Missions; Mrs. Frederick! — *—1•* Bussdicker of Dayton; Mrs. George j The regular meeting of the Cedar M. Gordon of Middletown and others. Cliff Chapter D. A. It, will be held Music will be furnished by the Middle- \ Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the town Church. home of Mrs. W. W. Galloway. Miss ----- ... ------- JSarah Hagar will bp the speaker of Miss Elsie Skroades, who teaches the afternoon, in tbe Walnut Hills school in Cin-! — ---------------------- Official Rank Not Known The official rank of the seniors in the General Scholarship Test" is not , . . known, as no announcement has yet Independent Voters, Inc., its prcsi- been received from the state depart- former Senator Thomas Lat­ ham, said today. The movement is started in the belief that Senator S . ment. given-out as-to what was secured in cinhati, spent th# Easter vacation ’ A fine new line r r Birthday Cards Subscribe for THE HERALD jthe way of money or checks, with hgr aunt, Mrs. Cora Trumbo. , Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs Track Meet Date Changed The Greene County track meet in D. Fess has little or no chance even getting the nomination for a which was scheduled for April 28 has *crm‘ bem ckm erf t , April 21 This m « t , k „ ^ which is to be held at Wilberforce, w . 0 , . ' I . J J - -11 « J I Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs 29c Satin Finish Filled Candies—18c includes all eight schools o f Greene County. (Continued to Page 4) Week End Special at Brown’s Drugs Subscribe for THE HERALD ■TKj&r