The Cedarville Herald, Volume 60, Numbers 1-26

4 NEW THINGS ARB ADVERTISED BY MERCHANTS FIRST. ADVER ­ TISEMENTS KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THE TIMES. READ THEM ! S h e X e r a l d . ADVERTISING IS NEWS, AS MUCH AS THE HEADLINES ON THE FRONT PAGE . OFTEN IT IS OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU - SIXTIETH YEAR NO. 19 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FR IDAY , AJEIL 9 ,1937 NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS COLtIMBUS. —- Vastly improved business and indutsrial conditions dur ing the first quarter of 1937 were , noted in a report by Secretary o f State William J. Kennedy covering the act­ ivities o f the corporation division pf the Department o f State fo r the period ending March 31. It is an established fact that the corporation division serves as an accurate barometer of business and industry in Ohio, Secre­ tary Kennedy pointed out in announc­ ing that to ta l.domestic and foreign corporation fees and miscellaneous receipts topped the first’ quarter of 1936 by $48,531 and the first quarter o f 1935 by $71,8091 For thV quarter just ended the total fees and miscel­ laneous receipts amounted to $135,- 119, compared to $86,588 in 1936 and to $63„410 in 1935. There was 2,- 534 transactions recorded in the di­ vision during January, February, and March o f this year, compared to 2,052 transactions in 1936 to to 2,368 trans­ actions in 1935, Secretary Kennedy said: j Mmmimitmiiiiai - DESCRIPTION OF HIUMIMlWlllilllUIMl' HOLC FORECLOSURE Foreclosure o f mortgaged properties [for non-payment p f loans is the. ob­ ject o f two petitions filed in common pleas court by the Home Owners’ Loan Corp, In the petitions, instituted through Attorney E. D. Smith, the HOLC requests judgments for $3, 541.53 against Bduce Leveck and others and $3,037.59 against Fred M. Hornick and others. Greater interest in dental health, especially for-children, was urged by Dr. Walter H. Hartung, director of the State Department o f Health, following the death of a Meigs county child from blood poisoning which resulted from an infected tooth. A survey by the United States public health serv­ ice among 1,500,000 school children who rangea in age from six to fourteen years revealed that eighty-nine, per cent had dental defects, Dr. Hartung said. He called attention to the fact that' the department's bureau o f dental hygiene is sponsoring a dental health education program which at the pre­ sent time is confined to elementary schools, and requested the co-operation o f dental, medical ,and nursing organ­ izations, Parent-Teachers associations and civic groups. DIVORCE IS SOUGHT Cruelty and gross neglect o f duty on charges contained in a divorce suit filed by Clara Brooks against Chris­ topher Brooks, Yellow Springs, to whom she was*married April 26, 1910 at Yellow Springs. Her husband used threatening and abusive language, she declared. May Connect Exchange |j W ith Fire Alarm 11 . ' ---------- i f STONE rtOUNTIAN Council at a meeting Monday eve- § j I ning instructed J. Lloyd Confarr to | By ti& Editor I investigate the possibility o f a fire f J | alarm being turned on from the tele-, ..... phone exchange by Beli Co, employees, j If you were neir Atlanta, sixteen It is a service the telephone com- miles east, and Saw an object that pany offers as most fire calls pass arose in the air some 2000 feet with through the exchange first. Mr, Con- the appearance ojjE air .inverted cup, farr is fire chief, j that would be Stone Mountain, now A request was presented from Ce- one o f the show places in the south darville College for the closing o f the and one over which there has been alley running from north Main street much controversy! to Walnut street between the Alford Geologists say jstone Mountain is Gym and the property recently from the largest and b f far the most per- DIVORCES GRANTED Evelyn Tuck, awarded -a divorce from Clifford Tuck on grounds of cruelty, was also awarded the house­ hold goods and ordered restored to her maiden name. . Margaret"Zimmercan won a divcrce from Albert Zimmercan on her charge of cruelty and neglect and was a- warded custody o f minor children. th Exchange Bank. Council agreed to the closing as the college owns on each side o f the alley and other prop­ erty owners have no direct interest, All expense is to be paid by the college, The college in the near future hopes to erect a girls’ dormitory on the site north o f the gym and does not want the property divided by an open alley. Chief interest at the state library enters' around publications dealing /ith the United States supreme court nd the Constitution* according to itate Librarian Paul A. T. Noon. To . collection o f more than 200 publi- ations on the two subjects the library as added ,ten or twelve additional olumes and plans other purchases, !"here is a waiting list for virtually all f the books available.. Former Clifton Citizen Died In Springfield J. B. Littleton, 79, founder o f the J. B. Littleton & Son funeral home, Springfield, fo r fifty years a funeral director in Greene and Clark county, PETITIONS DISMISSED died. Saturday evening at his homo in [ The original divorce petition of John! c 'ty- He had been active in the A, Yodar and the cross-petition.of his\affaira of his business until his sick wife, Eva M. Yoder, have been order-1™88' ,al t. November, due to cd dismissed by the court without ti‘ouble' prejudice to the husband to maintain a' deceased was born in Clifton, new action on grounds of wilful ab- •he son of Joel and Martha Littleton sence from home, at the expiration o f He formerly was engaged in the under- Ihe period allowed by law . |takin* bus,ne8s in Yel,ow Springs with ____ _ •'■his brother, Fisher Littleton. SALE IS CONFIRMED ; Hu is sul'vived by his wi£e- Mrs* Sale o f property to G. M. and Roxiej Am>r T-' L^tleton; two sons, Herbert Barnett for $775'has been approved! A- who J°ined with •his father in in the case, of Marcus E. McCallister ' °Peration of the funeral parlors here, -.8 guardian, against LaLuris Murryland Burr E* Littleton, of Springfield; heart and others. Fishermen were warned by Commis- ioner Lawrence Wooddell of the di- ision o f conservation that the daily tag limit established by the state con­ ervation council will be rigidly en-| orced. The protected fish and the imit for each are: Brook, brown or ainbow | trout, combined species, light; largemouth, smullmouth and potted bass, combined species, eight; preen, pumpkinseed and long-ear sun- ish, combined species, twenty; white ind black crappie, combined species, wenty-five; rock bass, twenty; blue- fill, twenty. For the inland district inly: Yellow’ pike perch, eight: yel- ow perch, twenty; white bass, twenty; :atfish, all kinds, twenty. two daughters, Miss Lois Littleton, ! teacher in the Elyria, O,, High School, APPOINTMENTS MADE i and Mrs. Gladys Erickson o f Has- The following appointments have t brtmek Heights, N. J.; a brother,,John been made by probate court: Neal W*. Littleton o f Yellow Springs and a sis- Hunter, as executor o f the estate of|tei< ^ rs- Viola o f Greenville, O. John Wells, late o f Jamestown, with-' £be toneral was held Tuesday after- out bond; Margaret Smith a s noon- with burial in FemclifF cemetery, executrix o f the Daniel B. Smith J “ • estate, without bond; A. H. Gerard as |C e d a r v i l l e S e c o n d administrator o f the estate o f Isaac . Gcrnrd. late of Jefferson Twp., under5 III DrflDIS COlltCSt $20,000 bond, ---------- * ■ — i The Springfield Central M. E. ESTATES VALUED ; church' team' took first place in the Three estates have been appraised,second annual state drama festival of for inheritance tax purposes as fol- ( religious one-act plays which urns con- lows: ;eluded Sunday afternoon at the West- Estate of Charles W. Newlun: fross; minster Presbyterian church. Their value, $640.24; obligations, $544.21; j presentation was titled “ The Bishop’s net value, $96.03. j Candlestocks.” _j. Estate of Quillar Walker: gross; Second place was taken by the de­ value, $1,090; obligations, $1,538.63;[ darville M. E. church groUp, represent- net value, nothing. j ing Greene county, took second place Estate o f Frank H. Duncan: gross| with their presentation o f “ Bread” and vdlue, $2,140; net value, same amount.-“ The Bishop's Candlestick's” again -— :— ' place when the Madisonville M. E. APPROVE SALE [church group, representing Hamilton .Sale o f properties belonging to thejcounty ( presented the play to take Minnie G. Irwin estate for $3,940, in- third place. eluding two tracts to Mr, and Mrs.! The festival opened Friday and con- David E. Robison for $1,830 and one|tjnue(j over the week-end, with Paul 'ract to Mr, and Mrs. J. Karl Robison! Heckel o f Cincinnati; - Miss Verde for $2,110, has been confirmed by the |Evans* o f Cleveland and Paul Zane of courL 'Dayton as judges. feet speciman o f faanite to be found in the world. It measures more than, seven miles arouriH^ its base and re­ sembles the letterjl'D.” We arc told there are twenty-jive million square feet o f exposed gtjsnite. Its steepest side, a sheer precipice, bulges forward near the center ai^d faces Northward and on it is being carved in solid granite the greatest memorial to the Confederacy. Thejmountain has evi­ dently passed though millions of years o f its life [history, and some say it was formed before the Alps, Rockies, Pyrennes nnd the Himalayas were conceived, § Those who dejight to delve into figures tell us this fountain o f granite contains more than|seven and one-half billion cubic feet, o f grSnite, making it weigh 628 million .tons. If loaded in freight cars itl would require 10 million cars of 40 tons each and such a train would react around the world two and one-half times. . To Mrs. Helen I^lane goes the in­ spiration that suchta memorial should be carved on the Side o f this granite block. She pictured on that mountain in relief the rebel hosts marching from Appomattox i o f defeat, facing the rising sun o f (the East in "the glorious.light o f eternal day. Ip 1900 John Temple Graves sponsored a movement for the carving and later it fell upon the shoulders o f the United Daughters cif the Confederacy. The Venable family* who owned the mountain, gave the necessary space to them with a clause bn the contract that if the work, was pot completed in twelve years it wopld convert to* the donors. Due to thU World War noth­ ing was done untiil922 when the U. D. C. employed Gu&onJBarglutn who submitted a design and . he was authorized to proceed with the work, Both North and South contributed liberally to the work in a financial way. The government minted several hundred thousand “ Confederate Me­ morial Half Dollars” that were sold at a profit. Davis, Lee . and Jackson, is to be worked out as a unit, then Memorial Hall will be cut into the face of the Mountain, The specifications required to over­ come the relative size o f the moun taip are . unbelievable. From Lee1 head to the horse’s hoof will be ap proximately one hundred thirty feet, .the height o f a ten-story building, From the top o f the head to the tip o f his beard will be twenty feet. The nose five feet. His' sword will be forty-seven and one-half feet long and four and one-half feet wide; and would weigh, if detached, about sixty tons. From the top o f the horse’s ear to the tip o f the tail will be one hundred and forty-one feet. The saddle blanket three feet thick. The stars on his collar are as broad as the shoulders o f a stalwart man. A man standing on a line with the hoof would be unable to reach the fetlock. The horse’s ear is three feet wide and twelve feet long, and as a publicity, feat the Governors'of the Confederate States were served a*luncheon on Lee’s There ,were thirty guests present, nineteen seated, eleven others that no seat could be prepared for. Upon the completion o f these colossal figures, the next phase o f the work will be the Memorial Hall, which is to be hewn into the mountain a- bout 35 feet above the surounding plane. It is to be an immense semi­ circular shrine quarried out o f the solid rock immediately underneath the central groups; across the front will be a colonnade of columns undetached from the mountain;’ around the in­ terior will be cut thirteen columns representing the States o f the Con­ federacy. In the center o f the hall, left undetached, will be a massive block o f granite to be carved into the image o f a woman, symbolizing the devotion of the women o f the. Con­ federacy. The statue will be 25 feet high. The aproach to the entrance o f Me­ morial Hall will be by a flight of granite steps from a plaza. In front o f the plaza, a lagoon or, mirror lake will reflect the classic columns and stupendous sculptures high above on the precipice. Nowhere on earth can such a shrine or such sculpture be duplicated, because nowhere • else exists such a mountain, . A comparison o f sizes of the sculpture with, - th e .w o rld ’.s ' t a f c l t pieces is interesting." ’ : . ~ First, in the nature of stone—this is .granite—the most difficult o f all stone to cut, and the most durable. The others are in much softer ma­ terial. Second, this work is cut from the. mother lode; practically all other carvings are cut in sections and as- Scholarship Tests Saturday, April 3, seventy seniors representing high schools in Greene County competed in the annual scholarship test for seniors. The test I covered a range o f five general sub­ jects, namely: English, mathematics, social science, science, and language. PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR COUNTY FUNDS ARE LACKING FDRAPPRAISAL , * Appropriations totalling $193,420,04 for the general fund to operate the branches o f county government this Three o f our seniors placing in fte j J’* " ' “ reduc£i^ ® £ $14,221.78 from upper twenty-five percent were: Neil *93t\ have been authorized by Greene - ^ County commissioners, Although a. general re-appraisal o f real estate is scheduled by law for 1937, the appropriations make no pro­ vision fo r this' project, estimated to cost $18,000. Funds are lacking to finance a re-appraisal, it was ex­ plained. the appropriations will be balanced by Officials said there is no certainty the income this year. However, with the aid o f a $21,000 balance carried Hartman, who tied with two*’ others for second place; Warren Elam, who received sixth place; and Doris Ram­ sey who ranked ninth. Other stu­ dents from Cedarville who made good grades blit who were riot successful in ranking in the upper twenty-five per cent were: Lawrence Fulkerson, Marie Collins, Betty Rowe, Eliza­ beth Anderson, Louise Jacobs, and Dorothy Stover. In addition three students took an examination in the hope of qualifying °VCr £ro“ bope ftof prtf ed is annually the coun wdl awarded by Ohio State University’s n £und defl?‘^ Th,s ™11 ? e* cnlWp Of n«K. pcnd larSoly 011 whether anticipated college o f agriculture. Robert Dob­ bins represented Cedarville in this test. Popularized Science Demonstration Tuesday, April 6, in the’high school auditorium, Glenn L. Morris presented a program consisting of a summary of timely, scientific demonstrations. These demonstrations were in the fields of electricity and radio and were very much enjoyed by the audience. • Ten-year-old Alycemae o f Cleve­ land, is singularly happy because of a unique and unexpected honor conferred upon her by the House of Representa­ tives. Following a visit to Columbus with her father, Representative John T. DeRighter, Alycemae, who spent most o f two days in the Statehouse grounds with the squirrels and pigeons while her father attended to legis­ lative matters,, was declared by resolu­ tion o f the House as* “ Mistress o f the Squirrels and Pigeons in the State- house Grounds.” The vote, let it be known, was unanimous, In an attempt to slash the heavy toll o f killed and injured on the streets and highways o f Ohio, the Gov­ ernor's Safety Coordinating bureau, under direction o f the State Depart- -m e n to f Highways, wilLinaugurate a more intensive Campaign in traffic ac­ cident prevention. The committees named to map out the plans fo r the crusade and their chairmen are: Engineering and statistics, Director John Jaster Jr. o f the Department of Highways; school and child safety, Director E. L. Bowsher o f the State Department of Education; public edu­ cation, Superintendent Thomas P. Kearns o f the ,state division o f safety and hygiene; and enforcement, Colonel Lynn Black, superintendent o f ( the state highway patrol. Saturday Closing Day For Tax Payments Those who have filed personal tax returns but riot made the payment mrist do so by Saturday, dr have the 6 per cent penalty added. Hie dead line is April 10th, according to James j. Curiett, county auditor. PRESUMED DECEASED ; Legal presumption o f the death in; the Case of Charles E.*McCoy has been! established by an order of the court.1 •— — I Entrance Gained To • Library Sat. Night APPEAL TO HIGH COURT 5 Noah Sharp, custodian o f the pubiic The Ohio Supreme Court was asked i ,ibrary heard an unusual noise last Saturday by J. Willard Knssinger.j Saturday evening and thinking an out- Hillsboro, to review a question of law ;s‘dcr>bad gained .entrance to the in a $20,000 personal injury suit filed ibu*lding quietly slipped into the hall against him in Greene County Com-larld turncd on tbe lights. As he did mon Pleas Court by Miss Mary Lang-180 n mnn rushcd to tt north window an. Xenia, who seeks damages for a« d went ^headfirst ^through a screen, injuries suffered in an auto accident August 24, 1934, at Cheboygan, Mich, She charges the auto in which she was riding was operated in a negligent manner by Kessinger. A Common Pleas Court finding ad- Sharp followed with a gun and fired once but the fellow escaped under the entrance steps. In the jump he lost a large flashlight that Sharp found on the cement walk along side the build­ ing. It is supposed the man was hunt- Borglum started his work and usedj 8endde(L » the scale of measurement for court l. The Sphinx of sandstone is not one- house clock construction, that for lb*rd aa tall as the figures. The lion every eight feet o f elevation, increase the dial one foot. On this basis Gen. Lee on horseback was 30 feet high and .should have been recognized a quarter o f a mile away. There was dis­ appointment and the outline resembled the size of a postage stamp on a barn door. Today the remodeled carving is 178 feet the heighth o f a sixteen story building nnd this includes only the measurement from the top o f Lee’s head *tb ’ the horse's hoof. In 1925 the Memorial Association and Borglum disagreed on the work, which resulted in his dismissal. He became angry and destroyed plans and working detail so no one could j steady work at a cost o f five million follow him. Later in the year, dollars. Agustus Lukeman was named to, Today Lee stands out majestically against'the face o f ’ the mountain He is complete to the waist, his horse is roughed in; Jefferson Davis is read­ ily recognized, and Stonewall Jackson and his horse’s head and neck is roughed in. Engineers estimate this group can be completed In 18 months The property under the original deed from the donors reverted to them; arid they gave one-half interest to the City of Atlanta arid are plan­ ning to give the other 50 per cent to the State; This will legalize the ap­ propriations already made. of Lucerne is limestone and is one- fifth as long as ‘'Old Traveler,” Lee’s horse, Lincoln, the largest figure in America, 1s eighteen feet high and is cut-in marble. General, Lee is one hundred and thirty-eight feet, nearly eight times as large. In removing the original work and shaping it to its present condition, there is approximately one hundred twelve million two hundred thousand pounds o f granite piled at the foot of the mountain that has been cut from around the figures. The estimated tithe to complete the entire project is fourteen years ,of verse to Kessinger on the question o f utoney. Nothing else was dis whether, being a minor and a High­ land County resident, ho had been properly served in the damage action, Was upheld last November 19 by the Court of Appalls, which remanded the case for further action as to damages, if any. turbed and there was no funds in* the building. K in j-E s ta te ls Valued A t $1,021,000 -------- -- ! Mrs. Helen Peters Wallace, Cincin- SUIT FOR TAXES inati, will receive a $50,000 bequest Foreclosure and sale o f eight lots i um)er the will of her aunt, Miss Emma in the Dodds Addition, Xenia, because King., Xenia, last o f the five daugh- of failure to pay taxes on the proper­ ties over a period o f more than three years are sought in a suit filed in Com­ mon pleas court against The Lloyd Contracting Co. by H. M. Smith, as treasurer o f Greene County. Tax delinquency on the real estate amounts to $2,184.59, according to the petition. Claiming interests in the properties, the First National Bank of Willoughby, O., the Cleveland Trust Co. and the Home Federal Savings and Loan Association, Xenia, are named defendants in the action. The peti­ tion seeks to quiet titles and marshal Hens on the real* estate. Prosecutor MarOus Shoup is attorney for the the county treasurer in the action. ters of John W. King, who founded the powder business at Kings Mills, nd mitted to probate^ here today. The estate is appraised at more than $1,* 021,000, the bulk o f which goes to Mrs Van Der Veer Taylor, Xenia, another niece, including the family homestead “ The Kingdom.” Other major beneficiaries are Betsy King Huffman, Bedford Hills, N. Y, a niece, who receives $50,000, and Warren K. Moorehead, archaeologist, Andover/ Mass., a nephew, who re­ ceives $50,000, one-third interest in the King Powder Company, and Xenia bank stock. The will includes minor bequests to servants and frlendi}. undertake the work which was started in September 1925. To get equipment to work with placed approximately. 400 feet above the plane surrounding it, was'the first step. This was done by lowering men over from the top in leather slings. Holes were bored into the mountain two feet deep and a steel bolt inserted, melted sulphur was poured around this to keep water from freezing at the base o f the bolt, and starting a crack. The Walkway was built from the top down. Tiie next step was to outline the figures on the mountain. Afted a great deal o f experimenting a lens Was developed for a projection ma­ chine. It was mounted on the road_ bed arid* on dark nights a prctuTe oT the design was thrown against the face o f the mountain. Men were low­ ered from the top to outline the figures in white paint. This was not n satis­ factory method, as the picture skipped the loweir places on the surface of the mountain and when trie outline was drawn it was distorted. This plan was rejected. The next plan was to place it there by making pltlster models that were multiplied by the carver and the work cut to scale. This brought out two more difficulties—first, that the sun shorte on the work only a few minutes daily, so the depth o f relief had to be governed for half-tone lighting. Second that from the road­ bed to Lee’s head is approximately 40% to the horse’s hoof 60% This made necessary, the imperceptible loss <8f 20° from head to hoof, These and hundreds o f other difficulties were mastered. The central group, consisting o f Track-Field Meet Set For May 14 Sympathy Extended Students and teachers extend their sympathy- to- Louise “Graham; 'who* re­ cently lost her grandmother. Mrs. Warner was absent Tuesday to attend the funeral o f her grandmother. Student Injured Friends o f Jde O’Bryant are sorry to hear o f his being injured, Saturday night, when struck by hit-skip motor­ ist. Best wishes for a speedy, re­ covery are offered by Joe’s school friends and teachers. receipts, principally sales tax reve­ nues, measure up expectations. Commissioners appropriated, in ad­ dition, $88,500 for .the county road fund and $4,964 for'the dog and kennel fund from expected revenues not based no general taxation. Hit-Skip Motorist Failed To Stop Authorities- are seeking ta identify a “ hit-skip” driver whose automobile injured Joe O'Bryant, 17, Cedarville, late Saturday night. The youth was walking through an alley, on his way to bis home on Miller street, when a car running without lights knocked him down nnd continued on without stopping. O'Bryant was treated by Dr. D. F. Kyle, Cedarville physician, then re­ moved to McClellan Hospital, Xenia, where an X-ray examination disclosed he suffered a fractured left wrist in addition to a bruised hip. Hee was released from tho hospital later. Fist Fight Cost Walker Bad Eye Earl Walker sustained a badly bruised eye Monday evening at the hands o f Charles Graham,* Springfield, over an argument about a small sum of money. An affidavit for disturb­ ance o f the peace was filed against Graham by Mrs. Walker,, formerly Graham’s wife. Graham appeared before Mayor Little and was given a fine o f $50 and costs, following a plea o f guilty. Walker had his wounds dressed by Dr. Donald Kyle. Merchants Oppose Township Plan *• The Xenia Retail Merchants associa­ tion is apposed to the suggestion., o f Xenia city to divorce, itself from Xenja township by forming a separate township .within “the borders of the city. Indoi'sing a position taken several weeks ago by directors o f the organ­ ization, the association voted at its, monthly dinner*meeting to oppose the proposal, claiming the action unwise since there is too little at stake. City commission hoped to save $1500 now paid in taxes 'to the township on which no return is received, by form­ ing1its own townspi. County commis­ sioners, petitioned for the change, Jiave not acted. . - ' Mrs*."Charles M.:HarHfT Died Saturday Mrs. Mary Permelia Harris, 77, widow o f Charles M. Harris, died Sat­ urday marning at 4 o’clock, after an illness of a year. She suffered a severe heart attack previous to her death.' The deceased was born’’ in Cedar- villc June 29, 1859, the daughter o f Robert and Mary McFarland, and had resided in this vicinity her entire life. She was a member o f the local M. E. Church. She is survived by two daughters", Miss Ethel, at home, and Mrs. Mabel Walker, Cedarville, a granddaughter, Miss Louise Graham, who resided with* the deceased, and a brother, W. E. Mc­ Farland, Great Falls, Mont. The .funeral was held Monday afternoon from the McMillan Funeral Home, the service being in charge of her pastor, Rev. C. E. Hill. Burial took place in North Cemetery. - V ■ r? Cox Athletic Field here will be the scene o f the annual spring track and field meet in which eight rural Greene County high schools probably will be represented Friday afternoon, May 14. Sixteen events for boys and five for girls, the number in each idivision un­ changed from last year, will again compose the program, according to an­ nouncement by the committee in charge o f the affair. An entry fee of ten i cents per comtestant will be changed. Last spring the meet was held at Beavercreek. The lint o f everits for the meet fo l­ lows: girls—baseball throw, 220-yard relay, 50 and 100-yard dashes, basket­ ball throw; boys-—high jump, pole valut, 100, 220 and 440-yard dashes, shot put, bread jump, 880-yard run, mile relayy, jaVelin and discus throws, 880-yard relay, 110-yard high hurdles, 220-yard lgw^hurdles, mile run and medley relay (100, 220, 440, 880), C. I. O. Calls For Labor Mass Meeting John Sommerlatte, representative of John L. Lewis, labor agitator and head o f a new union that has been prominent in the auto field, has called a meeting o f workers in Xenia, Fri­ day, April 9, at the K. of P. Hall. The movement is aimed at the Hooven & Allison Co., yet reports indicate other interests, even to the unionization u>f storc elerks is in the making. Stores that have been flying the Roosevelt revolution flag should stand loyal behind. Lewis and his crowd. It is n poor time to duck the issue. Xenia Cordage Plant Is Closed Officials o f the Hooven and Allison Co., cordage manufacturers, announced Saturday an indefinite suspension o f plant operations. Since the mills do not operate fully on Saturday the actual shut-down will begin Monday, Tho plant employs about 350 workers. The decision to close down the plant came after officials had debated the possibility o f continuing operation^ without, a lay-off this spring. However the firm has manufactured nnd stored binder twine sufficient fo r summer de­ livery and the usual spring increase in the rope division hum settled back to normal with all orders, filled, E. D. Martin, general manager, said he was unable to announce any definite plalis regarding resumption ',1 opera­ tions. N . B. Eddington Goes To Akron Bank N. B, Eddington, local liquidating agent for the Exchange Bank, left Xenia this Week for Akron where he Will have a similar position, Mr. Eddington closed up the affairs for the Xenia Commercial and Saving Bank and has most o f the woi'k com­ pleted fo r the Exchange Bank. A rep­ resentative o f the bank department is now trying to arrange for the sale of tho property, J. L. Meeker o f Wash­ ington C. H., will follow Mr. Edding­ ton here until the building is sold. Suspended Sentence For Belief “Chisler” Subscribe fa t TH® HERALD First relief “ chisler” prosecuted in Greene County for having defrauded the relief department, Dewey Ferry­ man, 46 years old, Xenia, formerly o f Cedarville, received a suspended 90- day jail sentence from Judge F. L. Johnson in Municipal Court Friday. Relief department investigators team­ ed Ferryman, father o f nine children, had received relief commodities valued at $145.78 from October 3 to March 2, while ho Was employed in private work under the alias of James Goold- en. Ferryman promised to iriakri full restitution to the relief department pa a condition o f the suspended senteatafe » i. i»t