The Cedarville Herald, Volume 64, Numbers 1-26

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RLE REX HER WATER w im VfSMFniW No. 18 CEDARVILK, OHIO, Within a peripd o f four day* last week the House passed appropriation bill* calling for expenditures o f more than eleven billion, dollars* Only a week before, the House had passed another defense measure calling for three and a half billion dollars, so the total appropriations voted in two Weeks time is ,approximately fifteen thousand millioh dollars—or to use the common, term-fifteen billion del* lars. DIVORCE SPIT A divorce spit has been filed,in com­ mon pleas coirrt by Eleanor J» Ryan, a minor, seeking a decree by her next friend, Elsie F, Fog, from Willard L. Ryan, on cruelty charges. They were married August 8, 1940, at Osborn, She also seek* restoration to her maiden nam'o, Eleanor J, Fox. The'seven billion’dollar appfUpria-. tionvto.caty out the provisions of the ’ Lease-Lond law, recently parsed'by Congress, is the largest peace-time appropriation measure ever voted on in tBe American,Congress, The pnly bill ever calling for a larger, appro­ priation "Was,that parsed ip 1018 dur- . ig the .heighth of World War No. 1, when approximately ten billion dollars was voted fo r War*purposes. Thejjev- en billion, dollar appropriation re­ quested in-the ’pleasure is supposed to furnish the: necessary funds for putting the Dease-Lend law into effect , vtii f o r furnishing “atd to the democ- . r«ciea” during the next twenty-seven months, A part of the funds are ear­ marked for the erection of newmanu­ facturing plants in this country fob the production of'war materiel. High Army and Navy officials appeared be­ fore the House Appropriations Com- mltte&-andLconfcended_that-every_dol- .bur Of the appropriation was necessary to support the new national policy and' progranf'' of "‘all outlaid to Britain.” . The officials also tpld the CommJttOc that ninety-five percent of •thef finds requested would pe spent in procuring or manufacturing defense articles that could and would be used by .the , American Army and _Navy should this .Country become envolved - in w jir;i'.’ < . ’ * . f SEEK FORECLOSURE Four suits, seeking money and fore­ closure, were filed- The Home Federal Savings .and Loan Association asks ${,108.98 Judgment and foreclosure o f Rellbrook property in a suit against 0 , W> Hook, Dorthy, L, Hook and Clara B,-Ho6kr- all o f .Belltmook. Tho Home Federal has also filed suit against Harrison Null and Elizabeth Null, Fairfield, for ¥5,972,08 and fore < closure •o f Bath Turp. property. .A third suit involves the PeopIes Build­ ing ad Savings Co. against Floyd F; Moon and Luella Moon, Dayton, for ¥0,209 and foreclosure o f Spring Val­ ley property. The Modern Finance Co. asks judgment for $133.70 against Ed­ ward A* 'Greene and Berth* Greene, Trebem. •—• The Republican .memberfehip o f the House, most o f whom voted against r R m a M R E ^ . priatibn by. amendment/' claiming it Would he inore advisable W appro­ priate a smaller amount takeover a ’ shorter length o f time, and calling at­ tention to the fact that Congress Would be in-session and further ap­ propriations could be made if neces­ sary. The amendment was defeated. Otheramendments offered by the min­ ority requiring that collateriai be giv­ en for the payment of all- war ma­ terials furnished, and attempting to eliminate the appropriation for re- <.pair o f ships -Of other nations in American ports, ware also defeated. •Then oh the thesis that the passage o f the' Lease-Lcnd Bill had committed the United States to a fixed national policy dt "aid to the democracies” , and With the-'hope that perhaps such a : foreign policy might xuccccd in keep­ ing America of war, and the be­ lief that .if America did become in­ volved inw*r, the war supplies to be (Attained from the funds appropriated would be xecetsary for the defense of America', a large majority o f the House membership voted in favor o f the appropriation. On the-final roll call the vote stood 336 to 65. ESTATE APPRAISALS These estates were appraised -this week in probate court: Cornelius Holland: gross' value, $492.95; Obligations, $50; net value, $442.95. ' •\ “ Laura' Marshall: gross value, $985p obligations, $568.73; net value, $32L 22.' / ’ . ,* . 1 - Friday of list week the House pass­ ed m Supplemental or defency appro­ priation bill calling for four billion one hundred and fifty million dollars for additional defense articles for the use o f tiie U, S. Army and Navy. The measure in^lq^cd an item of eight gfaty miUiondollare for MTargft fitunjihr of combat*ahd bomb- ix(t planes* As predicted a week or so ago, under the broad emergency powers With whibh he is Vested, the President has named an official Mediation Board to pass on ail labor disputes affecting defense industries. In spite o f 'the Administration's endeavor to gloss ever the matter* the strike situation in defense industry had grown so serious that action Was necessary, not •only <o speed up the production o f de­ fense need** but also to head off legis­ lative action by Congress that Would Undoubtedly have been much more stringent than •the new mediation beged policy. For weeks and months many member* o f Congress have been Clamoring for legislative action to sowtrel iafeer practices and to outlaw er prohibit shrikes in defense indus­ tries, Administration leaders were in- Agential fo preventing legislative fie* tfen oh the situation, hut ’conditions lllidijr jf**W fid fiarioue that it was necessary for the Fresideht to act*to .aftfiwmt Mtm drastic TegulatioHs be- A i$ written into the law o f the laud by DIVORCES GRANTED Two divorce decrees wore issued, William H. Matthews Was granted a decree from Ada Mae Matthews on grotinds o f neglect and cruelty. Cleo June Elliott, by Dorothy Sutton, her next friend, was given a divorce from Charles Edward Elliott, on neglect charges. She w-as restored .to her maiden name of Gray- CASE. DISMISSED Tho suit ^filed by Wabash Portland Cement' Co7 of~Ost»Th against~T3)cal Union, No, 120/United Cement, Lime and1Gypsum Workers International Union, A. F. of L., was dismissed without record* BEATH PALLS LOCAL GROCER WEDNESDAY - After an illness o f eight Weeks Fred L. Hunt, 53, local grocer, died at hi* home in Springfield, Wednesday «t 9:15 A. M. He Was a lifelong r«ident of Springfield and was an experiment­ al.enginesrjip until he opened a gro­ cery in the Orr building about two years ago, • * Mr. Hunt yr*t * member o f Har­ mony Blue Lodge, Free and Accepted- Masons, the Raper Commandery and the Chapter, all o f Urbana and the Scottish Rite and Shrine of Dayton, ' He is suriwed ,hy his widow, Christinet one brother H, H'. Hunt of Springfield; orte sisterf Miss Nellie Hunt; also o f Springfield, and his mother,J$r$. Mary -Ann Hpnt. Tfye body was taken to the Herr qnd Fox funeral home for services to be held Friday at 2:30 p. m. Burial will be made in Ferncliff Cemetery. Federal Government Pays For Hoad Work The Federal Government has paid $12,500 to Greene County to be used only for re-locating that part of the Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. lying in Greene County. This will be turned over to the Montgomery County com­ mission, .sponsor of "a project, which will build a new road from E. Third St. inDayton, over the Dayton-Yellow' Springs Rd. and'intq Route 4* County commissioners have taken- this action and requested Montgomery County to continUB-sponsership o f the project in* to Greene County. The re-location was made necessary recently when the federal goverment purchased land adjacent to Wright Field for absorption, including part of the Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd, Work on the project will he-.completed as soon -as possible since Wright' ‘Field officials want to close the‘abandoned road.' lh. ^APPOINTMENT MADE AlvafF. Keiter was appaointed ex­ ecutor o f the estate o f David H-Kcit- eri late Xenia" city, without bomb APPRAISALS ORDERED The couty auditor "was -directed to appraise the estate of Fannie Spiro. AUTHORIZE TRANSFER Roy T. Fox, as administrator o f the estate o f Virginia Bailey, was author­ ized to transfer real estate. MARRIAGE LICENSES /* (Granted) •V James Wilfred McDonald, Xenia, R* R. 1, farmer- and Kathrine Randall, Cedaryille, R. R. 2.' , Oscar Huffman,"607 Fremont Ave,, Springfield, chipper find .grinder, and Goldie Elizabeth Valentine, .999 E» Market St., Rev. Ai N. Minney. Jtobert Walter Mitchell, 2415 Nill Ave., Dayton, machinist,'and Glenna Mae Linehaugh, Dayton, R* R. 8. Edward Herbert Huston, Zimmer­ man, R. R* 4, carpenter, and Mbs* Helen Jennie Stewart, Beavercreek Twp., Rev. A* U. Renoll, .Beavercreek Twp. * * William Curtis Brown, Yellow Springs, K. R. 1/ farmer, and Ruby Jessie Dean, Yellow Springs, R. R. 1, Rev* Thomas p , Wooten, Xenia. Paper Mitt Machines , BeinUL-ShipB^d AY , MAR % 1941 p p n i . swwssaiB^saa^sssssfflPiws^^ PRICE, HJO A YMM BOahvay Now LTnd^iFUir On Q f i r i e * Pike Contractors have efifirted work on the new highway on -the Columbus pil^e between the Pennsylvania cross­ ing to a similar crofsing west of South Charleston, Thf improvement will eliminate two croaiings that have cost the lives of many jantoists in re* centyears. The first plana caRffcl for closing the two crossings but f*rm owners on the south side o f the railroad in both Clark and Greene Counties filed suit to keep the crossings* open. Heavy damages were asked tilue to incon veience. , ; It is said both cro#8ings will be left open and the old load known as a by-pass while .the jfain road will parallel the railroad'o&jthenorth side. The elevator and grocery store on the north side, of the railroad at Selma have been demolished, to clear the right-of-way. A score: Of the large maple trees on both sides o f the pike west o f South Charleston'have been taken down to merge %he new road into the old at that point* FAftMMNAL exposes mm NEIGHBOR 8 EEF [ nm*MniMH|ia*^iim>ii;*««nnn>**«imii»iiiMftiwii Mrs. Mary £U% Ervin Died Tuesday Noon Mrs. Mary Ella ErVin,.72, wife off Samuel Ervin, died at her home, Tues­ day at 12:30 a. m. She had been ill since August I. She was born May 10,1868.and wa& the’ daughter o f Mr. and-Mrs. William Ervin, her name before’ marriage be­ ing the same as her married name. Besides her husband she leaves five children: James, Spring Valley; Mrs. Susie ..Matthews, Xenia; Mrs. Nettie Poland,-Jamestowny-Della and Sam­ uel, at-home; a brother, Lafe Ervin, Lexingtoh, Va.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild, / The funeral wah held from the home. Thursday afternoon with burial in the Jamestown Cemetery* .* • Equipment.Bought / • ' For Goimty IJse The Farm Journal in a'recent issue exposes the New Deal “Good Neigh­ bor” policy'whereby Argentine beef is imported in competition with A'meri. can grown beef; The article illustrate cs a display of canned foreign beef in New York City* New York is getting 900,000 pounds ©f-grasa-fed beef a week from Cuba, Imports on South. American- beef amount to about 70 million pounds annually says the Farm Journal and this. will be greatly increased now that the American army Is to he fpd on Argentine beef. Argentine has been- noted’, for “hoof and mouth” disease among cattle and sheep ibt many years. Argentine ranches. get $4.18 per hundred for prime “chiller” beef, the average price for four grades is $3.43 a hundred. The calves get no corn in that country and are fed grass and alfalfa for a year and then fattened on oats and barley. Argentine supplies South America with much of her corn crop which-at the present time is selling at thret cents a bushel. A half million bushels of com has just been unloaded in Ban Francisco. While we have a surplus cotton crop Brazil ahd Ecuador are shipping cotton and .cottenseed meai to this country. Not' only are farm imports coming in from the south at an alarming rate under the Roosevelt - Wallace -'Hull “Good Neighbor” ' policy, but Cuba is sending us 79,O0Q cases of tom.atoes a/week and Argentine Will ship -us £00*000nSoxes of pears./Cuba'cannot ship pineapples or' grapefruit to Eng­ land and expects the U.' S. to take her surplus in competition with our southfeyn fruit- growers*- The American farmer certainly.does not need additional proof that he stands no chance o f 'securing war­ time- prices for his grain or meat products and that the AAA program is a snare ahd delusion. Parity pay­ ments is1'the blind to keep down the cost of jiving rather than 'have a repetition o f 1918-1919. when" the farm 'was/ On' par with <industry in f tvs.4 I .T'-W a * * ’ p* ^ Workmen have started to dismantle the dryers in the former Hager Straw Board & Paper Co., plant to be ship­ ped to an unknown destination. No definite information has been given the public. The power equipment was taken out several months ago .as .has been various Other pieces of machin­ ery, •. . Soldiers To Get *Easter Leaves LOST DRIVING RIGHTS George Pemberton, 38, this place, Was’ fined $50 and costs and had his driving rights suspended for one year by Municipal Judge D. M* Aultman, 3penia, T«ooday ort a charge o f op­ erating a motor vehicle while intoxi­ cated* { M l m lari pa*«) Scouts Hold Meet •In New Quarters The Girl Scouts followed a blazed trail Tuesday afternoon which led them to their newly-furnished room in the Opera House Building. "A t the first meeting in the.new roams, tho girls gave a vote Of thanks to the D* A. R., the township trustees, and the public in general, who have contribut­ ed to their rooin project. With the (^operation o f the Boy Scouts,, tlie girls plan to farther decorate the room, and hold open house later in the spring. Tho Boy Scouts also held their first meeting in the new room under the leadership o f Mr* Ralph Moon, their new Scout Master, .and afisistfifit, John Reinhard, where they made further plans for the Boy Scout Circus, sponsored by the Teourrtseh -Area BeOttta to he held in fonifi. CAMP SHELBY, MISS.—Ohio Na­ tional Guardsmen in the 37th Division here, will receive Easter furloughs not to exceed 30 days it was announced this week* .■■, The furloughs-for-the men in-the division will begin April.1 and are computed on the basis o f two and a half days permonth. » Men who have been here since last October will receive about. 15 days each, providing their service records merit such a rating* The division has completed its first trainingprogram and has launched its second 12 weeks' schedule* Rainfall 5.57 Inches Below 50-Year Aver. Where will the season's crops get moistnre if there is not more rainfall than we/ have had the past three months! Farmers fire beginning to consider the rain prospect due to the fact that spring plowing is hardly Under way and the ground is regard­ ed as “dry” for this time of the year* The Dayton News calls attention to the 258th -ahniversaty of the 1918 flood when that city suffered a terrible loss of life and property duo to the* floods* That was March 25, 19J3 twenty-eight years ago, At that tlmp the Miami river stood at 29 fee t deep while on Tuesday- this week it was but ,8 of a foot* The contrast of rainfall for six days before the flood was nine inches with a mere .onfe-huridfedth of an inch this year for the same period, For a fifty-year average the rain­ fall so far this year 6hoWs a deficiency o f 6.57 inches, PROPERTY BOLD TO U. 9. The |S. A. Allen property on Xenia Ave* was sold Saturday under fore* closureproceedings to the Home Own- era Loan Corporation by Sheriff Wal­ ton Spalir. The property was apprais­ ed at $6,(KM). The two story brick was erected by the late H» S. Ervin a number o f yeara ago. The county coimnissiohensRave pur-„ chased two pew trucks Jand two new autonm bueiyA jso'*^^ .. A total o f $7,759.38 with trade-in val­ ue Of old equipment o f $1,432.90* Two International trucks, two and , , ............, . ........... v ... three-ton sizes, will be-bought from the Clark Hardware Co„ of-James­ town; a Buick sedan, Tor use-by the Sheriff's office, from the Chenoweth Motor Co., Xenia; a Chevrolet sedan, for the county engineers office, from the Lang Chevrolet Co., Xenia; and >a Kubet stone crusher, from, the Iowa Manufacturing Co,, o f Cedar Rapids, la. Xenian Asks; $5000 For False Arrest Joseph Sheets,*Xenia, proprietor of The Cave, has filed suit in. common pleas court for $5000 damages against Herbert Hoog, police patrolman, and hia bondsman, The Fidelity and Cas­ ualty Co. of New York, charging false arrest, . The plaintiff claims damages to his restaurant business and personal “hu­ miliation, shame and disgrace” When Hoog arrested him Jan* 4 on com­ plaint o f assult and detained him in city prison more than four hours. Hie case was subsequently dismissed in municipal court. Achievement Day Well Attended The Achievement day program at­ tracted approximately 45Q women in Xenia last Friday* Achievement Day is an annual event planned for home makers to show what the extension service has con tributed to the education program and to bring new information and inspira­ tion to women, The achievement day program was planned by the borne council members who represent all of the townships in the county* ELECTRIC HEATER FOR PIGS Senior Scholarship Tests ’ ’ The annual scholarship tests for seniors -will be given on Saturday, March 29. Those .representing’ Cedar- .ville: Wanda Hughes, Wallace Bi’ad- fute, Keith Wright, and Arthur Hill. Ronald Anderson will take the test in agriculture.., - . : „ ‘ ’ ■ % . Student Is III ' • We regret to'hear that Norma Dav-, is was taken to the McClellanHospital Monday evening suffering'with spinal meningitis. Norma is a senior in Ce- darviiie High School* Social Security-Is Explained, ' Wednesday morning representatives from The Social Security, Board ex­ plained by m^ans of pictures shown before grades nine to twelve what so­ cial. security is and the value of- it in, the lives of American workers. Industry is taking*from 199 to 509 per cent profit op war contracts, yet organized Ifibqr has been promised no Increasing in living Costs due to high farm "prices. Opening the doors to foreign markets is the throttle on farm prices—the folly of the “Good Neighbor” policy and the AAA pro­ gram. ’ * ’ ‘ Chairman K. Little Attends Group Meet Kenneth Little, former tfiayor, ex­ ecutive secretary of-the Greene Coun-. ty Public Heajth League and Chair­ man of_ the Christmas Health , Seal sale in the county for several years* attended a district -meeting for volun­ teer and official tuberculosis and pub­ lic health Workers arranged by the Ohio Public Health Association at the Hotel Van Cleve, Dayton,/Monday* Daniel C. McCarthy, director of public relations o f the National Tuberculosis Association, New York City, wds the principal speaker* Charles W. Hosier 3 Attempt Suicide , v "" «• ■ Charles W* Rosier, Wilmington draftee, shot himself in the head Wed­ nesday. His body was foutid beside his auto about a mile from his hofiie about seven A, M. The bullet passed through his brain and he i*4h a criti­ cal condition at the Hale Hospital in Wilmington* lb is said the youth was absent from Fort (Thomas without leave. He had evaded officers! Mon­ day who Were in search o f him. It is reported a Highland county draftee committed suicide last week while in vamp. The use of electee heat for brood­ ing pigs is one of the newer applica­ tions o f electricity m farms, accord­ ing to County Agent E. A* Drake, who states his office has instructions for making a simple electric brooder of this type* , BERT BAGLBY DEAD Bert B«glgy, former recorder o f Montgomery county,, a - native# of Greene .’county, died Tuesday after­ noon at hie Jiotne to Baj^on. His wife, four daughters and a eon survive with a brother, Charles to London, O. Many Radio Stations Change Wave Lengths V 4|ini- .l^nu• A number of radio stations- heard In this section will have h new wave length on Saturday, March 29, due to an order of federal authorities* You may have to fish around for your favorite station and .changes must be made on push buttyn radios, ASSIGNED TO TEXAS Dudley Patterson, o f Church street, Xenia, William Edward Gano, o f R. F, D* 2, Cedarvilkf, and Ben Devon, of near Xenia, who have been: at Fort Thomas, Ky*, since their induction to t<? the United States Army for a year'* aelective service training; have ,beea transferred to Ft, Walters; Tex* s c h o o l --m m District MuslcCoatest CedervRle High School's band was yated as “ Very Good,” when it playec last Saturday in tins District Music Contest held at Wittenberg, Miss Jean Ferguson, who played a stringed bass solo, and Mr. Jack Huff­ man, who played a .trombone solo, were both given “Superior” or Ript- place ratings. They will compete in The State Instrumental Contest in Co­ lumbus on May 2nd. Radio Quiz Team , ' ", Our local agricultural team urns judged the wtoner'in a radio quiz con­ test broadcast over WLW last Satur­ day* This team competed with a team from Milroy,'Indiana* Members o f the Cedaryille team were Ernest Collins, Vc-rncm DinnOn, and David Wiseman An individual prize of $3.00 was given to David Wisenjan, winner of the first place, find a prize o f $2.0fi to Ernest Collins, winner of the second place. Class Play i Begin saying-yOur pennies now .to buy your ‘ticket- to the Senior Class Play, “Don't Take My* Penny”* on April 23* -- - Seniors • The JSen'iors are working hard ton their class play for' April 23, - „ . ..*i..L« r.....,*...... r*' { , ; ■ n V .*'*>■*/to/S *'7"."to - ’[’Vt* ’i-'"> i\'v,'’1':*' Former Clifton Pastor Married Last Satur, Rev. William .Wilson, 80, formerly, pastor" o f the Clifton Presbyterian church,' bpt a resident o f Columbus in recent years, was marjied last Sat­ urday to Rose, M* Campbell, 68* Nor­ landy Hotel, that cityy - j The ceremony Was performed by Rev. R. L. Offield, St* Clair Ave.. Pres­ byterian Church, Columbus, at tiie home of. a friend, Harry Reasener, 1189 Rich St. Following the cere­ mony the bride, and grpom. returned ;o the Wilson homo 104 W» North Broadway: Rev.*”Wilson will ha 80 years old April 19th and he has' 11. children living front a previous mar­ riage. He pridejthimself that he has marrieil Pine of them. He was anaqte ve Presbyterian minister for 43 years and retired three years ago, ’ “ His daughter, Miss Nedra Wilson, was married to,Mr.- Robert Turnbull of this place twq*wdeks ago. M s FM M B t fR ONWRIT W H Railroad Sued In Greene Co. Crash Charles Obertchlake', Beavercreek Twp, farmer* is plaintiff in a suit for $30,009 dathagfs filed to common pleas court against the Pennsylvania rail­ road based on an accident-at Grange Halj rd. crossing, Beavercreek Twp., Oct* 10, 1989* The plaintiff claims a'train struck his wagon%nd grain drill at tho cross ing, injuring him and his KOrses and destroying the wagon and drill. He charges the train, obstructed by high weeds, did nhfc sound a warning and that the crossing Was in bad repair, causing his horses to stumble. Resolution Honors Xenia Co ed As Queen The Ohio.House o f Representatives passed .a unanimous resolution Tues day offered by Dr. W. R. McCheSncy, congratulating Miss Beatrice Kuhn, daughter o f Dr. and Mrs. W*W* Kuhn, who was chosen queen o f the first national rose show in Columbus test Week, Miss Kuhn is a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan Univertlty, Delaware, O* It is seldom such an honor is eon i erred by .either branch of the legisla­ ture*.'. Many farmers to this section ot Ohio havp been/-requesting informa­ tion as to the workings of the A-A.A. wheat program, ThwughjCcmgress^ man Clarence J: Brown o f the Seventh ’* Ohio District, the following Imp been furnished by the Assistant Secretary o f .Agriculture: Under the provisions o f the Agri- * cultural Adjustment Acjt, tho Se^re- i ary o f Agriculture is to use the May / 10th crop reports'on wheat stored,; etc.* as a basis o f determining Wheth- - or Or not, to his opinion, there Is a liklihood o f more wheatbeing produc­ ed in this country than will be ficeded, and if so; the percentage wheat acre­ age should be reduced in order to furnish *oply the* amount o f wheat needed ahd to prevent* over-produc­ tion Vjth resultant law prices. - The Secretary of Agriculture then calls an election in which -all o f the. Wheat growers of the country'have the right to participate ahd te'vbte.on. the question as to whether or not a' - wheat quote shall he ’ adopted. I f two-thirds o f the wheat farmers pars ; ticipatingin the .election vote In favor - pf fixing a quota on wheat production; ' the Secretary then.allots to each 3tate the acreage that can hO- planted t o ' wheat, in that State1as a part of the national wheat program. State AlA*A. . organizations to like tern -make, actC- * age allotment to each County, and the' county committees then allot to, each . farmer the acreage that can be plant- , ed in wheat as -his quota.' - TheJ.aw further provides that jo # farmer. who has more acreage. ‘ in wheat than his allotment permits Will be penalized fifteen cents per biuhet on.all,Wheat.produced on ^the excess acreage, -unless he places suck bxcess- wheat to sealed' storage to* be* held over until future -years and; charged against hie wheat allotment for such years* ' However, the Jaw* does not fix just how the fifteenPenis .a bushel'penalty.,. for excess;Wheht'Will.ibe cblfected, The'. ' I ecretery' of Agriculture had not yet - reached a decision On the-methojl o f 1 collection,'although iilto ' the.United1Stetes toternul reymine ctors to the yariaus Revenue dis­ tricts of the country*.' t • *» - Thus' "far no national election Of wheat producers has ever been called former years to pass on wheat quotes. It, has, o f course, not jbeton decided that the. Secretary o f Agri­ culture w ill'call'for an elCctton this . year—or,' if the .‘election is called— that two-thirds pf the farmers parti­ cipating therein will Vote for such a ’ wheat quote and 'allotment .system. ; However,. Buch quotas have been,; Voted-bytooftoh producers in the past ' and the tax collected from the farmers .. who produced cotton above the qUotis. assigned them*-- But' wheat- Is touite - different froto cotton. Cotton.penal­ ties can bd collected easily* through the- ginners; but_whteafc does not have ■- to be processed to b e used.'Wheat can be consumed on the larta in many ways, and thef enforcement and collec-' tion. of penalties in' connection with Wheat allotments- would nOt’ be nearly as easy as for cotton -and“many other' farto products. . ' ■•*}, PURCHASE SABINA PLANT- Dewtoe and Hamma, Yellow Springs, hate pfirt£«i«d.t h d - , F , ,m §p E Son elevator and ooal yard in Sabina and have started extensive :>ii#r»r»- wwnte. * Mother O f Mrs. Robert Hubbard Hied Wed* .■ -,»t- ^ Mrs. Maty Ellen Smith, 02, Wife of, N. B. Smith, died at her home on the Fail?field Pki, four miles 'north Of Xehia, Wednesday at 11:15 p. m., In failing, health several years her con­ dition had been serious teft days, Besides .her husbtnd' she leaves three daughters, Mrs', Iva Davis, Or­ lando, Fla.; Mrs. Pauline Moore, Greenville, And Mrs, RObirhs Hub- i>ard, Cedaryille; four grandchildren, Willard .Davis, Fort Lewis, Wjuih*^ Betty Bogan, Don. Jr., and Dorothy Lee Hubbard, Cedaryille; a brother, Charles Hickman, Osvrogo, N. Y., and' four sisters, Mrs. Dora Riley, Xenia; - Mrs. Mina Justice, of^Tanntasee; Mrs. Qora Frye and Mrs. Sallie Hamer, Dayton* Funeral SSTvice* were conducted at the Neeld FUnetal Home Sunday with ^ ^ ....-A .. ' ' . Spinal MenJnrihfi In Camp Shelby ^ aegtinn o f 6amp Bb*tby, 20m , ' is to^imranitoeduetoanoutlisa^ spinal meningitis with Ralph Ni*- wander, Eatofi, Who has been El more than ton days. Ekrrtmdftton waa regarded aerious but he hi reported -' beltor. Me editored the sewfe* Feh- ruaty 11 as a ffM e e r . Due to t o e ' quarantine tho#s Midi l i t mmH ttod i^y >m 41 to*tyf M»e-.»n» i