The Cedarville Herald, Volume 71, Numbers 27-52

I Friday, December ‘8, 19*48 The Ce'darville, 0- Herald The Cedarville Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday Gy THURMAN MILLER. JR. Entered as second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof­ fice at Cedarville, Ohio, under Act o f Congress o f March 1879.| Member—National Editorial As­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valley Press Aa-jji sociation. 'Editorial ENTHUSIASM i Nuts, they call us basketball f fans. We hoot and holler and jig ­ gle and juggle, until we are hoarse and halt. Baseball has 7 been called the great American j game, and o f course it is great * and it is American, but when it c o m e s to everybody-in-on-it sports, basketball is ihe_ game! Our school and our neighbors’ schools tussle fo r honors through a long season—the longer the better for most o f us. The grand-' est thing about it is that the en­ thusiasm is hitched to a sport, not to hatred or war. REVIVALS In the old days religious re­ vivals were held only in the win­ ter time, our parents and grand­ parents tell us. Came snow and sledding and butchering,., with long nights and no radio and no telejfiione,, the church services did more than revive men’s souls —they helped cement the people o f the community together for many purposes. Evangelistic ser­ vices are year-round, every sea­ son events in late years. Our community, and every community in turn, welcomes evangelists and profits by their stay. Faith, hope and charity are essentials to all life—temporal and eternal — and every stimulant to them is helpful. FUN COMES HIGH Top-bracket funster, J a c k Benny (whose name isn’t Benny) is switching from NBC to CBS the first o f the year. The figure it cost Columbia looks like a new government loan. It’s a heal­ thy sign, any way you look at it, when American people^ back up a contract of many millions ju st fo r fun. We wish all our millions—at least a lot o f them — could be spent that way, in­ stead of fo r hate. EARLY BUYING Stores ’ and g ift shops are '“ Swarming with early-bird buyers, though Christmas is several; weeks away. Shopping early to avoid the rush hardly fits the| situation this year, fo r the ru sh i seems to be on. We suggest that ? the columns o f this your home f newspaper offer the most help-" ful ideas about what to bujr and , where to buy it. * & TRIVIA 1 A new book is on the market, The Meek Shall Inherit; the shape the earth is in, only the ex­ ceedingly meek would want to inherit it. , . Douglas, the author o f The Robe, has a new book, The Big Fisherman, said to be a Bible story centering around the Apostle Peter . . . Harold Ickles, caustician, says he made no election predictions, but kind editors, all but one, killed an article he wrote that was noth­ ing but a prediction, and it was like all the other predictions . . . Mrs. FDR had to win the affec­ tions of her husband’s mother after she and FDR were married a writer says. She could go to the ends of the earth on any project, that lady could. . . . The people o f the Nile valley have lived impoverished lives for Cen­ turies. I f USA had that valley there would be no poor people in it inside fo r 10 years.— EVERYBODY KNEW . The ultrH*quiet multitude that made no predictions nor offered a word in comment on the out­ come o f the election in November suddenly became, vocal after the votes were counted. They knew all along! One news magazine which has a world-wide circula­ tion running into the millions did not receive a single predic­ tion that Truman would be elect­ ed. But since the election it has received scores of letters from readers who chide the magazine fo r not knowing what they and everybody else knew that the president would sweep the coun­ try. People are funny. MORE SOLDIERS With the new draft law in ■ operation and calls going out fo r quotas, the country is see­ in g : again, after a very short recess, young men going into the service. There is not the ten­ seness that actual war brings, but potential war is in the air, and military garb and is to be seen here and there as training begins again. STAR OF DAVID The flag o f the new state, Israel, is the Star o f David. In six months time that flag has made steady advancement in its conquests and more firmly es­ tablished itsfelf as & nation. In the long ago King David did the same thing in the same areas for the Israelites. The Old Testa­ ment relates the stories of t..e wars and the conquests and the successes. History is repeating itself. The famous golfer, Bobby Jones, had to have an operation on his neck. I f some o f us had a neck ailment so bad we couldn’t raise our heads, our score would be better. Margaret Trumafi insisted that her picture be taken without her legs showing. But there’s some ^ mighty good legs in the family— the set papa ran fo r president on, fo r instance. There’s a jiew radio station called WMOM. So now when you turn the knob you don’t know what you’re going to get or WMOM. 2 * $ SPEAKS. international L's&arsi Sunday Schoci f.eser-s j r bk . m n m l fotah SCRIPTURE: aces 1:8: 2:1-4: 4:1-4: 8:4-17. 25: 11:1-13; 13:1-3: 14:26-27; 16-1- 10: 28:16. 30-31. DEVOTIONAL READING. Acts 4:23- 31. Story of Revolution Lesson for December 5, 1948 Dr. Foreman After All These Years (and as bad as ever) T HE MOST important history in the world is in one small book. The most important movement, the most revolutionary, the one that is destined to change the world more than any other, is the Christian church. The story of how it began is in the book of Acts,, No other book in or out of the New Testament tells the story: The history of the beginnings of the one and only international, interracial, world­ wide movement that sets out to aim at nothing less than a complete transformation of mankind, the Revolution from Within, the Chris­ tian Church. *: * What the Church Is T HERE are hundreds of churches today and they do not all agree. But every church, whatever its name or peculiarities, aims to stay on the course marked out by the Christian church when it was one and undivided, the church of the Apostles. We look back to the story in Acts to see what the true church is. In the very beginning, the church was not the place where the Christians met for worship. It was not the officers. The Apostles themselves were not the church. The church was not a thing at all; it was people. In Acts these people are seldom called Christians and never called churchmen or church-members. They are given more meaningful names. They are called “ disciples,” that is, learners, students. They are called “believers.” They are called “ brothers” for their life was like that of a family. They* are called the people of "the Way,” —travelers together to the same destination. The church, in short, is a fellow­ ship, the Family of the Friends of Christ. «r * * How the Church Began T HE infant church was like all human babies; it began small and poor; No bystander would have expected it to live; but it had life in its heart. Two forces set that church on its way. One. was the command of Christ. The- people who were in it, or rather the people who were the church, took their orders from Christ. It was because of him that they went out, to bear wit­ ness to him to the “ uttermost parts of the earth.” Then the people were filled with the Holy Spirit; th.?y were guided constantly by the Spirit. The book o f Acts has often heen called the “ Acts of the Holy Spirit” rather than of the Apostles. • * • Leaders G OD never does for people what they can do for themselves. SO guidance of the Spiafct was never a substitute for human leadership. A true church is not a mob: It acts, as the New Testament church did, in an orderly fashion. One of the church’ s first prob­ lems was that of finding leaders. The history in Acts is largely the history of certain leaders—John, Peter; Paul. But these were not alone. Not even the Apostles tried to run the church like a dictator­ ship. The people themselves chose the officers who were ordained by the Apostles. *- » * What the Church Does F IVE things the Apostolic church did, and these mark any true church today. They “ continued in ‘ the Apostles’ teachings;” the be­ ginning of all our church schools and Sunday schools is in that brief phrase. They formed a fellowship; the church then was not a list of names of people who cared little for one another; it was a true family. They observed the sacra­ ments; they and their house­ holds were baptized, and they ‘ continued “ in the breaking of the bread.” Baptism and the Lord's Supper have always been observed in some form in every Christian church! They “ continued in prayer;” a church in which only the minister prays is a feeble affair. Above all, they were "witnesses.” That is to say, they told the story of Jesus—his life, his teachings, his death, his resurrection. Jesus lives! 1 Jesus Is Lord! So the Apostles1 preached, from Jerusalem to Rome and far beyond. But their preaching would have been mere shouting in the wind; if Christ had not lived again in thousands of everyday Christians, - (Copyright by the International Council U Religious Education on behali of 40 A t the Courthouse Divorce Asked On grounds o f neglect and cruelty, Nola.B . Maynard seeks a divorce front Ira Eugene. Xe­ nia, and asks custody o f their two children. The couple was married in Canada, Ky,, Nov. 26, 1938, Judgment Judgment fo r $9-10.70 was given the Farmers and Traders Bank of Jamestown in its suit against Robert E. Smith, doing business as Smith Motor Sales, according to an entry in the com­ mon pleas journal. Judgment for $526.84 is sought by A . W. McCarty and R. C. Smith, doing business as Smith- McCarty Motors, Olive Hill, Ky., in a suit filed in common pleas court against Joe M. Greene, Wright View Heights. Handing the- litigation fo r the plaintiffs is Paul E. Layton, Osborn law­ yer. The sheriff has been ordered . to sell property attached to sat­ isfy judgment for $280.39 in the casa of C. C. Landers and others against A. T. Leith, a common pleas journal entry shows. Dismiss Suits Suits brought by Anna P. How­ ard against Edwin B. Howard, Jr., and Nola B. Maynard against Ira Eugene Maynard have been dismissed. The Maynard suit, however, was replaced by an­ other. Transcript Filed A transcript of a partition suit, originating in Clark County com­ mon pleas court March 30, 1912, has been filed in common pleas court here. The suit was brought by Hod- ard Gcrlaugh against Ella Ger- laugh and others, seeking parti­ tion of real estate, and was ap­ proved by the Clark County court May 13, 1912. A copy o f the pro­ ceedings was filed here because part o f the property involved, in­ cluding 177.85 acres, is In Bath Twp. Grant Divorces Divorce decrees were awarded as follows: Edna Todd from Ver­ non, -on cross-petition charging neglect, with defendant restored to maiden -name o f Dean, and Richard P. McMichael from En- edina Rosa, neglect and cruelty, with custody* of child given to the defendant. 'Relieve Estate The estate o f Dahl M. Shumak-i er, late o f Cedarville, has been relieved o f administration. The estate of Edward W. Stod­ dard, late o f Osborn, has been relieved from administration by probate court. Partition Ordered A writ o f partition was issued in the suit brought by Waiver W. Barnett against himself, as ad­ ministrator o f the estate of Stel­ la H. Barnett, and others. Approve Appraisal Inventory and appraisal o f the estate of William Smith, late of Xenia, has been approved. An application to sell two lots on N. Second St., Fairfield, has been filed in common pleas court by the r airfield Church o f Christ. According to the petitioners, Henry Blackmore, president of the congregation, and Ferrell M. Crane, secretary, the lots were purchased Aug. 28, 1947 to pro­ vide ground for erection of a church, but this plan lias been, abandoned. Wead and Aultman, Xenia law firm, represent the church. Wills Admitted Two wills have been admitted to probate. They are those of Mary Wilgus, late of Xenia,'with Ruth S. Fox appointed executrix without bond; and Minnie B. Thomas, late of Xenia, with Ral­ ph Ml Neeld as executor without bond. ’ Two wills have been ■admitted to probate. They are those of J. Harry Nagley, late o f Xenia, with Margaret G. Nagley* ap­ pointed executrix without bond; and Louise S. Darlington, late of Xenia, with Charles L. Darl­ ington appointed executor with­ out bond. Authorize Transfers Transfer o f property has been authorized in the estates of Rus­ sell Carter, late of Silvercreek Twp., and Emma May Merrick, late o f Beavercreek Twp. Marriage Licenses Elm<u- Clive Beekmjm, Peebles, O., R.“ R. 1, farmer, and Hattie Ozella Glass, Jamestown. Theodore Newton Watson, Wil­ mington, laborer, and Mrs. Bar- barossa Targl-ave Nared, E. Sec­ ond St. Rev. J. L. Allen. Harry Wilson Woolard, Xenia. R. R. 4, cabinet maker, and Bar­ bara 5 Virginia Haines, Spring Valley. Rev. David Stanfield. Gerald Raymond McKamey, Xenia, R. R. 2, farmer, and Grace Viola Hall, Xenia, R. R. 2. With a Buckeye In Congress The Problem of Inflation No. 1 On Home Front Despite the reported drop of 0.5 per cent in the consumer price index as o f recent date, the battle against high living costs remains our number one problem on the home front. And the evidence rapidly accumlating on every side dealing with vast profits earned by American in­ dustry during 1948 accompanied by steady requests for wage in­ creases followed in turn by in­ creased costs o f materials has all the earmarks o f a continuous dizzy inflation. The major problem is the de­ termination o f the place to start stabilizing the economy. Those who argue for price control de­ clare that this will operate to check wage demands. Others who remember the black marketing practices of the war era insist that other problems no less acute appear in the wake of such con­ trols. They urge wage fixing or rationing. Basically the issue involved is ono o f simutaneous timing. We should have a common under­ standing with the ieadex-s o f la-' b o ff inc'us.i.*, agricultxxre, and gove-nment as to the objectives we are seeking to realize. Then we can proceed to determine the standards of fair profit, the wages necessary to maintain such profit levels, and the proper method o f preserving these stan­ dards within the framework of our American way of life. As matters stand today, no one is prepared to make the sacri­ fice entailed in taking the lead to cut down inflationary forces. [ It will take thought and energy to meet this human issue. Sweat On, Mr. Taxpayer Sweat On The report filed in Washing­ ton by the Hoover Commission on Organization o f the Executive’, Branch of our Government has started out most auspiciously with its initial observations on , the purchasing policies of our government. In recent months, we have learned that many Gov­ ernment departments are totally unware of what their fellow de­ partments are doing. Agencies have heen buying goods which other government agencies are simultaneously advertising for sale. The Hoover Commission now tells us that half o f the 3,000,000 purchases made each year by civilian agencies of our govern­ ment cost more to write up and keep track of in our accounting system than the merchandise bought Itself. Small purchases of $10 or less account for about one and one half million Federal purchase orders each year. The paper work involved costs more than $10 per item. So much red tape and confusion is caused by the elaborate safe­ guards we have created to pre­ vent anyone from cheating Uncle Sam‘that we have finally ended up by cheating ourselves. We could save $250,000,000 annually and cut our inventories tremen­ dously by simplifying the pro­ cedure involved. As a footnote, the Commission points out to in­ terested taxpayers that we have in storage some $27,000,000,006 worth o f inventories, that we operate no less than 1,000,000 ve­ hicles, and spend some six bil­ lion dollars for supply operations for our military and civilian agencies. If this does not cry out for intelligent action to ease the burden of our already over­ burdened taxpayers, nothing ever will. Labor’s Assumption of Respon­ sibility In the two conferences o f ' America’s major labor organiza­ tions just held, there has been a new note which augurs well for the future of labor-manage­ ment relations in our country. Tdie American Federation of La­ bor adopted a resolution demand­ ing. the outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law and then pro­ ceeded to declare that every right which organized labor en­ joys demands a corresponding responsibility. At the same time, Mr. Philip Murray, head of the CIO has been quoted as declar­ ing that the CIO seeks repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, a res-- toration of the Wagner Act, but he also is reported to state that the CIO would support the Presi­ dent’s proposal for a government conference of "labor and manage­ ment leaders to discuss improve­ ments. Just how far Labor is prepared to go in its assumption of.respon­ sibility for any work stoppage A lon <ythe Greene County Farm Front By E. A. DRAKE ‘ County Agricultural Agent TEST CATTLE FOR BANGS A campaign by the Ohio State Medical association, through its committee -on public health, to re­ duce the prevalence o f undulant fever in the state is a further reason for an increase in the tem­ po of the Bang’s disease control program. Bang’s disease, also called bru­ cellosis, attacks all classes of livestock, and human beings ac­ quire undulant fever from con­ sumption of livestock‘ products or from contact with infected livestock. Cooling meat and pas­ teurizing milk kills the basteria. During the past year, 1,044 cattle have heen tested in .88 herds in Greene county. Of these, 67 were reeacters and 37 suspects. This testing service is avail­ able to all cattle owners. Indem­ nity from state and federal funds is paid for diseased animals, which are sold for slaughter. Federal veterinarians will test cattle without charge or the own­ er may use his local veterinar­ ian. Application forms and de­ tails of the test may be secured at the county agent’s office. Quarantine Prevents Spread Of Diseases The word quarantine may have an ominous sound but that is what the veterinarians recom­ mend for newly purchase^ live­ stock. They urge farmers to segregate the animals they buy at farm sales or obtain through public stockyards and ship long distances, until it has been prov­ en beyond a doubt that this new stock is free from any infection that might be transmittedrto the home herds. A t least 30 days is none too long to keep animals brought to the farm, isolated, say the veterinarians at Ohio State university. Shipping fever or stockyard fever is one o f th ethighly infec­ tious diseases that frequently causes heavy losses of cattle that have been hauled long distances* by rail or truck. Quarantine is an effective means of preventing the spread of this, as well as oth­ er diseases, while they are being treated by. a competent veterin­ arian. Corn Cobs for Chickens But Not For Hogs Ohio ‘ feeding trials indicate that cattle and chickens can ex­ tract feed nutrients out of ground corncobs, but W. L. Robinson, Ohio Experiment Station, says corn cobs are merely a nuisance to hogs. Ear corn, ground finely enough so pigs eat the particles of cob, slowed up the growth rate of pigs enough to postpone the time of marketing 16 days. The pigs fed corn and- hob meal- required only the same number j of pounds of com that were in | the corn and cob meal to make \ the same gain. The ground cob ! which may paralyze the nation’s economy is not clear. The in­ junction provisions of the Taft- ; Hartley Act which permit the President to seek a court order when a strike or lockout threa­ tens the public health and safety have been widely assailed by labor. Yet there is reason to be­ lieve that the clear distinctions between this form o f exclusive government injunction privilege and the exercise of such a legal right by private employers are justifiable on behalf of the pub-- lie. Whatever may be the ulti­ mate future of our labor-man­ agement legislative program, the interest and the welfare of the public at large cannot be ignored by either of the two principals in any .economy dispute. This must be the keystone in the arch of our future labor legislation. A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD FURNITURE BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE ! i Excavating - Buildings,Basements Ditching- Waterand Sewer• K.H.GREGORY . Room 21 Xenia, Q. Steele Bldg. Phone 629W ^ T H E G I F T T H A T W I T H E V E R Y C A M E R A F A H Protestant denominations. Released \W.NU Features.) by © IS YOURS TO CHOOSE FROM AT Springfield* Ohio DEADSTOCK HORSES .... ......... .................. $6.00 COWS :... :... ;... -^..-$7.50 - 5HOGS ................. ...-. $2.00 cwt.' According to Size and Condition CALL Reverse Ch«rge.<i ■ Xenia. 454 XENIA FERTILIZER E. G. Buehsieb, ins. seemed to cause no damage other than to retard the rale o f growth. Most feeding trials show it does not pay to grind corn for hogs so the attempt to make corncobs into hog feed increased the cost of the corn with no resulting ben­ efits. 'The delayed system.of -di­ gestion used by cattle and chick­ ens seems to permit them to get growth factors out of corncobs, • but hogs lack that ability. More Red Clover Seed This Year Farmers, who have had to pay upward of $50 a bushel for red clover seed, will welcome the news that the seed crop, this year, is bigger than it has been for several years. In Ohio, it is 11 percent above the average and three times larger than last year. The farm carry-over is only about half the normal, so with the larger production, puls the carry-oyer, the supply of clean _seed will' be 18 percent greater ‘ than a year ago. Dairy Directors To Meet R. R. Starbuck, extension dairy specialist of Ohio State Univer­ sity Will meet with officers and directors o f the Greene County Dairy Service Unit Thursday December 9 at 7:30 p. m. at the Court House Assembly Room. Activities of the past year will be reviewed and plans made for the coming year. Twelve directors, one from each township, constitute the board of directors. Four sub­ committees carry on specialized work within the board—Breed­ ing, Testing, 4-H Dairy and Di­ sease Control. Earl .Ritenour of Ross Twp. is chairman of the Artificial Breed­ ing Committee; Myron Fudge of Silvercreek Twp. heads the .Pro­ duction Testing Committee; and Herman Armstrong of Bath Twp. the Sanitation and Disease Con­ trol Committee. Technicians are Milo Cooper of Jamestown, in charge of Arti­ ficial Breeding and Glen Char­ les o f Xenia the Production Test­ ing program. Annual Dairy Meeting The annual meeting o f the -Ohio Dairyman’s Association will be held at Plumb Hall Arena, Ohio State University, Wednes­ day December S starting at *9:45 a. m. Robert L. Thomas of Beaver­ creek Twp. president of the Greene County Dairy Service Unit will officially represent county dairymen and directors o f the local unit are urged to attend. W. D. Knox of Hoards Dairy­ man will be the headline speaker discussing uniform Bangs di­ sease control. Other speakers in­ clude L, L. Rummcll, E. E. Rake- straw, and Fordyce Ely. Add Dairy Sires The Central Ohio Breeder’s Assn." has recently added several bulls to their stud which will be available to dairymen in Greene county for Artil'ical Breeding. Among these are Night Owl Queen’s Prince, a Jersey with 14 daughters that averaged 7317 lbs. of milk and 441 lbs. o f fat. This is an inciease of 40 lbs. o f milk and 71 pounds of fat over their dams. Another Jersey is Advancer Patrician. He has 10 daughters that averaged 449 povnds o f fat. Eight of these have tested dams, that averaged 10,420 pounds oi milk and 465 pounds of fat. Vel-Ayr White Warrior is an Ayrshire owned by Earl Voeller and on lease to the association. He has been used at Green Val­ ley Farms, Jackson, Ohio. A woman in Pans prayed In the temple, putting in a large- denomination bill to insure an answer to the prayer. Not gett­ ing the answer, she picked the pin. She’s in jail, lfaying to get bill out of the till with a hair out, now. 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