The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 27-52

Friday, December 2, 1949 The Cedarville, 0 . Herald He CedarriHe Herald . A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. 3R. Entered as second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof­ fice at Cedarville, Ohio, under A ct o f Congress o f March 1879. Member—National Editorial As­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valley Press As­ sociation. Pravda has a new title fo r Stalin. It calls him Commander- in-Chief o f Genius. So that patent you had in mind—the one fo r a two-way wire cage to use fo r a flytrap in the summer and a, corn-popper in the winter-—will have to be given an OK by the generalissimo before you can start peddling it. E d itorm l AN OPPORTUNITY This man Gay out in California who has operated a lion farm for a long time is going out of busi­ ness. I f he has a dispersal sale it might be a good opportunity to start in a roaring good business, and we're not lion about it. FARMERS FOR TAFT Declaring that “we recognize that Senator Taft’s prilosophy is for the best interests of the farm­ ers of Ohio, and that his re-elec­ tion is essential to the American way o f life,” the Ohio Livestock Producers association has indors­ ed his candidacy for re-election, NOT A SPIRITUAL Russia has unveiled a monu­ ment top to Paul Robeson, bari­ tone. All other satues to Ameri­ cans have been torn down in the USSR. This simple, short "para­ graph tells a long, long story—a story of hatred, ignorance, nar- nowness. We’ll let the erection o f the statue tell its own story. IT COULD HAPPEN Some folks say that Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., who is a Congressman already on his first try for the job, and very likely will run for governor o f New York, could be elected president by a big vote if . he got on the ticket. It’s magic name in vot­ ing booths—FDR— remember. But it will have to ben done while voters demember, and voters for­ get quickly. IN GOOD TASTE * It is historically true that Ben­ jamin Franklin wanted the turkey and not the eagle for the nation­ al emblem, but he .was out-voted. Perhaps it was just as ewll, con­ sidering the times the ptople have gone through Ben’s era. We might -have done what the actor did who had a covey of trained pigeons. Week after week he had tried to get a booking for his cat. Finally one day an agent called him to tell him he had an engege- ment for him. Sadly the actor re­ plied, “ I can’t take it; I ‘et’ the act!” Remember, Americans have been prety hungry at times. THE DEFICIT Your deficit, that is—is esti­ mated at around six billion dol­ lars, and you don’t have any way o f knowing how much money that is. Not only that, but you’ll never get it made up or pay it. There’s a little trick in making the announcement about the def­ icit. Doing it after congress ad­ journed prevented heated debate and wrangling on the subject that would get it in all the pa­ pers, and plenty early fo r the folks to calm down, a bit before the 1950 elections, and that may save the seats in congress to some members—and the breeches that occupy the seats. BURNS “ LASHES OUT” During political campaigns the newspapers use the expression “ lashes out” when speaking o f tongue lashings candidates give opponents. Former Secrettary of State James F , Yrynes is engag­ ing in that pastime now. His tar­ get is the Truman administra­ tion and especially its financial program. What makesjdie Byrnes tirade more significant is that •he was the late FDR’s legislative leader in all the deficit financ­ ing of in the 30’s. But Byrnes claims there is a wide difference in the situations then and now. He says emphatically that govern­ ment spending and excessive taxes are driving the country in­ to bankruptcy and the govern­ ment to statism. Fords from no one in the country could command better atention than from James Bhynes. ■ SEE-BOY LI ' , Now comes a southern theorist who claims that “ dirty as a pig” is not only a misnomer but an insult to a naturally clean animal. No less authority than the head o f the swine department in North' Carolina state agricultural col­ lege deposes and says that pigs are dirty because folks do not provide clean places for them, and insists that a hog doesn’t like mud and filth and dirty pools and mires any better than you do, which may or may not make his case strong. Read what the learn­ ed doctor o f hogology says and you’ll be buying a tuxedo and white tie fo r your piggy and in­ viting him to have Christmas din­ ner with the family. Sometime we are going to invite doe up to Ohio and show him an old sow wallerin' up to an including'her ears in Greene county superior real estate* * HELPING ENGLAND Just as that country is best governed, according to the expert testimony o f Thomas Jefferson, the least-helped nation gets along best. England is a mere slice of its former self when it wasboast- ed? mistress o f the seas, shootin’ at everybody, including us, re­ member. As usual, England wants us to lend her more money. The question to ask i s , Whose mousy? SCRIPTURE: 28.28. DEVOTIONAL 7:15-23. Jeremiah 8:8-13; 23; READING: Matthew Prophets False &True Lesson for December 4, 1949 G OD is neither silent nor dead. He has his spokesmen today. We hear myriads of voices—preach­ ers, teachers, editors, columnists, poets and politicians, aU professing to tell us the truth. When a man claims to speak in. the name of truth, is there any way by which h i s claim can be tested? It Is an old problem. Away back in Bible times every prophet h a d his rivals, t h e false Dr. Foreman prophets. The false were far more numerous, they often had immense prestige and government subsidies besides. How was the common man to tell the true prophets from the false? • • • Notion o f Man or Word o f God? O NE DIFFERENCE between the true and false prophets, of course, was that the false ones passed out their own ideas, while the true ones gave voice to the ideas of God. Some of the false prophets even dug down into what we now call the subconscious, and told their dreams as if they meant something. The false prophets of our own times are still the people who draw on their own minds, even on their day-dreams, to furnish messages for the people. The gypsy dream- books are, still with us, Astrologers flourish, and not always on the side streets. All sorts of queer cults profess to tell us what is coming next and what we ought to do. Before we take a modern "prophet” seriously we should ask: Is- what he is. saying his own idea or God's idea? In this 20th century after Christ, it should be easier to; know God’s ideas are than it was 27 cen­ turies ago In Jeremiah’s time. "* For now that Christ has come, we can safeiy check all the self-styled prophets with the message and the mind of Christ. ’ * » * Is the voice o f the people the voice o f God? T HE FALSE PROPHETS were always popular, the true ones seldom. Mere unpopularity does not prove a man a true prophet; but you may be sure that if a man says only what people like to hear, always tickling the ears and feed­ ing the pride of his listeners, he is no true spokesman for God. Not that the true prophet is always insulting his hearers. The Lord’s prophets often speak comforting and welcome words, to be sure. But a steady out­ pouring, of soothing-syrup is not what we would expect from a genuine prophet; Map is often, most proud when he is most wrong; and then God has to sweep the man down. Don’t take too seriously the men who merely reinforce your prejudices -and shore up your pride; they are more likely fake prophets than true. -The voice of the people is not always the will of God. • * * Time is the Test That great prophet Moses (Deut. 18). had already given a practical test of a true prophet: Does what .he says turn out to be true? Can he peally see Into tomorrow? Alas, we .‘may have to wait until tomorrow to find out for sure; but tomorrow always comes, and when it comes, the prophets of today will be shown up for what they are, true or false. Time is the test; Not, Is it likely? Truth and Right are Twins ■pERHAPS tiie- worst feature of * the false prophets who were Jeremiah’ s competitors was their real immorality. "Their .course is evii and; their might is not right,” he said (23;1Q, American transla­ tion). "They, commit adultery and walk in lies, they strengthen the hands of evildoers so that no one turns from his evil ways” (v. 14). God’s spokesman can never also apeak’ for -tbe enemies et God. Whenever- you hear any­ one talking as if we could now get "beyond good and evii,” or as if the Ten Commandments were something we had out­ grown, then you may knew yea are listening ‘to a false prophet, *There aye no new command­ ments but the one which sums up all o f them; Love one another. Prophets of hate, prophets, of dis­ sension, of lust, these may be speak­ ing for themselves or for the devil —bui not for God; (Copyright by the International council o f Religious. Education on behalf o f 40 Protestant denominations. \VNU Features.) __ Released by Seeks Partition Mrs. Glada E. Woods .has ask­ ed the court fo r partition jpf three tracts o f real estate "in Caesarcreek township, Carl A . Babb, Jamestown, RFD 1, is de­ fendant in the action. Court Decisions The Peoples Building and Sav­ ings company has been awarded a judgment o f $4,969.82 against Otto M. Anderson, et al. Mrs. Permelia Stephens, grand­ mother o f Sylvan Ray Garner, has been awarded the proceeds o f an, insurance policy and a cer­ tificate o f trust amounting to. nearly $3.,000 The suit o f Melvin Nooks vs. Mabel Nooks has been dismissed. Divorce Suits Filed E. F. Gebhard from Jeanette, neglect and cruelty; Katherine L. West from Richard E., neglect. In Probate Court Vertley Lewis has been ap­ pointed adminsitratrix o f the es­ tate o f Louise Grimes. The net value o f the estate of the late Schuyler N. McClellan o f Xenia has been established at $4,977.28. Authority to transfer real es­ tate has been granted to J. Ross Hamer, administrator o f the es­ tate o f Mina Pearl Harner. Real Estate Transfers Neal W. Hunter, executor of the estate o f Lew Bradds, to Iva Raber, tract in Jamestown. Ralph E. Ratcliff to Lavona' Tucker, .9 acre in New Jasper township. J. M. and Grace 0 . Collette to Robert L. and Mai*y E. Ringer, two part lots in Jamestown. Common Pleas Court Divorce petitions filed: Vir­ ginia Richter from Herbert; Anna Louise Washington .from Wil­ liam; Willard Hickman from Julia Dorothy; Viola Sanford from Harry C. All are on charges o f neglect or cruelty. The divorce case of Wade E. Hampton and Audra Osborn Hampton o f Wilmington has been transferred to the Greene Coun­ ty court on petition o f Hampton. Foreclosure on real estatt in Osbom is sought in. a suit filed by Andrew and Emma Hooley vs. John and Irene Hart. In Probate Coort The net value o f the estate of Jessie G. Gowdy has been set at $40,371.52. The county-auditor is directed to appraise the estate o f Louisa Beall. There is to be no further ad­ ministration in the estates of Parmelia Lanneard and Iva Lee Real. Real Estate Transfers E. H. and Ella Kinnamon to Elmer and Ruth Hagler 28 and a fraction areas in Silvercreek town­ ship. Ruby Mayo, administratrix of the estate o f Fannie Harris, to Ruby Mayo, two tracts in James­ town, $2,500. W. C. and Ida Hughes to Anna L. Shirk, lot in Jamestown. Elry Turner to Sarah G. Mc­ Clain. part lot in Jamestown. Three Seek Divorces B. M. Lony from Cora, neglect; Dianna Schafer from Arthur, neglect; Leltfh Hawkins from George L., cruelty. Suit Dismissed Elizabeth J. Farus vs. Robert W.; In Probate Court Estate of William P. Chase ap­ praised at net value o f $935.33. Marriage Licenses Leslie Cooper and Mary Mar­ jorie Perkins, Xenia. Lloyd Thaddeus Howard Cous­ ins and Goldie Mae Cartwright both o f Jamestown. Roy Delbert Bowen, Columbus, and Bertha Ann Bryan, James­ town. Emery Bert Butler and Betty Ruth Andrew, Fairborn. Michael Kriss and Rita Ann Allen, Xenia. George Kennedy, Jr., Xenia, and Flora Jean Reed, Jamestown. Charles Bernard Dulaney, Gary Ind., and Mary Barbara DeMil- to, Lakemore. Wayne Furay, Dayton, and Clara Kathleen Clebelle, Xenia. They say that Margaret Tru­ man loses her voice now and then. It Would help if the afflic- turn could be passed around m her family. A northerner has listed five rules fo r fisherman, not including legal measurement and weight. Croquet sales are up 20c/o this year. Heads bashed In by mallets run at the same ratio. Pocket-size radios are on the market. In case of cigarette pro­ grams the proof can be found in the same pocket. Free speech is a constitutional guarantee; hut the constitution doesn’t say just how you are to get it. Most o f us who don’t liv e in Hollywood shy away from using the word colossal. But it seems to go with ignorance right well. Definition—Matrimony, marry­ ing an armful and ending up with a houseful. “Deepfreeze” is a trade name, like Frigidaire, Victrola, and a dozen others that have been ad­ opted by the public to stand for all the fieldful o f things each merely represents. The ' ‘deep­ freezes” that'caused all th a t1 big uproar in Washington were not “ Deepfreezes,” there were just deepfreezes; there’s a dif­ ference. I f those prowlers around Mt. Ararat, hunting Noah's ark,, had found it, and i f the descendants o f Ham and* Sheni were still liv­ ing in the pain people would have had new truth to back their argument “ if you save thp sur­ face yon save all.” WINS CONTEST Miss Shirley Sharreit of Jef­ fersonville won the Prince o f Peace contest' at the Methodist church in that village. She is to represent the town in the county contest, but i f prevented to take part in it Miss Jean Coil, alter­ nate, will speak. SUCH VERMIN SHOULD BE STEPPED Or. Brain Work WH ICH IS THE' MAIN factor"in ” sport competition — direct thought or the subconscious mind? How much success belongs to quick brain v work and how much to intui­ tion? To -help settle t h i s issue, we called in the patri­ arch o f b r a i n waves, the same being John Kieran, who in his day was a high - class com- Grantland Rice petitor at Fordham and who needs no further comment when it comes to a matter of brain action. “ The subconscious mind,” ac­ cording to Kieran, “ does most of the work. The brain can’ t work with the speed needed to handle too many situations. For example a jockey has less than a fifth of a second on many occasions to de­ cide whether he must go inside or stay outside. "A Ted Williams will often wait until the ball is within 15 feet of the plate before he de­ cides to swing—or not to swing. That is another fifth-of-a-seeond decision. “ Some brains, of course, work faster than others. But 'there are few that can work with split-second speed in mak­ ing a decision. Subconscious action takes over or intuition or whatever you want to call it.” Both Eddie Arcaro and Ted At­ kinson bear out this angle in regard to racing. “ I’ll be moving up,” Arcaro said, “ and suddenly there’ s an opening to the left. 1 haven’ t time to size things up. Your intuition acts for you—and sometimes your intuition can be wrong. You can use your brain in mapping out a race in ad­ vance. But once you get into fast action, you’ve got to depend a lot on your reflexes or your intuition, which are the products of experi­ ence. In fact, I think this is where experience counts most. I mean in giving you the right intuition.” Boxing follows the same line. A younger fighter, in his prime, sees an opening and punches at practically the same instant. Or he sees a punch coming and ducks. Later on, he is just as smart. His brain is just as good as it was years before. But his subconscious action has slowed down, his intuitive action has gone rusty—so he punches for the opening too late or he doesn’t quite duck in time. Joe Louis, for example, had as good a brain in 1948 as he had in 1938, but though he kept catching .Walcott in 1948, his subconscious reactions were too slow to land a knoek-out punch. Applied to Golf , “Now golf is a game,” J. Kieran continued, “ that should be played with a subconscious mind entirely. But it isn’t. The ball isn’t moving so there is the deadly temptation to start thinking— what club to use, etc. This is when the trouble be­ gins. ' , **“ Remember “that round Watts Gunn had in the amateur at Oak- mont In 1925? I think Watts lost the first five holes, I know he was being murdered. Then suddenly he seemed to settle into a trance and he won the next 15 holes—15 holes in a row. “ I talked to him later and Watts admitted he didn’t remember a thing that had happened in those 15 holes. ‘I never thought of anything/ he said. ‘I just kept swinging the club head. I was in a sort of mental groove.’ "There was certainly no con­ scious effort in anything Gunn did. He went sailing through until he met Bobby Jones in the final round where neither conscious nor sub­ conscious effort was of any use. • “Direct thought or brain action has certainly wrecked many a round of golf,” Kieran continued. “ If a fellow could just step up to a ball and think about nothing at ali­ as he-swung the club head, scores would take a terrific dive. "Here’ s another thought along these lines,” t, Kieran reported. “ I’ve known a lot of baseball and football players. Many of these— not all of them—I wouldn't call too smart. I wouldn’t say their brains were too agile, although they had their share of good sense. I’ve seen these fellow^ make few mistakes. They were generally where they should have been. Some instinct seemed to guide them. I know it wasn’ t sharp thinking. Trying to Think ; "On the other hand, I’ve known extremely intelligent players' (I mean intelligent off the field) who always seemed to .be pulling some boner or doing something wrong. Maybe they were trying to think in. place of giving the subconscious side a chance. But there is very often a , big difference between being smart on the field and smart off the field. Intelligence and com­ petitive instinct c a n be wide apart.” * It wouldn’t he nolite nor kind to rive names, but they say a lady went to a doctor to tell him that her husband tossed and tumbled all night and was jumpy daring the ddy. The doctor said, “He needs rest and quiet,” and handed her some sleeping tab- lefcs.“Wlien do I give them to him?”- sbe asked. “ Don’t give them to him at all—you take them!,” said the doctor. Cheer up! The 1950 Rolls-Royce car costs only $14,000. That is In American money, and as England uses only that kind, you dan buy it over there fo r that. A new electronic light comes on and goes o ff with daylight, automatically. With some folks it Will he going o ff just about the time they get home. A Missouri man, out where folks have to be shown, has in­ vented an automatic butterer for corn cn the cob. Ear guards go with- it. INDIAN PALM READER AND ADVISER MADAM RAY The greatest questions o f life ar* fquTckly solved, failure turned ta Isuccess, sorrow to joy, separated fare brought together, foes made "friends, truths are laid hare. TelU l your secret troubles, the cause an i -remedy. Advice on all affairs ol 5 life, love, courtship, marriage, busi­ ness speculation, investments. Come and be convinced. 2512 YALLEY STREET DAYTON, OHIO WASHINGTON REPORT BY SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT A NYONE who reads President Truman’s speech,, in Minneapolis on November 3 must realize that he intends in 1950 to ask for ar Congress which will adopt the entire Truman program, embracing all those price-fixing and other controls which he himself referred to in 1947 as police-state methods. His speech was devoted to statements of many- praiseworthy goals for improving* the condition of every group of Americans. He promises a Utopia in which all the people will live in luxury. No one disagrees with those goals. The real question is whether they can be achieved best by a con­ tinued develop­ ment of a free America or by government con­ trol — imposing on indus t ry , agriculture, and labor the programs of our economic planners. - Certainly we want better health and medical help for all; certainly we want .equal rights and equal opportunities; certainly we want ‘ fair prices for farmers and con­ sumers alike; certainly- we want to improve the conditions of all work­ ing men and women. As a matter of fact, the free system of America has brought the American people, closer to these goals than any other nation in the history of the world. Our workmen receive $56 a week on the average while the British workmen receive $23 a week. Yet, in Great Britain they have had all the government controls which the President demands and all the wel­ fare measures administered by a labor government committed to socialism, fundamentally hostile to the idea of freedom in the develop­ ment of business. * * '# . - I DON’T think most people realize the revolutionary character* of -the program which Mr. Truman urges 'to achieve these, goals. He has asked in the Spence bill fo r power to fix prices, to fix wages, to control distribution and the- necessary rationing that goes with it, and to-put the government into any business it desires to enter. In the Brannan plan he asks for complete power to impose produc­ tion controls on farmers. The gov­ ernment would tell fanners how many acres of wheat, corn, and soy beans they, can raise; how many hogs they can sell; how many beef cattle they can feed, and dairy cattle they can handle; and liow many chickens they can keep. He also proposes that the gov­ ernment guarantee every man a job, but it can only do that if it is given power to tell every man what job he shall take and at what wage. These three measures* would give complete control of indus­ try, commerce, agriculture and labor. When you include repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law, the socialization of medicine, uni­ versal military training, and other “ free” services to the people^ we shall have almost a duplicate of ” the labor-socialist regime in England today. Why should we abandon a sys­ tem which has put. the American people ahead of every other people and adopt one which the British themselves admit to be bankrupt economically. * 4 * I F we can maintain liberty in this country and the methods we have pursued, there is 'no limit which cannot be surpassed by the Ameri­ can workman in the improvement of his standard of living. We face a deficit today of $5% billion. Yet the Truman program would add to that $6 billion fpr compulsory medicine, $6 billion for the Brannan plan, $4 billion for UMT, and other billions for “ free” services of all kinds. How can we increase our federal taxes 50 per cent without choking the develop­ ment of all business expansion and creating vast unemployment? President Truman argues that, because somebody in Jefferson’s day objected to paying $15 million for Louisiana,, therefore anybody who objects to the expense of any of his plans is a reactionary. Those who oppose his plans are neither reactionaries nor do they favor selfish interests. They are con­ vinced that only a continuation of our system o f liberty and parti­ cularly liberty from government controls can reach the goals of the Utopia which he describes. __ The Truman program based on dictation by government of the daily lives of the American people can only turn America . back to stagnation and austerity. 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