The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 1-26

6;.i$ •r*‘*r~isg*rt-- _-> - Friday, Dec. 30, 1949 The Cedarville Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. JR. Entered as seconds class matter October 31, 1887 a t the Postof­ fice a t Cedarville, Ohio, under Act of Congress of March 1879. Member—National Editorial As* * sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press As­ sociation. Editorial HAPPY NEW YEAR We think everybody is very sincere in g rey ing evfcr>tic#Iy else v:ith a “Happy Now Year!” Within a few days another im­ portant year will begin when the last leaf is torn off the old-year calendar. It is the all-import­ ant year because it is the year we HAVE. All the other years are gone, and whatever years Hundreds of young birds top­ ple from their nests as fledge­ lings. Human friends a re advised to feed them milk and hardboil- ed eggs. Do the birds suggest how long to boil th e eggs? One of 'the troubles with the guv’ment is that we get so many more statistics than facts. SCRIPTURE: Acts 1: I Peter 2:9-10. DEVOTIONAL READING: John 14:12- 20 . Praying into Tomorrow Lesson for January 1, 1950 arc to come aren’t here yet. But we have 1950—or have a fine chance of having it within, a day or so. Some one asked Will Rog­ ers once, “if you had only 24 hours to live how would you spend them?” A great many of you can almost hear Will’s ans­ wer, “I ’d s^end them one at a time!” With tha t philosophy we accept the new year happily— as the greatest gift in our lives —the opportunity ”to serve God and mankind, and to do it Ameri­ ca! Happy New Year! As all those joyous bells ring out “Happy. New Year!" Just hear th a t shout! JTot just a mere “hello.” Butterside up if you should fall, All kinds of good luck, and may ■ all Your oleo he yellow. UNCLE JOE’S BIRTHDAY Was that you who said folks are acting mighty foolish send­ ing Josc-f Stalir. all that stuff on his 70th birthday. By way of refreshing your memory, all iWfts&^ent him by his subjects— those* trainloads of gifts th a t gifts «om bustles to mustache -cups—are mere trifles in value compared to what Uncle Sam (you and f, th a t is) sent him. And all the acclaim he received on. Ms birthday didn't approxi­ mate ours for him. Nobody has gone on the radio and called .him “our great, democratic, Chris­ tian ally,” like our commander- in-chief *id, remember;, Incident­ ally none of those adjectives jvas ever correct as a description of “good; ol’ Uncle Joe,” as. we used xo' GREETI] Please Kon’t throw away those iClfristmas ''greeting ©ards until you have gone over them, one by one, considering them each as a visit from a friend. Do that, and next year you won’t send . jrour friends eards mehrely be­ cause you suspect they are go­ ing to send you one, but because you really welcome the chance to greet them. IMPORTANT Josef Stalin’s birthday, nor Rita’s baby, nor Princess Mar­ garet smoking unbenoinst to the kink, nor our princess singing —trivialities, only. For didn’t Dick Tracy wed his lady love, TessTruefceart? And that, folks is news as IS news! “FAIR DEAL” FIGURES We are all very apt to shrug our shoulders and say a word of exclamation, or maybe “blow up” with spouting expletives, but we don’t do anything about it. But something is going to have to he done about it—government spend­ spending. tha t is!We’ll he teach­ er and you be pupil, and w ell play school; Johnnie, how large is the “Fair Deal” budget? Oh, yes, you know. Mary Is holding up her hand. Mary says Tru­ man’s peacetime budget is for $41.9 billions. What’s th a t Ron­ nie? Your daddy says that does not include 11 billion more? That cost to run the government in 19- 29? Herbert ought to know; he is right. Who knows what it says it was under $4 billion, and ads that even in 1938, it was on­ ly $7 billion. Now who can tell us why, in 1949, the government plans to spen $50 billion? Your pa says nobody can explain it? write his congressman! Is tha t right, children, what Bill says, th a t we can plan to spend away over a billion to “arm Europe?” Ju st what he says, Jim waves his hand to say. Well, children, you did righ t well; much better than your folks could do, I suspect. How’s tha t? You’d better know; you’ll have to pay fo r it! Maybe Don Is right. You know he is! But, remember, children, you must hold your hands to speak; not all a t once. ' Charlie Sawyer says we won’t force, our money or oar ideas on other people. Well, we don't have to use any force with the money! A man. named Creekmore Fath is to write the biography of Speaker Rayburn. He sounds like he could do Ii. F OR THE BENEFIT of those who may not be familiar with this column, and perhaps of some who are, a little explanation may be helpful. This column is not ex­ pected to take the place of Bible study, nor to be a substitute for the quarterlies and other helps which are furnished by the various denom­ ination’s. All this column can do is to o t t e r some thoughts which the 1e s s on Scripture has suggested to the writer. Reading t h i s Dr* Foreman column will not make a Bible stu­ dent out of you; only the direct study of the Scriptures can do that. Forty denominations cooperate in this feature. If it helps the reader, we shall all be glad. Limitations of space keep this frpm pretending to be anything like a complete analysis of the les­ son. For those are not a t all fa­ miliar with the Bible, it is hoped that this column may arouse in­ terest so that the reader will go and see for himself what the Bible says. What are Sunday school les­ sons for? In the words of the 77-year-old International Sun­ day School Lesson committee, the “ultimate end sought is the acceptance of the Bible as the very Word of God.” Practical­ ly, this means Bible study which “will help growing per­ sons (you have not stopped growing, we hope?) increasing­ ly to know its content and to understand its message in the light of their own experiences and relationships.” ; The m iter of these lines shares in this purpose and this hope, and wishes you a Happy New Yearl * * « 'The Early Church Faced Its World F EW PERSONS in their right minds would want to go back down into their babyhood, yet the first years, indeed the first months, of any one’s life are immensely im­ portant. S 6 it is with the Christain church. Few sensible people would want to return to the days of the church’s infancy in the first few months and years after Christ’s resurrection. 'And yet that was a vital era. For the Sundays between now and Easter we shall be- looking at the early Christain church. Very early, that is; so early that the name “Christian’’ was quite new, and even the word “church” was not often used. We shall find that as those un­ tried Christians faced their world, they met with many problems similar to those with which the' church of today has to grapple. , How they did it, how they suc­ ceeded and how they sometimes failed, is not a mere story of the long-ago, but is valuable as we think about our own times. » * • Fraying Into Tomorrow *T*HE TEN DAYS between Jesus' * ascension and the great event of Pentecost were among the most fateful in all Christian history. The church, if we can call by that name the little group of a few dozen friends of Jesus who lingered together in Jerusalem, did not pro­ fess to read the future. But during those ten days of suspense they did three things; they waited, they pre­ pared. they prayed. They waited because Jesus had told them to wait . . . wait for power, he said. What the power might be like they did not yet know. No doubt some of them had business of one sort or another back in Galilee; but Jesus said. Wait—and so they waited. They also prepared, by set­ ting apart a witness to take the place of Judas. And above *11, they prayed. Tomorrow for them was darkly uncertain, - Jesus had dropped hints about persecution; they were net naturally supermen. Yet in the midst of vague fears, and facing a tomorrow which was one large question-mark, those early Christians—much less well- informed and “worldly-wise” than we—did the wisest thing they could have done: they spent their time in prayer. A praying church is on the way to powers So as we begin a new year, the best thing Christians can do is not to make all the noise they can, but quietly to wait in God’s presence. (Copyright bv the Ia’ciuKianal council of Beiijlou* Education tin behalf of 40 Protestant dewaahuttte&s. Released by WNU Features,! CLARENCE J. BROWNWrite* W i t h a B i t c f a v e In Con erress The second session of" the 81st congress will begin at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the newly re­ modeled house and senate cham­ bers* where installation of new roofs and ceilings has been com­ pleted. The unsightly steel gird­ ers which kept the old roofs from collapsing have been removed and bqth legislative chambers have been completely reconstructed from the gallery floor up dur­ ing the past six months. During the congressional recess in late 1950 the rest of the reconstruc- ing new chairs and other furni-' tion will be completed, includ- tuve for the house. F resident Truman is expect­ ed to send or personally deliver to the congress his annual mes­ sage on the state of the union on either Wednesday or Thursday of nexi week. I t is expected to be quite political in nature and to implement what the president calls his “Fair .Deal” program and what his opposition calls “socialistic schemes.” Mr. Tru­ man is again expected to. demand repeal of the Taft-Hartley act, passage of compulsory health (or socialized medicine) legislation, Federal aid for education, in­ creased social security coverage and benefits, continuation of for­ eign aid program, and higher taxes. The president’s annual budget message i§ not expected to reach congress before Friday, Jan. 6 , and probably not until the fol­ lowing week. According to re­ ports the president’s budget re­ quests will total more than 42 billion dollars, while it is esti­ mated the government’s income for the coming fiscal year will be but about 38 billion dollars. This means a deficit of a t least 5 billion dollars. The president is expected, however, to ca'fi for balancing the budget thru in­ creasing federal taxes, and to submit a “package” tax bill, call­ ing for the elimination or reduc­ tion of some war-time excise taxes in the amount of about one billion dollars annually, and, in turn, an increase of taxes on individual income in the higher brackets, on estates and gifts, and on corporations, by another 4 or 5 billion dollars per year. I t is being freely predicted here that President Truman will be any more successful in getting his legislative program approved a t this session of congress than he was during the last. Most ob­ servers believe the Taft-Hartley act will not be repealed as de­ manded by the president. Neither will congress increase federal taxes, but may instead reduce many excise taxes. Enactment of compulsory health or socialized medicine, legislation appears ex-, tremely unlikely. The social se­ curity act is expected to be a- mended, but not as provided in the administration-sponsored bill passed by the house. The odds seemingly favor enactment of some sort of federal-aid-to-edu- cation legislation, but probably not in the form requested by the administration. Presidential-ap­ proved legislation to create the St. Lawrence seaway, and he Missouri valley and Columbia valley and authorities, will not pass congress a t this session. Foreign spending—especially on the European recovery program —will be cut harply, altho for­ eign military aid appropriations may be increased slightly over­ all. Mr- Truman’s civil right's program; will be blocked in the Senate by members of his own party. The president is expected to submit^ to congress a number of reorganization plans to effect­ uate the recommendations of the- Hoover commission. But, while there will be a great deal of talk about cutting government expenditures, in the end not too much will be accomplish in th a t direction. Government spending has never been greatly reduced daring any campaign year, es­ pecially when the cheif execu­ tive appears uninterested in econ­ omy moves. As the old year draws to a close, most government experts are predicting that business con­ ditions will be generally good daring the new year. Industrial production; and business activ­ ity are expected to remain a t present high Revels during the f irs t half of .1950, but official opinions vary a s to what the situ­ ation will he the latter half of th e . year. A t the present time there is jnuch less talk in govern­ mental and financial circles a- bout deflation and much more talk of possible future inflation. While food prices are expect­ ed to decline somewhat daring 1950, other costs of living items will hold steady or Increase a bit. Rents, furniture, utility and per­ haps fuel costs are expected to go up slightly. Household appli­ ances and automobile prices will remain near present levels. Cloth­ ing and shoe prices will remain steady. f t 41 PerCent ofLand InU. S. in Herbage Grass Top Resource, Cattlemen Assert Grass is one of the greatest' re­ sources of this nation. In the United States there are approximately 779 million acres of land which will grow nothing but hay, grass and other herbage unfit for hu man consumption. This great acreage represents II per cent of the total land of the nation. About 9 per cent of the lands in the United States are plowable but are used also to pro­ duce pasture, hay or forage crops., It can be concluded, therefore, that about SO per cent of the United States would not be used if it were not for meat animals. %sr The Cedarville, O. Herald • b o th of Xenia. r John Malavich and Elizabeth Lee O'Neal, William Bronson Williams and Eileen Tudor, both couples of Fairborn. * Asks For Divorce Walter Daniels, Fairfield, is suing his wife, Gorilda Mae, for divorce, charging neglect. Mar­ ried in Kentucky in September, 1948, they have a baby son. In Probate Court Elizabeth Churchill has been named administratrix of the es­ tate of Mamie Matthews. The net value of the estate of Daniel Boone has been set ’ at $6,498.55. EDITOR HbNORED Forest Tipton, managing edi- •tor of the Washington C. H. Rec­ ord-Herald was made a member of Sigma Delta Chi, a national journalism fraternity, a t cere­ monies in Columbus recently. INDIAN PALM READER AND ADVISER MADAM RAY The greatest questions of life art quickly solved, failure turned t« success, sorrow to joy, sepa rjl^ - are brought Jtag£i}fGrz~fbes made ^wj[ri(•imSr'truths are laid bare. Telh your secret troubles, the cause an4 remedy. Advice on all affairs at life, love, courtship, marriage, busi< ness speculation, investments. Come and be convinced. 2512 VALLEY STREET DAYTON, OHIO This little fellow, obviously so well-started in -life, is sym­ bolical’of what good pasturage can mean to cattle and just bow much cattle depend on grass. In the United States there are approximately 779 million acres of land which can­ not grow anything but hay, grass and other herbage. Of the total feeds consumed by beef cattle 78.7 per cent is grass, hay and dry roughage. A minimum of grain is needed, to bring feeder steers from 700 pounds to 1,000 pounds-when the principal part of the ration is made up of hay, en­ silage or other roughage. The process of producing beef cattle normally involves the fol­ lowing steps: 1 . The purebred operator who produces the sires and females which are the foundation of beef animal production. TMs branch of the cattle industry is one that re­ quires heavy investment and effi­ ciency in management. 2. The commercial breeder who produces the calves which are the offspring of commercial herds of female and purebred sires. 3. The pasture cattleman who grows the animal from, the wean­ ing or yearling stage to two years old, taking his profit from the poundage gained on grass and hay. 4. The feeder who “finishes" the animal from grass stage to slaugh­ ter condition, disposing of a. large percentage of roughage. WASHINGTON REPORT BY SENATOR ROBERT A . TAFT HPHE action of the American Farm Bureau Federation in re­ jecting the Brannan Plan without qualification is encour­ aging to those who are opposed'to socialism and the handout state. The Brannan Plan proposes that the government guar­ antee parity prices to the farmer, and then let the product be sold to the consumer at whatever price it brings, the difference to, be charged to the taxpayer.®’ r Crop Rotation Crop rotation with deep-rooted legumes, plant food and good man­ agement methods are the “gas, oil and lubricants” that keep' your soil’s crop producing machine go­ ing on high. Each of those' has a job to do; Each needs help from-the others. They all have to work like a team. Valuable as a good rotation is in balancing soil-building l e g u m e crops . against soil-robbing row crops, it has to be backed up by wise land management methods. Cropping in even the best rotation drains the soil’s supply of phos­ phate and potash. And even if your good manage­ ment program puts back every scrap of barnyard .jnapure, plows under the legumes and returns straw, com stalks and crop after- math to the soil, you still ship away hundreds of pounds of plant food to the grain, beef and milk you sell every year. Since the guarantee would pro­ duce a surplus, it would require quite a low price to get rid of that surplus, I f th e con- b.'.J sum e r subsidy w e r e of t h e sam e ma g n i ­ tude as in Eng­ land, i t would cost the Ameri­ can ta x p a y e r abou t s i x bil- lipm d o lla rs . Since the farm­ er and the con­ sumers are the. taxpayers, they would simply get a bill from the government for the benefits they are supposed to receive plus a sum added in to pay salaries to several hundred thousand employees re­ quired to administer the plan. The appeal of the plan is based on what looks like a very simple argument. Parity .represents the fair price which the farmer ought to receive; therefore, it is argued the govenment should guarantee it to the farmer. The fallacy lies in the argumentative conclusion. For if the government under­ takes to guarantee everybody in the United States that which he ought to receive, there is no way for it to perform its guarantee without taking charge of the whole situation and operating: a planned and controlled economy. * * * A PARALLEL proposal is that of ■ Jack Kroll at the recent CIO meeting that the government guar­ antee a job to every man. That sounds reasonable too; Every man ought to have a job just the way a farmer ought to have parity. It is a perfectly legitimate goal. Gov­ ernment policy should be directed toward the accomplishment of that goal. But a guarantee is a very different thing. If the government is to guarantee every -man a job, then it will have to have the power to create jobs and to go into any business it chooses for that pur­ pose. But this may not solve the problem, because it is likely to put out of work the. men in those pri­ vate industries discouraged by government competition. The gov­ ernment would also have to have the right to" tell every man what job he must take and at what wages. So, also, if the government is to give everybody free medical care, it has to have the power to tell each family what care it shall get,, where it shall- get it, and from what doctors. So, also, in the Brannan Plan. - After the first year when, the government has to. buy a sur­ plus,-it would/have to, impose production controls and tell the - farmer what’crops he can_plant and what animals he can feed. * * * 'T'HE proposal to guarantee a job . to every mar was contained in the Full Employment bill of 1946, when first introduced, but was re­ jected by the 79th Congress, We found that it came directly from the Soviet constitution, which con­ tains that guarantee but rather proudly boasts that the guarantee is possible “because of the social­ ist organization of our economy" Of course-, the Russian government can guarantee a job to every man, because it can tell him where to work and put him to work at any wages i t wants to pay. If it can’t find a job for him in Russia, it can find one for him in the mines of Siberia. Even in England, i am told, the law now permits the gov­ ernment to tell every man where he shall work and to put him in jail If he-won’t comply. The politics of thie Brannan Plan is based on the theory that the people can.be fooled into believing that the government owes them a living and can guarantee Utopia to all. My recent trip through Ohio convinces me that neither the farmer nor the workman believes to any such promises or guaran­ tees. Apparently, only the top offi­ cials of the CIO. Political Action Committee, and a small group of intellectual planners, really be­ lieve in a philosophy which must inevitably lead to complete gov­ ernment direction of the lives of the American, people, and. to the destruction of their liberty. Seeks Divorce Doris E. Chance has-filed suit against Gerald E. Chance seek­ ing divorce on the grounds of neglect. In Probate Court County auditor directed to ap­ praise the estate of Bessie G. Patterson, late of Osborn. Marriage Licenses Earl Edward Morris and Sarah Ann Swigart, both of Clifton. Julian Oliver Morissette and Phyllis Melle Pierce, and Roger Hamilton Leuba and Alice Hoff­ man,„ both couples of Yellow Springs. Lawrence Gordon of Madison, Ind,, and Mary Ann Balder, Xen­ ia. Charles Cross and Meril.Shaw, H F L O A O M R A E M N S S S Claibourae-McDermott Co. Phone 2238 38 Vi N. South 'Wilmington! A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE ADAIR'S SAVE BY MAIL You M a y Open A Savings Account Here and Mail In Your Deposits At Your Convenience. Savings. Pay Dividends And Assure Future Independence. Put. Your Idle Money To Work For You! Savings Accounts Insured Up to $ 5,000 PEOPLES BU1LDIN6 13Green St. Xenia, Ohio Phone II Good Pasture Increases Dairy Herd Production With 2.5 million fewer cows on. farms now than to 1945, possibilities for profit to dairying are greater labor-saving, high value pasture is the center of the'production pro­ gram. Good pasture can increase milk output and cut production- costs. That means a bigger profit ®^a 58 to. 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