The Cedarville Herald, Volume 73, Numbers 1-26

Friday, February 10, 1950 The Cedarville, O. Herald The Cedarville Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by 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 A s­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press Ai?- sociation. E d i t o r i a l BRER GROUNDHOG The groundhog didn't see his shadow February 2. He picked out one of the very* few days all winter when it would be very foolish to poke his nose out of his burrow even to sniff* I f he had waited another day, say, or picked the moonlight night that came along on its heels, he could have had a bath of outdoors that would have really done him and his shadow good. The doves think the winter is about over; the groundhog sanctioned the idea; the rest of us will wait and see what John L, Lewis says and does. AND FLOODS CAME Flood waters of the Ohio river and its tributaries are swirling out over the lowlands for the second time this winter. Ftrhaps there have always been floods on the Ohio river. No 'doubt there always will be. One often hears the exclamation, “ Why do folks live in places like that when they know they may have to move out everj^now and then, and why do they move back after the flood subsides?” The answer is that they have no other place to go. The toll in lives, the, post in dol­ lars and the inconveniences are inestimable—but the floods keep coming. CROP CONTROL AGAIN Acreage allotments for farm crops are being assigned Greene county. Corn production is to be cut 19.7 per cent over the nation by the planners who take con­ trol of production as the way out of the jam of over-production and storage from year to year o f mountains of surpluses. POLITICS The very word “ politics” frightens some folk. But nothing is more important than taking part in governmental activities, local as well as national. Very few people in the world have any 3ueh opportunity as we Ameri­ cans have to have a say in what is done, though very few take as little interest as we do. This year of Our Lord 1950 is going to see a lot of activitiy in poli­ tics. It’s a healthy thing. THE “MIGHTY MO” It looks like the “ Mighty Mo” is about to write the last page of the log. The psalmist exclaimed, “How the mighty hath fallen l” Aground on a mud bank, the proud mistress of the seas, the palace of generals that represent­ ed the armed might of the world at the signing o f the surrender o f the Japanese, made a pathetic picture. But that is the way of all flesh, arjjd of steel and con­ crete and armaments.. A HEAVY LOAD The printed volumes—four of them—of the new federal budget weighs over seven pounds. But that isn’t the load the taxpayer has to carry—it’s what the four volumes demand he pay, and that his wife and children each pay* and his children’s children. It’s a heavy load. THE EARLY BIRDS While some of the birds that set our town and countryside a- twitter from e arly spring to fall stay all winter—like the reclbird and the jaybird—many o f them gq south, like most everybody else does. An early visitor this year around a good many homes is the turtle dove, that cooer de­ luxe who keeps to the same tune his ancestors who sat on the comb of Noah’s ark hummed until a tree top emerged from the world- watered area around them. Nice to have you, Mr. and Mrs. Dove. IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY ■Margaret Truman is to “ make a record fo r Victor,” says a news item. I f we remember November, 3,948, making a record and for victor sort o’ runs in Margaret’s family. r The only sure thing the phi­ losopher says, are death and-tax- es.^ The odds are against the taxes— they come twice a year* There are more honest folks in the poor houses than there are in pent houses. Quotes: “ The hardy pioneers made their way to the west coast leaving their bleached bones on the parched desert.” Many of them saved out the hack bone, as they were going to need it when they got to the coast. All the funny things one hears on the radio are not from the come­ dians. International Uniform SundaySch.'jcl l.mor.i By SL KSKHETH LfOREifc’ SCRIPTURE: Acts 13:2—14-20. DEVOTIONAL READING: Isaiah 49: Ob-13. Gospel GoesWest Lesson for Feburary 12, 1950 S O YOU DON’T BELIEVE In foreign missions? Then you can’t read the New Testament with any comfort. Every book in it was written either by a missionary, or about missionaries, or to mission­ aries, ortobe usedln mission work. Chapters 13 and 14 of Acts tell us about the first or­ ganized f o r e i g n mission project in the history of the Christian church. It is the story of how t h e Gospel was taken out of the narrow strip _ of coastland along Foreman the eastern shore of the Mediter­ ranean, where it was born, out into the western world. • * • The Best They Had «|«HE FIRST missionary party were not raw untried men. They were Barnabas and Saul, the top leaders of Antioch. These men had done a great work in Antioch; their usefulness there was not at an end: by any means. But the church sent them away to win souls elsewhere. It is a mistake to suppose that just anybody will do as a missionary. Ignorant people who suppose that missionaries are only the “ culls” of the church .don’ t know the facts. A few years ago a scientist, Ellsworth Hunt­ ington, made a study of the graduates of Yale and Harvard who were successful enough to be written up In “ Who’s .Who in America.” He found that missionaries’ sons furnished the largest proportion of those suc­ cessful men. The reason for this, he believed, is that only in missionary families do you find that both parents, and not just one, have to go through a rigid sifting process. Only the best —mentally, morally, physically— are accepted by the church today as missionaries. * * * Strategic Centers S AUL, or Paul, who came rapid­ ly to the front In the mission­ ary team, was all for efficiency. He never did a thing the hard way if an easier way would save his en­ ergy. So we find him heading for the great: centers: of population. In the synagogues he would find the most religious people in the city, people who already believed in the One God and who took seriously the Law and the Prophets. Barnabas and Saul stuck to cities for another reason also. Not that they despised small-town folk, but they knew that cities are where the crowds are. For every dozen peo­ ple they could reach In a village, there were hundreds to be reached in the cities. So today, mission work has generally concentrated first in the most heavily settled regions. ft ft: ft! The Follow-Up S AUL AND BARNABAS also set the example for later genera­ tions ih their use of the “ follow­ up.” - They did not suppose that Simply converting people was enough. There had to be second visits. Some churches Paul vis-_ ited as many as five times. They would appoint officers in every church. They knew that organized religion is more likely to last than disorganized religion. They were not fly-by-night evangelists, l e a v i n g behind, them only an ebbing wave of emotional excitement. .Every rose grower knows that it is better to put a 10-cent rose in a 50-cent hole than to put a 50-cent rose into a 10-cent hole. So Paul did not stick little seed­ lings o f new Christians into barren ground at random; he took pains to see that they were solidly planted in good rose-beds. * * • The Holy Spirit rpIIERS IS ANOTHER, and most * important, way in which this first missionary effort has set the pace for all since: From beginning to end, they depended on the Holy Spirit. It was the Spirit who first suggested the idea; it was the Spirit who gave the power, and furnished the guidance. Not that the Spirit was or is a substitute for human effort. But to this very day, If you want to find persons who know about the Holy Spirit at first hand, who know what it means to depend on the Spirit and to be used by Him, then get ac­ quainted with your church’s * missionaries. What to so many of us church­ goers is only a name, to them is the deepest reality by which they live. ..................... .. ■ , . . CLARENCE J. BROWN Writes With a Backeve In Con<rress The H-Bomb President’s Truman’s decision last freek that the United States should proceed with the develop­ ment o f the hydrogen bomb has created tremendous interest every where. Scientists insist the hy­ drogen bomb would be the most destructive weapon ever devised by the mind o f man—approxi­ mately 1,000 times more deadly than the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is generally agreed the President could reach no other decision. Russia is already at work on the hydrogen bomb prob­ lem. With America also possess­ ing hydrogen bombs, the fear of retaliation might prevent a sneak attack or future war. It will re­ quire at least a year and several hundred million dollars to per­ fect the new bomb. Truman and T-H Law President Truman last week n- gain demonstrated his determi­ nation not to use the Taft-Hart- ley Act in national emergencies, despite the fact that it is the law o f the land and^the nation’s of­ ficial labor policy, when he call­ ed upon the coal miners to re­ turn to their work until April 10, and both John L. Lewis and the coal operators to agree to abide by the decision o f a “ fact finding board” to be appointed by the President. Of course, such a fact finding board has no legal status or £’ 4 '.thority, and its decision can be effefctive only if all partiesJ;o the labor-management dispute agree to accept. Would Amend Law By a Vote o f 64 to 27—more than the required two to one ma­ jority—the senate adopted the Lodge-Gossett resolution, pro­ viding that an amendment to the constitution, to change the meth­ od of casting and counting votes in the electoral college for the election o f the president, be sub­ mitted to the states for ratifi­ cation. I f the House should also approve the resolution, it will be submitted to the Legislatures of the 48 States and will become ef­ fective if three-fourths— or 36— ratify it. Under the present Con­ stitutional provision, each State casts its total electoral vote fo r the Presidential candidate receiv­ ing the highest popular vote in the State. Each State has one electoral vote fo r each Senator and Member of the House rep­ resenting it in Congress. Under the Lodge-Gossett propbsal the electoral vote o f each State would be divided and counted in the elec­ toral college on a percentage basis according to the proportion of the popular vote received by eachJPi'esidential candidate in the State,. Supporters o f the amend­ ment claim this new arrange­ ment wiiuid be more representa­ tive o f the will o f the people, and would help develop a two-party system in the South. Opponents insist it would give the solid De­ mocratic States of tlj.e South a great advantage in voting power in the Electoral College and would practically nullify the in­ fluence of many of the larger States in the selection of a Presi­ dent. In both 1944 and 1948 the net difference between the De­ mocratic and Republican candi­ dates in Ohio’s electoral votes, under the new proposed system, would have been less than l-10th of a vote, while Mississippi’s net difference would have been 9 votes. Thus* Mississippi would have had 90 times as much pow­ er and influence in the Electoral College as Ohio, if the proposed amendment had been in effect in 1944 and 1948. May Reduce Taxes sale at one cent per J.0& lb. bag; Now some Federal officials are proposing that 50 million bushgly, $62.5 million worth, of surplus potatoes be destroyed—^he great- destruction of food in all history. Farm Prices The steady, decline in farm prices is giving many Members o f Congress grave concern. Re- 'Qffi Soil Loss From Rain Costly to Acreage This Type of Erosion Studied by Government , If all the water-in a twd-incH •rain should be damped on a field at one moment it would haVa pow­ er to lift a seven-inch layer of soil three feet into the air—a monstrous splash. This figure has been cal­ culated by scientists of the soil conservation service, U.S. depart: ment of agriculture. Of course, the department spe­ cialists say, such a calamity never occurs. In most areas, rainfall at the rate of one inch in 15 minutes Is an extremely heavy and de­ structive rain, and the total of the smaller splashes in such a rain can cause serious splash erosion. It is against the forces of fall­ ing rain that the soil' conservation service is centering its efforts to keep a protective cover on the m *•w w 5.* •a It is only in recent years that * this type of soil erosion has been fully appreciated and the destructive results measured." land at all seasons when beating rains are likely. More than 100 tons of soil per acre may be splashed by the heaviest, rains' falling on a bare and highly da*- tachable soil. A It is only in recent years thSt this type of erosion has been fully appreciated and the destructive re­ sults measured. Scientists ana farmers have come to realize that the raindrop splashing which de­ taches particles from the main soil body is a primary factor in ero­ sion control, and that it is not until the soil has been detached by the falling raindrop that the flowing water of the run-off outside of rills and gullies can remove it from the field. Cure for Swine Mange Relatively Inexpensive It will cost the average farmer only about 15 cents each to treat each brood sow for mange and large roundworms. But the treat­ ments are worth several hundred times that amount in better herd health and faster gains. Dr. M. E. Mansfield, veterinar­ ian at the University of Illinois, reminds farmers that breeding time is a good time for parasite control. At that time the farmer usually has only a few hogs on hand, so the cost of treatment is less, and there will be less chance of trouble with the litters. To control mange, he says, spray each sow in the herd with benzene hexachloride just before breeding time. Then the affected sows and boars will he free of mange. Best of Barrows ■^v It now appears rather certain wartime excise taxes will be ma­ terially reduced soon, but it is doubtful other taxes will be in­ creased. The Truman Adminis­ tration, which wants over-all corporation taxes increased by a billion a year, is now suggesting taxes on corporation earnings be­ low $119 thousands annually ac­ tually be reduced a bit, while corporation taxes on incomes a- bove that amount be increased by about 10 percent. Legion Against Draft The American Legion has come out in open opposition to the con­ tinuation o f the present draft law. Instead, that organization wants legislation enacted to put a program o f universal military training into effect. Previous Congresses have refused to con­ sider any universal military training proposal, and it ap­ pears unlikely the present ..Con­ gress will authorize one. Hot Potatoes The JEederal Government is still trying to get rid of its sur­ plus potatoes by giving them a- way free to the school lunch pro­ gram, public and charitable in­ stitutions, relief agencies, and striking coal miners. The pota­ toes are also offered for export Chip State university’s “ Flay* 1 boy,” 250 - pound Berkshire, • was acclaimed grand champion barrow (market hog) a$ the [ Chicago International Livestock Exposition. “ Playboy” defect' * j ed more than 900 other hogs to win top honors. Arthur Jordan, GSU swine herdsman, is shown ; with the champion. Egg Is Never Any Better Than When It Is Laid ; Many farmers apparently don’t think about the fact, but an 4*8 :is just as good as it will ever be .‘when the hen lays it. | Boyd Ellis, poultry specialist oi jthe Wyoming agricultural extern |slon service, points out that it’* ■up to the consumer tb keen the jquality of eggs geod. To do tbl*. jeggs should be gathered soon after -they’re laid; should be cooled in a [wire basket, ports are reaching Washington that eggs are-selling-as-low As 20 cents a dozen* and hogs as low as 12 cents per pound in many rural sections. Banks in country towns show a recent heavy loss- in deposits, while small town' merchants, implement dealers, and others are complain­ ing of a sharp drop in volume of sales. Jim Retires ' * D& James Shera Montgomery, for nearly thirty years Chaplain of the House: of Representatives and spiritual advisor to Congress- £ T * *21 -*• WASHINGTON REPORT BY SENATOR ROBERT A . TAFT » >HE President’s tax message reaffirms the 'policy expressed in his budget message, that of deficit spending for an indefi­ nite period. Although his budget shows a deficit of more than $5 billion for the year- ending June 30,1950, and another $5 billion for the year ending June 30,'1951, "he asks for only $1 billion in additional taxes; He reasserts his determination that his expenditure budget must not be«*-— ------------------- — -------------------- cut one cent. He hopes that the *uI1 employment and make the expenditures mky declinein future years by a further reduction of s p e n d i n g abroad and-the1 veterahs educa­ tional program, but he is very indefinite as to when1and how this can occur. He apparently feels that, if we- reduce expen ­ ditures or in ­ crease ta x e s further at this tim e, it w ill hamper the development of that $300 billion production that he hopes to reach in 1955. In other words, we are again to spend our­ selves into prosperity, a course which we tried so unsuccessfully in the Thirties. This policy makes nonsense of his statement that the deficit is due to the tax reduction enacted by the 80th Congress. “That Act was based principally on a reduc­ tion of personal income taxes, and yet the President does not recom­ mend the restoration of one cent of those personal income taxes. Evidently he agrees with the 80th Congress that'a higher tax­ ation o f personall income taxes, or any large increase in other taxes, is more than the economy of this country can stand and still make necessary progress. ’T ’HE tax increases he recom- A thends are for the-most part on corporations, which is a criticism of the Democratic 79th. Congress and his own Administration which made a big cut ih corporation taxes the* moment the war ended. I agree' with the President’s premise that Sitfy^material tax in- M^rei^e wpdldjmaka the tax burden too great for the'hational ecjnomy to carry. Already taxes are taking 25 per cent of the national income and are deterring the very de­ velopment of industry and com­ merce which is necessary to give free enterprise system effective. Already the average workman pays at least 15 per cent of his income in taxes and in higher prices for every article he or his wife buys. But I disagree with the Presii dent’s conclusion. If his premise is right, we should cut expenditures. No nation can go on spending money which it cannot soundly collect from taxes. Deficits mean a bigger debt and further inflation of prices. Deficit spending teaches the immoral doctrine that we can get something for nothing without paying for it. Every State, every city, every family has to live within its in­ come or face bankruptcy. The same principle applies to the Federal Government. Even the President now admits that it has no inex­ haustible source of revenue. « * * JPVERYONE is in accord with the J President’s recommendation that excise taxes be reduced, be­ cause some of them are completely discriminatory and therefore have no logical justification in time of peace. He makes the reduction contingent, however, on raising $1 billion more by other tax changes as a condition of such reduction. Congress will examine such recom­ mendations with care, including that which proposes to increase the. corporation, profits tax. But such an increase again is a tax on incentive since corporations already pay 38 per cent of their profits in taxes. There is serious doubt now whether we can get the risk capital necessary to start new plants and develop old ones. Any further tax on profits certainly tends to discourage investment. If we have reached the limit of taxation which we can safely it :>ose, there is only one sound alternative-^-expenses must be reduced to fit our income. Those expenses have increased by $8 billion since the first year of the - 80th Congress. Surely, half of that increase can be eliminated by the strictest economy, both at home and abroad. AUCTION JEFFERSON PROPERTY WITH. 6% Acres Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1950 Sells at 2:00 P. M.. LOCATED:—At the west edge of Jeffersonville, Ohio, on State Route 734 in Jefferson Township, Fayette County. Very desireable country home with 6% acres located at the west edge of Jeffersonville fronting on State Route 734. Improvements consist of substantial, two story, frame house with six rooms, base­ ment, and porches. Desireable features in the house include Frigidaire cabinet sink, well and cistern water under pressure, plenty of cup­ board space, wiring for electric range, hot water heater, two rooms with hardwood floors, storm doors and windows, etc. Good barn with water under pressure available. New two car garage and poultry. Electricity. New drilled well. All buildings are in a good state of repair. The* 6% acres are in bluegrass. Good fences. If you are interested in buying- a good home in the country with some acreage and still be within Sight o f a good small town, we recommend this one. Jeffersonville school district. Within easy driving distance of Washington G. H., Wilmington, Xenia, Dayton and Springfield. Seldom do you have the opportunity to buy a more desireable property with some acreage than this one, PLEASE NOTE:—Property will be open for inspection on Sunday, Feb. 5th, Wednesday, Feb. 8th and Sunday, Fep. 12tl) from 1:00 P, M- to 4:00 P. M. or by appointment. Sale on the premises Sells to the highest bidder. TERMS:—$1,500.00 cash at time of sole, balance to .b e paid upon delivery of deed. Good title and early possession. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker, Owners Sale conducted by the Bailey-Murphy Co., Wilmington, Ohio Jeffersonville, Ohio Phone 66595 - and Carl Taylor, Jamestown, Ohio WATCH YOURSAVINGS GROW % ' i Individual Accounts Insured Up To $5,000 Current Dividend Rate 2% ’ ■m ' * CedarvileFederal Savings &LoanAssn. Cedarville, Ohio men and their families, ended his active service on January* 31st. The day before his retirement the House took the unusual action of electing him as Chaplain Emeri­ tus for life—the first in the na­ tion’s history. The House also elected Rev. Bernard Braskamp, pastof of the Gunton Temple Memoral Presbyterian Church of Washington, as the new Chaplain to succeeed Dr. Montgomery, Many Seek Office Though election of a Demo­ crat to county office in Clinton county ip next to phenomenal and has occurred but .rarely in the 140 years of the county’s history, a half doen or more candidates in that party will seek nomina­ tions in May. Among them are two students in college, one seek­ ing the position of county audi­ tor and the other representative in the assembly. Write-Ins Legal Greene county was alert to the decision of Attorney General Duf­ f y and write-in votes are legal. At least one candidate went into office in all but three districts of Greeny county last November. ThrCft' mayors won by the write- in method and about all the pus- tices of peace. Run for Congress While Congressman Clarence J. Brown has no opposition in the primary for nomination to suc­ ceed himself, two Democrats will seek nomination by that party in May. One is Ben J. Goldman of Springfield, and the other Bart Cauley of Champaign county. Hint Non-Support This is a warning from the agricultural department t h a t price support on potatoes may be withdrawn entirely unless grow­ ers adhere strictly to the govern­ ment regulations of acreage. Fewer Jobless The week’s report showed few­ er jobless persons in Greene coun­ ty than for several weeks. Only 32 presented claims and the total drawing unemployment compen­ sation dropped to 359. The peak of unemployment in the county was the week of Jan. 14. Saville Picked E. L. Saville, of near Sabina, has been elected as the first president of the Fayette County Swine Breeders and Feeders as­ sociation Forty men attended the organidation meeting Tues­ day night at Washington C. H. To Build Schools As j>art of the $813,000 school improvement program, Xenia school board is asking fo r bids on two new grade school build­ ings. One will be in the north end of town and the other in the south end. ^ A NAME TH AT STANDS FOR GOOD FURNITURE BUDGET PLAN AVA ILABLE 9 H F L O A O M R A E M N S S S Claibourne-McDermott Co. Phone 2238 38 Vi N. South Wilmington • S' jij ' h NEW CORN HYBRIDS — lor High Yield. Cleon Husking, Early Maturity, Quick Drying Delicious Sweet Com Hybrids ... ★ ■— Ladinc Clover — Builalo and Ranger Alfalfa —- Fescues Birdsfoot Trefoil — Reed Canary Grass — Sweet Sudan Full lino of New Clovers and other Grasses .Andrew, Columbia and Clinton ” 59" Oats ...- —— ' 1 Write for free copy of our 1950 Catalog. We cordially Invite you to visit us and see our complete line of Farm and Garden Seed. W . N . SCARFF ’ S SON S * Box ; 61 * N qw C a r l i s l e , O h i o SAVE BY MAIL You May Open A Savings Account Here and Mail In Your Deposits A t Your Convenience. Savings Pay Dividends And Assure Future Independence. Put Your Idle Money To W ork For Y ou ! Savings Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 PEOPLES BUILDING & SAVINGS GO, Xenia, Ohio 11 G reen St. Phone 11 THEGREENECOUNTYJOURNAL For Promotion o f Community Spirit For News For Printing That is the purpose of a newspaper in a community like ours. No other institution wields a greater influence in these causes, except the church and the school, both of which the newspaper sponsors with its whole heart, Galvin Building TeL 4-3031 . 1 -<(*i—