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THE NEWSHERALD m ESTABLISHED 1837. HILLSBORO, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914. VOL. 79. NO. 18 TAX RATES FOR 1914 TEACHERS' HILLSBORO CHAUTAUQUA PRIORY VOTE I KILLED BY FALL FAIR DREW LARGE CROWDS Being: Considered By Budget Commission and Township and School Officers. INTITIITF ine Proffram a,,d Special Day iitJ 1 1 1 U 1 C i Aitpartinnc Inciirp Rprnrrl VFRV I IftHT M'ss Susan Clouser Found Dead Y CIV I LIU II 1 . a Hop Hn,n Parlti I l Attractions Insure Record Breaking- Crowds. Saturday Alorning. M The budget commission to fix the tax rates for Highland county for the year 1014 have arranged for meetings with the local township and school officials to consider what rates are necessary and have also Invited all taxpayers to attend and present their views. The time and place of the various meetings arranged for are as follows: Highland county, at Court House, Hlllsboro, 2 p. m., August 17. Liberty tp. and Hlllsboro Corp., at Court House, Hlllsboro, 2 p. m., Aug. 20. Fairfield tp. and Leesburg Corp., School House, Leesburg, 10 a. m., Aug. 21. Madison tp. and Greenfield Corp., School House, Greenfield 2 p. m., Aug. 21. Marshall tp. School House, Marshall, 0 a. m., Aug. 24. Brushcreek tp. and Sinking Spring Corp., School House. S. S., 11 a. m., Aug. 24. Carmel School District, School House, Carmel, 2 p. m., Aug. 24. Paint tp. School House, Ralnsboro, 4 p. m., Aug. 24. Washington tp. School House, Ber ryvllle, 10 a. m., Aug. 25. Jackson tp. School House, Belfast, 2 p. m,, Aug. 25. New Market tp. School House, New Market, 10 a. m., Aug. 27. Concord tp. School House, Sugar tree Ridge, 2 m., Aug. 27. Whlteoak tp. and Mowrystcwncorp. Mowrystown, 4 p. m , Aug. 27. Hamer tp. School House, Danville, 10 a. m., Aug. 28- Clay tp. Buford School District, School House, 2 p. m., Aug. 28. Salem tp. School District, Price town, 4 p. m., Aug. 28. Union tp. and Russell School Dis trict, School House, Russell, 10 a. m., Aug. 31. Dodson tp. Lynchburg Corp., School House, Lynchburg, 2 p. m., Aug 31. Penn tp., School House, Samantha, 9 a. m., Sept. 2. Highland Corp , School House, High land, 2 p. m., Sept. 2. Real Estate Transfers. Cora N. Warrick to Clifton Steven son, lot, Hlllsboro, $1. Catharine H. Lailerty to Fred H. Lafferty, lot, Hillsboro, $1. John A. Easter toll. R. Barrett, lot Hillsboro, $250. Alfred Kisling to II. C. Murphy, lot Greenfield, 81. George Minke to Thomas Hawthorn 78a, 83000. Board of Education Fairfield tp. to J. C. Barrett la and 125p, $175. Catherine Meyers to Louis Meyers, lot, $1. Rebecca Caplinger to Sarah Emma Puckett, lot, $1. H. M. Dean to James Carlisle, 40p, 8100 Probate Court Proceedings. C. F. Rosselott, guardian of Nellie Weaver, filed first and final account. Everett L. Britton and Leslie -E. Britton appointed executors of Jonah Britton. Margaret H. Reed, administrator de bonis non with will annexed, of Joseph M. Hiestand, filed application for distribution of assets In kind. A. J. Beavers appointed executor of Sarah Beavers. F. A Weller appointed adminis trator of Charles I. Weller. Louesa B. Mllburn, guardian of Elolse and Stella Mllburn, filed fifth and final account. George M. Whlsler, executor of Mark R. Willite, filed application to sell personal property at private sale. Divorce Case Filed. The divorce suit of Milton Holden vs. Mozella Holden filed on Monday was the only new business in the Com mon Pleas Court. Gross neglect of duty Is charged. Marriage Licenses. Robert Hoop and Myrtle E. Roades, both of Hillsboro. Henry J. Pobst, Georgetown, and Mary Leeds, Hillsboro. Ova Garman and Ethel Nace, both of Seaman. Charlie Elliott, of New Vienna, and Delia Malone, Lynchbuig. Eylar Beekman.and Lizzie Keplln ger, both of Leesburg. El wood Smith and Irene Beekman, both of Sinking Spring. A. W. Dietrich and children and Miss Margaret Wlechemann, of Ft. Mitchell, Ky., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carroll Sunday. Mrs. A. W. Dietrich, who lias been visiting here, returned home with them. Able Review by Mrs. Alarks of Lectures of Profs. Warren and Green SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS Prof. D. A. McCall Elected Presi dent and Mrs. Cora David son Secretary For the Ensuing Year. Only one session and that began at 7 '30 o'clock. Yet the teachers were largely present and eager for the treat of the double program. Music and then devotional exercises by Dr. Slutz and all were ready for Supt. Warren's first talk, "How to Vitilize the Teaching of Geography." Planing geography as first in lmpor ance among the school studies he gave asplendld definition of It. "Geography Is the study of the earth as the home of man." This brief but comprehensive defini tion made a splendid foundation for him. ne told how true geography teaching embraces every phase of life ; its activities, environments, the secur ing of necessary products, the physical features, the Intellectual, moral, scientific and business processes and conditions of a people. He spoke of the gratifying change from formal "Nature Study," as a not long ago common "fad", to the real study of nature in the lower grades as geography pure and simple. In the higher grades he believes the best plan to be a combined topical, outline and map method. The same outline can be used for all counties. For example. Location by latitude, longitude and relative position to equator, tropics and polar circles. Form size, comparative and actual. Relief forms, and so on through all essential features. The free and in telligent use of different kinds of maps will aid the pupil. Mr. Warren's second talk was de voted largely to the left over subject of ' School Curriculum Are we teach ing too much ?" He does not believe we have too many studies but that parts of most of them could be eliminated to the advantage of the pupil. The essential and fundamental principles should be well taught and his keynote was the true preparation of a teacher for the work and then to ever be a "growing teacher." He gave and endorsed the opinion of Harris, former U. S. School Commissioner, that "the arithmetic found in the average primary arithmetic is sulll cient for all practical purposes." Believes the teacher should teach the "subject and not the text book." He urges the teachers to systematic and constant professional reading and closed his helpful talk with the hearty approval of all. Dr. Green,s first lecture was "Wan derings In Westminster Abbey." Say ing it is a splendid place to study literature and that he could not'glve a full description of it in fewer than seven lectures, he drew a sketch of It so. as to keep before In its shape and the location of Poets' Corner, Little Poets' Corner, Statesman's Corner, The Chapter Home and the Memorial Windows, Tombs and other Interest ing features. It is considered a great honor to have one's bones lie within these walls, even to have them rest there a few days only ere being carried to their home country as was done with those of Geo. Peabody. , Lowell has two memorial windows and others of our literary men are recognized in some way. We felt while listening to him that we were indeed in the presence of their burial' places and mentally we bowed our heads and said, "God rest your souls in peace." In the presence of all this wonderful talent his1 appeal to the teachers to "get iron into your blood and lime into your back bone, "so that you, too, may make the most of your lines was a telling one. Throughout he quoted from many of the poets and torn neiprui stories, it was a rare hour of intellectual feasting. " "A Literary Ramble Boston" was Dr. Green's second subject. Here as in Westminster he could touch upon the different characters as "ships pass ing in the night" can give a brief "hail" only. While claiming that "Boston has no monopoly on brains" and giving instances from the Keystone stone to prove it he yet made us feel that, truly, w3 are a greater people than we know if there be anything like a general Hlllsboro Chautauqua opens Sunday with very strong program. The opening program of the Hllls boro Chautauqua is the bestflrstnum ber ever offered to a Hillsboro audi ence. Hon. J. idam Bede. one of the most fluent speakers on the platform today delivers the opening address. The prelude Is by the Music Makers, who are so favorably remembered as having appeared at our Chautauqua in 1911. In the evening the Music Makers will give a full concert. Arrangements are being made for a concert for Hillsboro picnickers on Thursday afternoon. A large crowd is expected to be plcnlclng that day as Dr. Cook speaks in the aiternoon and the program for the evening is also at tractive. The complaint that a Chau tauqua grows monotonous will be eliminated this year by the variety of the program and further by the Spec ial Days. There will be a Farmer's Picnic and Good Roads Day, Monday, Aug. 17; Hlllsboro's Picnic Day, Thursday, Aug. 20: Greenfield Day, Sunday, Aug. 23. Board of Complaints. The Highland County Board of Complaints were In session Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week No session was held Tuesday on ac count of the election. Twenty eight complaints In regard to valuations have been tilea with the board. A numberof these are against the real estate valuation made four years ago, over which the board has no jurlsdic tlon. Only valuations made by the present District Tax Assessor are re movable by the board. Sessions will be held at various times during the month of August. supply of brains as he showed us to have homed in and about Boston. To those of us who had been over the ground it was living it all again and to those who had it gave a won derful Incentive to visit these historic scenes at the earliest possible oppor tunity. The homes, lives, burial places of many were interestingly and accur ately portrayed. Concord Bridge, j Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, The Way tide I Inn, School of Philosophy and Mt Au- burn, one of the most beautiful cities of the dead In the world, were brought before us, lesions of each Impressed upon us. We felt we were growing personally ' acquainted with Emerson, Longfellow, Holmes, Philip Brooks, Thoreau, Fanny Fern, The Alcotts, Chas. Sum mers, and a long list of others Thn ' description of his visits with made u see and feel the kinship of all in the ' common attributes of life, and that we should take his advice and "never miss an opportunity to see and hear great people." Thursday morning the teachers werii again ready for work at 7:30 ! Dr. Green gave a short lecture on "With Holmes and Whittier" as some routine work of the Institute had to be attended to. He took his hearers on a pleasant. trip down Beacon street, paid his re- spects to Julia Ward Rowe, showing! her womanly as well as literary merit. I In his visit to Holmes, the most genial, and Whittier, the most intense of our American poets, he again proved that "all real greatness is approacha- ble1' and that hearts or all normal poets are brimming full of love for their fellowmen In giving out to the teachers of .our country the descilp tlonsof his visits to and with literary persons, of the little intlmaie looks Into their Inner lives, the fact of their strong domestic tendency toward a home life he Is lifting Ideals lu heights where they will influence the future (Continued on Pige Four ) Adam Bede August 16. BjwjUHH The Music Makers, August 16-17. Harding is Leading Foraker in Close Race For Senatorship COX BY LARGE MAJORITY Willis Beats Tod by 25,000 gan Wins Democratic Senatorship Results in the County. Ho A very light vote was cast Tuesday at the first general primayy held In Ohio to nominate state and county officers. Governor JamesM. Cox was renominated over Congressman John J. Whltacre by an overwhelming vote. Timothy S. Hogan received more votes than both of his opponents in the race for the Democratic Senatorship nom ination. Fronk B. Willis will be the Repub llcan candidate for Governor having defeated Senator David Tod by about 25,000. From the meager returns now in Warren G. Hard ng is leading Sena tor J. B. Foraker by only a few votes, but Is probably nominated. For secretary of state on the Repub lican ticket, ex congressman Chas. O. HUduDrant has apparently landed the I winner. He received a large vote In this county ana throughout the south ern part of the state. There were no contests on the Pro gressive ticket and the ticket as pre viously announced was nominated by a very light vote. Returns from all precincts in the county show the following result on all otllces for which there were con tests : KKITJIILICAN. Governor Willis 1137, Tod 563. Lieutenant Governor Arnold 501, Campbell 530, Morrell 471. Secretary of State Culbert I88,Gal breath259 ilildebrant 531, Reid558 State Treasurer Archer 505, Etine baugh 243, Wilson 542, Woodworth 219. Attorney General Merrlman, 410, Turner, 1050. United States Senator Forak er 1189, Harding 302, Cote 143. j Judge Supreme Court Coyner 453, Jones 700, Matthias U3d. Circuit Judge Middleton 966, Wal ters 553 Congressman Crawford 527, Kerns 803, McElneny 233. State Senator Broads tone 784, Mallow 645. Clerk of Courts Cox 513, Garman 418, Wlsecup 757. Auditor McDermott 707, Roberts 907. Commissioner Crosen 881, Layman 360, Mullenix 771, Rosher 741, Roush 835, West 583. Recorder YIcMullen 950, Say lor 644. Surveyor Hunter 863, Pratt 725. demockat. Governor Cox 891, Whitacte, 308. United States senator Hogan 505, Lentz 380, Zimmerman 171. Judge Supreme Court Crow 564, Marriott 227, Wilkin 402. Congressman Inraan 525, Hudson 303, Love 102, Rice 61. On the local Democratic ticket the only contest was for commissioner, D. O. Matthews, Harry Fettro and Geoige Free were nominated. Vance Reunion. 1 The annual Vance Reunion will be held at the usual place, the G L. i Vance Grove, August 25th. These ; gatherings have been Increasing In size each year and an extra large crowd Is expected this j ear. A good program has been arranged All are cordlallv invited. Good order guar anteed Mrs, Maude Ballington Booth Aug. 17. Miss Susan Clouser was found dead at the foot of the stairway at her home near Fallsvtlle early Saturday morning by some of the neighbor's children. Her neck was broken and all Indications were that she had fal len down the stairs and that death was Instantaneous. The accident had evidently happened several hours previous. Miss Clouser was aged about 80 years and had lived alone at the old home place since the death of her sister about five years ago She was quite wealthy and had no near rela tives Funeral services were held at Au burn Church Sunday afternoon. - m Bootlegger Skipped. Rufus Walllngsford, charged with bootlegging whiskey during the fair, was arrested Monday afternoon by Marshal Walker. His trial was set for that evening at the Mayor's ofilce and he was not locked up on his prom ise to appear. This he failed to do and the officers have been unable to locate him since. KNIFE USER Persued by Police and Alilitia but Makes His Escape and is Still at Large. Ovle Golns used a knife on Jake Wallace about one o'clock Friday morning at the home of the latter In the east end. The wound was a deep one In the back but is not serious. All parties are colored. After the cutting Golns took to the woods. The police called on the mili tia members who were policing at the fair and a round up attem pted. Though closely persued Golns man aged to escape. The trouble was due to an excess of liquor. Ovation Given Vance. W. n. Vance, superintendent of the schools of Highland county, was con fined to his room for a number of days with a serious attack of the quinsy anu was unable to attend the begin nlng sessions of the II C. T. I. last week. The Institute was well attend ed by the teachers of the county, and when Mr. Vance appeared for the first time on Wednesday morning he was Immediately recognized by the presi dent and was called upon to make some remarks. He was greeted by applause that was quite prolonged, after which Mr. Vance responned ex pressing great satisfaction at seeing such a great number of the teachers who were willing to spend their time, money and energy In attending the sessions of the Institute which of course meant their self-Improvement and the ultimate betterment of our schools. He lamented the fact thai teaching as a profession was so poorly compensated In a financial way, but was glad that a great majority of the teachers were men and women who realized that there were higher and better things in this life than the accumulation of large sums of money. Mr. Vance Is a pleasing speaker and he spoke very feelingly of the great responsibility resting upon the teach er, both in the school room and out, as being Instrumental in the developement of character of boys and girls. It was his prophecy that in the j not very far distant future there is a better time coming, not only to the boys and girls of our schools, but to the teachers as well. He Is very much In sympathy with the provisions of j the new school code as a whole, and ' with the co-operation of the teachers and all those interested in the educa i tlon of our boys and girls, will endeav or to Increase the efficiency of the schools of Highland county. Mr. Vance's remarks were applauded to the echo. The Institute unanimously adopted the following resolution : "Be it resolved, That we, the mem bers of the II. O. T. I., commend the wisdom of the County Board of Edu cation in selecting Prof. W. H. Vance as County Superintendent and that we further pledge our hearty support to him and them In any measure they propose for the advancement of the educatlohal interests of Highland county." Safe in Paris. Word was received from Dr. H. M. Brown Monday that he was safe In Paris. He had secured a plentiful supply of gold before the War actually started. Owing to the congestion of the railways he had no idea when he could ship his horses or leave for home himself. Thursday Was the Banner Day For Attendance and Enthusiasm THREE AIRSHIP FLIGHTS On Friday Wa;s. An Attractive Feature-Senator Foraker En thusiastically Received by Old Soldiers. The Hillsboro Fair last week was the most successful ever given by the present fair company both in point of attraction furnished and attendance by the general public. Three wonderful airship Mights by Lieut. Francis in a Wright fcbyplane closed the exhibition. The first flight was at noon, in which the avaltor cir cled over the city for about 20 min utes. The second at 3:30 p. m. was short owing totne necessity of return ing to the ground for repairs to the machine. In the third and last Might at 5:30 a perfect exhibition was given similar to the morning flight Even with this added attraction the crowd was not near as large as zn Thursday when the grounds were filled to the full capacity. Senator Foraker was given an en thusiastic reception by the "old sol diers" at their reunion held on the fair grounds Wednesday afternoon. He went into details as to the soldiers furnished by Highland county and their performance during the civil war : the results of that great strug gle and the benefits that resulted therefrom : the present war In Eu rope and the probable results to this country were concisely stated and a few slight referecce made to national politics. W. S. Matthews, assistant adjutant general of the G. A. R., In his speech on the war complimented the old soldiers on their local organi zation and gave convincing reasons for the need of such an organization and the benefits accruing therefrom. The races each day were hotly and closely contested and were greatly en joyed by the major portion of tho crowd The only disagreeable feature was the heat and dust. The following premiums were awarded to boys and girls in the flower and potato contest : FLOWER CONTEST. Class A First Premium, Leonaid Edwards a;e 8, $3 Second Premium, Vera Insley age 11, $2 50. Third Premium, Clara Boidi.., age 10, $2. Fourth Premium, Edna Pott, age 10, $1.50. Sixth Premium, Stella Bayhan, age b, ioc. Seventh Premium, Aubrey Dono hoo age 9, 50c. Eighth Premium, Stanley Benning ton age 10, 25c. Class B Gladys Muntz, age 14, S3. Second Premium, Mary Lewis age 13, $2 50. Third Premium, Mary Turner ago 15, $2. Fourth Premium, Cliiford Lewis age 14, 81.50. Fifth Premium, Mary Overman age 17, $1. I Sixth Premium, Leondell McNeal i age 17, 75c. Seventh Premium, Helen Ward age 10 jqc Eighth Premium, Paul Edwards age 13, 25c. l'OTATO CONTEST. Class A Herald Brown, largest dis play, 105 lb. Prize $2, age 8 years. First Premium, Thomas Stultz age 11, $2 50, 74 lb. Second Premium, George Sams age 12.J2, 621 lb. Third Premium, Walter Kirkhart age 10, $1 50, 731 lb. Fourth Premium, Thomas Johnson age 10. $1. 6S lb. Fifth Premium, Herald Brown age 8, 50c, 105 lb. Sixth Premium, Larson Griffith age 11, 25c, 41 lb. Class B Largest display, tied. Wendell Richards age 16, 8Q lb, Jl. Jennings McNeil age 16, 80 lb, SI. First Premium, Jennings McNeil age 10, J2 50. 861b. Second Premium, nenry Shelron age 15, $2, CO lb. Third Premium, Paul Jones age 15. $1 50, 68 lb. Fourth Premium, Guy Frost age 15, $1, 53 lb. Fifth Premium, Lewis Prlne age 14, 50c, 52 lb Sixth Premium, Wendell Frost age 13, 25c, 15 lb.