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THE EWSHERALD ESTABLISHED id37. HILLSBORO, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER iO, 1914. VOL. 79. NO. 22 N ia f' m BILLS ALLOWED To Whom Paid and For What Purpose the Money of the County is Expended. Hlllsboro Tel. Co.. tolls, $2 00. N. & L. E. Gurlny, weights and measures, $234.17. Jno. Cunningham, janitor, $50 Columbus Blank Book Co., supplies, $59.50. Superior Ptg. Co., supplies, $279.55. W. H. Stanage, supplies, $11.85. O. A. Tener, burial of Hlnton Jen kins, $75. Hlllsboro L. & F. Co., light, $37.68. A. S. Eaton, sol. rel. com., $15. "J. H. Wickersham, sol. rel. com., $15 E. M. Insley, sol. rel." com., $20. Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter Co. School Supt., $50. J. E. Stabler, supplies, $3 15. C. M. Kerns, supplies, $8. Klncald & Son, furniture Co. school superintendent, $110.75. W. R. Smith Drug Co., sup., $0.83. J. G. Bell, rent and supplies. $37.50. Central Union Tel. Co , rentals and tolls,.$10.86, Ben C. Strain, prem on Insurance, $39. City Work House, malntalnance of prisoners, $84.05. A. L. McWilliams, burial of Jesse J. Murphy, $75. B. O. Pratt, ex p. surveyor, $11 50. James M. Foley, plumbing, $5.50. Fees to Mayors, raarshalls, justices of peace and constables in criminal cases and coroner, $169. W. G. Hogsett, clerk, fees due from county, $177 10. W. G. Hogsett, clerk, allowance, $29.60. Dodson, Wardlow & Smith, con crete masonry Salem tp., $169.78. Dodson, Wardlow & Smith, making fill, $10. A. W. Pence, damage, $10. Mowrystown Lumber Co., lumber, $9.25. A. L. Carr, cement, $55.28. Homer Henderson, repairs, $10 27. N. Gaymon & Son, lumber, $28.50. J. J. Fenner, labor, $5. L. E. Greenhow, painting bridges, $165.73. Frank Zink, painting bridges, $42. Dodson, Wardlow & Smith, bridge Hamer tp., $135.59. Bench Trent, labor, $30. Ben Copeland, repairs; $6.75. W. H. Ballentlne, cement, $71 60. E. C. Gotherman, lumber, $25.25. S. L. Webster, labor, $1.50. W. B. Smith Drug Co , paint, $6. J. G. Bell, nails, $2.50. Jno. A. Kesler, fencing and hard ware, $23.90. Jno. W. Hart, till Jackson tp., $195 Carey Whisler, repairs. $13 20 Keeping colored children, $175 15. Rebecca Arthur, treas. Children's Home, $348.10. Muntz Mch. Co., grate bars, $5. Bacon & Son, coal, $36.10. J. I. Fenner, labor, $117. C. F. Whisler, lumber, $42.95. Gallon Iron Works, supplies, $23. Waldo Powell, labor, $25.80. T. W. Hiatt, labor, $47.53. James Williamson, labor, $50.25. W. B. Jacks, repairs, $13 85. H. H. Carr, repairs, $24.05. James Adams, coal, $2.76. Cary Whisler, repairs, $127.95. J. G. Bell, supplies, $19.91. Geo. Easter, auto hire Geo. Lud wlck, $1.50. George Leibrock, repairs, $27. L. E. Greenhow, repairs, $70. Matthews and Hodson, construction of R. I. No. 40, $315. B. O. Pratt, engineer R. I. No. 40, $16. Soldiers Reunion. The reunion of the 89th Regt. O. V I. will be held at Milford Sept. 19. Senator J. B. Foraker, who was a member of the Regiment, will be present and deliver an address. A number of the survivors of this Regi ment live In Highland county and ex pect to attend the reunion. Harry Day Drops Dead. A telegram was received by relatives of Harry Day here on Tuesday night stating that he had dropped dead that night at 0 o'clock. The news was a terrible shock to his friends and relatives as he had been here to the funeral of his mother and left for Dayton at 3:45 Tuesday after noon. When he left here he was ap parently feeling as well as usual. His brother, Joseph, attempted to secure some particulars of hl death but ouly learned that it was due to heart failure. Harry Day was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and was living at the Soldiers Home in Day ton. He was 45 years of age. It Is understood that he will be burled In Dayton. Miss Ales Euverard is spending two weeks with relatives at Mowrystown and Buford, DARK STREETS FOR HILLSBORO ' ,,, .. , , , i. , . After Next Saturday Nlgllt Unless Council and Light Co. Agree NO SOLUTION REAC il E D . At Meeting of Business Men's AssociationGood Roads Congress Arranged to Be Held Here Soon. The street lighting problem or Hlllsboro was discussed at considera ble length at the meeting of the Bus iness Men's Association Friday night. No solution was found and It now seems certain that after Saturday night Hlllsboro, at least ror a short time, will have unllghted streets. The committee composed or John C. Soarnur. F. F. Stevens and H. H. Richards, appointed at the June meet ing or the association with instruc tions to secure all Information possi ble in regard to street lights for the village, made its report. The report In brief is as follows i The Hlllsboro Light and Fuel Co. lias offered to make a contract with the village, covering a period or ten years hirnlsh street lights at $69 SO per light, a reduction or $10 rrom the present contract. The company also made a proposition to furnish street lights at ?60 per light, provided the village would give them the contract for furnishing power for pumping the city water at a price not greater than the present cost of power to the vil lage. An examination of the cost of lights in other villages having about the same population as Hlllsboro had been made. Ten towns had been taken in discriminately which had from fifty to $150 street lights. It was found that under the present contract Hllls boro was paying from ten per cent more to forty-nine per cent less than these places ; that under the proposed contract nillsboro would be paying from three to seventy per cent less than these towns. In making this comparison the cost of coal in the ditlerent towns and the amount of current furnished had been reduced to a common basis. The committee had consulted with the ofllclals of the Light Co. and the members or the Light Committee in Its search for information. The olllcials of the Light Co had stated that they could not afford to sell current to the town at a less price than they had offered and the mem-1 bersor council had stated that the' town did not have the money to pay that amount for the light. A discussion of the matter followed which was taken part in by J. A. Head, C. M. Kerns, George L. Garrett and Col. L B. Bovd. Mr. Head, who Is a member or coun cil, presented the position or that body. He said that in the oresent'umns we reel that it will not be amiss condition or the town's finances it J to depart rrom our custom in on was impractical, indeed impossible, to nectlon with the light question, pay the amount asked by the Light The situation Is indeed most unfor Co. Tor the street lights ; that the tunate. A town the size or Hlllsboro, total revenue or the town was only can not afford, even temporarily, to about $9,000 and that to pay out over i have unllghted streets. When we $6,000 of this for street lights did not are without street lights we have leave sulllcient money to pay other gone backwards thirty years. We can necessary expenses. He further stated not remember when Hlllsboro did not that the town haa an indebtedness of have street lights. We will not have about $19,000, which had arisen In the the advantages which other towns of last three years for runnlngexpenses, about all of which was for the street lights during that time ; that before the one Der cent tax law went into I 1 effect the town was receiving about $17,009 from taxation ana that since that time only about $9,000 had been received ; that under the present con tract over $7,000 was due the Light Co. each year, Mr. Head aid not dis cuss the reasonableness or unreason ableness of the offer of the Light Co. He simply took the position that the town did not have the money to pay the amount asked and therefore should not make the contract; that the town had offered to pay $300 per month for street lights which was all that it could possibly afford. At this meeting a motion was made by George L. Garrett to appoint C. C. Muhlbach to arrange for the holding of a Good Roads Congress here soon, which was unanimously carrle 1. Mr. Muhlbach had previously spoken of the need of a Good Roads organiza tion in the county and Blair M. Boyd had read a communication from G F. Rudlslll, who made an address at the Chautauqua, ln which he said that sueir an organization would receive the support and cooperation or the Good Roads Federation or Ohio. While It is our usual policy to give our opinions only ln our editorial col- Lineman Electrocuted. Harry Ewlck, of P eblen, accldently caught holo of a live electric wire at Leesburg Monday afternoon and was instantly killed. He was a lineman of the Washington O H. Light Co. and was engaged in wiring the Leesburg Chautauqua grounds when the accl- dent occurred. He was a single man, aged 25 yeais The body was taken to Peebles for burial. Dunnagan Alartin. TTroH T. TtnrmifT!in nf f.vnn.lihii rir. and Miss Clara Martin, of this place, were married at the M. E. parsonage Sunday tvenlng, Dr. Earl R. Slutz, olliclatlng They left Monday for a short wed ding trip and will be at home to their friends in Lynchburg, after Sept. 21. Mr. Dunnagan Is an employee of Moorhead Bros, at Lynchburg. Mrs. Dunnagan is the attractive and pleas ant daughter of John A. Martiu. Death of Dr. Pumphrey. Dr. C. P. Pumphrey, for a few months pastor of the Hlllsboro M E. church, died at Saranac, N. Y., Sun day. The.body was taken to Middle- I town, where funeral services were held Tuesday. I Dr. Pumphrey came to Hlllsboro ' last fall, but his health was failing at I the time and he soon had to resign his pastorate and go to Saranac Lake. Dr. Pumphrey contracted a severe cold at Mlddletown a year ago last spring, during the big Hood and this later developed into tuberculosis resulting in his death. Death of Mrs. Margaret Landess. Mrs. Margaret Landess died sudden ly Monday morning from a hemmo rhage or the brain. She was aged 73 years and had been in her usual health, having attended to her duties about the home that morning. She suddenly fainted while at her work and a physician was summoned but she only lived a few minutes. The funeral services were held at the late residence near the ralr ground Wednesday at noo , conducted by Rev. B. F. Smith ; Interment in the Chapman cemetery. She Is survived by one son, L. L. Landess, or this place. Council Meeting. The regular monthly meet Ing of council was held Monday night. Aside rrom ordering a number of new pavements built only routine business was transacted. The following property owners were ordered to build pavements four feet wide within fifteen days : I Where needed between West and High streets on Beech street : William Zane, Henry Schwelnsber- ger and heirs of John Unrig on S. High street. Thomas Dunn, Charles McCon- naughev, James T Young, Frank Johnson and Jane Young on Hazel street. Mrs. Marcus Shoup and Charles Mahanna, or Xenla, attended the runeral or Mrs. Louisa Day Friday arternoon. ! only a thousand.and even less Inhabi tants has. It will mean a serious In jury to the town. It may be that with our present finances Hlllsboro can not have as well lighted streets as at present, but we can and must arrange for lights of some character and arrange quickly. We admire the members of council for their desire to not expend more money than the income rrom taxation. But their Is one thing that must be remembered and that Is that a town is different from a private business If a man in private business has not enough money to meet his expenses, he can and generally is compelled to close his doors. A town, however, can not quit business. It has to keep running. Surely the amount of prop erty returned for taxation in Hllls boro Is equal to that or most towns similar in size and all towns have the same limitation In ,tax rate to con tend with that we have. Their streets are lighted. How do they do it ? Why can not we do it ln the same way ? Our streets must be lighted. How can this be done economically ? If the Light Co. is asking too much for Its service by no means pay it. Get the service where it can be secured the cheapest. The time for talking has passed and It Is now time to act. GERMAN SIDE rvr inr 1 T r i n Or (jRfcAl WAR Given by Frank Emmerling, Who is Visiting in Ger many, in Letter ENGLAND IS L A J 11 t I) I Envy and Jealousy Being Charged Feeling of German People Does Not Know When He Will Get Home. Frank L Stevenson received a letter rrom Frank Emmerling, who Is in Germany, on Tuesday. Mr Emmer ling is visiting relatives in his Father Land and his letter while only most general In Its tone undoubtedly gives a clear Idea of the German sentiment and feeling in regard to this great war. At the urgent request of a repre sentative of the News-Herald Mr. Stevenson kindly consented to tne publication of the letter which is cer tain to be read with great interest by everyone and especially the many friends of Mr. Emmerling here. The letter follows : Gelsenkirciien, Aug. 19, 1914. Friend Frank : I shall send this via Holland still I have my doubts that It ever will reach you. This war seems to have cut off all connection between Europe and America. From sister I have had no line since I left. Got your letter and 2 papers that is all. This is the most stupendous war in all history. There will bo millions lighting on either side. The Germans ' have a great job before them, sur rounded on all sides by their enemies, but they have also a great fighting force and plenty or courage and the whole people are behind the army. Far over a million volunteers could not , at the present, at least, be mustered ( in. They have all the soldiers they I need and tine follows too. You must be very carefol when you read the re ports or the English papers, sometimes they are downright lies or at least colored very much In their favor. You know, of course, that the Germans took Liege in Belguim, a strong and modern fortilied place, in just about 4 dajs. We have several thousand cap tives hare in Westfalla, who have to work on public works, so as to make thtra pay for their board. Soon we shall have more or them I have not the least idea when I will be able to return to Hlllsboro again, the few ships that are sailing rrom Holland are all sold out. If it is im possible for me to be there at Xuias you must do the best you can. Mrs. Gore and daughter are stalled in Berlin J pleted by the openlng of school. The with about 20,000 other Americans. 1 m0st serious defoct In the building got a letter rrom ner yesterday. the laek of lh,ht ln the assemUV August -0. room, has been completly remedied by Just read In an extra that Japan is pla3in!r 2u0 sq ft. of glass in the roof, also on the side of German's enemies. The room ,g abundanUy Bhled now They want Kiaushau and harbor in . and presents a very pleaslnR appear China belonging to Germany. They i ance now that it has been treated t0 can easily taKe possession oi it, at the present at least, because there are only a few troops there. Germany very likely will lose also all colonies in Africa for awhile for the same reason. They have plenty to do in Europe. It will take only a rew days more when Belgium will be in the hands or Ger man soldiers and then France will be overrun by them. After that Russia will be whipped and that thoroughly. ' England is the real cause or the trouble, "pervidious alblon" envy and ' jealousy. They cannot brook a Great I Germany and to destroy it call into action the yellow race, the horrible 1 Russian and the Latin Race. The whole world she has set on lire. She is answerable for untold misery. As you perhaps know three or her minis ters have resigned. They would not be held responsible for such a calamity, where culture and civilization are at stake. Here the people are full of enthusiasm they have no fear like Blsmarks, "we Germans fear God and nobody else in this world." I The amount or private subscription has reached into millions. The wives and children or soldiers are well taken care or They all get their weekly allowance rrom the state or municipal ity. Germany is lucky in one respect. It lias a splendid harvest. Plenty of grain, hay, potatoes and meat. Meat is cheaper here than in America. I am well. Next week I go with ray sister to Ibbenbeeren, her home, again. I How are the boys Tell sister she should not worry. No reason for it. Tell Capt. Morgan I am still await ing the introduction to the Emperor. Send letters and papers via Holland. Best regards to all friends. Yours sincerely F. E. Archer Receives Fine Promotion. The following clipping taken from the Cincinnati Enquirer, telling of the Promotion of W O. Archer, formerly one of the proprietors of the Fllllsboro Dispatch, will be good news to his friends here : For work for which the State of Ohio was paying him $3,500 a year, William C. Archer, of Lancaster, Secretary of the State Industrial Commission, will receive from the state or New York $10,000 a year. UMfl.ln wk ... rnn ILf. A .!. ..Ill resign the Secretaryship of the Ohio . board and leave for New York, where he will have the title of General Man ager of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau, now getting under way In New York. Mr. Archer Is one of the few experts on workmen's compensa tion In the United States He helped install the Ohio system, having worked it for three years since the first elec tive law went Into effect. Some months ago he was loaned to Governor , Glynn to help initiate the New York j department. The New York Execu , tive was so highly pleased with his work that he asked him to come per manently. No decision has been ' reached as to his successor. j Bridge Contract Let. Three bridge contracts were let at the meeting of the county commis sioners on Monday. The Oregonla Bridge Co. secured the contract for building a steel beam ' bridge at Buford, contract including removing old bridges and setting up same at Sirabry's, price $483. Dodson, Wardlow & Smith secured the two other contracts. Repair of i steel bridge near residence of Josiah Polk on Hlllsboro and New Vienna pike with steel joists, concrete floor, etc., price $222 12; repair of Dodson' Creek bridge witli steel joists, etc., ' price $374 88. j A Detltlon was nresented askinir I for the building of a state highway f frnm Klnblnrr Clni-lnir in A Homo nAiinhtt I line, a distance of one mile. A motion was passed by the com missioners to readverlise for sale the one mile of state highway on Aliens burg and Lynchburg pike. No bids were received on this pike when it was offered for sale last week. School Opens September 21. School opens Manday, Sept. 21, ir. stead of 14, as previously announced. This delay is due to the railure of a part of the supplies for the repiiring of the Washington building In arriv ing promptly. These supplies are now here and the work will be com pleted in time for the opening The skylight has been placed in the assembly room as ordered and the in terior or the building lias been treated to a coat or paint and varnish. The toilet equipment complained of by Miss McNarnara and ordered re paired by the state is now being re- rjalred or rr nlaced. Tt will hn ram. a coat 0j pajm. Tne heating plan, and building to house it must neeessarily proceed more slow ly. The plans for the build ing and heating plant are now ready and will be submitted to the olllce this week. As soon as they have ap proved them bids will be called for and the contract let as speedily as possible. Hillsboro Wins Two. Hlllsboro defeated the Tuxolas, of Cincinnati, two straight games at the Fair Ground, winning the Sunday game easily by the score or 10 to 3 and taking the game Monday arter an up hill fight in eleven Innings by the score or 0 to 5. McAfee pitched Sunday for Hllls boro. Monday Van Zandt started for Hillsboro but was taken out In the sixth with the score 5 to 0 in favor of Tuxola. Deakyne then went in and only allowed two hits in the five in nings he pitched. In the sixtli Hills boro scored two runs and then came through in the eighth with three more tying the score. They were r.ot able to get another around until the eleventli when with one down "Tommy" White scored the wlnnirg run when Emery made a clean single. Home Coming. Don't forget the Home Coming or the I. O. O. F. Lodge at Pricetown, Saturday night, Sept. 12. All mem; bers of the order are cordially Invited to attend. A good program consist lng of a round table a number of speeches, Intespersed by music has been prepared. Refreshments will be served. Joe Howard spent Tuesday In Cin clnnatl. COURT NEWS IS ALL HERE Relatives of Susan A.Clouser Have Brought Suit to Break Will ESTATE HAD BEEN LEFT To Dr. McConnaughey and Rela tives Disinherited-Otlier Suits For Injunction, Di vorce and Damages. Four new cases were tiled in tho Common Pleas Court during the past week. Elizabeth Clouser Mearlck. Roblev D. Clouser, Lydia Shere, Charles A Clouser and Flora Uouser Ward against V. B. McConnaughey, Flora. A. McConnaughey, James Roads, Bes sie Summers. Byrda Edwards, Walter Smith, Mary Elizabeth Roads, Rolla. Ruckman', Fred Ruckman, Frank Ruckman, Madeline Ingraham and C. F. Uuderwcod, as executor of the will of Susan A. Clouser, deceased, is an action to contest the will or said Susan A. Clouser. The grounds upon which the plaintiffs claim that the paper writing purporting to be the will of Susan A. Clouser are not given, only the formal statement being made that it is not her last will and testament. The plaintiffs would have inherited the property of Miss Clouser, if no will had been made. The defendants are the legatees and devisees of the will The will leaves all of the property to Dr. V. B. McConnaughej, save for the minor bequests made, the DroDertv left to him being estimated to be worth $3,500 Miss Cloaser was 80 years of age at her death and the will was made only a few weeks before her deatn which occured Aug. 8. 1914. W. F. Strobel asks that Lillle Clem ents be enjoined from interferrinff with Ills possession and use or a store room situated on Jetierson street in Greenfield. He says that he leased the room of her on June 22, 1913 for a period of three years and to pay there for $10 a month ; that the defendant has entered into and is tearing down part of the building to his irrepjirab e damage. lie prays that she be enjoined from interferring with his use of the property and that he be quieted in his po-session of the same. Rebecca Robert, as guardian of Anna Roberts, a minor, seeks to secure from William Pointer an iron grev gekiinL' 0 years old and a judgment for 100 damages The plaintitl sajs that by reason of the false representa tions of the defendant that "ti Sept 5, 1914 she traded the grey gelding to the defendant for a black mare, paying 45 in addition. She says that the mare was defective and that this was known to the defendant although he warranted her to be sound. Laura E. Caplinger ask for a divorce rrom J ohn W. Caplinger on the grounds of gross neglect or duty and extreme cruelty. The parties were married at, Belfast Dec. 17. Ife91. and have no children. She also asks to be restored to her maiden name and for alimony Leesburg Auto Races. The people of Hillsboro, who went to the Auto Races at Leesburg Satur day afternoon were greatly disappoint ed in the result of the twenty mhe County Race. Only two cars entered this race, Donald McClaln, of Green field, Mercer, driven by Erk Kerr ami Ervin & Dragoo, Hlllsboro, Studebak er, 'Old Daisy," driven by Lewi3 Stanley. For the first seven laps this this was a most exciting race win ' Old Daisy" in the lead. On the start of the eighth lap the Mercer car took the lead and made such a dense dust that Stanley could not see to drive and almost ran into the fence Fiom this time on the race was with out excitement the Mercer winning easily. The two motorcycle races were very tame, there being four entries in eaci or them. Rosebloom, or Washington, easily won both of them. The other automobile race had to ba called off. Only two entries wera made In It, the Mercer, of Greenfield and a Speedwell from Washington, C. H. On the second or third lap the Spee well had a blow out and the race was called off. Rev. and Mrs. II. N. Faulconer and six children, of Philadelphia, Pa , were the guests or Mrs. Faulconer's sister, Mrs. Roy A. Haynes, Monday and I Tuesday. Mr. Faulconer and four of I the children left for home Tuesday In , their automobile, Mrs. Faulconer and the other children returning by the train. LAtMWfcntiiK.' jfcwy ,.JiAtJC WjtflfTwMi. Js-.. t -. i. . IT.Tt' If " "'TS