Seven tieth Year
WAYNfiJSVILLE, OHIO , WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1918
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Wh en you hear thekR i~e rr o!l r inll' , And you :;ce the Zeppli a-soarin g. Buy a Thrift. Stamp When the hoches stllrl a· raiding . With an alli~d line a·fading , Buy a Thdft i::lLamp. When th t! >lubmar ille is sinking . Atnl the l'euton line i ~ slinking , . B!,l.V a T hrif.t Stamp Buy a Tlirift Stu mp ev' ry dllY Its th e .pul riotic way, Buy a Thrift Stamp. - George Stumm .
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A, 'rhrift Stamp a dllY k.eeps the huns away , A dollu spen t need lessly-a dollar that employs labor or · consum es ma te rial in competi · tion with the governm enl - is an ally of the ene my; it is a trai to r dollar Your dnllarl' Clln be ' patrioti c dollars if invested in War Sllving sStamp s,
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L Crane was in Xenin Thursd ay on busineas. Dr. Dill, Osteopa th 21 S, Broad way, Lebanon. Oh io. Mr, an(l Mr~. Rulph Smi th were in :Cincinnati 'fhur8liay.
at Nationu l HeadQu t r5 11lSt. 'J'U(!:'· day af ternoon Wnat he said wu s nol on ly for them but for v ry membe r of the Anwric an Red ' 1'0. H He gave wha t lIli~ht be te1'm tI Ii " fum ily talk." · While he sp(lk B Major Murphy stood on the landin g of the mllin stairc8s<l. !:lis uudienc was ab"vtl him, below him anrl on both sides of him The meeting was one.lha t will not Roon be fOI ~o tt ~n hy anyone fortunrl le enough to be there . Major Murphy paid in part: I am very glad that before my serv i('e for lhe Reol CrO!>l! lermina ted it was possible for me to come here anrl spellk lo you, bl!rouse 1 w nl to tell you not only for myself but for every ntemhe l' of our orl.lanization ovar there what II LI'l.lUHmdous debt of gratit.u de we owe to yo u and th e others canyin g on the ·work on this side, I know that the work that has bllCD accomp l i ~ he(l by lhe Amer iCAn R·d Cross sin 'e we started Oll r prp.~ nl work, shortly ufter the uu t break of the war, has !Jeen th g re test work of its kind that ever was done in the history of the world . No "'ork of II si milar nature hl18 ever been dreamtld of beJ'oreand Y(lU can not unde rstand on Ihis side 01 the water what an effect. it has had on the war abroad We have had II Kupport abroad th like of wt.ich I did not dare t o dream of when I w ntover. We have beel! backed , and h II' d . and support ed. and cheered f rom th is side of th water in a way tt-at w uld have made It impossible fo r' any organization. Aven s very meagre one, to do .o lher than excellen t work.
Walter Clist wall in Xenia one day last weell 01) bUllin ess. R. G. Crqa' wal' a business visitor ill Columbus Thu·r sdlW. Beaul'iful desij{ns a nd shupes in Valenti nes at J at,ney's .
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Mm. Hannah Alltram hus been The D. L & C. will ente r, Dayton very ill for the Jla t tew days, after years of effor t to bring about r.onnections into that city, The Arthur Wblle and Elhan Grane tracks will be j oined Lo the regular were Dayton vi ~ itorB Friday after· t racks leadillg into the city. and it will give several manufa cturers an noon. e!;l!li r qutlel 10 il)eir murke ls , es· Corp. Forrest Itidge left Friday peciall.1 theCl18h Registll r Co About for Monlgoinery. ·Ala,. to ,join hili 200 feet of tracks is all t.hat is neces , sary 10 be built to mak I he entranc e regimen t, comple te . This rond has surely its tro ubles Fred Har-taock went to Ci ncinnat i ill tryimf to get intohad ci ty. and lut week, whele he had his toneils throug h the efforts of Jthe oh n Paller· taken out. son and others. who will be most interest ed, it is :;nid tha t the nu tho r MIE Inis Davis. of Dayton. is vis- ities will grun t th ir rlllU t Ilnd ld iting her mother, Mrs, Sarah Davip, them in , • Thi ' road wus the only one lIlaC of Corwin, ' did a ny busin .~ s dllring lhe great flood. and th t'o ugh its manil,ulaLions Make your selections of Valentin es the ci tizens o{ Uavton Wtlre greatly early btlfore a:;sorlm cnt Is bruken. relievpd at all tilDes. It is II hame J. E, Janney . that t'hat the rood has not beell p r· mittl!d to enter tho city long since . Mr. and ,MrR. Myer Hyman and --~ .... ... daught er spent Sundav and Monday with relatives in Xenia.
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Cedar Stamps with all· purchas cs - at the S Fred Company. Lebenon, Big Store Expalldion ale now 011.
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: I:~\~~~\c~tj~ie.! thehl~~~:I~llg thL'!:do~j~l:~:' i~t~:~hh~h:~' ~ : society ; : '. Then came th e w a r. • Tho day it came, the boy volunte ered. JIe was under : drnft age, 'and was ll ot compelled to go in to the s ervice : of hi s coltt:\try. But he volunte ered . It w as t he first t ime : he had been away from home - the first time f or t wenty • years the li ttle family had been separat ed. :. Fur eigh t morlth s the boy had been sleepin g ben eath : a t ~nl, drillinj4, wOI'king, trainin g, leamin g to be a soldier . a l.h Olll>and mil es f!'Om home. For eig-ht month s th e mother h as ' been gazing a~ a picture of th e boy, and waiting for the postma n to bnng he r a letter from the child. Only the God a bove knows the anxiety of her h eart, the mothel'-Ion~ing fO.r the pl'esence of the babe of her breast , t 10 ang Uish whIch s h e undergoe s , , ' . For ei ght month s the father h as gone about hiS work, t h inldng of his boy, h elpin g f or him , prayin g f or him, providing .fQr h is sim))le want.'! and fo r the simple wants of • the moUler and himsel f. : F or the boy draws no pay from the govern ment. Every : cent that is offered t o h im is returne d to the g overnm ent
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pay ·to him for being a soldier, It has now come to the point where th e boy needs food. He needs blanke ts to keep him warm. H e needs a gun to figh t wi t h. He !l eeds tl'ans porhlti on to FI·ance . where h e is eager t o go and have thil thing ovel' as soon as possibl e, so he can return to his mother a nd fath er. He needs everythi ng a soldi er needs - and tie has no money, and his father has I'Nlched the lim it of his nbility to provide . . The govern ment tells the hoy, in substan ce, he will have to borrow t h e money to suppor t h imself until the war is rover. That i s, the govel'l lment will have 1;0 bonow it for
: • : : fueb~ • Will you lend this boy a quarte r? : He pl;omis es to give his life for it, if need be. He is ready to fight for you, if you will but equip him. He wants : to go to France , to meet the enemy face to face, if he can : • bOlTOW the quarte r. : Th e govern ment says it will go the boy's securit y. w ill issue you a stamp, or bond, or guaran tee that the • quarte r will be ·repaid . : The mothe r and father ha''le an humble home. They : will pledge that home as securit ¥ if you will lend their boy • a quarte r te buy food and clothin~ and blanke ts. : A hundre d million other people in this countr y will pledge all they have if you lend the quarte r to the boy. You who sit in emmer t; you. who have three good tn ' a ls a da: , and , warmt h In thE! house; you who p about . your daily tasks, cheerfu l and happy, your wants provide d for - at'e you willing" to see this mother 's boy underf ed, • una r m ed , r agged in the trench es and the camp? The family has been broken up - for you. The grief of t he mother is your grief, 01- should be. .T he 8trug~les of the father should be your struggl es. The hardsh ips wh.ich the boy is undergoing ill the trainin g camp - the coaTse food he is eating, the hard bed upon which he sleeps, t he wet clothes he wears and the exposu re which he fers, are all your affairs, the affairs of every man sufand wOlnan and child in the United States. . Will you lend this boy a q uarter? You can do 80 by •• buying War Saving s Stamps at your store.
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.PRAISE BELONGS MIGHTY CHAMPION TREES CUT ALONG POSTMASTER DIES NEAR BOSTON RIVER BOTTOMS EXAMINATION
Mr. and Mrs M. P. Clyburn . of Chillicothe, Ohio. were. the week·en d guests of Rev. J. F , Cadwal lader In reading last.wee k's 13sl1e of t he and family, MIami . Gazette . we noticed the boo quets given by "ye editor" for the Mr. and Mrs G, W. Hllwk~ and mail 'buys , They are pajd t Ol- their .Mr _ Fred Hawke wele Sunday visi· wnrk., 1 hea r aome one say, ano tors at the homE' of Mr, and Mrs , A. ~ ho~ld go every day rega rdless of B. Shapero of the Harvey sburg pike. weathe r • -Our efficient carrier, ('; eo Mill s. Depend able ml!rchandise is rapid· was the only connect ing Iinle b,twcen Iy ailvancing in price , Supply vour Ul! and the outRide world for ~e. v t' ral needs during the remaini ng of days days, He made hill trip ~ on a.tys of the S. Fred Company, Lebanon when he 'sbould havA sta}'ert li t home by .the fire Patron& did 1I0t eXiled Big Store Illxpansion Sale. or a8k it of him, We cerlRinly should be vl'ry Lhn J'l k· The regular meeting of St. Mary'B ful Guild will be held at the home of " forbilvi ngsullh &, faithful servant Walter A Clark, Mrs, Geo . Hartsoc k on Thursd ay --afterno lln. A full attenda nce Is de iired.
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Anothe r ';'ighty man has fallen and gone the way of hiS" f orefath ers . John L , Sullivan, the pugilist , phil· bnthrop ist and ad died on hia farm near week. lifter a hard struggl e for The name of John ' L . Sullivan heen a fa miliar one for the pad sev· eral years. and his fri ends who .h ave had .tbe privileg e of beinlr near him. say that he wall an honl'st man in' all his dealings, even whil!J1t the rihg, and the Americ an peorJre . ~v~ hon , ored blm .fa,r ·a~oye the maJorit y of ollr AmerlC:an CI.tlZ!!ns . f.le wae for ~ears the chal!lpl~n of the rlnJ{. and It took Bob Fitzsim mons and hiS t? knock him out from ~ia high h~n. All hon~r to Sullivan and may hiS 8Ihes rest In p.ace, ,
Owntlrs. of IlInd along the river nnd race have s p~nt almost all of the winter cutting wood off these st renms Thill wood cutting has not only helped t he slreams but it has added Il grf;!at deal of weal ~h to the river bottoms . The trl!es have been standir lg' for years, and tbeir roots have enroacb ed mo re d more on' the Hl reams. until, in some places. tbey have driven the dYer to make inroadl into the fields, A .glance·up Rnd down thestrea mB Bees a great chanlCe, There were tol) many trees along t he river. and since the coal shortag e it was a wise plan 16' j{o to the river 10 get the wood for the house. Several hundt'ed oords have been cut. and elm. white ayea· more and several species of treea
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Learn the W. S S, TablA: On e quarter makes one Thrift SLamp, ,'ixre!;'n Thrift Stamps plus a few tamps mak.es one W. S. S. One W, S, S, inakes $5 in 1923. If you loan your money to the Jrnvernment you do two thi n\ls: You give your country credit and give the !<overnm ent room in the work tlhop to get its job done . ThE' hoardeel dollar is the idle dollar, and. with capital needed. it is Ii il rag on thEl commu nity , Milke your dollars work: buy United. States War Savings
Ohio redirl ents are on the 100kOltt for Germlln SlJil'S, Seve ral samplt!B of supposedly " ,1 isoned" food hll ~ been su bm itted to the s tate a uI hor· ilies du rint.( the Pll9t week . hut Ihe laboruto ry dl t!l1listR hnva foulld lillie to support th ·su' fca rs, A lady at Urbans . who bought some cracker s at Ii grll ery store. complained t llat there was ground gtass in the crackllrs, alld tho case W8S turned over to t he l1uthorities One mouth ful (.f br aLi which an Stamp~. Ohio residen t had bitten fro m a slice SUCCE'S8 of the War Savings was f ound to con tain ground glass, but lhe · r est of the loaf was free St1l11l1)S campaig n depend s 0'1 from glass. G round glass was aleo Whtlther or no t you have the ~ame r espect fo r yotl r penni es fn und in a sample of gingers nap!! No explana.tion of thu preMenc e of that your governm ent has If yo u despise vou r little, the bur· the glass in th e ~e , t wu cases is know n Ground gla~s found in II sample of den of that litlle will have to be hog meal is supposed to have been shouldE'red by those who know due lo th e uae of garbag e tankuge ·its value Don't shirt the burill manufa cturing the m 'ai, a piecO! den to the other f ellow. of bottl e supposedly having beeu : - - - - - - - - - - - -...: I£round up with it. Many samples have been founu entire ly free of suspecl ed poisons. A g lass of wat~r into which some· Lody had dropper!!.I u5piri ous tablet I;efore he /lave it to a sick man COIltained no poison, Num ~ rous sam· pies of candy, fl our and olher ~ ub· stances have al:;o been proved harm· less . In one recent exami nation f or the State Liquor Li cen s in ~ Board , a . sample of " ginger al " sol d to a Candlemas Day was a bright one, soldi('r was found to contui n 15 per and the sun shone en?ugh all cent of alcohol. 'fhe seller is l acing make a shado w: and I~ Mr. ,day to Ground charges in federal cou r l . Hog 8ucceeded 10 diggmg himself ou through the heavy crust of snow, het surely saw his shadow, for it was bright all day, And it is reasoned by the wiseacr es that he did see hia shadow . for be· hold how it came on sinking in deeper eve r. Woo!! Anothe r cold snap, af\er people had hoped. better weathe r WI18 coming . Sunday momln g the thermo meter was at the freezin g Monday was a dull day here. The point until afterno on, when a grocerie s were shut down at 1I00n. west wind maue it go down strong again. and but few rigs were on the streets. and Monday mornin g it was about 8 Th, coal situatio n is not much bet· degrees below. ter. Setb Cook got a car in Monda~ Thursday', Friday and Saturda y of which helped a bit. but there are sev. last week had its almost zero weathe r. eral orders on the list that cannot be but prognosticators 'gave promise of filled . , warmer weathe r for a daye. and Tbe achool board thoullb t of start. just when It was about few to happen , 1IiI, In~ the schools last weekj. but after it got cold sgain. mature consideration it was though t Wow! Anothe r night was advisable to wait until there will Monday. and when zero ts looked be eooulh coal procure d to see the at their thermo meterresiden and found that 8choolll through the winter. It is it was from 12 degrees down, not known. however. how Boon they they shivere d and went on back Into will be able to start. the house to poke up the wood , fire , At the power house there is JUBt Monday the thermo meter glared enough coal to pump the water and at the ze~o mark all .day, there is no a3Suran ce how soon the sun went down It was and ?"heo to allother CBr will arrive, Meanwhile the line between down and forced up . . the town is without lights . The Weathe r Man haa promIsed _ __ •• __- -little change for the balance of tbea week. and if he wUI only keep It up for a week. anyway, it will bririg a migh ty relief to the zero denizen s of this storm·s tayed country .
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The' United States Civil Service Commission has announ ced an exam· inatlon to be held at Xenia. Ohio, on March 9, 19H!, 8S a reA,ult of wbicb it is expecte d to make certifica tion to fill a contem plated vacancy In the position of foutth ·elass pOltml ster at Corwin , Ohio. and other vacancies as they may occur at that olft.ce. unleu itshaJl be decided in the Interest.s of the service to fill the va· caney by reinstat ement. The com· pensatlo n oft261, the for p08t,na thll office was thester lastatfiacal
GIVEN THE RIGHT TO ABANDON ROAD
On the grounds that req ui rement s of the law were not co mplip.d with. the Suprem e Court yesterd ay dis· missed the appeal of the Villages of Bellbro anrl Spring Valley. the Greene ok county commissioners and citizens, ,for reversa l f tho ,decision o! the Public Utilities c mmission which gave the D. S anu X . i::l Trae· tlon company the rhcht to a uandon its Iin~s betweell Hoslyn and 'pring Valley. 1'he company obt llined !iu · thority from lhe commissio n to abandon the division on the g rounds that it could not be opera ted at II 'groftt, and immedi ately afterwa nl egan to tear up lhe tracks . Tbe obJ·ectors. it was held, fai led to ask a rehearin ~ before t he com mission before making t he appeRI to the Suprem e court anrl th e order of suspension made b .. the commiAsion will therefo re be all owed to slanel . -Xenia Gazette . '
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~UAIL .AND WILD 81ROS ·SUffER Quail nnd other wild birds and ani· mal!! have suffered g reatly as are· ~ ult of the. long continu ed extrem ely cold weather und . co ntinued snow· falls. The wild creaLur es have been una· ble to get food because the ground is, covered continually with snow, and hl.mdreds of them have crawled into shelter antI di ed , Racoons w' h'IeII can I'Ive f or severa I weeks without n o uri ~ nm ent, it is . seenre f Quent Iy on t he are belng uest of food . A Gl'een e ,ullly man walking on his farm lust week . said that he saw a racoon walking along the top of a rail fenco. The animal • . evidently very hungry left the fen~e and clime toward him . The animal was killed with a blow from a club , Its ~kin was 8 pa.rticul arlv · fine one. and was_ sold for..a__ good __ • _sum __,
bl8llu, aDd full In· 'TIC M 'USIC AL ' PATRIO. ~!~t!~ ~b~:~~:l~~uo~:.!e~ l:: CORWIN POSTOFfICE. HAS AlT'ACK Of cured from the postmu ter at the place of vacanC1 or from the United , COMEDY IN,XENIA _' •- . ~:~~:;~~j~:!t~he chopp.era with ~:!esh.lngC::!I. D~~~lc. CommlBllon, The vacancy in the Corwin ST., VITUS DANCE It il! said that the trunks of these olftce has not yet been filled, and post· Miss , . will be taken out of theatre am. • • Dora Stiles is still acting COLL in ECT the The J. A. Long Creame ry Station ca· ALL . . , the thaw c~lJIea. ~ung, society p~opl~ of ~en~a a~e paclty of postmistress, having rewish to t.hank. all their old· custom ers man.lf sting an active mterest Ilgned several weeks ago. Miss Stiles Miss LouiGe- Woolley. charmin the lor past patlona gl!, and wish to ~~mmg local talent. p~~duct OLD KID GLOV ES g •- • ion of hopes that some one wUl , little daught er of Mr. and Mrs . F. notify them .that they have moved to 1he Red Cross ' Girl. .new and that the. postoffice may be retamed A. Woolley, of Dayton . is con.'ined " , . PHEASANT. EGGS GUsH.n'!! old wht:re Lhev will SPICY musical c~m edy wrltteo ami In Corwin , . be' leased tostand, ' eee tbem and as many to her bed with 8t. Vitu8 dance. , ENLIS d·i reeted by E Gleeson McCarty. of TED WITH . The Corwm people .are relucta,n t brougb t on by . . ne: customers as possible . Paying ~olumbus. which ~1I\ be , p~egent . too close application ed Ch~ldren. do your bit by ~olJectlng to have Miss Stiles resIgn her dutIl'S to study. . . , . ' 51 cente thiS week , " , I~ thtl Xenia OpAra House on the old kid gloves ,of any color. TO' in BE the ' DISTR postoffi ce. IBUTE as she D has been a ,a nd bring all probabi lity. she will ,not mghts of Ei'ebruary II and J2 , The them t o the LIbrary . . QUARTER' MA·STER v.ry,fa lthful and oblillmg officer. attend achool any more tbis winter. Red Cross will be a beneficiary of the Acco rdinj( to the "Wome n's J P d t
, Ben Purks, who left htlre ,a week ago ano .wenl to Cincinnari. where he wlll examin ed for fireman, passed .a good examin ation; and hl18 Ii po81t1ol;l . on the PennsylvBni~ ·, lines, between Richm~nd and Springfield.
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Corp. ease r.e~ erlras, wh 0 hae been home for tile put thr~. \~etlk~, left. M'onday eyenln~ to ,reJom his regimen t at ¥ontgo mery. A~a Mr. Prender lrBl t • who came home oneda lick furloug h •. h~ about rell'aln his health. 81 hl8 vlsl~ ' home waf really better than mediCine for him.
AlI'ong those who attende d .'arm· era' Week at Columbu8 last week, were 14111 Elizabe th Chandl er 8f)Q RoeC04I Furnas. beeldes MVarai from Lebanon, Morrow IIDd Frankli n It fa .tlmate d that alleut aooo JJlIOple attende d the mteliq , and eve.., ....
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.8h01l. ' Tickets for the product ion are now on sale and 'the rooerve seat plllr w:11 be opened soon at Sayre & HE' mJ\· 11111 '!J drug. , store. ' ~;outh Detroit street, Xema . . • _ • ~~
Home Companion" these gloves will m!\de into vests for Frl)nch a~d Bel· gian soldiers. as yarn can not be secured ~or knittin sr.. ·· ·May ~r'lght . Henriet ta McKmsey • _ ..
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More than 80,090 pb..-n t. .... will be ted In tile varioUi Relativ es of Paul V. Reason, form- countleedistribu af.Ohlo nut epriDIr. accorderly of HarveYRburg but fortbe lut Ing'to actloll' chie.f and pm. "arden ~igbtyear8employ~bl/thflN.C R A, C. Baxter. of Golumb wt. It II at J>&yton. have reeti11ved WON said the.r e Is marked IU~ in th. aafe arrival at Camp ropqati on of pheuan ta du~ the Florida . on JaDual'1 ut two yean u IbOWD b, ~rta He ~ in ~e qUllrtElrmutlBr's recei.ed from 8portam en and hrm· div~n and writes .,. 25.000 cmeamp ed temlM'r atute at this tim. about .
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