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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

C0rlstldn euuCdLlOH. L nus VIC udNC
the language OF the charter, the opin.
ion of an eminent attorney and the
decision of the court, that the col
lege cannot be used for any other
purpose than the cause of Christian
education. How utterly useless then
to be at the expense of buying up
those certificates with the hope OF
getting the property for their own
use, and we have no intimations that
they intended 1t for any other.
2. The second fact l present is
that the persons now in possession OF
the property had no legal right to
take the control of the college from
the Cincinnati Conference and Its
trustees. l regret the necessity of
making this statement, but the Inn
portance of the case creates the
necessity and the following reasons
are assigned. The charter of the
college says that "Its articles are
the fundamental laws of the corpora.
tom; again it says "The college
and corporation is placed under the
control of the Cincinnati Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
not just the Cincinnati Conference,
but the Cincinnati Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. 1t Is
not merely conference institution,
but 1t is one of the correctional In
stitutions of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and under the control OF the
Conference In trust. Again the char
ter says "The college and corpora
tion shall be governed by fifteen
trustees" those trustees have no au-
thority over the college, but what
they derive from the charter. Any
transaction not warranted by the
charter, the fundamental law, Is ille-
gal. The college is placed by, the
charter under the control of the Gin
cinnati Conference, but those in pos
session have taken the control from
the Conference in violation of the
charter and their possession is illegal
and no condition exist, nor has exist
ed, that justihes their action. The
charter provides but one condition
under which the Conference would
lose control of the college and that Is
"If the Conference by change of
faith or by division lose its identity
then its control would cease, but no,
such conditions have ever existed nor
is there any probability of their ever
existing.
g. The third fact present is that
those In possession have no claim on
the property of the college. This
fact is fully established in its being
devoted to the cause of Christian ed
ucation and to no other purpose, and
In its being one of the connectiona
institutions of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, no board or person hav
ing any property right in it, and als'
in the fact that those certificates
state plainly that "the interest only
is transferable. If they had th'
certificates for every one of thos'
4 fifteen hundred shares they convey nj
claim on the property for the inter
est is payable only in tuition and nj
stock Is transferable.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

4. The fourth fact considered Is,
"Have those persons in possession of
the college any claim for reimburse
ment for what they have paid out in
purchasing those certificate?" am
surprised that such a claim has been
presented. If reimbursement must
be made, upon what ground? 1t is
generally understood that when any
person through mistake or otherwise
makes a bad bargain, especially If
they alone are responsible, they are
expected to take their medicine"
with the best grace they can. Now
this whole movement is a series of
most serious mistakes. They made
mistake in trying to take the college
from the church ana Christian educa-
tion. They made a mistake in going
to court to have the corporation dis.
solved for the court decided against
them. They made mistakes in sup
posing those certificates would give
them some claim on the property.
They made mistake In supposing
that If they could get 1t out of the
hands of the Cincinnati Conference
they would have entire control of the
property. But If out of the hands of
the Conference 1t would still be an in
stitution of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and under its control, and
they made other mistakes that need
not be named. And for all these mis-
takes and the trouble and loss 1t has
entailed on them and others they
alone are responsible. 1t was not
brought on them by the Cincinnati
Conference nor any one else. When
the Conference accepted the control
of the college 1t assumed the respon'
sibility of carrying out the design of
the charter in seeing that the school
was Christian school, and that the
property was not diverted to any
other purpose. And when the effort
was made to take 1t from its control
1t must resist that effort or betraV
the trust committee, which 1t could
not no, hence the whole responsibility
of all this tronble and loss rests upon
those now claiming reimbursement
Now, If those men are to be reim-
bursed, who is to reimburse the Gin
cinnati Conference for the trouble
and loss imposed upon 1t and its
trustees, and who is to reimburse the
citizens of Hillsboro for the blighting
effect of the litigation from which
they have suffered all these years and
who, with their board of education
have suffered the inconvenience and
loss of being kept out of the use OF
the college property for school pur
poses for six or seven years and have
caused them heavy expense in tryinl
to secure their rights? And the
property has been laying idle al
these years and suffered serious dam
age from neglect. But for their for
chile exclusion the property woul'
have been usefully employed all thi
time.
have presented these facts as ;
, citizen of Hillsboro, with which, ant
its vicinity, have been identified al
my life of eighty-four years. l pre-
sent them In behalf of the citizens o
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
Prison Demon Asks For Pardon.

Ira Marlatt, formerly known as the
"prison Demon" who has been con-
fined In the penitentiary for almost
twenty years, has applied for pardon
and his case may be heard at the next
meeting of the pardon board. Ira's
behavior has been good for the past
nine years, but before that he we'll
earned the appellation bestowed upon
him. as he half killed several guards
and became 80 desperate that he was
kept in steel cage. Kind treatment
converted him into tractability.
Marlatt was sent up for life for
killing Barak Ashton, Quaker, who
resided near East Fairfield, Coium-
biana county.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Somehow we can't help suspecting
that these stories-there' been two
or three of them in papers within the
past week about rats" in womens
hair DETECTING bullets and doing other
lite saving stunts, emenate from the
press agents of the folks who manu-
facture them-the rats" Of course
the stories also emenate from the
folks who manufacture them, but that
isn't the point,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Rev. ]. Spencer Smith, pastor of a
Methodist church at Westchester, is
at loggerheads with his flock because
he told in his sermon Sunday before
last that he had received only sl2 sal
arT in four months, and followed it up
Sunday night with few more plain
truths. Brother Smith is consistent
In refusing to give up his work in the
face of these facts. A community
like that is certainly in need of fear
less III ssionary work
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
Baby Show is over.

The baby show at the Orpheum
closed Saturday night. In class l
there we're nineteen contestants and
in class fourteen. In the former
the first prize, o. in gold, went to
Sara, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Roy
Rogers ; the second Japanese china
set, to Carol Elizabeth, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark. In class
2 the first prize, writing desk, was
won by Georgianna, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. d. d. Hiestand the second,
a solid silver set, went to Thelma,
daughter of Mrs. Mamie Ward. The
result was decided by ballot of patrons
of the theatre and the campaign
caused some ardent electioneering
q. j. Erwin, s. w. Hiestand and Fred
Larkin acted as committee to count
the votes.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

DIR. w. W. Glenn will sail today
from New York for Europe. While
there he will visit the hospitals of
Paris, Berlin and Vienna and attend
the meeting of the International
Medical Congress at Buda.Pesth,
Austro- Hungary, August 30 to Sep
tember A. The doctor will be gone
about five weeks, sailing from Ham.
burg on the return trip September IL,
The international Medical Congress
is the largest medical society in the
world and the leading physicians
from all countries will be at the
meeting.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
POOR PROSPECT
For Fruit This Year As Shown
by the Report OF Ohio Depart
ment Of Agriculture.

The following report Issued Aug. l,
showed percentage estimates of the
condition or prospect of the crops
named, based upon reports received
from the regular crop correspon.
dents of the Ohio Department of Ag-
riculture
Wheat, prospect compared with
an average 10 per cent. average date
of harvest July 4.
Oats, prospect compared with an
average, 80 per cent average date of
harvest July IL.
Barley, average date of harvest
July IL.
Rye, average date of harvest, July
8.
Glover, area sown in 1908 cut for
hay, 66 per cent; hay, product per
acre 46 tons; quality compared
with an average SO per cent.
Timothy, prosbect compared with
an average, SO per cent.
Potatoes, prospect compared with
an average, SO per cent.
Tobacco, condition compared with
an average, SO per cent.
Pastures, condition compared with
an average, SO per cent.
Apples, prospect compared with an
average, 30 per cent.
Peaches, prospect compared with
an average, 3S per cent.
Pears, prospect compared with an
average, 80 per cent.
Grapes, prospect compared with an
average, SO per cent.
Berries, product compared with an
average, 6S per cent.
The prospect for Ohio's wheat har.
vest is approximately the same as es-
timated by this Department one
month ago, showing 70 per cent. of an
average as against II per cent. re.
ported July l. The prospect varies
greatly over the state, and while in
the majority of the counties 1t is es-
timated the yield will be satisfactory,
there are many discouraging reports.
Threshing to large extent has been
retarded by wet weather conditions.
Some complaint of crop being dam
aged in shock by the continued rain
falls. Where threshing has been
completed reports vary greatly as to
quality of grain and average produc-
tion per acre. The average date of
harvesting is about one week later
than that of 1908. AS stated In pre-
vious reports, an exceeding short
area remained for the harvest, and
with the present prospect reported
the total production for the state will
necessarily be far below an average.
While oats show decline in pros
pect OF per cent. during the past
month, the outlook is very promising
and the harvest should be bountiful.
In some sections of the state the crop
is badly lodged owing to heavy wind
and hail storms. The present pros
pect is estimated at 92 per cent. COM
pared with an average. Some few
correspondents report damage by
rust.
Correspondents, generally, note fine
condition of corn.
Potatoes show no material decline
in prospect compared with last
month, being now estimated at SO
per cent. compared with an average.
Pastures, generally, are in excel
lent condition.
Compared with an average, fruit
prospects are discouraging, being re-
ported as follows; apple, 80 per cent;
peaches, 3S per cent pears, 80 per
cent.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

If the next legislature wants to con-
slider the subject of taxation from an
intelligent standpoint they ought TO
look into the merits of the inheritance
tax. II is true that the inheritance
taxation law was once upon the stat
ute books and that it was repealed
for the reason that people did not
generally understand 1t. Now that
the fedora, government has left to
the states the right TO impose an in
heritance tax it seems to be natural
that Ohio should re-enact such a law
next winter. There are good argu-
ments in favor of an inheritance tax
and no tenable ones against it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

In view of the report that Pennsyl-
vania farmer is raising six.legged
hogs we begin to hope that lower
prices for picked pigs feet may soon
be an actuality instead of an lrrides.
cent dream.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Bill Finley, chairman of the Demo
cratic State Executive Committee,
former oil Inspector, etc, etc, has
come in for serious criticism at the
hands of examiners of the State
bureau of public accounting. 1t is
pointed out that Finley owes the State
more than 81 900 for fees illegally col
lected and paid to deputy inspectors.
The report indicates that Finley con-
Quoted the office in slip'shod way.
Governor Harmon has promised the
State oil inspectorship to Finley. Will
he give it to him nowY If the Cover
nor does he will be criticized by the
public for playing politics, and If not
he will be damned by Finley and his
friends,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Now it's the wireless telephone.
Next thing you know you'll not be
able to think without its being regis.
tered by some sort of contrivance
a few miles away.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
LETTERS
From Our Readers

This column is intended as medium
for the opinion of orr readers. The we,cS
oppressed are not in any case to be consid-
cred those of the NeCs- Herald.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
Announcement.

will be candidate for the nomi'
nation tor Township and Corporation
Treasurer on the Republican ticket at
the primary to be held Sept. 7, SUBJ
ject to the wishes of the members of
that party. WADE TURNER.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Every person in the county should
consider himself-or herself, as the
case may bean ex offlcio committee
of one to boost the Fall Exposition.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Footwear Will Not Be Much
Lower" says a headline in the es-
teemed Cincinnati Enquirer. The
reference was to the tariff, of course.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
Privileges for Sale.

Persons desiring privileges for the
Street Exposition this fall can obtain
all information in regard to same by
applying to Sam r. Free.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

The Fall Exposition and street fair
will be the next big event.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Now get busy preparing for the
Fall Expo.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Miss Maud McCoppin has returned
to her home at Milwood after visiting
relatives here.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Should anyone ask you, the Fall Ex.
position will be held Oct. 5, 6 and I.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

WAS Justice Served" orpheum
Thursday and Friday nights. It's a
"Blograph". Nuff ced.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12

Isaac Kaufman, of Cincinnati, was
the guest of Isaac Cohn over Sunday.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-08-12
ADVERTISING RATES

Will be Made Known on Application
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26
THIS HORSE TRADE
ANNOYS COURT

'Interes reipublicae ut sit fms litium,
says the state court of appeals in the case
of Fudge V ely; which translated means
I'VE are dadgum tired of having this
case sent back to us, and we don't want
to see it again as long as we live"
Fudge VS.. Kelly is horse-swapping case
1t has been before the state court of ap-
peals three times. The court is quite eX-
cusably determined to down this Banquo
ghost that keeps rising before it,
Fudge and Kelly snapped horses, two or
three years ago. down in Miller county.
Whether the horses were plugs or blue
rlbboners. the record saith not They
were simply horses, and that was suff1-
cient for the law.
1t would have ended there had not
Il ia been executed on the horse Kelly
drew. Then Kelly charged fraud against
Fudge. Fudge showed how he had bought
the horse from williams. Williams passed
the buck by showing how he had bought
IL from Cowart. But Cowart was the hoo
doc on the transaction. Under the fl ia
against Cowart the property was seized.
That's where the trouble began, and
there's where it comes back to.
If the fl ia was on record at the time OF
the swap, rules the court of appeals,
the court below is directed to return a
summary verdict in favor of Fudge II it
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26
To Enjoy

the full confidence of the Informed
of the World and the Commendation of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
fishes full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity of pro-
duct, which they demand in laxative
remedy of an ethical character, are assured
by the Company's original method of man.
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most benefcially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26

1 want to say a few words to you delicate
women who live where you can't get help
for love nor money, as l do. Washing was
always a dread from enc week TO the other
until I learned how. I have a washer and
wrInger; fill my pot the night before; have
the boys to make fire under 1t while
cook breakfast. make my starch and melt my
soap az bought soap). I soap my incest things
first and put them in the washer, make the
water in the pot soapy and add three spoonsful
coal ell. When the water feels hot, but not
boiling, l pour it the clothes and my
eight-year-old boy turns 1t ten or fifteen
which / have soaped. While he turns the
washer turn the ones Just washed wrong side
out as IL to boil, and put clear water in
the pot and bring to boil and blue II. When
all have been washed and turned they put
back the same way into the washer and the
boiling water put them and then turned
five or ten minutes; wiring out, starch and
hang out.
Now. don't turn up your nose; they are
sweet and clean!
Some things have to be soaped more ana
rubbed with my hand before l wiring them,
but not many. l always washed the old way
until l found out by experience that this was
better; the clothes are just clean and not
half the labor. At night 1 fold my sheets,
towels milk cloths and all other such things
the line and put them away. This reduces
the ironing to half, and such things run
through a wringer carefully need no ironing.
/ am afraid I've staid too long. n not,
am coming back time and give you
some recipes i like.
have written before, but under another
name. I wAsh you to know me as
ALABAMA MARY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26
A Helpful Letter

Dear Household-It has been almost year
since I was with you. But every one OF your
letters have been read by me.
We thought IL necessary to cut out some Of
our papers this spring, as we were taking
more than we could read, but when tried
to decide which one it should be 1t was Ike
the piece in one of the readers where John
and his wife tried to decide which child thy
name each over, but in some way It was SO
dear they couldn't spare ii. / know that dear
old piece by heart though It's nearly
twenty years since I read it. 1t begins: Il
looked at John; John looked at me.
That's the way with the papers, sald
Well. just can't stop The Atlanta semi PAL.
Miss Thomas was such help to me during
my greatest trouble that it would be like
sighting a dear friend.
So my husband suggested that these pages
be put up to themselves and the price would
be less and more women could take 1t. Well
expect the most of the sisters wouidn I
letters from friends to help me as Chat always
: does. And, Busy Bee, 1 do wish l knew you
personally. We have some things in common
And opal and Rowgan, now wouldn't you
like to see these two together? II would be
Jolly couple! ! wishing she is the cor
rect guesser and will accept his first offer.
But then. some say their temperaments are
too much alike That opposites are more con-
GENIAL Well maybe they are, but people say
my John and / favor and we are exactly the
same height and what one likes the other
does also. And you better not say we don
get along-peasantly, / mean.
Can some Of you who have had experience
in staining pine floors tell me what you used
| I've tried ready-made paint, but do not like
| it, / want to stain all my floors this spring
/ and do not wish to experiment so II You
/ who know will be as willing to advise me
/ as some are to advise girls whom they should
marry, I Will promise to be more liable to
4 take Il. OF course, they Will marry just as
they want TO. / think they want to see how
popular they can make themselves, for every
4 body knows how people like to give advice
about matrimony, and I've never known one
yet 10 take it,
| have teen put TO my wits end this winter
| to keep my three boys with whooping cougn
indoors. / let them play store, run lunch
stands teach school and preach and l can't
/ work for listening. They are three, five and
eight years old. And l get more help from
| them than some do their grown daughters.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-26
Why? Why? Why?

Dear Miss Thomas: Your communication in
The Journal Of March is sweet and comfort
ing TO aching hearts. and l thank you for IT,.
1T is the place God meant for thee" Il
this is indeed true, one should not rebel
against the hand OF loving Father, 'wslC
chasteneth whom he loveth," and makes no
mistakes I think a devout Christian believes
this But though do love and trust Him
and believe in His Word. there are dark days
when the human side OF man will predomI-
nate and we rebel and murmur at ouI
lot. as our dearest idols lie shattered I'm thu
dust Of disappointment and defeat. When
We see those we cannot love usurping the
places we would fiji by own best loved
ones: when other hearts filled with
parental love and JOY and our own lonely
hearts are barren, with no sweet little lips
to prattle and no little feet to do sweet err
rands Of love. and place warm kisses on our