The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-01-23
BUSINESS MEN
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conclusively'the growth and prosperity
of the community. The deposits OF
the Merchants National Bank on Jan.
II, 1900 we're $251, 900 and on Jan. II,
1918 ware $4,000, an increase of
s34l, 900; the deposits Of the Farmers
& Traders National Bank, then a
private bank on Jan. II, 1900 were
1928, 900 and on Jan. II, 1913 were
1861, 900, az iuc"oaeo Of S329,0 the
deposits OF The ulllsboro Bank u
Savings Co which had been organized
only short time then, we're on Jan.
II, 1900 S36, 900 and on Jan. II, 1913
were 1854, 900, total net increase In
deposits of SS9S,000 ; and the deposits
of the smallest bank we're larger now
than the deposits of the largest bank
were then.
Mr.. Morrow then told of the changes
made in the N. & w. R. r. from here
to Sardinia ; how in 1900 it was in the
hands of local business men who were
conducting it not for profit but to
keep up competition with the B. q ..
and how it was now doing thriving
business and had as good roadbed as
the main road The Traction Com
pany had been constructed since 1900
and the added facilities it gave Hills
boro and surrounding territory were
mentioned.
In 1900, IA saloons we're running in
Hillsboro, Mr.. Morrow said, and the
decrease in crime. increase of bank
deposits and increase of business that
the figures just given showed, he
thought made it safe to say that "the
places that once knew them, would
know them no more, forever"
Then the streets were in terrible
condition, he said, and were generally
cleaned about once year and that
just before the spring election the
ash piles had disappeared and the
streets were cleaned there was not a
concrete walk in the town then and
there were miles of them now.
What was our most important in
stitution, our public schools, he took
up last. He said that in preparing
his paper he had had an interview
with Prof. Arter. superintendent or
the schools, and found that the school
had fewer teachers now than last
year and had $4,000 year less money
to run on than last year 4; that Prof.
Arter said the cause of this was the
one per cent. tax law. He then
enumerated a number of the needs of
the schools that Prof. Arter had told
him about that at least three more
teachers were needed for instruction
of the slow pupils gymnasium and
physical director manual training
and domestic science teachers and
special teacher in agriculture. He
said that we could not afford to be
niggardly with our schools that more
depended upon them than upon any
other institution. He stated that he
had heard our schools criticised and
thought that this criticism was un'
Just and undeserved. He then COM
pared the schools Of his day and the
schools Of this day, giving his own ex'
perience and comparing 1t with that
of his son. He told Of the manner OF
teaching when he was boy and OF
present day methods and showing
that he thought the present day
methods we're greatly superior to
those of his day. He urged his hearers
to take an interest in the schools, ex-
anime and find out the work that was
really being accomplished and come
to their aid in financial way.
j. NJ. Hibben, the veteran dry goods
followed Mr.. Morrow. His
subject was "Hillsboro's Foundation.
After referring in humorous way to
the geological foundation and telling
of the excitement caused by the bor-
ing for oil here in the SOS and OF
what we found beneath us, he spoke
of the important foundation, the peo'
pie who had founded and builded
Hillsboro. He stated that much
praise had been given the Puritan
Fathers, and deservedly so, but that
the Scotch Irish and French Hugenots
who had settled in Virginia were
deserving of as great praise that
these people and their descendants
had come on west from Virginia, set
tling in Pennsylvania and Kentucky
and some of the best coming to
Highland county the Nc cDowells,
Trimbles and Grand Girard's being
few named.
A few of the people, whom as boy
he had known and loved, and who had
left their impress upon Hillsboro, he
said, he wanted to speak about.
DIR. Jacob Kirby was the first OF the
old citizens mentioned. DR.. Kirby
did not believe in giving or taking
much medicine and never presented a
bill He then told of some of the