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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-29

EBENEZER MENNONITE CHURCH
(Two miles west of Bluffton)
Howard T. Landes, Pastor
Thursday
500 Prayer and Bible Study,
Leader, Clifton Diller. -,
900 Rehearsal of Mems Chorus.
Sunday
$3.50 Sunday School, Evan Som
mers, Superintendent.
10:30 A. NJ. Morning Worship.
Message by the Pastor.
Offering for missions. .=
7:30 Joint missionary program.
Speaker Miss Mary Ellen Boehr who
has been accepted as a missionary to
Formosa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-29

500 P. NJ. Evening Service.
The Bible is the inspired Word of
God and final authority for all
matters of daily living.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-29
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

T1hSI mEAN4No4NI4C SA ASNSh
Earl Lehman-DirectOr of Music
Sunday
9:30-10:30 Sunday School Hour
Kenneth Winkler, Superintendent.
10:30-11:30 Worship Hour
Sermon by the Pastor
6:3O Pm. Senior High Youth
Fellowship meets at the Parsonage
for a Wiener Roast.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-29
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Corner of Elm and Lawn Avenue)

Rev. Clarence Yeager, Pastor
Mail address: st. Rita's Hospital
Lima, Ohio
900 A. M. Saturday, Sunday school.
Sunday Masses:
2 Low Masses - 500 and 10:00
Holy Days $50 P. NJ.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-07-29

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday School $3.50 A. M.
Sunday Services at 10:30 A. M.
Subject: Truth"
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

defy anybody or any authority
getting the prisoner away from
here" Someone said, Il think
ne is the man who was in the
school house last night" Anoth-
er said. Il don't believe he is. =
The upshot of it all was that
Colby went away without serv-
ing his warrant, because we
could not find the defendant, and
because / thought it could not be
served; my reason was, what l
heard and saw led me to believe
that no two or three men could
possibly take (the) defendant
away"
Corporal Davidson, who had
been 100 yards or so behind
Coyle, thought "75 to 100 men
were drawn up in line" and
observed that go to Is men were
following US, all armed" Three
men trailed the posse as it left
town, he said, "but made no
demonstration" Virgil T. Brot-
ton, who had been at the school
house the night before and had
spent the night in Hoskinsville,
saw three men go by with guns
while ne was putting his clothes
on. When he went into the street
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

of hell to take away q boy from
Noble county" After this Hardy
Jumped from the horse and
started to leave the crowd; was
ordered to halt, but not being a
military man, did not halt"
ITS a laundering shame the
way they used Hardy at Hoskins-
Vile, Archibald Baker remark
ed to William w. Farmhouse lat
er in the day.
1T will learn Hardy to attend
to his own business hereafter, ="
Farmhouse answered.
When Henry Wiley, Repub-
lican, saw Andrew Coyle and
said. Its bad state of affairs, !"
Coyle told him ne had been look
ing for it and that it might as
well come then as any time.
Then Wiley suggested that the
soldiers would be back and
Coyle said he expected them,
adding "We'll have to fight. ="
Willey's wife heard that and said
she wanted to be a hundred miles
away before the fighting started.
ut won't excuse you," Coyle
went on ''There will be fighting
all over the country" Wiley
talked about the superior
strength of disciplined soldiers.
1--WE can shoot them from the
woods" Coyle persisted.
At hotel in Caldwell next
day, f. w. Daniels saw Samuel
Marquis and three others come
in from Hoskinsville. Il have
been at the Hoskinsville war,
Marquis volunteered. They had
no difficulty with them and the
soldiers" Telling how Hardy
had ''poked his mob in, and they
put him round" he added, I'VE
are going to whale you fellows
(The RepubGcans) this summer;
you whaled us last summer, and
turn about IS fair play"
Stevenson Trimmer of Brook
field Township, who had been
''insulted" as he rode through
Hoskinsville, was talking to
Lewis Fisher about it on the 18th,
Fisher thought the Hoskinsville
crowd had been drinking freely,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

he saw the people collecting,
armed and unarmed" near and in
"the storehouse OF John Racey's, .
swearing and saying They in
tended to go to Mr.. Hardy's, and
tear down his house, disarm the
Federal soldiers, and parole and
send them home. He heard no
threats against the marshal,
however.
Thomas Crooks, who was in
the village about z o'clock on
the morning of the 18th, report
ed that the crowd appointed
Wesley McFerren "as Captain to
60 up to Mr.. Hardy's." When the
crowd said they were going to
disarm the soldiers, and parole
them and send them to their
regiment" and threatened to
hang Hardy because he was an
Abolitionist, Crooks saw
trouble pending and went home. -
There were about so armed
with guns, mostly rifles" he not
ed. INF Samuel Engle admonish-
ed the crowd not to go to Hardy's
house but to disperse; before !
left they went into the meadow
and were drilling under Meier
rem .
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15
The AMERICAN WAY

similar attack. In only one case
has charitable (?) organization
made the mistake of disregard
ing my ultimatum and this
erred only once because. / made
good my threat to throw the
gift (?) away
What has led me to write
about this charity racket at this
particular time is an editorial
that appeared in the June 18th
issue of the Arlington (Texas)
Record. Editor George w.
Hawkes. has given the matter
some constructive thought, From
here on l quote editor Hawkes.;
A GROWING RACKET
Housewives, business and pro-
fessional people, and the public
generally are constantly receiv-
ing merchandise in the mails
that they didn't order and don't
want.
Just this week we were the
recipient Of one of the most I'M
holy-looking neckties you ever
saw from a national veterans S
organization Not only was it in
ferior in quality to the usual 81
ties we drape around our necks,
but it wasn't the color nor the
pattern we would be caught
dead in.
These gratuitous deliveries are
invariably accompanied by a re-
quest for either payment of the
goods or their return to the ship
per (with you paying the postage
Of course)
In some instances, dunning
letters are later received, which
imply impropriety upon the part
Of the recipient for failure to re
init or return.
Just for the heck of it. we
checked with the Better Business
Bureau and found out the fol-
| lowing facts.
Recipients Of unordered mer-
chandise are not obligated Cd to
acknowledge receipt of the good,
(2) return it; (3) pay for it m-
less used; a. give it particular
care; 90 or keep it beyond a
reasonable length of time.
You are obligated to surrender
it to the shipper or his agent, if
called for in person, within a
reasonable period of time - in
which event you may demand
the payment of storage charges
before relinquishing it.
There is just something within
us that rebels when we get the
idea someone is trying to make
sucker out of us Doubtless
1 they often do. But when it comes
to paying for something we
| didn't order, we draw the line
- George Peck
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15
Noble Coun HOkine Rebellion Occupied Lne In Yeor 1908

and said, "Racey ought to be
bumped for selling essence to the
boys
That such talk and more talk
persisted for days need not be
questioned, but what is known to
history as the Hoskinsville Re
bellion or the Noble County In
surrection had reached its HIGH
tide. The events that have been
described are the sum total of the
rebellion per Sc. The bloodless
retreat of the deputy United
States marshal, the corporal's
squad and Mr.. Hardy was at once
the Bull Run and the Gettysburg
of this uprising. Do not think
however, that the story has end
ed Even a microscopic war must
have its AppomattoX, and the
denouement was to be the best
part of the drama. The news
papers were yet to be heard
from, and Mr.. Colby had scarce
ly scraped the mud of Noble
County from his boots before the
engines of politics and pro-
paganda were throbbing at such
rate that there were echoes in
the far corners of the land.
The Guernsey Times, reporting
the "disgraceful occurgence" at
Hoskinsville, includ among
"the particulars" the N Wing.
By some means the traitors of
Hoskinsville and vicinity had
learned that squad of soldiers
was coming to arrest Brown and
McFaren (sic), rifles, collected
together to prevent the arrests.
On the arrival of the soldiers
and Deputy Marshal, the mob in
formed them that they must
leave the county within six
hours, and that if they did not
do so they would hang them.
Seeing the impossibility of max
ing the arrests with their small
force, the soldiers left and are
now here (in Cambridge), await
inc further instructions from the
military authorities of the State,
to whom the Deputy Marshal has
made report.
ITO Be Continued)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15
Unwanted Merchandise

One Of the petty annoyances
that tends to make life not quite
so pleasant is the flood of un-
solicited, unWanted merchandise
that the mailman brings. This is
one case where the Post Office
cannot be blamed - it simply
performs its duty the real
cuiprits are the charitable or
ganizations genuine or alleged)
that ship the unrequested, un-
/ wanted lead pencils, pens, hand
kerchiefs, good-luck charms, or
what have you.
For the most part these wares
are of inferior quality. The sew
eral gross of lead pencils l have
received over the years have
been practically useless; the
drawer full of ball-point pens
for most of which | have paid
one buck each, could have been
purchased from any self-respect-
ing merchant for two bits apiece,
etc. etc!
One is led to wonder if these
organizations are perhaps rem
dering service to humanity in
keeping with the junk they are
foisting upon a generous Ameri-
can public.
1t is difficult for the average
recipient of these unsolicited
wares to differentiate between
the worthy organizations and the
racketeers. There are many 9th
er-wise deserving organizations
that use this deplorable method
of raising funds. Because of what
little success they attain, racke-
teers are attracted to what has
all the appearances Of being a
sure-fire scheme for exploiting
the soft-hearted individual -
alias sucker.
Over too long a period of time
accepted this unrequested mer-
chandise, and paid up. It's only
dollar" :" / reasoned. However,
it gradually dawned on me that
was on a sucker list, as an in
| creasing number Of pencils, etc,
descended upon me from more
and more organizations. / was
| forced to call a halt and so about
year ago | started to throw the
| junk back at the donors togeth-
er with a curt note to the effect
that any further shipment woulc
be tossed promptly. into my
wastepaper basket This proceed
ure, of course, involves some
time and trouble for re-wrappine
and in most cases expense foI
post" ge to cover the return
| journey
This plan has worked like q
charm and l recommend it tc
all OF my readers who are under
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

with Private John d. West, John
Hague, H. z. Sims, Company A,
and j. S. Raid Company l, 115th
Infantry, Ohio Volunteers, will
proceed to Hoskinsville (sic),
Noble County, Ohio, and arrest
Private j Wesley McFerren
Company G. 18th Infantry Ohio
Volunteers, a deserter, and
bring him Immediately to this
place.
Corporal Davidson will assist
United States Marshal A. c.
Sands in arresting and bringing
to this place such persons as he
may name.
By order of Lieut.. Col. Eastman
And. c. Kemper, AAG.
Armed with such instructions,
and bearing the civil warrant
for Brown, the little expedition
had moved out of Cincinnati on
March 8. The place to which their
mission led them was in the most
literal sense a crossroads town
in the hills, having two inter
secting streets - Main" and
Gross no more. The
house at which they stopped on
the eleventh was that of Moses
D. Hardy. Both Brown and Me
Ferren were reported at home
with their families and Hardy
would help to find them.
A former member of the Ohio
Senate, Citizen Hardy was a
loyal Union man or "a leading
Black Republican" depending on
the point of view. LateR, he was
to be described as 'the person
who has figured SO conspicuously
in this matter" and "the chief
manager of the affair in Noble
County" That Colby knew where
he was going when he stopped
at this mans house is hardly
open to doubt. Since the deputy
itldI SIldl ) SWOl IL lCS LIlllOily ID
available, let him go on with the
story:
Cd told Mr.. Hardy the object
of my business; heard that a spell
ling or singing school was to be
in the neighborhood that even
ing, and that probably Mr..
Brown would be there. After
dark (the) soldiers and myself
went to the school house and
made an examination and found
Brown not there.
At this point the arresting
party split up. Taking with him
one of the soldiers and ]. F.
Lukens, a boarder at Hardy's
whom he had deputized, Colby
went to the home of Edmund P
father of the letter writ
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

Samuel McMunn and 15-year-
old John w. Emmons, both from
the neighboring village of Shar-
on, were also in Hoskinsville that
morning. McMunn, who only
remained ten minutes" heard
talk about catching the soldiers,
taking their arms and paroling
them" Emmons saw "about 80
drawn up in line in front OF
Racey's store" Counting those
not in line, "about one hundred
had arms" Later the lad testified
that McFerren said, ''If any ten
men will follow me, / will 60
and take the guns from those
soldiers" Some started to go,
but Sam Engle stopped them.
Upon this scene, between $3.50
and 10 O'clock, rode Republican
Hardy, as though inviting mar
tyrdom, and observing that 'the
chief business after / arrived
was to pass some compliments to
me-" Samuel McFerren, father Of
the deserter, accused Hardy of
"traitorously conducting Aboli-
ton soldiers to the arrest of in
nocent boys" and said anyone
doing that ought to have hole
bored through him, and l can
and will do it, A voice said mo
you won't Sam" but Sam said,
Eyes l will" Hardy's recollec-
ton was that this was repeated
two or three times, but he was
"too busy with those nearer me,
on each side of my horse, to at
tend to him.
Some were yelling shoot hin"
and hang him" when John
Racey came charging out from
his store, rifle in hand. Grabbing
Hardy's leg and shaking it,
Racey stormed, What have you
been acting the fool in this way,
for? | want you to give an ac-
count of yourself. What have
you been keeping these Abolition
soldiers up there for and run
ming around to point out the
neighbors' boys" The irate
Racey had seized Hardy by the
collar when Thomas Racey, his
brother, interviewed and tried to
take away the rifle. There was
considerable scuffling, after
which John Racey said, IF you
will promise to go home and be-
have yourself. we will let you
off" He also told Hardy that il
he got into another scrape, the
crowd would go to his house and
mot leave a grease spot of him. -
About this time John Wesley
McFerren in person stepped into
the affray with, you have, q
revolver about your person-de-
liver it up" Suppose l have one
you have one also, Hardy re.
piled. yes, and I'll use it too,
McFerren insisted
With Curtis Wiley holding
Hardy's arm and William Arch.
er holding his horses bride, Nc
Ferren and some others tried to
find the revolver, Wiley com
menting meanwhile that there
were mot enough Abolitionists
nor Abolition soldiers this side
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15
By Wayne Jordan

A corporal, four privates from
the Union Army and a deputy
United States marshal sloshed
through mud all day and neared
Hoskinsville, Ohio, on the even
ing of March IL, 1863. They did
not enter the village Immediately
but stopped at a house about a
mile away.
The posse had come to get two
Noble County boys who were in
bad with the Government. The
deputy Marshal, Samuel Colby,
had warrant for the arrest of
Tertullus w. Brown, who was
charged with aiding and abet-
ting and enticing a soldier to de-
sert. The corporal James F.
Davidson of the ll5th Ohio,
had an order for the arrest of
John Wesley McFerren as a de
serter from the 18th Ohio, now
and then stationed at the city of
Memphis in the State of Ten
nessee." Brown, soon to be des-
cribed by the editor of the Noble
County Republican as "a copper
head OF the most venomous
kind" had sent a letter in Jan
uary TO McFerren, who was his
cousin. The letter did not reach
McFerren, for he had left the
regiment, but somebody opened
it and read;
Well, Wesley, my advice to
you is this, and it is not given
without much reflection, know
ing the danger to which such a
step will expose you Come home
ii you can possibly get home,
for to conquer the South is an
lmpossibility, and the only hope
for you to reach home is to
desert, for to stay where you are
Is death, and to desert can be no
worse. If l was in your place l
would leave the first opport-
unity
In February this letter had
come to the hands of Flamen
Ball, United States district at
torney for Southern Ohio, and a
copy had been sent to Governor
David Tod, or at least to the ad-
jutant general of Ohio. The law
and the military joined forces for
action. Alexander Sands, the
United States marshal at Gin
cinnati, sent Colby, and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Eastman of the ll5th
sent Corporal Davidson and his
men. Sands had asked Eastman
for the military assistance. The
lgtter's order to Davidson read
Special Order No. 81
Corporal James F Davidson,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

er Corporal Davidson and the
rest of the squad went to the
Ihome of Samuel McFerren, faith
er of Wesley, but Wesley was
not at home
From Lukens comes an eye
witness account of the scene at
the schoolhouse and at the
Brown place:
ID went into the schoolhouse
with Mr. (Moses) Farmhouse. The
Corporal and Marshal came in
afterward. The Marshal, walking
into the middle of the school
room, addressed the school teach
er by asking IF Mr. Brown
was there?" The teacher replied,
mo sir, the Brown you want is
not here, but there is a Mr..
Brown here" The Mr.. Brown
referred to "a cousin of Tertul-
lus) went outside with the Mar
shal. The event caused quite an
excitement, and the school rose
up and made a rush to the door
There were about fifty or fifty
five in the room, twelve or
fifteen being females.
At Browns home, according to
Lukens, the marshal's inquiry
was answered by a woman who
said, "He is not at home but you
can search the house"
Marshal Colby then searched
the house. When he came down
stairs, we found Mr.. Edmund
Brown, the father, had returned
Mr. Colby then told Mr.
Browns father that he was a
deputy United States Marshal
and had a warrant for his SON
To an inquiry where he was Mr.
B. replied, do not know where
he is = he went toward the vii
lage about dusk"
The unsuccessful searchers OF
both phalanxes went back to
Hardy's house to spend the night,
the corporal having left word
with McFerren's family that he
had an order of Wesley's arrest.
Early the next day J. R. Nicker-
son, local abolitionist, arrived
at Hardy's to tell Colby that a
mob of seventy-five to one hun
dred men was raised in Hoskins-
vile to resist us"
Going through town about 8
O'Clock, the deputy United States
marshal saw ''about one hundred
men in the town with muskets in
their hands" AS he rode up, he
heard a command given to fall
in line. The crowd fell into
line" he recalled later. Zone
hundred men at least had guns,
and many were near by unarm-
ed Someone in the line asked
Colby if he were a soldier, and
he replied, No, l don't look
much like a soldier" Another
asked, who are your" and
Colby's answer was, "These are
the muddiest roads | ever saw" 4"
The tribute to Noble County's
roads was prompted by the de-
lputy marshaFs unwillingness to
say who he was because it did
not look very healthy to do So
AS Colby remembered the an
cident, it was admitted freely
that the men the posse was seek
ling were in the crowd, and he
overheard such remarks as, 1--WE
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-15

Back in 1863, Noble County occupied the national meight
THE Hosknsvile Rebel
Wayne glowing of this
uprising hills Noble County and will be presented
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19
Phoenix CJA
Drive Tagging

Drive leaders for the CJA
in Phoenix have expressed
apprehension over the prog
ress of the 1854 drive. Total
to date is slightly over $4,000
of a goal of $125,O69. Declin-
ing contributions by big Civ
ers are regarded as mainly
responsible for the drive set
back. Advanced gifts usually
account for 500 of the total,
whereas this year til ey
amount to $33,850 thus far.
Sam Hoffman is the largest
donor with a gift of $4,000.
On the national level a
near-record high was announ-
ced at the initial 1854 meeting
of UJA communal leaders in
Miami, Florida, last month.
A precedent shattering ST.
008,791 was pledged last week
in Los Angeles, following an
address by Gov. John Fine of
Pennsylvania. 1t was the larg-
est sum ever raised at a UJA
dinner in Los Angeles.
Gov. Fine said emphatically
that UJA, the Bond campaign
and the Jewish National Fund
are the mainstays of Israel's
economic future. No consci-
entious Jew can or dare fail
to give them his support
American Jewry has a vital
stake in the future of Israel.
Her burdens are costly and
tremendous for immigration,
rehabilitation and adequate
defense.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19

Schirn urged that the mem
bership of these organizations
participate actively in be-
half of the drive for the very
obvious reason that Israel
needs more money than ever
before. He stressed that Zion
lists had a better understand
ing of what circumstances Is
rael now faces that should
serve as an impetus in Spurn-
ing them to maximum effort.
A second aspect of his visit
he decribed as a public rela-
tionS one. Tucson is regarded
as a focal point in view of
developments here during the
past year. Arab students at
the University of Arizona
serve as spokesmen for anti
Israel propaganda campaigns
in this area.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19
Hadassah Gets
Officer Slate

On Tuesday afternoon Ha-
dassah received a slate of Of
ficerS for next season, as pro-
posed by the Nominating
Committee. They are: for
president, Mrs. William Walk
er; 1st vice-pres., Mrs. Max
'Costin; End vice-pres., Mrs.
Michael Bernfeld; 3rd vice
pres, Mrs. Sam r. Kaufman;
rec. Sec, Mrs. Hy Strikman;
cor. Sec, Mrs. Jack Starr; fin.
Sec, Mrs. Oscar Koenig;
treas, Mrs. Herman Gold
stein; chaplain, Mrs. Jack
Nevins; parliamentarian, Mrs.
Meyer Cohen; delegates to
the Community Council
Mines. Abe Makler, Eva Thi-
kohl.
Delegates to the convention
at Coronado Beach are
Mines. Meyer Cohen, Marcus
Breger, William Walker, Sam
r. Kaufman, Herman Gold
stein and a representative
from Evening H d a S S a h
membership. Alternates are:
Mines. Henry Berman, Alex
Weiss, Max Boxi, Philip Bes-
.Serman.
Nominations from the floor
will be entertained before bal
1oting at the April meeting.
Presenting the slate were
Mrs. Louis Cohen, chairman,
Mines. William David S o n ,
. Jack Fruchtman, Henry Ru-
fbinstein, Alex Weiss.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19

val opens at 4 pm.
Booths will be manned by
Alpha Epsilon Phi, Tau Delta
Phi and Zeta Beta Tau plus
a number of Independents, All
are vieing for the trophy Civ
en- each year for the best
booth. Barbara Parker and
Allen Cohen are chairmen.
Climax of the evening will
be the crowning of Queen Es-
ther and Mordecai. Candidates
are: Lorraine Goodhart, Shei-
la Halpert, Ann Pessin, Es-
ther Sacherson. Mordecai
will be selected from such as
pf'ants as Larry Sandell,
Mike Sutin, Bob White, Chas.
Whitehill.
Bnai Birth Women will
serve in the coffee and cake
booth in cooperation with Ber-
nice Silverstein, carnival food
chairman.
Wall murals depicting the
Purim story and adding to the
carnival spirit are the work
of Esther Sacherson. Mil t
Liebhaber will have the i'm
portant role of barker.
Mrs. Jane Kurn, Hillel pro-
gram director and the mem
bers of Hillel Foundation ex-
tend a cordial invitation to the
community to attend, enjoy
the hilarity.