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WAVERLY, OHIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1916
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NO. 31
QUO FAIR BOYS I ■■"■
WiU Meet at Marion on November 27th and 28th
PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED
And It Promises to Be the Best
In History
FAIR PEOPLE SHOULD GO
Practically sll arrangements (or
the Ohio Fsir Boys Annual meeting
have been completed, according to
the announcement of the Marion
Chamber of Commerce, Marlon
County Agricultural Society. A. P.
Fandlee, Ottawa, Ohio, president,
and A. E. Sehuffe r, Wapakoneta,
Ohio, secretary and treasurer of the
Ohio Fair Circuit.
The convention will he held at
Marion, Ohio, at the Elks home.
Monday and Tueaday. November
27 and 28. and wil! bring about
500 visitors to Marion, which will
include Officers and Directors of all
Ohio Fairs, exhibitors, privilege
men, judges, turfmen, teachers,
editors and atl citizens who will
take sn interest in Fairs. AU sre
welcome snd wanted.
U. S. Senator Harding, of Marion,
will deliver the welcome address,
besides many others prominent
speakers are on the program
the first gun for bigger and better
Faira in 1917.
A complimentary dinner will be
eerved by thc Marion Chamber of
Commerce, Monday evening at six
o'clock.
EveTy Fair Officer ahould trv  to
* get exhibitors, privilege men and
horsemen and others to attend this
meeting. The program is the beat
the association has ever bad. There
ts sorftlhing in it for all persons
interefH^ln Fairs. £mong the
topics SI-T \
* "How catvhigh  claas shows be
secured?"
"What  do Fsirs show to regular
*  privilege men?"
Whst legislation should be sought
In 1917?"
"Should privileges be sold under
sealed bids?"
Should s  starting  judge solicit
race entries?"
"What concessiens should be
mode exhibitors on Account of increased f reiRht rates and expenses?"
"Whst trimmings csn bv added
tn make the premium list more at-
tractive and interesting"?
"What pcnaltv should be given
any fair judge who is found to be
Incompetent, dishonest, or playing
favoiites, in awarding premiums?"
L. F. Gehres, secretary of tbe
local fair, is on the program for
Tuesdsy.
Bnt   Husky   Wa verlytlae Soon
Lifted It Out
Driving over a strange road and
blinded by  the glare of a passing
sutomobile   cauaed    a    Cincinnati
Ford owner to drive bis car .off the
Chilli oet** Pike, a few miles above
Waverly    last   Tuesday   eveolng.
Along tbe  pike at this  place  ia a
deep  channel    of   a  creek, whicb
opposite   the   Bean   residence  is
crossed  by  s   small  foot  bridge.
This bridge csught the front wheel
of the machine and  although  the
rear  wheel on  the aame  side  was
hanging out over tha ditch the car
was held uprihgt. Within five mi: •
utes after the sccident eight Waverly Fords had gathered and with th*
help of Isaac Samson and   Florenci
Rader and seversl other trood lif tet _>
the brother in distress wss soon on
his way rejoicing toward his  homt
in the Queen City.
TRIMMED
To tbe Tune of 18 to 20 at Frsnk
fort
A snappy basket ball content wa
staged   at   rrankfort    la.t   Friday
evening when  the   Waverly   \V't*\
School five met the Frankfort Uum
The teams were evenly matched bu<
the Waverly team, which ws* com
I posed of new  men with the  *»x**«p-
| tion of two veterans who had plsy
ed to a  crowd   before,   wus  over
**im  whelmed    by   the   large  audi^nei
etter t^ile  the  Frankfort   aggregation
took the lead in scoring.    The Aral
half cndech"*lth   Frankfort on the
long end of a. 14 to 7 score.
With the opening of the aecond
balf the visitor^ had settled down
aod all through vie twenty minute
period they out mayed ttieir opponents by holding them down to 7
points whUet»)f»y themselves roil* .
up 11.   7
The Waverly lineup war at follows: -/. g. Harold Guth; r. g.
Geotgs Dougherty; c. Harry Hei*
man; r. f. . Hud Bauer and Barch
and I f. Floyd Entler. Entler and
Dougherty, the two veterans dio
the scoring, the former scoring 14
while the latter tallied 4 points.
A preliminary contest was staged
by the girls of the two schools.
Owing t.i the different style of
basket bail played by the two
teams,  the   game   waa  divided   so
aaaa_w_e_ne>aa_a »***». _% * _»%
*T THAJHC THEE. LOSS.'
T THAl-X thaa, Lord, fer ev
ery moment dropped
lato ay Ufa that had
sw-_-tae__-i-i.it;
For all ths golden hoars whea
friendship, aet
Aad gave up heart far heart
aad thought for thought;
For all ths leva that faithful
hearts let fail
To drop into miaa own; for evsry look
Frota loving eyes; for every
BBHa or word
That gladdened me; for subtle
Influence •
That  made   ma   strong,   dear
Lord. I thank ths*.
I thank thee, Lord; I thank
thae for tlie hoar*
Whea flowed my tears;
When fell those grief wrung
drops
On lips that murmured, "Lord.
thoa knowest best."
Fot all the love born sorrow,
hidden pain;
For all the cares snd hordes*
\ of nfy Ufe
|  (For, glad or sad, thou give»t
for the best);
e Tot all the strength thou gav-
". ett me to bear,
g "*»ear Lord. I thank thee.
—Hose Pastor.
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LITERARY SOCIETIES
COMMISSIONERS
j$61 75.
Tha  next   bc sines*,   before th*
| board was tbe resignation of Tasa
Brown aa janitor.   Tbe res-gnatien
SAM SMALL
Refused   to
aam* i of Officials and Make
Grant the Requeeta **» accepted and' Ernest  Dowdle'Oae of tbe   Hundreds of Dry
.♦ *hm   men est tttl. a A_*____rf«*  Raflvkft*
LOW ALLOWANCES
Coort House
MANY BILLS ORDERED PAID
The BoardL of County commla-
sioners met In regular session Isst
Moodsy with members Leeth snd
Smith and L. B. Eylar as Auditor
and clerk.
Th* first businesa was the allowing of the bills. The Auditor was
authorired to issue the vouchers for
the following onea:
J. D. Adams &. Co. repairs for rosd
grader. $4.00
F. T. W. Armbruster. labor. $1.00.
Jamea Barch. livery   for  surveyor,
it.00.
Jamea Barch,   livery fur  Board  of
Visitors $6.00.
X. X. Bayhan. witness for Marriuff I
i vraa employed at the rata of $40. a
\ month ti take his plsce.
The matter allowing coonty officials their deputy and elerk hire;
.for the ensoeing year aa provided
ibv statu.e was considered. The
report of th* Auditor for-_ye*r of
1916 that he employed three ssslst-!
anu for $1890. ftO. .Fhia same
amount of $1800.00 was sought by
this modest afljbSar for the ensueiog
year for one deputy and one clerk.
Tbeeo"imiasioa*rs allowed $800.00.
Tbe Sheriff who required no deputy in the pnat year asked  for sn
America Raflyists
WILL LECTURE SUNDAY
At the Methodist Charch at 7:30
in the evening on
UNCLES   WATER   WAGON
Window cards are up announcing
puty in the p-iat year asked  tor an jtUl *'■*"'* jjg *rt on«  of  J*
allowance of $800 00 foi a deputy.! hundf"d» of "Dr* America" /ailiaa
The commlsaionera allowed $150 00. ^* being conducted by the Anti-
The Treasurer paid to Harriet P*1000 **•*"• oT America with
Siavena, deputy, in the paat year i «t*»keT* of actional feme
9461.-25 and asked an allowance  of *"        ' *~* ,S* "*m]
Corn Boys special
The Buckeye Com Boy's Special
vrlll leave Ohio  Monday,   Dec.   4,
and return from the East tbe  fot-
lov. r^g Sstuiday  according to  announcement.    Free  trips   will  be
given   210    boys,    corn  grownig
champions, snd 100  girls.    About
three hundred others hsve made inquiries concerning the expense and
schedule of the trip.    Msny of them
are expecting to go by paying their
own expenses.   The deleaation will
go in six trains,   which will  leave
home stations as follows: Marietta,
In charge of J. K. Smith;   Cincinnati,  C. R.  Carleton;  Naw  Parla
and Columbus, Dan L. Slmth; Van
Wert.   E. N.  Odenbaugh;  Toledo,
li. P. Hart, and  Cleveland. D. W.
Buss.   They  will assemble at 8 p.
/ m. In Pittsburg for an indoor  circus, and proceed the same nigbt to
Washington, whore they will  remain three days.   One day will ba
paaaad In Raw York.
; ~;. Patronjzc Onr Advertjsers
that the first half  wss played  ac-1
cording to  boys rules snd the  second half waa played under the girl's
rules.   The Waverly quintet, wtre
the leaders  during   the  first  half
getting  four  pointa to  their  opponents :*.   But they couldn't plsy ■
the girls game,   and the game  wasl
easily vt on by the  homers,   to  the
score  of 11 to  4.   Tb* lineup  for
the girls was ss follows: r. g. Dor
tt hy Dougherty; I. g. Helen Eylsr;
C.Anna E. Arm bruit; r. f. Dor thea
Cameron and I. f. Elt tab* th Beoddy.
The teams were accompanied   by
Coach Dr. Frank  Metzger and  bis
wife and a machine (oad of rooters.
To Voto Ohio Dry
The campaign to vote Ohio, dry
next fsll will begin at Toledo Dec
ember 3, when Richard Pearson
Hobson will speak for the Anti-
Saloon League. This wsa announced by Wayne B. Wheeler, rational
counsel for the League, who has
began organization of the northwesterly Obio counties for the campaign.
Epidemics Ragtag
Waverly is In tho thro** of aeveral
epidemics.    Measles aod whooping
cough seem to predominate,  many
children being afflicted with both
at the aame ttme.   There ia aom*
scarlet fever and a few unfortunates
hav* tha "plak eya".   Tba schools.
especially tbo lower grade*, ara sadly depleted.   Some daya tb*r* ar*
only tan or twelv* pupila ia the
first grad*.
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Will Render  Splendid Program.
Next  Wedneaday i
The Philomaheao  and  Athenear
literary societies will   hold a  joint
program in the   High achool  auditorium next Wedneaday  afternoon.
The i r.igram consists of ten regular
number, to whieh an extra event is
added to which any owner of a thin
dime csn partake and enjoy.   That
is a light luncheon prepared by the
merobprs of the  school   for which
teivcenu  will    be  charged.    The
program follows:
Song School
Inaugural Paul   Dingledine.
Vocal duet Elizabeth Beoddy.
Bernice Penniston.
Essay Bonnie Gehres.
Piano aolo Hilda Guth.
Recitation (Pyramus and Thisbe)..
 Ellzabeh Teichert.
Play     (Antemasque     Midsummer
Nights Dream.
. CA_JT
I Quince P. Dlngledine.
Bottom.. % Geo. Dougherty.
Flute ! Floyd Entler.
Snout Jas. McLaughlin.
Snug Will Fisher.
Starveling Harold Guth
Titanta Helen Eylar.
Puck Ellis Pendegrass.
Pell Wendell Hsaa.
Peasblossom Dorothea Cameron.
Cobweb Marjorle Sautters.
Moth Dorothy Dougherty.
Mustardseed Msrgaret Gibson.
Squashflower Sarah Hutt.
Chalk talk Henry Overman.
Harold Bauer.
Song School.
Phlto Athenian press
Ruth Holobsugb
Elizabeh  Beoddy
Millicent Johnson
Elizabeth Tlechert
Margaret McBride
Refreshments (Fee 10c. Everybody.)
In addittion to the above program
in the   High School    separate entertainments will be beld In eacb of
the grade*, which wilt, as the High
School program be followed  by re-
| freshments.
r
Thanksgiving Day Nov. it
President Wilson bas formally by
proclamation designated Thursday,
November 30. as Thanksgiving day.
l'reih v terlan S*rvlce« Suoday
Rav. Schultt. ot Hillsboro. will
fill tbe pulpit of tha Presbyterian
chureh ln tha morning and evening
services on Sunday Nov. 26. Ha la
the prospective pastor of this church
and all members sbould bo out to
hear him.
claim. $.-5.
E. G.Bateman. 70 bu. eoal, $9.42.
W. H. Bakenhester. teaming, fa.00.
Joseph Beauchamp, pay roll $61. .70
Clark and White, spikes. $4.7 ..
Chss. Chenault. labor ln bridge,
$9.00.
T   K.  Claytor,    labor  on  bridge
$9.00.
Columbus B. B.  Mfg. Co.  election
supplies. $91.55.
J  C. Dick, road labor. $1.50.
T. O. Durham & Son, coal, $6.00.
L.   B.   Kylar,    Auditors  supplies.
$50.00.
T. J. Fuller, sheep killed $6.00.
J. T. Gibeoo, road Ubor, $8.00.
Gthrea Bros.,  election   booth  foi
Wavetry. $7.00.-
Frank Htoaa, teaming. $8.00.
Homo Telephone Co., October rent
ats. $7.55.
W. T. Legg. pay roll. $268.00.
Jasper Lapsing, lsbor, $8.25.
A. F. Marshall, Coroner's cost bill.
$°.G0.
John Moats, road labor. $2.25.
Louis Maaahiff,. heep kilted. $5.75
Leslie Mustard road grading $16.00
Grover Odd), road labor. $5.62.
Otto Pfcirer. road labor, $£5.
Arthur Pfeifer, road labor, $,75.
Jaa. Pfeifer. road tabor, $5.62.
W. 1. R-eg. bridge repair. $1.50.
W. I. Reeg.   board team  and men.
$1.50.
Republican Herald. Treasurers notices $1.00.
Republican Herald, Court  notices,
913.80.
Standard Oil Co..  oil and gasoline
$13.65.
W. H. Stallage.. Bar docket. $13.60.
C. F. Smith Sons, dynamite snd
caps. $67.90.
W. M. Shirkey, labor. 7,00.
John Trego,   witness  for  Marriuff
claim, $.55.
Jeaae Thomaa. cleaning jail, $1.50.
Village of Waverly, water rent,
$11.66.
Vallery Hdwe. Co. 6 padlocka, $1.60.
Waverly Watchman, supplies for
Sheriff. $12.60.
Wavarly Watchman, notices to taxpayers, $4-11.40.
Wsverly Watchman, blanks. $30,00.
Wsverly  Watchman,   supplies for
Recorder, $6.00.
Underwood Typewriter Co.. typewriter. $70.00.
Burrough's  Adding  Machlno Co.,
mhChinc, $200.00.
Claret** Vallery. llv«ry,   $37,00.
Grace Walts, cleaning jail. $1.50.
Edward Wilt, teaming. $6.00.
£. C. Farmer, road grading, 925.00.
Frank Schreiber,  labor on bridg*,
$3.00.
Home telephone Co., rentals, $1.30.
Seabini Rote. 101 bu. apples, $6.25.
O. A. Tener, burial of Will Thor
Ionian, $25.00.
Is.  E.  West.   6500
$360.00. for a deputy for 8 months 1
and 3180 for a deputy for 4 months.
He wss allowed $160.00.
The Recorder spent $92,00 during
the past year for clerk hire, snd
asked $150.00 allowance for the
ensueing year, whieh waa granted.
■ The matter of the petition of
I George Schuster for an underground
crossing waa rejected, after which
the board adjourned.
New Trial Granted
After having th* case under eonaideration for nearly a month and a
balf. Judge Barch of the Probate
Court granted the appeal of the
defendant in .the condemnation
proceedinga by ths C. & O. N. Rv.
againat Mrs. Rachel Foster.
The caae will bc retried if a compromise cannot be effected
All witl
be welcome and the edmis'ion will
be free.
TEACHERS
J
Convened In Quarterly Institute
At Bearer j
The teaebcra of the couaty  held
their regular Quarterly Institute at
Beaver.   Saturday.    The    pleasant
weather caused  slmost the entire
The morn-
SAM SMALL
The orator seed-led for Wsverly
ia Sam Smalt. He will be here at
seven thtry Sunday evening. November 26. Mr. Small wss private
secretsry to ex-president Andrew
Johnson and followed a sta teaman'a
political fortunes to th* United
Statea Seoator. Besides being th*
au thor of many books, he has served
in many national conventions of
political, commercial snd reformatory  character.    He has  led  cam-
number  to be present
ing wss taken up witb departmental  —"-
meetings.    MissGsyle Lorbach had •*'*«* rw-^9 ***  the cloaing of
charge of the Primary section. Out mor* than ten thousand drink shops.
Fsrmer, of their termed iste section and '• recognised tn all quarter, of
and Mias Edith Tope, of the  High the nalion M one of  lhe  *******
School    aection.     Jllsses    Lenna »«K*t,M of PwWWtlon.
Hawk. Butcher  and Glenn  had interesting Wki for   the  primary
leaches*.    Supt. W. A-   *_ewie.   of
Piketon,  Guy   Brammer and  Mrs.
• Lehr spoke to the Grammar  Grade
I instructors, and Misa Nickols. Earl
Foster and   Miss Mary  Gehrea discussed  points   of  Interest  to  the
Secondary   school   managers.    The
afternoon  meetings opened   with a
general discussion  of the  obacnations at  the  recent  Central  Obio
meeting   at  Columbus.   Supt.   E.
N. Delrich had  an illustrated   lecture on  school  activities  and  the
.speaker  of   the  occasion.   Eugene
Swope, of Cincinnati, gavo an interesting   lector* on, "Our  Birds
snd How to Keep Them".
The Waverly teachers msde the
trip to Beaver and return in automobiles.
Licenses Delivered
Th* Pike County Liquor Licensing Board received the new licenses
Saturday morning and immediately
notified the licensees that they were
ready for delivery. Aa soon ss the
licensees bring in their receipts
j from the State department showing
It is the sim of the Anti-Saloon
league to vote Ohio dn' as soon aa
possible, ana the opening guns of
the campaign are already being
fired. . This is one of them. Th*
dry* hope to abolian the Home rut*
amendment and also to put a statewide prohibition amendment in the
constitution.
Divorce Case Heard
The ault for divorce by Spencer
Borden aganist hia wife Ruth Borden wi'h adultery aa thc grounds
was given a hearing last Thuraday.
Witneeaea were introduced by the
plaintiff but the evidence offered
was insufficient and the case was
suspended for hearing until Saturday, and when more evidence was
brought in, the divorce was granted.
Play At Omega
The    Omega   School    will  giv*
dramatic  rendition*   of  Hiawatha
and Milea Standish  aa ita Thanksgiving   program.     Th*   domestic
science  pupils will  serve   a  lunch
which will coat ten eenta for adults
and  a  nickle  for achool  children
towing tt°d«f  fourteen.     Th*   show  will
that they have paid their enrollment take .piaee at'the town hall on tha
fee of a hundred dollara tb* license Wedneaday  befor*   Thankagivlng.
certificates will bo given them.
Tbere are five licensees In this county: J. F. Daniels, Philip Schwardt
and William and Henry Tlechert st
Wsverly: Louts Schrader. Beaver,
and W. A. Vulgaroor* at Piketon.
Pie Supper
The Christtan Endeavor society
of the Meadow Run churcb will
have a pie and box social  at thai
bom* of R. iE. Glenn, Thanksgiving
.night. November the SO.   Every
lb. fertlllsar. J body Invited.
November 29.   All are invited.
Kail mad _tr.«*a_«Ot Fll «d
A lease has been filed with tbe
Recorder of this county between
the C. a O., and th* D. T. & I.
Ry*.. whereby tbe C. 4k 0. Ry., will
use the D. T. & I. right of way just
south of Glen Jean. Thts atrip will
be used by the C. ft O. for Ita
tracks between the river and Glen
Jean, from there tt will come into
Waverly 00 a track laid on the N%
mk W, right of way.
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