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AMHIRST,   OHIO,     THURSDAY,    JULY «, lift.
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Sandstone Center of the Warld"
TRENO OF BUSINESS
DECREASES IN MONTH
UNECONOMICAL METHODS SSINO
UtlD TO BRING BACK NORMAL-
CY—PLANS   TO    ILIMINATI
SUCH METHODS ONLY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
(Editor's Note The following ta an
extract from "The Monthly Bualneaa
Rt-vlew," publiahed by the Federal Re-
eerve Bank of Cleveland.)
In general the tone of replies (rom
our correspondents la not aa assuring aa It waa thirty daya ago. Several
disturbing undercurrents are appearing. In certain lines bualneaa la devel
opine a pace that wlU be exceedingly
dlfflcult to maintain. There la a feel-
In* growing among our correspond -
enta that, unleea the preaent momentum In certain llnea is checked, buai-
neea will with difficulty return to a
sound and aubstantial baals. It seems
hardly possible that we will be un
mindful of the economic lesson ao te
cratly learned.
One correspondent believes, "It la
possible that bualneaa has resumed
too quickly to squeeze out the uneconomical methods of doing business,
and while we are all anxioua, of
court*, to aee buslneaa come back as
quickly as possible, there may be such
a thing that It la coming back on a
more unsound baaia than would be
advisable."
Another "doea not like the pace that
la being set In some directions."
What are aome of these dlaquletlng
undercurrents? The position of one
who points out unpleaaant tendencies
la not an enviable one. but through
the past three yeara we have endeavored to place markera along the economic and industrial roads for our
readers to follow. We still feel that
aa Ions ** those roads are not definitely charted we would be breaking faith
with our readers did we not go with
them to the "edge of the clearing."
Aa yet, there ia nothing alarming In
th* situation, but there are certain
tendencies which will bear careful
watching. First, there is a tendency
ta certain industries for increased
. cost of pi*ediM*tlon to parallel ' ta*
creued production.
One correapoendent teela, "We cannot hope to aee the rapidly Increaaed
production coat go forward without
unpleaaant results later."
Another thinks "it is very regrettable that there ahould at this Ume be
a definite trend toward increased costs
of production. There remain a number of weak spots to be cleaned out
before general bualneaa may be considered upon a sound foundation for
any continued period of prosperity."
From Kentucky cornea this report:
"1 muat' say that I regret to see a tendency toward advance ln the price of
the necessities of life. A broker who
handles a very large amount of mer
chandlse told me only yesterday that
his sales had been enormous In anticl
patlon of a rise in the price of sugar, ■
meats, canned vegetables, snd traits.
Perhaps these advances will halt business to some extent sot least.
A correspondent from Pennsylvania
writes, "Increaaed coat of production,
If followed by the usual result, namely, higher selling prices, would mean
decreased consumption, less buslneaa,
less Industry." *
Another correspondent from Pennsylvania believes that "the tendency
toward Increaaed cost of production,
due to labor rates snd rising tendency
In materials, will doubtless remit In
Blowing up purchases and tend to decrease the volume ot business in manufactured products."
This is .certainly no time to permit
any elements to creep Into business
whloh will «vend to hinder its normal
growth. Business has suffered a severe shock and should not be unduly
disturbed until it hss fully recovered.
A second disturbing element la the
evidence of over-production in certain
manufactured products. The large facilities occasioned by war-time expan-
, slon are a constant encouragement to
over-production.
A third element la' the persistent report of honueee and the offering of
premiums.
One correspondent says, "A few
weeks ago I would not have thought
It possible that a labor shortage would
be here by the middle of the summer,
but such a shortage seems to be right
ta sight It tabor demands war-time
wages, sad. If tho producer of raw materials, the manufacturer, tbe whole-
aalsr, and the retailer each In tarn
add a margin for thMr share of the
work, there is a possibility of a qnlck
'. latstion, throwing us out of balance
aad bringing to a premature end the
prosperity wo have all been striving
for-
"We find," writes an Ohio correspondent, "that there is considerable
shortage ta various kinds of labor, and
we also find that some manufacturers
are sending trucks out through the
smaller country towns in an effort to
find labor. In various Unas of skilled
mschanks there also aeema to be a
r
shortage. On account nf this shortage there seems to be a tendency
toward increase In prices, which will
certainly result In another let-up In a
short time."
In bringing these matters to Ihe attention of our readers and In quoting
from our correspondents, we have
tried to give a faithful cross-section of
those thoughts which are running
through the minds of the business
leaders of the Fourth Federal Reserve'
District. Their previous help has en
ableBd us to keep In close touch with
the Immediate future, and we maintain our confidence in their present
Judgment.
PORT CLINTON WINS
FROM STIWALDS 3-2
ERROR    IN    LAST    INNING   LOSES
, HARD FOUOHT GAME
CHAUTAUQUA COMMITTEE
ELECTS 192? OFFICERS
STIWALD  SHOES TO
PLAY   WELLINGTON
The Stlwald Shoes baseball teum
will Journey to Wellington next Sunday, where they will meet the strong;
Wellington outfit.
The local team will have nn unusually good lineup for the eeiming game
as well ss for the remalinler of the
season.
The name- will see either Bruce or
A. Wragg on the mouiut and Len
Wragg behind tbe hat
Fans are invited to muke the trip
; with the team.
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY REELECTED—ADAM KOLBE ALLOTMENT IS SELECTED
FOR  TENT  SITE
The Stlwald Shoes last another
"tougher" when they played Port Clinton at Port Clinton Tuesday afternoon.
After holding the scoring to 2-2, «•»■•
paaso's error in the last Inning allowed
Port Clinton to take a one-run lead.
Capasso received a slight sprain in his
left wrist In Sunday's game and he
played under great difficulties against
the Port Clinton outfit.
L. Wragg was behind the bat for
the Stlwalds and C. Bruce was on (bt
mound. These two players formed the
best battery that Manager Stiwald has
had on the diamond this season.
L. Wragg made the feature pluy or
the game when he caught Mackey, of
the Port Clinton team, on third base
after hitting a three bagger. After
tagging three bases, Mackey stopped
at third. Wragg made the statement
that "I will get him before he gets
home," and on the next play, a snappy POS to third caught Mackey sleep-
lag on the Job.
•Oeorge Heussner waa credited with
a two-base hit snd one single.
"Chock" Wragg also played one ot
the beat games of the season.
Tom Bruce took Lynch's place In the
sixth inning, making a single which
brought In the run that tied the score.
Reports from several of* the fans
who attended the game believe that
Stlwald had the best lineup that he
has ever had on the diamond Tuesday.
ST. PETER8 LADIES MEET.
The Ladles' Aid Society ot St. Peter's Evangelical church was entertained this afternoon In the church
parlors. A large number of ladies
were present and a profitable afternoon was spent in needlework and aoclal chat.
COUNCIL  SAY8:
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU
PARK ON PARK AVENUE
When the council met to discuss the topics of the day and
other subjects, there was no one
there but the council to discuss
them. Just why this condition
exiBted Is because no one knew
that the meeting was to be held
Monday night, and consequently no one was there to kick or
flle the iiHiial complaints.
The big feature of the meeting was the regulating of the
IMtrking on  Park avenue.
It was decided to make an ordinance to the effect that ail
cars must be parked <yi an angle of thirty (30) degrees on the
north side of Park avenue and
parallel to the curb on the south
side of Park avenue. Tbla step
was made neceaaary on account
of the congested conditions
which exist In town on a Saturday night.
The second matter of importance was the passing of bills.
That ts a Job that ths council
does not like to do but It waa
done, bmyway.-
Having nothing elae to do, the
council adjourned until the next
meeting night, which will be
Tuesday, July  18.
DEED RECORDING DISCLOSES
LARGE AMOONT OF UND IN
COUNTY OJNURANSFERRED
William G. Mitchell, deputy county recorder, hss completed tbe annual
report of hla office tn the Department of State as to the amount of business
done from Juno 10, 1921, to June 30, 1922. It contains considerable Information as to the lurge amount of business done in this office in recording
deeds, leases and mortgages, and is as follows:
Deeds Recorded
No.
Acres
Consideration
NO   SERIOUS  ACCIDENTS
REPORTED PROM  FIREWORK8
Agricultural  lands  either  thun   $1.00  consideration           133
City, town and villuge lots other than 3100
consideration    1,028
Total fl.OO considerations    3,011
5.366      I   662.886.96
1.373.268.49
Grand total for deeds ..
Leases
Olty, town, village lots	
Mineral, oil and other landa
Grand total of leases	
Mortgagee-    ,
Agricultural  lands •..	
4.172        6,366      31,936,155.44
71 	
133 	
604 	
377 21.887
City town and village lots  1,984
Grand total for mortgages   -,361
Cancellation of Mortgages
Agricultural  lands   233
City, town and village lots  1,248
Grand total camelled  1,481
I     10,924.00
880.48
f     19,728.88
31,374,887.14
4.644.024.49
21.887 35.918,911.63
5.919 660,623.51
  3,666.457.82
5.919 34.216,080.82
"GET TOGETHER"
SAYS PLATTENBURG
Churles II. I'lattenburg, who is to
speuk at Chautauqua, is culled "The
Community Development Lecturer."
Ever since he conceived this idea he
has been working at it. and he certainly has developed a most interest-
'Ing treatise on how town und country
people can and should work together
for the upbuilding of the community.
First of all, Mr. Plattenburg insists
that people ought to get acquainted;
that one-half of the misunderstandings
are done uwuy with upon acquaintance; that If the people's need were j
better understood they would understand all the better how much more
they need euch other.
Plattenburg Is a pluusing speaker
He has a hard business head, gets lots
of fun out of life, and everybody will
Join In saying that he has done the
community a great service with his
lecture.
It Is the confident belief of the
Chautauqua management tbat this lecture will be worth the entire cost of a
season ticket, and It is to be hoped
that every man In the community who
has any vital Interests at stake will
take the time from his business to
hear Plattenburg.
Mr. Plattenburg haa been giving his
lectures from Maine to California. In
many cases the managing committees
have had his address printed and scattered broadcast throughout their com
munlties.
BIRTHDAY EVENT.
Miss Lucy Horn was honored at a
birthday party held at her home on
Church street Sunday.
A four-course dinner was served at
noon, which wae followed by an enjoyable afternoon spent in music und
social chat. The color scheme of red,
white and blue was carried out. Small
flags were given as favors.
The Immediate relatives of Miss
Horn were present und wished her
many happy birthdays.
NEIliiSTpEUNION
The third annual Neumelster reunion was held July 4th at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. M. Neumelster, South
Main street. A sumptuous dinner was
served at noon.
The afternoon was spent ln playing ball and other games and contests.
At the business meeting Rev. M. Neumelster was re-elected president. Mrs.
Albert Holshauer, of Port Clinton, secretary, and Mrs. Herman Pat-man, of
Toledo, treasurer. Next year's reunion Is to be held In Toledo, Ohio, July
4th, 1923.
In the evening all the relatives und
guests motored to their various
homes, sll declaring the day well
spent.
Those In attendance were: G. Neumelater and family of Toledo, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Parman and daughter Alice
of Toledo, Mrs. Lauaten of Port Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Holshauer of
Port Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Ohler and
daughter Ruth of Toledo, Mr. and
Mra. H. Neumelster and daughters
Helen and Marian of Toledo, .Mr. and
Mrs. V. Balduf and daughter Ruth ot
Oak Harbor, Mr. and Mrs. Will Balduf
of Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Balduf ot
Toledo, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Calalens and
daughter Betty Anne of Toledo, Rev.
Martin Neumelater and family of Am
herst, and the following guests: C.
Parman and family ot Lorain, J, N.
Holshauer and family of Amherst, Mr.
and Mra. R. L. Men* of Amherst, Mr.
and Mrs. L. '8. Hanchett, Mrs. Augusta Sahl and Bd Sshl of Amherst and
Mr. Will Holshauer ot Cleveland.
For a long time in the history of Amherst, Tuesday was one of the best
"Fourths" that Amherst has ever
known. No serious accident was reported here from fireworks, which is
an  unusual occurrence.
Last year two young men were severely injured and several others
slightly burned. The trend of this
year's celebration indicutes that people ure beginning to celebrate the
Fourth of July In a sane fashion.
PIONEER EXPERT
ON "NOME TOWN"
STIWALDS DEFEAT
KIPTON
OUTFIT
The Stiwald Shoes baseball team defeated the Kipton outflt at Brandt's
park Sunday atternoon by a score of
3 to 2.
The game was loosely played, both
teams making several errors. The
hits were evenly distributed, the cobblers placing their hits ut the right
Lime to send men across the plate.
Al Wragg pitched the entire game
uud struck nut severul batters.
Cappaso, Grugel, C. Wragg. Heusser,
Hoffner and Schwitski did the only
hitting for the local team.
THIRD BAND CONCERT
8ATURDAY
NIGHT
The third band concert of tbe season will be given Saturday night. The
attendance at (he last concert was not
promising. If the band pleases you,
do not fall to attend; If It does not,
tell others to come anyway.
R. E.
HULTZ TO BE
HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
Owing to a "blowout," R. K. Hulti
waa unable to speak at Amherat laat
Saturday night. Word was received
this week tbat he would be here without  fall  Saturday  night.
METHODI8T 8EWER8 MEET.
The Ladies' Sewing society of the
Methodist church was entertained yesterday afternoon In the ohurcb parlors. A large number of ladies wore
In attendance and un enjoyable ufte;-
noon wus spent iu sewing nn:' sociul
chut.       x
Before casting his lot as a professional speaker, Charles H. Plattenburg, announced for Chautauqua's
third night, was an Iowa newspaper
man. He had the distinction of taking
a run-down, bankrupt country weekly
paper and building It up until It was
one of the most profitable and valuable
papers In the stute-. He increased the
circulation ot this paper from a few
hundred  to more  than  five thousand.
It Is probable that Mr. I'lattenburg
gave the first "community building"
lecture ever presented in the lyceum
and chautauqua He won such fame
with his "Worms Beneath the Bark"
lecture, because nf his constructive
work, live-wire de-livery and ability as
u teller of stories that a western munuger placed him on his Chautauqua
circuit for un alelress on "Loyalty to
thu Home Town ' This lecture and
■ * outgiowth, "l'lie Old Town In a
New World." have been given over
piucelcally a 1 of ilie leading chuutuu-
i;ju circuits in America. - ——-————■—-———
lieiently It wus remarked that "you i     "Friendly    Enemies,"    one    of   the
e-oulil pick up I'lattenburg. throw him , greatest    play    successes   of    recent
hroiigh  a  win low   into a  meeting of | years,   with .a   record   of   a   two-year
uny   kind, und  In-  <*ould  light   on  his
THREE
MERCHANT8
CONDUCTING 8ALE8
LeRoy Neumelster and Clifford Tolhurst were Lorain visitors last Monday evening.
CONGREGATIONAL SEWERS TO
MEET.
Mrs. C. M. Harris and Miss Lucy
Horn will entertain the Ladles' Sewing society of the Congregational
church next Wedne?»day afternoon.
July 12, in the church purlors.
All   ladles   are  cordiully   invited
attend.
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FIRE DAMAGES SHED
A small shed In the rear of the
Werner Zilch home on Milan avenue
caught fire late Tuesday afternoon.
The fire department was called and
the blaze was extinguished before
much damage was done. The Are
started on the roof and it is thought
that  fireworks  was  tbe cause.
feet,
cent
give a talk
success."
.nid  score a   100 per
Three local merchants are now conducting July clearance sales. C. G.
Aschenbach, Jacob Baus and Keller _-
Baus ure the three merchants. See
their announcements iu this issue of
the News-Times.
STIWALD 8HOES GET RETURN
GAME   WITH    MACCABEES
Oil Sunday, July 23, the Stiwald
Shoes will meet the Lorain Maccabees at Brandt's park. The locals
lost u game with the same team at
Loruin a short time ago by one run
and they are out for revenge on the
23rd.
run in New York, Is to be u feature of
the coming Chuutauquu. ln the cast
are only experienced players from
Broadway. The performance Is In
three acts.
W. C. T. U. TO ELECT OFFICER8.
All members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union ure requested
to bear ln mind the meeting which is
to be held iu the church parlors Thursday afternoon, July 20.
The annual election of officers will
be the important feature of the uf
ternoon.
Y. P. 8. MEETS.
Tbe Young People's society of St.
Peter's church met ln the church pur
lors lost evening. The eveniug was
speut in tbe regular routine of buslneaa, after which u sociul time was
had by all
The Chautauqua committee met last
Friday evening ut the town hall, at
which time Ihe election of officers took
pluce. and plans for the IM'12 season
ilisiiisseil
K. H. Nlchol was re-elected president of the committee and Charles
Ludwig WSa.re-elected secretary. Both
of UMBO men have he-Id these offices
for several years and everyone Is well
acquainted with the kind of work
these men do in the way of bringing
tbe chautauqua to Auihe-rst each year
Secy Charli's Ludwig. It. Lee Menz
and A. K Jenne were elected to serve
on  the ticket committee.
Hev. Neumeistcr, ll. L. I'etty ami
Conrad MM were elee-ted to serve on
the grounds eommittec This commit
tee have selected the Adam Kolbe al
lotuii'iii BCTOSB from Cleveland avenue cemetery, as the tent site, and
from all indicutions ihe tent will be
eree ted there.
All of the officers and committees
have started their purt of the program and anyone desiring information
>:iti get it hy consulting any one of the
officers.
Harry I) Elckmeyer. from the office of the Ketlpath Chautauquas in
Columbus, ii-acheel Amherst Friday In
the Interests of the five-day progrum
whleh is to lie held In Amherst July
24 to 2S. Inclusive. He met with the
local chautauqua boosters and outlined a plan whereby chautauqua tickets will be i-xe-nipt from ten per ceut
war tux of recent years Patrons of
the 1922 chautauqua will pay 32.00 for
adult tickets and $1.00 for Junior tickets, with the further ussuruuee that
any chautauqua profits will he used
for u  worthy cuuse.
While here. Mr. Eickmeyer placed
a number of chautauqua programs and
daters. and delivered to the local committee a large supply of season tickets. They are already on sale and no
doubt will be taken up readily, as slu-
gle admissions tor the various sessions of chautauqua week total 35.00.
The sume program, on the season ticket basis, costs only forty per emit of
thut amount,  or  32.00.
This season's program has eleven
features, including the comedy success, "Friendly Enemies"; the Gros-
Jeai Marimba-Xylophone Company;
William Rainey Bennett, "The Man
Who Can"; Alton Packard, cartoonist; Princess TeAlu and ber Indian
friends; Charles H. I'lattenburg, community speaker; the Columbus Enter
tamers; Cotton Noe of Kentucky; The
Festivul Quartet of Chicago, and Geoffrey F. Morgan, New York writer, humorist und educator The Junior play
and story hours this season will reach
u climax in u costumed pageant. "Conquests of Peace," to be offered on
chautauqua'B closing day.
LADIES'   AUXILIARY   TO
GIVE ICE CREAM SOCIAL
The Ladies' Auxiliary ol the American Legion will conduct uu ice cream
social at the park Saturday eveniug,
July 22 Everybody is invited to attend.
PHILATHEAN8 TO MEET TONIGHT
The I'hilatheu class of St. Peter's
church will meet tonight in the church
parlors. All members are urged to be
present.
HOLD REUNION.
The Cotton family reunion wus held
Tuesday at Stop 45 on the Green Line
One hundred and three were in attendance. Those attending from hen-
were Fonlyce Smith und Miss E. B.
Smith
Warren U. Hartliug went from the
Chuutauquu platform to the White
House. William II Taft went rrom
the White House to the Chautauqua
platform.
Uev. A. A. Hunter of Clevelund was
uu Amherst visitor Wednesday night.
FUNKED FLOORS FOR "HICK" DANCERS
It Is reported thst the mensgemsnt
of Luna Psrk hss "fixed" everything
for ths Amherst people who sre planning to sttsnd the qusrrymen'a picnic
on Saturday, July 16.
Juat how many things he has "fixed"
la unknown, but It la thought that ha
haa ths dsnos hall in good shape for
ths Amherst people.
Tho report Is thst ths dsnes hall hss
been covered with rough plonks so
thst ths "Amherst Farmers," when
they get there, will feel st home.
It hss also been covered with plonks
because ths Clevelsndsrs wsnt to prsc-
tice for the supposed Amherst styls
of dsnclng before the picnic, so ss
not to embarrass sny of ths Amherst
people by hopping off some fsnoy
steps.
Ws sre Inclined to believe that ths
management hss forgotten thst some
South Amherst people will bs there
snd hs hss slse forgottsn thst ths
South   Amherst  steppers sre some of
the best in the worl—In South Am*
herst.
He might slso be surprised when
some of the Amherst hoppers stop
onto ths plsnksd floor snd stsp off
soma difficult stuff thst no ons In
Cleveland hss svsr attempted.
Of course this "plank" bualnsss Is
only s report but it might bs s good
Ides if It were csrrleel out on account
of ssvsrsl people from Brownhelm
who ere  planning to attend.
POSTAL   SHOWER   FOR    MISS
HORN.
Miss Lucy Horn received severul
postal curds from the members of the
W. C. T. U. yesterday In honor of her
birthday, which was Tuesday. July 4th.
LIGHTS BEING INSTALLED
ON   SOUTH   LAKE   STREET
Work was sturted today to install
electric street lights on South Lake
street. Eight large lights ure to be
put up.
AMHERST   MAN   INJURED
WHILE AT WORK AT QUARRIES
William Werner, of Long street, was
severely injured yesterday mom ing
when struck lu the eye wltb a stone
chisel ln tbe Ohio Quurries company's curbing yard.
He was taken to the hospital and
Dr. O. B. Monosmitb ot Lorain waa
summoned. It waa found necessary
to remove the eye.
Brownhelm O.
Jooll  'i
Deer Bdvtni
Its bet I Ion* tiiu sinse i koine Ui
umbers; ;e'i you bei the ol town loo ks
good C mee. Yo.i reeineinbr the Hsi
tim i Wat ther, etie.i t ye? It wuz .he
du befor the feedi'i e.t Jooly. tew yen
ugo.
Wai i neded sueii l.new doothe* ■ v
the 1'oorth so i tha* i wood koine do v i
when they had 'nein >'_t doller ilas.
and DUiiSVS mee, i no Mini knew mis
too
i went in te Jake Buus's uu got mee
sum knew shoos uu b' gosh they SOOTS
ure sum c'usy uns. he set they ot te
cost ten dollers bet i tol hlm, th.-t It
wuz too much, sew he sod i cood have
them fer five, so i lirot em home with
me. Jerimiu, diet is mee wife, sbe sez
thet they wuz fer yeiotig fellers an not
fer me but i tells her thets the stile
un sew  she sez know  more bout it.
While i wuz here, i saw the maior.
say, he soore is a prety yong feller
an he alnt bade! looking neither. Wheu
I went past hltn. he sez tew mee, het-
loe jeisiah an i sez helloe thar mister
maior, gosh but hee wuz nice tew mee,
its funy becuz there uint no lection
now is ther?
i stopped ilite plutos te git mee u
knew hutt te work in an hee tries te
set mee one uv them thar funsi straws,
wot oil the yooug fellers are a wearln
now. bi gosh, i woodnt bee seen ln
brownhelm with one uv them thar
things on mee hed. hue sed thet they
wer oil the goo, but i woodnt tak oue,
beecuz Jerlmia wood give mee ihe
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