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390 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES CHAPTER XX VILLAGE OF CADIZ THE NAME OF THE SEAT OF JUSTICE FOR HARRISON COUNTY- ORIGINAL OWNERSHIP-FIRST OCCUPIED IN 1800 BY .GARRET GLAZENER A BLACKSMITH-FIRST TRAIL-PLATTING OF THE VILLAGE-SALE OF FIRST LOTS-HISTORIAN HENRY HOWE'S DESCRIPTION OF CADIZ IN 1807— POPULATION— THE BUSINESS INTERESTS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS- STATISTICS OF CADIZ FOR 1888 -COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN 1920-21— POSTOFFICE HISTORY- INCORPORATION HISTORY - PUBLIC LIBRARY - WATERWORKS - PAVING. The name Cadiz is borrowed from a province in Spain, the capital of which is Cadiz, a city of about 70,000 people. The geographical location of this place is within sections 5 and 35, of Cadiz and Green townships, respectively. Altitude is 1,270 feet. The land upon which Cadiz was built was conveyed by grant from the United States government to Zaccheus Beatty, April 29, 1804, and he conveyed to Zaccheus Biggs, October 16, 1805. Biggs was the receiver of the landoffice at Steubenville, having received his appointment July 1, 1800. In 1805 he was also one of the surveyors of Short Creek Township, as well as for Moorefield and Athens townships. In that manner, doubtless he became familiar with the best and richest portions of Harrison County. It is certain that among the first white men to reside in what is now Cadiz was a blacksmith named Garret Glazener, about 1800. The first horse path, or trail reaching this point from the east, led to Wellsburg, and doubtless entered the present limits of Harrison County at a point nearly east of Beech Spring church. Another path left the Ohio at Warrentown and followed Short Creek to its headwaters, and from thence to a connection with the Charlestown road. As soon as the landoffice was opened at Steubenville in 1800, and likely prior to that date, a third route, following the old Indian trails, was opened between the site of Cadiz and the river, later continued on to what is now Cambridge, Guernsey County, since known as the Steubenville and Cambridge road. This was laid out because of the fact that most of the immigration coming to this part of Ohio had to come to the landoffice at Steubenville first to make filings, before taking up their lands ; and many whose destination was west of the headwaters of Short Creek, would naturally proceed by the shortest route to regain the main traveled road through this section of Ohio. The intersection of the two main trails, or roads, was at the site of Cadiz. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 391 PLATTING OF VILLAGE Cadiz was laid out by Zaccheus A. Beatty and Zaccheus Biggs, Z. A. Beatty acknowledged the plat before Benjamin Hough, justice of the peace, October 29, 1804, and recorded the same day at Steubenville, Jefferson County. The lots were numbered from 1 to 141. The original streets were : South, Warren, Market, Spring, North, Muskingum, Steubenville (now Main), Ohio, and Wheeling—now Buffalo street. The first deed for a town lot was made by Zaccheus Biggs and wife, Eliza Biggs, to John Finney, the consideration being $20, The date of this deed was February 28, 1806; recorded March 4, 1806; Lot No. 4. From that date to the time of the organization of Harrison County (February 1, 1813), the subjoined list of lots were sold at prices herein given. Some of the deeds of the same appear of record in Jefferson County only. John Finney, February 28, 1806; lot 4; consideration $20. Phineas Ash, March, 1806; lot 88; consideration $44. John Perry, March 22, 1806; lot 22; consideration $13. James McMillen, April 9, 1806; lots 74 and 75; consideration $36. John Pritchard, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1806; lot 87; consideration $27. Martin Snyder, August 11, 1806, lot 86. Andrew McNeely, August 12, 1806; lots 112 and 129; consideration $70. William Foster, before December 31, 1806; lot 13. Sarah Young, December 31, 1806; lot 13. John Maholm, October, 1806 ( ?) ; lot 70; consideration $30. Jacob Browne, of Brooke County, Virginia, October 9, I806 ; lots 110 and 111 ; consideration $137. Robert H. Johnson, October 20, 1806 ; lots 105 and 106. Samuel Boyd, November 7, 1806 ; lot 91. John Pugh, of Frederick County Virginia, December 8, 1806 ; lot 14; consideration $30. Joseph Harrison, December 31, 1806; lot 108. Jacob Arnold, June 17, 1806; lot 109; consideration $65.74. Peter Wilson, June 25, 1807; lot 31. John L. Baker, August 17, 1806; lot 130 ; consideration $12. Zaccheus A. Beatty, October 7, 1808; lot 79. Rebecca Paul, of Philadelphia, October 17, 1808; lot 69; consideration $30. Rudolph Hines, July 24, 1809; lot 82. John Ourant, of New Lisbon, July 24, 1809; lot 102; consideration $30. John McGaughy, before September 22, 1809; lot 77. William Orr, before November 14, 1809; lot 89. John McCray, June 12, 1810; lot 55; consideration $40. William Grimes, March 26, 1810; lot 99; consideration $30. John Sherrard, August 4, 1811; lot 133. James Simpson, December 5, 1810; lot 100; consideration $30. William Sherrard, August 4, 1811 ; lot 130; consideration $56. 392 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES Isaac Meek, September 14, 1811 ; lot 103. Adam Snyder, December 18, 1811; lot 144. Samuel Jackson, January 13, 1812; lot 145. Thomas Dickerson, February 28, 1812; lot 113; consideration $50. Robert Stephens, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1812, two acres adjoining the northwest corner of Cadiz; consideration $46. William Vaughn, March 7, 1812; lot 149. John McClintock,' April 16, 1812 ; lot 117 ; consideration $30. Easter Tingley, April 15, 1812; lot 101. John Pugh, Jr., April 15, 1812 ; lot 14. George McFadden, April 15, 1812; lot 83. Charles Chapman, April 15, 1812; lot 92. ORIGINAL VILLAGE PLATTINGS The total number of lots in the original plat of Cadiz, as laid out by Biggs and Beatty in 1804, was 141. The first addition to the village was platted about 1812 by Jacob Arnold, who kept a tavern in a log cabin standing on the lot later occupied by F. J. Wagner, Arnold's addition consisted of nine lots numbered from 142 to 150. These lots are those on the southwest side of Market street, between Buffalo street and the alley, known as "Gimlet Hill." A second addition to the place was effected by Messrs. Pritchard and Maholm May 24, 1813, consisting of seventeen lots, from 151 to 167. A fourth addition was made by Nathan Adams, containing nine lots from 168 to 176, from which the first lot was sold February 4, 1815. These lots are along the southwest side of Bingham avenue. Another addition to Cadiz was made May 1, 1815 by Andrew McNeely, and these were numbered from 177 to 185 and lie along. the northeast side of Spring street, southeast of Buffalo. Another addition was made by James Arnold in May, 1815, extending along the southwest side of South street, between Main and Ohio, the numbers of the lots being 186 to 193. Lots 194 to 198 were platted byWilliam Knox May 25, 1836, and extend from Muskingum street down the northeast side of Market to the beginning of Lincoln avenue. Lot 199 was platted by Andrew P. Hanna, June 1, 1837, when he deeded it to the school directors. Since the above dates there have been numerous additions and sub-divisions of the place known as Cadiz. In Brown's "Western Gazetteer, or Emigrants Directory," published in Auburn, New York, in 1817, was to been a brief description of the towns and counties of Ohio. The author stated that "Harrison County is settled chiefly by emigrants from Pennsylvania. Cadiz, a small village of twenty houses, is situated on a hill, twenty-six miles west of Steubenville, on. the Zanesville road. , This county has four or five other villages, mostly new and small." CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 393 CADIZ IN 1807 AND LATER In Henry Howe's Historical Collections in 1847-48, he gives the following concerning Cadiz : Cadiz, the county seat, is a remarkably well built city-like town, (this was in 1847), four miles southeasterly from the center of the county, 115 miles easterly from Columbus, twenty-four westerly from Steubenville, and twenty-four miles northerly from Wheeling. It contains one Presbyterian, one Methodist Episcopal, one Associate (Seceder), and one Associate Reformed church. It also contains two printing presses, twelve dry goods, seven grocery, and two drug stores, and had, in 1840, 1,028 inhabitants, Cadiz was laid out in 1803-04, by Messrs. Biggs and Beatty. Its site was then, like most of the surrounding country, a forest, and its location was induced by the junction of the road from Pittsburgh, by Steubenville, with the road from Washington, Pennsylvania, by Wellsburg, Virginia, from where the two united, passed by Cambridge to Zanesville; and previous to the constructional of the national road through Ohio (built in 1825-27), was traveled more, perhaps, than any other road northwest of the Ohio River. In April, 1807, it contained the following named persons with their families: Jacob Arnold, inn-keeper ; Andrew McNeely, hatter and justice of the peace; Joseph Harris, merchant ; John Jamison, tanner ; John McCrea, wheelwright ; Robert Wilkin, brick-maker ; Connell Abdill, shoemaker ; Jacob Myers, carpenter ; John Pritchard, blacksmith ; Nathan Adams, tailor; James Simpson, reed maker ; William Tingley, school teacher; Old Granny (Sarah) Young, midwife and baker, who was subsequently elected (by the citizens of the township in a fit of hilarity) to the office of justice of the peace, but females not being eligible to office in Ohio, the old lady was obliged to forego the pleasure of serving her constituents! The first celebration of Independence in Cadiz was on the Fourth of July, 1806, when the people generally, of the town and county for miles around attended and partook of a fine repast of venison, wild turkey, bear meat and such vegetables as the country then afforded; while for a drink rye whiskey was used. There was much hilarity and good feeling. Mr. Howe's list contains the names of but thirteen families ; but the list of first lot owners shows the names of at least twenty persons who had purchased lots or were residents of Cadiz before 1808. The Ohio Labor Statistics published in 1888 in its pages, has the following concerning Cadiz : Cadiz, county seat of Harrison County, 125 miles northeast of Columbus, is on the Cadiz branch of the P. C. & St. L. Railroad. Newspapers—Flambeau, Prohibitionist, C. B. Davis editor and publisher; Republican, a republican paper, W. B. Hearn editor and proprietor; Sentinel, democratic, W. H. Arnold, editor and publisher. Churches-One Presbyterian, one Methodist Episcopal, one United Presbyterian and a colored Methodist church. Banking—Farmers and Mechanics National, Melford T. Brown, president ; C. 0. F. Brown, cashier. First National, D. B. Welch, president ; I. C. Moore, cashier. Harrison National Bank, D. Cun- 394 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES ningham, president ; John M. Sharon, cashier ; Robert Lyons, Richard Lyons, cashiers. Population 1880- 1817. School census 1888, 592; O. C. Williams school superintendent. Capital invested in manufacturing establishments, $20,000. Value of annual products, $28,000. INDUSTRIAL FEATURES-PAST AND PRESENT During the history of Cadiz--the period of over a century- many have been the changes in the modes of living and the avocation of the citizens of Harrison County in common with all other Eastern Ohio counties. While Cadiz has never been noted as a busy manufacturing mart, yet in days gone by there were many articles produced here which have long since either gone out of use or the factories making such goods have been removed to some greater center of manufacturing. As an example there was the industry of tanning leather, both for harness-making and shoe-making, which was carried on extensively in Cadiz for many years, even from the early history of the village until a few years since. But this industry has taken on advanced forms in process of leather-making, until today the leather product is almost entirely swallowed up and controled by what may be styled the American Leather Trust, which dictates not only the retail prices for all the leather we use, but also fixes the prices for the raw material-the hides and pelts used in the making of leather. Hence the tan-bark, the bark-mills and the dirty vats once so well known in this and other Ohio villages have forever disappeared. Then the foundry business was of much greater importance here than it is today, for such industry has also changed largely to large manufacturing centers, where iron, coal and coke are nearer at hand. Spinning and weaving the coarser fabrics, by home-made machinery, of rude though simple construction, was at one day here common, but long since the hum and whiz of the spinning wheel and distaff have ceased to be heard in the household, and the intricate and swift flying shuttle numbered by the ten of thousands in great factory centers east and south, have monopolized this industry and hence our sons and daughters no longer wear the good old-fashioned home-spun linsey-woolsey goods. Then another industry now extinct,' was that of furniture-making. Here in Cadiz were shops that made everything of household use from a baby cradle to a burial case—then always known as a coffin, and it was made with no covering whatever, simply the finished wood, with a raised top and diagonal sides. The dining chairs, the tables and bed-steads were all home-made and served well their purpose. The swift revolving turning-lathe was always in evidence in the early villages of the county and greatly interested the boys from the country who stood by the half hour and watched the "turner" fashion many a pretty article. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 393 COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN CADIZ IN 1920-21 Automobile Agencies—E. M. Long & Sons, M. R. Brown, J. W. Robertson, Ralph Wood, Cadiz Motor Company, J. A. Gordon, J. L. Walters, Merryman Company. Auto Garages (Repairs)—Long & Sons, Talhurst & Lafollette, Cadiz Motor Company, Morrison Riley, Jacob Brown, Merryman Motor Sales Company, Lincoln Chaney. Attorneys—R. H. Minteer, John C. Sharon, John B. Busby, B. W. Rowland, C. W. Pettay, Frank B. Grove, Albert O. Barnes, D. A. Hollingsworth, E. S. McNamee, B. W. Moore, W. T. Perry, C. B. Perry, John B. Worley, W. J. Shotwell, R. R. Beetham, William C. Bigger, W. S. Cessna and L. H. Scott. Artists—S. G. Peppard, John Sheriff. Abstracters—B. W. Moore, J. C. Sharon, F. B. Grove, C. B. Perry, Rowland & Pettay, W. T. Perry. Banking—Harrison National, First National, Fourth National. Building and Loan Companies—The Cadiz Building and Loan Company, The Third Equitable Building and Loan Company, The Harrison Building and Loan Company. Battery Service Stations—Willard Service Station, E. N. Long & Sons, Cadiz Motor Company. Bakeries—Wagner Brothers, Barrett Brothers. Barber Shops—Lucas Brothers, A. A. Tressell, Brooks & Son, Clinton Murrell. Blacksmith Shops—Noah Blanchard, McConnell Brothers, George Weaver, Ed. Swan. Coal Dealers—R. H. Anderson, Clayton Pickering, W. F. Gaumiter, William Sheets, James Christy, Jr., Charles Armstrong, Sr., James W. Kerr & Son. Clothing—F. W. Adams, Wagner & McFadden, Jennie Clark & Co., Scott-Wright Company. Civil Engineers—C. J. Victorien, H. R. McCoy, J. G. Gordon. Cement Work—John Aukerman, Joseph Timmons. Confectioneries—Tony DeGato, Dominick Migliore, Mike Carrescia. Creamery—The Medina County Creamery Company. Cream Station—Walter Penn. Drugs—William T. Sharp & Co., 0. H. Finanical. Dentists—H. D. Smith, J. H. Hines, George P. Sharp, H. D. Dickey, J. E. Dysart. Dray Lines - Alonzo Johnson, Chauncy Black, Lyle & Kerr, Aukerman & Bethel. Electric Light Companies—Cadiz Electric Company. Furniture—J. P. Clark & Son, J. W. Gillespie. Feed Store –Cadiz Feed Company, W. C. Gunnell. Greenhouses-George Aukerman, _____ Davies. Groceries-Frank Maffeo, James Russo, John Timmons, W. B. Lisle, Robert Wood, Carl Cooper, "Red Star" (Hillegas), Earnest Streng, Albert Hatton and the Cadiz Produce Company. Gas Companies—Cadiz Gas Company, F. N. Donaldson. 396 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES General Dealers—J. G. Rogers, Hill & Martin, John Aukerman, Jennie Clark & Company, Wagner & McFadden, Scott-Wright Company. Harness—J. L. Walters. Hardware—Ralph Wood, George D. McFadden & Sons, J. M. Starrett, Mealey & Poulson. General Insurance—Walter Hines, E. P. Hines, Allen L. Adams, D. P. Host, P. L. Adams, Harrison County Mutual Company. Life Insurance—Paul L. Adams, Allen L. Adams, Mrs. George Rea, Mrs. G. B. Rogers. Hotel-The Ehrhart. Ice Dealers-Yonally & Company. Implement Dealers—E. L. Adams, S. S. Johnson, T. G. Merryman. Jewelers—L. H. Scott, Ed C. Johnston. Lumber Dealers-E. M. Long & Sons. Livery—J. F. Quigley, James Kane. Meat Markets—George Kenisell, Weaver & Company, J. C. Glover. Marble Works—W. W. Webber, Aukerman & Jenkins. Millinery—Agnes Vance, Emma Fleming, Margaret Crumley . Milling—W. C. Gummell. Music Dealers—D. W. Cummins, Ed C. Johnston. Opera House—Fleetwood Walker. Poultry Dealer—Hill & Martin, John Aukerman, E. Strong. Opticians—Ed C. Johnston, John S. Campbell. Physicians-Drs. S. B. McGavran, R. P. Ruck, H. I. Heaviline, John S, Campbell, O. H. Finnical, W. H. Lemmon, John H. Mattern, Mary Lemmon. Photographers—Will M. McConnell, E. S. Shearer. Pool Halls-James Russell, Mattern & Wood. Paint Dealers—J. M. McConnell, J. M. Starrett, George D. McFadden. Rooming Houses—James B. Rogers, Richey Sisters, A. H. Barrett, Davis Sisters, Caroline Birney, Ed Davis. Registered Nurses—Etta Boyle, Julia Booker, Margaret Holmes. Restaurants—Barrett Brothers, Loofbourrow & Son, Wagner Brothers. Stock Dealers—Thomas Vasbinder, J. G. Rogers, Bert Bullock, Robert Bullock, O. A. Craigo, R. R. Baker, J. M. Hamilton, Joseph Hamilton, W. P. Heyde. Shoe Dealers-Wagner & McFadden, F. W. Adams, Scott- Wright Company. Shoe Shop—D. C. Hilligas. Tailors—L. B. Rogers, George C. Sheets, Ida Sheets. Undertakers-J. W. Gillespie, J. L. Clark, J. W. Clark. Veterinaries-S. H. Kent, A. C. Dunlap. Taxi Service—J. F. Quigley, Howard Work, R. Coffman, F. J. Cessna, C. S. Vasbinder. Tire Shop—"The Tire Shop" (Brown). The Five and Ten Cent "Racket" Store. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 397 Wool Buyers—Frank Ogilbee, S. K. McLaughlin, 0. S. Cramblet, W P. Hedges and George W. Glover. MISCELLANEOUS Cadiz Dry Cleaning Company. C. N. Henderson, Auto Bus Line. W. F. Gaumeter & Company, sheet metal specialties. Rittenhouse Brothers, factory. S. H. Rose, medical supplies. A. O. McFadden, patent medicine and extracts. Standard Oil Supply Station. The Scott Brothers Co., manufacturers tire tapes. Alano Lighting System. H. W. Vance, tractor dealer. John Hanna, book store. John Lyons, newspaper dealer. Harrison & Jefferson Telephone Company. The Cadiz Electric Light & Power Company. J. M. McConnell, wall paper. William Ward's Machine Shop. Samuel Fryer, furniture repairs. Cadiz City Band. Cadiz Steam Laundry. J. W. Newlin, ice cream factory. Western Union Telegraph Company. Octo Oil Company, gas supplies. American Express company. Building and Loan Companies, three in number, mentioned above. POSTOFFICE HISTORY Among the first public utilities in Cadiz after it had been legally platted was the establishment of a postoffice. The first to serve as postmaster was Joseph Harris, a merchant of the village. In the absence of any authentic postal records, no attempt will be made to give the names of the postmasters before Civil war days, but from that time on to the present, the office has been filled by the following men : John Robinson, succeeded by Messrs. Obediah Slemmons, John Fogle, W. H. McCoy, followed by his son, Charles McCoy, N. A. Hanna, J. C. Glover. R. R. Beetham, and present postmaster, John M. Francis. His commission bears date September 19, 1918, signed by Woodrow Wilson. In 1864 the postoffice was located where now stands the Fourth National Bank, then it was removed to a building that stood on the corner of the courthouse square, next it was located in a building a little to the east of Wagner & McFadden's store, from which site is was changed to where the pool room stands now, to the north of the Harrison National Bank. In the administration of Postmaster Glover the office was moved to its present quarters on Market street, to a building erected for that purpose by Dr. S. B. McGavran. The office has been here since January 1, 1908. 398 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES The rural delivery was instituted under postmaster Glover and the city delivery under postmaster Beetham, in 1909. The present carriers are: Charles W. Carson and Harold J. McCoy. This is now a second class postoffice and has eight rural delivery routes with rural carriers as follows : Joseph D. Perry, Raymond O. Timmons, Fred C. Martin, William S. Wilson, Robert L. Mitchell, Hugh S. Smylie, Francis M. Rea and Lloyd Mattern. The amount of business transacted at this postoffice the last fiscal year was $12,142.86. The present (January, 1921) office force is: Postmaster, John M. Francis ; assistant postmaster, Fred S. Bayless; clerks, William C. Parks, Henry E. Turney and John W. Martin. MUNICIPAL HISTORY Cadiz was incorporated by an act of the Ohio Legislature in 1832, amended in 1835 and finally incorporated as a village in 1839. The following served as presidents of the board of trustees (as called under the code of the State prior to 1852, but mayors since that date) : Z. Bayless, 1835; J. Harris, 1836; Z. Bayless, 1837-44; Josiah Scott, 1844 47; 1847-52, no record; Lewis Lawton, 1852, '53, '54; Amon Lemmon, 1855; Josiah M. Estep, 1856-57; Joseph R. Hunter, 1858- 60 ; J. H. McMath, 1860-61 ; John S. Pearce, 1862-63 (resigned to enter Union army) ; O. Slemmons, 1864-66; W. P. Hays, 1866-70; W. P. Lupton, 1870-74; James Howard, 1874-76 ; W. P. Hays, 1876-78; H. G. Foraker, 1878-80. From 1880 to the present (1921) date the mayors have been as follows: 1880-H. G. Forker, Republican. 1881—James Howard, Republican. 1882—A. W. Scott, six years, Republican. 1888 - James Moore, eight years, Republican. 1896-J. B. Worley, two years, Republican. 1898—M. J. McCoy, two years, Republican. 1900—C. J. Brokaw, two years, Democrat. 1902—E. S. McNamee, two years, Republican. 1904—L. H. Scott, two and three-fourths years, Republicans. 1906—W. T. Perry, two years, Republican. 1908—W. S. Cessna, four years, Democrat. 1912—C. G. Addleman, four years, Republican. 1916 - J. G. Coil, two years, Republican. 1918 - R. M. Wood, two years, Republican. 1920—Charles Perry, one month, resigned, Republican. 1920—C. J. Brokaw, one year, Democrat. The present officers of the municipality of Cadiz are as follows: Mayor, Charles J. Brokaw ; clerk, W. H. Lucas (colored), serving since 1882, a period of thirty-nine years, and a school teacher for forty- nine years in the village of Cadiz ; treasurer, Robert C. Pettis ; councilmen, Frank Adams (R), Clarence Barrett (R), Plummer Dickerson (R), L. C. Peoples (R), C. C. Pickering (R), F. J. Wagner (D) ; police, William C. Mitchell ; marshal, Joseph Lefferty; solicitor, John CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 399 C. Sharon; cemetery trustees, W. S. Sharp, J. McFadden, S. K. McLaughlin ; cemetery sexton, J. V. Hayes; waterwork superintendent, George Sheets; board of public affairs, John Carmody, J. F. Smith and T. J. Reese. WATER-WORKS, PAVING, ETC. This village owns its own water-work system—a most excellent one—which was installed in 1895 at an expense of $35,000. Water is obtained from drilled six-inch wells of 210 to 220 feet depth ; water raised by air compression pumps and forced through pipes by direct pressure engines. For fire protection there are fifty-six fire plugs and at the water plant there is a storage cistern of 350,000 gallons PICTURE OF THE WATER-WORKS, CADIZ capacity. In addition the village has recently purchased an auto-fire truck for $1,600 to aid in fire-fighting. A volunteer fire company handles the fire appliances for a nominal sum each. Cadiz now has three and a half miles of paved streets, built from 1907 to 1915 at a cost of $104,032. This paving is of the yellow flint brick type of paving brick. The electric lights of the village are produced by a private stock company that furnished lights for family and street use. PRESENT FINANCES OF CADIZ The assessed valuation of Cadiz is $2,758,470. Bonded indebtedness is : Refunding village bonds - $ 9,000.00 Refunding water-works bonds - 5,000.00 400 - CHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS, CADIZ CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 401 Village street paving - 24,000.00 Property owners paving bonds - 10,000.00 Total bonded debt - $48,000.00 CADIZ CHAUTAUQUA ASSOCIATION This society or company was organized August 17, 1908, and owns the entire tract of forty acres now used for chautauqua and county fair uses, the fair association leasing from the chautauqua company. The first officers were: Robert P. Scott, president ; W. W. Wright, vice-president ; W. W. Harrison, secretary ; E. N. Haverfield, treasurer. The present (1920-21) officers are: J. B. Worley, president ; T. A. Scott, vice-president ; Fred Sharon, secretary and E. N. Haver- field, teasurer. The following have served as presidents and secretaries since the date of organization : Robert P. Scott, Judge J. B. Worley, presidents ; W. W. Harrison, Frank B. Grove, John A. Hanna and Fred Sharon, secretaries. Speakers and other entertainments on the annual programs here are secured independent of any one bureau, the officers of the Cadiz chautauqua selecting such talent as they desire from the various companies. The grounds are the finest in this part of Ohio. THE CADIZ PUBLIC LIBRARY Among the old records there is a mention of a public library association being established away back about 1820, but the mere mention is all that can now be said of such an enterprise. The present library, so much prized by both young and old in the community was established as the Cadiz Library Association in March, 1880 by a few literary citizens who chose their trustees and they in turn elected their officers in April of that year. The first officers were : D. Cunningham, president ; J. M. Estep, vice-president ; C. D. Dewey, treasurer ; H. G. Forker, secretary. Drawing cuts for long and short terms of office the following became the first trustees : D. Cunningham and A. W. Scott, for the two year term ; C. P. Dewey and W. H. Arnold, for the three year term ; J. M. Estep and J. D. Wortman, one year term. By virtue of being mayor of the village of Cadiz, another member of the trustee board was H. G. Foraker. At first this was an association supported entirely by the members paying a stated amount each year to the support of the institution —usually one dollar per member. An offer was made by the pioneer Dewey family to give quite an amount toward endowing the library on the condition that the institution should be called the "Dewey Public Library". The Dewey family had already donated several cases of valuable books and desired to have the family name thus perpetuated, but the members, or rather the officers of the library association declined the offer, preferring rather to have an independent library and hence they have one 402 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES. at this time. Many years ago, however, the village and school board took a hand in it and it became a library drawing a small annual tax for its upkeep, and it is thus supported at this time. The school board has much to say about the running of this library, in a way at least. The library had its first home in the building to the north of the Harrison National Bank, over the pool room of today. It remained there until removed to the present quarters in the basement of the courthouse, where it has been since the completion of that structure in 1895. It is an ideal place for a city library. The records were kept for more than twenty years by Miss Martha Shotwell. The librarians have served in order as follows: 1-Miss Mary McFadden, who received twenty dollars per month; she passed from earth June 6, 1881. 2-Miss Mary McCreary. 3—Dora Leslie. 4—Miss Addie Geider, elected in 1883. 5—Miss Ella Ward, from January 1, 1892. 6—Margaret Potts, commenced December, 1906. 7—Miss Isabelle McConnell. 8—Miss Dorothy McCann. 9-Mrs. Carrie McCann. 10—Mrs. C. 0. F. Brown. 11—Mrs. Addie Garvin (since May, 1919). About 1882, Orville Dewey, of Wheeling, a former Cadiz boy, presented the Cadiz Library with the collection of rare and costly books he had spent a life-time in collecting. Among the number is the reprint of book plates used to ilustrate scenes in the life of our Saviour printed about 1520, A. D. These were taken from Wickliffe's version. Three other rare volumes are entitled: GV IL ET IOANNIS BLAEV THEATRVMFIVE ATLAS NOVIS Pars Tertia Amsterdam, Apud Ioh & Cornelivm Blaev Clclccxl The above books are really an atlas of the world, 1633 A. D. This collection of books has been estimated by book lovers who have some idea of the cost of rare editions as being worth many thousands of dollars. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS The population of Cadiz in 1890 was 1,716; in 1900 it was 1,755 ; in 1910 it was placed at 1,971. The present enumeration (1920 U. S. Census) gives the population of the place at 2,084. The present churches are the Methodist Episcopal, the African CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 403 Methodist Episcopal, the Simpson Methodist, the Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, the Christian and Catholic societies, all but the last named having church edifices of their own and these have recently organized a parish and purchased a handsome residence property which serves for the present for both a church and pastor's house. For an account of these several churches the reader is referred to the general chapter on Churches of Harrison County—see index. The civic societies include lodges of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and numerous beneficiary societies, all treated under the head of lodges of the county, elsewhere in this volume. |