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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
Local BrevitieS

Ellis ice4cream is a Celina product.
What about home industries
The ladies aid society Of st. Paul's
will be entertained this afternoon at
the church parlors by Mesdames L. N.
Johnson and j. G. Hale.
One hundred and thirty pupils were
in this city last Saturday to take the
oecond Patterson examination, Out
of 1877, who took the first examination
snly twenty passed successfully.
Martha Proctor was arrested last
Sunday on an aifidavit filed in Justice
Raudabaugh's court, charging assault
and battery. She plead guilty and
was fined So and costs. The bill was
paid. The women are neighbOrs and
live in Lake View addition.
Charles Kennard, residing west Of
town, was arrested last Monday upon
an affidavit of Humane officer Hight
charging him with crelty to animals.
He plead guilty in Justice Rauda-
baugh's court and was fined $5 and
costs. He settled.
VIM. Eicher, of Hopewell townships;
S. G. Duff, of Union; Fred Mescher, of
Maria Stein; and T. w. Clark, of Ft.
Recovery, members of the jury COM
mission, met in this city last Monday
and selected names for the jury wheel
from which jurors be drawn for
the ensuing year,
VIM. Now, of HOpewell township,
lost valuable two weeks-old colt on
Wednesday. The colt tried to jump a
picket fence and in doing so, only got
part way over, running picket
through its side. II hung there for
several minutes until MIR. Now could
cut the fence to releaselt. The injuries
were such that it had to be killed.
For the first time probably in gem
Grafton the Board of County Commits
sioners failed to meet in regular week.
ly session last Friday. The members
of tho board were out viewing the pro-
prosed st. Marys River improvement
and were not able to get back in time
to transact the usual business.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
LIMA MAN VICTIM OF
HIS OWN AUTO
MOBILE

George Feltz, former treasurer of
Allen County, president of the Feltz-
Eads company and cashier of the Ger
man American Bank, of Lima, was
seriously and at first, thought fatally
injured in an automobile wreck just
west of st. Henry, last Sunday after
noon. His collar bone and three ribs
were fractured. With party of Lima
friends, he was returning home from
st. Rosa, where they had spent the day
at the corner stone laying of the new
Catholic Church, and when a quarter
of mile west of St. Henry, the front
axle of the car broke, dumping the oc-
cupants into ditch. Although the
other members of the party were badly
bruised up Mr.. Feltz was the only one
to sustain serious injury. He was re-
moved to st. Henry, where DR.. j. A.
Shiraek reduced the fractures and
Tuesday he was removed to his home
at Lima.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
Where Is heaven Is II
\ PLACE or CONDITION

Answer-The Bible Indirectly ex-
plains the location Of Heaven, as
surfing US that none except the spirit
begotten could clearly understand
the explanation. Jesus said, IF
have told you earthly things, and
ye believe not, how shall ye believe
II / tell you heavenly things3" John
iii, I2l. Heaven is a PLACE, how
ever. We read, Heaven is my
throne, and the earth is my foot
stool" llHah Xvi, y. Gods throne
in tho sense Of his power, extends
throughout the Universe; but since
he is a PERSON he must have a CEN
tral point of presence and govern
ment. The group Of stars called
Pleiades, 10 tho north oftho heavens
is, we think wisely, considered the
central point Of the Divine Govern
ment; for IL has been ascertained
that all the heavenly bodies, great
and small, are gradually circling
about that central point.
II is proper, also, TO speak Of the
heavenly or spirit CONDITION as dis
tinct from an earthly, or human con-
dition. The word heaven" signi-
fies that which is high or exalted.
Likewise we observe that the
earth and the planets revolving
around the sun form our solar sys-
tenn. As corroborating this thought
see Job xxXviii, 81.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
Herbert S. Bigelow.l

A member of the Illinois Legislature
was once invited to address the priso-
ners at the chapel service.
81 don't know what to call you" he
began. Il can't say, Gentlemen, for
if you had been gentlemen you would
not be here. ! can't say, Fellow Citi-
zens, for you have lost your vote. And
if say, My Friends, l give myself
away.
A member ofanother legislature told
me that at the close of the session, he
saw fellow senator get screw
driver of the janitor, take the Yale
lock off his desk, put it in his grip and
take it home.
Gentlemen, said a former senator
on the floor of the OHIO Senate, Il am
the only honest man in this body. At
least am the only one whose honesty
has been passed upon by jury"
Eight members of the present Ohio
Legislature are to have the opportunity
of getting their honesty certified to by
jury of their peers. Unfortunately
Legislatures are under such a weight
of public suspicion, that indictments
are accepted, my many, as equivalent
to conviction,
The popular dlstrust of legislative
bodies is one of the ugliest phases of
our political life.
Probably representatives are good as
the people. But their integrity is sub
ieeted to greater strain than that OF
the average citizen. Stronger and abier
men are needed to face the lobby of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
RIVER INSPECTION
MADE IN JIG TIME
LSt. MarYs ArRns.

A point on the St. Marys River four
miles beyond the Ohio Indiana State
line was reached Friday evening by
the party representing tho joint board
of county commissioners, who staEted
on the 18th from st. Marys. The itin-
erary was completed in advance of the
time scheduled, causing conservative
estimates about the length of the river
from here to the Hoosier boundary;
also regarding the cross country walk
ing ability of the county officials.
The trip into Indiana was made par
tieularly to investigate certain mill
dam said to form an obstruction.
Official reports on the main subject
will likely be withheld till June y, to
which date the matter is continued.
The joint board of commissioners will
then convene and possibly announce a
definite decision. Individuals are
meantime reticent when approached
for personal opinions. Mention is made
of various places where drift and sand
bars have accumulated in large vol
ume. One Mercer County farmer claims
to have eighty acres of land annually
overfOwed and the source of less reve-
nue. than is required for taxes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
THE WORLD DO MOVE

special interests at the state capitol.
But while we are waiting for the
needed improvement in the character
of legislative bodies, something else
may be done to allay the popular dis
trust.
Amend the state constitution so that
the people may bring injunction pro-
ceedings against any act of their legis-
lature, and may also mandamss legis-
latures to permit desired legisla ion.
The referendum is the legislative in
junction and the initiative is the man
damus we need. BY means of these
provisions the people become adjunct
of the legislature.
This is a shocking proposal to men
who are content that a court should
enioin legislatures or even legislate by
constructions.
Thus is the issue drawn in our day
between the friend and foe of popular
government. Ten American States and
over hundred American cities have
already achieved the initiative and re-
ferendum. This revolution has taken
place in ten short years, In another
ten years there will~not be a single
northern state without these powers,
and direct legislation will, by that
time, be the established practice Of
American municipal life.
The people have tried government
by legislatures and are not satisfied
with it. Now they are going to try
their own hand. While we are disput-
ing about the wisdom Of the change,
the change is actually being made
The nation is having a new birth In
freedom,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
K.OF p. COMMITTEE FINDS
CELINA ALL WOOL AND
SO INCHES WIDE

The Regimental Committee of the
Knights of Pythias Of the Springfield
district, under the guidance of that
prince Of good fellows, Colonel John
w. GARNER, and including Captains
Jos. S. Clarke and w. f. Kuntz, and
Lieutenants Perrine, Marshall and
Jenkins visited Celina and took look
at the town and Mercelina Park in
particular, where the regimental en-
campment will be held the coming
August. The party was met by a trio
of Celina boomers-Messrs. ED and
Walter Norman and l.. NJ. Murlin-in
automobiles and shown the biggest lit.
tie town on the Western Hemisphere
and an ideal place for on outing. 1t
is said they were pleasantly impressed
with Mr. Garnier's old home town and
surprised that he did not paint il in
more rOseate oolors. John, of course,
was pleased, as he knew they would
be, but thought he would let them do
the painting and sit back and look on
and smile.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
MAN
FATALLY HURT
a. Caldwater During Tuesdays
Storm, Succumbing 20 Tnju-
ries Following Day.

A violent wind and rain.storm Wis
tied this city and vicinity last Tuesday
noon, doing some damage 10 awnings,
roofs and fruit and shade treet.
The storm WIS most destructive at
Coldwater, where John Mcdowell, OF
Macedon was fatally injured by being
caught In an overturned house wagon,
In which he and other men were living,
being employed the spreader works.
While MIR. Mcdowell was putting
away the cooking utensils the storm
broke. When the house went over he
was scalded by boiling water and in
ternally injured, from the effects Of
which he died tho following morning
The deceased was 81 years old, and
WAS born in Kentucky, coming To this
county when lad, His funeral oc-
Cured at Maeedon Wednesday. He
leaves wife and three children.
There we're other narrow escapes
from death at Coldwater and some
damage TO property.
Hopewell township was hard hit,
the roof on the barn OF Mrs. Mary
Knapke being blown of and the build
ing otherwise damaged. Joe Knapke,
in the same vicinity, had the windows
of his house blown out and his barn
damaged.
other portions Of the county reported
small losses from wind.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
I77-WhO made God, and is
he a person

Answer-We recognize God as un-
created; the First Cause, or Creator
OF ali things. From everlasting TO
everlasting thou art God" Psalm
xc, y. our minds are unable TO
grasp so stupendous a proposition,
because OF our limitations. But
there are other things which we can
not understand, yet cannot deny.
For Instance; we believe that space
is endless, but we cannot understand
how we could 20 on and on forever
and never reach the limits OF space.
Then, on tho other hand, neither
can we comprehend limitto space
that we could 20 on and on and on
and then come 10 fence or some
other stopping place, beyond which
there would be no space.
God is n person. We quote from
Standard Dictionary the following:
ANY being having life, intelligence,
viii and separate existence: dlstiDg-
uished from an irrational BRUTE, az
inanimate THING"
We conceive Of the Deity as an
actual existence, an infinite being,
whom by the analogy OF language,
we term PERSON.
All recognize man as "A person.
The Scriptures state that God created
man in his own image and likeness
Genesis &, 27) therefore God must
be person.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
CELINA MEN SECURE
BIG DREDGING
CONTRACT

J. L. and r. h. Wyckoff are home
from CaroltOn, Mo-, where they were
successful bidders on a 5000, 600 dredg-
ing job last Saturday, hnderbidding
about eight times as large as the one
of dredging Beaver, which they are
just completing, and calls for almost
two million cubic yards of excavation.
The ditch is over 2l miles long and
runs to within few miles of Kansas
City. 1t is expected that it Will take
over two years to complete the job,
work on which is to start about the
middle Ofnext month.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
BY JAMES a. EDGERToN.
copyright by American Press Associa
tim 1911

BY JAMES a. EDGERTON.
| copyright by American Press Assoeia-
tlon, l9lLl
~ URING the month of May, 1861,
the chief activity on both sides
was In recruiting, drilling and
planning future campaigns.
Lincoln's second call for troops had
just been made, and the states were
busy filling their quota. Jefferson Da-
Wis had also issued a call for men,
and the activity In the south was as
feyerish as In the north. One Of the
,trange phenomena Of the times was
The confidence shown by both sides In
the result. Each section professed to
believe that the war would be Of short
duration and that its side would, of
course, be the winner. Nor was all
this assumed for effect In the popu-
lar mind it seemed to be a firmly set
tied conviction.
Yet the war fever was on. The PEG
pie were reading war thinking war,
singing war Many new songs built
around some sentiment Of the struggle
had already come into vogue. One of
these was directly the result of LIN
coins second call for troops and in
May was just becoming popular,
Yes, Wen rally round the flag, boys,
Wen rally once again,
Shouting the battlecry Of freedom
Wo will rally from the hillside,
Wen rally from the plain,
Shouting the battlecry Of freedom.
CHORUS.
The Union forever! Hurrah boys, hur-
rah!
Down with the traitor, up with the star,
For wen rally round the flag. boys,
Rally once again,
Shouting the battlecry Of freedom.
"Rally Round the Flag" has a power
to stir us yet. Then imagine what it
must have meant in the recruiting
days Of 1861!
There was another song that fancy
was written about this same time, At
any rate, it came early in the war;
We are coming, Father Abraham,
Three hundred thousand more,
From Mississippi's winding streams
And from New England's shore.
We leave our plows and workshops,
Our wives and children dear,
With hearts too full for utterance,
With but a silent tear.
oh, we dare not look behind us,
But steadfastly before!
We are coming, Father Abraham,
Three hundred thousand more.
CHORUS.
We are coming, Father Abraham,
Our Union to restore.
We are coming, Father Abraham,
Three hundred thousand more.
This suggests Ingersoll's "Vision Of
the War;"
We see them all as they march proudly
away under the Haunting flags, keeping
time TO the grand, wild music Of war
marching down the streets OF great cities,
through the towns and across the prairies
down to the fields Of glory to do and to
die for the eternal right.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
BUILDING OF b. G. c. TRAC-
TTON AGAIN SAID TO
BE SURE THING
decatur Und.) Democrat.

BbCdtuI kluusl DemOcfdls
From a reliable source we are in
formed that the building Of the Bluff
ton, Geneva and Celina traction line in
the immediate future is assured, and
that arrangements to finance this big
work have been practically completed
though no official announcement to
this effect has been made. The road
was built from BlufTton to Geneva last
year, and the boys behind it have never
stopped digging for the funds to go on
east. This means a good interurban
line, and one that should enjoy a pay
ing patronage.
1t means also that if the Fort Wayne
& Springfield is built south this sum-
mer that they will have an outlet to
the east in the way of exchange of
freight and passenger business for both
roads. At a recent meeting of business
men in Decatur the other evening ex-
pressions favorable to the project to
build south were unanimous, and it is
likely that an effort to secure local
help, perhaps in the way Of a subsidy,
may come soon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
THE DEMOCRATS
NEWEST FEATURE

Tue DEMOCRAT today announces a
brand new feature, EVERY body's Bible
Question Box" We say brand new"
because it is brand new.
We expect much from this new fea-
ture in the matter of arousing a gem
uine interest in the mystical and
strange, yet beautiful allegorical plet-
ures of the Jewish Law and prophets
of old, and hope also to call forth in
teresting explanations of many para
doxical statements of the New Testa-
ment.
Every body that believes the Bible to
be Jehovah's revelation to mankind,
setting forth certain rules Of righteous
ness and his promises of rewards for
obedience, should, in order to render
acceptable obedience, alteration and
worship, have an intelligent under,
Il IVf
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
BLIND TRIO AT ERASTUS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The Columbian Trio Concert Co.. the fa-
nous blind musical organization know over
all the States. will appear at Erastus next
Wednesday evening, the 3lst. The compa-
ny consists of Alva O. Thurman, violin, Wis
triso, baritone and whistler; Charles j.
Myers flute soloist, pianist and tenor; B.
f. Williams, tenor soloist. humorist, piano
accOmpanist. Erastus people are fortunate
in securing such fine entertainers for an
evenings enjoyment. They make good
everywhere. Door opens at Z pm.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
ANNUAL REUNION OF THE
FASTS WEDNESDAY,
JUNE z

Our old friend Philip Fast, of Center
township, was in to see us the first of
week and inform us of the date of the
annual reunion of the numerous tribe
of the house of Fast, which takes
place at Mercelina Park, Wednesday,
June Z. On the 18th of the same month
the parent organization of the family
meets at Ashland, o.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
THE GRIM REAPER

William Harb, aged As years, a
highly respected resident of Rockford,
died at his home in that village last
Saturday night after a three weeks
illness of erysipelas. Deceased was
born and raised in Blackcreek town
ship and was a carpenter by trade. He
is survived by three children, three
brothers and two sisters. Funeral SER
vices were held at the Bethel Church
Tuesday morning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
FIRST AIECER COUNTY PA
TIENF FOR NEW TUBER-
CULOSIS HOSPITAL

Mrs. John Bader, of Liberty township,
stricken with tuberculosis, was taken
to Lima Wednesday, where she will
take treatment at the joint tuberculosis
hospital. Mrs. Bader is the first pa
tient from this county to seek treat
ment there. She suffered a severe
attack of the grip about year ago and
since that time tubercular trouble has
lnrnInnnd
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
LESS CHILDREN OF SCHOOL
AGE I'M CELINA THAN
TAST YEAR

School Enumerator Harry l.. Hight,
finished his work of canvassing the
town, Wednesday, and his report
shows return of 95f children, of
school age, SO less than the enumera-
tion of last year. Of the number 4Sl
are boys and AIS girls.
There are l9l children between the
ages of 6 and years; 3S5 between and
IA; 1913 between IA and IS, and 257 be-
tween 16 and 2l.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
SHII Another Victim.

George w. Norris, of 9l9 Hierholzor
street, in a very sad condition from
the terrible white plague, was taken to
the tuberculosis hospital yesterday by
Infirmary Directors Preston and Me
haus for treatment.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

Fireman Henry Bethel last Saturday
resigned his position as a member Of
local fire department and is driving
one of the Mike Hemmert ice wagons.
Fire Chief Weisman has filled the va
cancy with Louis HOuck, a former
member Of the volunteer department,
a young FIRE fighter we'll fitted for the
positiOn,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
DECORATION
DAY
[By Eugene F. ware. "IronauIII'l

[By Eugene F. Ware, "Gronquill"l
[The author of this unique poem Is a
Kansas lawyer, formerly commissioner OF
pensions, and served through the civil
war being mustered out as captain Of an
Iowa cavalry troop. Mr.. Ware has writ
ten many patriotic poems.l
TT is needless should tell you
OF the history of Sumter,
How the chorus Of the cannon
shook its walls
How the scattered navies gathered,
How the iron ranked battalions
Rose responsive to the country's urgent
calls
It is needless that tell you,
For the time is still too recent,
How was heard the first vindictive can
non's peal,
How two brothers stopped debating
On a sad, unsettled question
And referred 1t to the arbitrating STEEL
1t is needless that tell you
OF the somber days that followed
Stormy days that in such slow succession
ran
OF Antietam, Chickamauga,
Gettysburg and Murfreesboro
Or the rocky, cannon shaken Rapidan.
It was not war of conquest.
It was fought to save the Union;
It was waged for an idea Of the right,
And the graves so widely scattered
Show how fruitful an idea
In peace or war may be in moral might.
Brief indeed the war had lasted
Had 1t ragged in hope Of plunder,
Briefer still had glory been its only aim,
But its long and sad duration
And the graves 1t has bequeathed us
other motives. other principles, proclaim.
Need 1 mention this idea,
The invincible idea,
That seemed to hold and save the nations
life;
That resistless and unblenching,
Undisheartened by disaster,
Seemed the soul and inspiration of the
strife?
This idea was Of freedom
Was that men should all stand equal,
That the world was interested in the
fight;
That the present and the future
Were electors who had chosen
Us to argue and decide the case Alright.
And the theories Of freedom
Those now silent bugles uttered
viii reverberate with ever glowing tones.
They can never be forgotten.
But will work among the nations
Till they sweep the world of shackles and
Of thrones
It Is meet that we do honor
To the comrades who have fallen,
Meet that we the sadly woven garlands
twine
Where they buried lie is sacred,
Whether meath the northern marble
Or beneath the southern cypress tree or
pine.
Nations are the same as children
Always living in the future,
Living in their aspirations and their
hopes,
Picturing some future greatness,
Reaching forth for future prizes,
With wish for higher aims and grander
scopes,
1t is better for the people
That they reach for an IDEAL
lives,
Though the standard be unreal,
Though the hope meets no fulhllment,
Though the fact in empty dreams alone
survives.
If the people rest contented
With the good they have accomplished,
Then they retrograde and slowly sink
away.
Give a nation an ideal,
Some grand, noble, central project,
1t, like adamant, refuses to decay.
'Tis the duty of the poet
'Tis the duty of the statesman,
To inspire a nations life with nobler
aims.
And dlshonor win o'ershadow
Him who dares not or who falsely
His immortal fruited mission mispro-
claims
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
ST. HENRY HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
TUESDAY

The commencement exercises Of the 81.
Henry High School Will take place in the
hall at that place next Tuesday evening, the
30th, with a class OF four graduate. Prof.
HuRy j. Antony, OF Minister, n former Su.
perintendent OF the 81. Henry Schools, Will
deliver the commencement address.
The program follows:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26

The little month old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Donovan, of Mercer, died
last Sunday morning, Funeral SER
vices were held from the home Mon
day afternoon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-26
Lost-Pocket-BooI1 and Money

On May Q. between LaudRhn MesarYey's
grocery. at Celina, and the county line be-
tween Van Vert and Mercer Counties, o
pOcket-book containing money Finder
please leave at above named grocery or at
this ONCE and receive reward,