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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-12-07

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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

In 1911 the appraisement OF
Ohio railroads for taxation has
been increased from S166, 400, 599
to S580,000,000
Who made the increase?
Some one in Columbus who is
providing news to Ohio Repub'
lieation newspapers makes the
remarkable assertion that the
railroad companies voluntarily
made the increases.
The person who made that
statement if he really believes it,
is too unsophisticated for this
world. If he will go to the re-
cords of the State Tax Com
mission, he will learn that body
is responsible for the increases.
If the writer wants TO attain
the summit Of righteousness,
he should now make the state
ment that the republican party
is responsible for the reduction
in the farmers and home ow-
ners' taxes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
EDITORS DECLARATION
Give the People of the Buckeye State
the Whip Hand.

Give the People Of the Buckeye State
the Whip Hand.
The MeConnelsville Democrat says
editorially:
There is a large and growing ele-
ment in favor of the initiative and
referendum, which will virtually give
the people the control over legislation
and legislators and the power to
change the constitution at VIII. Some
think this too much power to entrust
to the people, but it is a growing idea
and sure TO come soon. II we were
writing a constitution nothing would
please us more than to include a pro.
vision providing for both the initia-
tive and referendum in state and To-
cal matters. While time may discov-
er something better, yet this will give
the people a greater voice IN their
government and will more thoroughly
try out their ability TO rule them
selves. 1t is not an encroachment on
representative government, but will
enable man to have a hand in gov
eminent without being in politics.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
SAVED BY REFERENDUM
Good Illustration of How Law oper-
ates for Public Good.

Good Illustration of How Law oper-
ates for Public Good.
A good illustration of how the ref
erendum operates for the public bene-
fit was furnished in Regina, Canada,
in May 1910. The city council made
a contract with a private corpora
tion to build and operate street car
system, but the contract had to be
submitted to the voters. It was re-
jected by a large majority. That
stopped private ownership Of street
car transportation in Regina.
Then the city council submitted the
question, whether the city should
build a street car system for itself. or
let the matter rest for a time. BY an
overwhelming vote the council was
ordered to build a road to be owned
and operated by the city. So by the
referendum it was decided by the
people who own the streets Of Regina
that they don't want and won't have
private ownership Of their public
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

President Taft's veto Of the
wool bill is having results in
his home city of Cincinnati
which he will scarcely relish.
The manufacture Of ready
made clothing was one Of Gin
cinnati's principal industries.
The clothing manufactures have
long felt the high price of wool
ems to be crushing burden on
their business. The purchas-
ing power of consumers has
been constantly decreasing so
they have been compelled to
make up a poorer grade of
goods. They had looked for
relief to the passage of the
Underwood-LafOllette bill and
were grievously disappointed at
Taft's veto. Now no less than
nine firms, in this city, includ-
ing some of the very largest,
have decided to liquidate. Thus
the Payne tariff is destroying
important industries and throw
ing thousands of workers into
the ranks of the unemployed.
This shows to what an extent
Congressman Nicholas Long
worth misrepresented his con
stituents when he took up the
time Of Congress and used seve-
raj pages of the Congressional
record to show what q misfor-
tune the Observation-Disclosures
bill would be. He bolstered his
arguments with statements and
statistics which were later
shown to be what the English
statesman, Winston Churchill,
would call "terminological mex
actitudes, but for which Nick $
distinguished fa ther-in-l a W
knows much shorter, but
equally fitting term.
In his clumsy, blundering
way, Longworth did his best |
for the wool trust and other
monopolies. He should be told |
to look to them for help when
he comes up for reelection.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
FRIDAY, september %, i0il

streets. Without the referendum a
valuable franchise would have passed
into private hands, contrary to the
wishes OF the people.
What happened in Regina is Just
what happened in Cincinnati years
ago, when the Ohio legislature tried
to turn the Cincinnati Southern rail.
road over to private hands; but the
people of Cincinnati saved their pub.
lie property by the referendum. That
is one reason why the Big business
tool known as the "ohio State Board
OF Commerce" is so busy fighting the
initiative and referendum, Under the
management OF Allen Ripley Foote
that body is a mere stalking horse for
the Plunderbund.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
The War Fifty Years Ago

Kentucky Invaded by COnfederatesT Drives State
Into Armed Support of the UniOn-GOvernOr Ma
goffins Neutrality Policy Voted DOwn-General Polk
and General ZOcoffer Enter State From Opposite
Sdes---Grant Seizes Paducah and PrOclaims In
tention to Respect Rights of All Loyal Citizens.
General Buckner Makes Movement Against Louisville
General Anderson Hero of Sumter, on the Scene
His Ill Health Makes General Sherman His Sue
cessor--Privateer Jeff Davis Sunk Off ST. Augustine
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
Floyd Retreats at Night.

y
During the night Floyd retreated
across the river, destroying the tenn
porary bridge and the ferTyboat to
prevent pursuit. The Confederates
left a large amount Of camp equip
age. The Union losses were about
fifteen killed and seventy wounded
and the Confederate casualties were
smaller The moral effect Of victory
rested with the Federals, as the move,
ment against Cox was frustrated. 1t
was claimed that if McCool had been
allowed to continue his charge the
Confederates would have been disas-
trously defeated and owing to their
coOped up position might have been
captured. General Benham was criti-
cised and owing to this and other ac-
tions dismissed later from the service.
The battle Of Cheat Mountain con-
sisted Of skirmishes, chiefly fought on
the morning Of Sept. u, but lasting
until as late as the 18th. General
Reynolds was at this time in COM
mand of Rosecrans' First brigade,
consisting Of the Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Fifteenth Indiana, the
Third and Sixth Ohio, detachments
from two Virginia regiments, two
troops of cavalry and a battery.
These forces extended in n long line,
guarding the roads through the Ale
ghenies, with headquarters at Cheat
Mountain pass. The battle was occa-
stoned by an effort Of General Lee to
break through this line, capture Reyn-
olds' army in detail and either strike
Rosecrans at Gauley or press through
to the Ohio river. Pickets or scouting
parties from the two armies had been
thrown out constantly, and there were
encounters almost daily.
Lees movement began on the night
Of Sept. II. It is said that he had
1900 men and with these designed
simultaneous attacks on the
pass, on Elllwater, a few miles distant,
and on what is known as the summit,
where Colonel Kimball with the Four
teenth Indiana was stationed. Kim
ball had been warned of Lees ap-
proach and when the telegraph lines
were cut at midnight on the 18th pre-
pared for action. 4 storm was raging
at the time, and through this he has
tened down the mountain, soon en-
countered the Confederates and drove
them back. In the meantime Colonel
Coons, in command of the Federal
forces at the pass, had been closely
invested, but had repulsed the enemy.
now sent some men to re-
enforce Coons, and these, with one In
diana and two Ohio regiments, sue
ceeded in dispensing the enemy, who
cast away heavy baggage and supplies
in their fight. At another point Cap
.ain Foote with few Indiana troops
q large force of Confederates.
There were about 5000 Of southern
roops in these various actions on the
under command Of General
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

When you hire a man to work Tor
you he does what you want done; you
don't give him authority to do what
he wants to do, regardless Of what
you want. If he does not know what
you want, he asks you.
What do the people want Ask
them; let them say on the ballot
what they want. The corporation
manager or lawyer does not know
what the peogle want; and be does
not care what they want He knows
what he wants, and he knows that
what he wants is not what the peo-
pie want. And that's just the reason
he does not want the people to have
the initiative and referendum.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

How would you like some one else
TO capitalize your homo and your
other property and make private
profit on Il? But that Is Just what
Big Business has done with your gov.
ornment With the initiative and ref
erendum the people can put an end to
that scheme Of Big Business.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

The price of sugar goes
steadily upward, The sugar
boys must get back the money
they paid out in fines for cheat
ing the government, and they
must get it back before the tar.
iff is lowered,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
All Quiet on the Potomac.

Despite the reconnaissance at LewinS-
vile, all was "quiet on the Potomac"
| General Mcclellan, who always over
rated the enemy's forces, was once
more engaged in the pastime Of laying
the ghost of Beauregard, which haunt
ed him night and day. About this
time he wrote in a letter to his wife:
"Rode along picllets from Corcoran to
Chain bridge Found everything in
good condition and ready for battle
If B. attacks now he win inevitably be
defeated with terrible, loss. /
feel now perfectly secure against at
tack. The next thing will be to at
tack him.
Alas, that next thing" did not come
70 pass until Lincoln began to insist
on action many months later
In another letter Mcclellan grows
almost humorous what Il shame"
he says, chat any one should spread
such a wicked rumor in regard to my
being killed! beg to assure you that
/ have not been killed single time
since l reached Washington" That re-
calls Mark Twain's remark when his
own demise was rumored that the re-
port Of his death had been very much
exaggerated" But "Little Mac beat
Mark to it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
Pv LANES A. EpeERToN.
Copyright by American Press Assooia-
tion, 1glll

tion, 1911
- ENERAL MrCLELLAN'S boast
on July il that he had "anni-
hilated the enemy in western
Virginia" and that secession
is killed in this country" was not
borne out by later events. General w.
S. Rosecrans had to complete the work.
Pitted against him was no less COM
mander than Robert 2. Lee. Two
months after the close Of McClellan's
brilliant campaign actions Of some note
again occurred in western Virginia.
During the week ending Sept. 1G were
fought the battles of CarnifeX Ferry
and Cheat Mountain.
In justice to General Rosecrans 1t
should be said that he actually planned
the battle of Rich Mountain, the de-
cisive action in McClellan's campaign.
Not only so, but he had to labor for
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

federates lost approximately 100 killed
and wounded and ninety prisoners.
The Confederates forces far outnum-
bered the Union men, but had the dis
advantage of attacking in a mountain
Gus country. One of the Confederates
killed on the 18th was Colonel John
A. Washington, a collateral descendant
Of the first president Colonel Wash
ington had at one time owned Mount
Vernon, but had sold it to the Mount
Vernon society.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

state governments and Il has failed.
That's enough experience with fail
ure What we want now is success
in popular government, and W. can't
have success without direct control.
For direct control we must have the
initiative and referendum.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Estate of John p. Everling, deceased.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN
i appointed and qualified ms eXecutrix OF
the estate Of John +. Everling, late Of Mer-
Ger County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 29th day Of August, AID. 1911.
MARIA ANN EVERLING, EXecutriX.
September /, l9ll.-2O-3t
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

foundation Is weak, does not lnjure
the house, When he puts on a new
roof In place Of the old roof that
leaks. he does not injure his house
or his goods.
We want house Of government
that's fit to live in; fit for all the
people to live In, and that will pro-
teot and shelter all the people That
is the meaning Of the demand for
the initiative and referendum.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

GENERAL II. W. BENHAM, WHO UNDER
GENERAL W. s. ROSECRANS FOUGHT THE
BATTLE OF CARNIFEX FERRY, A UNION
VICTORY, BUT WAS CRITICISED FOR NOT
CAPTURING FLoYD's ARMY AND AFTER
WARD WAS DISMISSED FROM THE sERv-
ICE.
Anderson of Tennessee. While they
were being driven back General Lee
with the main army was facing Gen
eral Reynolds at Elkwater The Con
federates attempted 70 advance, but a
portion Of Loomis' battery made such
havoc among them that they soon
withdrew. Lee again attempted a
flank movement against Cheat Summit
on the 18th; but. being once more re-
pulsed, ne gave up and abandoned his
grand plan Of advancing to the Ohio.
The Federal losses in these various ac-
lions were ten killed, fourteen wound
ed aud sixty-fOur missing. The Con-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

mand of Colonel Robert L. McCook
Many Of these troops were Germans,
and with a cry of Forward, my bully
Dutchw McCooll led them to the fight
at double quick. Scarcely had they
got into action than they were with
drawn, however, and as darkness was
now coming on General Rosecrans or
dered his men to sleep on their arms,
ready to renew battle in the morning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

the 14th, where the Confederate loss
was four killed and sixteen woundedi
at Jamestown, Md, Sept 10, where
five companies of Union men repulsed
$50 COnfederates; at Pritchard's Mills,
Va, same day, where the Federal loss
was one killed and three wounded and
the estimated Confederate loss was
eighteen killed and twenty-five wound
ed, and at Camp Talbot, Mo. on the
10th, where the COnfederates lost thir-
ty killed and five missing. There were
also two naval actions Of some note.
On Sept Is the Confederate steamer
Yorktown was driven off from an at
tack on Newport News, and on the fol-
lowing day the Confederate privateer
Judah was destroyed near Pensacola
by the United States flagship Colorado.
The Kearsarge Launched.
Other events of the week were as
follows: On Sept. II was launched
the Kearsarge, which afterward was
to win Immortality by sinking the
Alabama. On Sept u General D.
Il. Butler, fresh from the victory at
Hatteras inlet, was authorized to raise
G,OOO troops in New England. Sept.
13 the police arrested ten Baltimore
members of the Maryland legislature;
also the mayor, two editors and some
others.
More fateful than all, on the 18th
General Albert Sidney Johnston was
appointed to command all the Confed-
crate forces on the Mississippi.
At the outbreak Of the war this
veteran of Mexico and of Texas, whom
President Davis considered his ablest
commander, had been in command Of
the United States troops on the Pacific
coast. He promptly resigned, made
his way across the plains to New Or
leans and reached Richmond on Sept.
2. General Johnston was then fifty
eight years Of age.
General Johnston established head
quarters with Buckner at Bowling
Green, Ky.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

During this week there were several
other skirmishes, extending all the way
from eastern Virginia to Missouri. The
most important Of these was the action
beginning the siege Of Lexington, Mo.
AS this siege lasted till near the end
of the following week, however, it will
be told in a later~story. Other affairs
were at Lucas Bend, Ky, on the 10th,
in which the Confederate losses were
reported at sixty-eight; at Stewards
Hill, Va, on the 18th, where the Con-
federates had twelve killed; at Lewins-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
NettIce to Public.

After Septem Der | we will opera te
our cider mill every day, Bring your
apples to us. We Will make you % TO
80 per cent more cider than any mill
within Is miles. Apples and cider
bought and sold s. B. GREY, Mana
ger, Montezuma, Ohio.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

Big Business is monopolHing
wealth. It can't do that without con-
trolling the law-making power. It
can control the law-making power as
long as it can keep the people from
having the initiative and refereD-
dun. That's the reason Big business
is opposed to the initiative and refer
endum.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

WANT POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
For more than one hundred years
the people of America have tried the
system of indirect control OF their
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

l
| POINTED BY PRESIDENT DAVIS OF THE
CoNFEDERACY TO COMMAND ALL TROOPS
IN MISSISSIPPI, IN SEPTEMBER, 1861.
GENERAL JoHNsTONs DEATH IN THE
BATTLE OF SHILOH IN APRIL, 1862, WAS
| A SEVERE BLOW TO THE SOUTH.
some time to get the approval Of his
superior. Rosecrans was born in 1918
and was educated at West Point,
where for several years he was an in.
structor in engineering. The Confed.
crate historian, Pollard, virtually ad.
mits that Rosecrans outgeneraled Lee
in western Virginia and finally did end
the fighting in that section, which
Mcclellan announced had been ended
some months before
The position of the forces in west
ern Virginia in early September was
roughly as follows: General Lees
headquarters were at Huntersville, and
facing him General Rosecrans had
placed General J. ]. Reynolds in the
vicinity of Cheat Mountain pass. The
Confederate General John B. Floyd,
who had been secretary Of war in Bu-
chanan's cabinet, was in the Gauley
valley, threatening to cut off General
Jacob D. Cox.
Fight at Carnifex Ferry.
For the purpose of striking Floyd
and saving Cox, General Rosecrans
made Il rapid march toward the Gau-
ley valley. His route lay through
some OF the most picturesque scenery
in the mountains, his army being com
PEELED TO thread wild mountain roads
and narrow trails. Especially rugged
was the ascent Of GauIey mountain,
the summit Of which lie reached on
Sept. 8. He now began to encounter
Floyd's pickets and on the next day
saw the enemy in force. Floyd's posi-
tion was a strong one. He was in a
bend OF the river, with each of his
hanks protected by the stream. His
front was shielded by a wood. \ bat
terry on high ground commanded the
only road by which Rosecrans could
advance. The Union army was nearly
5000 strong and the enemy something
less.
The Federal commander sent for
ward a brigade under General III. w.
Benham to reconnoiter in force. This
brigade consisted of three Ohio regi-
ments and two batteries. The battle |
began upon the emergence Of the I'm
ion troops from the woods. The Tenth |
Ohio, Colonel Lytle, was in advance
and charged the Confederate center,
but was met by such a hot fire that /
the Buckeye boys sought shelter i'll
the woods, from which they continued |
the fight. Lytle was wounded, and his
horse was shot under him. General |
Benham in the meantime ordered the |
Twelfth and Thirteenth Ohio to attack
the Confederate right, which they did
under cover of the woods. Upon
emerging into the open the roar Of bat
lie became continuous in this new
quarter. One of the Union batteries
was soon wheeled into position and
began n duel with the Confederate
guns, silencing two Of them. In lead
ing his advance Colonel John w. Lowe
Of the Twelfth Ohio was killed.
General Rosecrans now ordered up
another brigade, consisting Of three
more Ohio, regiments, under the COM
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

American, Fertilizers and Plane
Drills for sale by J.F. MCGEE, the
Keen-Kutter Store, CeIina, o.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

Betler than plaster Hanford's e
Balsam when throughly applied
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

vile, Va, also on the 18th, in which
during a reconnaissance in force from
the Chain bridge at Washington the
Federals sustained q loss of six killed
and eight wounded, Confederate losses
being unreported; at Bonneville, Mo-,
ON the 18th, where the Federals lost
one killed and four wounded and the
Confederates twelve killed and thirty
wounded; at Bal's Cross Roads, Va,
same day, where the Federas had
four killed; at Shepardstown, Va, on
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-05-31
MARRIAGE IN
new MEXICO

An item in the Alburque, New Mex
leo, Herald, tells of the approaching
marriage of Miss Alma Mae Howell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. How
ell, of that place but formerly of this
city, to Dr. julius Schwentker, which
will take place at $3.50 o'clock Thurs
day evening in the Presbyterian
church, Rev, s; G, Allison performing
the ceremony, ...u
The Herald says: -Four wee flow
er girls will strew flowers in the path
way of the bridal pair, and little Cliff
ton Howell, the brother of the bride
elect, will act as ring-bearer, MISS
Adele Howell, sister of the bride-to-be,
will be maid of honor, while Miss Eliza
beth Powell will be the bridesmaid
and will be attended by Mr.. Sarjent
"a reception will follow tb>. ooro
mony." -