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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
A COMMUNITY OF
CHURCHES
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A community of churches exist in the
southeastern part Of Mercer county. The
entire section is laid out in squares like
an immense checker board with a hand
some church dotting the landscape every
few miles. Like lofty sentinels, the sky
pointing steeples guide the eye and
arrest the attention of the observer from
every point of view. Unique among
agricultural communities is this associa-
ton of religious interest, by which the
young are guided in rectitude and the
adherents of the faith encouraged TO
countenance the church as the guide,
counsellor and friend in all their affairs.
Years ago the Catholic church respond
ed to the occasion which rendered
adequate facilities for church worship
and religious instruction imperative.
With characteristic capacity the various
neighborhoods were segregated into
church communities, for which a suitable
edifice was built and furnished, and the
whole number constituted into a close
relationship, bound together by the ties
of a religious zeal. While the entire
section may be classed as Catholic, and
the very great majority of the citizens
belong to that denomination, there are
scattered here and there members of
other churches. But these exceptions
furnish testimony to the inestimable
worth and value of the system which re-
fleets the tremendous power and inf1u
ence of the Mother church. In every
walk of the lives of these people the
fostering care and direction of the church
may be invoked, and no example is
known where such aid has been withheld.
Probably in no other part of Ohio can be
found such an example of the comming-
ling of sacred pursuits with the business
of everyday life.
The character of the church buildings
is wholly in keeping with the prosperity
and wealth of the citizens. All are
handsome structures, costing from $50,
600 to $4,000. In addition, there is
always priests residence and contig-
uous school house. Some of these resi-
dences are modern i'll every particular,
built in the most substantial manner and
designed by capable architects. The
schools are up to date and entirely
adequate for the requirements of modern
education. The corps of teachers COM
prise trained educators, whose duty and
pleasure it is to train the pupils i'll the
direction of modern tendencies.
The St. Rosa church is situated one
mile west of Maria Stein, in the south.
eastern part of Mercer county. Fifty
eight families combined to furnish all the
necessary funds to erect and furnish this
structure. When it is known that the
cost of the building will exceed S50,000
it becomes apparent that a degree of
sacrifice was necessary on the part of
number of contributors. But the requir
ed amount has been raised, and when
completed there will be no debt against
the sacred house. Rev. Fr. Schupp is the
priest in charge of this parish at St. Rosa
and it is through his indefatigable efforts
and wise management that the success
full elimination of the enterprise will SC
soon be realized.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
NOTHING SEEMS
To ESCAPE Us
Now Charged With Furnishing a
Victim to Disease of Far
ticuIar Note.
Cincinnati Enquirer]

A typical case of pellagra has been un-
der treatment at the City Hospital, great
care being taken that the fact should not
become known, particularly as the pre-
sence of the disease has caused alarm i'll
other states especially in the South.
The patient is Geo. Jackson a widower,
whose wife S death was due to tubercu-
losis and whose three children died of
diptheria. He is timer by trade and
during the last five or six months he has
been working i'll Mercer County.
-Four weeks before going to the hospi-
tai he began to feel sick, suffering from
uncomfortable lethargy and loss of appe-
tite, with intestinal disturbances, His
memory failed and he could not remem-
ber where he was.
At that time the dorsal region of both
hands from the sebond joints to a little
above the wrists became intensely red
and slightly swollen On his admission
the receiving physician, not recognizing
the disease, admitted him to a neurotic
ward but the staff physician, after a
careful examination, established its
character
The eteology of pellagra is still in the
dark. 1t is believed to be caused by the
| toxin influence from decayed, or better
from mouldy corn, which used as an all
ment produces this poison. Thousands
die annually in China from this insidious
disease and thousands Of others go mad,
because in China corn is one Of the main
articles of food.
Jackson ON being questioned admitted
that he was exceedingly fond of corn
bread, OF which he had partaken a great
deal in the last two or three years. AS
he was somewhat improved yesterday,
and as medication at present would not
assist him very much, Jackson was re-
moved to the infrmary
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

One of the principal arguments USED
against the Initiative and Referdum dur
ing the contest on constitutional amend
ments was the fact that 1t would be used
to force the single tax upon the people
OF Ohio The standpat Republican press
and the plutocratic gang that hangs on
the skirts of Democracy for no good pur.
pose kept up the yell so Justify that the
people who have never given il more
than passing thought have begun
to wonder how ii would effect humanity
should it become a law. As Il was used
to prejudice the farmers more particular
ly, we quote the following on the sub
ject from a farm paper, the Farm Stock
and Home, Of Minneapolis, in its issue
of August IS; 1t says:
There is no reason for fear on the
part Of the farmer that his interests will
suffer. In fact the reverse is likely to
be true, and he is apt to find after fair
trial Of the single tax that he would not
wish to go back to the present system.
Put in the simplest form possible, the
singletax provides that all taxes shall be
levied on the bare land, exclusive of inn
provements. Thus, if a man has a half
section farm with good set Of buildings
upon it, he is taxed no more than the
man who holds in idleness a half section
adjoining. In other words, he is not
taxed because he has been industrious,
but because he holds for his own private
use certain part of the soil. If the man
whose land lies idle objects that he can
not afford to pay the tax, the answer is
hold out of use a half section of land
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
CLAIMS ARE NULL
AND VOID
Declares Court, in Decision HnvOl-
wing Lands Worth a Half
Million Dollars.
Descendants of Ex-Slaves Fail TO
Get LOng-SOught Prize
Case a Famous One.

One of the most notable cases in the
history of the county, and possible the
state, which had its real beginning in
May, 1896 when Hon. Mordecai BARLEY,
of Richland County, the then Wing Gov
ernor of Ohio, offered the services of the
State militia to quell an uprising caused
by number of freed negro slaves at
tempting to settle in the southern part
of Mercer County, and which settlement
was protested by the white residents,
had its first real legal decision here last
Wednesday, when Judge John p. Cam
eron, of Defiance, rendered his decision
in the Common Pleas Court in the case
of Joseph Motion, York Ryal ct al. VS..
Gerhard Kessens ct al, being a suit
filed in the Mercer Comfy Common
Pleas Court in June 1904, to recover val
liable farm lands in the southern part of
the county.
Judge Cameron in his decision ordered
and decreed that the claims and demands
of the plaintiffs be declared null and
void, and that the defendants title to
and possession of said lands be quieted
against the plaintiffs.
No case in local records has been of
more interest than this ong-drawn-out
suit of the descendants of the ex-slaves
of John Randolph, of Roanoke, Halifax
County, Virginia, to recover almost four
thousand acres of land, the most valua-
bic in the State, valued a. over $500, 900.
Randolph was one of the notable char
acters of his time and died at Roanoke,
May "a, 1888 testate. His will which
was probated in Richmond, and all the
court proceedings on the will were de-
stroyed by fire when the old Richmond
courthouse was burned at the evacua-
ton of the city by the troops towards the |
close of the civil war.
The will, PARTON of which was writ
ten aboard the packet ship Amity, bound |
for Europe in 1922, and which was wit
messed and signed in Warreck street,
Charring Crossing, London, August 70,
1881, gave and bequeathed at his death |
freedom to all of his 3S3 slaves and gave
VIM Leigh, executor, $500 to trans
Continued on Page Eight)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
RUN DOWN BY
AUTO AND KILLED

Frank Kuhn, son of Squire and Mrs,
John G. Kuhn, of Coldwater, was struck
and instantly killed by an automobile
at Dayton last Saturday evening.
The young man was employed at
Urbana Ohio, and went to Day
ton Saturday evening to spend Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. Austin Kinsig. He
had just stepped off an interurban car
when he was stauck by the machine.
Deceased was SO years of age and sin
gle He was a tool maker by trade
The remains were removed to Coldwater
Monday by Undertaken Desch of that
village and funeral services were held at
the the Catholic Church Wednesday
morning.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
YOUNG WOMAN MEETS
WITH SERIOUS
ACCIDENT

Miss Mildred Ross, of Montpelier,
Ind, who is visiting here, the guest OF
Miss Schuyler, had her left cheek bone
broken, her wrist sprained and her face
severely cut last Sunday, when she fell
from motorcycle. She was on her way
from Coldwater to this city, riding the
back seat of machine driven by Car
penter Barney Kriegel, when she was
overcome and fell off. She was picked
up and taken back to Coldwater in all
automobile, where her injuries were
given necessary medical attention
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

Raymond G. Hoel, of this city, and
Miss Goldie l.. Piehl, of Butler township,
were queitly united in marriage by Rev
L. Rice at the Celina Circuit NJ +.
parsonage last Saturday afternoon. The
groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Eliza
beth Hoel, OF West Jefferson, and the
bride is the only daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Piehl, of Butler township.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
CUPID'S VICTIMS

w. II. Leavett, the divorced artist
husband of Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daugh-
ter of Hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan, was
in this city last Saturday and secured a
marriage license to wed Miss Gertrude
M. Leeper, the beautiful and accomplish,
ed daughter Of Rev. Edward Leeper, OF
1T. Recovery.
The wedding was q quiet affair and
occurred at high noon on Sunday at the
home of the BRIDES parents, her father,
Rev. Leeper, performing the ceremony.
Mr.. Leavett gave his residence as New
port, Rhode Island.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

Eugenics is the science of breeding
better men and better women !. Bur-
bank breeds cactuses without thorns, and
persinmons without puclSer, and why
can't we breed people without diseases
or bad breath or criminal tendencies
The answer is plain. 1t IS too bad to
damp the ardor of the eugenists, who,
OH the whole, are doing some good, but
the fact is that people can't be bred as
plants and animals are We get better
breeds by saving only the best, and kill
ing off the ordinary and imperfect. To
ordinary and imperfect people this seems
an objection to the application of the
principles Of scientific breeding to usl
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
MAGNIFICENT
NEW CHURCH.
AZ 81. Rosa TO BE Dedicated With
Impressive Ceremonies and
EcIat Next Sunday.

The magnificent new St. Rosa church
will be dedicated with elaborate and im-
pressiye ceremony next Sunday. Visit
ing clergy from all this section OF the
state will be in attendance.
The program will open with a solemn
high mass in the morning. Immediately
after dinner the Knights Of ST. John
Commandries of this city, Minister, Cold
water, Maria Stein and others will pa
rade and drill. Music will be furnished
by bands from these towns.
The dedication services will take place
in the afternoon, with Right Rev. Arch
bishop Henry Moeller, Of Cincinnati, in
charge.
The {. H. & d. will run a special
train from this city, and large crowd is
expected to accompany the local knights
and the Celina band.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
ALSO GAIN IN EMU
MERATION

The enrolment of pupils in the paro-
chial schools of this city also show an
increase in attendance this year. 1t
is divided among the high school and
the grades as follows.
High School-Sister NJ. Redemptia,
principal and teacher. Seniors, 3; Jun
iors, 10; Sophomores, 16-total, 29.
First and second grades-Sister M.
Leontia, 5S.
Third and fourth-Sister M. Clara, 81,
Fifth and sixth-Sister NJ. Hilaria, 81
Seventh and eighth-Sister M. Gau-
denta. 35
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
NOTABLE INCREASE
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ENROLMENT

The Celina public schools opened last
Monday with new guiding hand at the
helm, Prof. J. w. Pogue, with the most
auspicious beginning of school year.
Five hundred and sixty-nine pupils
began the term Monnay, the largest
opening enrolment in the history of the
local schools. Superintendent Pogue
hardly knows how to cope with the un-
expected increased enrolment, as sew
eral rooms are taxed beyond their seat
ing capacity. Sixty-two little ones are
enrolled in the primary grade on the
west side, enough for two teachers in
stead of one.
The teachers in charge of the various
grades and the enrolment is as follows:
Principal Miss Fern Raudabangh;
John H. Davis, Blanch Gardner and Bes-
sic Patton.
High School enrollment-Freshm
81; Sophomores, 80; Juniors, 27; Sen
iors, IS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
YOUNG WEAVER'S TNJU-
RIES FINALLY RE
suit IN DEATH

Elmer Weaver, the young Beaver bot
tom farmer who was seriously injured a
couple of weeks ago, when he collided,
while riding bicycle, with an automo-
bile driven by Banker Henry Lennartz,
at the corner of Main and Wayne streets,
died last Friday night, as the result Of
injuries sustained He suffered con-
fusion of the lung, liver and bowels,
broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder,
Deceased was the youngest son of +.
&c. Weaver and was born in Hopewell
township, August IA, 1888, being "a
years and 16 days old at the time of his
death. About two years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Alice Albers, and she, to-
gether with his father, one brother and
FIVE sisters survive. Funeral services
were held at the Union church, in Hope
well township, last Sunday afternoon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

We don't like to be killed off, or steril-
lied merely because we are ordinary or
imperfect. The result would be that the
strong, the wealthy and the powerful
would get hold of the bureau of eugenics
and insist on perpetuating their own
lines--which are just as ordinary as ours.
There is only one way to make the
race better. That way lies through bet
ter conditions for everybody.
Abolish poverty, brethren, and the
better race will come. Educate, and the
mating business will take care of itself.
The breeding Of uniformly better race
must be sought through political econo-
my, not eugenics. Newspaper Enter
prise Association.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
VERMONT GIVES
TAFTISM A CHILL
And Local Bull MOOsers Prepare
to Make II Warm for Old
Guard In Mercer.

A number of progressive Republicans
met at Rockford last Friday, and pursu-
ant to the call of the Bull Moose selected
Geo. II. O'Niel and w. +. Pixler, of
Rockford, and B. w. Roop and Harry
Ingle, of TT Recovery, as delegates to
the State Bull Moose convention held at
Columbus yesterday. No Endorsements of
district candidates was made.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
NUMEROUS ARE
FAMILY REUNIONS
Beautiful MerceIina Park Scene
of Many Enjoyable Family
Gatherings

Through a card to this office from Le-
Roy Delays, of Findlay, president of
the DeHays-Now association, the all
nouncement is made that the reunion of
of the families will be held at Mercelina
Park next Thursday, the 18th. All
friends and members of these families
are invited to be present.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
Contracts Let for Number
County Bridges

Twelve bridges-eight of re-enforced
concrete and four steel bridges-together
with some repair work, was awarded by
the County Commissioners on Wednes-
day. All but the steel work was captured
by local contractors The improvements
are scattered over the county and will
cost nearly S1l, 900,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
Hangs Out SkingTe i'm
Old Home Town

DR.. Frank Heffner, son of Contractor
Geo. H. Heffner, wel1-known Celina
boy and graduate of the Celina High
School class of 1908, has rented part of
the offices of DR.. G. ]. c. Wintermute
and now has his shingle hung in his
home town. DR.. Heffner is a graduate
of the Ohio Medical College of Cincin-
natl, and for the past three years has
been practicing medicine at Ft. Jennings.
He recently sold his practice their to
locate in this city.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
Ditch Work to BE offered
for Sale Again

Only one bid was received by the com
inissioner's last Thursday on the sale o
the unfinished work of the R. B. Gordon
& Co.'S. contract of dredging Beaver
This was elected because of being mucf
higher than the estimate, and the worl
is being readvertised for sale on Tuesday
the 10th.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

AT the special shoot of the Celina Gun
club, held on the Mercelina Park field
last Tuesday, c. ID. Cobuan, of Mechan-
icsburg, was the high amatuer shot,
breaking 143 out of possible $50. l..
G. German, of Aberdeen, Maryland, was
the high professional shooter. He Sc
cured 14S out of the 150 Almost half
hundred noted rnarksmen from several
states participated in the event.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

The Celina-St Marys base ball team
suffered defeat at Botkins last Sunday,
when they got the little end of an s to
S score. The visitors had Botkihs shut
out until the fifth inning with a score of
to 0, when little foozle started the
ball rolling and BotlIins finished three
runs to the good.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

The full report of the balloting in
Tuesdays election i'll Vermont is very
interesting to Democrats.
The unofficial total vote for Governor
reached 65,033, the largest in a state
election in presidential year since 1904.
There was no election by the people,
but sufficient number of Republican
members of the Legislature were chosen
to insure the seating of Allen NJ Fletch-
er, i'll October as well as the Republican
state ticket. The total vote of the state
for all five candidates was
Allen NJ Fletcher, of Cavendish Gre
publican), 26, ,529.
Harlan B. Howe, of Jonsbury Demo
craft, 20, $50.
Rev. Fraser Metzger, of Randolph
PROGRESSIVE, $500.
Clement T. Smith, of Morrisville pro
hibitiohist), /, ,443.
Fred W. Suitor of Barre (Socialist)
/ ,181.
The Republicans reelected both their
Congressman. They crrried IL of the ID
counties and 1877 of the 246 cities and
towns: Their party majority of 6,817
four years ago and of IS, 739 to years ago
dwindled to a plurality of 5000, the
smallest margin ever given a Republican
candidate in presidential year.
The Democrats carried two counties
and 38 towns; and ran up the largest
total since 1880
Progressives prevented a peoples
choice of a Republican candidate for
Governor; carried one county and 2l
towns.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

One paper I'm the home "a
worth n dozen I'm the by
way. THE DEnGOCRAT Is
THE HOME PAPER OF nIer-
Ger County.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
SUPPRESS.
SION

70 tho government, but inimical to the
special privileges Of few New England
manufacturers who were permitted by
GAnator Aldrich to write the cotton sched-
ulo.tO suit themselves.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

That the tarin board,
In its report on manufac-
lures OF cotton (Sched-
ule u has suppressed
findings Of vital impor-
tance to the cotton I'm
dustry. to the public and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
Facts Suppressed and Issues
EUaded BY Taft Tariff Board
By Robert Kenneth Macl formerly consulting expert

pressure ccaney fraud tariff leg
public duty not to withhold the facts in possession
cotton manufacturing industry Regfu
experience conclusions
PEELED present the following Indictment
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

That the tArife board
has perverted other
facts, thereby avoiding
exposure of tariff injus-
tees that have benefited
the few at the expense
Of the many manufac-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

That the tariE board
avoided altogether iRves-
tigating certain phases
Of tarift graft hidden In
"jokers" Of the Payne
Aldrich law.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

That the tarin boards
treatment OF economic
questions Vitally Affect
ing the relation Of the
tar!R to the prices ex-
acted from consumers
WAS oisingenuous and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

The Menchhofer reunion was held
August 2S at the home of Lesson Adams
at Erastus, Ohio. The day was well
spent in feasting, literary entertainment
and social gossip. OF the 12S members
ninety-six answered to their call.
After elccting the old officers for
another year they adjourned to meet on
the last Thursday in August, 1918, at the
home of John Koch, Of Chattanooga, O.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

Bull Moosers won over standpatters in
California primaries. G. o. p. electors
will go OH ballot for Roosevelt.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

On another page OF this issue Will be
found an advertisement for cement pack
ers and laborers at Cement City, Mich. m
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

Better read a hundred ad-
vertIsements than miss the
one you need. You can save
enough, too, 20 buy more pa
pers than ycu now read.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
PARTISAN

thereto worked all the time complacently
in the knowledge that the creation OF the
board was a scheme to prevent genuine
tariff reform as long as possible by gum
ming the cards and delaying the game"
charge frequently made, but which for
long time discredlted.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

For sale-A fine and we'll bred driv
ing colt. Inquire at this Office.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06
EMASCU
LATION
EAVORIT.
ISM

Tnaa the tariff board falsely reported
mat C was impoaBihls to obtain abroad
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-06

IlShinB data mat bnouiu
have been held for con-
ndential information OF
legislators; that compet-
itors were given thereby
valuable trade secrets,
while the foreign manu-
red nothing Of similar