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Milford chronicle., 1912-05-10
Il WIS This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING K1NNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-10
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dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. A
Sunday. a
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w. G. Smith and family :
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-10
Furniture Dept.

Our Furniture Department is moving
forward by big strides. This Depart
ment has over 5000 50. feet floor room
for display of furniture.
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BARGAIN DAY, May
Shoe Dept. Specials

Mems $3.50 Tan Calf Oxfords.
sizes, special for Wednesday,
Women's $3.50 Black Vici Oxfo.
For We'd
Bows $500 Gun Metal Blouc
Shoes. For Wed
Lot of Mems Dress Shoes, Bluci
For Wed.
II Pair Child's Tan Oxfords. 81.
broken sizes, For Wed.
Milford chronicle., 1912-05-10
OUR 152nd WEDNESDAY
Clothing Dept.

Boys SOC 'Knicker" short pants. All
sizes. On Wed. for 39c
Mems 25c summer caps on Wed. for 10c
Mems Uncle Sam work hose.
Wed 4 pair for 25c.
81 Eclipse summer shirts-the best 81
shirt made, on We'd. for sec
10c canvas gloves on Wed. for SC
Boys SOC rompers, cut big and full
age 3 to Z, on Wed. for 5Sc
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06
THE TITANIC RESPONSIBILITY.

The Senate committees findings
in. the Titanic matter tell us little
more, if anything, than public intel
ligence was able to conclude for it
self within a few days after the dis
aster. The value of the report is in
confirming, through careful, ex-
haustive and unprecedented inyestiga-
ton, the judgment reached by the
public mind on the first evidence,
circumstantial and positive, which
came to hand. When it was known
that the ship had been kept running
at high rate of speed after the
presence of great icebergs in it's
track had been made known to it's
officers, it was easy to fix the per-
sonal responsibility. This is all the
Senate committee report can do, or
does do. This is all that ever can be
done.
That responsibility must, of
course, fall mainly upon the dead
captain Of the lost ship. Because he
is not here, and is incapable of de-
Tending himself, there will inevi-
tably be disposition to place the
onus upon J. Bruce Ismay, the man
aging director of the steamship COM
pany owning the Titanic, who was
coming across on the initial voyage
of the largest ship a1oat, to see that
she made record-breaking time Mr..
Ismay denies that he insisted upon
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06

speeding, and that he attempted, in
any way, to interfere with Captain
Smiths entire control Of the vessel.
There is no voice to answer him and
we may not fairly accuse him with
or worst, establishing the fact that
he had urged the captain to defy the
laws of prudence and safety in the
navigation of the vessel would not
relieve the captain of his personal
responsibility.
But the real responsibility, in the
last analysis, is not personal. 1t
must fall upon all of those strange
people who are contributing to what
is well called the speed mania of our
time. Strangely enough, according
to statements made by passenger
traffic managers both on land and
sea, this mania possesses most those
upon whose idle hands time seems
ever to hang as a burden. 1t is par
ticularly and peculiarly the obses-
sion of such as often go down to the
sea in ships because they have moth
ing else to do. These are seeking
the most splendidly equipped and ca
parisoned ships, which can make the
fastest runs. Therefore the Titanic,
eclipsing everything in size and
splendor, had to eclipse everything
in speed, not only to please the
speed maniacs it had aboard, but to
take on those waiting to go to Eu-
rope on the annual rush. And there
fore it put out to sea with a shortage
of lifeboats and with an undrilled
crew. The fact is, the responsibility
is not personals. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06
TIE JEFFERSONIAN

take the trouble to keep the fellow
who is being 'fxed'--to a fare-you-
well-fnish-from getting ON to it.
When Governor Brown and Jack
Slaton called on Tom Watson, at his
room in the KimbaIl House, to pla-
cate him., I'VE wonder if they had to
give the 'counter-sign' to get in.''
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06

CuFOAEaS VI HLEudy, Mdy
thirty-first, says thnsly, anent the
recent State Convention:
''The esteemed Macon Telegraph,
whose able editor, Hon. Charles r.
Pendleton, most properly is to head
tn Georgia delegation to the next ma
to remark:
8" Loyless' detection from the
slate made Watson a delegate.
Thomas w. Loyless, of Augusta, was
Slated with seven others, for the
Big Eight the intention being to
leave Watson out, but the Augusta
editor flung the slate down at the
last moment
''Now we haven't the slightest in
tention of troubling the public with
anything Of political nature per-
sonal to ourselves, and we would not
refer again to the generous treat
ment accorded the editor of the
Chronicle by his Underwood friends,
but for the fact that we owe it to
the newspaper we represent not to
let these friends ball us up any
more than they tried to do in Atlanta
on Wednesday. And, particularly,
that, having killed the cat them
selves, we don't propose to have
them throw him over in our yard;
for we are trying to keep our own
political premises clean-whateve
others may be doing. Therefore, we
would respectfully correct the Tele-
graphs version of what transpired
in Atlanta, by pulling the record on
these friends of ours, as they, them
selves, made it.
Personally, we don't care any
thing about it; in fact, We feel much
freer and more comfortable for hav-
ing been sidetracked for Tom Wat
son. For, evidently, someone had to
be-; and it is much better, perhaps,
that we drew the fatal number,
rather than have it fall to others
more able and worthy. Though it
might have been fairer had we been
able to be present and do our own
drawing.
POLITICALLY speaking, however, we
can but feel, as we felt all along,
that our friends permitted Tom
Watson to make monkeys Of them;
which is, probably, just what Tom
started out to do.
HE has now succeeded in max
ing both wings of his old enemy, the
Democratic party Of Georgia, walk
up and eat out of his hands. And
this is going some for man who is
just as good Cor as bad) a Populist
today as he ever was.
but as to the editor of the Chron-
icle making Tom Watson dele
gate to Baltimore: On the theory,
we suppose, that We wrote an edito-
rial advocating that he be kept at
home. Or maybe, because we were
permitted to hold-down that eighth
seat-until the 'fxeFs' got ready to
hand it to him. But here are the
facts:
"On Monday last, we were called
over the phone by gentleman in
Atlanta and asked about the Rich
mond delegation. We told him it
would, probably, stand eight to seven
against Watson. He said that was
bully and that they would beat him
to a FRAGILE He said the program
was to elect the first seven delegates
at large, leaving the eighth place
open for fight between Watson
and Brantley,' and that Brantley
would win
1--WE said to him, that if there was
any doubt about the latter, we'd be
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06

LEU HSSA 1S-dI 1dnSOu, dnd C11S SESd4tu
place had been left open, according
to the Atlanta Constitution-and,
surely, it knew--to be later decided
upon as between the editor of the
Chronicle and Tom Watson; the lat
ter then on the ground making a
hard fight for it and soaring the
'fxers' out Of their boots every tIne
he shook his auburn locks, while
the former was not even candidate,
in the sense of seeking the place co
his own molten, nor was he even
present to help adjust the skids that
the 'fxers' had fixed for him.
Happily, however, he was ap-
prised in time of what was transpir-
ing; for, along with the announce
ment that the eighth place had been
left open, to be contested for by
Watson and Loyless,' came the state
ment that late tonight an agreement
was reached to elect Watson dele
gate at large if he will be satisfied
with that and not create trouble
This was from the Chronicles
own correspondent in Atlanta; but it
was confirmed by almost precisely
the same statement, published in the
Constitution the following morning;
and, as we stated before, we were
prepared to accept the Constitution
as something of an authority on
that sort of thing.
Hence, we promptly wired the
Constitution, that very night, that
we didn't care. a rap about going to
Baltimore as a delegate-we were
going, anyway-that we had never
been candidate for the place, but
that we did seriously object to being
made the burnt Offering to appease
the Mad Mullah of McDuffie, and
having it go out that we were de
feated' by Watson for something
that we were not seeking.
"The very next morning, however,
we received a telegram saying our
information was entirely erroneous,
that nobody had ever heard of such
an arrangement until our communi-
cation was made public and that the
plan was, still, to beat Watson with
Brantley.'
cit happened, however, few
hours later, just as we had antici-
pated. Which goes to show that, in
politics, you can't always believe ev-
erything that even your friends tell
you. You must, sometimes, read the
weather signs for yourself-and take
along your umbrella when you think
it is going to rain.
"But the most considerate conso-
laion of all-if, indeed, we needed
consolation-afteri it had all hap
pened, exactly as advertised was
contained in telegram, which we
received Wednesday afternoon from
one on the inside, as follows, to-Wit:
Under arrangements made, in my
judgment, had you allowed your
name to be presented, you would
surely have been elected and either
Watson or Fielder would have failed,
and 1 think it would have been the
latter
'And we are glad, too, because we
can hoe our own row from now
on, and not be entangled in political
alliances with any faction. 1t makes
our real work easier, by giving us
more latitude And we do so like
plenty room when we go to throw.
CHOW, after reading the above full
and frank explanation-of a not very
important, but not very magnani-
nous, incident in connection with
that UnderWood-Joe Brown-Jack
Slaton-Clark Howell-Tom Watson
conventional the esteemed Macon
Telegraph doesn't freely acquit us of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06

Watch the label on your paper.
Don't let your subscription expire.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-06

How Loyless, of Augusta Chronicle,
Feels About State Convention

Under the heading: ooh, no!
Ill B You can't throw him over in
Ia our yard" the Augusta (Ga.)
~ Chronicle of Friday, May
a u, q,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17
JOHN HENRY
Gets A PLENTY

Since Uncle Peter Grant was elect
ed mayor of Ruraldene our family
group considers it extremely disloyal
to stay in the big town for more than
four ho-rs at a time. So with us it is
a case of catching those imitation rail
road trains at all sorts of hours and
commute to beat the band.
Since recame a confirmed COM
muter have sprained three watches
and two of my legs trying to catch
trains that are wild enough to dodge
a dog-catcher.
The commuters are divided into two
classes: Going and coming.
One of the first rules for a COM
muter to follow after he locates the
railroad station, and hikes there cou-
pie Of times to get in training, is to
get red and pink and blue hammock.
A hammock is a necessary evil in
the country, because only by this
means can the insects become ac-
quainted with the new commuter.
The day after we first put up our
new hammock Uncle Peter came rub
bering around to look 1t over. He was
all swelled up over being elected
mayor, and he dropped in the ham
mock with a splash. Ten seconds later
the rope exploded and Uncle Peter
made a deep impression on the stone
porch.
Every mosquito in the neighborhood
rushed to his assistance and tried to
lift him up with their teeth.
Then Uncle Peter ran home and
told Aunt Martha that Cinders, our
bulldog, had tried to bite him.
The national emblem Of the COM
muter is the lawn.mower.
The lawn-mower was invented orig
inally for the purpose of giving the
lawn quick shave, and because It
can't talk like q barber It makes q
noise like the fall Of Port Arthur,
remember the first day l decided !
would trim the Vandyke beard on our
lawn. OF course got all mine, and !
got II good, The result will always
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17

emergency to go with it, who to this day
has never for a moment faltered in the
work he then undertook.
This reputation of his platform, how
ever, before the constitutional conven-
ton was as bold as it was perfdous Mr..
Harmon knew the majority of its mem
bers were directly instructed by their
constituents for the initiative and refer
endum. During the campaign for dele
gates to that convention that proposal
was the paramount issue. Where was
Harmon? He was silent as the tomb
He had no voice. But he finally turned
up, and in his true colors, and virtually
advised, at critical time, the members
so elected that they break faith with the
people who sent them there.
But enough of this. 1t so happens
that one of the delegates thus addressed
is one of the two progressive delegates
to the Baltimore convention-HENRY
c. FOX, of this county. The other
progressive delegate is w. A. BROWNE,
Sr., of Darke County, whose democracy,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17
PROBATE COURT
DOENGS

Mrs. Mary L. TouVelle and d. H. Robin
son reappointed as members of Board of
County visitors.
Issued minister's license to Rev. j. W.
Robbins.
Last Will and testament Of Christina
(Rinderle) Huwer, deceased, filed for pro-
bate. For hearing May IL.
In the matter OF the estate of Lewis Platt,
deceased, order of sale of personal property
returned and filed. Final account filed.
For hearing May 81.
O. d. HierholZer, administrator of Frank
II. Kreusch, deceased, filed account of final
distribution,
l.. NJ. Murlin, executor OF the estate Of
Margaret Shepherd, deceased filed account
of final distribution.
Last will and testament of Mahala A,
(Ricel Reck, deceased, filed for probate. For
hearing May ID.
Last will and testament of Samuel S.
Spicer, deceased, filed for probate. For
hearing May 49,
Up. Darting appointed administrator of
the estate Of j. A. Hierholzer deceased. In
ventory and appraisement May l6.
Last Will and testament of Bernard j.
Schwieterman, deceased, admitted to pro-
bate Election of widow fled Catherine
r. Schwieterman appointed and qualified
rs eNecutriX. Inventory and appraisement
June8.
Last will and testament of Christina (Rin-
derle) Huwer, deceased, admitted to pro-
bate.
Last will and testament of Mary Jane
Meyers, deceased, filed for probate. For
hearing May ~.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17

/ 10 II.
Another splendid bit of local color
in the life of some commuters is the
subway. A ride through this on a hot
day will put you over on Woosey ave
nue. quicker than No. pill in Hop
Lees smoke factory.
In order to get out to Ruraldene
have to use the subway and every
time l use 1t it leaves something which
looks like the mark of Cain across my
brow.
The first day l went through that
tunnel will always remain one of my
hottest memories.
lost nine pounds Of solid flesh
somewhere between my shoulder
blade and the outskirts.
The sensation is the same as Bad
Mans hereafter, including the sulphur.
First choked up a little, then
coughed, then l stirred uneasily, and
then looked out the window and
prayed for the daylight, and then l
looked at my newspaper, but couldn't
read 1t, because the railroad company
had found the gas bill pretty heavy
last month and they were cutting down
expenses.
Then lost my breath, and when
got it back l found it wasn't mine.
Then l began to fan myself with
my hat, but l stopped when the man
behind me began kicking because ]
was handing him more than his just
share Of the subway gas.
Then l began to choke up again,
and then l coughed, and then l could
feel something fat and mysterious
playing hide and go seek around my
brain, but outside all was black as
ink, and only from the noise could
tell that the road was still paying divi-
dends.
The air began to get close and thick
like a porterhouse steak in a st. Louis
hotel.
began to breathe like my wife Gro
chefs an open-faced stocking-one,
two, three, drop one; one, two, three,
four, drop one.
Then my blood began to curdle and
cold chills ran up my back and liked
1t so well they ran down again.
My respiration was s to !, my in
splration was to for place, and
my persplration was like cloud
burst.
| had made my win with few men
CONTINUED on Eighth PAgel
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17
IN OLD MERCER

It's here I'm Old Mercer. where they never
have the blues
Here the farmer likes the politician, and
the politician likes good booze.
Here the horses they are pretty. and the
women they are brave
Here they clean the candidates up quickly,
and no one misbehaVes.
Here good Will ~ flows like water, and true
stories fly like hail:
Here there are no pistol pockets, and every
coat tail.
Here they always praise the juries, and
likewise parole the man:
Here you call man gentleman and then
leave him II you can.
Here you go out In the morning, Just to
give your voice a chance,
And you come back In the evening, not
with buck-shot In your pants.
Here there are no owls to hollow, and the
birds they love to sing;
For It's Heaven in Old Mercer with her
candidates in the ring.
Rockford. May 10. 1919.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17
SHORT MEETING OF
CITY DADS

Council met in regular session last
Tuesday evening with all members
but Lennartz and Meyer present. The
meeting was brief. After the reading
and acceptance of the monthly reports
of officers and departments, an ordl-
nance fixing the salaries of the officers
of the town was read. Several changes
we're made in the salaries and the or
dinance was then passed over until
the next meeting, owing to the fact
there were not enough members pres
ent to suspend the rules and pass the
ordinance. The new ordinance will
likely increase the salary of the fire
chief, and create new office, that of
market master, to be filled by the
marshal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17

Chas. Ellis, aged 80, MuskOgee, Okla, r.
r. agent, son Of John II. Ellis and Mary E
sullivan, aged q, Rockford, housekeeper
daughter of w. W. Sullivan. Rev, Gerlach
VIM. Il. Wilson, aged SO, FIT. Recovery re-
tail lumberman, son Of VIM. Wilson and
Estelle O. WallinRsford, aged 80, FIT. Recov-
cry housekeeper, daughter of John s,
RhoRdes. Rev. Leeper.
Wilbur o. Wardlow, aged 20, Richmond,
Ind, clerk, son OF o. p. Wardlow and Aimel
V. Bissell, aged 22, Rockford, teacher, dau-
Rhter ofC. E. Bissel. Rev. Burton.
Pernnell j. Rhoades, aged 29 Mendon,
laborer, son of Joshua Rhoades and Fannie
Fox, aged p, Union township, housekeeper,
daughter of Louis Fox, H. A. Miller.
Clovis r. Pierce, aged 81, Darke County,
farmer, son OF Henry Pierce and Nellie NJ.
Rifle, aged Is, FIT. Recovery, book-keeper,
daughter of Silas Rifle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17

was at last obtained and he painted him
self in his true colors. When he public
ly proclaimed his opposition to the ini-
tiative and referendum, repudiating the
platform on which he was elected Cover
nor of Ohio, which explicitly stated that
the party favored the proposal, and to
which he silently gave assent, it plainly
showed where his sympaties lie aud why
he bolted the party in 1896 when it took
its first real stand against special privil-
ege and made its great pronouncement
in favor of a government by the people
and nominated A MAN equal to the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17

live in history side by side with the
battle of Gettysburg.
The lawn-mower was sleeping
peacefully in the barn when rushed
in and dragged 1t shriekingly from its
slumbers.
Perhaps it was because forgot to
lather the lawn, but any way it was
the hardest shave l ever had anything
to do with.
The lawn-mower began to com
plain so loudly that the neighbors for
miles around rushed to the rock pile
and armed themselves for the fray
The committee of citizens attracted
by the screams of the lawn-mower
came over to see if l was killing a
member of the family or only a dis
tant relative.
When they saw me boxing the ears
of a stubborn lawn-mower they said
my punishment was heavy enough, so
they threw away the lynching rope
and left me at the post.
Clara ]. came out on the porch and
said, John, perhaps that lawn-mower
would stop screaming if you used
little axle greasel"
"All right" l came back at her,
"but 1t will take me an hour and half
to find out which part of the lawn
mower will fit the axle grease"
Then lifted the machinery up to
examine its constitution and bylaws,
and about two and a half pounds of
wrought iron fell off and landed on
my instep.
The wrought iron made good.
Then l tried to stand on the other
foot, but lost my balance and fell on
the lawn-mower's third rail.
/ never was so mortified in my life
as when that lawn-mower began to
saw its initials on my shin bones.
Every time tried to get up lost
my balance; and every time lost my
balance the lawn.mower would leap up
In the air and fall on my wish-bone.
When loving hands finally pulled us
apart l was two doors and q half be-
low unconsciousness, while the lawn
mower had recovered It's second wind
and was wagglng it's tail with excite
ment.
After waiting for about ten minutes
for me to come back in the ring, the
lawn'mower got impatient and began
to bark at me in Yiddlsh, so l decided
that our lawn could grow whiskers
like a Populist farmer and bo hanged
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17
OUR PLATFORM

To Democrats of Fourth
Ohio Congressional Dis
trict:
We respectfully urge you
to vote for us at the prima-
ries on May 2Ist for dele
gates to the National Demo-
cratic convention, II you are
in favor of a progressive
candidate for president.
We favor the nomination
of a Democrat who stands
for the principles advocated
by william J. Bryan for 16
years, and which to-day are
the written law of the
land; adopted in the new
state constitutions and are
reflected I'm the proposals
that will be presented to the
pCOpAC VI OAAAO " NAAC SOAASo
tutIOnal convention.
We announce our support
of Governor Wilson, bQt If
he cannot be nominated we
would support any one of the
several progressive states
men who are now mentioned
I'm connection with the nOmi-
nation, any one of whom
would lead the Democratic
party to a great national vic
tory I'm November.
We are the only candidates
for delegates I'm this district
who are pledged to vote for
a progressive candidate first,
last and all the time.
w. A. BROWNE, Sr.
H. G. FOX.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-05-17
FARM AND TOWN
PROPERTY FOR SALE

The 13O-acre farm of David Stoner, de-
ceased, located three miles southwest of
Mendon and three miles east Of Mercer;
good soil, fair improvements and perfect
title.
Also the late residence property of David
Stoner, deceased located on the Mercer
and Rockford pike, adjoining the village
of Rockford, consisting Of n good large one
and one-half story house, with good i'm
provements, good out buildings and large
orchard and about II acres OF ground; splen-
didly located.
Reasons for selling, to make distribution
OF said estate. Inquire of GEO. #. SToNER,
his attorney,