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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20

spend several days in tbot city on
business.
Mrs. G. b. Strauser and daughter
Beatrice, OF East Chestnut street
went to Utica Wednesday 10 spend
several days with, relatives
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20

property, $50
To r. ID. Grubb, for constructing
concrete culyert Liberty township,
$1OO.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
DISTRICT
State Senator-WIlis Horn.
COUNTY

COUNTY
Representative-Juli Headington
Clerk Of Court-Guy Taylor.
SheriG-Walter q. Mossholder
Audltor-A. d. Rinehart.
Commlsslcners-George w. Hays
John Rice, George NJ. Shafter.
Treasurer-Clifton G Hunt.
Recorder-Robert Cochran.
sGrveyor-C Charles w. Colgin.
Prosecuting Attorney Charles L
Eermont
Coroner-Paul $. Stokes.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
JUDICIAL

JUDICIAL
Judges of Supreme Court-Maurice
II. Donahue, James G. johnson.
Judge of Court of Appeals-Robert
s. Shields.
Probate Judge-Thomss ]. Reming
ton.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
Court Journal

Bernhard Kern yB. James Finnell
and others-Continued to October
term
william d. Hancock and others vs.
d. B. Rawllns and otherB-Continued
on application Of defendant.
Walter s. Sapp VS.. Thomas n. Bel
Leave to plead in ten days.
Zita O'Brien VS.. William Shinna
berry and others Decree OF partition
John J. Feeney. G, N. Williams ant
Richard II. Shut appointed commits
sioners
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
VIII Filed

Written in pencil ON sheet of
tablet paper the will OF Henry G.
Jones has been filed for probate II
was executed on July 8 in the pres
ence OF Virgil l.. Fisher and Joseph
L. shenrn To nephew, Robert G.
Jones, a house ana lot in Mt, Vernon
is bequeathed This beneficiary is
also named administrators without
bond
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
Divorce Sought

Thirteen typewriter lines are TAX
On by Victor Denuit in outlining tC
common pleas court the reasons why
ne should be divorced from Maude
Denuit
They were married OH May 20, 1902
and no children were born. Plaintiff
states that on Oct II, 1913, the de
fendant wilfully and without causc
deserted him and has never come
back. Through his attorney. l.. C
stillwelI, he asks for divorce
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
Resigns Job And Prepares
To Leave For
Cleveland
DENUIT'S PETITION
EXTREMELY BRIEF
Lead Pencil Used To Indite
Jones Will-News From
Court House

Declaring that he still loves his
wife but that he is satisfied to abide
by her decision that they shall live
apart, Harry Wagner, ,wiao has been
helping with the brick plant on the
addition to the Ohio Service Co.'s
plant, left the mayors office Satur-
day morning in the company Of Chief
Mapel to draw his pay at the plant,
gather up his belongings at Mrs. Tun-
ueclif's boarding house and prepare
to leave Sunday morning for Cleve-
land, says the Coshocton Times-Age.
Wagner pleaded not guilty to the
charge OF threatening TO kill his wife
Thursday at the home Of her foster
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman h.
Knepper. Vine and South Second
streets, because she wouldn't come
back to him. As solution OF their
domestic troubles. Mayor Richardson
decided to give him chance to car
ry out his plans TO leave town rather
than hold him for trial which might
prove expensive without accomplish
ing any better resuIts.
Wagner related TO the mayor a tale
of conflicting emotions; how he came
to realize after no had left his wife
he had deep love for her. He said
that he had been informed OF miscon-
duct on her part and that his feelings
toward her had undergone complete
change. He said he had arranged to
leave town TO get away from her
49,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20

STATE
Governor-James M. Cox.
Lieutenant Governor Earl ID. Bloom
Secretary OF state-William D. Ful
ton.
Auditor Of State-Vic Donahey.
Treasurer OF State--Chester q. Bry
an.
Attorney General-Joseph McGhee
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-20
coNGREssIoNAL

United States Senator-Atlee Pom
creme.
Congressman William A. Ashbrook
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BANNER WANT ADS. PAY
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NATIONAL
President Woodrow Wilson.
Vice President--Thomas r. Marshall
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
WISE AND FOOLISH TAXES
Levying a tax brings two results:
Cd 1t raises revenue.

Levying a tax brings two results:
% 1t raises revenue.
(2) 1t discourages the activity on
which the tax is laid.
The necessity of raising revenue is
generally so urgent that we consider
only what is the easiest way of rails
ing the money, and forget the second
part. The harm that may result
from stupidity in this direction is ill
ustrated in the case of the French
window tax. At one time household
ers in France were taxed in accord
ance with the number and size of
their windows. The result is thou
sands of houses from which the sun
light is needlesSly excluded. On the
other hand the second function of
taxes may be turned to account. To
keep down the number of saloons in
a town, the high license principle is
applied. If we wish to discourage
the importation Of merchandise of
foreign manufacture, we levy a tax
on imports.
Why not take account of this sec
ondary effect in all of our taxation?
We want to encourage people to i'm
prove their property, but when they
do so their taxes are increased. We
do not want people to hold land that
they are not using, but by light taxes
on unused land we make 1t easy and
profitable for them to do so.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
A FACT TO RECKON WITH

American mothers and wives who
kneel at the bedside nightly in pray
er and thankfullness for the lives and
well being of their sons and husbands,
are the one great factor which will
keep Woodrow Wilson president of
the United States. IN the home, as
no where else, has the feeling gained
ground that to the conscientious SER
vice of President Wilson is due the
peace and prosperity we enjoy today.
1t was made plainly evident in Presi-
dent Wilson's Long Branch address
that one basic principle had guided
his every action. That principle is
avoidance of war at Gly cost save the
loss of national honor.
it is the mothers OF sons, and wives
who are impressing this fact upon the
voters in their families President
Wilson's opponents may seek to raise
other issues, but the deciding one will
be whether the votes will be cast at
the request of those who unselfshly
wish the well being Of the most or
whether the voters can be stampeded
by the demagogic cry of those who
would prosper few ar the cost of the
blood and lives of the masses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
DEEDS, NOT WORDS

Postmaster General Burleson re-
Gently forwarded to The Treasury De-
partment a check for $5,2O0,0OO, the
amount of the surplus in postal rev.
enues for the past fiscal year. Ac-
cording to Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo it was the third time since
1886 that surplus postal revenues
have been deposited in the Treasury,
all those being since the beginning of
President Wilson's administration.
In the fiscal year 1913 the surplus
was $3,S00,000 and in 1914 it was
$3,5OO,OO0.
At about the same date that the
check above mentioned was sent to
the Treasury Department, tentative
allotment of a million dollars for con-
struction and maintenance of roads
and trails in national forests was an
nounCed by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston. This amount is to be eX-
pended during the present fiscal year
out OF 10,0OO,OO0 appropriated by
Federal Road Act. By the terms Of
the act the states are requested to
cooperate to the extent of at least so
per cent. of the cost of surveys and
construction.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22

In view of the disproportionate in
crease OF accidents In Ohio industries
and in view of the insolent attitude
on the part of certain State Medical
examiners, question has been raised
that the effort to harm the wOrkmen's
compensation law has been carried In
to another direction. Thus far un-
successful in every attempt the State
administration may now attempt to
make good with the liability insur-
ance companies which aided in its
election by negligence in the present
work. 1t is notorious that many
claims have not been given proper
consideration at the hands of those in
charge of the State Medical inspection
department, and there are rumors of
irregularity in the matter of fees.
Complaints are made openly that in
jured persons have not been taken
care of as promptly as they should be,
and it is becoming manifest that
there is need for executive attention,
by a friendly executive.
People of the State, and especially
those vitually interested, have borne
patiently until now with the various
attempts to destroy or discredit the
State compensation system. The day
of reckoning is at hand.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
SPRAYS AND FERTILIZER RE-
VIVE APPLE INDUSTRY

BY scientific methods in rejuvenat-
ing fruit trees nearly 100000 900
has been realized since 1910 from
the orchards of Washington county
where formerly orcharding was prac-
tically a lost industry, according to
F. H. Ballou of the Ohio Experiment
Station. Spraying against insects
and unfous diseases and the addition
of mulch material and fertilizer
brought about the change which has
made Washington and Athens Coun-
ties today the greatest apple-growing
center in Ohio.
Before 1910 not enough apples
were grown in this section for home
use. Though the trees were prolific
in blossoms their fruit dropped early,
and their harvest was a disappoint-
ment. Fruit was dwarfed,' deformed,
wormy and blackened by fungi, so
that it could not be marketed The
systems of farming were such as to
rob the bill-slopes of their original
productivity. Orcharding in general
seemed a failure.
Mr.. Ballou's first spraying demon
strations there resulted in abundance
of perfect fruit, much to the surprise
of the formerly disappointed owners.
Later experiments in fertilizing orch
ards caused starved trees to become
vigorous and productive. Some trees
fertilized with nitrate of soda and ac-
i'd phosphate yield 10 times as much
fruit as others receiving the same in
mulching and spraying but no ferti-
lizer. A net increase of more than
500 an acre was secured In some
cases by fertilization.
The plan of this work las we'll as
recnt tests with fertilizers for apple
orchards, is given in Bulletin 3Ol,
just issued by the Experiment Station
at Wooster.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22

mocratic year the Republican plural
ity in the Maine Sept. election was
about 12,5OO and in November it was
$1,000.
Next came some pronouncedly Re-
publican years. In 1896 Mckinley
had a plurality of $4,000. In 1900,
after a September plurality of $4,000,
the state of Maine gave Mckinley 49,
600 after a state election in Septem-
26, 900 plurality in September, Roose-
welt beat Parker in Maine by $4,000.
In 1908 Taft carried the state by 49,
600 after a state election in September
Der in which national issues were cast
to the winds by prohibition question,
the Republicans electing their COVER
nor by only 1000.
From these figures of the past, it is
seen that in good Republican years,
the Republican plurality in Maine, on
national issues has ranged from 49,
600 up to $4,000. In good Democrat
ic years the Republican pluralities in
Maine have ranged from 10000 down
to 12,500 the latter being in the
NltNCiduu lduu5lIuG year. LGSS ludu
20, 900 in Maine, with national issues
upper most has always accompanied
Republican defeat in the nation.
The recent election in Maine, both
parties assert, turned on national
questions. Hughes and Roosevelt
both campaigned the state; Wilson
did not. The Republican pluralities
are about 5000 for their governor,
and 1850 and $500 for the two Uni
ted States senators and some 1850
as the combined pluralities for con-
gressmen. And those pluralities are
in total vote more than 10000 larg-
er than in 1892, so that it would take
at least $4,000 to be as gooG as even
the disastrous 49, 800 of that year.
Republican leaders say that rs or
80 per cent of the Progressives have
come back to the fold. That means
the other 20 or 25 per cent have gone
to the Democrats, where they never
belonged before. A smaller proper
tion than that is sufficient to elect
Wilson. In the light of the past, the
Maine election forecasts landslide
for Wilson.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
Suggests a Land
slide for President Wilson

II. L. D., in Ohio State Journal
You have spoken editorially of an
old political adage that GAS Maine
goes, so goes the Union" That is
true in a modified sense only, for, of
course Maine never goes Democratic
on national issues. Even in 1912,
when Wilson got the electoral vote of
the state, his popular vote fell $4,000
under the combined vote of Roosevelt
and Taft which represented the old
Republican vote and presumably now
the reunited" Republican vote.
While Republicans are always in
the majority in Maine on national
questions yet the state is enough re-
sponsive to the same currents of con-
viction as the rest of the country so
that the size Of the Republican major
ity does give a fairly clear index to
the probable verdict of the whole
country. In the light of the past,
therefore, what does the Maine cleo
tion of this year indicate? Is this
good Republican year, or is it mark
ed as a Democratic year?
The first Democratic national vic
tory since the war was in 1884, when
Cleveland was elected over Blaine. In
that Democratic year the Republican
plurality in Maine was 10000.
In 1880 Harrison was elected over
Cleveland. In that Republican year
the plurality was $4,000.
Then in 1892, Cleveland defeated
Harrison by landslide of such pro-
portions that the Ohio State Journal
headlines exclaimed the day after the
election, Let the Tail Go With the
Hide, for It's All Up With Our End
of the String" In that strongly de-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
LEGAL NOTICE

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the Clerk of the Village of ST.
Henry, State of Ohio, until 70 o'clock
noon, Monday, October 2, 1916, for the
purchase of the bonds of said Village in
the aggregate sum of 100000 dated the
first day of September, 1916 payable in
ten years from said date, each being in
therate of five per cent per annum pay
able semi annually. Issued for The pur-
pose of extending, enlarging, improving
and repairing the water works system of
said Village, and under authority of Sec
tion 1899 Of the General Code of Ohio and
under and in accordance with certain
ordinance of said Village entitled; To
issue bonds for the purpose of extending,
enlarg1ng, improving and repairing the
Water Works system of the corporate
Village of st. Henry, NiAercer County,
ust, 1916.
Said bonds will be sold to the highest
and best bidder but for not less tAan par
and accrued interest. All bids must state
the number of bonds bid for and the
aggregate amount of bid and accrued in
terest to date of delivery. All bids must
be accompanied by a certified check pay
able to the Treasurer of said Village In
the sum of $4,000 upon condition that IL
the bid is accepted the bidder will receive
and pay for such bonds as may be issued
as above set forth within ten days o. the
time of award. Said check to be retain
ed by the Village If said condition is not
The Village of st. Henry reserves the
right to reject any or ell bids. Bids
should be sealed and endorsed: Bids for
Water Works Bonds"
Passed.: August IA, 1916.
ALEX. SIEGRIST, Village Clerk.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
LEGAL NOTICE

Sealed bids will be recei, ID by the
Board of Trustees Of Public Affairs of the
village of Celina, Ohio, at the office OF
said Board, until twelve o clock noon.
September 26th, 1916, for furnishing the
necessary labor and material for the in
stallation of one steam engine of three
hundred horse power capacity according
to plans and specifications on file in said
off ce
Each bid must contain the full name OF
every person or company Interested in
the same, and be accompanied with de-
post (either cash or certified check) Of
three hundred (S300O0J dollars. to the sat
isfaction of the Board, as guarantee
that If the bid is accepted contract win
be entered into and its performance pro-
perly secured Should any biu be reject
ed, said sum of money or check will be
returned to the bidder, and should bid be
accepted, said money or check will be
returned upon the proper execution and
securing of the contract
The right is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
BY order of the Board of Trustees Of
Public Affairs.
August 29th. 1916
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
AND TAXES AS HIGH OR HIGHER

Until the end of Willis first fiscal
year, June 80, 1915, he had depre-
ciated the surplus in the treasury left
by Governor Cox by $4,197O67.38.
Willis began with $11,067,491.3O in
the treasury. On June 30th that
amount had dwindled to $3.50, ,423.-
90.
What sad comparison this is with
the record of his predecessor. Cox
began with $7,393, ,69O.38 in the
treasury, and. ended with $11, ,O67,-
491.30 in the treasury. Thus Cox in
creased the treasury surplus by $3,-
673,800.92.
In other words Willis has decreas-
ed the surplus by million dollars
more than the increase was under
Cox. No wonder notice is being
served on the State Depositories that
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22

James Henderson, formerly at the
head Of the Central Labor Union Of
Columbus, now representative OF the
International Association OF Machin-
lists, does not propose to let labor for
get the Danbury Hatters' fine Of
100000, assisted through the efforts
of Chrales Evans Hughes. Speaking
ut South Bend the other day, he said,
Il would iNther be the wicked King
HeTod gasping for cool breath at the
caverns of hell, haunted by the cries
of innocent babes he caused to be
slaughtered, than to be the living
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
presidential candidate who was party
to the election of the members of the
Danbury's Hatters' Union"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
PARTY SUFFRAGE RECORDS
only Democratic Congressman Appeal
ed for Action.

Congressman G. G. Dill, of Wash
lngton, cites the records Of the COM
mittee hearings on suffrage In Con-
gress to prove that "the only Congress
men who have gone before the Judi
ciary Committee Of Congress this year
to ask that suffrage amendment be
voted upon have been Democratic
members" He adds that mo others
have appeared to ask for cOnsidera-
tion Of the measure. That is, I think,
sufficient answer to any claim that
the Democratic Party opposed Woman
Suffrage"
This record need only be supple
mented with the personal voting his
tory of the rival Presidential candi-
dates to show who is the real friend
Of suffrage. President Wilson made
two trips from Washington TO New
Jersey to register and vote for Woman
Suffrage when It was submitted in his
State. Candidate Hughes did not take
the trouble to register or to vote the
same year-1915-when the suffrage
amendment was submitted in his
state.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
STILL THEY COME

L. w. Kattman, of Canton; Ohio,
formerly an active Republican leader
of Auglaize county ,and German,
has come out in an emphatic declara-
ton that he will vote and support
President Wilson for reelection. He
has never before voted for "a Demo-
crat. In a public statement he says
that those Germans who oppose Pres
ident Wilson certainly cannot have an
understanding of the political situa-
tion.s
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
IN REALTY CIRCLES
Farms

FdIIQS
A. ]. Boice to John w. Florence,
LIS acres, Section 4. Washington tp,
$40O.
Edna Detro to Frances E. Landfair
AZ acres Section 80, Blackcreek tp.,
$500.
Emerson Pond to eJfferson Pond,
1864 acres, Section so, Dublin town
ship $500.
Peter Maugher to Clarence d.
Bricker ocres, Section SO, Liberty
township, $1,000.
Frank b. Willis, Governor to JAG
OBJ Lapp, 40 acres Section 33, eJffer-
son township.
Earl Vining to Clarence Vining, rs
acres, Section 10, Blackcreek town
ship, ST.
Harry Rutledge to Floyd Vining,
35 acres, Section 81, Blackcreek
township, 81.
Xavier Schwieterman to H. B. Le-
munyon, 80 acres, Section 27, Gran
vile township, $4,000.
Tereshia R. Hager to Clarence
Brun stetter, 25 acres, Section 8,
Blackcreek township, $3.50.
Catherine Kettering to John Ket-
tenring, 12O acres, Section 33, in
Blackcrek township, $13920.
Charles R. Miller to Frank Miller,
2 acres, Section 3, Dublin township,
$500.
H. Dawson to Jacob Bone, 120 acres,
Section 35 Butler township, $120.
Bertrude Greivenkamp ct al to
Henry Greivenkamp, 80 acres, Sec
tions 20 and 10, $1,000.
Tony A. Buschor to Arthur A. Bet
finger 40.5 acres Section 33, Butler
township, $4,000.
Valentine E. Hawk to George L.
Stone, parcel, Section 20, Recovery
township, $2100.
John Grove to Mary E. Snyder,
39.5 acres, Section 33, Blackcreek
township, $3.50.
Town Lots
Michael A. Coughlin to Elizabeth
Premer, lot 8, Krenning's addition to
Ft. Recovery, 81.
r. e. Riley to Clara WINNER, lot
88, Riley's addition, Celina, 81.
Albert R. Clark to Lloyd Coil, lot
25, Duton's addition, Mendon, 1885.
Leota Thomas ct al to Mary G. Rice
lot 8, buttons addition, Mendon, 81.
Ed. F. Hellwarth TO Bertha Free
man, part outlot 16, east of Celina,
81.
N. B. Hawkins heirs to Carl Bow
ser lot 43, Hawkins addition, Celina,
5000.
John Zenz to Gesler Laird, part of
outlot l, eRcovery township side Ft
Recovery, 81.
John Hart to Pat Hart, north half
lot 81, eRcovery township side, Fort
Recovery, $500.
Frank V. Short to Ladora Adams
lots Sc and 67, Brokside addition, Ce-
lima, $3.50.
Anthony Tebben to Mary A. Mayer,
part lot 10, Schuncks addition, Ce
lima, $4,000.
John L. Downey to Rose M. Down
ey, hail interest lot 62, Forest
Heights addition, Celina, 81.
]. ]. Vorpe to Gilbert F. Woods,
lots and 23 Godfrey Heights addi-
ton, Celina, $3.50
John Homan to VIM. j. Baer, lot
100, Coldwater, $1,000.
Sophena Hess ct al to John Homan,
lot 100, Coldwater, u.
w. w. Yingling to TouVele & Man
niA, lots 81 and So, Edgewater Park,
Cclina, $1,000.
John Beiersdorfer ct al to w. A. ST.
Ter part lot 131, Celina, $2500.
Frank " Short to A. w. Meister,
lot 4, Block 8, Citizens addition, Ce-
lima, $3.50.
B. T. Price to v. H. Streete, lot A,
Y. P. &c L. addition Mendon, $3.50.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
s$$MYRON$T. .$HERRICKs$s

Myron T. Herrick has not yet ex-
planned why he thought it necessary
to spend $4,000 ,and more, to gain
the Republican Senatorial nomina-
tion, and the people of Ohio do not
care whether he does or not. They
know where Myron T. Herrick be-
longs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22
CeIina, Friday, Sept. 2S, 1916

For the purpose of extracting teeth with
out pain or sleep. DIR. DEXTER has
made speciality of extracting teeth for
ten years, and has made for himself an
expert reputation as a painless tooth ex
tractor.
References can be given all who are
doubtful that the most doubtful can be
removed without PAIN He uses a medi-
cine which drives all feeling from the
gums. NOW is the time to have those
troubling aching teeth removed
DR. DEXTER guarantees that there
will be no soreness afterward caused by
the medicine, and that all nervous and
weak hearted people need have no fear
on the last trip to Celina the Doctor pull
ed over one hundred teeth and no fall
ures. No Poisons 2Cocain are used. A
New System PAINLESS METHOD.
Main Office, 1854 Main Street. Lima. o.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-09-22

they must prepare to send into the
State Treasury the money they now
have on deposit.
What has become of Willis's touted
economy? Answer - it is moving
backward like a crab.