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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
EDUCATIONAL

Five State Normals will be held this
summer for the benefit of our teachers
at the following places, and will opet
on dates indicated:
HAITI esburg, President Joe Cook,
Director, May %.
Blue Mountain, DR.. W. T. Lowrey,
Director, June 4.
Oxford, DR.. J. C. FAINT, Director,
June 4.
Clinton, DR.. ]. W. Provine. Director,
June A.
Starkville, DR.. J. C. Robert,
Director, June II.
A large number of the most compe-
tent instructors available have been
employed to work in each OF these
normals, and it Is the most earnest
wish of the State Dept. Of Education
that the teachers Of the state take
advantage Of these opportunities for
self improvement.
Young teachers should attend these
schools In order to get started right;
exempt teachers should attend these
schools so as to keep from unconscious
ly getting into rut; all others should
attend 80 as to be ready to take ad-
vantage Of every advancement made
in the profession of teaching. The
most criticised teacher right now is
the exempt teacher who never attends
normal. the State Teachers Associa-
tion, or anything else of professional
nature. Trustees and patrons are be.
coming educated in a hurry, and The
time is already here when the teacher
who has stopped growing will have
hard time getting q position.
In all of these Normsls in addition
to the work usually given there will be
strong courses in Domestic Science,
Manual Training. Hygiene and Santa
tion, and Agriculture.
Teachers may have their licenses re-
newed as last summer.
There will be examinations for state
and professional licenses at the close
Of the session. All teachers except
those already exempt will have to
stand on the two subjects, Theory and
Practice of Teaching and Elementary
Algebra, before teaching next year.
Teachers desiring further informa-
tion in regard to these Normals should
write direct to the directors as indi-
Gated above. W. r. BOND,
State Supt. of Education.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
CLUB CONTESTS
Warning to Cattle Ownsrs
Feeding the Breeding Cove from Now
Until Spring = Heavy .Lossss In
Breeding Cattle win Occur Unless
Feeding is Begun at Once.

eo""S ~0ttbe VIII Vccur Onteel
Feeding is BEGUN at Once.
Washington, D. c., March 1.-THE
present winter has been very severe
one in many parts of the country, with
the result that cattle-and especially
rarge cattle-are getting much thinner
than usual for this time of the year.
In many parts of the south and west
the cattle are required to make their
living from the range and the old
stalk fields. Quite few farmers and
ranchmen are reporting the loss of
some cattle. especially young cattle
and cows, from emaciation, or from
starvation and exposure.
Many cows which are sucking calves
or which will calve in the next two or
three months, are becoming weak from
lack of nutritive feed end from expos-
ure. These are valuable cattle, valu.
able not alone for themselves, but for
the calf which each should raise This
year. 1t is utter folly for these cows
to be neglected for the short time un.
til grass comes. Most of them can bo
saved at small expense if they are
given immediate attention and feed.
Pregnant cows are not usually as
strong as they look, and many of them
become too weak to Withstand the
rigors of exposure. lack of feed and
calving during the month of March.
In the cotton region, grass should be
good by April l, and after that date
practically all of the stock will get
along all right. In all parts of the
south, the pastures will be good before
May l. Feeding the thin COWS and
heifers for less than sixty days will
cut down the losses to minimum.
On the small farms where the cattle
can be easily gotten up. they should
be given some good roughage such as
hay or silage, or be fed a combination
of them or ration of straw and hay
or silage supplemented with a small
amount of cottonseed meal or cake
daily.
Endorsed and sent out by P. P. Gar
ner, Commissioner of Agriculture and
Commerce, Jackson, Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

"a" give we are able to do this work
lor you and il you want it done we
WIN gladly do it without charge. The
only expense is the buying Of the
serum which costs very little in pro-
portion to protection it gives. The
advantage OF the serum simultaneous
treatment is that it protects the hog.
for life while the single treatment pro-
tects them for only a few weeks.
ifyou need our help let as know.
Extension Department A. HIS.
FRANK HURST
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
Work on Fairgrounds at Hiah
School

The athletic field Of the high school
is being put in shape this week for
field and track athletics. The work of
grading and leveling the grounds
which was begun in the spring has
been completed and the school boasts
of one of the best athletic fields in Mis-
sissippi. On one side of the field there
is an eighth of mile track. Through
the center Of the grounds are the
courses for the dashes and on the other
side of the field equipmen. has been in
stalled for the jumps. vaults, shot
pats and other field sports.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

Ihird-Separate school districts an,
the Agricultural High School. Schools
OF one class will not compete with
schools OF another class, and no prize,
will be awarded for the exhibits.
CONTESTS-ATHLETICS-BOYS
Glass BIS yards dash, sack race,
barrel race, three.legged race, running
nigh jump, running broad jump and
standing broad jump. First, FIVE points,
second three points.
Ciass D-lOO yards dash, running hiSh
Jump, running broad jump, standing
broad jump, and pole vault. First, five
points, second three points.
Glass C-lOO yards dash, running hifh
jump, standing high jump, running broad
jump. standing broad jump and pol.
vault. First, FIVE points, second three
points.
Class BOO yards dash, running hish
jump, standing high jump, running broad
jump standing broad jump, shot put and
pole vault. First, FIVE points, second.
three points.
Glass A--Same as Class B, with the
addition of the half mile race, and the
SSO yard relay race, which races will be
allowed in Class A only.
ATHLETICS-GIRLS
Class B-5O yards dash for all under
lOO pounds. Six throws for goal from
the Is foot line with basket ball-Spauld.
ins's Official "M." One distance
throw with official basket ball.
Glass A-5O yards dash for all 100
pounds and over. Six throws for tosl
With Spaulding's Official Basket Ball
rom the Is foot line. One distance
hrow with official basket ball. In either
lass first FIVE points, second three
'oints.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
TRUSTEES MEETING

Regular meeting Monday, March 9Th
AZ AZ Superlntendent's Office, schoo
NO. l: All members urged to /.
present. Next years work will no
taken up. JE CApirr%oM ON oe
Secretary,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

| will have few eggs for Matching
from select thoroughbred S. C. R. l,
Red Chickens at $1.00 per is.
], s. MAyBY,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

10 EXChdn6e--A six year old saddle mar,
Annlv =, vn,S to exchange for milk cows.
nppiy ~ williams old place noTtl. OF Macon
's"s T: c. HARVEY,
x, T. D. 2, Macon, Miss,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

1. Extemporaneon readings, high
school, first points FIVE, second points
three.
2. Extemporaneous readings, grammar
] school, first points FIVE, second points
three.
3. Expression, high school girls, first
boints FIVE, second points three.
4 4. Expression, grammar school girls,
First points FIVE, second points three.
5. Defamation, boys, first points FIVE,
kecond points three.
EXHIBITS
Rest General school exhibit will count
kO ,oiuts, and schools will be arranged
IN the following classes:
tfse;rst-One.teacher rural schools.
);econd-Two or more teachers rural
choolsi
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

accommodating to marked degreC
and have long since learned the les
son of real magnanimous service to
their subscribers. With an expert
ence and willingness not to be found
in the average exchange they are at
the command of the public day and
night and ready to exhaust every me-
chanical resource in their effort to
render the best telephone service
that modern science and human in
genuity can devise.
The equipment is kept in the best
Of repair by the trouble and construc-
tion department and should wind or
an electrical storm disable both local
and toll lines, they are promptly put
in first-class order by competent
workmen. The same efficiency is
found throughout the business office
where subscribers find that it is in
deed pleasure to transact business.
The people of Celina and vicinity
are fortunate in having such salts
factory and commendable telephone
service and owe a debt of gratitude
to Mr.. Ungerer and his assistants.
This can best be paid by giving the
telephone company your hearty sup
port; by being as willing to observe
the company's rules as you are to
have them accede to your demands;
by courtesy and politeness when us
ing your telephone and by a liberal
patronage of both local and toll lines
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

| ed and their output has grown tc
large proportions.
Quick to appreciate the value to
the city of such large and pro
gressive concern the people of Mer-
Ger county have always been loyal in
their support of this institution which
gives employment to large number
of men and women and which brings
business and trade activity through
its tireless efforts.
At the head of this large concern
are Messrs. Ed, Walter and Albert
Mersman and Edmund Brandts.
These men have always had at heart
the best interests of Celina and Mer-
Ger county and have done their best
at all times to serve the people to
their best advantage. Under their
acute business direction the plant has
prospered and expanded.
There can be no doubt that the To-
cal public owes a debt of gratitude
and appreciation to The Mersman
Brothers and Brandts Co. and we are
proud in this review of local busi-
ness and industrial efficiency and
progress to point to this concern as
one of the leading enterprises of the
world in it's especial line of manu-
facture, and one of Celina and Mer-
Ger county's most valuable assets.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27
MAYORS PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, 1t has been ordained by
| the council of the Village of Celina, o.,
that the First Tuesday in May of each
year is designated and set apart as clean
up day in said Village, and
Whereas; The Mayor is authorized and
ordered to make proclamation of the same
ten days prior thereto.
Therefore l, S. S. Scranton, Mayor of
the said Village of Celina request that
every able bodied man, woman and child
of said Village between the ages of six
and ninety years utilize a part of Tues
day, the 1st day of May 1917 to collect
and assemble all refuse and rubbish on or
about the premises occupied by them and
convenient to any alley or street, and that
the Street Commissioner and his assist
ants remove such garbage and refuse on
said day and the days Immediately fol-
lowing.
Let us also give special heed to the
waste paper nuisance. Let all citizens,
young or old join in the effort not only
to help make Celina clean but to keep it
clean by refraining from leaving waste
paper half burned in the alleys or scat
tering 1t on the streets
1T is FURTHER REQUESTED AND
ORDERED that all property owners and
they are possessed and alleys adjacent
thereto free fro mrubbish and garbage
after said Cleanup day or same will be
done by the Village and the expense of
same VIII be charged against the proper
ty owner or tenant and collected as taxes
Given under my hand and seal this 18th
s. s. SCRANTON,
Mayor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27
Business Interests Are Found Engaged in the Most Extensive
Trade of Their Career in Every Field
This Section Richly and Most Generously Endowed Live Business Men, Ample Financial
Resources and Generous People Compilation Made Reveals Our EntepSng
and Progressive Business Men Every Section the Best County, in the Best
State in the Best Country the Sun Ever Shown On

and more productive and more helpful than
ever before
Our motto is Full Steam Ahead" and back
of this motto which is in practical effect is the
solid foundation of progress, with safety and
conservation. Mercer county has great en-
thusiasm and great vision, but it has never in
it's splendid record of achievements deceived
itself. Today it faces the future not by stand
ing still but by the inspiring spectacle of look
ing up and marching on, confident of power of
strength, the wealth of this wonderful com
munity, without fear and setting up the beacon
lights of the great ship prosperity. An ad-
uancing army refuses to retreat. Mercer coun-
ty neither needs nor wants any trenches but a
broad plain. where bey yond is the great dawn of
the rising sun of prosperity, progress and
happiness. In Mercer County we are not alone
seeking commercial success, material progress
and financial sohdity, but great deal more.
We seek civic beauty, safety and the best fields
for the joy of living, that inspiration of help
fulness the enthusiasm of an unselfsh public
service, and an unbounded and ever increasing
devotion to the public welfare.
Mercer county has everything that other
progressive American communities have and
more 1t has heart, great pulsating organism
always keeping step, in fact little in advance
of the solid, material march to bigger things
1t is the heart of ambition and enthusiasm that
like stirring music, inspires and quickens the
step of the rank and file This is one of the
big reasons why Mercer county today, neither
boastful nor assuming a false modeSty, pro
claims her achievements, her powerful position, |
her respectful self col fidence her pride in the
structure that she has created in the Garden
Spot of Ohio" armed as she has been with a
great faith, strong arm and vision both
clear and true.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

In making this review of the on
ward progress of Mercer county we
find some concerns which, by reason
of the admirable manner in which
they render a very difficult service
to the public, are fully worthy of
more than passing notice at our
hands. This is particularly true of
The Celina Telephone Company, of
which Mr.. Ed Ungerer is the man
ager.
In compiling this comprehensive
review of Celina, Mercer county and
the advantages of this fertile section
of the Buckeye State, The Democrat
has found. it impossible to person
ally call on all of the business, manu-
featuring and professional men of the
community. In the effort to make
this edition complete we have, there
fore, taken advantage of the modern
method of the telephone and during
the past month have talked over
many miles of The Celina Telephone
Company's lines. This work entail
ed the filing of hundreds of calls with
the operators and The Democrat
wishes to say that there is no public
utility within our borders today that
is more deserving of liberal support
than the company so ably mangaed
by Mr.. Ungerer.
The operators are courteous and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

will increase their capacity to con-
form to the increased yield.
Last year Mr.. Crampton's factory
packed fifteen thousand bushel of
peaches in addition to the corn, peas
and tomato pack making a produc-
tion of more than twenty-siX car
loads of this pack alone. 1t is tri-
butte to the efficient management of
the factory that this pack maintained
the high standard set by the factory
and this peach pack will probably be
duplicated this year.
In keeping with the spirit of the
day the farmers of this section have
responded readily to the governments
call for increased production with
the result that Mr.. Champions fac
tory will have much increased acre
age this year This patriotic re-
sponse 0f the farmers of Mercer coun-
ty and of the public spirited men
like Mr.. Champion is typical of the
local populace and deserving of the
highest commentator.
During the course of his manufac-
turing career in Mercer county Mr..
Champion has always taken an active
interest in it's onward progress, ex-
hibiting at all times a progressive !
spirit. 1t is such active interest in
the affairs of the public and such bus-1
mess activities producing prosperity
that helps to turn the wheels of in-y
dustry in Mercer county and aids veryX
materially in the promotion of scien-
tific and diversified farming. 1t isl
men of this type that are the best
assets of any county
The farmers and people generallqA
over the county are under heavy OBJ
legations to The Champion and Son
Canning Co. and this can best be
paid by keeping them supplied at all
times with products that are turned
into marketable material right here
in the county an dthus the money is
kept at home. The Champion and
Son Canning Co. is resposible for the
bringing and keeping here of thou
sands of dollars each year and in this
Prosperity Edition we cannot fail to
compliment them upon their active
principles in the industrial world and
predict for them a future fraught
with great promise.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

AS the general purpose of this
Prosperity review is to give the local
and outside world an adequate idea
of our industrial progress and the
general excellence of the products of
the various plants and contributing
causes to this prosperity we deem it
quite appropriate to devote space to
The Champion and Son Canning Co.
Mr.. Champion operates a model
plant here in Celina, packing corn,
peas tomatoes and peaches. The
plant is housed in modern factory
buildings and the latest of sanitary
precautions have been taken to see
that the packs are the cleanest and
best that money can buy. The COM
pany has the latest of improved ma
chinery that has been endorsed by
the Gamers of the country and in ev-
cry way modern and up-to-date. The
has in it's employ only
men of experience many of whom
have been with them for some time,
thus insuring the public Of high
quality and uniformity in the output.
At the plant of the Champion and
Son Canning Co., the producer has
found the can always secure the
highest market prices for corn, peas,
and tomatoes. Many farmers who
have seen their neighbors prospering
have found that it is through selling
to this company and that their farms
are getting better all the time. In
addition to being crops that give the
producer handsome return in cash
upon delivery for his crops they have
been found to be excellent rotation
crops and great aid to the farmer
in building up his land and increasing
the fertility of his soil. The toma-
to furnishes a large amount of nitro
gen to the soil and by turning the
tops under as soon as the crop is re-
moved large amount of humus is
secured. 1t is crop that can be cul-
tivated with the corn and is harvest
ed at time when the farmer has no
other crop coming off. We would
suggest to the farmer to give more
attention to the raising of these crops
and we are certain that the factory
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

Rich in soil, picturesque geographically,
we'll watered with running streams, prairies
thoroughly drained and transportation facili
ties unsurpassed, Mercer County can truthful
ly lay claim to the title: "The Garden Spot of
Ohio" 1t lies in the greatest State in the
union is as fertile a section as is out of doors
anywhere on earth, and it's people the prosper
Gus, happy and contented. The experiences
of the pioneers who lighted civilizations first
fires in this land and who hewed their homes
from the prmeval forests that covered the
county have been the subjects of continued in
terest to all the readers of American history
through the many years that have elapsed
since the landing of our forefathers
The Democrat with the enthusiastic aid and
cooperation of the citizens, industries and
business houses of Mercer County is sending
a message to the public, message OF pluck,
enterprise and achievement lis Mercer coun-
tvs answer to the universal inquiry, the per-
sistent question that is asked: How is Mer-
Ger County Doing?
And this is not an ideal question. Today
Mercer County stands on the solid rock OF con-
servative progress, perhaps stronger than any
other community in this section of the United
States Our financial institutions have been
pillars of strength and confidence, with clean
record from top to bottom through the smash
ing blows of financial depression and war
Can any section in the United States surpass
our record?
Again, every department of civic and social
live has kept step in the march of confidence
and progress. The homes of Mercer county
are more beautiful than ever; civic helpfulness
and public spirit which made Mercer County
famous are more active and better organized
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-04-27

In this comprehensive review OF
Mercer county's onward progress, 1t
is with feeling of satisfaction and
pride that we direct your attention to
local company which represents the
acme of perfection in twentieth cen
tury manufacture and which reigns
supreme in its field. We refer to
The Mersman Bros. and Brandts Co.
whose large and modern plant is To-
Gated in Celina and which is one Of
the foremost concerns of the world
in this branch of manufacture.
The large factory of this company
represents the very last word In
scientific production and is equipped
with the very best of modern machin-
cry.
The Mersman Bros. and Brandts
Co. has stood as a commercial bar
ometer in the community for many
years. AS almost all of its business
is transacted in territory that is for
eign to Celina and Mercer county one
might think that such concern
would. take little interest in the af-
fairs of the city in which it is located.
The years have proven, however, that
The Mersman Bros. and Brandts Co.
is one of the most important features
in local commercial affairs and that
it's management is at all times activeNl
ly interested in Celina and Mercer
county's progress. When a natural
business depression was given i'm
petus by the war in Europe there
were few concerns that did not feel
the effects very painfully. Regard
less of this, however, this company
continued to employ it's force.
1t is such firms as this one that
makes city prosperous and worth
while. Though most of the business
is foreign, yet this is all the better for
Celina and Mercer county, as it
brings foreign money into the local
field. and 1t is in turn deposited in
our banks, paid out to our merchants,
and finally finds its way into the
pockets of the many.
There is not an establishment in
the county which is of greater value
to us than The Mersman Brothers
and Brandts Co BY opening up
channels Of trade that had heretofore
been unknown to local industry this
concern has now become one of the
leading establishments in this branch
of manufacture in the United States.
Realizing at the start that the mar
ket for its products is practically
without limit, the company set out
to serve the entire country BY pro-
gressive, conservative business, meth
DDS their business has been increas-