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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
FEED AND FIGHT ARE RED
LIGHTS

Today, 80 per cent. of the talk Of
the nation pertains to food and war.
The world is scraping the bottom of
the -four barrel.
The Ohio Agricultural Department
asked four thousand farmers:
"Why Do Farmers Leave the
Farm?"
Their answer was:
First.-Bad roads in country.
Second.-Poor schools in country.
Third.-Poor churches in country.
Bad roads are father and mother
to poor schools and poor churches.
Bad roads increase profanity and
cost of living.
National leaders at Washington
should not forget, in this war hyster-
ia. that they should help, not hurt,
road building. Bad roads hit the
farm and shrink the meal ticket.
Good roads add charm to the farm
and increase crop production.
Present high prices enable a hog,
a bushel of corn, bushel Of wheat,
ton OF beets, and pound Of tobacco
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
THE PROBATE COURT

Joe Mendenhall appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Mary E. Men,
denhall. deceased. Inventory and
appraisement, May %.
Adam Quinter, executor of the es-
tate of Vincent Quinter, deceased, fiji.
ed final account. For hearing June
80.
Jos. S. Klingshirn, administrator
of the estate of Geo Klingshirn, de
ceased, filed final account. For hear.
ing Julie 30.
Application filgi to have guard
ian appointed for Ephriam Miller
For hearing May 26.
T. w. Clark, guardian Of Arena
Collins, filed petition for sale of real
estate. For hearing May 26.
Application filed to admit To pao-
bate and record the last will and t-S-
ta,c'n! : Harvey Beougher, deceas-
ed. For hearing May %.
Last will and testament of Harvey
Beougher duly admitted to probate
anC record. S. L. Beougher appoint
ed executor of said will. Inventory
and appraisement May 28.
Last will and testament cf Warren
F. Penn, deceased, duly admitted to
probate ard record. Ela ction of
Florence 8. Penn, widow, filed.
Joe Mendenhall, administrator of
The estate CT Mary E. MeAdenha!,
decasd, filed inventory and ap-
pfai,'t mGnt.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
WOULD LEVY A TAX
ON UNTITLED LAND

New York, May 13.-The problem
of the high cost of living can be solv-
ed by increasing the cultivation of the
tillable land of the country through
the taxation of unimprOved land and
untaXing improvements and other
products of labor, according to a
brief filed with the federal trade COM
mission by the committee on the high
cost of living and made public here
today.
The brief urges the commission to
recommend that somt such action be
taken by the legislatures of 28 states
which possess a total farm acreage of
430, ,815,650 acres, it is stated, with
only 25O,S75,98S acres improved. In
all other states, the brief says, the
change should be made possible by
constitutional amendments.
1T is evident" the brief reads,
that the unimproved lana in these
states forms a considerable acreage
and that complete utilization of this
land and of all farm land in these
states can be achieved through the
proposed change in the tax, which
would materially improve the food
situation in the United States within
a year"
The general committee of the Or
ganization includes Frederick c.
Howe, commissioner of immigration
of New York; G. B. Kegley, master
of the Washington state grange; ]. ].
Pasporiza, mayor of Houston, Texas,
and Dante Barton, vice chairman of
the committee on industrial relations
Charles H. Ingersoll IS the chairman.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
BUSINESS AS USUAL

One of the most stirring CONNER
cial trumpet blasts since America en-
tered the world war was sounded
yesterday by ]. C. Flowers, president
of the Premier Motor Corporation OF
Indianapolis. His slogan, Don't be
a Business Stacker" has been taken
up by men in the industry, and prom
ises to become a national byword,
surprising in popularity England's
Business as Usual"
The man who right now permits
fear to paralyze the hand which
writes his checks is the worst type of
Stacker" said Mr.. Flowers. 1T is
just as vital that our business main
tain its poise and momentum as it is
for Sir Douglas Haig to drive his iron
wedge deeper and deeper into the Won
Hindenburg line.
Perhaps you cannot thrust bay
onet. but you can at least drive your
business harder than you evr did be-
fore to help create the prosperity
which will win this war. No matter
what comes-dOnt be a business
Stacker.
Take the bull by the horns and
look him square in the eye. This is
a big war-a tremendously big war!
1t may be long war! Hence no one
will be blamed for looking serious
But there is absolutely no reason for
fear-or even apprehension.
America is going full speed ahead
remember that. Even if this coun-
try wanted hard times, the world
would deny her the chance. We
have ben conscripted as the worlds
kitchen, it boundary, its bank, its
business manager-carte blanche.
America cannot but be prosper
Gus. That is her part in the war.
She must keep wealthy enough to
meet the wars pay roll. That's our
job. The American people can no
more avoid making money out of this
emergency than lily in the rain can
avoid getting wet.
Get these facts down and base
your business plans on them: Amer
lea has taken what amounts to a
7,O0O,000,00 order-which is a
drop in the bucket to what is to come.
Seven billion dollars worth of Amer
lean products must be manufactured
and delivered. Who gets this mon
ey?
'If you are a manufacturer you
will get part of it. If you are mer-
chant, every patron on your books
will get part and will give to you in
turn. There will be no non-produc-
tive labor or capital. Everyone must
produce-and everyone will be well
paid for his labor.
For at least three years, America
is bound to be the most prosperous
nation the world ever knew.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
PIG POINTS

Get the pigs out on pasture as
soon as possible. 1t will benefit both
the pigs and the pasture, provided the
pigs are taken off during wet wealth.
er.
A bushel of corn fed on some good
pasture is worth two fed in a dry lot.
Red clover, alfalfa, rape, soybeans
and blue grass all make excellent
pasture for pigs. For efficiency they
rank in the order given.
Provide some shade in the pasture
and some shelter from bad weather.
The pigs will show their appreciation
in increased returns.
The use of a self-feeder will help
in the labor problem, but self-feeder
needs replenishing just the same as
the feed bin.
Shell the corn for the self-feeder
and have a separate compartment for
tankage. II the pigs are pretty small,
it will be advisable to provide midd-
lings in addition.
With the pigs on some legume pas
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
PROVOST MARSHAL
Calls on Americans Not to Hide Be
hind Petticoats to Dodge Army
Duty-Must Register

Washington, May 22.-"Do not
hide behind petticoats or children to
avoid service in the new national ar
N.Y." is the injunction of Provost
Marshal General Crowder, in an Off
cial guide he has issued to show how
questions put to those who register
on June should be answered.
The guide explains that there is no
desira by the government to draft
any one who is the sole support of
any man, woman or child, but points
out that unless the person you have
in mind is solely dependent on you,
exemption will not be granted.
The registrar will drop permanent
ly from the list those whose physical
defects such as the absence of a leg
or an arm makes unfitness for service
obvious, but all other claims for ex-
emption will be passed upon by the
local boards.
The applicant will be required to
state specifically the character of the
work he is performing in order that
the board may judge if it is such as
to warrant the government in excus-
ing him from army duty.
"If you are a felon or otherwise
morally deficient and desire to claim
exemption on that ground, state your
ground briefly" says the guide.
The difference between natural
born citizen and a naturalized citi-
zen" is explained carefully and it is
pointed out that even alien enemies
within the age limit will be required
to register, although they will not be
drafted.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
IN REALTY CIRCLES
Farms


Laurence Alig to William Wellman
jr., half acre, Section 20, Washing
ton township, $3.50.
A. NJ. Riley to ]. z. Riley, "a acre,
Section "a, Jefferson township, 81.
Caleb P. Davis to Goldia M. Gett-
man, rs acre, Section 8, Gibson
township, $1,000.
L. E. Beougher to Sarah E. Beou
CHER, 80 acres, Section 1, Jefferson
township, $1400.
Frank P. Hinton to George Bollen-
bacher, 20 acres, Section 1, Liberty
township, $4,000.
Katherine Prenger to Frank c..
Prenger, 40 acres, Section 1, Marion
township, 81.
Town Lots
Burkettsville Imp. Co. to Rammel
Bros. part lot 2, Refer addition Bur
kettsville, $500.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
Suffrage Victories Of 1917
In the United States
What Has Been Done For WOman's Emancipation
In Various States

territory has raised the total area In
which women may vote, side by side
with men, to a fraction more than half
of continental United States. Eleven
OF the fifteen biggest states In the
Union are now under the suffrage nag.
The total number Of women Of voting
age to whom complete, or near com
plete, suffrage has been granted, is now
1861, ,30s; as per cent OF this number
has been gained since the first OF Janu-
airy, 1917. The total number OF cleo
toral college votes which women may
participate In choosing at the next
presidential election is 172-out OF a
total of 531.
Besides the signal successes In these
seven states, North Dakota, Ohio. lndi-
ana, Arkansas, Rhode Island, Michigan
and Nebraska, there have been legis-
lative victories Of more or less impor-
tance In ten other states since January.
Bills for full suffrage by amendments
to their state constitutions have passed
the 1917 legislatures OF New York.
Maine. South Dakota, North Dakota
Iowa, Oklahoma and Michigan.
In New York and Maine, the enfran-
chisement Of women viii be voted on
this year. In South Dakota, Michigan
and Oklahoma It will be voted on In
1918.
In March of this year, eighty-one
votes out Of total of one hundred and
twenty-one were cast In favor OF a
presidential suffrage bill by the Mis-
souri, House of Representatives. The
bill is yet to be acted on by the Senate.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25

to build more roads now than ever
before.
Increase price Of farm products
more than offset the increase price
OF road material and labor.
The farmer was first to be asked
to grow extra crops and work longer
hours when war tidings came. He
should not be the last to have his
needs given attention.
Feed and fight are high spots in
war The lonely mud road home is
a part Of the nation. Improve roads,
schools and churches in the country,
and the 'arm will laugh = bigger har-
vest
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
Laurenz Rosenbeck to Charlie

LaurenG Rosenbeck to Charles
Broerman, lots sol and 5O7, Fair
view addition, Coldwater, $235.
/. F. Weamer to Frank Broerman,
lots 445 and 446, same, 81.
Anthony Rosenbeck to same, lot
466, same, 500.
Ben Rosenbeck to same, lot 464,
same, 500.
VIM. Pumphrey, Sheric to John
Lochtefeld, lot So, Chickasaw, $4OO.
Same to Anthony Meiring, undi-
vided half, lot rs, Chickasaw, $28.
Emma Kloeb to Edgar D. Rush, lot
13, LeBIonds End addition, Celina,
$500.
elizabeth Birkmeyer to F. w.
Wagner, north part lots 18, 19 and
20, Coldwater, $2150.
Anna Krugh to Stewart Miller, lot
10, Rockford, 81.
Henry Rosenbeck to Minus Fast,
lot SAP, Coldwater, $125.
Same to same, lot 474, Coldwater,
$125.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25

Ohio is considered one of the corn
growing states of the Union and the
principal corn growing counties OF
the state in their rank of production
are as follows; Darke, Wood, Madi-
son, Pickaway, Clinton, Fayette
Franklin, Greene, Putnam, Ross, But,
Ter, Champaign, Clark, Hancock, Hen
ry, Highland, Mercer, Miami, Pauld
ing, Preble, Van Vert, Auglaize,
Fairfield, Hardin, Licking, Logan,
Marion, Montgomery, Seneca, Shelby
Union, Warren, Brown, Clermont,
Delaware, Fulton, Sandusky, Wyan-
dot, Crawford, Defiance, Huron,
Knox, Richland, Stark, Wayne and
Williams.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
CELINA NJ. e. CIRCUIT

(Rev. A. H. Roebuck Circuit Rider)
Sunday school at all points at $3.50.
Harry Roebuck, Dayton Wagner and
Charles Carpenter, superintendents
Public services at Mercer 10:30;
at Center 1920. Mrs. ADELAIDE Snow
a missionary among the Mormons
will speak. There will be no public
services at Copps other than Sunday
school.
The pastor gives the Memorial SER
mon at Rockford at p. m, and a
township Sunday school convention
address at Erastus at 1880 p. m.
Our Sunday schools are all prepar-
ing for children's day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
Brewery Becomes Toy Factory.

Troy, Ohio.-The old brewery in
this dry town has been sold and ma
chinery installed for the manufacture
of toys. Henceforth' the old concern
will make children happy instead OF
making them miserable. The brew.
cry has been idle since Troy became
dry more than eight years ago. Now
a novelty company has bought the
property and the wheels will soon be
in motion for the making of toys. A
number of families will move to dry
Troy as the result Of this business
deal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
ALL GUEssEs ARE OFF
kansas City Starl

Ndhodo Slbg oNoA
The Kitchner estimate on the
length of the war is about up, with
the war still going and entering, in
deed, upon another phase, in which
the new-found strength of Germany
has yet to be tested. This should in
duce some reflections upon our part
as the latest participant. We saw
the German military leaders com
pletely deceived in the estimate they
had made both as to the length of
the war, the participants in it and its
demands upon German resources.
They thought a six weeks cam
paign would bring the end in sight,
with Paris in their hands and Russia
not yet started. They thought the
money cost was all provided for in
the war chest and that no loans
would be necessary. They thought
that England would stay out, that
Italy would stay out and that Ameri-
ca would stay out. They thought
many other things that were illusory,
and so also did British and French
statesmen. The war, in fact, got
away from all those who imagined
they had hand on the reins and has
been running wild ever since.
This country can have no excuse
for making guesses as poor. We can
hope and believe, if we can, that the
war is on its last legs, but We must
prepare for our part in it as if we
thought it could grow new legs as
fast as it loses its old ones. We must
prepare for it just as though it was
brand new war, as it is for US. A
good way is not to guess at all, but
to get ready to go through with it to
the end and count the time afterward.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
FAMOUS CIVIL WAR SECRET
SERVICE AGENTS

How Belle Boyd won a victory for
Stonewall JacRson-Exlpoits of Tim
Webster and Elizabeth Van Lew for
the Union cause-Many interesting
personalities of those other war days
are brought to mind by Memorial
Day. Read about them, on another
page, in this issue of The Democrat.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
Lure, little tankage or middlings is

ture, little tankage or middlings is
necessary.
Do not let the pigs wean them
selves. Take the SOW away from the
pigs when they are about ten or
twelve weeks old and give her next
litter a fair start in life.
Take the SOW away from the pigs
and not the pigs from the SOW. In
this way the pigs will be left in their
accustomed lot and will be less likely
to notice the change in their living
conditions.
Keep the pigs growing, for each
day passed without some gain in
weight is loss to the FEEDER. w.
Wuichet, College of Agriculture.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH
(J. P. Hight, Pastor)

Sunday, May 27, 1917.
Sunday school at each place $50
a. m.
Preaching service at Burntwood at
1890 a. m. and Oldtown 1880 p. M,
with communion service at each
place. Brother, Sister, will you do
your part to make this a real COM
munion service with you and your
God?
The Y. P. s. c. e. at MonteXuma,
Burntwood and Zion at 1880 p. m.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
Suffrage q War Msasurs.

Woman suffrage has become a
war measure in England, Can
ada, Russia and France. Rhode
Island Is the first state In the
Union to adopt suffrage as a part
OF her national preparedness. On
April 10, wake Up America
Day" the message ran forth to
every village and farm that
Michigan women were going to
be free to vote in presidential
elections, thus sounding the note
Of preparedness for the nation
al crisis In the Middle West
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
Equal Suffrage Territory Over 90
Per Cent Of U. 8.

To recapitulate, the suffrage
cause has this year annexed 1885,
814 square miles. Up to the end
of 1915 suffrage extended terri
torially over 1,205,329 square
miles, or 300 Of continental Unit
ed States, not counting Alaska.
On April % the suffrage flag
fioated over 1,543,643 square
miles, or 5000.
Including Alaska, whore wom-
en- have suffrage on the same
terms as men, 2,134,527 square
miles, or 81 per cent. Of the total
possessions of the United States,
except the newly acquired Virgin
Islands, are now under the ban
ner of freedom. Suffragists are
jubilant that so large an area
has left behind 1t the "half slave
and half free" type Of democracy
which still prevails In the other
43 per cent. of the United States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
HOUSE FOR RENT

A modern eight-room house, with
big garden spot. At reasonable rent.
Write or call S16 N. Pierce street, L.
ma, o., or phone Rice 1716. ANNA
BEUTELSPACHER.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
SERVICES AT TABERNACLE
(W. E. Turner, Evangelist)

(W. E. Turner, Evangelist)
Sunday May 27, 1917.
Sunday school at a. m.
Christian Endeavor, $50 y. m.
Preaching service at 1880 p. m.
A full attendance of the church
membership is requested, for at this
time an important announcement rel
ative to the new church building will
be made.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Celina

Celina
Friday evning at 8 o'clock Rev.
Emch will deliver an illustrated lee
ture on The Life of Luther. ALI are
welcome.
Sunday school, 8:45 a. m.
Confirmation service, 1000 a. m.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
A class of 10 children and four

a CLASS OF ~ cnlIuren anu TOUR
adults will be received into commun-
ion membership of the congregation.
Confessional service, 700 p. m.
Holy communion service, 1870 pm.
HOpeweIl Township
Sunday school, 100 p. m. =.
English service, 900 p. m.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25
COMMISSIONERS
CONTINUED from First Pase)

said improvements on force account.
The contractors affected are Man
nix Bros, c. Refer, A. Rindler, E. &
G. Alexander, Longnaker G. Hines.
The Dwenger C Voskuhl pike was
sold to Longnaker & Hines in May,
1914.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-25

The following bills were allowed
last Friday and are now payable:
Barrett Bros. supplies for aud
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
.hAIG'S MEN CAPTURE
 TRENCHES NEAR APPY AFTER A HARD FIGHT
Germans Deliver Several COun- ter Attacks Which Fail-976 Germans Captured, Including Sixteen Officers.

London, April 29-The British troops captured a German trench sys- tenn south of Oppy, on a front of about mile, after heavy fighting this morning, says the official report from British headquarters in France. The Germans offered strong resist ance and delivered several counter at tacks, but these failed
 The number of prisoners taken by the British since Saturday morning is 976, including 16 officers.
 Bitter fighting continued through out last night, and today on the front of the British offensive. Reu- ter's correspondent at the British headquarters telegraphs that the Ger mans apparently have a good idea of the principal points against which the British effort is directed and which must be carried before it will be pos sible for the British to go ahead again. The Germans are throwing in fresh troops as rapidly as possible.
 The contour of the Scarpe Valley is particularly favorable to the estab- lishment of perfect nest of machine gun positions, which are hard to deal with by artillery fire, but they are gradually being subdued
 Just as in the last pitched battle the hottest fighting centered around Monchy, now Rouex is the scene of the severest fighting" the cores pondent continues. "The Germans appreciate the tactical value of Roeux and are sacrificing troops in droves in the effort to keep the British out, but the concentration of big British guns is making the Germans pay heavy price for their opposition.
 All night long the battle crashed and thundered around Rouex and the high sun this perfect Sabbath morn ing must be looking down upon a veritable German holocaust between the chemical works and Mount Pleas ant woods. To the northward we are we'll established in Arleaux village and along the line of advance run ming from the southeast of Arleaux wood to about 1,2OO yards west of Acheville. Our posts were pushed forward up the western slope of Greenland hill and now command the crossroads northward of it's summit.
 Between Oppy and Gavrelle the struggle is proceeding with a degree of intensity which renders it impos- sible to define the situation"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30

Is years old probably will be allowed to volunteer and will be accepted if physically fit.
 A vigorous fight over the age hmi- tation of those liable to draft will be waged in conference. The Senate went on record in favor of drafting the young men between the ages of 21 and 27 years, while the House went to the extreme and fixed the maxi mum age limit at 40 years. While each branch of Congress will insist upon it's own age provisions, there is considerable talk of striking a con- promise by accepting 35 years as the maximum age.
 President Wilson is expected to take a hand in the argument before it is over and it is believed that what ever age limit he is likely to suggest, upon the recommendation of the gen. eral board of the army, ultimately will be adopted by Congress.
 Another test of the volunteer senti- ment will come in the conference fight over the Senate amendments authorizing the president to accept four volunteer divisions and three regiments for Mexican border patrol duty. The former amendment, adopt ed after a patriotic appeal on behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, undoubtedly will be dropped in conference.
 The other minor differences be- tween the two bills will cause no de- lay, although the House may balk at accepting the Senate prohibition amendment.
 COMING! THE FALL OF A MA TIONr