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Volume 21, Number 34
Carltn & Carlin, Publiihers
Celina, Ohio, December 1, 1916
TRAGIC
Death of N. L Perry, Hit by
Traction Car,
Draws Strangers llere.Who Claim
Dead Man Deserted Wife for
, Young Woman In Case.
Much gossip mi') specula) lou aroit
In thin city tho f 1 i-ii I of tint week con
curl lug N. L. Perry, who .li'Ml .il the
OtM hospital on thy tilth hi.-t. as the
ri-Hdlt of injuries ' eiveil the day
r.i'.'vloiiB when his au'.nmolilu wan
M' 'irk by a llmito I ear on the West
ern Ohio, when twj 'r-;,tu- giving
lhe:t residences an Toledo, und Lon
don, ChiuuIh, a lltll.) town northeast
o' Detroit, Midi., visite d thin city to
il 'I' liilfy, If posi.ibl' am: ii ie In
Ionization concoi mij., the death of
l'crry. The Cunadiun claimed to be
a coutin of Perry's wife, a resident
of SfW York City, whom ho deserted
a your or no ago for ft cabaret dancer,
supposed to bo the young girl who
represented herself here us Perry's
wife. He hud with him a photo
graph of Terry and bin deserted wife,
taken some four or live years ago.
The photo very closely resembled the
man buried here according to Dr.
Otis, Undertaker Meister and the
nuises at the hospital, who were
shown the picture.
On Wednesday another stranger
hit the town in quest of information
as to 1'erry and his death. He visit
ed the hospital but because he re
fused to divulge who he was or his
connection with the deceased, the
head nurse, Miss Ciuwford. refused
to answer his question and ho de
parted, and seemingly le.. town as be
saw no one else for Information.
Proprietor E. D. Vlngling of the
Ashley House received a card this
week from Mrs. Kelley, the wife of
the President of the. Auieometer Co.,
25 LuSalle street, Chicago, stating
that she htid loft Mrs. Perry with her
.sister at Buffalo.
Tho visit of the Ptraneeis has
caused a oit of mystery to shroud the
deceased, and it is evtn rumored that
he stopped his car on the Western
Ohio track in front of the approach
ing car with intent to end his life.
Sheriff Pumphrey, who talked to
the parties doesn't place much faith
In their stories, but believes they may
be sharks heie with the possible in
tent of Hecuring the $1,000 Insurance
carried on the deceased ty the Mill
ometer company. They, ho.ve.-er
informed Mr. Pumphrey they woilt
return to this city the last of the
week to look further i
of the deceased.
John Hemmelgarn, of near Philo
thea, was operated upon last Monday
for an abcess of the ear at the St.
Elizabeth Hospital, Dayton. He ral
lied nicely and is doing as well as
can be expected.
DESIGNS
In Hand-Painted China Again
Being Shown by Miss Gast at
Celina Furniture Co.
Miss Jennie Gast, 503 North Wal
nut street, wishes to announce to her
friends and the buyii.g public that
she has again installed her hand
painted china designs at the Celina
Furniture Co. She calls attention to
the showing of china In the window
display at that store, partocularly to
the lunch set. Other designs besides
those at the Furnit'ire store can be
seen at her studio. Any special
work will be given prompt attention.
Phono 441.
The twelve year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cuspt-r Reier. of Cranberry
Prarie, fell from a horse, when it be
came frightened and reared up, last
Monday and suffered a dislocation of
his right nrmat the elbow.
A letter from Veteian Chas. Bey
er, who is now in his winter home at
Palm t Beach, Fla., says: Send The
Democrat to me herd. My health is
O. K.
SOCIAL
Mr. and Mrs. Williarn Hansel, W.
Wayne street, pleasantly entertained
last Sunday a number of relatives
and their children at a birthday cele
bration in honor of Mr Hansel's
eightysfirst anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. rainier, North
Main street, entertained at dinner
lust Friday for a few intimate
friends.
Mesdaines S. A. and Harold Bow
man pleasantly entertalped at the
former's home, North Main street on
last Saturday afternoon, upwards of
seventy-live different club members.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Sacher en
tertained at dinner last Sunday a
number of relatives. Mrs. Nora
Stachler, ,of Dayton, was an out-of-town
guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zender, East
Favette street .pleasantly entertained
a number of xelaJlves and close
friends at a dinner last Sunday.
Miss Kathryn High.1 pleasantly
entertained the Shi'ltupore club last
Friday night. A plaasant feature ot
the evenng was a masterly Interpre
tation of Hamlet by Prof. J. G. Van
Deuscn, o-C the local schools.
Mrs. Edmund Brandts entertained
with a birthday party last Saturday
afternoon in honor of her two sons,
Edmund and Carl. The guests In
cluded school mates of the two boys.
Mrs. P. E. Kenney, North Main St.,
was" hostess to the G. and I. club lust
Monday evening. In the progressive
euchre contest,! favors fell to Mes
daines Phlilp Belersd irfer fend P. F.
Dugan. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. P. H Sehuuck, North Su
gar street. I
ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS
Tim Democrat liiuat Inxliit that ull mill
turibuiN who uru nioro Until nix month
'I'lliiijiii'nt, niukb'un Immediate until'
Muni of thi'lr uocnuntH. The price i
ni-wi print tiiipcr Iiiih now doutiltid, und
i.i hard to et, and ull other iiiulurlut
required und rircxnwiry In k'i'ttlns out
ncwniuif r have mucin mold advance
c m-eii tlui money you oww uh to hlp
nii'i t our Inrrt'UHt'd expunmm, und to k?
our ImsliifSH on tho move. If you lmv
received u Htutement lioin uh, It wan
xent iMM'ituse we needed the money. Kind
ly eive on r subscription account you
intention nt onrv,
GOOD WORK
Of Central Committeemen, Show
ing Gains In Vote for Wilson
Over 1912, Rewarded.
The Democratic County Central
and Executive Coi.i'nlttees met In
joint ;isslon at the Democratic
He.id(irirters, First National Hank
Building last Friday afternoon and
passed recommendations to J. M
Howiok for his old job as tecordlng
clerk In the ollice of the Secretary of
State, and to Central Committeeman
Thomas Kcteham, of Itockford, for
Deputy Oil Inspector in this district.
The Executive committee also an
nounced the awarding of prizes to the
Central Committeemen who made the
blggent gains In vote for President
Wilson over 1012. .'he prizes went
to Committeemen F. W. Wagner, of
Coldwater; J. E. Ch;vington, of East
Dubln, and Otto Sommers, of Ft. Re
covery, North precinct.
ISHKAUIlUiLE !
Democratic Central Committeeman
Chris Linn, of Liberty township, who
has been In this city tis week caring
for the janitor work at the Court
House, during a brief vacation of his
brother Janitor I'liiiip Linn, impart
cd the information to the boys here
that on last week, Adam Bollenbacu-
er, a staunch Republican (sounds
funny for a Bollenbacher, doesn't it:
but it's a fact) and the handy man of
the Gilberg-Vounger action in Liber
ly, was given a roy.i! belling by the
host of Wilson-Cox Democrats In his
neighborhood, in honor of the victory
of the 7th. The boys rubbed It iu a
little severe on Adam, but he took
the artalr good naturedly. Better
join the rest of the clan, Adam, and
get ou the Democratic band wagon.
DARKE COUNTY
Lad Third-Time Winner In State
Corn Contest Ray Martz
the Local Winner.
J. It. ClarKe, director of Junior
Contests conducted by the state agri
cultural board last week announced
the 14 statewide winners In the corn-
growing contest. For the third
time, Dewey Haines, aged 19, of
Darke county, is stato champion with
a record of 137.5 bi'shels per acre.
His expenses on the annual corn
boys' tour of New York and Wash-
ngton, starting December 4, will be
paid by Governor Willis. Miss
Rhodapearl Bayha, of Clermont
county aged 14, came second with
1214 bushels. Governor Willis will
also pay for her trip on the tour.
Other corn boy winners Include:
Walter Enz, Morral, Marlon, county,
108.8 bashels; Ray F. Hodges, Cin
cinnati, 9U bushels; Glenn Onenba
cher, Gaysport, Muskingum county,
97.6 bushels.
Mercer County, winner was Ray
Martz, of Rockford. Route 5, who
rased 73.5128 bushels. .
DEFENDANT
Files Motion for a New Trial In
Land Suit Decided Against
Him In Common Pleas'.
After a warmly contested fight
which lusted six days a jury in Com
mon Pleas Cojrt ou last Friday af
ternoon, fitter five hours deliberation
returned a verdict for the plaintiffs
in the sun' of $1370, and costs in
tho suit of Peter and Lois Ann Bau
gher against John. E. Hamburger.
Attorney J. W. Loree represented tho
plaintiffs and R. L. Mattingly and I.
F. Raudabaugh the defendant. The
Plaintiffs sued 'for $2,500 which
amount they claimed was due them
as damages through a land deal. . In
their petition they set up that they
sold and conveyed to the defendant
in January, 1916, a tract of land In
Canon county, Tennessee, containing
368 acres, and valued at more than
$6000. In consideration defendant
conveyed to the plaintiffs 44 acres of
land in Butler township and agreed
to assume certain indebtedness, to
taling $3,554, which he failed to do.
The case was heard before Judge
Miller. The defendant gave bond
for filing a motion for a new trial.
Jrandina Crouch, who makes her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Johu
Shively in Hopewell township, tore
the ligaments in her left ankle last
Friday mo Ting, when she sUppeti or.
ti me ioe in the yard and fell. The
ven"iatle lady Is past S3 years of
ag und loi this reason her Injuries
in- i nsidereel serious.
John Olger, of Coldwater was op
erated upon for obstruction of the
bowels at the St. Elizabeth hospital
at Dayton Sunday morning. He is
doing nicely.
THE GRIM REAPER
Mrs. Esther A St abs, the ver.er
ab'.e nother ot Dr. W. C Stubbs, E.
Livingston street, d'ed Wednesday
morning at 2 o'clock at the home of
a grandson at Gerir.anfown. She
had been in failing health for several
years, but was bedfast only two
weoks. She is survived by her son
and seven grand-children.
Funeral servicoii will be held nt
West Elkton.
MAKE
Job of Your Uncle Sara's
Mail Boys Easier
And Give Them a Chance to Have
a Merry Christmas by
Shopping Early.
Mull your Christmas-presents ear
ly. This annual cry Ib 'Joining tha
one about shopping.
And this year, Postmaster Schunck
Is particularly anxious to Impress this
upon the people of Celina, if they
think they can afford to spend for
presents and also pay the blgb cost
of living. There Is no delivery of
mail ou Thanksgiving or New Year's
and why can not Chritnias be made
the same?
It would If the postmaster and car
riers had their way. Never do the
carriers have a full holiday on Christ
mas. Usually they work harder then
than any day In the year, trying to
leave no little bundle that carries
with It Christmas cheer undelivered
Many of the carriers get little or
nothing to eat on the day before and
Christmas day. Their holiday means
nothing to them.
By mailing packages several days
before Christmas, or a week previous
to the glart time, the holiday rush
can be taken care of without work
lng on this day of days.
Employes of the i.ostofflce believe
the majority of people do not care
greatly for a delivery on Christmas.
If you do your mailing early, you will
have the consciousness you did not
Interfere with the carrier nor clerk's
holiday. Get busy. Carry some of
this real Christmas cheer to them!
POP DOTTLE
At Elk Banquet at Wapakoneta
Spoils Fun for Mall Clerk
Chas. Ellis.
Wapakoneta Daily News
Chas. Ellis, well known In Wapa
koneta, having been a member of the
old Wapakoneta Reds base ball team
when that club was .nder the llme-
ight in the base ball world, was in
jured In a most peculiar manner, on
Thursday evening at the Elks lodge
rooms.
.Mr. Ellis is employed In the post-
office at Celina and came to Wapa
koneta with other residents of that
1. 1 i,.) initiated Into the mysteries
'. lodge. After the work a
h.-incjiiel was a feature of the evening
and while refreshments were being
served Mr. Ellis had the misfortune
of being cut above the right eye
glass, due to the explosion of a pop
bottle. He had reached for the bot
tle before the top had been removed
and Just as he grasped hold of It the
bottle exploded. He was struck
above the eye by pieces of flying
glass. The flesh was laid open until
it hung down over the eye and with
Jood streaming from the freshly
made wound, it was first considered
serious.
Drs. Harry Noble and Roy Hunter
were present and ministered to thu
injured man. It was found that no
damage to the eyesight had resulted
from the accident which was greatly
deplored by the members of the
lodge. The accident occured about
1 p. m., during the period of the
social hour. The injury Is not as
serious as was at first considered and
Mr. Ellis will very likely recover
without even a scar to remind him of
an evening spent in the Elks' lodge
rooms of Wapakoneta.
TOWN TOPICS
The annual rabbit banquet of the
local I. O. O. F. lodge was held last
Monday evening, following degree
work and a pleasant program.
Veteran William II. Johnson, re-
Iding at the intersection of Buckeye
and Fayette streets, f lipped and fell.
hile feeding his chickens last Sat-
rday evening and oddly bruised his
houlder and face.
Bauer and Heffnor, the music
dealers of Ft. Recovery who have just
opened a branchy stare in this city,
are located in the Rilej buldling.East
Market street, in '.he irear of the
rear of the Hight drug store. They
Hlght drug store. Tiiey hadnle Starr
instruments and are hustlers.
THl", Mtt'MvAIMVS I'RIEXD
If any n?an doubt that candy will
cure him of the drink habit, says the
Medical World, as quoted in tho Epis
copal Record, Philadelphia, October
19, he can easiiy tent it. This paper
goes on:
"The man who puts lots of mo
lasses on his wheat cakes at break
fast will find himself gradually for
geting to step in for his customary
drink on his way to his work. If
th man who goes out betwen times
for liquid refreshments will go Into
a candy store instead and get 5 or 10
cents' worth of candy, and eat it, he
will be surprised at the effect, for it
will not be very long until he will
have a box of candy in his pocket or
desk. It has often been noted that
in theatres where candy is sold dur
ing the Intermissions 'going out to
see a man' does not prevail to any
thing like the extent it does In other
theatres where no candy selling Is
permitted. Not one man' In a hun
dred knows why he forgot to 'go out
and see a man' after he had bought
a box of candy for his companion and
eaten a little of it himself for polite
ness' sake."
OIL NOTES
Lemunyon Bros, will reach sand
on the Shank farm, Wednesday.
They will case on the Mo.se Ham
ilton farm, Thursday.
The Kinkley Co. drilled In a light
well on J. B. Kinkley.
McDermott is rigging up on the T.
C. Davl$ farm. Mendon Herald.
LATE ARRIVALS
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Poor, Center
township, are the parents of a buby
girl burn last Friday.
A n.rd from Mrs. J. N. Houser, of
Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of this city,
received here yesterday unnouiiced
th" urilvul of a baby girl born to Mr,
aud Mrs. Carl L. Houser, at Sparta,
Mo., on November Curl, a son
of Mi. Mild Mm. J. N. Houser Will be
remembered by many of the young
folks here.
WITH CITY DADS
Council met In reguiar ses
sion last Tuesday night with mem
bers DoMch, Morrow. Belersdorfer
and Curlln present and Mayor Scran-
Ion presiding. Asep:suients on the
curb and guttering of East Fulton
and West Warren streets weie pre
sented by Engineer Lutz and were re
ferred to the street commiitre for
ratification.
Solicitor J. D Johnson reported
on his visit to Columbus and confer
ence' with the State Board of Public
Works in regard to the South End
Park Improvement.
WABASH
Komedy Kompany to Produce
"Those Dreadful Twins" at
Home on the 9th.
"Those Dreadful Twins", a farce-
comedy in three acts, will be given
by the Wabash Komedy Kompany at
the Wabash Opera House on Satur
day, December 9, 1916.
That the play Is a rip-roaring, side
splitting comedy, full of fun from the
beginning to the end can be ascer
tained by the following bill of play
Mill of Play
Act 1. First annearance of the
Twins at Deacon Brown's. They
make things' hot. The Parson's
present. Sheriff in the wrong
house. Lynx, the detective, who
never detects. A bushel of fun and
mystery. Making up a case. "A
plot against her life." "It'll make
me the most famous detective of
modern times." Tno Deacon on his
muscle.
Act 2. "They hav her body, the
villians." The mysterious box. The
suspicious wi?e and the deserted
aaugnter meet. ooou lana: we
hain't told the folks where the picnic
was to be." The "spiked" lemonade
and a tipsy deacon. "They ve been
standlu' in the sun.'' Lynx in his
great act of stealing the bather's
clothes for purposes of identification
Specialties.
Act. 3. "Oh, what a difference in
the morning." Rastus, on guard for
S picious characters," throws Josiah
out. Enter Lynx. "Hush! not a
word." "I ain't sayin' nuflin'." "You
must come with me." Arrest of Ras.
tus. . jjynx tne irrepressible runs
down Sheriff O'Biien. "Where is the
body?" Climax.
Here's the cast of characters and
every one by their earnest working
and many weeks rehearsal Is well
adapted to produce the part assigned
to mem.
Cast of Clifii acters
Josiah Brown, a deacon of our
churcn L. F. LaRue
Deacon Brown, of the same
church Raymond Fennig
Sheriff O'Brien, one of the boys
T Lionel Gibbons
Lynx, the detective, always on
deck Grover Powell
Johnny Brown, one of the twins
. ... John Powell
Rastus, out of a job. . . . Ralph Myers
Mrs. Josephine Brown, looking
out for No. 1
Miss Clarice Byerley
Josephine Brown cjord, Jos
iah s daughter
Miss Edna Strabley
Becky Green, an energetic mem
ber of our church
Miss Grace Huntwork
Fanny Brown, another one of the
twins . . Miss Trixy Loudenbeck
B. The twins are grown up.
Mrs. Lionel Gibbons, Pianist
FEMININE VICTORIES
New York World.
Women voters have the satisfaction of
knowning that they helped elect a Pres
ident, and they can point with pride to
their election of a congresswoman of
their own sx. These are spectacular
triumphs of equal suffrage. But they
made other gains which, if less conspic
uous, equally illustrate the power of the
ballot in .their hands. Thus in Kansas
they elected 151 of the 255 women candi
dates for county offices and were victori
ous in 92 of the 105 counties of the state.
This is political equality of a substan
tial kind. County offices are among the
smaller rewards of party success, but
they are none the less prizes for which
the male electorate contends, and if wo
men voters have carried off more than
their share of such spoils they have won
a notable triumph. That they will
prove themselves competent to hold the
offices they have gained is hardly open
to question. (
Now that they are id, there is good
reason to believe that they will stay in
by virtue of superior fitness. Has the
old guard of masculine officeholders bar
tered away its prerogative in granting
suffrage to women? It was well enough
to have the help of .the women voters in
turning Kansas to Wilson, but for them
to take the offices as their reward is a
different matter.
B. F. Mewery and son Tom, have
completed their work In this com
munity, and B. F. has gone to his
home in Celina, and Tom moved on
the Sells farm. They cut 1484
shocks of fodder and husked 1982,
on the Hawk Jeffries and Foster
farms. Mr. Mowery expects to go to
Toledo where he will take the job he
held last winter, that of night-watch
in the Ohio Dairy. Mendon Herald.
DANGER
Signal Should Be Hoisted o
High Immediately
Ruslness at the Probate Judge's
Office on Eve of Thanksglv
lng Indicates Blizzard.
Last Tuesday morning II. N. Coate
of Butler township, and Miss Bessie
Snider, of this place, were wedded at
tho U. B. parsonage In Hopewell
township by Rev. G. M. Sill. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Riley
Waggoner, a sister of the groom
Following the ceremony the young
couple were taken to. Celina In uu au
to aud left on the 7:45 tructlon cur
for Columbus Grove to spend their
honeymoon with relatives und friends
ind to visit over Thanksgiving.
The groom is a son of A. D. Coate
and wllo, of Greenville, and he k a
sterling young man. His bride is a
daughter of Ezra Snider and wife, of
this plat e. She is a charming young
lady and prior to her marrlag was u
opular deputy In the Coldwater post.
oll'ce. The Chronicle joins their
many friends in wishing them a long
and happy wedded life. I hey will
make their home on the A. Li. Co;.te
farm uorth of this place. Cold water
Chronicle.
Clarence C. Eichler, of Jefleron
township, Mercer County and Lulu
Adam, of Center township, Mercer
county, were united in marriage at
11a. m. Thursday, Novemoer 2Urd,
1916, by Rev. E. C. Stellhorn at Zion
Lutheran parsonage, St. Marys. .The
ceremony was witnessed by the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
II. Adam. The newly wedded couple
will maKe their home lor the present
with Mr. Eictler ' parents. St.
Marys Leader.
MARRIAGE LICENSES LSfsLED
J. Carl Severns, 21, farmer, Union
township, son of Joe Severns antl
Irene Roebuck 22, housekeeper, Dub
lin township, daughter of John Roe
buck. Rev. Gottschall.
Jesse Beoughtr, 2!, farmer, Celi
na, son of Harvey Beougher, and
Laura Freeman, 12, housekeeper,
Butler township, daughter of Daniel
Freeman. C. A. Stubbs, J. P.
Homer N. Coate, 26, farmer, But
ler township, son of A. D. Coate, and
Bessie Snider, 23, clerk, Coldwater,
daughter of Ezra Snider. Rev. Sill.
Chas. Broerman, 27, fanner, Cold
water, son of Frank Broerman and
Regnia Buehler, 26, housekeeper, of
Caithagena, daughter of August
Buehler. Rev. Hartjins.
J. F. Noble, 69, retired, Indianapo
lis, Ind., son of Loui-i Noble, and Eli
zabeth Zimmerman, 54, housekeeper,
Celina, daughter of Jacob Rutledge.
C. A. Stubbs, J. P.
Thomas Tester, 39, faimtr, Rock
ford, son of John Tester, and Mamie
Wplfe, 28, housekeeper, Hopewell
township, daughter of Fred J. Wolfe
Jacob Smith, 24, farmer, Washing.
ton township, son of Jacob Smith and
Dora Springer, 17, housekeeper But
ler township, daughter of Henry
Springer. Rev. Green.
Howard Behm, 21. farmer, Hope
well township, son of John Benin,
and Ada Brown, 19, housekeeper,
Hopewell township, daughter of
Charles Brown. Rev. Riese.
Charles Russel Hay, 27, molder,
Lima, son of W. L. Hay, and Blanche
Groves, 24, seamstress, Celina, dau
ghter of Sim Groves. Rev. Hartmau.
SANDLES ENDORSED
For Secretary of Ohio Agricultural
ISourd of Fair Men Mans
field Gets Next Meet
Marion, Ohio, November 28. At
the closing session to-day of the Ohio
Fair Circuit a resolation requesting
the incoming administration to re
turn A. P. Sandles, of Ottawa, to his
former post as Secretary of the Ohio
Board of Agriculture was adopted
unanimously.
A resoution also was passed that
a list of questions he prepared ask
ing the State Bureau of accounting
how far fair board can go in paying
members a reasonable compensation
for their services duiing fair week.
A. P. Sandles was re-elected Presi
dent; R. P. Sweet, of Bowling Green,
Vice President, and Adam Schaefer,
of Wapakoneta, Secretary and Treas.
urer.
Mansfield was chosen for the 1917
annual meeting.
Local Fair Boys In Attendance
The members of the Mercer County
Board in attendance at the meeting
were J. F. Smith, of Jefferson; Irvin
Hole, of Franklin; 3. K. Copeland, of
Center; and Secretary W. A. Hamil
ton, of Union. Tom Roop, of this
city who for several years past has
assisted the secretary in booking up
entries for the speed 'ing, was also In
attendance.
The friends' and neighbors of An
drew Bollenbacher, Liberty township,
who is still in the hospital at Fort
Wayne, gathered at Ms home Wed
nesday and had an old time wood
chopping bee. When their task was
finished they left Mrs. Bollenbacher
sufficient wood to last her until spring
and it is needless to add she is feel
ing gratitude beyond expression to all
that lent a helping hand.
Mr. Bollenbacher, it will be recall.
ed had his arm shattered with shot
the first of the hunting season. He
was taken to the hospital and it was
hoped that skilled surgery would pre
vent the need of amputation.
The kindly deed and forethought
of his friends will be a note of cheer
and comfort to him nhile he i still
In a helpless condition.
LOOKING OVER BIG DREDGE
Wyth a view to retllng 'he big
dredge, now under .construction ul
the fool 'of Main street, Into action
on the reservoir In the near future,
II. It. Klepinger, one of the Hsslsturit
engineers In the Mau- department of
public woriis, of Col'i iibiis ,nnd Can
al Foreman J. W. Mukley, of St.
Marys, visited this r.ty on Tuesday
and reviewed the work.
The hull of the li s bout bus been
finished for some time und the In
itallai Ion of the nui.sive machinery
to operate the Jieavy boom and scoops
Is well advanced.
AGED LADY
Residing North of Town Found
Dead by nusband on Re
turning Home.
Mrs. J. E. Williams, aged 60 years
residing two iuiles north of tow n was
found tleud on the llmr of her kitch
en about ten o clock w etii.einiay
morning.
Mrs. Williams had been In her us
lal health, when her husband left the
house after breakfast. Returning
to the house about ten o'clock be
found lis wife on the door of the
pantry, dead.
She had undoubtedly gone to the
pantry with a Jar of ceam, when
stricken as the biokcn Jar and cream
had spilled over the pantry Door. Dr.
WinteriiiUte was summoned from
this city, but life was extinct when
he arrived. Appoplexy was the
cause of death. Besides her husbknd
hree children survive '1 nomas Wll.
iams aud Mesdamei Ernest Blake
tnd Clarence Dickey. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the Center
church at ten o'clock tomorrow
norning witn Re. Roebuck In
cbf-rge.
PERSONAL
.Mrs. Geortie Keopule is the guest
of her son, Edward Keopple and wife
at Toledo.
Mrs. M. K. Hemphill Is spending
several days this week at Columbus
and Dayton.
Louis Shaffer and daughter, Mary,
of Cinclnnai, are guests of Joseph
Shaffer, North Mill street ,
Mrs. F. E. Hauss, of Chicago, 111.,
s nere ror a visit wun uer moiner,
Mrs. Mary Goggin, West Livingston
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raudabaugh
of Lansng, Mich., are guests at the
S. P. McGriff home, West Livingston
street.
Ms Mabel M Donald spent
Thanksgiving and tho week end with
Mr. and Mis. Wurd Raudabaugh at
Cedarville.
Mrs. Clara Brawn has returned to
her home at Columbus after a two
weeks' visit wth Mrs. Emma Kloeb,
North Main street.
Mrs. P. F. Dugan is spending the
Thanksgiving holidays with her dau
ghter, Miss Alary, who is attending
school at Cincinnati.
Mayor and Mrs. S. S. Scranton
were Thanksgiving guests of the for
mer s dnuguter, Mrs. Chester myden
and family, at Toledo.
Mrs. A. W. Herkenoff and daugh
ter, of Cleveland, were week end
uests of Dr. and Mrs. 'Iheodore
Brandts, West Fayette street.
Sheriff and Mrs. William Puniuh-
ey were the Thanksgiving and week
end guests of ther daughter, Mrs.
Mayro Johnson, at Winchester, Ind.
Mrs. S. H. Crockett and daughters,
Misses Lela and Myrtle and A. M.
Riley, wife anu sous spent Thanks
giving with Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Al
len at Fostoi la.
Rev. Lance, of the M. E. church,
and his wife spent Thanksgiving at
Defiance, where Dr. Lance assisted at
Thanksgiving services in the M. E.
church of that town, of which he was
a former pastor. They were guests
of Mr. ddn Mrs. Ralph Lance.
Mr. and Mrs. John Howlck, Cen
ter township, returned nome last
Sunday from Columbus, where their
little daughter, Frances, was operat
ed upon last week at the Mt. Carmel
hospital for reduction of a dislocated
hip. The child is doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Winter and
daui!hte-, Miss Leona; Druggist and
Mrs. B. L. Kindell and children; Mr.
antl Mrs. Martin V. B. Greek, Sey
mour Craig and Mrs. Betty Hole
were the Thanksgiving guests of the
Craig sisters at Portland, Indiana.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Kindell, of
Huntington, Ind., were the week end
guests of the former's brother, Drug,
gist B. L. Kindell aad family, while
enroute on their way to Van Wert,
where Rev. Kindell is holding a
quarterly conference meeting this
week.
Otto Linn, of Rockford, route 6,
gave us a pleasant call while in town
Wednesuay and added his name to
the list of Democrat readers. He
was recently married, and moving
away from home, where he had read
the Democrat, he mlsed the old
newsy weekly.
LOCKED UP
Is a Nineteen-Year-Old Husband
for Non-Support Wife and
Baby at Dayton.
Crouching behind r'otbes hangln
n a closet at the home of his aged
grandmother, Margaret Berning, E.
Livingston street. Lester Farnum. a
nineteen year old orphan lad, a for
mer resident of this city, was found
by Marshal Duncan last Saturday af
ternoon, when tnat officer went on a
hunt for the lad, whe was wanted at
Dayton on a charge of non-support,
having abandoned a wife and a seven
months old baby there a couple of
months ago.
He was locked up and on Monday
was turned over to a Dayton offlcei
who came here witb. a warrant for
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lennartz were
called to Covington, Ky., Wednesday
to attend the funeral of a relative.
BOARD
Commissioners of Four Coun
ties in Joint Session
On Lo ramie Creek Improvement
Big Batch of Business
Under Consideration.
The Comiiiisrione; h of Auglalne,
Darke, .Mercer and Shelby counties
met ut Fort l.oranile last week on tht
matter of he Lorundu creek, a Joint
Improvement, to determine the
an ount to be paid by tuch county to
wards ilnj Improvement. Unable to
i each an agreement the matter was
adjourned tor furtht.r consideration
until December 14.
.Meeting on the petition for the
Peter Mueller ditch the board found
that said ditch was not necessary.
and therefore dismissed the petition.
I he Commissioners of Mercer and
Darke counties met in Jont session
last week on tho matter of the Gan-
er joint ditch und granted the Im
provement.! as petitioned for. The
dlfeh was ordered tiled, and the old
tile was ordered taken up and used
where possible, the bize of the tile
to be tli termined by the engineer.
The Board fixed December 29, at
10 a. in., at the Commissioners offi
ce In this city as the time for hearing
all filial matters on the improvement.
The engineer reported the Fale of
the 1 lattery ditch to L. E. Fox for
$1335; estimate $1480.14; to be
completed April 1. 1&17.
Meeting for the hearing of com
pensation and damage claims on the
Gallman road opening the Board ad
journed the further hearing of said
matter to December 8 at 1 p. m. in
order to obtain more evidence in re
gal d to the claims.
The following applications for al
lowances of clerk hire and aslstants
for the vaiious county officials for
the ensuing year wat made by the
Board last Friday:
Auditor, $2000; treasurer, $1850;
probate judge $680; sheriff $530; re
corder, $7Cu; clerk o' courts, $410.
Th commissioners of Auglaize
and Mercer counties met in Joint
session last Friday on the hearing of
th" engineer s report on the Little
Chickasaw Joipt ditch. After exam-
ning the report of the engineer the
Hoard found some Assessments not
in all respects fair and just. After
naking the following changes the as
essments were confirmed:
C. A. Temple from $22 to $21.
John Dicke from ill to 16.
J. C. Grieve from $16 to $15.50.
The date of the sale of the work
of constructing the ditch was fixed
for December 11 at 1 a. m; and the
payments of said ditch were fixed
for Dec. 1917 and Jane 1918.
Meeting further In joint session
the Boards of Auglahe and Mercer
counties ordered that the surveyors
of At gldizo and Mercer counties go
over the Brown Joint pike, and de.
termine whether said road is com
pleted according to specifications,
and that they report their finding in
saitl matter on December 14.
The following bills were allowed
last Friday and are now payable:
Children's Home of Deleware
are of children $118 06
II. K. Multord Co., anti-tox
in 5 10
Catherine Heckler, error in
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A GAIN
And Not a Slump for President
Wilson Should Show In Vote
of Ft. Recovery South.
In a note to The Democrat from
W. O. Slemmer, of Ft. Recovery, at
tention is called to an error that we
take pleasure in rignting. His note
is self-explanptory. and follows:
I see by your abstract of the Mer
cer county vote for 1916 you have
made a mistake wh'eb will give a
false impression of the- Democracy of
Fort Recovery, South Precinct in your
printed abstract several weeks since,
vou give Wilson 62 votes, a loss of
42 from 1912. It should have b'-en
Wilson 110, a gain of six over 1612.
I think you got the 1916 Wilson vote
of Ft. Recovery South and Ft. Re
covery Norih changed, as a reference
to the official vote will show you.
MAIL ORDER SCHEMERS
FLIM MERCER CO. PEOPLE
"Send ten cents1 to the National
Mail Order Exchange, and place a
copy of this letter in the hands of
five of your friends, instrticting.them
to do like wise and a new model 1917
petticoat will be mailed to you."
The above briefly outlines the
fraudulent scheme of parties In Min
neapolis who expected to get rlcn
quick. Dimes came in by hundreds
but o f course the petticoats were
never sent. Postal authorities lnves.
ti gated and the schemers left the ci
ty after a few hundred dollars in
dimes had been accumulated. The
arrival of more than half a million
letters congested the Minneapolis
post office, and letters each contain
ing a dime, are ("riving at the rate
of 30,000 per day. Fdrty percent, of
these bear no return aduress and
must go through the dead letter offi
ce. A few ladies of this community
sent In dimes. F t. Recovery Tribune
Journal.
LIGHTNING STRIKES BARN
The very unusual thing of a barn
being strucK by lightning this time
of year, happened one day last week.
The barn of Farker Rhoades who
lives east of town was struck by
lightning and was burned to the
ground. The horses and two buggies
were gotten out; everything else,
hay and farm impleivents were burn,
ed. The insurance expired two or
three weeks ago, and Mr. Rhoades
gave the company permission to re
write It, but it seems that it was not
done. In that case, his loss will be
heavy. Sorry to hear of his loss.
Mendon Herald.