Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 18 April 1924 — Page 3

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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924.

THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT

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Madison Politics

County Badly

By Klan meddlers Kian Traitors In Both Parties Hope To Defeat Fellow Townsmen, Critten-

' berger and Toner.

gar<i this and turn loose a lot of irresponsible, ignorant men upon the community without the semblance of a bond. If they would enforce this provision there wouldn’t be ten kluxers left in the organization- We doubt if Charlie Poindexter could give a good bond for one thousand dollars and certainly men like John B. P. Bookout and Walter Kemp could not.

Before the Board of Com- Dalby he permitted to tear up enough missioners of the County 0 f his opponent’s votes to guarantee of Delaware, in the State his, Dalby’s election, so old man Dal-

of Indiana.

by can hold his job and get his pen-

sion.

! Since this club was used so successfully against Dalby in the comun; mitteeman matter, there are some

dersigned Auditor of Delaware Cohn- who are constrained to wonder if the fcf, Indiana; that pursuant to an act same C lub was not used aginst him

| Unless this man Sigler begins right the General Assembly of the State -when he was forced to throw certain

In the Matter of the Proceedings for Drainage

By Charles A. Barley et ah Notice is hereby given by the

ANDERSON KLUCK LIST GROWS. A. T. Dye, Farmers Trust Company. John (Jack) Longaker, 216 East 10th street. Used to chum with Catholics. William F. Klus, florist. Official maker of floral crosses for klux funerals. Forest Larmore, 1713 West 13th street. W ith Anderson Loan Association. Zelbert Keller, 2109 Madison Ave. With Anderson Loan Ass’n Harry (Dick) Thomas, contractor, 310 West 6th St. Chester Carpenter, monumental works, 6th and

Main.

H. H. Carpenter, drugs, 303 East Twenty Third. Harry Cartwright, salesman, 1429 Central Ave. Walter J. Phillips, 1407 Arrow Ave., whose grocery went in the hands of a receiver last week. Chester Records, 2408 Fletcher street. J. (Barney) Essington, brick mason, Mounds Road. H. G. Gold Produce company, 5th and Delaware Sts. Elmer (Dutch) Goss. Captain H machine gun company and teaches civics in public schools. Was lieutenant overseas in S. O. S. Came home with swagger stick and spurs. Harold Harmison, Brown Street Road. Ben Alford again, who greets Jews and Catholics at the Citizens Bank. Edward J. Ronsheim, 420 West 5th street. Y. M. C. A. parasite. Gus Sauter, 1405 West 4th street, at Williams’ shoe store, west side square. Fred Scott, 1548 Ohio Ave., sells Fords. Fred Seybert. farmer, southwest of Anderson. Charles Shaul, Shaul’s shoe repair shop, 12 East 10th

street.

Charles A. Shedron, insurance ‘agent, 225 W. 4th St.

away to show some outward signs of being a Democrat, his opponent should be nominated. If his oppoj nent is like him, then you should vote j for the Republican because no man i can be a democrat and a Ku Kluxer or in sympathy with them at the ! same time. j We have an inquiry about a colored man, named Norris, who is a candij date for precinct committeeman. All our dope is that he has his notice run in the Herald, his cards and printed matter given him by Ed Toner and that he doesn’t pay for it like any other candidates. We hear he sponsored the Ed Jackson meeting in Anderson but that he got cold feet and I backed away from its leadership; we i hear that on the same day in Indianapolis, he was in the Toner, Shank and Jackson headquarters and that this was right before the Jackson meeting in Anderson. | We know of no reason why a colj ored republican should not be for j Toner, Shank or Davis, but we can’t ! see why he should be for more than one or why he should at all be for ! Ed Jackson. No honest colored man j will play with Jackson in this elec- ! tion nor will he sell his influence. It ! is also reported that Norris plays up [ to Earl Morris aud we don’t believe that Earl should be allowed to pull i the wool over the colored people's

eyes.

The colored people have supported ; Earl in 'most everything and he evij dently took that into consideration I when he began to hunt Ku Klux sup^ | port and felt that he could do withj out them. Now that he feels that J way, we believe that the colored peo- ; pie should not touch Earl with a pole I any more than they would vote for : Ed Jackson. We have no part in re- | publican politics but we surely are

of Indiana of the 1919 session, P iges 775 to 781, inclusive, of

at legal publications to a newspaper which had no existence in order to

Acts of 1919, that at the hour of ten cause publisher of the Post-Dem-

o’clock A. M. on the 3rd day of May ocrat a financial loss .

1924, at the office of the Treasurer of Delavrare County, Indiana, in the Court House in the City of Muncie, in Delaware County, in the State of Indiana, the Treasurer of Delaware

Many stories are being told about the strong arm methods used last w^eek by the Billy Williams machine to force anti-Williams candidates for committeemen to withdraw and leave

County, Indiana, will proceed to sell th( , fieM open ltor t]je machlne

to the highest and best bidder for cash at not less than face value, certain drainage bonds of the face or par value of $7,050.00, healing interest from and after the 6th day of November, 1923, at the rate of si*

can-

didate^

Threatened Another Man

One case is typical. In one precinct in Muncie the brother of the anti-Williams candidate was approached Friday afternoon and was

per cent per annum, payable semi- toldj in a veiled mnner that he wou]d annually, on the 15th day of May be progecuted on a liquor charge un _ and the 15th day of November of ^ less he caused his brother to with _

each year for a period of five years. draw

Said bonds have been issued in strict , The maa ^ ^ fn a room a( a compliance with the laws of the State . tlme a raW was made „ tound of Indiana, and pursuant to and with and the owner 0[ the e was an order of the Board of Commis-, ^ uted on a Iiquor oh and (he sioners of the Count, of Delaware, threat was made that lhis woald be

BULLETIN

At the last moment the klan put out its alleged democratic slate of delegates for Anderson township. Here they are, look ’em

over:

C. A. E. Rinker, William M. Vess, Benjamin F. Hobbs, lone Bliasard, Mable Grant, J. Clifford Brandon. John B- P- Bookout, Sarah Duffy, Wave Llaird, Harvey H. Mayo Rogers, William L. Cook, W. Mont. Mary Smith, Anna Unroe, Josephine Wilson and Hogan Ambrose. The republican klansmen also put out a slate for Jack-

son.

ceive fair support. We say. there was no reason why any democrat

against those who deny full citizen-

ship to any American citizen. We say Earl Morris has made his poliical bed and that he should occupy it and leave the colored people alone until he recants. And when he recants, we don’t want him to -whisper it, we want him to shout it way out shouldn’t have supported him a,s Hick ; j oud .

has/always been aji active democrat j rp bd Klansmen have abandoned but it does look like his slate will t be i r headquarters on West 8th street help the kluckers by dividing the . and b ave established a number of vote. And everyone knows that | headquarters temporarily until after Democrat who is in sympathy with tbe p r j mar y ; the Klucks was ever for Hick and, | No i—Sheriff’s office, in charge of since most of his friends are ^ or j Dewey Meeker. Dewey’s'job is ..to Crittenberger it looks like good poli- j convince the klan that Art Daniels’ tics to solidly support the slate that association with Dutch Rosenfield will remain loyal to Crittenberger. | waa merely to get Dutch's vote, and The fact that the Shimmy Shakers ^ bat b j g y,j S it to his home to his rah* want a slate against Crittenberger’s j bit SU pp ers wag because Art likes

desire is the best proof we have that rabb jt

he is all right from a Democratic | jsj 0 _ 2—The library of the Superior standpoint. It is too bad that all real court, in charge of John Bookout. democrats cannot get together and John’s job is to see that Charlie

not l et a Klucker have a job of dele- j Legg, Roxie Cousin and John are Anderson, Ind., April 18.—We are gate ° r P rec i nct committeeman. j e i ec ted precinct committeemen.

John Sigler, county commissioner. I Th have the solid snnnort

unable to give our readers a com- ... 1 ines ® rnree nave tne soua suppori;

has opposition for re-nommation and of the Klan . Many conferences with

plete list of candidates in this ms tffiis looks all right. Madison county | s herift - Daniels are held in headquar-

because up through Tuesday the del- has two democrat commissioners and ’ ^ ers jy 0 2

egates to the State Convention have mos t every week sees a new batch of j ^ 3 County Clerk’s office in not been filed. As to the Democrats, horse t bi e f detectives appointed. We 1 charge of Chet Thomas- Chet’s duty we de not pretend to interfere or even hav nothing against, any man who j is t0 see that air klan candidates for advise when all candidates are pure joins this organization for the pur-j county offices and delegates to the Democrats. It is only when some pose f 0 r which it was originated but; state conV ention, precinct committeepersoa insists that he can be a dem- every child knows that the whole ; men are iegally certified, as Chet ocrat and a Kluxer at thq. same time thing is now being used to permit | gives the k i an cr e di t for electing him

that we say a word- law violation and not law enforce

We take the position that an hon- ment.

in the State of Indiana, authorizing and ordering the issue and sale of said bonds for the purpose of providing for the construction and the costs and expense incident thereto of the drainage reported in the above entitled proceedings and known as the Charles A. Barley et al drainage, which drainage was petitioned for

by Charles A. Barley before the 1 ^ iamS ’ lt 18 said ’ that he

Board of Commissioners of the Coun-

ty of Delaware, in the State of Indl-, draw - Tllesc activities of this rotten ana, and established by the Board , polltIcal m *chine emphasizes the neof Commissioners of the County of ! cessity of creating H at the polls and Delaware, in the State of Indiana, i 0 ' both Porties.nominating candidates and which proceedings is now pend-| ,or P r osocuting attorney who will en-

ing before the Board of Commission- i t° rce the law.

Case of Harry Mott

raked up against him and cause him trouble if he did not cinch the precinct for Billy’s machine. He refused, the brother staid on the ticket and will be elected if the republicans in his precinct have not gone entirely

crazy.

Another man was threatened by

would

lose a road job if he did not with-

ers of Th e County of Delaware, in the State of Indiana. Said bonds will be ten in Humber, dated November 6th, 1923, each being for the sum of $705.00. The first of said bonds will be due and payable on the 15th day of May, 1924, and one each year thereafter until all of said bonds shall have been paid. The right is reserved to reject any

and all bids.

James P. Dragoo, Auditor Delaware County, Indiana.

April 11-18.

STATEMENT OF THE SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIR

CUliATlON, ETC.

AGAIN—WHY A CITY COURT? Even handed justice is grand, like love. It is handed out in abundant packages, daily, in the city court. It’s a cold day when some bootlegger doesn’t escape by the “common carrier” route to the financial enrichment of Prosecutor Ogle, but the repertoire doesn’t end there. One night this week a poor fellow was brutally beaten and kicked by an assailant, who, the man says, attacked him from the rear. The victim caused the arrest of his assailant and then, beaten and bruised all over he went to a doctor and had his wounds dressed. He went to his boarding house to lie down and had hardly got in the house when he was arrested bv city police on a “provoke” charge, filed by the man who had beaten him. \ He was hauled to police headquarters in the patrol wagon and told that he would have to give bond for his appearance in court the next day. He couldn’t give bond. “How much money you got on you?” queried a minion of the law. A “frisk” developed that the man, who is a poor laborer, had exactly twelve dollars. He left the twelve dollars, every cent he had in the world, with the court as a bond. His bond was fixed at exactly twelve dollars when it was discovered that he had exactly that amount. When he was called for trial he was discharged and he went away grateful thabhe at least got his twelve dollars back.

Prosecutor Ogle is a subservient tool of Billy Williams and his gang and will let them get away with murder. There is - the case, for instance, of Harry Mott, a deputy road superintendent who helped Billy get rid of Martin Yoakem, Mott’s benefactor, by volunteering the information, under oath that he, Mott, had perjured himself once a month by submitting falsified claims to the

county auditor.

The man should have been prose-

cuted and sent to the penitentiary for

OWNER, i** 16 commission of an admitted fel-

ony and if the grand jury now in session would do its duty it would get j the evidence and indict him for th* ;

crime he says he committed. Instead of being prosecuted for his

crime, Mott was given a better job by j the county commissioners, aud one 1 of his relatives is said to have been , put ^ on the payroll. When one of'

Required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of The Muncie PostDemocrat, published weekly at Muncie, Indiana, for April 1. 1924, State of Indiana, County of Delaware, ss:

Before me, a notary public in RHd|p UlJCm tne p a y roU- when one for the State and county aforesaid, ^ Billy Williams’ tools commits perpersonally appeared Geo. R. Dale, jury to benefit his corrupt political! who having been duly sworn accord-, machine, he is decorated with a med-’ ing to law, deposes and says he is a i instead of the stripes he deserves. 1 the owner of The Muncie Post-Dun-j Every honest man and woman in! ocrat, and that the following is, to,the republican party should go to the | the best of his knowledge and belief, j polls May 6, fully determined to wipe! a true statement of the ownership j the Williams gang off the map.

management, circulation, etc., of the j

date j

HOW THE DEVIL MADE BUSINESS PICK UP.

By The Truth Teller.

The devil sat in his dingy den,

A worried look in his eye, For business was getting dull, And fuel was getting shy. He wondered if his forces, Who were working up above, Had heard of Christ the Savior, And fell for His teaching of loveHe called an imp to get his car, Then he started up the shute, Swearing every breath he drew, He’d give his imps the boot, When he landed on the earth, And began to look about; He found the great force of love, Was putting his imps to rout.

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He scratched the horns upon his head, His brow turned deathly pale; He stamped the earth with his cloven hoof, As he shook his forked tail. Then a smile lit up his face, As he thought of a devilish plan, To rout the mighty force of love, By starting a Ku Klux Klan. He invented a lot of foolish names, By which Klan leaders were known; But thru this devilish Klan of his, . The seed of hate was sownKlansmen, filled with fires of hate, Against love began to yell; Business soon was picking up, And fuel was plenty in hell.

aforesaid publication for the shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied i,n section 413 Postal Laws

and Regulation, to-wit:

That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business manager are: Publisher, Geo. R. Dale, Muncie, lud., editor, managing editor and busi-

ness manager, same.

That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders

j county clerk.

The rabid join it because they j Earl Morrig hag had a “ H ELL OK!

est, iatelligent man can’t be both at think it entitles them to carry a gun j A time ” Earl is a candidate for T wliillg or ho3(lin S 1 er cent or more the same time, just as we say a man and our advice is that they have no | treasurer but a i g0 wan t s to run the j of total amounts of bonds, mortgages cannot be a good Mason, dr an Odd m0 re right to carry guns than any; ^ blica ’ 1 partv Barl decided that ' or other se ^ uritie s are: None. t* - ' §§§§|7 ’ 1 GEO. R. DALE, Owner.

he wanted Ray Gibbons, who is also a brother klansman, county chairman. But Mayor Horne and

Fellow or an Elk or an Eagle and be other common person. It has become a Kluxer. The Kluxers have a pret- a pure Ku Kluck auxiliary and we ty complete slate of precinfct com- take it that no one other than a

mitteemen in Amlerson and hope to Klucker has joined it in .Madison Houston decided that Earl had a Dig get the organization so as to deliver county, or Anderson, for the last| en0|lgh job running tor county tre asit to Ed Dollings Jackson and not year. We believe you are safe in say-1 urer , Earl ln hl3 S p eC ches before for any purpose that is good for the ing that all who have joined in thej the klan meel , ng3 has never told a democratic party. Some of the pre- last year are Kluckers who don’t brother klan3man about the barrel of

cinct committeemen are not ten dol- care who know they are. We don’t ]ar Kluxers but they are supporting believe they follow the law in the apthe organization and, for the purpose pointment of horse thief detectives are the same or worse than John and we believe that the county comWilliams, Kid Reed, Rev. Richardson missioners should be held rosponsiand Walter Kemp, the leaders here, hie for all the harm that comes from There are a lot of small persons this organization. We don’t expect who want the Kluxer support but anything better from a light weight who haven’t the nerve to give up the like Charlie “Stillwell Gravel) Poin ten dollar graft; they are used to be dexter, whose feet, they say, soil ing on the inside and hate awfully to easily but we do from anyone whq let go of any “jack” to the sharks in expects to, receive Democratic supanother line. And, again, the Klux- port. No one can back the horse erg count oh a full slate of delegates, thieves and deserve the vote of any We are envious to see the names of democrat and this hian Sigler is a those whom they would have repre- county commissioner who should find

Sworn ^to and subscribed before me

Tom' this dajr of A P ri3 > 1924. Lena P. Dale, Notary Public. My commission expires January

1926.“

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sented Anderson Democrats at the state convention. We guess that not one out of fifteen have voted the democratic ticket in years. Hick Mellett threatens to put forth an anti-Crittenberger ticket on the theory that when he needed help In his races for mayor he did not re-

this out- Kluxer or no Kluxer, the horse thief detective association in Anderson is a Ku Klux outfit and any one who encourages them is tarred with the soiled linen of the Kluxers. The law says that a constable shall give a bond of one thousand dollars but the county commissioners disre-

CLERK DALBY .. (Continued From Page One)

beer that he and a member of the Green Construction Co. took from

the Norton Brewery Co. last June,i nsher of the Post - Dcmocr | t ’ a Btate - the day alter the brewefy was raid-! ment ’ hy the way ’ wWch he lla8 made ed j to ^dozens of others, he said he was

! strong and able to go to work* at

something else if he failed to be re-

Earl took this beer west of Anderson one Sunday afternoon, where a

beer party was held. How will Earl ! , nominat ed next spring, and if the old explain this to Kid Reed, John All- j ^ ntlema n can hang on until the first dredge, Walter Kemp, John Sample January he can quit and draw a

and John Bookout? . pension.

Cyrus Beeker paid ten iron men to' Billy And His Club join the Koo Koos and when he dis- ! knows the gentle nature of covered that his son-in-law, Levi; ^ 3ie boss he 3s serving and candidly Stiemer, was a member, Qyrus said i admits to everybody he talks to that that was enough for him, and he de- ; h* s father’s job will be endangered manded his ten dollars back, which , un3ess he stays on the ticket and he received. Cyrus said “The Hell heats his opponent for committeewith such an organization.” man. It is suggested that if the elec-

tion commission is foolish enough to put Dalby’s name on the ticket after | his withdrawal and subsequent direct action method of “skinning it back,” that before the ballots are counted

NOTICE OF SALE OF DRAINAGE

BONDS

State of Indiana, Delaware County SB: «,

Ten Reasons Why The Transportation Act Should Stand 1. —The Transportation Act Is designed to stabilize the railway industry, permit reasonable returns within a fixed limit, insure more satisfactory service and foster further needed railway development, under the supervision and control of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 2. —The Transportation Act does'not guarantee railroad earnings. It instructs the Interstate Commerce Commission to so fix rates as to permit the railroads to earn 5% per cent, on the value of their property, if they can. If they fail to do so, there is no redress. The Act limits the earnings to 6 per - cent, on the value of their property, which is determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission. This valuation basis, which is regarded as below the re*! value of the railroads*today, stabilizes the business of railroading and prevent? tbe*r banlcrvotcv which would be a calamity to a nation which depends upor iaiiiv**** to maintain prosj^rity. 3. —The first year under the Transportation Act during which the railroads were able to operate under normal conditions was 1923. The adequate service rendered by the railroads last year is the most convincing argument in favor of continuing the Transportation Act without change. 4. —For years to come there must be an annual investment of new capital in the railways of not less than $750,000,000 if they are to meet the demands of the country’s commerce. This capital cannot be obtained unless the railway business is stabilized as provided for in the Transportation Act. 5. —The Transportation Act is not the cause of present freight rates. The railroads have not earned the “fair return” contemplated since the Act became effective. In spite of this fact, the Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered material reductions in rates in the last three years and has the power to make further reductions. 6. —The provisions of the Transportation Act require the economic and efficient operation of the railroads under strict governmental view. Under the Act, the railroads have reduced operating expenses by approximately $800,000 a day and have reduced freight rates 13 per cent, since 1921. 7. —Tbe Interstate Commerce Commission’s valuation shows that Instead of being overvalued or burdened with “watered stock,” the railroads are capitalized at less than their real value. Many railroads have been forced to reduce their dividend payments since the Act was passed and, in addition, have put borrowed money into improvements in order to serve the public better. 8. —The Transportation Act protects the public interest in railway transportation^ and it is the only guarantee the public has that railroad rates will be regulated so as to provide the people of the United States with adequate transportation. 9. —The best interests of the public, the railroads and their employes will be served by the preservation of the Transportation Act in order that it may have a fair trial under normal conditions. 10.—For nearly twenty years the railroads have provided a subject for constant agitation, attacks and legislation. In their interest as necessary industries and in the interest of the public dependent upon their facilities they are entitled to a settled law and a rest. Your Senators and Congressmen will be glad to know what you think about this, and the only way they can be guided by your views is for you to teH them. W. J. HARAHAN, PvnUm*, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.