Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 29 August 1924 — Page 3
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1924.
MUNCIE P0ST4)EM0CRAT
RUMPUS IN GEORGIA CAMP AT NEW YORK CONVENTION
Street.
I I. R. No. 1185-1924, Paving the al- ! ley between Walnuft Street and High Street from Thirteenth Street
to Fourteenth Street.
! I-. R. No. 1186-1924, Paving the alley between Jackson Street and Adams Street from Liberty Street
1 he conspicuous activities of Klan Sword,” official mouth piece of Co1 -; to Cherry Street 0 icials have been much in evidence, william Joseph Simmons, published; j r n 0 1187-1924, Cement side1 nt this is the first irregailar move- at Atlanta> Georgia: j walk on the North Side of * Fifth
ment of any consequence ifhat has
come to light. Madison Square Garden, New York, j
. July 3.—The Georgia delesgation to I
Madison Square Garden, New York, the Democratic Convention, in session Aug 29—Miller Bell of Milledgeville here, is again in the limelight. Ben H. labored untiringly, By Proxy, in be- j Suljivan, an attorney of Atlanta, Ga., half of his candidate here today. B. | and a member of the Klan’s Imperial H. Sullivan, a member of the Khan's ! Kloafcilum, has been sitting in this
„ rag the proxy, i the credentials of Miller
said City will be equal to Dr exceed the amounts assessed against their LEGAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
the estimated cost of the proposed improvements, as estimated by the
City Civil Engineer.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Mary E. Ahderson, Clerk. Advertise on AUg; 29-Sept. 5-1924. antFklanorder (Continued From Page One)
property respectively on said roll, ( MUNCIE SCHOOL CITY,
and will determine the question as i
to whether such lots or tracts of i Notice is hereby given the taxland have been or will be benefited Payers of the school city of Muncie, by said improvement in the Delaware county, Indiana, that the amounts named on said roll, or in Proper legal officers ol said school greater or less sum than .that nam- ' ity , at . ‘‘f lr k re f a , r me f‘"'|,r lace ' , ., . ' Central High school, on the 9th day ed on said roll or in any sum, at 0 f September, 1924, at two-thirty p. which time and place all owners of m„ will consider the following exsuch real estale may attend, in per- pemRtures:
Imperial Kloncilium,
Bt w-as an excellent “relief” plan but the loo-wary sergeant-at-arms obtuse-
ly ‘Objected.
Sullivan, when questioned, forgot he was not sitting in a Georgia State I invention. He explained the decepition by saying he was “working for McAdoo.” Evidently his excuse was not acceptable. He was relieved of Mr. Bell’s credentials and warned to ‘conduct himself, ixt the future, “as a guest.” ! But eveiyone knows the Klan is not in politics. If it were it wouldn’t be necessary for Imperial Officers to appropriate the credentials of some body else. Anyway Mr. Sullivan is young and this must be just one of his youthful indiscretions. Oh, no! the Klan isn’t in politics. But no one has ever said, “politics isn’t in the Klan^’
Street from Pe-rkins Avenue to
Sampson Avenue.
I. R. No. 1188-1924, For cemeni ; curb and gutter on both sides ot | Fifth Street from Perkins Avenue
j to Sampson Avenue.
| I. R. No. 1189-1924, For cement j sidewalk on North side of Washiagi tun Stieet from Broadway east 349
j feet.
1. R. No. 1190-1924, For grading
Beil, of Milledgeville, Ga.
The deception was discovered when
his activities on the floor attracted at-j an( i graveling of Twentieth Street teiition to himself and aroused the j from Wialnut Street to Franklin suspicion of the sergeant-at-arms. On j street; also grading and graveling examination it developed that the j 0 f High Street from 20th Street to badge and credentials were not his 22nd Street. anfl that he had no official standing in All work done in the making of the convention. He excused himseL said described public improvements on The grounds that he was “working shall be in accordance with the for McAdoo." terms and conditions of the imAfter being severely reprimanded provement resolution, as numbeied, by officials, who talked to him ' at adopted by the Board of Public some length, he was permitted to re- Works on the above named date, turn to the Georgia delegation, but 1 and the drawings, plans, profiles was warned against further interfer- and specifications which are cn file ence in the voting. He denied any in- j and may be seen in the office oi terference in the voting and surren- said Board of- Public Works of the dered Mr. Bell’s credentials. j City of Muncie, Indiana. The r^mor is current to the effect! Board of Public Works has that there are other irregularities in \ Dm 16th day of September, the convention’s silting, but these re-j 1 ^U as a date upon which ic-mon
; ed members of the klan. Wfe want | ohly a few me'mbere in each city, hfit we want the very best type of citizen regardless of race Or religion provided he is an ardent and loyal United States citizen. Each applicant for membership : ts to be subject to examination of J his past
life and character. Aliens to Be Aided
“AS soon as the organization is strong enough it will begin a campaign of education. It will obtain the best literature for Americaniza-
son or by representative, and be heard at 7:30 o’clock P. M. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. Advertised on Aug. 29-Sept. 5-1924.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS Department of Public Works Office -of the Board 212 Wysor Block Mllncie, Ind.,
Notice Public:
to : £onctractors and the
Preposed expenditure for the school year 1924-1925: Special School Fund. A—Administration— Board of school trustees $ 225.00 Finance and accounting 2,400.00 Buildings and grounds department 2,100-00 Supplies department and transfers e 36,400.00 Superintendent’s office and clerks 8,000.00 School attendance and census 750.00 B—Supervision of instruction 51,000-00 C—Operation of, school
plant—
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Elementary schools
6.200.00
E—Fixed charges
15.050.00
F—Coordinate afid
auxil-
iarv activities
8,367.00
G—Debt Service—
H—Capital Outlay—
New acquisitions
25,500.00
Alterations
12,000.00
Total expenditures
from
special school fund $231,352.0(1
Tuition Fund.
A—Teachers’ salaries, high school $137,400-08' B—Teachers’ salaries, elementary schools 220,700,00
Total expenditures from tuition fund $358,100.00 Vocational T mid. A—Salaries of vocational teachers and directors_^$21,230.00 B—Equipment 1,000.00 C—Supplies 4,300.00
Notice is-hereby givep to the pub-!
He and tbadll contractors, that the High schools 18,940.00 tion purposes and undertake to as-| \° a . 1 /( c °. .He W^orks of the City Ej eir , en tarv schools 38,150.00 •** alie»s to 'become Cttaens ot .hi, | ^“sealed '“Lfs 0 ' ^
country. Every effort will be put construction, in said City, accord-
Total expenditures from vocational fund $26,530.00 Bond or Sinking Fund. A—Payment of principal—$10,000.00 B Payment of interest- 52,600.00'
The following is from the “Flaming ports, to date ,nave been unconfirmed.
CITY ADVEHTISEM ENTS
Department of Public Works Office* of the Board 212 Wysor Block Muncie, Ind.
Notice of Improvement Resolution Notice to Property Owners. In the matter off Certain Proposed Public Improvements in the City of Muncie, State of Tndiana. Notice is hereby given by the Boaid of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary to make the following described public improvements for the City of Muncie,
Indiana, as authorized by the fol]lowing -numbered improvement resolutions, adopted by said Board, on te 23nd a-nd 26th of August, 1924, to-wn: I. R. No. 1182-1924, Paving the alley between North Street and University Avenue from Pauline Avenue to Linden Street. I. R. No. 1183-1924. Paving the alley between North Street and University Avenue from McKinley Avenue to College Avenue. 1. R. No. 1184-1924, Paving the alley between Walnut Street and High Street from Tenth Street to -the alley running east and west between Eleventh Street and Twelfth
| strances may he filed or heard by i pei sons interested in, or affected by |s.-id described public improvements j and on said date at 7:30 o’clock P. ! M. said Board of Public Works will j meet at its office in said City for the purpose of hearing and considering any remonstrances which ! may have been filed, or which may have been presented; said Board fixes said date as a date for the modification, confirmation, rescinding, or postponement of action on said remonstrances: and on said date will hear all persons interested or whose property is affected by said proposed improvements, and will decide whether the benefits that will accrue to the property abutting and adjacent to the proposed improvements, and to me
Men Ol All Denoninations Contribute To Americas Greatness, Holcombe Says
■tesiaut Women of America: The invitation which I received
fmm your grand secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Roih, to be present here today., .to deliver an address of welcome lO' your organization, was tne
.addiess of Mayor O. F. Holcombe them were hanged; their churches a Deity. It matters not his race, hn tS'NfcTSOxiiing’ Che"'cSnv'ention oi Pro- barred and closed. Bat they fought religion, nor the shores from whicl
on, and they planted the seed of re- his ancestors came, ligious freedom throughout this ! Religious Freedom (G.uar a nteed
country. . It was such men as these who gave Again, I think of William Penn, us that marvelous document, the the friend,” the Quaker* establish- Constitution of the United States. It ing his. church in Pennsylvania, and was these men ,vho insisted upon
first invitation that I have ever re- his great capital, Philadelphia, most guaranteeing that there would be no ceived to appear before your organi- beautifully named for it means union of church and state in this zatiou. I immediately accepted, and brotherly love. i country; that religious freedom must in my capacity as mayor of the city Next, I .see that great Englishman, i t> e proclaimed for all and for all time of Houston, I want to extend to each j 0 ’ an Wesley, landing in Georgia, * come. We have thrived under tha and every one of you visiting dele- founding the great Methodist Church constitution, the gracious God hat gates a hearty welcome to this the 0 f today* This church has spread all been good to us, and we should ah greatest city in the greatest state of over the globe. All of these men were i strive to maintain that Sentiment the greatest nation in all the- world, great Protestants, and there were : and that constitution.
We are rather proud of Houston, numerous others whom I could name and Houston is always proud w nave w j 10 came here, protesting against any organization of men and women the iniquities cf their mother counwho are banded together for a good tries, determined to make of this a
land of religious freedom.
Father Marquette the 'Missionary
purpose, to meet within its gates. An organization that has not good as its ultimate aim can not exist long. Women, from the beginning of time, have played a most important part in this old world’s history. It
has only even, however,
It is war sometimes that makes us forget everything, save that each man is our brother. When I think of the war between the states I remember that P-otesta,nts, Jews and Catholics fought side by side. I think
Again 1 look back to those early ! oi -’ old Father Ryan, a Roman Cathodays and I see in my mind a picture Be priest, who wrote such beautiful of Champlain, a Catholic, the Father poems of the South, and who fought
forth to impress every person of foreign birth with the necessity and advantages of becoming a citizen and an enthusiastic American. “The klan has grown so powerful because its system of organization is so perfect! Never has there been a better method of getting members thus obtaining money and influence. It is our plan to combat organization with organization, for it takes power to dissolve power.” The first initiation of the new order will be held about Sept. 1, it
was announced.
Other organizers are A. J. Kline, F. W. Hetchell and B. M. 'Whitman.
o
PLANK NAMES KLAN IN UNFRIENDLY TERMS
Texas G. O. P. Voice Oppositwn To “Invisible Empire.”
Fort Worth, Texas.—A short platform, announcing that Texas Republicans are “unalterably opposed to the Ku Klux 1 Klan,” was adopted at the State Republican con ventiom.. A tall state ticket, 'headed by T_ M. Kennerly of Houston, for United States, Senator and T. P. Lea, of Houston, for Governor also was nominated. The only ripple on the smrface of the convention was con necked with .the plank dealing with the Klan. Efforts by tw© delegates to have the plank stricken out failed. On a vote on adoption of the platform as a whole, only a few “noes" were heard. The pi'nk against the IKlan de-. ReynblicaE party plcdg:;.:'' itself to stand inflexibly for Govern ment by due process of law and against all groups, open or secret, which attempt to take the law into their own hands. It said there is nc place in American life for a secret political society and concluded: “Being convinced of the soundness of these principles, we announce our unalterable opposition to the Ku Klux Klan.”
6,300.00
ing to the respective improvement
resolutions below mentioned, and Estimate of amount needed ^
according to the plans, profiles,; Estimate of
drawing and specification therefor Expenditures by Funds Special on file in the office of said Board ot, during year $231,382.00
each of the public improvements Working balance at end
herein below described, towit: | 0 f year * 1 142 ,882.00 I. R. No. 1175-1924, For cement ' Total 374,264.00 sidewalk on east side of Madison Less b af This year 132,364.00
Street from Twelfth Street to Fif Less revenue not deriv _
teenth Street i ed from taxation 12,800.00 No. 1176-1924, For paving Total deductions 145,164-00
e 'ween Elliott street and Amoun t necessary to be
Proud Street from Howard Street t raised by taxation $229,100.00 0 -p, rS , f ., 6 ? s ° uth - Proposed levy $ .395
Each bidder is also to file with i
the Board an affidavit that has been no collusion in
Total expenditures from
bond or sinking fund $62,600-00
Tuition Vocational ^Sinking
$358,100.00
$26:5 oo. 00
'■$62,600.00
191,243.00
6,101.00
25,144.00
1549,343.00
32,631.00
87,744.00
176.443.00'
9,431.00
29,744.00
85,800.00
262,243.00
9,431.00
29,744.00
$287,100.00
$23,200.00
$58,000.00
$ .495
$ .04
$ .10
1922
$220,000.00
277,000.00 18.150.00 70.950.00
$584,100.00
1923
$231,936.00 278,323.00 20.294.00 81.177.00 $611,730.00
1924
$229,100.00
287,100.00 23,200.00 58,000.00
$597,400.00'
there,; Comparative statement of any way Taxes collected and to
affecting said bid, according to the | be Collected. 1921 1 terms of Sec. 95, of the Act of! Special school fund $236,070.00 March 6th, 1905. 1 Tuition fund 274,500.00 (Acts 1905, p. 219.) ! Vocational fund 17,568.00 All such proposals should bt Bond or sinking fund 55,410.00 sealed, and must be deposited with i Total $583,548.00
said Board before the hoar of 7:30 |
o’clock in the evening of the 2nd l Comparative Levies
day of September, 1924, and each Special school fund $ such proposal must be accompanied Tuition fund -5 0
by a certified check payable to said , Vocational fund
City, for the sum equal to two and Bond or sinking fund .1° one-half per cent (2 1-2 per cent) of Kindergarten fund -008 City Civil Engineer’s estimate, Total $1°7
as^^Hqu^dated^amagesf ^if 0 fhe^bidder ’ Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. After dennKitinjr tba ohoii ,i„,, the tax levies have been determined, ten or more taxpayers feeling them-
selves aggrieved by such levies, may appeal to the State Board of lax Commissioners for further and final action thereon, by filinfi a petition therefor with the County Auditor not Hater than the fourth Monday of September, and the State Board will fix a date of hearing in this county.
Dated August 29, 1924.
_$ .43
$ .40
$ .40
$ 395
. .50
.50
.48
.495
.032
.033
.035
.04
.10
.129
.10
.10
.008
.008
.015
. $1.07
$1.07
$1.03
$1.03
right to
be heard
thereon.
After
depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contract and ’bond, in case a contract shall be awarded him on such
accompanying proposal.
Said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
Mary E, Anderson, Clerk Publish on Ang. 22-29-1924.
FREDERICK F. McCLELLAN, President. GEORGE L. RAYMOND, Treasurer. EDWARD L. TUHEY, Secretary.
Estimated valuation of property—$58,000,000.00.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR COUNTY SUPPLIES
cent vears that women have come in- ]n that land. I see good old Father to their rightful place in the polit- Marquette, leading his faithful band
ical activities of this nation. You should be proud to have the
word “Protestant” as part of the name of your organization. That ■•'^jd has stood for much in the history of the world since the fifteenth ce Jury. I am a Protestant, and feel that Protestantism is right and pro-
of followers across the mountains add plains, exploring the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, trying to convert Indians, hoping to establish God’s religion in the wilderness; putting the Cross of God in the land of the sav-
ages.
I see then in Texas those Catho-
per. I do not claim to be a student of ]jes of early days, establishing their history, and therefore will not be missions, clearing this wonderful able to tell you a great deal of what state, often shot more often perse-
of New France, settling in Quebec, so valiantly for tlfis land of ours, in very re- and planting the religion of his faith think of Judah P. Benjamin, a Jew,
attorney general and secretary ot state in the cabinet of the confederacy. There are names of other great Jews who stand out in our country’s history, who have been prominent in politics, in art, in literature, and in
noble deeds of Christianity. ^
Then I think of the last great war. I recall how it united us, how men of every race and men of every creed joined together? in this country to fight the battles of the allies. There
_ ■ _ , , . was no dissension then, white and
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Protestantism has done for this coun- cuted by savages, hut always preach- black, Protestant and Catholic, Jew _ try and for the world. We all know, j n g the word of God and endeavoring and Gentile, joined together to stop however that it was those who were to save souls. They were the advance j the mad armies of Imperial Gerprotesting against, something polit- guards of our Texas civilization of ( many. There were great deeds of ical or religious, who settled in today, and to these Catholics of early charity, there was noble sacrifice, America in the early > colonization days we owe much of the history of | there was everything to uplift mandays. It is to those men and women our state. j kind, and we stood together shoulder
we owe the foundation of our Repub- i see George Calvert, the first Lord lie. j Baltimore, arriving in America with Roger Williams in Rhode Island a hand of some 200 men and women. When I look back over the history driven from England because in of America, there comes to my: mind those days there was no religious the Pilgrims, first banished from freedom in the old world. He and his England; then fleeing to Holland, followers were Roman Catholics, and and finally landing in this far-away England did not want them. No matland. I see the Plymouth colony ar- ter what their religious belief was— riving in America on the Mayflower, they were welcome and could find seking a place where they might here a secure place in which to wor-
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Dela ware County will receive sealec proposals and bids until the hour l of 10:00 o’clock A. M. on the 2nd ; day of September, 1924, for furnish | ing coal for the Childrens’ Hon: '
and County Infirmary.
Bids for coal shall be made on the basis of car load lots, prices ( ; o. h. Muncie, Indiana, for County ! Infirmary, deliveries to be made n, car load lots as required by the I 1 Board. Alternate bids may be sub mitted on any of the following:- . any fourth vein coal, mine run, of ' i Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio or West i Virginia. Bids to be made on six hundred (600) tons, more or less. Each bidder is required to file a bond with his bid in the sum of 1 Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) conditioned as required by law; also proper affidavit of non-collusion. Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
Done this 13th day of August.
1924.
JAMEjS P. DRAGOO Auditor of Delaware County, Indiana.
Hell And Maria
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
Department of Public Works
Office of the Board
\
212 Wysor Block
Muncie, Ind.
To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the
assessment rolls, with the names of
to shoulder.
Let us continue to put faith in our country and in our flag. Let al-
legiance to tftis country and obedi- the owners and description of propence to its laws be the test of citi- erty subject to be assessed, with zenship, not the upholding of one the amounts of prima facie assesscreed above another, seeking the ar- ments .have been made and are now ray of one man against another, and on file and can be seen at the office the harboring of hate. of the Board^ for the following imI feel quite sure that this is the provements to-wit: —
mission of the Grand League of Pro-
worship God without fear of a king’s ship. Maryland was the name of the testant Women, that you good wom-
anger. Then I see that great old Baptist, Roger 'Williams, crying for religious freedom in Rhode Island and demanding that every man, woman and child be permitted to worship in his own way. He fought for this right,
colony they founded, and when I recall the early struggles of that section, I think of Lox-d Baltimore with pride and — admiration. They continued to flock to our shores. The Dutch with their form of worship in
and to him perhaps more than to any New Amsterdam, the Swede, the Ger-
one man, is credit due for maintain- ) man, the Jew and the Gentile, Catho-1 could be otherwise, I want again to ing the ideals of this new country, j lie and Protestant, all creeds and na- say to you, that if this is your mis-
en want peace and Christianity to reign in all hearts. You want us all to be united for Christianity, for freedom and for goodness. You cannot carry in your hearts bitterness and hate, and believing as I do that no great body of American women
The story of Roger Williams is one that thrills me to this very day, for I am a Baptist, and am proud of those early Baptists who suffered so much, who fought so hard, and finally won. They were frequently Insulted, sometimes beaten, and a few of
tionalities, seeking a new land of freedom. 'What a haven of refuge U was! How proud we should be that
sion, if this is your desire, heartily welcome here and
you.
I. R. No. 1022-1923, Paving and resurfacing of Sixth Street fmrff Walnut Street to Hoyt Avenue. I. R. No. 1102-1923, Grading ol Sixth Street from Port Avenue to
Rochester Avenue.
I. R. No. 1162-1924, Cement sidewalk on west side of Talley Avenue from Jackson Street to Godman
Avenue.
I. R. No. 1164-1924, Paving the al-
you are ley between University Avenue and I am for North Street from Reserve Street to
Pauline Street.
And notice is hereby given that
from tha^ day to this we have main- ( they see fit; that there is nothing in
tained religious freedom in this this country that bars a man from on the 23rd day of September, 1924, country; that all men and women , becoming the president of these Uni- the Board will ,at its office receive may worship God in any manner ted States; except that he believe in and hear remonstrances against
It is extremely disappointing to me that Brigadier General Charles W. Bawes, republican candidate for vice-president, has belied his reputation as a shoulder hitter. General Dawes made a speech against the klan the other night in Augusta, Maine, clearly voicing his opposition to the rotten, thieving gang of anarchists, and in the same breath praised the klansmen of Oklahoma for ousting Jack Walton from the governor’s chair and boosted the Williamson county kluckers who were desponsible for the Herrin, 111., klan outrages. Instead of a raging lion, seeking whom he might devour, friend Dawes is discovered to the public as a pussy footer, endeavoring to curry favor with those who are opposed to the klan by telling the world he is “agin” ’em and at the same time tickling the wizard’s ribs by praising the individual acts of an organzation which he declares is operating in defiaqee of law and order. The press agents of the man-eating^awes delight in picturing him as a sort of a human gatling gun, Shooting verbal Helenmariars in all directions, regardless of who is hit and utterly careless as to consequences to himself. I have always suspected that the sulphurous Charley was a false alarm, and now I know it. Charley cussed his way into fame but I am inclined to believe that there was method in his profane madness. Charley foamed, and fumed and cussed and the world foamed, fumed and cussed with him and sang his praises without knowing a danged thing about him except that he had invented a new swear word. The giddy electorate has a hazy notion that Dawes is the inventor of a “plan.” The good old republican guardsmen are full of plans these days. Albert Fall had a plan that worked admirably. The Dau.drerty plan was too cute for anything. It was worked out in a little green house. Andy Mellon’s plan was pigeonholed, and a shriek went up from Wall street. The plan was good, (according to Wall street,) but the specifications did not call for enough cement, so the blasted thing crumbled. The people have heard all about these plans, but the only ones they seemed to understand thoroughly were Daugherty’s and Albert Fall’s. The Dawes plan was no doubt a good plan and insofar as the public, who had heard about it, but has no idea m the world what it means, knew, it will work excellently if Bawes can find anybody to execute it for him. The Dawes reparations was all Greek to them, but there was one thing they understood, and that was Hell and Maria. The public knew all about hell and had some slight acquaintance with Maria, even before Dawes joined them up together and made them famous, but after his celebrated cussing streak he was known the world over, not for his statesmanship, or his availability as a candidate, but simply as the architect of a new and nifty cuss word. And now Dawes has spoiled it all by carrying water on both shoulders. He tried to please the kluxers and the anti-kluxers and in spite of his hell and Maria, another idol has shown its feet of clay. Alas, how the mighty have fallen.