Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 March 1894 — Page 5
VOL. 52—NO. 10
Success Crowned Our Efforts.
LAPLAND.
James Brush moved to New Market last Monday. Clay Reeves had some chickens stolen last Friday night.
There will be three mpre week of the Lapland school.
Ollie Hampton will work for .lames Caster the coming1 summer. Lon Day and family visited friends in Boone county last week.
Mrs. Mary Davis visited Mrs. Lide Dallas in New Market last Thursday. .Jim Graham, of near New Market, visited at "William Davis' last Thursday.
Mrs. Bell Burgess has a brood of twelve little chickens. They may have to wear stockings before spring. V:
Before moving to New Market-Miss TSlla Brush gave her many young friends a social party last Saturday night. All had a fine time.
Lambert Smith was in the city last Saturday and bought of Tinsley two bushels of timothy seed and through mistake brought home two bushels of clover seed. This will make another trip to town for Lambert but we think he can stand it.
William Davis has been improving his farm by putting upsoine wire fence along the road. He has put up six smooth wires and two barb wires at the bottom. This he claims is the best and safest fence against injury to stock.
The old school house at Parkersburg "burned to the ground last Friday night about 1 o'clock. There had been a.-new house built in the same yard last year so the contents of the school were safe. The house had been used by the Detective Company and the F. M. B. A. lodge. The latter held a meeting that night. We suppose the contents of both lodges were burned, as there was no one there at the time. Both orders will have to look fer new quarters.
(Die tlLratufo rb
At our Grand Opening over 10,000 people ^asse^ through the great double, rooms and vied with one another in praising the great display of
Clothing, Hats, Woolens and Gents' Furnishings.
Now For Business.
We present a few cold facts for you to consider. The American
is one of a number of branch
stores located in different sections of the country with headquarters at Cincinnati, where all our clothing is manufactured for our different
stores. All garments are placed on the tables at these stores at Manufacturing cost. It can readily be seen what a great advantage we have over those who pay regular jobbers prices tor their goods. To be plain, we will sell you clothing at the sarr.e prices other dealers are dealers are themselves compelled to pay for them. Every article in our great room is new. Each article is marked in large plain figures from which there is no deviation.
Wholesale and Retail Clothiers.
'Northwest corner of Main and Green Streets.
I\. B. James R. Howard and William Murphy will be pleased to wait onth eir many friends at the new store.
BRENNAN &SHARP
(Successors to)
A. L. Tomlinson.
GROCERS
EAST MARKET STREET
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Met and Adjourned.
The city Council met Monday in regular session and after allowing accounts adjourned out of respect for the memory of the late A. L. Tomlinson. Before adjourning Messrs. Reynolds, Myers and Smith were appointed as a committee to arrange for the funeral and Messrs. Campbell, Vanarsdal and Reynolds as a committee to draft resolutions. No other business was transacted.
Kefuse to Grant the Petition. The county commissioners of Tippecanoe Monday refused to grant a petition asking them to appropriate $60,000 for the reconstruction of the engineering laboratory at Purdue University. This building, costing $180,000, burned in January, four days after its dedication. The petition to the commissioners was signed by 2,170 taxpayers.
Land Trade.
The First National bank has purchased forty acres of Alex Meharry's land which lies just this side of Meharry's Grove. From the proceeds was paid SI,139 to the Meharry Cemetery Association, Alex Meharry owing the association that amount.
N Revival at Wingate. The good people of Wingate are holding a soul stirring revival at the M. E. church of that place and have added forty-four members to their rolls as a reward.
For Sale.
Extra good seed oats, at the Darlington elevator. CRAIG & KIMI-KH. w3-9tf
FOR tags see THE JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS.
LIVE STOCK INSURANCE.
A (iood "Word from tin Western Horseman for the Indiana and Oliio Live Stock Insurance Company.
The Western Jlnrncinun has this to say of our Live Stock Insurance Company: "Many attempts were made in this country to operate livestock insurance before a plan was devised whereby a company of this nature could live and at the same time be of real and practical benefit to its patrons. The Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insurance Co., of Crawfordsville, Ind., was one of the very first to work out a practical solution to the question. This company has not only ^survived and prospered, but has proven itself a public benefactor. In its infancy the "Crawfordsville" recognized the fact that absolute honesty in its dealings with its patrons was the only hope for permanent success, and founding its operations on this principle its success has been phenomenal. This company lays insurance on all classes of live stock, and while its terms for insurance are the most equitable yet devised, it does, nevertheless, meet its losses promptly and in full of liabilities. The 'Crawfordsville' lias been most fortunate in the personality of its management, and as a result it has merited and received a full measure of the public confidence. Those of our patrons needing-live stock insurance (and who does not?) can rely upon fair treatment at the hands of this company. This company is the oldest in this State, or any other State doing business on tlie cash plan. It has been organized about nine years and has paid out in cold, hard cash during that time nearly four hundred thousand dollars (§400,000.00). It has also demonstrated another thing, and that is that 'Live Stock Insurance' can be made a success when conducted on sound business principles and by practical business men.
The Other Sile.
The bride of old Johnny Wilson, of Coal Creek township, will tile across complaint in the divorce suit which the old fellow has brought against her. Her attorney, Capt. Billings, has been instructed to draw it up and it is calculated to made the back hair of old Johnny stand out like quills upon the back of the fretful porcupine. The cross complaint is mighty interesting reading but wouldn't exactly look well in cold, clammy type. Suffice it to say that if the forlorn bride can establish her charges that the complaint of Uncle Johnny (published in Saturday's JOURNAL) will be decently laid out in store grave-clotlies. The case promises to be highly sensational and Uncle Johnny's blissful dreams of last month will end in a niglit-mare as confused and horrible as a Jlonon freight wreck.
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For County Treasurer.
Richard M. Bible, of Coal Creek township, is announced in to-day's JOURNAL as a candidate for Treasurer of Montgomery county before the Republican convention io be held on Saturday, June 2. Mr. Bible was born on the farm which he now owns fortyeight years ago. He was left an orphan boy at the age of sixteen and has made his way to a leading position among the best citizens of that township by his own unaided efforts. Since he was sixteen he has been a Republican and has always taken a deep interest in the success of his party. He is a successful business man and possesses all the necessary qualifications for the office to which he aspires. If nominated he will make a strong candidate and will come out a winner.
Tribe of IJeii-Hur.
Indianapolis Sentinel: A score or more persons interested in the organization of a local court of the Tribe of Ben-IIur met last night in the offiee of State Superintendent of Schools, Voris, in the State House, and took preliminary steps to that end. Several committees were appointed and anothea meeting was arranged to be held in the same place on the evening of Friday, March 10. The new lodge has been in existence only sixty days, and yet it has a membership of nearly two thousand. The first local court was instituted in Crawfordsville last week with a membership of nearly five hundred.
Ail Election Bribery Case.
Judge McCabe, of the Supreme Court, has received a letter from W. A. Cullop, of Vineennes, containing the announcement that the first decision enforcing the election bribery law has just been rendered in Gibson county on a change of venue from Knox. The law was drawn up by Judge McCabe and provides that a person bribed may recover $300 from the briber. The person referred to recovered $341 which, with costs, will aggregate $500. The case will be appealed at once to the Supreme Court.
ORAWFORDS VILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH I 0, 1894.—TWELVE PAGES
"MEXICO AM) Till- MEXICANS.
Oeiieral Wallace's l.ectnre Tuesday NightA Magnificent Audience and a Most l^ntcrtaiiiing Address.
The audience which greeted (Jen. Lew Wallace Tuesday at Music Hall was quite complimentary to that gentleman. All the seats of the parquet and dress circle were occupied by an intelligent, educated and appreciative class of people. The lecturer riveted their attention froitfi the beginning- to the close of his address, many of his auditors pronouncing it to be the most charming and most interesting of his platform efforts. He prefaced his lecture proper on the people of Mexico with a little matter of history which was personal to himself. This related to the attempt on the part of the French to take possession of Mexico, overthrow the Republic and establish an empire with Maximillian as emperor. The credit for the expulsion of Maximillian, the General said, belonged to General Grant, and not to Secretary Seward, as is popularly believed. General Wallace was a prominent figure in the affair and the steps taken to aid the Mexicans in this most righteous move, having been commissioned by Grant on the secret and important errand in making tlie negotiations which in the end proved successful, and in the failure of the empire. The General then entered upon his theme, concerning"the people of that Republic which he most vividly described,—the classes, their condition. their mode of dress, their manner of living and their wretched poverty and ignorance.
It is not known what sum was realized for the benefit of* the charity organization as all who had tickets to sell have not made their reports. It is thought that it will be near one hundred dollars.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Meeting of the Directors—Good Department: Keports—The Outlook.
The directors of the Young Men's Christian Association held their regular monthly meeting Monday at the Association building. The different departments submitted reports which showed the affairs of the organization to be in good condition. There are almost 350 members at present, the newly appointed committees for the year are getting systematically to work, and the outlook for the Association is a hopeful one.
In consequence of the recent change in ownership of the building plans for the future of the Association were up for discussion. A special commit tee, appointed at the last meeting of the board, reported that it had arranged with the owners of the building to lease it until July 1st, 1805, provided the funds necessary to complete the Association budget can be raised. The estimate of finances required for the 15 months ending July, 1805, has been made and it will be necessary to raise $2,000 among the friends of the association. The amount asked for is a very reasonable one, and it is believed will be raised in time to secure the lease, and the continuance of the association's work. After its more than six years of successful work here, it is hardly thought that the unusual circumstances of the past few months will be allowed to result in its abatement or continuance.
Cranky King.
Lafayette Courter: Last evening Trinity church was filled to overflowing with people eager to hear what pastor King \vould:say on "Popular Amusements." He devoted himself to three brands of amusements—cardpla.ving, udancing and theater-going. He denounced all of them as vices of a low order, and few were the consoling words he uttered for those who indulge in such wicked pastimes. It was decidedly refreshing to the seven or eight hundred sinners who sat in front to hear themselves characterized as sinners from vile places when they attend the theater, but no one said a word. Everybody had to itake it. Mothers and fathers who allow their children to play cards and dance are preparing them for hell! Men and women who attend the theater are indulging in an immorality with courtesans, libertines and fools as their companions in vice, according to Mr. King. There is nothing of a moral nature in the theater, not a thing—it is all bad, vicious and no good ever comes from its walls.
Hoxie's Helpmate.
Mrs. Mary lloxie has obtained a divorce from her errant husband, Alex Hoxie. The charge was abandonment, pure and simple. She testified that Alexander was sober and industrious. Alex did not appear so the court knifed the matrimonial bonds with a placid smile.
A HEAVY VOTE.
The KcpuhlTcaii Primary ~Klcction Kcsults In the Nclcction of an lOxccllenl ity Ticket.
For Mayor—Fred ('. Handel. For Treasurer—W. E. Nicholson. For Clerk—J. 1). Tracy. For Marshal—James 1'. Grimes. For Councilman, Firsi Ward—John F. Wilhite.
For Councilman, Second Ward—Geo. 1*1. Robinson. For Councilman, Third Ward—W. N". McCampbell.
Tuesday was a wet and gloomy day calculated to keep many away from the polls but in spite of the inclement weather the heaviest vote ever cast at a Crawfordsville primary election was in the ballot boxes at-1 o'clock. The work of counting began immediately upon the closing of the polls and was over by a little after six in the second and third wards. There was a heavier vote in the first, however, and it was after seven when the result was made known. Everything passed off quietly and the announcement of the election returns was calmly received by those who gathered to hear them. There were no unseemly demonstrations and the defeated candidates received the sympathy of even those who had voted against them. If was merely a case of a choice between a, number of equally excellent men and it was a dead sure thing that all could not be nominated. The following table is the official vote of the city:
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NOTKN.
Wes Poster had a fit while preparing to vote and was carried off by friends. The ticket nominated will undoubtedly be elected. That goes without saying.
It is reported that the Democrats will nominate a ticket, after all, and will head it by John M. Schultz, Dr. Jones or J. II. Watson.
The defeated candidates accept the situation with the best of grace and will give their hearty support to the ticket nominated. llie report that a number of Democrats were allowed to vote is proved untrue upon investigation. Only two could be found and they were doubtful.
All the candidates nominated yesterday will be elected for a term of four years. The councilmen will take office in May, and the Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer and Marshal in September.
A number of ballots were thrown out but in no case would the result have been changed by counting the discarded ballots. In the thfrd ward where the vote for councilman was so close only two were thrown out and on both of these every name was stamped.
New Deputy Sheriff.
E. A. Cox has been obliged to resign his position as deputy sheriff on account of his continued ill health. His successor in the office is II. P. A. Berryman, who entered upon his duties to-day.
To Warrant Holders.
All those who hold warrants against the county for money due will please present them to theuCounty Treasurer and they will be cashed. &
JOHN C. IIUTTON. Treasurer.
PART SECOND
THE SCHOOL FIND LAW.
Supreme Court Holds Thai It Is Const ituI ioual--Opinion r.y.ludge cCabc, Setting I'ortli Croiinds I poll Which
The Opinion Is ltuscd.
The law requiring township trustees to return certain State school money, remaining unexpended at the close of a school year, for redistribution has been declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. The contention lu»s been that some trustees who were not expending all the money were retaining the remainder, to their own or to the township's advantage, instead of returning it to the county treasurers, as required by law. The Marion Circuit Court held the law unconstitutional. That decision was reversed by Judge McCabe. In his opinion he says:
Courts do not bend the constitution when they give it the effect which the people intended it should have, The equal distribution of the State school revenue to the school corporations according to the number of school children is a means and not an end. An equal distribution owing to local causes may operate this to an end and the leading purpose of the constitution. Should a. densely-populated township have an unexpended balance of the amount distributed to it left over at the end of the school year, the statutory requirement that/it be returned for redistribution is in st rict conformity to the requirement of the constitution that the school shall be equally opened to all. It is believed that scarcely anything could be more unfavorable to the faithful administration of our common school system than to allow these unexpended balances to accumulate in the hands of township trustees, a constant temptation to dereliction of duty, if not of fraud. So long as these balances are thus suffered to remain in the hands of township trustees the school children are wholly deprived of the use of them. The act will also prevent the returning of false enumeration that the revenue may be increased.
It is held that the court can have no means of separating the State school from the congressional township tuition revenue and the local tuition revenue derived from local sources. When $100 is paid out by a trustee, the amount of a. State school revenue which he has paid out bears the same proportion to the $100 that the whole State school revenue distributed to him bears to the whole school revenue. State, congressional township and local revenues distributed to him for the year all put together. It is a mistake to suppose that a distribution of school revenue to the school corporations of the State changes the ownership. The State does not lose, control until it has been paid out for tuition purposes. A question of fees is indirectly involved. The State Superintendent tried to get the trustees to pay this money over voluntarily. They declined. This suit was then brought.
The court in the decision, the Superintendent of Public Instruction says, presents a new constitutional view. "The court says that the equal distribution of the school revenues is only a means. The great object of Article 8 of the constitution is to furnish every chid an equal opportunity to an education. Anything, the court holds, that stands in the way of equal opportunity is in conflict with Article and must be stet aside. It i.s not distribution, but opportunity that is involved."
About a half million dollars in all has been involved in this suit. The amount has been withheld in the last twenty years, but of this perhaps $300,000 has been paid to the counties. However, about 200,000 is still held back by trustees. Deputy Attorney General Leon Bailey, in speaking of the decision to tlie Indianapolis New*, says: "Every trustee will have ampleopportunity to comply with the law. If they do this there will be no fees for anyone. If we are compelled torecover by suit, of course, this office would be entitled to the fee of 12 per cent. We regard this as a signal victory for the State. The effect will be to make an end of padded enumerations and private speculation in school balances."
The Smallpox Averted.
The Indianapolis papers Tuesday contained extended interviews with the members of the State Board of Health, who visited Chicago to protest against the careless manner in whieh the officials of that city allowed the smallpox to float out over the country. In the interview Dr. Taylor states that the Board accomplished its purpose and that the Chicago officials have taken steps toward quarantine. It is thought that the prompt action of our State Board prevented the spread of the dread disease over I ndiana. -J
Death of Henry Largent.
Henry Largent, aged 70 years, died Tuesday at his home, four miles north of the city, of dropsy of the heart. He was an old and respected citizen of the county. The funeral occurs to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. M. Stafford. Interment at Shiloh.
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