Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1912 — Page 3

UW GOVERNING ELECTIONS 111 ■ STATEOEINDIftNA Provides for Registration ol Voters and Other Matters Connected Therewith. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAWS Heavy Penalties Provided for Corrup. tlon or Attempted Corruption— Duties of Election Officials Are Set Forth In Most Explicit Terms. AN ACT providing lor registration ol voters, and matters connected therewith. [S 6. Approved March 4, 1911.1 Elections —Registration of Voters.— Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen- ■ eral assembly of the State of Indiana, That hereafter it shall be unlawful for M any person to vote at any general election held in this state, unless such parson be at the time a registered voter under the requirements of this act. County Commissioners —Precinct Boundaries. —Sec. 2. Every order of a board or commissioners in any county in this state establishing, changing, dividing or consolidating election ; recincts in such county shall be made not later than their March session in any year in which w 111 occur a general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemoer. The precincts shall remain throughout the year as they are established at such March session, or previously. And a notice required by law of the establishment of precincts cr changes of boundary slwill be given immediately alter such March session, if it has not been previously given. Registration Inspector and Clerks.— Sec. 3. In each calendar year in which will occur in this state a general election, held on the first Tuesuay after Che first Monday in November, there shall be appointed a registration Inspector and two registration clerks for each voting pref inct in the sever’d counties of this state. The registration inspector and clerks so appointed shall constitute the registration boar ! of the precinct for which appoi.ia i. The registration inspector shall. at the time of his appointment, be a voter and resident freeholder of the township in which the (.redact is s;:»iate, and shall have resided in sal I township continuously icr at lent one year immediately ; : lor thereto, cr a . ’ resident householder ..nd voter of : le precinct in which the precinct is uate, and shall have resided in r ■! I township continuous’ for at least two years immediately rior thereto. The registration clerks at the time of their appointment shall be voters and resident* of the township in which the precinct is situate, and they shall not. both be adherentsof the same political party. The registration inspector shail be appointed by the board o f commissioners of the county at its regular April session preceding such election. The auditor shall notify him of his appointment, and within ten days after such notice he shall qualify by taking oath to support the constitution of the Tnited States and of the State of Indiana and to faithfully and honestly discharge his duties as such registration inspector, which oath shall be in •writing and filed in the auditor’s office of the county. In case such Inspector should fall to qualify within the time prescribed, his position shall be deemed vacant. All vacancies occurring in the office of a registration inspector shall be filled by appointment of the auditor of the county. The registration clerks of the precinct shall be appointed by the Inspector not less than five (5) days before their May session. The county chair man of each of the political parties • which cast the highest and next highest vote respectively in the county at the last preceding general election Shall have the right to nominate one of the clerks of the registration for each precinct, provided he do so in writing at least ten (10) days before Bald May session, and the Inspector ahall appoint the persons so nominated respectively: Provided, That if either or both of the chairmen of said political parties should fail to so |UHnlniite. then the Inspector shall appoint the clerk or clerks without such nomination. The clerks shall each, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take an oath in writing to support the constitution of the 1 nited ■’ States and of the State of Indiana, and to faithfully and honestly discharge their duties as registration clerks, Which oath shall be returned by the inspector to the auditor of the county and filed in the auditor's office at the time the Inspector returns other papers hereinafter required, immediately . -fificr the May session of said board. The inspector and clerks shall hold their office from the time of their appointment until tha day following the ensuing general election. ■ Registration Boards —Sessions. Bee. 4. The registration board of each ? voting precinct of this state shall hold in such precinct three regular sessions in each year In which a general election will occur. The first session of ‘ Inch board shall be held on Thursday, the one hundred eightieth (18°th) day preceding such election and shall be , ■ ktiown as its May session; the second •Osslon shall be held on Friday, the

• sixtieth (60th) day before such election, and shall be known as its September session; the third session shall be held on Monday, the 29th day before such election and known as its October session. County Auditoi —Registration Books. —Sec. 5. The auditor of each county shall make or cause to be made and delivered to the registration inspectc of each precinct in the county ten (10) days or more before the May session of the registration board, two (2) blank forms of registration books and sufficient number of blank applications for registration, and other necessary stationery. Each registration book shall be covered with tag, have a proper caption, with blanks tc adjust it to any precinct, and shall be ruled in ten (10) columns, headed respectively number; name; residence; where born; when came to U. S.; when and where naturalized; when and where declared intention; where resided since October last; remarks; and shall contain a sufficient number of leaves to allow for registration of all voters in a precinct, with the memoranda required to be made after the names as elsewhere provided by this act, and also for an alphabetical index at the back of the book of the names registered, with a reference to their numbers respectively. The application blanks shall be of such form as are suitable for their purposes under the requirements of this act. Places for Registration —Notice. — Sec. 6. The county commissioners of each county in the state shall, at least fifteen (15) days before each session of the board of registration provide for and secure in each precinct of the county a suitable room in which the board shall sit during its session, and if practicable they shall secure the same room for each session of the year. The room shall not be one in which spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors are kept or sold. The auditor of the county shall give ten (10) days’ notice of the time and place of each session of the board of registration, by one publication in two newspapers of general circulation of each of the political parties which cast the highest and next highest vote respectively in the county at the last preceding general election printed and published in the county, if such there be, and he shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the registration inspector of each precinct in the county, at least ten (10) days before the May session of the' board of registration, fifteen (15) printed forms of notice of the time and place of such session, with blanks therein as to the township, precinct and place of the session, that by filling the blanks the printed notices may be suitable for any precinct in the county. The inspector of the precinct shall fill the blanks, in writing, properly for his precinct and at least eight (8) days before such session of the board post the same in at least five (5) public places in the precinct and in as many othei places as he may deem proper, or cause them to be so posted. The notices so posted of the May session of the board shall have for caption, “Important notice to voters of registration,” and in the body the notice shall state in effect among other things: “Every voter of the precinct is required to register at a session of the board. If he fail to register at its May, September or October session, he will have no right to vote at the November election.” It shall be the duty of the registration inspector to go to the county auditor's office, at least ten (10) days before the May session of the board, and receive from the auditor registration books, blanks, and other stationery for each precinct. When he has received the blank forms of application, he may place portions of them at such place or places and in such hands in the precinct as that voters therein may conveniently obtain them before the day of registration. He shall retain a sufficient portion in his own hands to deliver to voters who may apply for them before such date, and shall retain till the day of registration and have at the place of registration on that day a sufficient portion to supply all voters of tho precinct that may there apply for them. The registration Inspector shall cause the members of the registration board to be furnished with good, plain and substantial meals during the time they are in session The expense of registration and preparation therefor and returns thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury by tho board ot commissioners as election expenses are paid; and' the county council shah, in due seasfti, make the necessary appropriations therefor

Qualifications to Roister. —Sec. 7. At the May, September or October session of the board of registration every male person who at the time resides iu the precinct in which he ap plies for registration, and who will be of the age of twenty-one (21) years or upward at the next ensuing November election, and Is a citizen of the United States, or, if not a citizen of the United States, who, if he continue to reside in the precinct till the next following November election, will at that time have resided In the State of Indiana during the six (6) months and In the United States during the one (1) year Immediately preceding such election, shall bo entitled, upon proper application, to be registered in such precinct. No other person or persons shall be entitled to be so registered. Nothing in this act shall be construed us qualifying or attempting to qualify any person to vote at any election, even though registered, who would not be so qualified if th are were no registration act in force in this state, the purpose of this act being to provide for and require registration In addition to the requirements of other laws and the constitution of the State ot Indiana.

May Session—Hours.—Sec. 8. The 11 board of registration, at its May, Sep- ( tember or October session, shall be in 1 session for receiving applications and I registering names from the hour of 5 i o’clock a. m. till the hour of 6 o’clock ‘ t p. m., and as much longer as an appli- ! t cation shall be presented every five i minutes, but not later than 8 d’clock i p. m.; K and shall remain in session, it < necessary to accommodate the voters, ( during like hours of the next one or ; i two succeeding days, when so request ' j ed in writing by five voters of the pre- , i cinct. When the board closes its session for the receipt of applications, it J ; shall'remain in session Uutil it hash fully completed its registration books i and signed up and certified the same, | and done other things required in this j act. When the beard opens its ses- j sion for the receipt of applications, 1 each clerk of the board of registration ! shall take one ot the registration . books am;) register therein tho names i in the order of application, and other things required by this act. Application of Voter—Contents. — ' Seel. 9. Before any applicant shall I present himself to tne board at the | May, September or October session for registration, he shall make cr | cause to be made in writing, or partly ; in writing and partly in print, in the ■ English language, an application showing the following: His name; that he j resides in the precinct in which he de- i sires to be registered; the place of his I residence in the precinct; his age on the last preceding anniversary of his I birthday; if born in the United States,; in what state, territory or district he , was born; if not born in the United States, in what country he was born; ' it lorelgn born, whether he has been naturalized under the laws of the United States, and, if so, when and where naturalized; if foreign born and not naturalized, whether he has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably with the laws thereof on the subject of naturalization; if so, when and where; if foreign born and not naturalized, when he came to the United States; at what place or places he has resided during all the time since the last day of the preceding October, and the length of time he has resided in I each place, if more than one. In such ■ application, it shall be a sufficient j showing of the place in the precinct at which the applicant resides, if situate outside of a town or city, if it show the name of the owner or reputed I owner of the real estate on which the applicant resides, and, if inside a city ; or town, if it show the street and ; street number cf the house in which he resides, and if his residence have no street number, if it show the charI acter of the house, as to whether , frame, brick, or other material, one or more stories, on what street or alley ! it is situate, and on which side thereof, and the nearest cross streets between which it is situate. If a native ■ born applicant, residing outside of a city or town, a form of application after the manner of the following shall be sufficient: May 8,1912. My name Is John Doe. I reside in precinct No. 3. Warren township. Marion county, Indiana, on land known as Richard Roe’s. I was fifty (50) ! years of age on the 10th day of JanuI ary, 1912. I was born in the state of Ohio. (Signature) j If a foreign b’ rn applicant, who has not been naturalized, but declared his intention, and resides In a town whose houses have no street numbers, the following shall be a sufficient form: May 8,1912. ; My name is John Doo. I reside in precinct No. 2, ward No. 3, in the town of Hancock county, .ndiana, in a two story frame house, situate on Spruce street and on the west side thereof, between Fourth am. Fifth streets. I was fifty (50) years of age on the 10th day of January, 1912. I was born in Germany. I ar rived in the United States on the 4th day of September, 1910; I declared my Intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to the laws thereof touching naturalization, at i Columbus, Ohio, on the 15th day of September, 1911. 1 have resided in the United States continuously since October 31 last at the following places: From October, 1911, to JanuI ary 1, 1912, at Columbus, Ohio; from January 1 to February 1, 1912, at Cin- ' cinnatl, Ohio; from February 1, 1912, until the present time at the place where I now reside. • [(Signature) ] Written Signatures or Mark.—Sec. 10. Every application for registration shall be signed with the name of the applicant in his own hand writing and in the English language, if be he able i to write his name in the English lan- I guage, and if not then in any language that he may be able to write. If he is . not able to write in any language, he , may procure some resident of the township to write bis name for him, and he shall make his mark But the person so writing his name shall also write his own name on the instrument | as attesting witness. It shall be unlawful for any person to write the I name of an applicant to an application unless he is personally acquainted with such applicant, and if he writes the name of an applicant to an application, he must write his own name in attestation. Application In Person—Proceedings. —Sec. 11. In order to become registered at the May, September or October session of the board, the applicant shall appear in person and announce his name to the board and present his application. The board shall take the application and observe if ft be signed with his name. If so signed but not I attested, any member of the board | may inquire of him if the name is in his handwriting and if, after such inquiry. the board or any member there-

of feel that they, or he, has reason to doubt whether the signature is in the handwriting of the applicant, the board may require him to write hie name in their presence on the back 1 the application. If the applicant state that the signature is in his handwrit ing, or, where required, write his name on the back thereof in the presence of the board, or if it appear that the application is dully signed and ttested his ntime shall then be written ! in both of the registration books in the ; column of legistration and numbered , in its regular order, and both clerks ' shall indorse their initials on the ba i< cf the application, and it shall be ; numbered to correspond with the” number of the registry name, and th? board shall announce to the applicant the number of his name. The appli- j cant shall then retire. If there be ; other applicants ready t<- register, the board shall proceed with them in the j santci manner Books —Filling in Data. —Sec. 12. At any time during the day when the time of the board is not taken in receiving applications ana writing the names in the registration books, etc., ; the clerks may proceed to fill out the i various columns of their registration ! .books by inserting in the proper column, after each name, the data contained in the application, and indicated by the heading of the columns; ’ and when the board is closed for the . receipt of applications in the evening, ! it shall remain in session until the j clerks have completed both registra-. ; tion books by inserting in the columns thereof, from each application, the 1 data which there belongs; and on each 1 book, immediately below the last name i | registered, they shall place this ccr , tificate, which shall be signed by the members of the board: “The above is a correct registration i of all applications received by the i board of registration, for the .... • precinct in township, in j county, at itj May, September or October session, and on the . . of 19...” And the board shall arrange all applications received in regular order as to number and securely inclose the ' same in a paper wrapping, and indorse the same as applications re- | celved at the session (naming it) of I the board of registration, of the precinct and township (naming them), ' the inspector shall take charge of the b registration books and all said packages and within two days deliver i them to the auditor of the county in h'.s office. County Auditor—Custody of Books. Etc.—Sec. 13. The auditor of the county shall keep said registration ' books and packages in his office in l such place or receptacle as they will be secure; he shall in no event allow any of them to be taken from his office except by inspectors of registration or election officers, as hereinafter pro- ■ vlded. But at least one of the registration books shall be open to examination by the public and to be copied from, as any other public record. September Session —Hours. —Sec. 14. Not more than three days before the September session of the registration board, the inspector of the precinct shall obtain from the auditor’s office use registration books and have them at the place of registration in the precinct on the day thereof. The board at that session shall meet at 5 o’clock a. m. and continue In session for the receipt of applications for registration until 6 o’clock p. m. and as much longer thereafter as an application shall be presented every five minutes, but not later than 8 o’clock p m , and after that hour it shall receive no further applications, but shail remain in session until it has completed its registration books and certified the same and inclosed in packages and indorsed the same. Applications received at that time and papers accompanying the same, which shall be taken by the inspector and returned within two days to the auditor s office and shall there remain until taken by the inspector for the October session. Persons applying at that time for registration shall, in addition to all the facts hereinafter required, show in what precinct, township and county they have resided since the May session of the board and definitely describe the place so that it can be ascertained. And if they were registered at the May session of the board they shall present with their application a copy of the record of their registration at the May session, duly certified under the hand and seal of the auditor of the county where they were so registered. For ail persons registered at such session, in addition to the other data entered in the registra tlon books, the clerks shall Insert in 1 the column of remarks the place 1 where registered if registered at the I May session. October Registration.—Sec. 15. At i the October session of the registration I board, voters may be registered as provided for at the May session of : such board: Provided, however, that 1 tn their application they shall state ■ the county, township and precinct where they resided, both at the May and September sessions of the board, particularly describing the place so that it can be definitely determined where such residence was; and If registered at either the May or September session of such board, they shall present with application a copy of the ! records if of such registration or regi istratlons, duly certified under the hand and seal of the auditor of the county where they were so registered and such application shall clearly show the places where they have resided from the May session of said board I up to the October session thereof, and the October session shall be open for the receipt of applications the same as the May and September sessions, but the board shall, before its adjournment, complete and certify, its A.

registration books and inclose in packages the applications, copies of records and affidavits received, indorse the ssyne, and the inspector shall again take charge and return the same to the auditor's office within two days. Compensation of Board. —Sec. 16. Each member of the election board shall receive for his services at the rate of four dollars per day, forth? time necessarily engaged in the distharge of his duties as such member. Watchers.—Sec. 17. While the registration board is in session, it shail permit to be in the rcom cue person as watcher from each j olltieal party in the county, if suci: i.orsop have written authority ft ::t the county chairman of such p. . The board shall not permit mon. .; . i three persons to be in the room at any one time, other than the watchers an! members of the board. Police Powers. — Sec. IS. Each member of the board of registration, while in session, shall be a conservator ol the peace and shall have the right to arrest any person who creates any disturbance in or around the room of the board, or offers any interfereme with the work of the board or people appearing for the purpose of registra tion, or who violates any law >f the date in the presence or hearing of the board, and he shall have the right tc command bystanders to assist in mak ing such arrest and in detaining such i i erson until a warrant can be ob t; '?.ed fcr him. Pcr,.J'y — False Registration or id stement.—‘Sec. I.'. it shall be u: i lavriul for any pe i-' ti who is not a I voter, knows he will not be a i the next c:: . rrs reners] elec•?n, to apply for i radon in any I clrrtton precinct ir: this state, or to I , ,- e himself to ' ■ registered there i - ■ a voter; and '* sh:>il bp unlawful ! ‘‘c’ person to ma ■■ any false statei ~.eut ia ar-y a;jpli'ou ihat he may r> -'.j Io the )<• r I of registration I (': ■ ti e purpose o procuring himself | to be registered, and It shall be un 1 ' I -..Til for him to precent any appliesj i> h-.'O'vinj l , it contains a false state j Any person violating any of th. I •'.■•o' isj ns of this section shall, on | cor icticn, be imprisoned in the state i prison not less th ;i one (1) year not p. ore than five (5) years and fined in any sum net more th tn five hundre * i i collars ($500.00). I Penally—Gutsc. ibing Name of Cthei j Ferron. —Sec. 20. It shall be unlawful for any person to subscribe the i name of any other pel son to an appli I ration for registration in any precincf of this state, if such person know.: | such application to contain a false j Statement, and it shall be unlawful foi any person to subscribe the name ot any other person to any such applica tion for registration without writing his own name thereon as an attesting witness.« Any person, convicted of via lation of this section, shall be impris oued In the state prison not less than one nor more than five years and fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). Penalty—Board Making False Regis tration. —Sec. 21. It shall be unlaw ful for any member of the board o! registration of any precinct in this state to register, or cause to be registered. in the registration books of am precinct, the name of any person, un less such person has presented in his own proper person to such board while in session, at the time provided for in this act for the purpose o f registering voters, an application duly signed Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be | imprisoned in the state prison not less : that one. nor more than five, years ■ and fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars ($.>0(l.o0). Penalty—Neglect of Duty.—Sec. 22. Any member of the board of registration or any public officer, upon whom any duty Is impused by this act, who shall wilfully neglect to perform such duties, or do any act prohibited herein for which punishment is not otherwise provided, shall '>e deemed guilty of a felony, and upcm conviction shall be punished by irrmrisonment in ’he state prison for not less than six months nor more than three years, and by a line ot not less than fitly dollars (SSO) nor more (han five hundred dollars ($500). and be disfranchised and rendered ineligible of holding any office for any determinate period, not less than five years. Books and Papers nt Election Polls. —Sec. 23. At the time tickets and other supplies are received by the inspector for the November election, he shall also receive from the auditor the registration b-noks, registration applications and ntEdavhs returned by the registration board, and shall have those present ai lh» ejection precinct on the day of the election, and within three days thereafter shall return them to the auditor. Challenge—-Not Registered. Sec. 21. In addition to the grounds of challenge of a voter or proposed voter at the eiection, it sh til, hereafter, be a ground of challenge that, the person offering to vote Is not registered. The person so challenged, shall not be permitted to vote until he make and present an affidavit that he is registered and that he is the identical person who is registered under the name under which he intends to vote. Upon such challenge, the election officers of th° precinct shall inspect the application for registration, and if they be satisfied that the affidavit of such person is false, they shall order his arrest at once: Provided, That no person shall be allowed by the officers to vote at the election whose name is not registered, even though there be no challenge on that ground. City Registration. — Sec. 25. In tin election in any city of this state, of more than fifteen thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding United States census, there shall be required

t registration of voters, complying with the provisions of this act; except that in the registration of voters therein the inspector of registration i shall be appointed by the clerk of the ’ city and the clerk of the city shall per- £ form all the duties required by this j act of (he auditor of the county. The duties herein required of the board of commissioners shall be performed by ’ the city council, and the rights or ' nomination of election officers by s chairmen of political parties of the ( county in this act, may be exercised j by chairmen of the city committees of j the political parties, if such there be. The city officers shall be required to perform the various duties herein pre- 1 scribed for the county officers in ‘ whose stead they act, subject to the ; same penalties and provisions herein ■ prescribed as to such county officers. . The city shall appropriate for and defray the expense of such registration, j in the same manner as it defrays the expense of a city election. Repeal.—Sec. 26. To the extent that any la.w heretofore passed is in conflict with the provisions of this act, the same is hereby repealed. PROVIDING FOR A RECOUNT Rights of Candidates Protected Where There Is Evidence of Dishonesty in Conduct of Elections. AN ACT to provide for recount and correction in township, city, county, circuit, district and state elections where voting machines are used. [H. 258. Approved February 25, 1911.] Elections — Voting Machines — Recount. Section 1. Bo it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, That at any time within ten days after the Thursday next succeeding any election, wherein the votes are cast by means of voting machines, any candidate for office at such election, desiring to contest the same, may petetion [petition], in writing, the circuit court, if in session, or the judge thereof in vacation, for a recount of ballots cast tyithin the bounds of the , county wherein such court has jurisdiction. Contest Petition —Order for Recount.—Sec. 2. Upon the petition ot such candidate, duly verified, showing ! that he desires to contest such election, and honestly believes that said , machine, or machines, was defective, * or was tampered with unjawfully, or ! there was mistake or fraud committed 1 in the official count of the vote re- | corded by said machine, or machines, , in any voting precinct or precincts ! within said county, and that he deI sires a recount and correction of the ; ballots cast on said machine, or ma- ! chines, at said election for the office 1 for which he was a candidate, and I upon his furnishing a written underI taking, with sufficient freehold securi- : ty, that he will pay all costs of such j recount, the court or judge shall grant 1 I the prayer of said petetion [petition] ’ I and order said recount to be made, and I set the 'p for hearing and the clerk | of said ' will issue process on the | petition inst tho opposing candii 1 date as >. roviced in civil cases. Dcte for Hearing.—Sec. 3. In fixing sn<h d:.’p f ir said recount an! correction th art shall fix the time within twenty .’.i f, thereafter unless the time ■ , of '.ran’in’t said petetion [petition] ' | 1.-e Li •> .: ' ” i and more than tw ruy 1 | d .vs i :<( :■ to the first day of the next i i succeecliny term of court, in which ■ I case lie <huJl fix the said date for , • i hearing on 'he first day of the fol: , ! ; ing term of said court. ’ ; Hearing—Examination — Assistant. ’ | 3ec. 4. Upon the day fixed the court 1 , shall proceed to make such recount | and correction by hearing evidence as ■ ' in other cases and the court shall ■ j have power to open and examine said 1 ■ machine or machines and to appoint ’ I a competent mechanic to assist tn 1 ’ such examination and said examina--1 ' tion Is to be made in open court and ■ ; such mechanic shall receive the sum ’ of $5 for his said services in addition 1 to the regular witness fee. ’ Correction us Totals. Sec. 5. When 1 j the evidence is heard said court shall • : decide the number of votes each of i said candidates received by said ma- ' { chino or machines in said respective ’ ! precinct or precincts and said court shall, in case of fault of the machine ' , to properly register from any cause | or an incorrect or fraudulent count, ! correct the same and give to each of said candidates his correct vote in said precinct or precincts, and shall io • the ease of township, city and county * < offices, correct the total vote of such candidates in said township, city ot ’■ ‘ county in at<!ordance with said finding and declare the one receiving the 11 greatest number of votes elected to 1 said office and tn circuit, district and 1 ; state offices such correction, if any, ' shall be certified by the clerk of said < court to the secretary of state who ‘ j shall correct the total vote of such ’ I candidate in accordance therewith. L • Balked of Prison Sentence. At York city quarter sessions recently a prisoner who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft from a shop was shown to have gone straight to the police station, stating that he committed the robbery in order that he might be sent to Jail, and so have shelter for the winter. The recorder held the taking the goods with that intent was not a crime, and, as the prisoner refused to withdraw his plea of guilty, imj&sed the nominal penalty of one day's Imprisonment. — London TitBits. A Full House. 1 "What plan,” said an actor to another, “shall I adopt to fill the hous« at my benefit?” "Invite your creditors,” was the surly reply.—Life.

PUBLIC SALE. I will offer for public sale at my residence on the John Myers place, 2% miles southwest of Decatur, Indiana, on the old angling road, Friday, February 9, 1912, beginning at 10:00 o’clock a. in., tho following; property, to-wit: Three Head of Horses: One black horse, one gray mare, in foal; 1 sorrel driving horse: Two Head of Cattle: One Jersey and Durham milch cow, 1 Jersey anil l olled Durham cow. fresh in May. Hogs and Chickens: Six head of fat hogs, 1 Duroc btood sow, will farrow March Ist; 4 dozen (laying hens, 2 turkey hens, 1 gobbler. Farming Implements: One Turnbull wagon, complete; 1 M 'Cormick mower, 1 Oliver riding corn plow, 1 cheek rower corn plan-er, 2 breaking plows, 1 revolving hay ’ .Ke, 2 harrows, spring-tooth and spine; 1 shovel plow, hay rack, mud boat, log chain, 2 buggies, one open anil tone top buggy; 1 set heavy work harness, set single buggy harness, 30 gallon good cider vinegar, lot of corn fodder, in field; a lost of household and kith en furniture. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under cash in hand; all sums over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, the purchaser giving his note therefor with approved security. No property removed until terms of sale are complied with. NATHANIEL M \Y. John Spuhler, Auct. PUBLIC UALE. I wil> offer at bitDUe auction at my residence, 4 miles west of Decatur, and 1 mile east and 1 mile south of Peterson on what is known as the Good farm, on Thursday, February 15, 1912, beginning at. 1'1:00 o'clock a. m., the following property, to-wit: Five Head of Horses: One bay gelding, 7 years old, weighing 1400 lbs: 1 bay Gelding. 6 years old, weighing about 1500 Tbs.; 1 driving horse, 4-years old, and 2 old horses. Eight. Head of Cattle: Three milch cows, one will be fresh March Ist, 1 will be fresh Arril 15th, and one September Ist; 1 two-year-old heifer will be fresh April Ist, 1 two-year-old steer, 2 spring calves. Seventeen Head of Hogs: Five Poland brood sows, will farrow middle c’ March; 12 head of shoats. Farm•ng Implements: Two wagen.. one aa good as new, ,'ohn Deere tiding breaking plow, good as new- John Deere breaking plow, good as new: 2 . ulky corn plows, one good as new. check row corn planter, steel hay i aKe, spike tootb barrow, spring tooth harrow, disc, good as new; steel clod crusher, one Ideal giant Deering mower, good as new; 8-forked hay tedder, good as new; double-shovel plow, sin■gle shovel plow, 5-shovel cultivator, surrey, top buggy, 16-I'cot hay ladder, 3 18-foot ladders, mud beat, GO-gal. galvan'zed coal nil tan':, 4 sets work harness. set l-e-.-yy harness, sausage- staffer and grinder, wheel barrow, dinner bell, meat beaches, heating stove, fodder in mow. oats in bin, about 6 dozen spotted Wyandotte Chickens, 1# ' or 15 bu. of potatoes, cream separator, and many other things not mentioned ed. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under, in Laid; over $5.00 a redit of 9 mcntlis will le given, the pur(■b'; c ■ giving tiefc with approved se-r.-riC : ’ per cent off for cash "No ";ope: tv removed until settle’’ ‘or. P. F. BOOKER. ' Noah Freuhigcr, John Spuhler. uc- ' tioneers. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale nt iris residence, 2% miles northeast of Pleasant Mills and 2% miles south west of Wren, Ohio, on what is known as the Middleton farm, on Monday, t February 12, 1912, heginnin. at |() , o’clock a. m., the following propertyi to-wit: Four Head of Horses; One dark bay mare, 8 years old, in foal, i weight 1500 Tbs.; 1 bay mare, 5 years 1 old, in foal, weight 1300 lbs.; 1 gray ’ work horse, weight 1200 Tbs.; 1 bay ’ gelding colt, 2 years old in May j Three Head of Cattle: One Jersey , cow, will be fresh March Ist: 1 onet half Jersey heifer, will be fresh soon; i 1 one-half Jersey heifer, 1% yrs. <>Jd f Sixteen Head of Breeding Ewi-s. ”? 1 Head of Hogs; Two sows will far t row April Ist, one sow with 6 pigs j by her side, 13 head of shoals, weigh t ing from 50 to 60 Tbs. each. Farming ; Implements. Ono good farm w.-ro’i, s top buggy, hay loader, Superwv ’ grain drill, mower, Joint Deert- rid' g 1 breaking plow, 2 walking breaking j plows, single shovel plow, double , shovel plow, cultivator, cheek planter, i disc harrow, spring-tooth harrow, spike-tooth harrow, set good dump boards, set good double breeching work harness, set good work harness, set single buggy harness, set storm blankets, buggy pole, scoop board, set hay ladders, 175 shocks corn in field, hay in mow, about 2 bushels clover seed, some grain sacks, logging outfit, about 100 feet of chain, set log bunks, chain pulley, set double rope pulleys, iron kettle, grindstone, 13 doz. chickens, three turkey hens, gobbler, other articles not mentioned. Terms—All sums of $5.00 and under, cash in hand. All amounts over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, the purchaser giving good bankable freehold security; 4 per cent off tor cash. No property removed until settled for. H. H FOREMAN John Spuhler, Auct.