Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1914 — Page 4

DAI L YD E M O C R A T PubliahM Ivary Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW Q. ELLINQHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates, Per week, by carrier......... 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall <2.60 Single Copies 2 eents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postottke In Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. SOME FIGURES Dust evening's Herald contained a half page of political balderwash, :i large part of which were numbers of orders and amounts supposed to have been drawn for the expenses of the euiveyor'i office. They do not assert even that any money was wrongfully drawn but that the expenses were higher than before. Probably true, though we doubt it .for just a glance at the orders show thaf-they have in eluded some at least that do not belong there. For instance Order No. C 164 was paid to Mercer county for an assessment on the Pearl King ditch and there are several others which' would indicate that whoever took the figures off the books was not as careful as he might have been. The boys who are traveling under the flag ‘Tell nothing but the truth,” do not explain that over $3,000 of the amount charged was drawn by C. C. Ernst, and that the greater part of that was earned many years before. This would reduce the cost of the survey or’s office to about $4,000. If you coneider that the work In that office now requires five deputies who receive from two to four dollars per day air! that the traveling expenses of a surveyor are considerable, you will find that the surveyor has not realised more than a fair salary of about four dollars a day. That certainly is not an exorbitant price for a county official. “Tell nothing but the truth” is a good motto, but it should be followed and not just used for advertising purposes. We do not care to discuss these charges that, are being made at this time, but each will be answered when the campaign opens in a few weeks. In the meantime It should be remembered that not only the books in the treasurer’s office are open for inspection, so are those in the auditor’s office, where you will also find each bill and what service was performed for the amount paid, so also are the books open in every office in

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the county and you are Invited to call at any of them and secure any Information you may desire. It is no crime to do business with the county and .unless it is shown that the bills are exorbitant or wrong wo see no argument In printing a list of bills as long as the moral law. Register Saturday, The registration boards will be in session in your precinct from six o'clock in the mornling until nine at night. If you regis ter now the duty will he out of the road. Do It. If you register Saturday you will have qualified for voting next November. It is a duty that you should not put off for you might be prevented from registering in October. Do it now—Saturday. President Wilson wants Senator Shiveley re-elected because he knows his worth. The senator from Indiana has proven one of the president’s most valuable assistants. He will head the ticket this fall and deserves your loyal support. President Wilson is a candidate for renomination and we are for him. We are not only for him for another term i but we are for him this term and be- j lieve he deserves the assistance of j democrats in \ongress and the senate. | We are therefor also for Snator * Shively and .Congressman Adair ani we believe that a majority of the people of this state and district feel the same way about it. " 1 j In his public life, belonging to the American people, the attitude and action of President Wilson toward the warring powers of Europe have the grateful approval and strong support of the nation. A proposal need be none the less sincere because it is certain of rejection. The time will come when one or the other of the powers at war will long for peace. Ihe President has told that power whom to turn to for aid in securing it. Steady effort to end the war cannot but shorten it and every day by which it is shortened will save so much of life —Baltimore News (Ind.) The semi-official announcement that

BE SURE TO REGISTER SATURDAY

Do not fail to re- j gister—else you can t vote. Saturday is the day. It may not be exactly convenient but don’t put off this this important duty. And do NOT let this first registration go by with the reflec-

tion that you can register in October. i'ou may be away from home then, or sick or something. A thousand and one things can happen on the one lone, lonesome day on which the law says you may perform a certain action. So, in order to be on the safe side do it now”— that is, register next Saturday. AND DO NOT FOKGET IT. Why, I knew a man last year who lost the opportunity to vote because he was called away from home suddenly on the day before the final registration day, and owing to an accident, did not arrive home until after the poles had closed. Make sure that such a calamity does not happen to you. ‘‘No registration in a former year will suffice to qualify a voter for suffrage this year. The registration act contemplates that there shall be a seperate registration for each election. Voters are required under the law to present their applications for registration in person, or by affidavit if ill, quarantined or unavoidably absent from the county. A person qualified to register must be 21 years old on or before the date of the election in November and must be a resident of the state for six months, township sixty days and precinct thirty days before the election. The voter must give his name, address, age at last blrtfcday and place of birth. Each political;; party may have one watcher la the room where the registration takes place. It is important that Democrats vote this year. Not only are great issues at stake, but— ,

President Wilson will be a candidate for renomlnatkra will he good news to the rank and file of democracy as well as to hundreds of thousands of Independent voters all over this great land. It is said that Mr. Bryan when asked about the matter said that if he didn't the nomination wouldn't be worth having. The people are satisfied that he will make good and no difference) what the condition of affairs politically Mr. Wilson will bn called to again fill the highest office in the land. Somewhere right here in Decatur, some time yesterday, the republicans held a mysterious session and the part that is almost stranger than fiction is that though unheralded an immense crowd gathered there to hear the political issues of the hour discussed by big men of the state, according to a news Hem In last evening’s Herald. The truth is that a few men who for forty years have tried to wedge into county office gathered at Graham & Walters’ and discussed plans of how they could best use the Milton Miller democrats to their best advantage. A democrat fighting under such leaders as Graham A- Walters, Erltzinger, Butler. Erisinger, P. L. and the rest of them, certainly would feel inspired. No nation’s finances were ever stronger than ours are today. And those who administer them will work in concert to see that every man; woman and child in the union is faithfully served. Our position financially is sound. Our position industrially is sound Our position agriculturally is sound. Our position socially is sound. Our position politically is becoming sounder. War in Europe cannot bankrupt America. Rather will it increase the market for our products, raise the financial status of the country to ailmeasured heights among the nations of the world, impart an impetus u> cur aborning mercantile marine and quicken the whole energy and conscience of our people.—New York American. Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Connell motored to Fort Wayne today.

A huge Democratic vote will stand as an endorsement of President Wilson and the Democratic Congress. It is of course,vital that the Democratic majority be maintained, for President Wilson still has his great progressive program to complete in all its details and it behooves every royal member of the party to constitute himself a committee of one and get out — AND HUSTLE. It’s no time to lag behind, but when the flag drops every mother’s son has got to take his heafi and jump right out on the track. Stick to the inside of the track, mass close together, close up the ranks tight against the enemy. It’s no time for personal grouches and sulky feelings. Just remember that we are all Democrats —and go ahead. But flrst— register next Saturday. If that first and most essential duty is neglected nothing else will count. For unless a man can vote he has sacrificed 1 is greatest offensive weapon. For my own part I never could understand how any man could he careless ;l'»out voting. It has always seemed to me that this great gilt of suffrage—of expressing a free and unbiased opinion at the poles—was a treasure beyond price. It is the one thing that seis the man of our wonderful modern civilization apart from backward, unprogressive peoples. Why, 1 am perfectly sijre that if an attempt were made to deprive an American citizen of his right to vote he would fight to the last breath in defence of his franchise —yet observe how careless he allows himself to be at times. It’s the most important thing you have to do all this week—to register on Saturday. So put a big red mark on the calendar— AND DON'T WA\r FOR OCTOBER REGISTRATION.

NUI A EASE OF ASSAULT Act That Surprised English Congregation for the Moment Was Quite Easily Explained. Rev. J. M. Bacon, In his book of reminiscences, “Records of an Aeronaut," tells the story of an unusual scene connected with a certain church which Is distinctly amusing. He says; “The corner seat of a prominent pew was Invariably occupied by the principal farmer of the place, who was likewise church warden. Immediately behind him sat his brother, a burly, athletic man, whom few would have cared to stand up to, still less to be knocked down by. It was surprising, therefore, to say the least to see this powerful fellow, during one morning's service. Just as the congregation rose for a hymn, strike his brother, without apparent provocation a heavy blow In the back. "The brother did not resent the assault in the least —Indeed, If his expression Indicated any emotion, it was rather that of satisfaction and tri umph. "Os course, after the service an ex planatlon of the young yeoman’s ex traordlnary conduct was asked for and easily obtained. The victim of the blow put the whole case in a nutshell. 'I felt summut creep up my back.’ he explained. ‘So I turns my head an says to my brother, "Jim, d'ye see a lump between my shoulders? That’s a mouse. You hit 'un hard as soon as we stand up.” You see, I wore this coat at the market last Thursday. There was a sample of corn in the pocket, and I suppose there was a mouse among the corn.’ ” REALIZES VALUE OF FRIENDS Successful Mar Has Proved Thai There Is Much Truth in Old, Well-Known Adage. “That man,” a neighbor said to me the other day, “always stays by his friends.” He was speaking of anothei neighbor who has failings like a lot more of us. The man in question is fairly succesfuh His talents are few and he isn’t gifted with any more in dustry than he should be, but he la counted as one up well along toward the head of the procession in town affairs. He liked to make new friends, but he never saw a prospect good enough to cause him to trade an old friend for the prospect. He thinks when you have a true friend you have a cinch and the market offers no trade worth considering. He has been pulled out of the mire several times because he refused to trade horses in the middle of the stream. When he is sick the boys call on him and ask if there isn’t something they can do. When he is in trouble he gets assistance without much effort on his part. Ills one asset in the many years that I have known him has been that he stuck to his friends. He isn't very smart, but he knows a cinch when he sees it. —Kansas City Star.

Eccentric Funerals. An enormous crowd gathered at Chester, England, a few' months ago, to witness the funeral of an electrical engineer, who was carried to the cemetery in a coffin that had been laboriously constructed by himself out of 4,000 match boxes. These, with their tops visible and advertising their respective makers, were varnished over and strengthened inside with wood. On the coffin was placed an electric battery. Some years ago a maiden lady died at Calemis-sur-Lys, in France, who was reported to have been a champion snuff taker. Her funeral was most extraordinary. Her wish was that her coffin should be filled with tobacco, the floor of the mortuary chamber carpeted with it, and the heir to the property charged to scatter tobacco before the hearse on the way to the cemetery. Gcod Boy! The late Charles H. Britting, proprietor of the New York actors' restaurant known as the "Little Hall of Fame,” took a keen interest i i popular trends and movements of all kinds. Mr. Britting thought little of scientific management and efficiency engineering. He said one day of an efficiency engineer: "Blank Is a fool, and I thought he’d go broke. But, by jingo, the fellow has deceived me. He has discovered a labor-saving device, and his address will be Easy street from nowon.” “Good boy Blank!” said an actor. ‘‘And what labor-saving device has he discovered?” ‘‘An elderly widow,” Mr. Britting answered —“an elderly widow with a million who has consented to marry him.” Romance Begun in Corn Field. Mistral, the dead Provencal poet, has told how his father, a prosperous farmer, first met his mother, then a very young girl. The gleaners w’ere following the reapers in his corn, and among them he notice “a beautiful girl, who hung back as though half ashamed of being seen with the others. He asked her name and found she was the daughter of the mayor of Kaillane. ‘What!’ exclaimed my father, ’the daughter of the mayor gleaning?’ ’Master,’ said she, ‘we are a large family- six girls and two boys. Our father, though as you know he has sufficient, says to us w r hen we ask for money, "My daughters, if you wish for new clothes, go end earn them.” That is the reason why I am glean m ,u

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