Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1914 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Puto'lahM Bvery Bvanlng Bioept tuaday By TSE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER ■Bsass-:.:..;.\ Subscription Rataa, Par week, by carrier........ 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall 02.50 Single Coplea 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce In Decatur, Indiana, as second claaa matter. POLITICAL CALANDAR i CONVENTION IN JEFFERSON. The democrats of Jefferson town-, ship will meet Tuesday evening, Sep-1 tember 29, at the Buckmaster school house to nominate candidates for ad-1, visory board, justice of peace, consta-i' bles and road supervisors. Speeches by J. C. Moran, 1). B. Erwin and J. T. 1 Kelly. < I IN MONROE TOWNSHIP. A mass convention win be held Tuesday evening, September 29 at school No. 5 in Monroe township to nominate members of advisory board, i supervisors, constables and justice of . peace. Speeches by Judge D. E. Smith and It. C. Parrish. < GENEVA MEETING 1 Wednesday evening, Sept. 30 — 1 speeches by Crittenberger, Cook,- Bit- t ler, France and VanNuys. Music by t band. Every body come. t c DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. Hon. Francis H. Rheinard of Indian- [ E

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' apolis, a German speaker, and Hou. . J. F. Fruchte, democratic candidate 1 for prosecuting attorney, will address the voters of Freidheim, Preble town- ■ ship, Friday evening, October 2nd. ' Hear the issues discussed. 226t4 BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP A democratic convention for Blue Creek township will be held at the Wechter school house, Saturday evei ning, October 3rd., to nominate advisory board, justice of peace, constable aud road supervisors. Speeche by Hon. J. C. Moran aud R. C. Parrish. o FIFTEEN MILLION I The present state administration ir-j Merited and did not create the temporary financial troubles of the State. This administration is engaged in ieadjusting the finances of the State [so that the affairs of the State can be 'transacted in a business like way. i The republican party was in supreme control of the state from 1895 until 1910, and during that period it called for advance payments from the counties to the genera! fund, to meet • tlie current expenses of the state, the sum of $15,408,841.02. FIFTEEN MILLIONS! To make this plainer, the policy of ' tiie republican administration was to | < anticipate future revenues, and pay the current expenses of the state out of the coming six months revenue instead of providing sufficient income to pay the expenditures of the current six months period. It has always been the policy of the taxing officials of every political subdivision of tho state, to the smallest unit, to have sufficient funds on hand at the close t

. of each tux gathering period to pay 1 tlie running expenses of the political 1 subdivision until the next tax gatherng period. This plain duty Is followi ed by the officials of every town, city township and county In the state. Strange as It may seem the power making the state tax levy ignored this common sense business duty - for twenty years. The change made in the . state tax rate by the legislature of J 1913 was an honest endeavor to put tlie affairs of the state upon the same basis that tlie every day business atairs of the state are conducted. Tlie tax rate was increased, not to take care of any increased salaries or new departments, but to reform the system of continually calling upon future revenues to pay current expenses. Every dollar of the state debt in the past twenty years was paid by the authority of a Democratic law; every democratic sinking fund law held tlie funds collected under that law sacred I for the payment of the state debt. The only period of time in the last wenty years when there was no payment on the state debt was during he time when the republican party was in complete control, and when they enacted the sinking fund law wlikh was never intended for the purpose of paying any part of the state ■debt. The high taxes of Adams county are due to the SYSTEM under which its business is conducted and the FAVORITISM that ramifies every department of the county.—The Herald. And that high county tax they talk about is 57 cents including bridges i

p and turnpike, not a very heavy assess--1 ment to cause all this bluster about ■ ‘system and favoritism” it is? Any - other tax is due to the township, r school, corporation or state tax. Do you think having the printing done at r the Herald office would reduce that ■s tax very much? Democrats should remember that t they must register next Monday if i they want to vote at the November election. Seventeen republican committee-1 men and one bull mooser have agreed 1 J 4 to deliver to the independent ticket 1 the 1,700 voters of tnose parties in Adams county—and they talk about machine politics. Under all former rules of the Herald they should have in referring to the amount of money the Berns Witness said we had drawn made it $57,000. They have the habit of adding on a figure by mistake and we had ooked for it certainly tn a case of so much importance to them as this. Strange as it may seem the Herald [ grees with the Berne Witness that : i is wrong for the Democrat to do ■ any business with the county, whether 1 ur bills are high or low-, whether we ave tlie county money or not. Turn • n your searchlight. Compare our I bills with those filed by the Herald | on identical work and you will find 1 that all this fuss is politics pure and, 1 imple. The Herald and the Witness I are crying “turn out the men who give ■ [the printing to the Democrat and put 1 In men who will give it to us.’.’ Our j i bills are on file. We insist that we J

■ ave never filed any except within tlie law and we are here, ready and Willing to return any money that we . have secured if any error or mistake i can be pointed out. We are also willing to allow the three thousand dem- . ocrats of Adams county to say whether or not we have represented the democratic party or a “ring” as mythical as are the supposed greivances the Herald has manufactured and growled and whined about for many months past. The Herald during its two or three years existence has done nothing but “knock”, and it is not to be surprised at that they have included the Democrat in their list. The Berne Witness appreciates the tone with which the Democrat responded to the editorial concerning its advertising expenditures. The response was more courteous than is usually the case of newspaper replies in this county, but it was hardly sufficient. —Berne Witness. What’s this! Remorse or sorrow? IWe had not hoped to receive the bless- ; iig of the Berne editor so quickly, low that you have the co-operation of t ie Decatur Herald you should go furher with yotft- investigations. Perhaps there is somewhere else you ; ould help advertise yourselves by atticking a competitor. Os course it doesn’t make any difference whether tlie charges you make are without foundation or not, just make the tatenients. anyway, and then sit back and say, “Let the other fellow ex- [ lain.” The Geneva Herald and the Democrat have had their “misrepre-

> eutation.” Why not hand something I o the Monroe Reporter? i: DOINGS IN SOCIETY y WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. : Monday. ’ Research Club-Mrs. R. D. Myers. I Tuesday. i Bachelor Maids —Mae Berling. St. Vincent de Paul-Mrs. Mary Crawford. ’ Historical- Mrs. C. D. Lewton. i Wednesday. I Afternoon Club-Mrs. Charles Christen. Thursday. Euterpean—Mrs. Henry B. Heller. Wednesday Afternoon “500”—Mrs. Frank Barthol. One of the most enjoyable events of the season in country social circles j was the dinner party given Sunday by he Misses Ida Smith and Lizzie leisure at tlie Smith beautiful home, southwest of Monroe. At the noon ( hour the young people were ushered , into the large dining room where the | dinner which comprised all the good [things of the season was awaiting them. After the dinner hour the ! guests gathered on the lawn when a good social time was enjoyed by all, present. During the afternoon a pic-1 ture of the group was taken. Those present were Misses Golda and Sylva Roth. Zella and Gertrude Wagoner, Ida Liby, Edith Grove, Aldine Kloptentine, Laurinda Johnson,Mary Bowman and Lucy Smith; Messrs. George Yake, Henry Klopfenstine, John Zurcher, Otto and Henry Smith, Ralph , Grove, Edward Neuenschwandcr and i Fred Kauffman. Eighty relatives and friends of the ,Coverdale family met at the home of George W. Coverdale in Lafayette township yesterday. After enjoying a picnic dinner it was decided to make an annual dinner and a family organ-, ization. The officers were elected as follows: President, Mr. George W. I Coverdale; vice president. Dr. J. Grandstaff, of Preble. Ind.; secretary, Mrs. A. S. Coverdale, of this city; treasurer. Mr. Jacob Rawley, of Decatur, Ind. The program committee appointed was Madie Auten, Mabel Coppock and Addie Coverdale.—Fort Wayne Jouhnal-Gazette. On account of the fair attractions Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Frank Barthol has postponed her entertainment of the Wednesday Afternoon 500 club until Thursday evening. Mrs. Charles Christen and Mrs. John Wilson most charmingly entertained forty ladies last evening at a six| o’clock dinner and card party at the. Christen home, corner of Mon- ( roe and Tenth streets. The fall flowers, in profusion, and with their manyrich colors, were used effectively in decorating the house. At six o’clock a dinner, very delicious, and nicely served, was provided. After dinner, the tables were cleared for five hundred. The prizes were won by Miss Congleton, Mrs. J. H. Heller and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler, and the guest’s prize by Miss Ollie Zellers, Mansfield, O. I

DON'T FORGET IT NEXT MONDAY

Do NOT faii to re- I gister. j Oct. 5 is the last registration day for 1 this year. That will be next Monday. . Tn less a man re- ’ gisters on that dayH E CANNOT: VOTE IN NOVEMBER.

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Remember—there is but one registration day. The fact that a voter registered two years ago does not entitle him to vote this year unless he again registers. And to vote is a man’s most solemn, important obligation. A voter who is not sick, or is not unavoidably absent from the county or is not quarantined, must make or cause to be made a written application for registration, which shall be signed by him and presented IN PERSON to tile registration board in the precinct in which he resides on October 5. Any voter who is unavoidably absent from his county, or is sick or quarantined, may register in his precinct without appearing before the j board of registration in person, by making a similiar application to what would be required of him if he was' ‘ in person, and in addition shall state in such application his whereabouts on the (lay of regiß(|ii . ion or that he is Bick( or is oUariUb jtined, a s the case may be, and that

; This evening the same hostesses wifi entertain at another six o’clock din. or. > Mr. and Mrs. James Bruunergraff I nterlalned a company of friends and I .datives Sunday in a delightful Wgy I Guests were Mrs. Mary Schwarts a U( j Mrs. Anne Metz, Champaign, 111.; Mp mid Mrs. Joe Warner aud children U s near Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B run , nergraff and family of east of u le ity. The Research Club organized last spring, 1h now an active club of the city, its initial meeting having been held last evening at the home of the resident, Mrs. R. D. Myers. This first meeting was a purely social one nd took the form of a picinc dinner. The full membership of the club was present, there being twenty-eight. Toasts were given by Mrs. P. Q. Hoop, rr and Mrs. James Fristoe, aud the president, Mrs. Myers gave a talk. Two vocal solos by Mrs. Engene Runwere also appreciated. There was no program otherwise and the soial'side of life alone was considered. The regular meetings of the club will be on Monday afternoons and there will be a miscellaneous study. The first study will be taken up next Monay afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller of Marshall street entertained at dinner last evening for Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Kracker. They returned this morning to their home at Massillon, Ohio, after a visit here with relatives. Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas and family are entertaining a number of relatives. They are Dr. Thomas' mother, Mrs. Caroline Thomas, and son. Ed, of Glen-Karn, Ohio, and Rev. and MYs. J. A Jenkinson and daughter, Helen, of pencerville, Ohio. Mrs. John T. Myers will entertain his evening for the Misses Nell and rene Myers, who will leave tomorrow evening for Oklahoma to make their home. ANNUAL FAIR IS IN PROGRESS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) trying to secure a little money this week by conducting a stand at the fair grounds. Everybody knows that the money they make goes for a good purpose and when you patronize them you do a double service. Watch for heir stand. u ... .. HAD AN OPERATION. Earl, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John jllex, had his tonsils and adenoids removed this morning at the home of a ( local physician. He rallied well from the operation. The adenoids were removed in one large piece, the growth Jring very large. o NOTICE M. W. OF A. Business of interest to all will come efore the camp on Wednesday even;it>g at 7:30 o’clock at G. A. R. hall. Regular meeting every Wednesday evI ning at above named hall.

thereby he Is prevented from registering in person at the session of the board. Such application shall be signed and sworn to, and two freeholders residing in such precinct shall certify on the application blank that they are acquainted with the applicant, and that he is the person he represents himself to be and that the facts stated in his application are true. Any registered voter of the precinct may then preboard. This new arrangement will be of much benefit to railway trainmen, traveling salesmen and others who are unable to be at home on registration day. Any man legally entitled to vote may register on October 5, although he may at the time be hundreds of miles away from home. All that is necessary is for some relative or friend to obtain a registration blank I and forward it to the absent one, he to fill out the blank have tw-o registered voters of his home precinct to certify that the facts stated in the registration board on October 5. The form of blank to be used by an ftf/sent voter is different from the form of blank used by a voter who registers in person. Any man who fails to register on October 5, forfeits his right to vote pt the November election. Don't forget that!