Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1914 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRA T Puk'ithMl every Kv*nln* Riospt ■ueday ay TIE BECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rate*. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Month, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mall 12.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Representative R. C. PARRISH. For Prosecuting Attorney, Twenty Sixth Judicial District. J. FRED FRUCHTE. For Clerk Adams Circuit Court WILL HAMMULL. For Treasurer, GEORGE KINZLE. For Recorder, Aa, C. AUGSGURGER For Surveyor, PHIL L. MACKLIN. For Sheriff, ED GREEN. For Assessor, WILLIAM FRAZIER. For Coroner, DAVID D. CLARK. For Commissioner, First District, DAVID J. DILLING. For Commissioner, Second District, WILLIAM REPPERT. FEES OF SURVEYOR:— There has been considerable said and printed during the past six months concerning the amount of money drawn by the county surveyor. We have not devoted much time to disputing or disproving the statements because we give the voters of Adams couty credit with having the good common sense to investigate su-.-h charges for themselves if they ea.e to do so. However, we are informed that speakers for the citizens’ ticket are making the statement that the democrat has not explained this charge because we can t. Let us see, Under the law as wc understand it and as it has been approved by th? state board of accounts in examining Mr. Ernst’s record, the charge permissible ly the surveyor is four dollars per day for ditch work and live dolla -s per day for bridge or macadam road work. In addition to this the rule here and elsewhere has been forth? commissioners to appoint an engineer on a macadam road, when ordered constructed, the county surveyor. They could appoint any one else if they so i desired and there is no place in the ' law which fixes the amount to be I charged for that work. However, u e maintain that the amount charged bi j this county for this work compares j favorably with the charges made in I any other county and is lower than :n many. For instance in Allen county the engineer is allowed eight mills on each dollar of the estimated cost, amounting to several times the cost here. We are arranging to publish FALL SHIRTS —-in a great variety of novelty patterns and beautiful fabrics. -—come in and see the novelty Tucked Shirts and crosswise stripe effects. SI.OO to $2.00 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

-> ■ a list showing the comparative over- ■ ; head expense of road building in oth- * | er counties near here. [ Last year Mr. Macklin was the enr < gineer on a large number of roads due to the fact that a change In the law made possible the building of more : reads than before. He hud as many ditches us ordinarily come in four a years and yet he did. not make an ex- ) orbitant sum of money by any means. ’ He drew In round numbers from the county $4,200 and out of this he paid > two deputies $1,620, paid automobile 1 and livery expense amounting to more than SOOO and this was necessary to ' give the service demanded, paid sev ’ , eral hundred dollars for other assistants to meet the requirement* over the county and paid his own personal expense, which made his net profit or salary about SI2OO. The only addition to this is the revenue from th? circuit court ditches and private work which amounted to about S7OO. Do you think the work ought to be done for less money than that? These are facts that can be verified and we hope it will meet the demands made by the independent speakers for an explanation from the Democrat. GOOD CROPS:— Farmers of the United States will receive more money for their crops this year than ever before in the history of the country. Not only is the wheat crop by far the dargest ever raised, but the returns that can be counted on safely for this crop will exceed the greatest expectations of e few weeks ago. In virtually every important wheat raising section of the country the pro ducer can now obtain $1 a bushel sot his wheat. Two months ago wheat prices were about 40 cents lower than at present, and in many sections farm ers were not getting more than 60 cents a bushel for their wheat. Considerable wheat was sold at low prices, but of the 900,000,000 bushels that will be raised this year it is not likely more than 200.000,000 bushels has been sold at this time from the farms. A forty-cent advance in the price o‘ wheat means on 700,000,000 bushels $280,000,000, and from present indication* in regard to the export demand a reduction of farm prices for wheat below the dollar level does not appear reasonable. In fact, judging from the way Europe is buying both wheat and flour, farmers may not be willing to sell freely at sl. Oats prices have been enchanted about 30 per cent in the heaviest part jcf the crop movement. On the basis of present values for oats compared to what they were at the beginning, of harvest there lias been an increase in the value of the crop of about $175,- ' 000,000. Corn prices were high at th? ’ '■< ginning of the war, and while there has been no export demand as in i wheat and oats to stimulate speculative activity, prices are now the highest in years. The tax rate in Adams county is , less than fifty-seven cents, including turnpike and bridges. Keep that in mind when these fellows are talking to you about the ring that never did i and doesn’t exist now. Long after the economic and P'>- | litical issues of the day shall have been forgotten. Wilson and Bryan, the peacemakers and republic-build-ers, will be remembered and honored (throughout the two Americas —The i New York World (Ind.) The Herald says the county surveyor's office now costs too much and that there should be an explanation , of how $4,000 can be drawn at four ■ dollars pe rday, that Mr. Zerkle, if , I elected, will run the office for half I that now charged. Just how could he ’• draw $2,u00 per year at four dollars per day? Sam Nussbaum, independent candidate for clerk, made a speech, too, th 9 other night. Those fellows are all “boy orators,” Sam wants you to inr vestigate the records and while you are doing it might we not suggest that you investigate what Sam charged j Monroe township for assessing lust

- year and then compare it with the • bills filed by former Monroe township assessors. That ought to be fair iu - this "tax-reducing campaign.” Adame county’s total debt is $lO,- , 000 and that money was borrowed to . pay the expenses caused by the un- . expected destruction of the Brown bridge near Ceylon. We have been informed that politicians who favor the , independents have been telling that the i county owes SIOO,OOO, which is tube. , You can secure the exact information by going to the auditor's office an 1 reading tho resolution covering the loss. Candidates for office on the independent ticket are going over the county talking about high taxes. If you inquire into the record of several of the candidates you will find that past efforts have not been at all superhuman to save the taxpayers’ money. If you are a voter in Adams cyc2pas!gßp- arecordsOETA H RDDL county you ought to be able.to investigate these matters to your own satisfaction and you will discover that the lower tax argument they are putting forth is a monster joke. Mr. Parrish insists that the statement he made as to the report of the ■state board of accounts concerning the last term of Mr. Archbold as city treasurer is right. Mr. Archbold says it is wrong. Why not have the regular accountants for the independents, Frank Heller and Simon Brandyberry, come iu and go over the books? They could do it in a few minutes, as they did when they went through the county treasurer’s books recently and then had published a wonderfully I sensational statement. Seriously, if you want to find out, why not write the state board of accounts at Indianapolis? Walter Thornhill wants to go to the legislature on a reduce the taxes plat- j form and he wants the rest of the in-1 dependents elected for the same rea-■ son, and yet tho tax rate in Wabash ! township is fourth in size in the county and the rate in Geneva is second. Eight townships are lower than Wabash of which Mr. Thornhill is still the trustee, and democrats are trustees in all but one. Evidently he hasn't practiced what he preaches whether he did it within or without the “ring.” Don’t take the Democrat’s word for this either. Go to the records and then let Walter do some explaining of his own. Woodrow Wilson stands today as tiie only man on earth exercising power outside of his own country. In more than a figurative sense he is the temporary ruler of the world. All hope of the restoration of peace, sooner or later, must rest with him. Meanwhile, the preservation of neutrality by America, the conciliation of Mexico, the succor of all tiie nations of the earth devolve upon this country. This prestige must be maintained and this power exercised by the Chief Magistrate. We believe that Woodrow Wilson is equal to the emergency, but his burdens are heavy and his personal and public trials grievous to be borne. He needs help. He needs the help which every loyal heart in America can render him to a greater or losses degree. Call the expression of this help prayers, or good wishes, or sympathy, or what you will, it is a vital force. No true American in youth or age ought to withhold this aid to the President —The Santa Cruz Surf. The independent party in Adams county was founded upon imaginative grievances, and early in the cutn- ■ paign charges were made that they ; have failed to substantiate. None of ■ the startling charges made during the past six months have been proven and s none of them will be. Each day men who at first believed the charges and have since investigated for them- - selves and found them utterly false • and silly, tell us that they intend to 1 vote the democratic ticket. They ■ have not treated the democrats fairi ly, they have sold out the republit cans and the moosers were led into d the trap by one or two men, and we 4 believe that the majorities for the

a democratic county ticket on Novem- [> ber 2rd will be larger than iu past i years. There is absolutely no reason to vote the independent ticket except lor those benefitted, defeated candidates for office are thus seeking to > advance their own interests and the ■ people of Adams county ought to for- > ever put a quietus on such an effort. Walter Thornhill Is peeved at the Democrat and says you are to go to the records. We wish you would. We i wish every democrat iu Adams counI ly would go to the court house and • look at the records, employ any expert in whom you have confidence and the result will be that you will declare this talk these wild headed in- ■ dependents are putting up about as silly as any you ever heard. Mr. Thornhit devoted his time at the Jefleison township meeting in trying lr prove liis democracy. We wonder why? He is certainly not fighting very hard for democracy, county, state or national, this year. He is not ( urging you to vote for John Adair to i help President Wilson, whom he professes to love. He and others on the independent ticket are fighting harder against the democratic ticket this t year than they ever fought for it and t it won’t take any public records to < prove that statement. He is a consistent office-seeker and has been for a good many years and that’s about all he is in this strenuous campaign for. ; According to the report of a political meeting recently held in Jefferson ( township and published in the Evening Herald, ('. L. Waiters, candidate for prosecutor, said many things that ihe could not prove. He stated that ! the commissioners had the right to call in witnesses when in doubt about them but they never do. There is , probably never a session of the board when this is not done and the trouble is that Mr. Walters, like other i independents, is simply imagining things and taking for granted that I they are so. He said that over at Bluffton they have better buildings at ' a less tax, but he neglected to tell you that the valuation there is' a half higher than in this city and he also neglected saying that their streets now need rebuilding, that their city plant is invoiced about half that of Decatur and many other things that would change the result considerably. About the only thing he said that could not be disproven was that he wants an office and is willing to promise most anything to get it. He sai 1 he knew of one job in which ten dollars was paid to the overseer, while the cost of the job was but eight dollars, but he failed tp say what the job was. He only demands an explanation. Can you imagine anything more unfair? He said the citizens

REGISTRATION OVER THE STATE

Further analysis i made of the regis- ; tration last Mon- i day reveals the i fact that many republican farmers in all parts of the state failed to regIster. The democrats have in their various c o u.n t y

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headquarters the name of practically every man who failed to register and in going over these lists the county chairmen discovered the noticeable number of re- ■ publican farmers on the unregistered • lists. Inquiry into the cause developed the information that dollar wheat, 20-cent wool, 75-cent corn and ?9 hogs, with other farm products in proportion, had much to do with the case. These re- ’ publican farmers did not like to vote ’ against their old party, neither did f they wish to do anything that would interfere with the present prosperous condition, of the farming business. 1 A country banker who was attend- ’ ing the state bankers’ convention in 1 Indianapolis last week called at head- - quarters, and in discussing the farming industry stated that September was the time of year when most notes 3 * fall due that were given by farmers ' at public sales. As a rule, he said 50 per cent of those notes are paid and i- the other half renewed or extended, j This year, however, broke all records and fully 75 per cent of these farmers' B i notes were paid off last month. This c | banker said he made inquiry among

propose, if elected, to cut the tux rate. How much do you suppose they w‘ll knock off of fifty-six cents, which is the present rate? He insists that there are republicans in the "ring’’ also, and yet the editor of the paper in another column says that the republicans are working hand in band with the new party. The boy* ought to get together on their arguments. I POLITICAL CALANDARI At Berne, Monday evening, October 12th, 7:30 o’clock, Hon. Philip Zureher of Indianapolis, reporter of the supreme court, on the issues of the hour. Oue of the best. Hear him voters. Decatur, Thursday evening, Oct< ber 22nd, Senator Fred Van Nuys o: Anderson, an orator of ability and a member of the legislature. Decatur, Wednesday, October 14th. Judge Duncan of the Public Service , Commission. Be sure to hear this , splendid speaker. t i —— Rupright school house, Preble township, Saturday evening, October , 10th: convention nominate candidates ; for advisory board, justice, constable t and supervisor. Speeches by Hon. J C. Moran and Hon. R. C. Parrish. ( | Linn Grove —Monday, October 12th | —J. C Moran and D. N. Erwin. Rupright school house, Preble town < ship, Saturday October 10 —J. C. Mor- c an and R. C. Parrish. Monmouth school house, Monday. < October 12th —R. C. Parrish aud J. F. e Fruchte. r I School house No. 4, Kirkland town- t ship, Monday, October 12th—Judge D. E. Smith and J. F. Snow. j Booher school house Jefferson town ship—Tuesday, October 13,— Judge D. E. Smith and D. D. Coffee. t Kohr school house, Union town t ship—Tuesday, October 13th —J. C. ! Moran and D. B. Erwin. 1 ... i Meyer school house, French township, Thursday, Otcober 16th,— Judge D. E. Smith and L. G. Ellingham. 1 I Berne, Friday, October 16—J. C. Moran and L. G. Ellingham.. I Town of Monroe, Saturday, October ; 17 —John C. Moran and L. G. Ellingham. Court house, Decatur, October 23rd. —Samuel M. Ralston, governor of Ind iana, speaks at 1:30 o’clock. 0 MEDICAL MEETING TONIGHT The regular ntonthy meeting of the Adams County Medical society will be this evening at the office of Dr. S. D. Beavers. Dr. M. F. Parrish of Mon roe will have the paper on “Practical Things in Medicine in Everyday Life." , o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG

others at the convention and they re ported a similar condition. As a con sequence nearly all country banks show a large Increase in deposits. One of the things responsible for some of this increased farm profits, is the county agent bill passed by the last legislature. These agents iiave been of immense service to the farmers, because of their practical and scientific methods. The banker estimated that each of those agents had added tens of thousands of dollars to the profits of the farmers, and that the value would continue to grow. This law has found great favor with the up-to-date farmers of Indiana and the Ralston administration is given credit for it. Another law that pleases the farmers is the vocational education, that teaches the children in the country schools how to farm. When a twelve-year-old boy can come home from school and show his father how to scientifically test seed corn, that father is proud of the boy and delighted with a law that does so much for his family. The talk of this banker is evidence of the highly satisfied condition of the farmers of Indiana and may account for the failure of so many of them to register—they don’t earc to do anything to interfere with the dem, ocratic administration that has done so much for them.

statement bymh. archbold. | Decatur, Ind., Oct. 9, 1914. Ti “X" - ; I defaulted / was 8,10 1 t do treasurer in the sum o $8 W uot intend to stoop to standor or dr politics, but feel that 1 have a right a fair statement. To mv knowledge. 1 am not short one cent and I do not hesitate to say that, as far as I am concerned, Mr Parrish may bring suit at once for the •571 he does not need to wait unS 1 to establish my innocence by slam. ing him. but will meet him in open I court. As to the $302.39 salary winch ’ drew, I fee) that I ha. a E-J’ned am | ■ ave a right t-> it. m.a ,£ on. . wants to deprive me of it, d <M' ”t ■ p < done openly and all parties t m m ed will go on record. i The city council, composed oi Cha. N. Christen. J. D. Hale. Jacob Marlin. Isaac Chronister and Jacob Atz, did not hesitate to make an open state ment and passed the following resolution: "Decatur, Ind.. March 4. 1913. "Whereas, The Indiana state board of accounts has examined the books and accounts of W. J. Archbold, treasurer in and for said City of Decatur, and has found, by reason of the raise of salary granted to said W. J. Archbold at a time prohibited by statute, j him to be indebted to the said city in the sum of three hundred dollars. And, Whereas, said salary was increased in good faitli by said common council ,by reason of the increased duties of said treasurer; ‘‘Therefore, be it Resolved by the common council that the prosecuting attorney in and for Adams county be requested not to proceed against said W. J. Archbold for the collection of the same. "Passed and adopted by the common council in open session this 4th day of March, 1914. H. M. DeVOSS, “City Clerk.” The above resolution was passed' according to the wish of the state' accounting board and the attorney-1 general, and is plainly understood b r I such men as D. E. Smith and R. C l Parrish as well as the moneyed men who went my security in both the city and the county. The very men who refuse to respect, my rights will not protect the tax-1 payer. Yours respectfully, W. J. ARCHBOLD. A copy to the Decatur Democrat, the Decatur Herald, the Bern" Witness, the Geneva Herald. o SPEAKEMS BUSY (CONTINUE® FROM PAGE ONE) ship—Judge D. E Smith and D. I). I Coffee. Kohr School House, Union Township—John C. Moran and D. B. Erwin. Wedne s day, October 14. Court House, Decatur —Judge Thom- i as Duncan, chairman of pule service I commission of Indiana. Thursday, October 15. Meyers School House. French Township- judge D. E. Smith and L. G. Ellingham. secretary of state. Friday, October 16. Berne, Ind. —John C Moran and L. | G. Ellingham, secretary cf tr.te. Saturday, October 17. Town of Monrce—John C T ren ! I snd L. G. Ellingham, se . -y of ' state. Thursday, October 22. Court House, Decatur Senator Frederick VanNuys, of Anderson. Friday, October 23. At Court House. Decatur, 1:30 p. m. —Samuel M. Ralston, governor of Indiana. HERE MONDAY NIGHT. Comedy is the big feature of “The Girl and the Tramp,” which will be seen at the opera house one night only, Monday, October 12. The play is a new one and has just enough plot to make a frame on which is clothed a series of funny incidents and stirring situations. The story told is how a girl and tramp befriended a woman "ho is separated from her husband and how they finally succeed in bringing them together again. WORK OF VILLAIN. Residents of Fifth Btreel are cunl . Plaining about a person who is destroying property in that part of the Mty. The other evening the per aon a young man it was learned) was in act ot pulling up a f(;w glakes around a new lawn when the electric g ,th came o, b and his identity was Had it not been for the wmw r n aU ‘ S Parent “’ i ,r «ecution would tollow bin hi- i i 4 1 warned against mother deal of ia the

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