Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 October 1896 — Page 2
tAHSEb riMES. GKSENC^^tXE, JM)1A:\'A. THURSDAY OCTOBER
WHIG HO
Gold or Silver J
of that $13,000 surplus? Why wasn't it ustil for the payment of these debt*, instead of atteiupting to throw the blame on couimis-
A book eo'ntainiiig extraer* ikum sioners who are gone and who enn-
lemlitur authoriries with retleetioits
thereon, giving a fair opportunity t 11 weigh the queHion of tlie hour enabling you to
not return to face their accusers?
one in Kunsns, have to do with a table made out in 1890? Why should honest old Sam Gardner’s name be brought into this controversy? Why didn’t Auditor Denman, if the above table is true,
COUNTRY LOCAL NEWS.
Interesting Items from Principal Points of Putnam County.
RACCOON. Bro. A. W. Wood, of Htiughvillo,
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
12c.
i If you wish to dis- | /(. cus-the question iu-
telligeatlv this I
“77//: COUXTY (J\YES NO It EH. WHAT EVER CHARGEABLE TO THE GENERAL FENDS.'’ On Sept, li*, 18'Jfi, the Democrat made the above bold statement and
will supply you w.tli the nece-~ary data defied the world. On Oct. 14, 189b,
month later the
Agents wanted in every town. c/'«/made the following startling
yin will semi eopy .. one. .eeei,. , Uu) . glog .dmU.ion:
Mere is a full stateineut as shown by the record of the county’s indebtedness
of one dime with a two-cent stamp, nr twelve cents in stamps by mail.
r. M. IiANIEI.S PUBLISHING CO., ,
3S Park Row, New York Citv. jaod to whom owed: w-48-i -W-eod-12. | Kvallne Woodruff, Nov. 1. ’84 (.1 5 per cent. Mt. M.—Put-
namville gravel road # 2000 00
DAILY BANNER TIMES Turman & Laughlin, Dec. 2,’84
1 (3j (i per cent, Mt M.—Puttiatnville gravel road $
certify to it as auditor like be did j called on old friends Tuesday, to that'■oft snap exp rt examina Hie republican speaking b> .Mt>-t-.
tion? We doubt that there is any such an exhibit on the county’s wonderfully clear books us the one
Corwin and Lewis, of Greenca-tle at the school house la>t Wednesday night
was enthusiastically received.
Sam Byrd who lias been nursing his
credited to the three commissioners I brother Jim through typhoid pneu-
monia is home and reports Jim doing
well.
Will Holland is visiting home folks Those from a distance who broke
above. Does the Democrat mean to say that Messrs. Gardner. Ford and Reigle have signed note re newals of 1891) and transacted the financial atfairs of Putnam ever since 1884? What have all of the other commissioners been doing? Now, we will ask a few more
bread with Raccoon friends last Sabbath were Jas. Dickerson and family, of Roachdale, at S. F. .lames’, Taylor Swope and wife, of Lapland, .MisEdith Young, and Mrs. Lindsey at Sam Owens’, Jim Lafollett and fami y.
Published every afternoon exeept Sunday < Vni i :.! Vitimc.l bank re.
yUw ““T uewa. per
cent, Mt M.—Pi.tnumville
500 00
Ct.amfes for display advertisements must be anded In t>y 10o'clock h. m.eachday. Keadntr advertisements will be received each day to 1 o'clock p. in.
gravel road $3 445 25
questions: What has become of Ja<. Akersand family at llu ve Brooms, that $13,719.13 surplus which the ! Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burks, of RoacbDeinocrat says the county iitui in I I*-Skillmaus
1892? Why did the Democrat in
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Total gravel road $5 945 25 county revenue. (Notes.) G. F. Rightsell, Sept. 8, 1888. .$ 350 00 John Rightsell, ** “ “ $2 00(1 00 G. F. Rightsell. Oct. 31.1887 f 500 00 Centr’l Nat. bank renewal Sept. 15, '90 $3 554 75
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Bob Williams
and family, of Parkersburg, and Grant Williams and family, of Fincastle at
1892 say there was hut $4000 gravel! \| Williams’.
road bonds outstanding at that i The many friends of Mr Zaek time and now state that there are 1 Grider, of Fincastle, who carries tbe
$5945 worth that have been in existence since 1887-8? Why did it
mail Irom that place to Raccoon, will be very mucli pained to learn that he lies
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very low and suffering greatly from
say in ls92 that there was but $7o() t | lt , ^j^k of a horse which broke several
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Total county $0 404 75 Samuel Gardner.! Wm. Ford.V Coin. Jacob Riedel.) Tbis is the entire indebtedness of the county. It was contracted under the administration of Samuel Gardner, William Ford and Jaoob Riegel. three as honest men as ever administered the affairs of i’utnam county. It would have been paid long ago but for tbe ever increase of exp“nses. A levy of four cents on tin* .f 100 valuation would create funds sufficient todiseharge it. On June 2'), 1892, the Democrat said : “There are outstanding $40(i<> gravel road bonds, issued according to law, which are paid by the gravel road tax levied on those benefltted by tbe particular ro.nl for which they arc issued.” * * * “The county on the tirst day of June (1892 bad a surplus of $13,719.13 in the treasury, as shown by the balance sheet, and his ample means with which to make any needed improvement.” * * “The county owed on June 1, hut $750out of county revenue.” We make these quotations to show flow bnsel} - and persistently the demoeratie papers of Putnam have deceived the people. Not a month ago the Democart asserted that there was no county revenue indebtedness, now it admits over $0000 that it knows of. When and on what can the people believe this Democrat'} It has persistently avoided giving the above exhibit of county indebtedness and now does so simply because it lias no recourse. The Banner Times is
county revenue indebtedness and now say that there is $11404, all of which was in existence four years before and alter 1892? Why doesn t it tell of the vast sums of interest paid out? What is the increasing expense ot the county and what is becoming of the $7000 per year saved in county officers’ salaries? Is that being “blowed” in along with that $13.00/ surplus? And last but not least when will the county commissioners raise the tax rate of Putnam county the four cents the Democrat now advocates?
ribs. The horse was standing with its head in a shook of fodder eating. Uncle Zack wanted to put tin* animal out, so he stepped up behind, placing his hand upon it at the same time speaking, whereupon it instantly kicked. Mr. Grider called assistance as he could not walk. Telegrams were sent to his chil-
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stiuicer was called hack on account of the death of his mother, who lived in
Urawfordsville.
Well it was funny. On or about the 8th of October Mr. D. E. Williamson came here in the place of Sam Ralston who by some means failed to show up, to make a speech in favor of free silver.
dren. Ibis occurred the 10th : he is re- “Geams” boy who wants to repreported as resting a little better. sent this people next congress, came Mre. Mary Brown, of Boone, Iowa, I a , ong for 1?0 , r1 cou|)t i | ie y came into Visited Mrs. B. D. Skillman Saturday. , town aml ^waa u pitiful sight to behold.
Republican Speakings,
Willie I'm, limn is out of school this
week on account of bruise on bis heel.
s vere stone
They looked up and down the street, |
PUTNAM V I LEE.
Hon. B. F. Corwin spoke here Saturday night. He spoke principally on
and that “Geams” boy says, I guess we i are in the wrong town: but just then little Chad Reed swung around the corner and gave them the go ahead sign, and s„ they walked up in Ader's hall with little Chad close behind. Ere
Send news to Telephone 95.
We confidently expect to yet see the handbill apply the “crime of '73” to the county debt. It has already taken it back to 1884.
The democratic papers aie beginning to explain. The hand wiiting is on the wall. The people propose seeing into Putnam’s books.
Why don’t the county commissioners issue a statement showing why tbe treasury couldn’t pay interest on the county debt at the September term? The commis sioners have figured out that the | treasury will he “broke” immediately after the November installment of taxes is paid in. How is tbe county to run from then to April. Will more bonds be issued? Were Messrs. Gardner, Ford and Reigle responsible for this condition, also?
The attempt of the handbill to saddle the entire debt of Putnam county, past and present on to the shoulders of honest old Samuel Gardner now dead and gone, and other commissioners who are not now in office or in the state, is the weakest and most desperate excuse
that paper has made on county j by the democratic court
matters. There has been a gang of democratic mismanaging commissioners in the court house ever since 1884 and before; the county books have been soft soaped by an expert who didn’t exit mine the private accounts of officers or ex officers. There have been several democratic boards since Samuel
Gardner’s time, but still the Demo- [leges is signed by Samuel Gardner, crat putts tlie blame for all indebt-J Wm. Ford and Jacob Reigle. What edness upon bis shoulders. Why did these commissioners, one of this indebtedness? What became j whom is dead, perhaps two, and
never happier than in making a democratic paper, that has lied so persistently about the matter, at last “cough up.” A few figures will be interesting: By the Democi fit's table above it is shown that the Woodruff bond has drawn $120 interest for 12 years which makes a total of $1440 interest; the Turman & Laughlin note has drawn in 12 years $360; the Central National bank note has drawn $2067 (for say a term of 10 years),making a total of interest on gravel road bonds of $3867, at the rate of rt per cent which the Democrat now asserts is true. On the county revenue debt, $2350 of it has been running (the interest is not stated so we will estimate it at six per cent) since 1888—eight years, making $1128; the next note is $500, running 9 years which makes $270 interest on that; the Central bank $3554.75 “renewal (which in the absence of any date of what was “renewed” in the above table, we will assume has been running for perhaps a term of ten years) has drawn in round figures $2132 interest. Here is a total of $3530 interest paid on a total county revenue indebtedness of $6404. Tlie grand total of interest on both fun Is is nearly $8000. This added to the total indebtedness of $12,350 makes over $20,000 debt saddled upon Putnam county
house
crowd. We don’t believe the table of figures on county indebtedness us published in the Democrat is true. It is wrong on certain interest charges and it has not published all the indebtedness. There is, however, something decidedly suspicious about the above statement which the Democrat a.\-
contract making, two d. mocratic organs supporting, six hundred dollar extra attorney fee making, soft-
soap contracting county commis- worI * 1 League,
sioners who have been spending money right and left in Putnam
John L Griffith, Cloverdale, Saturday, Oct. 24. 1 :30 p m.. and at Greencastle same date 7:30 p. m.
| the best that has been delivered here I tl,e wi,,k and u “ ran hi ' m "« " M ,>f tl, « Frank B Po ‘ ,eV ' Greenca9tle - Sat '
The mismanaging, stone-crusher j coun *y a,ld although his auili- ^ ^ •ifiercii ult-itioti tli,*v give i lr |
if STAMP HERE.
this campaign.
The republican committee thought it had an understanding with tlie F.p-
The committee cau-
front window and such a yell you never nrday, Oct. 17, 1 :30 p m. heard, for Chad was excited. After Geor W . Grecnner, tolhis screams had died awav a very few , , went up and the Hon. I). E Williamson oml : of ISl " v ' 0rk - W,U a(,dreSS ,l,e
celed an engagement for a speaking on " hiKtled " tt ' brakes, threw in a few McKimey Gold Bugs on Thursday, the night of Get. 3rd. as tin* League I' ,10Ve * !i °f t ' oa * a,,( U’ tarted up that long Oct. 15, 7 :30 p. m. at court house, had announced that they would give tire-ome hill that no popocrat lias been Gcu. J. G. Pitkins, of New York.
e , an entertainment on that night. The' tlli ' i campaign. I lie o{ Louisiana will
They have done not lung. Recent League allowed a few popocratic politi- j "■ ’ “ ! ' 'dpped. he backed up and stuck. , ' I ; _ . . i; . ^ . i » .« .« * Bhuf Wionnia” hrw tlimitrlif- if u/na eatirl i SDCilK Bt v* T
history doesn't count
to the Democrat everything dates 1‘''“r 1 *" 1 *"*»*■»" " l for . thi,t
- ’ i 111 tr 11 r sftic/i « till ii.it ? \ 1 t < •, i it /v/xtftkiikit + .i.k
they needed, but tlx democrats are all j)r, A.
back to 1884.
j night also. The republican committee
t lie com-1 t| ieI1 advertised
says l,,t: coin-1 then advertised a speech on county
missionera then were to blame and I affairs by Mr. Corwin on Saturday that the present bobblers are as in night, Oct. 10. ihe League then annocent as children and ns wise as nounced that t|,e y would give their enSolotnon tertainment on that night, tints greatly
' I reducing Mr. Corwin’s hearers. These
The valuation of lands in Put- l ,0 P'>cratlc politicians were in great
tear of Mr, Corwin’s speech, knowing t at their past records in dealing w ith ad i the affairs of tlti*, county would be ex-
reeneastle. Oct. 29. H. Moore at Johnson
nam has been raised
notch and now tlie Democrat
vises as a last resort a raise of lour ! posed in its true light.
cents on the rate per hundred! If there is any more democratic raising to be done the farmer wants to know it at once.
COUNTY MATTERS
We desire to make a correction in the report published last week regarding “Uirectmn’s” visit here. We stated that he failed to get the potatoes. This was a mistake. He secured a peek of potatoes paying at the rate of $1.00 per bushel, in money worth one hundred cents to the dollar, if Mr. Randall
would IGe to invest in potatoes at the j'’ 11 f scared
above rate, we can furnish him two thousand bushels in Warren township. John Wells is >een on our streets again. He has been working in Roach-
| dale this summer.
"Joe” Sellers, of North Salem, and i formerly of this county, was here visiting friends Sunday. The popoerats
out of aaud just at this time, so some of 8el , ool hol|9et Washington town-
the high points they just pulled around : _ and kept on tin* roads that were the phl l ) ’ 0c, ■ 11 P' In •
bi-'t. At this time Mr. I>. E. W. left A. O. Lockridge. Higgins ( reek th,* hall for a lew moments. Now rhi- school house. Cloverdale township,
was primes for that ■‘Geams” boy, so ^
up he jumped and about that time tip
jumped about half of tlie crowd and be- Hon. A. .1. Beveridge, oi Imhgnn to tlie out. they had heard the anapolis, will speak at Greencastle,
iji-" hoy and actually Mr. Arch tjet. 29. Vilen got up and told thi ni tIn->p,*ak-iug wa-n'i out. The speaking soon
closed and Mi Williamson and Johnny Fhureday, Oct. 22. I:.,* 1 p. m. set sail for home. Some said Mr. Wil-j Hon. Benjamin Harrison, at
liamson made a good speech, but thought he should have, for he has
been everything all along tlie political E. G. Hogate. Broad Park Fncsline and may e. a ige again by Nov. 3. j day. Get. 20, 7 p. m: Putnamville
Hon. Benjamin
Greencastle Oct. 21, about 4 p. m.
Jas. Browning was here again just to : Wednesday. Oct. 21. 7 p. m
The Local Republicans Will Speak
on this Subject.
The local republican speakers will hold a joint meeting at the court house on Tuesday evening. Oet. 20, and they will ail take a
turn at county political ma tters. I he| . e b( . en dri!i ; latinjr a r , port that 1 his will he one of the most inter-; Mr. Sellers was going to vote Bryan esting meetings ot tlie campaign, and free silver. "Joe” was very inand will be one of the most hene-! di * nant w,, cn told of the report Mid flcial. The people are becoming ro ,, * ras,, the ' >0 '' 0,:rat that
aroused on county matters espec- M| . s Iliirry Rimi . k is gick .
ially since democratic papers have John Woodall’s boy about 12 years of commenced trying to explain. age. caught hi- hand in a cane null last The following speakers will take 1 "' l ‘ pk * nnd hl * d t” have his thumb and
part: Hon. Silas S. Hu vs, Mavor t),u ' !,,,!r ” r ,,,n|,,,tfttt!tl
, , 1 Sabbath sehooU convention here Oc-
Joimthan Birch, (Hon. B r. Corwin, p,),,., ] N
Hon. H, ( . Lewis, Hon. 1. I. I'he 07th anniversary of Uncle John Moore, Hon. A. O. Lockridge. Hon. licndix ami wife was celebrated last J. T. Denny, H -n G. \U. Hanna, " epk 1,1,1 " , old bomestead. A large Hon. J. W. Weik, Hon C. T. Peek , ‘ l tl " > relative< a "'' f^iend, , , . , were present and a good time was bad. and < hairman C. B. ( ase. Don’t Th , ....tortainment at the M. K. forget the date and place. 1 he | church Saturday night wa* a success, court house, Tuesday, Oct. 20, nl Mr. Sackctt lost several days school ^ last week or. account of being sick.
i Miss Secrest went to her scliool at Mt. Meridian on Monday, but had to
Pure, dismiss on account of sickness among
Hood’s the children.
Blood
Purifier, it tones up tju* whole sys- bainbridge.
tem. gives appetite and strength ami Hog eholeta is plaj ing havoc in this causes weakness, nervousness and pain l <)Cld ' t y. it is a tate tiling to find a
to disappear. No other medicine i,.^ ,:U 1,1 Ebuir oi it.
4 are a ('old In On.* Da).
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tat-1 house, Washington
All druggists refund tin* money _
tp..
if it fails to cure. 25e.
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THE DOLLAR.
Hon.Gov. W. Paris. Keelsvilie,
,1^ hn-
keep the boys in line. Jim says he, 6on gchool |, ouge . Washington tp..
That’s good, Jimmy,
nr. Clinton
take tlie money. We all know you feel ^ hursdav, Oct. — , p^
good. Your chances are about the Kails F ridav Oct. 23. 7 p. in. H |r best of any ones up tlii- way. It is nard Saturday. Oct. 2i. 1 :30 p. m. tliougl|t you could carry more votes „ _ „ . T u„- a than Bryan. Goodbye Jim. C - B Case '_ H'-'.nerstown Thurs-
Mrs. M. I), liridges is visiting at day, Oct. 22. 7 p. tn.
Fred Gordon’s. j S. A. Hays at Filimore Wednes
■ ,IM ' day. Oct. 21. 7 p. m.
To lure a Cold in One Da)-, A H. Moore. McHalli- - 6e!i""l
Oet. n.
let-
The Best Way to Cure
Disease is to establish health, rich bio,;,I means good health. Sarsaparilla is the One True
such a reco.'d of wonderful cures as
11,«, i’s Sar-aporilln.
Hood’s Pills are the liest after-dinner
pill: assist digestion, preserve eonsti-1 Lincoln, Neb., next week.
Jesse Coflman and Georgia
Mrs. Pearl Frakes is improving and
a'ol,* to lie up part of the time.
M. M. Starr and wife will return to
nation. 25c.
Yot«rM Attention. Tlie Vandalia line will mak rates of one fare for the round trip to points on this line, going November 2 and 3, re-
Jones,
Chas. Fylfe and Maynu* Howard drove to DanvHle Sunday. Mrs. Clay Howard, of Lafayette, is here on a visit. George Constancer, formerly a resi-
turn limit November 4, to enable voters dent of this place but now of Lincoln, to go home to vote. Neb., was here Sunday. Mr. Con-
p. m.
T. T. Moore, Center school house. Floyd tp, Oct. 23. 7 p. ni.
FARIS AND HOGATE.
Hon. G. W. Fans, republican candidate for congrt ss in this district and Hon. E. G. Hogate, republican candidate for joint senatoi. ; are making strong speeches and together they pi' 1 U P a program of republicanism that is
drawing large audiences
j lowing will be
The fol-
their dates and
places of speaking m Putnam. Ki day, Oct. 16, 1:30 p. m., Cloverdale:
•Wc now have a gold dollar worth Saturday. Oct. 17. 7:30 p.m*, hireenI ia11fu I no fiiltrat* irinr» rYvoarvrifu GA • . , i .. K
100 cents. The silver king presents 50 cents’ worth of silver and says: T want Uncle Sam to lie for me and say this 50 cents is a dollar, just as good as a gold dollar.' He knows if he tells the world that the world will not believe him; therefore, he wants the government to do his lying for him, and to stamp these lies indelibly upon his silver product. That, my friends, is the bald proposition which the bonanza king, in fact, makes to the American people, and I of Tice which the socialistic end of the Demo- ' cratic party, under the lead of Mr. Altgeld, has ox..Bod into a great new issue whicli is to save the Democratic party from the gloom of long merited defeat.” —John R. Tanner, Republican candi-
date for governor of Illinois.
will both
castle. The gentlemen
speak at these points, di'idim/ rt" time. They will be heard later for other speeches in tbe county•
Democrats believe m pJ' al ity; republicans in f a ' r ‘\ eS 0 f Democrats chose H v e L ^ eight county candidates office from G 1 ' 66110 ?!) 1 ,, tovvnthe other three from two tow^ ships. Eleven townships n
nor^presenmtioVwhateverup-
I he Banner Times teiepnonc news number is 95. Remember itwhenyoi have an item. We want the news.
S^n§an 0 s 0 d!l%ed 0 ^
Vo’ter’fhink of’thi^betwe®’ 1 now
and November!