Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Newton County Enterprise, (rep.) says: Already the county reform law is winning itself into public favor, and any talk that is being indulged in regarding its repeal is sheerest nonsense. The taxpayers of the state will see that it remains on the statute books. The Shelbyville Daily Republican, the organ of the party in that county, has caunsed great commotion among the faithful thereabouts by the publication of the following in its editorial columns: “Farmers who have been voting the republican ticket ought to be gratified to see farm machinery of all kinds increasing in price. The steel trust, which helped elect McKinley, is making its money back, now by raising the prices of the material used in the factories where mowers and reapers and plows and harrows are made.” Let us look at the result of their careful investigation and the result of their action thereafter. For the fiscal year ending May 31, 1809, there was expended of County Revenue $54,473,87. Of this amount there was paid on account of cost of new court house and not required in expenses of next year $9,980; for feeding cattle, for poor farm, since sold and the proceeds turned back into the county-treas-ury, $1,675: for care of township poor, no longer allowed from county treasury, $2,537.08, or a total of Items not called for in next year’s expenditures of $14,192.08, leaving the expenditures of last year of ordinary nature such as the council has provided for the next year $40,281.79, while the appropriation of the council after the most careful Investigation amounts to $45,091.85, or as excess over amount so expended by the “rascally" management last year of $4.809.50.—Fr0m “A Complete Vindication" in last week's Journal.

The above is a fair sample of the false and misleading statements that have been made to the taxpayers of Jasper county by the Rensselaer newspapers for years. The writer of the “Complete Vindication” knew, if he knew anything at all, that his article was false and misleading from beginning to end, and every person who had seen the auditor’s annual report also knew the statements were false. The figures given in the above statement of amount expended last year does not include the following: __ County Auditor - $1,700 00 County Recorder..... 1,101 00 County Sheriff 1,401 00 County Clerk 1,501 00 County Treasurer 1,201 00 Gravel Rond Repairs... 1,983 60 Or a total of $8,887 60 All of the above items are included in the total appropriations made by the county council, and in addition to this their tions include S3OO to the auditor for extra services under the new reform laws and S7O the salary of the members themselves, a total of $370 which was not included in last year’s expenditures. Add these items to the $40,281.79, the amount given in the “Complete Vindication” as the ordinary expenditures of last year and you have $49,539.39, or about $4,500 more than the total appropriations made by the council. Why did the writer not mention this? Because he meant purposely to make a false and misleading statement to the people, and therefore it was not his intention that they should know that the council had cut down the expenses for 1900 a great deal below those of last year. That is why one-fifth of the entire appropriations of the county council were ommitted in the figures of this truthful official who occasionally tries his hand at writing false statements for the edification (?) of his constituency.

fIARRIAGE LICENSES. Charles Booth to Nancy A. Gross, issued Sept. 14. William F. Wees© to Nancy Ballinger, issued Sept. 16. William Greenfield to Flora Hodshire, issued Sept. 18. Hiram M. Crawford to Jennie Punter, issued Sept. 20. j NOTICE, Wo, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, biliousness, sickheadache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a spring tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. A. F. Long. B. F. Fendig. When you have a non-resident notice, notice of appointment, notice of survey, notice of final settlement, etc., to be published, insist on your attorney having the publication made in The Democrat. Our jiriceß for this work are ns reasonable ns others and the clients themselves control this class of legal advertisements. Remember this and see that the paper of your choice gets the advertising.