Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1903 — Page 4

M COW D»I. f. 1. BIBCOCK, HIM AND PUBLISHER. Lona Dinwici Tklsrmohss I Ornoa. SIS < RaaioaHCß, SO. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application Entered at ttie Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. Office on Van Rensseiaer Street, North of Murray's Store.

We see that Representative Wilson has introduced a bill to amend the drainage laws and re--11 ducing allowances to viewers, etc. As Mr. Wilson is B. J. Gifford's attorney, it is safe to presume that Gifford is the father of the bill. By the way, why would it not be a good idea to open up past administrations at the poor farm? If Supt. Clatk. during the short time he has been out there, has been able, to improve the farm, make it almost self sustaining while having a like average of inmates than his predecessor, and “knock down” was SI,OOO or $1,500, what in the name of General Jackson must it have been when all the income of the farm was used up and the county treasury was drawn on each year for $3,000 to $4,500? These are pertinent questions, Mr. Taxpayer. The poor farm scandal calls to mind something a well known republican of Rens«elaer told us a few years ago regarding a former management. The w. k. r. was in one of Rensselaer’s popular saloons one evening, he said, talking with the proprietor, when in came the poor farm superintendent with a fine large ham, which he handed to the proprietor with the remark that it weighed so many pounds. The saloonkeeper took the ham and asked the p. f. s. if he should give him credit for it? “Yes,” was the reply, and, taking a drink or two, the superintendent walked out. After he had gone, the saloonkeeper said to the w. k. r.: “That is the fifth ham he has brought me this winter and I have been getting my butter of him for the past year, and he ow’es me $25 yet.” If any superintendent has turned into the county fund a dollar received from the sale of butter, eggs or “hams,” we have never been able to find any record of it in the reports they have made of receipts, and no doubt the amount derived from this source has been several hundred dollars each year.

The supreme court last Friday held that a county auditor is entitled io extra pay for serving on the (jounty board of review in addition to his salary as auditor. The reasoning of the court would apply equally in favor of the treasurer, who is also a member of that board. The question arose out of a suit by the commissioners of DeKalb county against Frank P. Seiler to recover money which had been paid to him for services on the board of review during his term as county auditor. The circuit court held that the county could recover thefmoney, but the supreme court has reversed its judgement, saying that the provision of the fee and salary law requiring the auditor turn into the county officers’ fund all fee and allowances which he may receive as auditor does not apply to such a case. In the light ofjprevious decisions of the supreme court, wherein it has been repeatedly held that under the fee and salary law the officers are held strictly to the salaries providedjby law. and are entitled to no other compensation whatever, this'decision is hard to reconcile, In every county in the state where*investigations of the county officers’hns been made and where the auditor or treasurer has drawn extra- pay* for services on the board of review, the amounts so paid have been held to bn illegal, and, where suit was brought to

recover illegal fees, such allowances were included in the amount sued for, and the lower courts have held them to be illegal. However, the highest tribunal in the state now decides otherwise, and The Democrat will not say nay to any public officer having and receiving every dollar the law entitles him to. In this county the ex-auditor and ex-treasurer, as well as the present treasurer, have drawn their per diem for such services right along. The present auditor has not drawn one penny, as he was not at all sure that he was entitled to such extrr pay. The question is now settled and he should, and we presume will, file claims for the three years’ services. It belongs to him and he should have it.

MR. CARNEGIE’S GREETING.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in his New Year Greeting, says: “The world, led by the American Republic, took a long step forward in the closing days -of the year just gone —11)02. Last century one Russian Emperor, Nicholas 1., and one American President, Lincoln, banished from the civilized world human slavery—the owning of man by man. Today another Russian Emperor, Nicholas 11., and another American President, Roosevelt, have jointly pronounced the coming banishment of earth’s most revolting spectacle human war, the killing of man by man. The former suggested and formed, the latter recognized and breathed the breath of life into The Hague tribunal, the permanent High Court of humanity,

GHE VEAL'S GO'RGEOXJS .SVJt'RISE. The commercial dawn of 1903 is most brilliant. And the helpfullness of such a newspaper as The Democrat is unconditionally conceded! To make 1903 aglow with warmth, rich in fertility, satisfying in prosperity, do as others do—keep constantly in the e'dery-tueeß. editions of the be st nebus paper in the County. Then you derive the strength of its influence, the reach of its scope and the stability of its standing.

for the peaceful settlement of international disputes.” There is more of it, but that is enough to indicate its general character. It is surprising that so successful a man as Mr. Carnegie, one who would naturally be looked to for strong common sense, can write such ineffable nonsense, i Whatever Nicholas I. and Lincoln did, not as individuals but as representatives of the people, we need not discuss. Nicholas 11. and Roosevelt have simply done nothing in the direction of universal peace. Nicholas, the inventor of The Hague tribunal, which is not called upon except when the parties to a contention do not want to

fight, followed his achievement by threatening a war for enormous territorial additon and increased power, and it was not his virtue that kept him out of a sea of blood. The Administration of Theodore Roosevelt winked at the destruction of two republics in South Africa, and rendered ev ”y assistance it dared to the British j despoile’’. 11 maintained a war of conq «t against a weaker nation in the Philippine Islands, a war which Mr. Carnegit himself primI tically declared to be . oth foolish I and monstrous when we began the !< nquest. Mr. Roosevelt suggested the Hiigve tribunal for th" set- | (lenient of ih Venezuelan difficulty to g< himself out of an embarrassing predicament in

which (ireat B itain and Germany had placed him. Everybody knows that the decision of this tribunal will be final only ii it happens to suit Great Britain arid Germany. Otherwise fear of armed interference by the United States will be all that will ward oIT a European assault on the integrity of the i South American Republics. I’os-

It Down’t Scare Folks to be told the truth, about Lion Coffee The scare-crow coffees are those that hide under a glazing of factory eggs, glue and such stuff. Lion Coffey is pure, wholesome, nnglazed, non in flavor and uniform in strength. The air-tight, sealed package insures cleanliness, freshness and uniformity.

sibly it would be best to wait and see what The Hague tribunal will do before we go to rejoicing. Anyhow, Nicholas and Roosevelt are still a long way from being entitled to sainthood. There are said to be a horde of applicants for the position of poor farm superintendent, including, as a matter of course, Philip Blue. What’s the matter with Abe taking the place himself? Senator Park’s bill requiring county treasurers to bank the public funds in the name of the county in the bank offering the highest rate of interest and to turn said intetest into the treasury, was killed in the senate Wednesday. County treasurers all over the state were frantic and plied their law-makers with personal letters against its passage, and it was promptly squelched. Just how much of a “graft” there

is in the loaning of the public funds to the banks is evidenced by the amount just turned over by the democratic treasurer of Marshall county for one year’s interest. Although not legally bound to do so, he said the interest belonged to the county, and he has just turned in $1,196.07 for the year ending Dec. 31. Marshall is a small county, too. Under a former superintendency of the poor farm, one of the female inmates, at different times, gave birth to three or four children; under Supt. Clark no paupers have been born there. This feature of his administration will be looked upon favorably by most people, while the defenders of former administrations will hold it up against him.

Finds Way to Live Long.

The startling announcement of a Discovery that will surely prolong life is made by Editor O. H. Downey of Churubusco, Ind. l 'l wish to state.” he writes, ‘’that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is the most infallible remedy that I have ever known for Coughs, Colds, and Grip. It is invaluable to people with weak lungs. Its relief is instant and cure certain. A. F. Long guarantees evejy 50c and SI.OO bottle, and gives trial hotties free. (

Irwin & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low’ rate of interest anqcommission and on mor 1 liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper ’onnty. Hnad? Should Never Ache. ' Neyer< ue tin-t mble. I’se at once the remedy that stoppt <1 it tor Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie. Va . site writes “Dr. King's New Life Pills wholly cured r e of sick headaches I had suffered fro.tu for two years.” Cure Headache. Bill >Usnes«. Constipation. 35c at A. F. Long's drug store. Pneumonia and La Grippe. Coughs cured quickly'- bz Foley's Honey and '1 ar. Refuse substitutes. Spld by A. F. Long. Morris’ English Worm Powder Warranted toenrr any care of Worms TO Horsey Cattle, Sheep or Dogs, alko Fin Worms in Trie s. Mr. per baa» Sold by A. F. L< n«.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices and Corridors of the County Capitol. Attorney Guy was over from Remington Monday on legal matters and abstract work. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 9, William E. Towers to Miriam S. Baker. Jan. 15, Francis M. Dewees to Nora B. Keithley. Following is a continuation of “Honest Abe’s” proceedings last week, as disclosed by his docket and record: All bridge petitions were continued, as also the South Barkley gravel road matter; the Granville Moody ditch; Union Lakin and Scott Cooper ditch; S. B. Moffit ditch for publication; cutoff Carpenter’s creek; Joseph Nissius ditch referred back for correction and further proceedings; C. M. Blue petition for highway. Final report approved in W. W. Burns ditch, and Moses Sigo ditch. . Additional time granted viewers in Iroquois ditch in which to file report. Viewers given more time in A. McCoy et al ditch; ordered to report on or before next term. S. P. Thompson, matter of transcript claims, Iroquois ditch; continued; costs taxed to appellant. August Schreiber, petition for highway; continued. The bond of A. G. Hardy as sheriff, with A. Leopold, John Martindale and Walter V.. Porter as sureties, was approved. Also, the bond of W. J. 'Wright as Coroner, with T. J. McCoy and John Eger as sureties C. M. Blue, trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to extend poor aid to the amount of sls each for the quarter to Cyrus Haas. Sarah Marion, John W. King, Frank Ramey, Sarah Platt, Mary J. Stone, Cora Morlan, Mattie Morlan and Mary Peyton. The following claims were acted upon and allowed for full amount unless otherwise noted:

Joe Shiudelar. work on Iro. ditch... J 1 25 Wm. Guss, same 1 25 J. C. Harris, same, $33.75, Cont. J. L. Babcock, same 2 50 Emory Garriott. same 1 25 R. A. Lawrie, same 49 50 Burt-Terry Sta. Co., books & sta 72 35 Same, $5.50 Cont. Warner Bros. exp. poor farm..* 4 90 Same, jail ... 3 10 Same, courthouse ... 825 Indianapolis Bdg & Iron wks. 2 steel sewers 175 00 E. L.Gay, Marion gravel rds 51 25 R. A. Parkison(assignee) maps for Co.. 22 50 Same, court house bond coupons 675 00 Thos. Parker. Marion gravel roads.... 7 50 Frank Swartzell, same 15 00 True Woodworth, same 5 00 R. A. Parkison (assignee) cut-off Carpenter’s Creek 300 00 Newton Pumphrey, work poor farm... 2 50 J. L. Tyler, Keener gravel roads 4 50 Canton Bridge Co. bal on bridge 100 00 J. B. Clow A Son, exp. ct house 3 08 Chas. Hansen, blacksmithing, p. farm. 10 90 E. C. English, postage, sec. bd. health.. 120 A. Woodworth. Marion gravel roads. 20 00 Thos. Parker, same 2 50 R. A. Parkison, ct h bond coupons.. .$1,856 25 M. B. Price, work on ditches . ... 27 75 Same, surveying same 39 00 Donnelly Lumber Co., exp. jail ... 15 67 True Wood worth, sprinkling for county, W 0 Cont. M. L. Hemphill, exp, heating plant 1 50 Jasper Co. Tel. Co. phoneat jail 12 00 Same, phone at poor farm 12 00 M. L. Hemphill, blacksmithing, p. f 14 40 M. B. Price, postage, surveyor’s office. 100 R. A. Parkison, exp. ct. house 66 95 R. B. Porter, postage recorder's office. 140 Ernest Morlan, labor at poor farm 26 00 Wallace Bros, repairs heatingplant.... 845 B. Forsythe, expense poor farm 159 20 Same, court house 3 65 Phillip Blue, truant officer 10 00 Same,same 8 00 F. O. Churchill, erroneous taxes 7 06 L. H. Hamilton, per. diem. Co. Supt.... 104 00 J. W. McEwan, public printing 2 67 Indianapolis Journal, acct, H. G. grav-

el road 2 00 Leslie Clark, publishing ditch letting. 900 Grace Speaks, labor at poor farm.. 1... 900 Adam Davis, same 19 60 R. A. Lawrie, acct. Iroquois ditch 52 50 School Treas. Rensselaer, exp, poor children 17 04 A. L. Branch, exp. court house 14 76 S. C. Johnson, medical aid, poor, SSO Cont. Jesse Nichols, Marion gravel road 67 50 Joe Groom, same 12 00 Lewis Alter, exp. bridges 3 00 Bank Remington, R. L. gravel road.... 215 18 E. C. English, sal sec bd of health 52 09 T. F. Clark, wood for poor farm 12 50 C. T. Denham, exp. R. L. gravel road.. 225 T. M Burns (assignee) Keener grnv. rd. 750 E. D. Rhoades, exp. poor farm 72 83 E. J. Murray, exp. court house 94 80 J. C. Gwin, exp. poor farm 36 62 Same, court house 12 95 Chas. Morlan, janitor 45 00 Same, laundry 85 S. B. Jenkins, firing, ct house UO 00 Same, circuit court , 2 25 S. D. Clark, acct, poor children 18 85 T. F. Clark. labor poor farm 19 60 G. E. Marshall, ptg. S. Barkley gr. rd... 28 75 Same, public printing 2 25 Same, same 21 11 A. F. Long. exp. poor farm 5 45 Same, ct. house 2 05 A.G. Hardy, criminal wk. outside Co.. 27 65 Same, per diem attending Coms. ct.... 74 00 Same, washing prisoners A building.. 25 00 Same, boarding prisoners....... 14 85 Same, repairs to jail 150 Same, boarding prisoners 1 30 Same.’coutitlng vote;Lak<-A Jasper.... 390 Same, postage.,..* 2 00 Same, balance salary 27 56 Elins Arnold, rep. Moore's beige. $77. .. Cont. A. J. Bellows, acct bridges, sti!W.Bo ('out. R. A. Pnrkison, Keener gr. rd. bonds $3,003.75 Same, Interest coupons., 952 44 w , Subscribe for The Democrat

. . THE. . 99 Cent RACKET STORE The Greatest Sale in the History of Jasper County. Look at these prices and do not delay as they will not last forever. Buy quick and get the Bargains while they are here.

16 oz Bottle of Amonia only 05c 1 n> Package Bird Seed 05c Blueing, any kind, bottle or ball 03c Lamp Chimneys, all sizes 02c to 05c Granite Cups, 8c each, 2 for 15c 9 inch Pie Tins, only 03c A good Flour Sieve, only 05c Large Washbasin 05c Cookie Cutters 03c Nutmeg Graters, regular 10c, only 05c Bread Toaster 05 c Flue Stops 05c Quart Milk Cans 08c Cream Dippers, 2 for 05c Cake Turners, only 03c Meat Fork, only 02c Egg Whip, 0n1y... 01«fj Tin Cups,.. 02c Tea Strainers, only 01c Coal Shovels, only 03c Potato Masher 05c Nest Eggs, per dozen 20c Mouse Traps.. 05c Wood Spoons... 03c Stove Lifters 02c Clothes Wringers, each 99c Cobbler Outfits, each '. ..... 39c A Good Hammer, only 10c

Do not forget the place, the only 99 cent Racket store in Jasper Co., Washington St., Rensselaer, Ind. Ransford & Frank PROPRIETORS.

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New Lumber Yard In Rensselaer, Where you can g< v t all kinds of Lumber, Lime, Hair, Brick, Cement and Plaster; also the celebrated alabastscent Wall Plaster. I solicit a share of your trade at my old stand. Hiram Dai.