The Vernon Times, Volume 8, Number 5, Vernon, Jennings County, 17 July 1919 — Page 1
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ssTIMI H IR DEBT i The abo e amount is the estimated co-it of the war which Heeretary Gtashaa reported to Congress. Jude Jutm M. Lewis of beyinour is reported to have said in hiibstanec to Harry C Meloy on Tuesday that he would be against relocation becausi? we have already heavy stato and county taxes and that under the new iwie-vjinent the rate has not yet been determined; that the hemy i;. war dtrbt will fall upon all people an-1 will hae to 1-e aid by all the people directly or indirectly, and that now is a very poor time to create new high lst. Judge Lewis later said that he would not be surprised if this U. S, v ar debt would later be found on the tax duplicate of every county in the l-nited ritates. rnmn OF TAXATIOFI UUilULli Why have the reiuovalists selected now it the time to build a new and uaanot-aaary t'ouit bouse at North Vernon? Tho?je opposing removal AllF. NOT ucirglriK estetidive reiaira but they do think that common prudence demauds that a tine Substantial buihl-i; I ".- the Ctnrt house bhould not J I . . a .ittul to to rfc'k for Itrk of the j tipiiiiiture ot a reasonable sum for ! repair. Bui the removah-t say a new ant uqd cessary new C'ourt hou-e now ci iifever The answer is plain Million are to Le cut in the nest few yearn in 'miutcting County Heats with new fdarkct highway under the provhions f She fcCta of li'l v. You M r. Taspaper and Mr. Farmer will duly tSrt)Pd in the near future and heavily too for the construction of said hlgiiwsyf, this is ju&t as sura and certain as night follows day. Iu addition to these taxes the esprnaeii of the general Uovtrument have lncrtased by leaps and bounds for which you w 111 also be assessed. Then have you though of the war cost? In the Indianapolis Morning Mar of July loth, Ht-eretary Glass tetimated the war fust at iU.inMHKKj this in can a a cost of over 1300,00 for tttCh man, woman child iu the Unite.! States, if family consists of a wife and and your three cUldieu, then your thsue of the cost will La lwi).t!. Then you have of the NFW Noli'l H ! VKRNON Id lilt A HY which the pient t'ounty l'tunmisioneis are I TAXING VOl- TO MAINTAIN, and j which j on will never get value re -
ctived Sor. j of Jennings county by a conservative Vhu you stop to consider all these j estimate of a Jennings county taxpayItenis of taxes for a new unnecessary er, w ho etimaw-s for
New Court huiise in the sum of;Asite !C50,tK)0.i to ;7MM"00? ; (Htrt House Don't you think common prudence j 'Movies'' figures deei&ods that w curtail expenses, ea-' a sheriff's resilience pCily in view of the fact that war ! ja;j prices for larm products will return to ; For rtlU untii building is normal and delay the Building of a i ,'ompieted at least lu) titw aud uuuees.ary Court House in j ,,er ,uouth for 2o mouths
North Vernon? TO EVERY MAN WHO RENTS A HOUSE la which to Live in North Vernon, or Vernon, or Rents a Farm THE NORTH VF11NO.N MOVIFS are telling the people of this county that if a new court house is built at! I.-urih Vernon the value of property in Jt.vMi County will be higher. If tLstUthe case every one who rents VrUl have to piy more rent, because u .? t- never been known where proj".- : tiiy t-4 a4vanced in psriee that luott j rtat ha.3 nat teen chark'td. if is ru-ht i thitilshoald be because the owner hitwere uuuy invested. Ask yourself I .L;? ju Vide, Ehouid I vote my reut L5 :.sr ju-t to help the property owners of It"c;:h Wraon? The statement that tiZi.l i-zJ.$ u til increase in value seem: t j ta Lt xui: :t anreascaable thing thst c ;Id ke i;I.
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te-af 11' mm ahd LiCCLUfiE DEED More Money from County to Vawter Heirs. The deed conveying the public square eon eytd tliree paiCeU of real tstate: to-wit, Fird, i7 apecilically deteribed lots; second, certain land in tlie south and north of Vernon, aud third, the public square. The lots and land iu houth and north of town were emiveyed absolutely and without limitation, they having been conveyed for the purpose of sale by the county; but iu the grant of the public spuare there waa a limitation, ihegrant being made "for the sole use of a perpetual public ground and spnare for court house, jail, etc , for the t'ounty of Jennings during the time the seat of justice fchall r mam in sid town." 10 VOTE AGAiUST RELOCHTIOi Tt vwte against the relocation of the e.,unfy seat of Jenuing3 Connty from Vernon to North Vernon make a ,'x) rro,3 iu tl,e betomi fc,mare below r 1 1 ii-'" For relocation at North Vernon I mi. Against relocation at North Vernon, Intl. REGiSTRAflOf HOT REQUIRED Atiirney General Thomas Honan, of I uduma in icply to a letter of impuiry as to whfther or not the registration law applied to the election to relocate the county seat of Jenniugs county ' that Uie registration law does not i PPb' to t he election to relocate the i county seat of Jennings ('ounty, that is a special election aud the regiatraiaw applies to general elections exclusively. 1 f a voter has resided contiuuI ously ti months in the state, GO days in the township and T.o days iu the pre- ; cincl, he is a legat voter in the county jseat eh-ction Tuesday, July 1919. Gil TAXES ; For the relocation of the county. seat 150,000 125.00U 5,fH.X) 10,000 2,000 ISyment to Vawter heirs for court house property at least Total For interest at least at 4 per cent bonds for at leitst 20 yeaas Grand Tidal It's TAXF..M until you gi audchildren are dead. oO.OoO 241 (H'Q 193,600 435,600 and your TO RENT COURT ROOM AT NORTH VERNON We aie informed that if relocation carries, the second story of the old Odd Allows Building at North Vernon be rented for a 'ourt Room. It is said the Urst National Bank of N.uth Vernon owns this building. 'this bank has for its directors such nieH as Harry C. Meloy, Lincoln Dixon, Frank C. Little, Joseph E, Cone and William full. Is there any wonder why thtse uitn are working so hard to relocate the ccucty ies,t?
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VERNON. IND-. THURSDAY. JULY 17. -1919.
V 73T3 f a iss2 REPAIRING HIE COURT OUSE The statement circulaled by the temovalists that the necessary icpairs to the present county court hon?e will cost almost if not fully as much as a new court house is the mot asinine statement that has been made in connection with the removalisit campaign. The petition for improvement (not repairs.) of the present building which was tiled and rejected some live years ago, feet out in detail in improvements requested and estimated their coat at f 15,000 an estimate based upon the actual costof similar improvements to the court house of Ripley county. Everything a&ked for in that petition will be placed in any new building erected at North Vernon, and in addition there will be a eite to be purchased at 110,000 and a new building to be erected at any expense exclusive of the !- terns iu that petition, of at least 5-:o, 000. Any imbecile could conipiehend that it will cost many times more lo purchase a tite and erect thereon ' a new building than it would to place the improvements asked for in that pe tition iu the existing building' There is eonie difference between $ 15,0u0 nod I 2 50, 000. That petition contemplated as we have said, permanent . irapro yeraen '.;- and not necessary iepairs. As for the latter they can be made at an expend iture of much leas than $15,000 and the present building made adequate to serve the purposes of the county for many year?. That the present buildings do not need extensive repairs is evident from the actions of the county olnicials during the past six years. The county council turned down the petition above referred to thereby implying that in their opinion the existing buildings were adequate ami fit without the proposed improvements. At no timeeince has the county or the board of commissioners suggested the necessity of even ordering repairs, except the repaits on the roof and windows (the windows then placed are a disgrace to any man that has the It-ast sign of respect for looks) occasioned by the tornado. When the roof was damaged they permitted it to stand unrepaired whie water ran into the building and toiled the walls by streaking them in places which has not been cleaned to this day, a thing Judge Carney aeked them to do with the money they had left from the insurance collected. All Judge Carney asked the County Commissioners tor at the April Term 1919 was to have the two jury rooms papered and the court room cleaned, which would not have cost $200. There is about $1300 left in the insurance money which belongs in the Court house building. Each of the three commissioners promised they wonld have this work done but have not done so. The fact is this, the roof was placed on, the windows never decorated as they were before the storm, the court room and jury rooms remain untouched, if this had been done this was all that the buildiug actually needs now, although improvement was as bed for and was rejected in 1914 and then only in the sum of?15,oh uo uow Mr. Tax payer there is much difference between repair and improvement rn . ... i ine unexpiiiaea insuraroe money is ample to make these repairs. It is the sworn duty of the Foard of the Commissioners to keep the county LuildingMu repair?, but since 1913 no repairs other than to the roof and windows which wa-? occasioned by the Tornado have teen made or asked for. Such conduct by the board deContianeJ on last pae.
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i t i 1 f ft u 4 LA1VYERS IIS FARMERS In the North Vernon Sun cf January FJ, 19Fi, was an article ttating that "A bill has been prepaied and wilt be itiliodurd providing that North Vernon is the County Heat,'1 and that in substance the details of removing of such ef-at would be left to the commist-ioners, ric About the same article in bubstance w as in the Flain Dealer of J an. oD, 191;;. s'o you can see the hist intention of ihe relocation schemers. They did not want to leave thij matte r to a vote f the people. They wanted a simple declaratory act naming Noitn Vernon as the county seat, and after tliree days ritdit, these schemers dropped the proposition, and then asked for h simple majority vote, with if peatCtl elections without number, but the Senate amended their bill so that it would tke feisty psr cent to carry euch an election, and bo only one election can be held for such purpose, once iu three years. Co the location Kcheuieis were defeated outfight on their simple det laratiry act, andnu th e main points on their other proposition. Iu other words they were beaten to a frazzle, notwithstanding' their various combinations. Why did these schemeis wish a new law, when thetewas already a fair law on the statute books'.' In the new law the ronuty is to pay for the new iu-; uuui-Flljft; ol'iT's;rtlieJ"'low'n v.'isatag the site must donate the same to the county. Al.-o the new law ignored the old law whereby if the present property is worth over 20, 000 the county seat cannot be moved. This provision has not been repealed, it is aid, so that the new law is inetlective, since the county property, at Vernon, can not be duplicated for 1:25,000. Yes at the present time high prices ar i'Ui), 000. Should the removal proposition car. ry the removal schemers can not w ait for a new building. The new law provides that the cilices and records are to be removed to North Vernon nt once, and oiiicts and rooms for the use oi the olheers aie to ba rented at the expense of the connty taxpayers until the new buildiug is completed. The schemers for the remov al are so eager they can not hs patient enough to wait for anew building, they must make extra expense. This shows how grasping they are to rob Peter to pay Paul. Iu all their desires herein it shows how they intended to gain much for the few at the expense of the many. It is easy enough to pend ether people's money for private gain. Who were the North Veiiio i speakers before the Legislative committee? Four lawyers Who were h speakers at the wcll-adverlhed but l.ooilv at tended, removal meeting at North Ver non. .Match S. 191,;? hive law vers. Is I it the lawyers against the peop'e? IT 18 THE LAW YETS AGAINST THE FARMERS. It is being circulated by removal advocates that Vernon wish es to have spent a large sum of money on the present court house, in amount of about 10,0o0. This and other like statements are false aud untrue. Air shafts and hbsement were built with the i.'.ea of installing a plant. When you are at the court house examine this aud note the shatts and the brick arched basement. The offices of the bresent Court House are large and commodious, with large well lighted hre proof vaults, and modern water closets on the first and second floors of the building. There are at least 3ot voters in Jennings County that will accept these omees at the present salaries aud inn the ottices, thecQaehes always on the Job, and think that they are enjoying luxuries. How- many citizens iu Jennings County, in proportion to their wealth to that ot the connty, have finer homes in like propoj lion to that of the present beautiful, substantial aud adequate Court House? Why confiscate a Court House adequate for all county business to build one not over one and one half miles away, by oipressive taxation upon all the people cf the c ounty to gratify certain individuals of North Vernon? riany North Vernon citi Continued on page four. .
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One of the most interesting leaks of the present campaign was opened Sunday when a certain radical Removalist of North Vernon was talking to a farmer who he supposed was ..truny, for North Vernon. Now this farmer just sided in with this radical Removalist and the removalitt told him his story. ' The ivemovalist said, "We "are beaten unless we do ..omthing and this must be done D quick. The farmers and tax payers poll against the relocation and against the county seat at North Vernon. We are going to try to make the people believe that there will be a new court house built at Vernon if relocation vote fails. This you spread to the right parties and do your best to make the voters believe this. We have also created abridge story we hope to get some votes on. Tell the people and spread it wide that if Vernon remains the county seat that there will have to be sev-
eral new bridges hunt near V ernon and this will cost tnousands of dollars. Make it as strong as you think the person to whom you are talking will believe. So tell these two stories, now remember, First a new court house yill be built at Vernon if relocation does not carry, and second that if Vernon remains the county seat several new bridges will have to be built at the cost of many thousands." When that radical removalist reads this he will say something like this, "D , we are gone sure, if we do not adopt some other method. Probably the Carnival can help us as it did September 22, 1913. This radical removalist had more enthusiasm than discretion. This farmer says: "Give these radical re-
movalists rope enough and they will hang themselves.'' Such seems to be true in this case.
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE? The removalists say let the people rule. May the tax payers ask what people? In the 1 9 1 2 Special e lection more votes were returned by the election officers cast in North Vernon than in any election ever before or since, in 1)12 the vote in Center township in which is North Vernon was '4, in 1913 the vote w&s 11'?, In 191 i the vote was 10 '", in 1916, the vote was 1111, in the year 1 ' 1 1 the vote was -fl3 surely if they mean "invisible" people of the 191 ; election type the tax payers enter a firm protest, bnt if they mean an honest court of tn- legal voters which the tax payers must hare, then the tax payers say "AM F.N". Fiery Moorhead ton of Oeorge Mo-,r-head of Lovett township, while vi.-it-ing his father, gave the Court house at I Vernon a gnod examination, and ?ays ! that it can not be duplicated forj f,'KHMi at the present prices off labor and materia). .Mr, Moorhen! is connected with a conduct ion company j in Kansas City anil has t een in this capacity for In years, and Know what building i; thU is nothing more than many men have sais about our good adequate Court house.
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i rlr rj-s ejU rieir Jl r r O I JUt Jtk, Jfr FORD AUTOLIOBILEf fir y Ik T ,7 BACON 1915, 4 P. M. A ie t ?f' j I ""J ntiiR Ia. 1 Ksl PUBLIC SPEAKING Aigument Against Relocation oi County Seat by Able Speakers Presented at following places, gpeakn r to commence at hour named below. Al.-o MOjIC by Vernon. Cornet Baud, Gray ford Martial Band, and Vocal Music by Vernon Male Quartette Thursday July 17, 1919. Weston .School House ':' p. m. Marion Tp. .High Hchool Bldg. ;.:; i Parii Crossing 7 :" Com migkey 7:0 Lovett ; Friday July i , 1919. Qaee naviHe 7;oo p. rii. Seinio Sh II ay den 9:x Saturday July i , rd'. j Kutlervitle 0:.i p. ra. Nebraska C:"i0 Zenas 7 ".' Antie-ch-7;:;o BrewersviUe -.:M St. Ann 9 00 1 Monday, July 1, 1 d'e J Rabbit Plain?, 7:f, Ban Jacinto, 8;00 I Ur.-h Prar.cn, It ii to the interest of the taxpayers of this dounty to get cut a full vote, to vote against the relocation cf the ccsaty seat. ' Remember the date, Tuesday July Ji 1019.