The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
ONLY 124 VOTES
ARE CAST OUT OF
800 IN EATON
Both Parties to Have Full
Iicket-Voters Are Not In
terested, Result Shows.

| EAIOIN, w., Aug. 14.-Entertng the
municipal nominating primary Tues
day without candidates for several Of
fees, the Democrats finished with a
full ticket for the November election.
! w. M. Title, local agent for the
pennsylvania railway, was nominated
for mayor, to fill a vacancy. Other
candidates nominated to fill vacancies
were: Clerk, Charles Thum. Jr. /;
council, c. J. Hunter, Charles Webb
board public affairs, D. NJ. Swihart,
Ola Potts; school board, Mrs. Minnie
V. Michael, John V. Dye. Several fill
In candidates for assessor tied in the
number Of votes received and this will
be determined later.
Other Democrats nominated were ::
! Treasurer, c. F. Ressler; marshal,
Willard Armstrong; council, w. r.
Deme, John Ernst, Thomas Gates, II.
e. Dalrymple
Nominees of the Republicans, who
presented full ticket, with no con.
tests, are: Mayor, Harry L. Risinger;
treasurer, Robert L. Cox; clerk, Rob.
ert S. Fisher; marshal, c. A. Bunting;
council, E. E. Morrow, J. A. Becker.
G. A. Bennett, Chester Wehrley, c. v.
Waters, D. V. Acton; school board, A.
H. Christman, j. E. Parker; board
public affairs, R. A. Hiestand, F. \.
Price, w. F. Runyon; assessor,
George T. Longnecker.
The head of the two party tickets
ipolled 124 votes, the lightest vote ever
polled in local municipal primary
The Republicans polled 70 votes and
the Democrats SO. The normal vote
in the city is about 500, which is about
evenly divided between the two par
ties.
Would Save $500
County Auditor-eIect Spencer c
Hunt announces that when he assume:
office the latter part Of October h
will inaugurate a new salary plan al
J relates to the office of county scale
; Of weights and measures, which j!
| under his control, which will mean
, saving of at least $500 a year to the
| county.
= Hunts plan is to pay the sealer TO-
the actual time he is employed in dis
charging his duties, while hcretofor,
the office has paid a straight salar!
: of $1,000 a year He says much of th'
! time during the year the sealer is no
engaged in official work, hence adop
ton of the new plan.
Charles Street, Of Gratis. has beer
endorsed by the Preble county Reput
lican executive committee for tn
sealership, for which there were NOR
than forty applicants, says Hunt.
Liberty Buttons Saturday
Saturday, instead of Friday, is tn
day Capt. Walter lessee, Of Cincir
natl, assistant recruiting officer
comes to Eaton to distribute Victor
buttons to discharged soldiers, sal
ors. officers, enlisted men and arm
who haUa rnraiU16 hnnnra hi
discharge. Headquarters will b
maintained at the postoffice, wher
the buttons will be given out between
the hours of 10 a. N. and p. m.
School Levy Approved
Electors of Lanier township schoc
district and Gratis village school dis
trict voted favorably at a special elec
ton Tuesday on an extra tax levy
outside of all limitations. for schoc
purposes. The Lanier district on
one-nill levy and the Gratis distric
S on two-mill levy. The vote in LAME
was 81 for the levy and against il
Gratis adopted the proposition by
|, vote of SO to q.
| G. o. P. Approves Appointment.
Approval has been given by tn
Preble County Republican Executiv
! committee to the appointment of lie:
lie Sawyer, or New ParlS, as deput
r county auditor, and Howard T, Akel
; of New Paris, as deputy county treas
urer. Sawyer will be deputy to Al
ditor Spencer c. Hunt, and Aker Wi
be deputy to Treasurer Charles +
Samuels.
| Auditor-elect Hunt announces tina
| Miss Susie Sherer. at present cler
under Auditor Albert Campbell, wi
| be retained temporarily in the al
] ditors office.
Negroes Are Arrested.
Six negroes, claiming to come froI
; Alabama, were taken from a freigh
train Tuesday night at Lewisburg an
placed in the village jail to await tn
r arrival of police officials from Franl
; lin, who claimed the negroes had sto
|, en- lot of rubber boots and two gum
from a gravel pit near Franklin. Tn
+ boots and guns were recovered.
I. quantity Of dry goods allegedly stole
!, by the negroes was not found
}. Eaton Church Leads.
Q Eaton Methodist church is leadin
U the other churches in the conferenc
/ district in the centenary movemen
}. according to advices received by tn
official board of the local church. a
7 the fourth quarterly conference wit