The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-03
-,.,;doe D. HadIey Of Des Moines,
secretary Of the Iowa Society OF
S A. r. Planning Inter
estins Book.
HAS BEEN IN SINCE 's8
I. esnects to Cover Events Of Inter.
est in the Twenty-Five Years
That He Has Handled Bust
ness Of the Society.

few wears ago when the >. a. n.
- n a r. had joint Fourth OF
az 1.',,, ca,ebration at the Goodrich home,
en- 3. D. Hadley, state secretary
.as guest. In recent years Cap
.n;r Hadley has been interested IN
sag legislation, along with Keokuk
naor,a and is more or less known
sora Consequently the announce
n. from Des MONIES that he is con-
templating writing book VIII come
as matter of interest
The Register published this about
his plans and career:
Long terms of service in positions
If responsibility are often cited as re-
markable in the lives of men. Ihey
arc supposed to be indicative or stead
;rsss Of purpose, conscientious and
satisfactory service and duty well
dona well known poet and lite
rary parsonage of Iowa. Major 5. II.
NJ Byers, published book called
aTwenty Years Consul" In numb
lar sphere the secretary Of the Iowa
society of the Sons of the American
Revolution, Captain e. D. Hadley, not
without feeling of pride, contem-
DlateS Wrll1uS DOOh Va
Years Secretary.
It was in 1898 that the president OF
the Iowa society named appointed him
acting secretary when the secretly
elect and de facto went away to the
war with Spain That was twenty
Two wears ago and ever since has he
been connected with the posll,on of
recording secretary and financial sec
retary of the society. Presidents
have come and served their brief an
mail terms and retired, but the Sec
retary's tenure Of Office runs on with
out break.
OF the twenty-seven presidents OF
The society he has served with twenty
three. OF these, seven have died and
joined the three who had gone before.
During this time more than 900 ap-
plications for membership have passed
through his hands and the applicants
have been enrolled in the membership
with all the strict method and careful
research required and all the elaborate
records required necessary to pre-
serve to history the story Of their des-
cent from the patriots of the revolu-
tionary war.
Not the least of these things is the
financial accuracy absolutely neces-
sary to do justice to members and the
society. More than 5000 receipts
have been issued by him and what
they represent entered in the secre-
tary's cash amount. Nearly $4,000
has passed through the secretary's
hands into the treasury of the society
out of whose hands the money cannot
60 without the secretary's signature
to the proper order.
While this service has been a labor
Of love- compensation has not been
despised and from neglible amount
prior to 1903 stipend has been al
lowed the secretary averaging $3.50 a
year and an aggregate Of $3,252
sounds like a considerable sum, but
doled out to him in eighteen years it
really does not seem like princely
salary
Numbers Secured.
The consecutive numbers assigned
to members has risen from 100 when
ne commenced his labors to 1888 today.
And the editing and manipulating of
the eighty-eight issues of the "Old
continental" has helped to take the
JOB out of the class Of sinecures.
During this service he, tn September