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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
6
Local newspaper notice from Boone County Progressive at Fruege Publisher. Publication appears weekly on Thursdays from The Frogressive Office at Mouth and Lebanon Streets. Entered as second class matter September 24, 1912, at Labae Indiana post office under the Act of March. Subscription rates listed as one year in advance. Delivery irregularities should be reported promptly.
The ticket lists United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge from Indianapolis and Secretary of State William A. Pierson of New Albany along with other state offices. It includes Treasurer John Bower of Fowler Auditor George Wyatt of Vincennes Attorney General A G Manning of Kokomo State Superintendent John W Kendall of Greenfield Clerk of Supreme and Appellate Courts Edward R Lewis of Indianapolis State Geologist Jethro Culmer of Spencer and judges Lew W Vail Goshen Henry Pearson Bedford Elise D Salsburg Indianapolis George H Coons Muncie Willis E Roe East Chicago Homer C Underwood Fort Wayne across the First and Second Districts.
County slate lists representatives and officials: Sudge J. M. Worley, Chas Johnson, W. J. Darnall, D. J. Greath, Robert Swope, James R. McCann, Joe C. Cain, L. J. Kern, James E. French, Briant Fulwider, Dr. H. W. Millikan, Charles A. Kern, 8. MM, Riker, Abraham Fekert, Watson Masters, James W. Slagle, George Burtner, Charles W. Cook, C. D. B. King, Linneus L. Pauley.
The record shows Senator B F Shively missed more votes than present this year. He failed to vote 63 times on Payne Aldrich tariff schedules and did not vote on Daniels for Interstate Commerce Commission. He supported secret sessions and opposed open sessions, and he did not vote on the equal suffrage amendment. Indiana voters are urged to replace him with a man who will vote for the people.
Observer commentary accuses Senator Shively of dodging important votes on measures like the Republic coal bill and Seamen’s bill, urging voters to reject his “not voting” record. It notes support for Beveridge and highlights newspaper editorials urging change, with local party figures and candidates cited for Indiana’s November election.
Charles A. Ford the Progressive candidate for ninth district Congress was born on a farm near Fostoria Ohio in 1862. He worked as a telegraph operator in Massillon and later as freight agent on the Nickel Plate line before moving into management in Titusville and Kokomo. Ford promoted steel boiler and tin plate ventures, led the Central Traction Company, and has been Howard county Progressive chairman since 1912. Albert Beveridge called him the fighting Dutchman of the Ninth.
The article discusses Progressive candidates and endorsements for Woodrow Wilson policies including a 25 million dollar donation to Columbia and high sugar prices. It notes campaigning intensity, the SOS signal to the Democratic state committee, and Tom Taggart's stump speech. It reports Josiah R. McIntyre withdrawing from the Republican constable ticket in Center township. It also covers gym class activities at First Baptist church with A H Kroeger directing exercises, a planned schedule change, and invites to parents to observe.
The Perry Barker Duroc Jersey hog sale near Thorntown drew breeders from Illinois Ohio and Indiana. Forty nine hogs sold for about 2350 total averaging near 480 each with top bids of 176 for the spring boar and 261 for the spring sow, prize winners at the state fair.
Bryant L Fulwider Progressive nominee for surveyor is a Boone county Indiana native born in Harrison township twenty one years ago on the fifteenth of last March. He graduated Lebanon high school with the class of 1912 and showed special aptitude in mathematics through his school work.
The past three years have made him highly proficient in county engineering with superior qualifications from practical experience. He is deemed capable of handling the Thorntown Leadyen road contract and similar county public works, having earned top comments for construction in Scott county, Indiana. His strong reputation for hard work, integrity, and an engaging personality supports his fitness for public office despite possible illness limiting a political canvas.
Daniel L. Creath the Progressive candidate for county auditor born in Ripley Indiana December 31 1860. He moved with his widowed mother to Decatur County at age six and worked as a laborer from age seven. He later settled in Clinton and Marion townships and became township assessor in 1894 though took office in 1895. He then moved to a Jefferson township farm near Shannondale after three years as assessor.
David L Creath recounts his rural farming start in the township then in Lebanon where he runs a neighborhood grocery on the east side of the square. A trusted, respected figure in Boone county, he cites church and Masonic ties and his broad experience as farmer and public official as qualifications for county auditor. He asserts voters would gain a faithful and efficient servant in his election.
Charles D King a progressive candidate for councilman at large was born in Lebanon and has lived there most of his life aside from two years in Minnesota. He once owned hardware tinning and roofing business, retired in 1884, and worked as a traveling salesman until 1913 when he settled permanently in Lebanon. Active in social fraternal church and charitable circles, he asserts strong business success and says he can devote time to county affairs.
A missionary will speak on Mormonism at Elisavillo Baptist Church Saturday at 7 30 pm. She will address Salem Church Sunday morning and Christian Liberty Sunday night with no admission fee.
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