/Gray a cay-• DIDATE rFOR- STATE’S -‘ . A T T O it N E YBartlett S.. Gray, attorney of this city, hasannounced his candidacy forj\*1theRepublican..nominatiQn-f or-state'sattorney of Henry county, subject J-to -the-deoisioiFof the^Republi can vo-^ersatFth'e^rimaries-t^beb^ld_A^rilJc(Mr.. Gray is a graduate of the ^X^etoonyille^. eity^and—liigh—schools,-“£“in;which;he jwon a1 .competitive schol-- arshlp-in- the. JJniversity-,of, JQllhols^ He is a graduate.of the law school of ttre~U niversity of IHinbis and 'a'post-Migraduate of the law school of Harvard- unlversityrHe -was admitted to* the practice of law in the state of Illinois in October 1904. After*being admitted he^kecarae^conn ected—with—tire Urm ofJftTorthington-, ;JEteeve,' of“Jackson--vi 1 le^i 111 hoisj'wi th whom he remain-*Atc11ed-for some-time;—then-removing toItock-Island.dUl inoisland from thereto Geneseo, Illinois, iut-the year 1906,--andr~beeamlt;L-^saQciated^^.tiiLJEarry-B^dB rownriirzthe-practicc—;of—law—Since* which time he has been active-ly,efcgaged in the general practice ofrhis-prnfefision.J_ ~ m 1 1 1 -.A ... ... .He? has served as Attorney in mud jxTf^he^nipo'rtuht^litigatl rni^otzzz^S^zJcounty for the last six years ixrtfre Cireuitr~ 1APTOllareT~ and- -Supreme courts of, t'he state of Illinois-,-and-j-j the United* States* courts. His ability— as-fe-'-prosecutor-has-been—recognized by the pTesentestate’s attorney, who has repeatedly-called upon Mr. ,Gr?iy tb represent him In prostet*-tions in this section of* the county when the state’s attorney was unable “to^henpTesentriinnJrson:—r^ Gray—i s-a—raa-rr fe (1—man—an'resides on Pearl street In Geneseo in this county. ’ He has* always been a staunch Bepubliean, but is not a politician, his “energies* havliig' been de-voted exclusively to hi? profession.His friends feel that he is peculiarly fitted by education and experience to properly discharge the duties of the ~o Hi ce^o f-s t a teAs^a ttorn ey~ to-wh i oh-h e aspires; i_%\