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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
4
In Sullivan county a call urges Republicans to attend conventions to elect precinct committeemen and reorganize county and state committees. Delegates will meet January 8 and 9 with county committees organizing by January 9 or 11. The piece notes industry, schooling, and civic duties amid a looming national campaign.
Mr and Mrs H V Benefield and family arrived from Canton Mississippi and plan Sullivan as their future home. Dwight Welling will return to Sullivan. The Clark Stock Co opened at Bass Auditorium drawing large crowds for the Silent Slave with strong performances by LaBlanch Duncan Sam Clark Gerald Stone and Jerry. Family matinee Friday at 2 30. A hay mow fire near Tully Runkle burned compactly in a circular patch due to spontaneous combustion smothered with minor loss and a charred post noted. Stock showed unusual interest in the burnt hay.
Frank Dale fired three shots at a burglar who broke into his father's jewelry store early Sunday. The intruder escaped, taking nothing. Dale, awakened by a glass crash, retrieved a revolver and fired, but the thief fled. Dale has a description and confidence he could identify him.
The issue lists a law changing property tax assessment to start one month earlier and adds fifteen days for the assessor, with pay raised to 2.50 per day while deputies stay at 2.00. Legal cases include Jane Lane vs Farmsburg, Silver Chaney vs Weir et al, Wilbur Coyner vs John Roberts, Louisa Lowe vs William Lowe, and a divorce involving Wm Z Payne. A hunting accident in Prairie Creek reports Charles Ash, 17, shot and killed after gun discharge while crossing a fence. he was a student of Arthur Debaun and a local figure in the community.
The notice details concurrent elections with county precinct committeemen on January 8 or 9, district meetings January 12, and state committee officers chosen January 14 at the Indianapolis headquarters. Marion county in district seven gets 124 votes, down 22 from two years ago, with district convention sites listed for most districts and three districts unreported.
On Christmas Eve a group of Maxwell friends and neighbors gathered at the South Main Street home. A ceiling reaching tree was laden with gifts and candy boxes were given to the ladies. Santa arrived to delight the children as Uncle Tom played the role.
The list records marriages between pairs including Everett A Lassiter and Effie E Cox, B F McLaughlin and Callie Fag aly, David Gillett and Carrie Beck, James W Teague and Maggie E Trotter, and other couples such as Horace G. Rusher with Orphan Bishop and Augustus Sanders with Elsie Clara Stanley.
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