Cullop's district primary win shocks Washington leaders
Congressman Cullop engineered a Worthington gathering of postmasters to push a district primary for April 8, sidelining opponents such as McCarty Wiseman Riddle and Slinkard. Disorder and defections followed as Greene Martin and Sullivan county chairs shift allegiance, while prompts for legal challenges and possible withdrawals ripple through the district.
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William A. Cullop
Worthington
Congress
Washington Herald
Herod
William Allen Cullop
Cullop
John W. McCarty
Washington
Jesse F. Wiseman
Indiana
Greene County
John Riddle
Linton
William Slinkard
The
Bloomfield Democrat
H. N. Hicks
Williams House
Battle
E. E. Forsythe
Daviess
Dick Robinson
Knox County
Vincennes
Earl Talbott
Louis Sarter
Morgan
Martinsville
Man Sarter
Beatty
Owravel Co
Man Gwin
Martin County
Charles Stone
Shoals
Tet
Rogers
Bloomington
Lou Schmidt
Owen County
Gilbert Jumbell
Sullivan
McCarty
Hugh O’neall
Forsythe
Ben Burris
Post Office Department
Archer
Bill
John Spencer
Will Heffernan
Slinkard
Samuel
Lin- Se
Talbott
Representative Wiseman
Mason J. Niblack
Vollmer
John H. Spencer
Will Slinkard
Dr. Archer
Spencer
William Allen
Daviess County
Terre Haute
Gambill
Sullivan County
Charley Hunt
Hunt
Akin
Riddle
Greene
McGinnis
Herald
Vincennes Statesman
Bbs Pte Co
Hivan Union
Bliks
Poynter
Hoppy yeCo
Ak Loler Cdo
United States
Jim Watson
Jesse Overstreet
Charley Landis
Joe Cannon
Washington City
Condi
Carlisle
State Committee
Charles D. Hunt
Louis Sorter
Dr. Beatty
O’neall
Washinon
Gee
William Heffernan
William
Bob Miers
Waterloo
Heffernan
Dr. Stone
Martin
McFarland
Joseph Kimmell
Kimmell
Royal KE. Purcell
Williams Hotel
Mason Niblack
Sullivan County Bar Association Elects Officers for 1914
The Sullivan County Bar Association held its annual meeting in the court room and elected officers for 1914. President Will H. Hays, Vice President Charles H. Bedwell, Secretary John S S Taylor, Treasurer C A Price, and Marshal A H E DeBaun. An all day outing at the Fagle Island club was planned for June 26 1914. A committee led by Hays Bedwell Lindley Bridwell and Stratton will arrange the event. A full member list includes Hays Bedwell Taylor Price Stratton Kalley Bridwell and many others.
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Cullop
Indianapolis
Appellate Court
Worthington
Forsythe
Daviess
Elijah McFarland
Hugh O’neall
Louis Schmidt
Indiana
Congress
District Congressional Committee
Clark
Obert Taylor
Ucian Fleming
Alter Cunning Him
Sullivan County Bar Association
Will H. Hays
Charles H. Bedwell
John S.S. Taylor
C. A. Price
A. H E. DeBaun
Fagle Island Club
J. W. Lindley
Chas. H. Bedwell
Wm. H. Bridwell
W. P. Stratton
Association
John T. Hays
G. W. Buff
A. Coulson
James R. Brown
John C. Chaney
Walter F. Wood
Sullivan Second Coal Producer in Indiana
Frank I. Pearce, Indiana state mine inspector, released the annual coal production report for fiscal year 1913 ending September 30. Indiana mined 17,246,565 tons with total miner wages of 15,959,997.63 dollars. Black coal produced 445,585 tons with wages of 673,272.66 dollars. Detailed county totals show Vigo leading with 4,476,945 tons and 4,201,838.93 dollars in wages. Sullivan 3,238,642 tons and 3,152,995.33 dollars. Greene 2,753,015 tons and 3,312,721.31 dollars, among others. Labor cost per ton averaged under 91 cents in bituminous fields and just over 1.51 dollars in the black coal field, indicating a small rise in cost per ton from prior years.
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Frank I. Pearce
Indiana
Vigo
Sullivan
Greene
Vermillion
Knox
Clay
Warrick
Pike
Parke
Vanderburg
Gibson
Daviess
Fountain
Perry
Akin Heads the Ticket for Faithful Votefest Ballot
Nearly one hundred faithful entered the biennial votefest paying cash to secure ballot spots. The listed slate includes Charles T. Akin, Charles D. Hunt for Congress. Charles H. Bedwell for Representative. Martin L. Pigg and John S. Taylor for Prosecuting Attorney. and many other officials across county and township posts with multiple nominees per position. The primary contest runs two weeks, shaping a broad field of candidates.
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Charles D. Hunt
Charles H. Bedwell
Martin L. Pigg
John S. Taylor
Herschel V. Benefield
Dave Giles
Clyde J. Burkholder
Frank M. Daniels
Geo. F. Botts
Alaska M. Carter
Robert Gambill
Ed. Kelley
Roy Drennan
William L. Sisson
James H. Neff
Murray McClanahan
Richard B. Douglas
Ollie T. Criss
James W. Cunningham
Peter J." Over
Frank Hiatt
John A. Mattix
Andrew Thomson
W. H. Poston
W. A. Drake
James W. Bishop
J. Frank Asrey
John E. Driver
Harper L. Davis
Jackson Township
Henry T. Smith
Frank Crim
Ford Prather
Jackson
Bernards
Tipton
John Wambaugh
Curry
Basil Thomas
Wm. Z. Payne
Commodore R. Smith
Wm. H. Bennett
Joseph Branson
Fairbanks
Martin Harris
Parish
Drake
Cecil G. Johnson
A. J. Peacher
Milton Drake
Alpha DeBau
Austin E. Everhart
Hamilton Township
James R. Rusher
Walter Wible
Jacob Fleming
Sullivan County Farmers Association elects officers
The newly organized Sullivan County Farmers Association has elected Charles L. Pirtle as president L W Watson as vice president A W Hayes as secretary and Richard Taylor as treasurer.
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Officers Farmers Assn
Sullivan County Farmers Association
Charles L.pirtle
L. W. Watson
A. W. Hayes
Richard Taylor
Pleasantville Principal Charged With Assault Arrest
Charles Hanna the Pleasantville school principal is bound over for trial on assault and battery charges after a 14 year old pupil Bruce Hilderbrand was flogged severely. The boy required conveyance home and medical attention. the hearing is set in Laurie Everhart's court next Saturday afternoon.
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Charles Hanna
Pleasantville
Bruce Hilderbrand
George Hilderbrand
Laurie Everhart
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Billy Heffernan
Frank Weems
Worthington Times
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Princeton
Ullivan County
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