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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
4
In a column mixing politics and society, editors discuss a plan to tax lectures to fund official salaries, recount a Bloomfield murder case and parole, and feature views from J Adam Bede on republican strength, primaries, currency, and the 1914 political landscape. The piece ends with regular rural notes from Fairbanks and Sullivan communities.
A speaker argues that stable government rests on two strong parties the Republican and Democratic. He rejects all isms including socialism and progressive labels, insists representative government works, notes past fifty years of rapid progress under Republicans, and condemns calls for a new system as misdirected given the nation has prospered under the old order.
The three Rumsey manufacturing concerns in Laporte Indiana, once employing thousands and making threshing outfits engines and implements, have shut down and cannot be reopened. The Martin County Tribune warns that similar closures may follow the proposed tariff bill.
President Wilson suggests sending John E. Lamb of Terre Haute to Mexico to oversee a fair election. The speaker queries why Donn Roberts should not be included in the mission.
Miss Evalyn Clark of Chicago visits Martha Durham with schoolmate ties to Oxford. Newton Neese of Chicago visits his parents. Marie Buckley of Terre Haute visits her aunt Mrs Kearn Medsker. Warren Watson and family spend Friday with B W Beard. Base Cushman remodels his house. Luella Eno visits Pauline Medsker. Mother Ingersoll attends Graysville church services. Ella and Josie Eno visit Merom Saturday.
The will filed in Jefferson township names Laura A. Lucas as executrix with full power to transfer or convey all personal property and real estate to his widow. The document records Benjamin F. Lucas as the deceased.
Graysville reports work on new gravel roads is moving along and wages are low but provide work. The post office moved to J. P. York’s residence who adds a room to serve the public. Ray Yager of Terre Haute visited family and works in boiler shops earning good wages. Ben Gray arrived on business and recently married. Manngrove convention rehearsals begin with expected larger attendance after separation from Chautauqua week. Rev. W. N. Baither will speak next Sunday on hospital work in Indianapolis. Prof. David Cushman relocates to the village and will start teaching in about four weeks.
Miss Florence Penrod and Mr St Clair of New Lebanon visited Monday. Emery Wright and family from Terre Haute stayed with relatives in Merom. Excavation for a new M E church proceeds. A bluff reservoir and a cement walk are under construction for chautauqua use. Two Sherman St Clair sisters from Ohio visit. Ford Johnson made a business trip to Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs John Hammond planned Nebraska and Idaho trip, renting their Merom property to Mr Devlin of Martinsville. Local visits include Weimer Donelson Vinson with Miss Hallet at Harbor Place. Claude Hubble visited Terre Haute. Mrs Mabel Coyner of Missouri arrived.
Hymera notes the new Methodist church progress and attendance by Rev M G Robbins J A Ward and B F Julian at a district convention in Bicknell. Miss Elizabeth Williams visited Terre Haute relatives. Mrs Norman Stringfield dies at Hinkle Street leaving husband and four children. Ladies Aid held an ice cream social on Main Street. Homecoming and old soldiers reunion set for August 14-15.
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