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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
4
The Sullivan Union announces subscription rates for one year six months and three months with publishers Selle Chaney and R. P. White listed. The paper is described as the county’s only Republican publication and is entered as second class matter in Sullivan.
Will Hays seeks the Republican nomination for governor and is expected to accept under proper conditions. Mary C. Hays is laid to rest at Center Ridge Cemetery seven weeks after her husband’s death. Neighbors remember her as virtuous, cultured, and devoted to duty, a loss to the community.
Postwar years recall Old Ascension Seminary founded and run by Captain Crawford. The school, first in Indiana to teach core education and also how to teach others, shaped local learning in Sullivan County and inspired future institutions. Mrs. Mary Cain Hays’s death reignites interest in its legacy and role after the Civil War.
The piece recalls Ascension Seminary origins at Farmersburg and Sullivan under Captain Crawford. It notes early graduates from 1873 and 1874, highlighting Mrs. Hays as a longtime community figure and benefactor tied to Old Ascension Seminary. The narrative covers teachers, curricula, and the school’s move from Farmersburg to Sullivan.
In the circuit court last week the Funkhouser receiver case against James M. Barnett and bondsmen failed, clearing Barnett and his wife Cora. The losses traced to dividend payments and unpaid earnings, not misaccounting by Barnett, left the secretary’s bondsmen no liability. Barnett had previously sunk 3600 from his own funds, not obligated to insure the association’s success.
The piece argues Decoration Day should remain under the Grand Army of the Republics auspices and direction as long as veterans survive. It lauds the soldiers for saving the nation and preserving Union integrity after the Civil War.
A veterans tribute emphasizes Decoration Day as a universal day of hope sacred to soldiers and civilians. The piece also notes recent campus visits by Genichero Sano and various alumni and friends with details of upcoming lectures and a campus pageant on May 10 at 7:00 PM.
County agent H. 8 S. Benson visited Owensville with relatives last week. The brief note records a family visit and no official duties or events are described.
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