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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
3
Three Shelburn saloon keepers Jesse McCracklin Robert Bardsley and John Cummins sue to overturn liquor licenses denial arguing the Curry township remonstrance filed August 31 was not signed by enough legal voters. Court action under the liquor law of 1905 seeks to offset a 57 vote majority with subpoenas for 125 alleged signers as temperance forces mobilize for a heated fight.
Excessive rains and cool wet spring hurt crops in Sullivan County. Corn acreage is about twenty percent below the 50 000 acre average, with planting nearly finished but frost risk remains. Wheat is exceptionally fine, melons may be late but near average, oats show yellowing blades, and army worms caused damage.
Farmersburg officials announce next week's start of the yearly pay for carriers. Reed Harris and Oscar Allen both receive 900 dollars, Edwin B. Bennett 900 dollars, and Co. K. Ferguson 720 dollars.
The three appointed members of the State Board of Tax Commissioners tour Indiana counties to equalize real estate assessments before the July meeting. The visits aim for fair land valuations, with property values rising but no radical increases expected. Sullivan county’s review finds local inequality but cannot legally reprice. taxes will be adjusted uniformly at adjournment.
A severe Sunday storm across the county caused extensive crop and property damage. In Curry township cattle were killed by lightning and barns were struck near Farmersburg injuring horses while a house and substation were damaged. Flooded roads and washed out bridges disrupted travel, with Perry Drake losing three horses valued at $400. In Sullivan and Shelburn areas streets and sidewalks were damaged and a local blind resident, Dode Chambers, was helped after falling in a washout.
Professor O B Whittaker of Wab leau Missouri was elected president by the trustees of Union Christian College at Me rom on Tuesday evening. The decision followed a trustees conference with Whittaker at Wab leau and his acceptance of the presidency. It is unclear if he will start duties with the September session. Whittaker, a young educator and author, succeeds his father Rev John Whittaker, former president of the Wab leau Institute for 25 years.
The rural free delivery carriers in Sullivan county will shift to a mileage based pay starting Monday, advancing from the old sixty dollars monthly to annual salaries. Two routes will be terminated, Carslisle with Elza Douthitt and New Lebanon with Henry Dodds, while carriers out of Sullivan post office receive new yearly totals from $810 to $990 per year.
The Harvard Brush Company, moving from Sullivan Indiana, opens south of Harvard Park in Springfield. It will employ many workers, guided by Max Holmes and Charles Seigmund, with wage scales from 3 to 18 dollars weekly as training begins.
Anti-saloon forces in Jackson township push to file a remonstrance against liquor licenses for the next two years the effort spreading to Hymera. About 500 signatures are needed from Jackson township to block applicant John Wilson at the July county commissioners session.
Miss Marie Jeanette Osgood of Brookline Massachusetts and Prof. Frank Aydelotte of Sullivan were wed in Abingdon England on Saturday. The bride is daughter of George L. Osgood and granddaughter of the late John S. Osgood. Aydelotte, Rhodes scholar at Oxford, will take a two year leave to chair English at Indiana State University Bloomington. They will visit Sullivan in August.
Four Sullivan residents initiate a floating theatre venture with a 70 by 20 foot boat seating 200, built at Riverton. Finley Knotts, his wife, James A. Medaris, and George Martin each hold a quarter interest. Propelled at six to seven mph, it will premiere during the Merom chautauqua and later travel south along the lower Mississippi for the winter.
Uniform rank of Knights of Pythias organized from Shelburn K of P Lodge with 60 members. They will drill immediately for the August dedication of the new Pythian building in Indianapolis. Col. Frank Cliff of Terre Haute attended the formation. Officers elected: George Nicoson Captain, Charles Lucas First Lieutenant, Ed Carson Second Lieutenant, Harry Carteridge Col Secretary, George Powell Recording Secretary.
Mrs W E Cowle of Carlisle was surprised at home on the 18th by close friends who prepared a quiet dinner for her 75th birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs J F Sproatt and family, Mrs Mary ff nieces, Misses Ag of Evansville and others.
J. D. Pierce a former county resident connected with mines near Farmersburg discussed a Colorado Cripple Creek district claim with Isaac Bryant and Porter Davis. In an interview with Louis Ludlow of the Star League he praised Cripple Creek for strict lawfulness and contrasted Indiana.
The notice reminds readers that all hunting besides rabbits on private land requires a license. Licenses are issued by Circuit Clerks of each county, except Marion county. Blank applications are available from the Circuit Clerk in each county.
Terre Haute Ind June 20 Deputy State Mine Inspector O Con nor caused the arrest of W H Ford superintendent of the Keystone mine at Shelburn for failure to equip an air shaft. The mine was closed pending compliance and 150 men are out of work. Friends of State Mine Inspector Epperson cite the action to show impartial enforcement of the laws.
A company interested in two gas wells near Jamison farm two miles west of the city has started another well on the Arthur farm just south of Jamison. The rigging is being positioned and drilling likely to finish by week’s end.
George R. Beasley a Linton Indiana saloonkeeper killed his wife on the veranda in front of their three children about 9:30 PM. The couple had quarrels and a divorce suit was pending. Beasley surrendered to police and gave no statement. The Beasley family was well known in Martin County and Mrs Beasley was Miss Fymms before marriage. Mrs Ralph Stewart of Danville Indiana is visiting her parents.
The automobile damage case of Harriett Gard of Jackson township against William Abbott commenced Tuesday morning in the circuit court.
Catholics of the city will establish a parochial school for boys and girls under the Sisters of Providence. The building will rise on the present priest residence site adjacent to the church. The pastor will reside in a home purchased from Arthur Martin.
Mrs. Elsie Nesbit disappeared from her home early Monday taking a suitcase with clothing. A search located her in the scale room near the I. S. depot. She offered no explanation, with authorities noting her mind has been temporarily deranged.
Thomas Pritchard, a former resident tied to county mines and a Sullivan Chapter Royal Arch Masons member, collapsed and died Monday at Gessler Illinois. The body was sent to Linton for burial Tuesday evening.
A sequence of deed transfers shows Otto Ring to Liddy Johnson James W Hill to Cora EB, Carl F Briggs to Mary Thompson Crawford and George F Bennett to Lola Shephard. Each entry records a grantor and grantee in 19th or early 20th century style.
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