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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1922
Page
4
The notice lists ownership by Robert P. White, owner and publisher, dates for copyright or mailing matter and rates, and records of second class mail entry in Sullivan Indiana with a 1873 act reference.
The document lists statewide ticket candidates led by Albert J. Beveridge for U S Senate and Ed Jackson for Secretary of State, with state officers Oliver, Davis, Lynch, Burris, Myers, and others. It also names county offices including Bland, Hill, Hendrickson, Funkhouser, Walters, and ALSop among others.
Congressman Royal C. Johnson will address the public at the Sullivan court house on Saturday night October 21 at 8 o clock. He served at the opening of World War I, was wounded in the Argonne, and was re elected to Congress by a large overseas vote. Also listed are dates for Congressman Bland in nearby towns with times and venues through October 27 at the Sullivan court house.
Local taxes are a local matter driven by public need. The essay cites a state wide school building program with seven billion dollars for one hundred twenty six buildings, noting Sullivan county spent eighty one thousand on two new structures.
An editorial contrasts small town bankers resisting branch expansion with calls for a unified banking system to aid farmers. It argues roads must be rebuilt to handle heavy traffic, questions who should pay, and cites taxes and local control, noting Indiana's tax distribution and minimal state funding.
The passage argues that concentrating wealth harms farmers and risks a bitter conflict. It urges applying financial brains to support local banks instead of destroying them, warning against eliminating thousands of community banks. It calls for stronger, smarter use of local financial institutions to aid agriculture.
Oscar E Bland representative from the Second district leads farmers aid measures including co op exemptions, grain trading limits, farm tariff actions, rural post roads funding, farm market loans, highway funding and agricultural support. An American Farm Bureau federation envoy lauds his votes and vows to inform voters of his service.
The Vincennes Commercial notes Representative Bland of Indiana's Second District as a busy, industrious leader in Congress. It highlights his coal and farm legislation work, diary of European trips, and staunch attention to constituents, urging trust in his national service and readiness for a campaign tour.
The state faces £3,000,000 in extraordinary costs this year while tax revenues stay near last year. A 27 cent levy yields $14,008,500 for counties and state purposes, with total revenues near $22,000,000 including fees. Property values drop from 1920 to 1921, and several large projects and debts drive spending, yet overall taxes are trimmed compared with prior years.
The Indianapolis News argues that government expansion grows as long as people endorse it and pay taxes. It urges voters to focus on cost when bills arrive, noting government only spends what it takes from the public and that lower costs require reduced government size and restraint from taxpayers.
The Washington Herald comments that since 1900 Indiana cities have seen a 553 percent rise in taxes for city purposes. It cautions that while waste is not implied, there has been extravagance in funding demands the public now expects from municipal corporations.
Mr and Mrs N A Powell who stayed with Mrs Powell s parents Mr and Mrs W H McGrew have returned to Richmond Indiana.
A satirical description claims golf is played in a cow pasture by striking a white pill on an ant hill and chasing it across a mile. The piece notes the pill is dropped in a hole and the process is repeated 17 times with similar pills.
A speech fragment quotes Uncle Eben criticizing men who argue rather than share the work, noting that the average man would get along better if as anxious to do his part as to blame others. The language reflects dialect and social critique.
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