Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1896 — REV. E. S. NICHOLSON. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

REV. E. S. NICHOLSON.

Father of the Indiana Liquor Law Which Is Sustained by the Court. Rev. E. S. Nicholson, the father of the Indiana liquor law, which has been pronounced constitutional by the Supreme Court of the State, has an interesting personality apart from being the originator of the law. Mr. Nicholson first «jime Into prominence in 1894, when he President of the Good Citizens’League, which has its headquarters at Kokomo. At that time he was the editor and proprietor of the Kokomo Times, a daily paper founded by him about three years ago. He had recently removed to Kokomo from Russiaville, where he was editor of the Observer. Only 30 years old, his ability

was recognized by his older companions, who made him president of the league and leader of the law and order movement. He ran for the Legislature and was elected, and at once set about the work of the law which was to regulate Jhe saloons, Mr. Nicholson was born thirty-four years ago at Elizabethtown, Ind., of Quaker parents. He studied at Earlham College and was graduated In 1885 with the degree of B. A. He likewise was prepared for the ministry, but never preached. After teaching school four years he took up Journalism and has since remained an editor.

REV. E. S. NICHOLSON.