Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1904 — JESSE D. SMITH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JESSE D. SMITH.

Jesse D. Smith, Democratic nomine© for the office of State statistician, is a native of Union county, where he was born in 1871. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the public schools and then entered the school work as a teacher. For several years he was principal of the Brownsville graded schools and proved

a popular and conscientious instructor. Later he entered into the employ of the New Castle Bridge Company, and in 1901 removed to Indianapolis. He is now in charge of the contracting and collecting department of the company, one of the most responsible positions in its business. Mr. Smith has always been a Democrat and has made a host of friends throughout the state. The office for which he has been nominated is an important one and his election will insure an energetic and earnest discharge of its duties.

JESSE D. SMITH