Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1912 — Democratic Nominee for State-Senator [?] Salf-Made Young Man. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Democratic Nominee for State-Sena-tor [?] Salf-Made Young Man.

Chester A. McCormick, the popular young democratic nominee for Joint State Senator from the counties of White, Jasper, Newton and Starke, is a forcible example of the self-made young man. He was born and reared upon a farm and attended the district schools of Starke county and later graduated from the Knox high school and spent a year in normal school. He made his own. way through school by selling newspaper* and by doing considerable writing for Chicago and Indianapolis papers. He taught several successful terms of country school and has walked as far as ten miles a day to and from his school. While yet in his teens he

compiled and published in.book form a comprehensive and accurate history of his, cwn county. He has always taken a pronounced interest in the work of the farmers' institutes and in all worthy public enterprises. For the past seven years Mr. McCormick has been engaged as editor and publisher of the North Judson News, which, under his direction, has become one of the foremost country newspapers of Northern Indiana. Mr. teen twice elected to the office of • lerk of Nortn Judson by majorities of rjore than three to one and later was given the nomination, over his vigoroils protest, for County Clerk. Although he had an adverse majority of iver 300 to confont and being opposed ty the strongest man on the republican ticket, he came within six votes of of election. Ip this race he carried his home township by a splendid majority of over 2uo.

That he is held in high esteem by his neighbors and friends and those who know him best, is evinced by the fc. lowing comment Which appeared in the Starke County Republican directly after his nomination: “In nominating Chester A. Cormick. of North Judson, for State Senator, the democrats of this district did a handsome, fitting thing. Chester is a good, deserving young man.’’

Mr. McCormick is peculiarly fitted for the position he is .seeking and in the event of his election to the state legislature, promises to be a real representative of all the people, irrespective of party, location, or creed and to work at all times for good, clean, honest and wholesome legislation.—Kentland Democrat.

CHESTER A. McCORMICK