Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-06

farm near Jacksonourg, butler county,
Ohio, March 81, 1870, the son OF
c;,hort and Eliza A. Cox. As n how
ba learned 70 know what chores were.
carly in the morning and late at night.
As soon as bc was able to 'Iend n
Lar5" be devoted more time to work
t%an +o nIav
TT. attended the country school near
,;a bon,a and later wsq Graduated fron,
,ho I W;ddIetown High School. He
aIwors was earning money nv doing aIl
sorts ~ odd iobs. one of which was az
;on;tor IN n rural church After that
anr. ,uos n ,awsbov and a nr;ntar'a dovii
in T., N,;JdIetown' he did these things TO
al H nv ,vov throuob b;ch school Which
pay H,o tS thc, ,ros ndvancod oJmcot;nn
W w. na.n ,r ." nttonded college
nv tn,,oht co,,,trr ,,ho,,
MI, Mr. ton .on,,s oftor obto;n;ns b;s h;at
rereidd' rd s;,ian,o h,,t ba rrnforrod a,,,s
scnoo. u,p au,, ona honar,p ranortnr .,
paper pSs,.t UT NJ S;rn,i ptLo III vi
still owned by John @. Baker. Mr..
Cox's brother-in-law
soores Reat nm Rail wrect
o'o - N,
City ne"spspers III NOSE aays, as
now; had corresponuenL III eacn Town
In the Territory ..i .wnere imeE cifculatsd,
ana YOUNG ooa . Tovertu Ii MS tI tIwn tor
cberco arrived with n railroad wrock a.
ueno noar N;ddletovn In which seu
eroI norsons yere killed
Know;ng tbe storv was M oood n bis
ronar unless no ccpld pet + into tbe
nf;ce be tore n shoot from, newsnanar
vave II n the onerator at NIiddIetown
and told him to send every word of n
y
Coy then ran nil tbe wav to Ueno cot
his story and got II on the mononolized
wire while other corrcsnondents stooJ
br be,niessIv, As n result The Ennmirer
rot a scoop and Cox was given a lob on
The CITY staff
In the middle nineties MIR. Cox was
promoted to civ editor, but resigned to
become secretary TO Representatiye PauI
] Sore. from his home district tbe
Third Ohio. That work gave him
valuable experience and created tbe Do
sire 70 become n member of Congress-
ReJuvenates Newspapers
At the expiration of Mr.. Sorg's term,
IN 1903. Mr.. Cox bought the very much
down at the heel Daily Dayton News.
and four years later acquired the
Springfield Press Republic. the name of
which he changed. Both papers now are
highly profitable.
Mr.. Cox was elected to Congress- in
zoos and re elected in 1910 In 1910
at the last nominating convention in
Ohio Mr. COY was fbe Den,ocrat;c
candidate for governor and bis eIect;on
was easy. due 70 a snlit In the Rennb-
Iican marty He was defeated for 70.
election in 1914. but was elected gov-
.rnor II 1oie "a u ~ n opo,ta5 e'su -: ,cIo S1S
Business success naralleIed his noIit;.
cal achievements and; through his own
efforts, Cox has amassed n fortune
Mr.; Cox became the leader of the Demo :
nnm;nated @ o' Gov ~ nnrornon wn,U mnei ne was nrst
had bromobt rsJicai ohonnos a oGs WIZ ho
state constitrtion % ba tool "lfts tbs sn,s n the i
its bebaf His Srst term Dn aa aae .onou,a nenu IN
was devoted cb;oHv 70 torn,ors;ne sEse'apr no
snoo. uuno',u ,.mleht 10 forwarding the
constitution info effect D' ''e ne" s'a'e
legislation for which covor,o. rox
Is best known Includes n n,ndoi ro,i' HHN
mems compensation law and n cb;,d IN
c"niod cO tdT ~ WHEN oth nave nave oeen extensively
''}.Gn Edr,ottorS ot o.her u, sth.es. thu .o
Ohio school codo "u onootOd otuIry say the
ernor Cox's Jiroctinn u,;,, urIeI T'rr Mo'-
monuuent r. "se,,oh; his aoh Will VIII i've as a
He was cred;ted @ n'rJeihehes. mh;in eS,..
ecutive of his state, with the aSont;nr
by Ohio's Legislature of the following
measures: Budget system. comnulsorv
~orkmen's compensation system. rural
school code. initiative and referendum
In state legislation, home rule for cities
network road system, nonpartisan Judi,
ciary, widows pensions and prison re-
form
Mr. Cox 20 n ,ovou 90 A.. -.
doors, plays golf, hunts, fishes. rides
horseback and takes long hikes.
n. MI.
-, o"hs Flhe country Place
Inc GoX home is beautiful country
has purchased his birthplace, the farm
near Jacksonburg, which strangers have
ppMned Tor years, and intends making it
MS residence.
len Zen years ago Mr.. Cox's first wife
OBTAINED divorce, the case not being
contested. Children by that marriage
are: Mrs. d. J. Mahoney, of Dayto5
James NJ. Cox, Jr., and John Cox. the
latter still in school The nresent Mrs.
Cox was Miss Gargaretta RIair,
daughter Of Thomas s. Blair. Chicapo
months old daughter Anna NJ, e'sHe-
Is member of the Episcopal Church,
School Teacher and Pr;n,o,,. nj,
Asked ahort h;. u I".,. .'er peVi'
the governor Uut ms ms earliest recollections,
when ' 7 u Saiu
To n viIlaca M was eid enough l was sent
enough bS ~ IunoGi, t;, ana there ! learned
get a iob as tmG nr;, tiune ! was sixteen, to
At Middetowvnp' vp'"tep op devil ia and o newsbSy