The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-07-16
cox STARTED LIFE ON FARM

GovernorJames M. Cox, Democratic
nominee for President, was born on a
farm near Jacksonburg, Butler county,
Ohio, March 81, 1870, the son of Gil
bert and Eliza A. Cox. As boy he
learned to know what chores were
early in the morning and late at night.
as soon as he was able to lend hand
he spent more time at work than play.
His earliest recollection, he has told
friends, is that his mother placed a
big, old-fashioned horse collar in the
floor and placed him in it, SO he could
MT crawl around and get into mis-
chief while she was doing homework.
That was before the days of fancy,
modern pens or coops. To purchase
such a convenience was untkinkable in
the Cox home and to make one took
too much time for busy farmer.
Cox as boy attended country
schools and later was graduated from
the Middletown High School. He al
ways was earning money of his own
by all sorts of odd jobs. For some
time he was janitor in a rural school.
Later he was newsboy and printers
aeVll III MlaietoWn, aolng these thihgs
W earn lew uoiiais W help iillaiee
ms way through high scnooi, Which
lookeu 10 MN IKE very auVahceo Gu
AFTER ne got ms hlgh Scnol oiplonla
ne taugnt ,;, ruLai school Ior se'era,
years he iikea the newspaper anu
print shop DETER however AFTER
learning tne printers trnoe ne oetalle
q q. reporter on tle Miduletowh NEWS
Sigilai; theh ana sun owned ny 'ohh
" BAKER, COX s pr9tner-ih-law.
oIe uay d railroau Wreck III
wiilch Several people were klIeu oGc ,!I
gu az lieilo, slllaii Viilase near M.u-
~ ulet" C, NoA was eoIlSepo''ueh1 iol
khG "lhliclhiatl enquirer
III oraer 10 snohoPollze the wire ne
:; tote tk sneeG OH the News-olgnai' gave
~ 10 Ine telegraPh operatep ana saiu
oeilG 'lilS uilVll 1 sgC oach' heil ne
ran al the way 10 Reno goc the lacts
anu SEM a lengthy story Oh the accl-
9 1 over me G, nlonopoiiAed wire 10 the
Eh44irer' ms incident lanueu MN
JoO on the Olhc'hha1l paper
Cox Restores Old Home
The Cox farm and homestead was
sold and for manv wears owned by
persons not related TO the Cox family.
II has been purchased. however, by
the Governor. who has restored the
sun-baked brick house he was born in
to its original appearance. so far as
possible. On the farm he conducts
general apricultrre and has n fine herd
of high-grade Hereford cattle.
His secretarvship TO Congressman
Sorp was a valuable experience for
Young Cox, and on doubt gave him am
bition to serve in Congress himself
sooner or later IJpon expiration of
Sorg's term Cox managed to borrow a
sufficient canital TO nmrchase the run
down. wheezin-f breath Daily News
At DAYTON HE STRUGGLES in fhis nm
dertaking, which more than once was
at the verge of breakdown, but ev-
etntually succeeded are remembered or
known to all Dayton citizens. 10
thls DAY they take oelight IN relat-
ing now poorly SoX began ana the sue
cess "hlch tnaily became MS.
ne purchased tne Dayton paper III
1898. rye years later he again went
INTO the BORROWING business IN oraer
TO purchase the Sprlnghcid rress-ke-
pubic Whlch was on the rocks over
nnIght CoN changed It's name 10 the
views, us tiine OF puolicatioh from
morning 10 evening ana It's politlcs
rom hepuDiicah 10 pemocratic, ana
! rom lh'tI time on IL sr'oualIy got
oaGh OH souhu OASIS ,.
both newspapers To-Day are nghiy
Prohtaole institutions: A new oulld-
ing, WIN modern equipment ,} mas peen
erected ior each. lhrougR9ut ms zen
years Oh PUBIC service IN washington
ana ColuhouS' ooX mas kept IN ciose
Couch WIN al departments Oh ms TWO
papers. Tie sun writes an occasional
news story ana more olteh an edltor-
iai.
Gave State Progressive Laws
Cox was elected to Congress in 1908
and reelected in 1910, In this can
acity he attracted the attention of |
state Democratic leaders, and in 1912
l