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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Walter G Williamson was eX
hibiting a small vial of crude
petroleum on the streets Satur.
day morning. 1t had been sent
to him by his brother George,
from the gusher near Tulsa, l..
T, where he doing a good gen
eral merchandising business.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

The fourteen months old in
FAINT daughter of Straud Will
liams, col, died0of cholera in.
fantum Wednesday evening af-
ter few hours illness
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Old Sol turned the granitoid
walks into veritable base burn,
ers and when the usual crowd
placed their feet III the cutters
preparatory to a rest and Cos.
sip it fairly made the bosom of
their pants sizzle so they would
have to get up and find a place
to cool off on.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Supt.sS. E. GRANGE and other
Brass Collars passed through
the city in their private car
Friday morning.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

VIM. Brown. of Arkansas,
spent the latter part of last
week in the city with his
brother. DR.. S. N. Brown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Get cash price on Hour at
Sharp d Donleys.
p. f.. Maxwell was Ousi-
ness visitor in Hannibal Friday.
Luther Moss made IA business
trip to the Bluff City Saturday.
Theodore Sullivan, of Palmy.
ra, was looking after his real
estate interests in tie city Sat.
urday
John Suider. Of BuCklin. as
postmaster is charged with be
ing $623 ~ short IN his &C.
counts.
Prof. and Mrs. Il. 5. Nichols
have returned from their sum
mers outing with relatives and
friends in Pike County.
Harry McClintic has bought
and shipped in three car loads
OF wheat to feed to cattle, mules
and hogs.
Mrs. \. w. Ely left Thursday
afternoon Tor Perry where she
expected to spend some two
weeks visiting her parents.
Misses Ruth McAtee and LA
Thiehoff, of Hunnewell, spent
the latter part OF last week in
the city with friends.
Vim. Brown. of Arkansas,
spent the latter part of last
week in the city with his
brother. DR.. S. N. Brown.
Supt.sS. E, GRANGE and other
Brass Collars passed through
the city in their private car
FRIDAY morning.
The fourteen months old in
FAINT daughter of Straud Will
liams, col, died0of cholera in.
fantum Wednesday evening af-
ter few hours illness
Two hundred and ten tons of
high grade zinc ore was ship
ped from Joplin Thursday to
Antwerp, Belgium, for reduc-
ton.
Emmett Hallock has secured a
position with the King City
Democrat. He left for that
point Friday evening. He is
capable and competent and we
wish him success in his new
home.
Walter G Williamson was eX-
hibiting a small vial of crude
petroleum on the streets Satur.
day morning. 1t had been sent
to him by his brother George,
from the gusher near Tulsa, 1.
II. where he doing a good gen
eral merchandising business.
Old Sol turned the granitoid
walks into veritable base burn.
ers and when the usual crowd
placed their feet IN the cutters
preparatory to a rest and Cos.
sip it fairly made the bosom of
their pants sizzle so they would
have to get up and find a place
to cool off on.
Paris prayed Sunday, but it
was a good deal after the fash
ion of the Seventh Day Adven
fist, who, expecting the day Of,
judgment lighted his pipe and
went TO sleep in hay stack, and
waking mid flames exclaimed;
In hell, lust as | expected
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Bring your eggs and butter to|
Sharp Il Donley and get the
highest market price.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Theodore Sullivan, OF Palmy-
ra, was looking after his real
estate interests in tie city Sat
urday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Butter and eggs bring you the
most money when taken to
SHARP & DoNLHY'SN
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

Misses Ruth McAtee and LA
Thiehoff, Of Hunnewell. spent
the latter part OF last week in
the city with friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-01

John Suider. Of BuCklin. as
postmaster is charged with be
ing S623 ~ short IN his &C.
counts.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

Among the young generation on the
front are the Bender Bros. and Tuchler
& Ranzulo. Their business is as widely
separated as the ends of the earth, but
all are native sons and honorable gentle
men, Bender Bros. have lately been
merged into the Union Wood and Timber
Company, but the firm still has offices on
the corner of East and Market streets
George L. and Will A. Bender have been
connected with San Francisco shipping
for years and the well known schooner
Bender Bros. was named after them.
Ike Tuchler and Anthony A CTony)
Ranzulo are the proprietors of the Mer-
chants Inn. Ike is a native son and a
graduate from the public schools. He has
held many public positions and is a mem
Der of many fraternal and charitable or
ganlZatiOnS. Mr.. Ranzulo came here
when a child and was raised in San Fran
cisco. For years he was with Hilbert
Bros. and then Joined issues with Mr.
Tuchler and started the Merchants Inn.
out of which they have made splendid
success. Tony" is well known in ath-
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

letic circles and has a host of friends in
the Olympic Club.
Coasts Oldest Shinhrilder
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

Continued on Page sixty-Nine.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15
ACTIVE MEN RELATE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
THAT POSSESS LARGE SHARE OF INTEREST
Pen Sketches of Prominent WaerFones Whose Work Various Useful
Lines Has ADDED to the Popularity of This City Among
Seamen Under Every Flag

Watson. Captain Samuels, father of tre
gentleman now with ]. d. Spreckels &
Bros. Company, was her commander, and
finer old gentleman you never met: She
made some cracking runs and will always
be remembered. She went from New
York to Liverpool in twelve and half
days and that was better than the steam
ships could do in those times.
Then there was the ship Challenger,
Captain Robert Waterman, which made
the fastest time on record between New
York and China. The Challenger was a
clipper and no one of the old timers re-
quires me to tell him anything about Bob
Waterman. Then there was the Ocean
Express and dozen others that made
old days were great days, boy. and the
new vessels are big carriers, but they
have not got the heels that the old ones
had"
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

Alaska Commercial Company. Into it
the ice was unloaded. At that time it
a San Francisco boy will remember the
days when we went in swimming and
dried ourselves in that sawdust.
The old SlOop-Of-War Siam is off Al
catraz, while in the foreground is Bell
Ross cottage and the North Point ware
houses. The old cottage is gone, but the
warehouses are still in the old location"
Mr.. Murray came here in 1860 on the
old ship Electric Spark and has been in
business ever since.
Among some of the men identified with
the water front who came here in the
early days is Captain H. II. Watson, the
marine surveyor. In the old days he
sailed launch over the place where his
Office at 303 California street now stands
Over fifty years ago he came here as
master of the ship Croton, and still
laughingly asserts that she came around
the Horn stern first
The old clipper ship Dreadnaught was
a crackerjack in her time,'' said Captain
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

perhaps Henry Peterson has had the most
national nOtOriety. He was born and
raised On the front, and as a boatman
made his first dollar. Then he won fame
as a. oarsman. and his famous race with
O'Connor drew the lsrgest crowd that
ever visited the banks Of Oakland Creek.
Then he was contestant at Austin, Tex,
in the worlds championship race, in
which Jake Gaudaur beat him a foot in
worlds record time. The other contest
ants were James Stanbury. champion of
the world; Ed HanlOn, James Ten Eyck
ST.. George Lee, George HOsmer and Rash
Rogers. II was a race from start to fin
ish and Pete" was only beaten by "a
nose" Henry now owns a number 0f
launches and whitehalls and is a noted
character on the front
The busy time in the history of San
Francisco was 1851. Then was when the
wharves began TO appear and warehouses
TO rear their heads North Point was
then the center Of traffic. The cut
on page ; shows the ships Great Re
public Hurricane and Zenobia discharg-
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15
New
Marine
Railway
CAPACITY - $500 TONS

CAPACITY $500 TONS
Quicker in operation than Old
systems. Open to sunshine and
air. bottoms quickly dry. Lo-
Gated on Oakland Estuary, con-
Yenient of access. No rough
water, wind, tides or dirt.
CITY OFFICE
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

ing, while the old sloop-of-war Siam. the
er John Bragdon and the brig T. w. Lu-
cas- are shown in the bay. In talking
about this picture, William F. Murray of
Murray Bros Machine Works says:
The Great Republic was the first four
masted ship ever built in the world and
came around the Horn from Boston. She
brought a general cargo here and made
a record voyage.
Brought First Ice to This Port.
1.-The Zenobia came here from Sitka in
charge of Captain Kentzell. The latter
was later well known as a captain of po-
lice. The Zenobia brought here a cargo
of ice, and she is shown in the picture
discharging the first ice brought to San
Francisco. To the left of the picture is
shown a shack owned by the Russian
American Commercial Company (now the
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

AN FRANCISCO'S water front is
the most composite affair on the
face of the earth. There you
~ meet the merchant and the pau
per. the man from far away and
the man from the country; in fact, oil
sorts and conditions. On landing from
the ferries the first place you will make
for is the RocOco, where you will meet
Nick Ahrens and his assistants, who viii
give you a right royal welcome and a
drink Your next visit will be to Phil
Coheu's, where you will get bath and
shave. OF all the old-timers on the front,
Phil is one Of the Oldest and best known.
He established himself at u Sacramento
street in 1865 and there he has been ever
since. a Landmark which guides every
mariner on the coast.
or ali the well known men on the front,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
THE soUTH's INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM


paper on the above subject was pre-
pared for the general session by e. G..
Scnter of Dallas. II follows:
The vital question for the South today
Is. not what shall be done with the negro,
but how 1t shall do without him.
slavery was Instituted. as far as the
sonth was responsible for It, to solve an
Industrial problem slavery has passed /;
tho problem remains. The immediate effect
OF the slave epoch has been 10 Increase
rather tndn, to diminish the difficulties
of that problem.
AS free man The negro is not burden
bearer, but n burden. Wherever the negro
population Is dense enough In this country
= nneet the lives and fortunes OF
tle people y Is a milestone about their
lNeks, ana II IL has not, as IL has done
k many places produced backward
movement, social and material, It has every
whore checked and retarded the natural
momentum of the Saxon race.
me purpose of this paper is to discuss
aans probcm he O rst and nd highest as W datS
OF every man begins az home.
The condition Of tho Southern farmer Is
NOT what II ought to be, not what II might
be made. What Is It? Take the average
hume; q house which offers shelter neither
from the heat of the sun nor the fury OF
the storm barren Ia its equipment, want,
ing IN most OF those things which make
for ordinary, comfort the life of its in
"
With no gaiety, and unreiieyed by hours of
thoughtful repose. Unceasing labor varies
only In It's forms, and care and misfortune
press upon the heels Of each other with
tuch rapid tread that the symbols III
deep auXiety are rarely missing from tht
conscious brow on Its pathway from The
cradle TO the grave.
This condition Is not due to a want OF
either thrift or Industry. self sacrifice
and unceasing toll have done their utter
most to relieve IL. II is not the result
Of causes general In operation, else tho
Northern farmer would be as far below
The station OF his Southern brother as hi,
natural opportunities are below those o
the south, Bnt he abides In comparativ,
lHNury while the Southern farmer has sue
ceeded 10 the work OF the slave. The child
OF the slave celebrates his freedom by
not only refusing 70 give the child OF the
master material assistance. but BY de
maintained and educated IN RAAt n vlrtull
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
The Address of Col. i.
L. Foster, President
of the Agricultural
and Mechanical Col
Iege-Other Speeches.
Their Speeches.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

and antagonlsms which apparently =.
surmountable.
Organized capital assumes contro, :,
lie franchise and arrogates explolt.,sSy' ~
communities. Organized labor assnn,aS vn "
troll OF private property and abridysss co On
liberty Of the individual. These ~. Ine
forces stealthlly approach each tbaplpvsny
deadly determination. The cnll,s,a WA
pears inevitable while uncertainty yelIs AZ
results. YIN w
Not in the conquerlng of other wor,s.
Ia the Improvement OF this world mus w
found cure for many economic if s'"s vi.
elimination of beasts OF burden ~. ne
stitutlon OF electricity and other sgar sas
tor animal power. VIII greatly enlarge a.
for the people and also lessen tb a0i ta1
and expensepf living. sNs ''n
The expertTruit and truck grower on -.
acre produces as much of the diverse nee sas
stiles and Injuries of life as the aerlru,ss.
list produces on several acres. The fre s.sa.
OF our dumb slaves, the anlmais wv
tighten our own burdens by REQUIRING w,
production, fewer buildings, cheaper ro IA,
aud better sanitary conditions, v'4'
The agency of horticulture coupJed w,A
modern improvements will simplify III
work of acquiring homes and places wtbSs
easy reach of all, the peace and luxury AZ
taol'ing TO ones own vine and fig tree
When the number of happy homes and
home owners is increased, society win X
Improved. the State viii be stronger sHi
ne. property and happiness more secufe
When horticulture Is more universal ~
Injuries of life will increase, the beauties
OF nature will be unrolled, her mysteris
and rich bounties revealed, new earn
found, and new song Of Joy will ~
sound, thus usherins In that glorious "a
Of peace on earth, good will towari ,asi
The truck and fruit grower avalling nm.
self of all the resources of small plare
pt rsonifies the greatest factor In the sou.
tjon Of our most difficult and perplexlas
horticulture.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29

= =,
reed their mothers get. bull calt ten
months old, of high bred ancestry, whose
mother. al his life has either run upon
the alfalfa neld or VINO has Deeh req
an she VIII eat OF the best cured alfalIn
nay VIII command more tnah double tne
price OF car Or equal age ahu IKE hl-
cestry mat mas beeh raised on the ieNaS
Northern pedlgreed bulS are Drought an
inually TO the State e supply me WANTS OF
le, SMis rahchmeh; Inns ciuSs OF pulls rtlisen
Wli,hln the seml-aIlq zone or leNas upon
lrrlgateu aIaha neldS womb comInanu a
price thal Womb mike STOCK rnlsl " IN
t.iu.is suctlon n iost ueslsrnne an tuct ts
t Nv ' HIS M HnF n,Sh Sga VI Nm NJ
mummy ~ 'anls aho lne IaiSihe OF noss
upom aI NV & stnol, r,,,nrs
va u wv"rn W 'ne STUN i"' Hi'i
rh hl' sa,,, yI"n l,,es ro, +, aos,,rod
inr sum anu N'hV % V,NaS - uVS.ihcu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
WORK IN THE sgMI-ARlp ZONE.
uHENRY sAYLEsA

inc Following paper on Farming HortI.
culture aud Stock Raising in the scml-Arld
Zone by Henry sayles OF Abilene. was
read before the general session by caution
oniy, Mr.. sayles being absent,
line drawn north from Brownsville on
the Rio Gfande to Wichita Falls near Rcd
river on the north, places to the west moro
than two-thlrds Of the area OF Texas. Tho
zone eontiguous 20 this line Is a serni.arld
country some years receiving sufficient
rainfall to mature crops. but oftener an
Inadequate supply. Westward from THIS
gone the aridity increases until the treelass
plains are rxached whose shifting sand hIAs
destitute Of yerdure. denote the desert 7 In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
interesting Subjects
Which Were Present
ed Before the Various
Sections and Dis
cussed by Them.

The Post herewith presents number Oh
papers and addresses which were read or
delivered before the Texas Farmers Con
gress at its fourth annual session held at
College station last week. number 81
papers read during tue meeting nave al
ready appeared In The Post The ones
given here are those which were not re-
celved in time to be published the day az
ter their delivery, or which were withheia
as result OF lack Of space.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
AS TO ORGANIZATION.
o.. w. KTRKPATRIcK !

Inc prophetic warning which points 20
me exhaustion Of our public domain as the
elimination of our progress and the begin
h'ng OF thed eeadenee OF the American
system has seriously symptoms OF fulfill
ment In the dolorous voice OF organized In
austries. The capitalization OF specialized
aLsrest sives sgisiR TO new complications
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-14
BEECH RUN SCHOOL.
Report for Pirst Three Months.

Report OF the Beech Run school, No. A,
Pleasant district, for the first month begin
ming Nov. S, 1900, and ending Nov. 40,
rooo-Olive X. Hayden, Teacher.
Number Of pupils enrolled, boys "a, girls
8, total 70. Average daily attendance boys
8, girls 4, total ~. Percent Of attendance,
boys So, girls 80. Names Of pupils neither
absent nor tardy: Russell Martin, vesps
Dewitt. Those who were absent one and
not more than two days Ray, Toney and
Eta Martin, Hubert Teets, Arnold and
Annie Conner aud Pearl Harmed.
Refort Of second month beginning the
; of December 1900 and ending the az Of
December 1900. Number Of pupils en-.
rolled, boys ~. girls 8, total az. Percent.
of daily attendance, boys So, girls "a. Az
erage daily attendance, boys ~, girls 4,
total IS.
Names Of pupils present every day To-
ney and Russell Martin, Lester Teets, Har-
vey and Annie Conner Ray Martin and
vespa Dewitt missed one day.
Report for third month beginning Dseem-
Der 81 1900, ending January zs, 1901.
Number Of pupils enrolled, boys rs. girls 8,
total, "a. Percent. Of attendance, boys 90.
girls 50, average daily attendance boys a,
girls 4, total ~.
Those who were present every day Ray
and Russell Martin, Harvey and George
Conner and Pearl Harmed. Those absent
one and two days, vespa Dewitt. Annie
Arnold and Bruce Conner.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-14
PROGRAM
For Grant District Farmers Institute,
10 be Held at Gutherie school House,
Saturday, February 20, 1901. at 1
O'clock.


Player by Rev. jeremiah Thomas.
5.-What Soil and Cultivation Is Best for
Corn BY +. Copeman. Jonas Frank
hon,er, w, II. Smith and Henry Frank.
houser.
(which is the Bes, Method Of Preparing
the Ground for Buekwheat and the Pro-
per Time for Seedingr BY ]. IL. Harsh.
barcer, l.. l.. Frankhouser u. NJ.
Forqoer and Jonas Frankhouser.
S'--WhHt is the Best Roofing for Farm
Buildings for Durability and cheapness 2
By l., T. Meyers, ]. J. Kelly, VIM. NJ.
Wolfe aud Jeremiah Gutherie.
(Which Kind of Fence Is Most Profitable
for the Farmer to Build 2 BY III. +.
Goodwin, Noah Thomas, A. S. McNair
and A. X. France.
7.--ls IL Profitable for the Farmers of Grant
and Adjoining Districts to Raise Grain
for Marketr by l.. III. Frankhouscr, w. .
T. Miller. I. S. Cunningham and G. w.
Mayors.
S.-liow are the farmers to prohibit mer-
chants from importing -four while their
own grain remains unsold BY Harrison
Gutherie. Jeremiah Thomas, L. l.. Cup
petit and A. S. Cuppe,t.
9.-five minutes speeches (speakers to
choose their own topic.) by S. McGrew.
Ezra Glover, l.. X. Guthrie, Chas. Harsh
barger, A. 7. Seese aud w. S. Younkin.
JEREMIAH GUTHRIE,
l.. III. FRANKHoUsER,
H. +. GOODWIN,
Committee
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-14
Rockville.

Correspondence OF The Argus.
Shedding is the order Of the day.
Mrs. J. N. Cress is very poorly a, this
writing.
Abby Forman of Niggerdoodle bough,
himself sI.zs horse last week.
omer Shaw of Waterloo. was calling on
Miss Lena Johns Saturday night.
j. J. jenkins Of near Hudson. was calling
on Miss lisa Gibson last Sunday.
Richard Walls Of near Pisgah, is very low
with typhoid fever at this writing.
The Mt Nebo school is progressing very
nicely With l.. @. Beerbower as teacher
John A. Wolfe and son Frank, made a
flying trip to Kingwood, one day las, week
on business.
Rev. Conway preached very interesting
sermon at Mt. Nebo last Sunday, to a large
congregation
Mss Lue Christopher Of near Hudson.
has been III the pas, two weeks, but Is bet.
ter At this writing.
We learn that the Telephone Company AZ
Rockville is making big money. They get
one call each week.
Mrs Zeita Gibson and little daughters
Jessie and Burl, Of near Pisgah, we're visit
ING Mr.. aud Mrs. w. c. Gibson the pas,
week.
Albert Harmed who went TO Kingwood 10
spend the summer, came home last week 10
see his mother lie said he had forgotten
how she looked.
There was a spelling bee at Niggcrdoodle
Thursday night Those Who we're there
from Nebo we're, lisa aud Emma Gale,
Mary and Martha Gibson, George Shaw.
Hall and Sing Gibson and Frank Wolfe
AZ report a good time
There was literary q, NJ. Nebo las,
Friday night. SELDOM SERN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-14
New burg.
Correspondence Of TIC Arrn.

correspondence OF The Argus.
Mrs. Eugene Iluggins returned Sunda,
rom Morgantown.
Mrs. Jessie Ford is improving after a
three weeks illness.
Mrs. Dave Iartsell and son were visiting
In Reedsyille last week.
Frank Brown came over from Martins
burg Sunday, to visit friends.
Mrs. Geo. Barnes is visiting her son,
Harry, in Grafton this week
Squire Higgins has been confined to his
room for week with the grip.
Mrs. NJ. I. Powell has been quite i'll for
the past two weeks with the grip.
Mrs. Buck Smith, who has been sick for
several weeks. is able to be out.
Mrs. Chas. Frazier and Mrs. Menifec will
go to Clarksburg Saturday to visit relatives.
Frank Menifee left Saturday for ylsi, to
Virginia friends. lie is much improved IL
health.
Mrs. Holihead was painfully sealded
Thursday by the overturning Of boiler OF
water.
NJ. II. Lady came over from Buckhorn,
where he is at work, TO spend Sunday with
his family.
The young people of the M. T.. church
were entertained Saturday evening by Rev.
and Mrs. Martini.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c. Jackson we're In
town Saturday. the guests Of DIR. and Mrs
M. +. Powell.
There was quite wreck in the Kingwood
Tunnel Monday morning. but could no
learn the particulars.
Miss Woodsll, who has been IN charge OF
the Ellis Millinery Department, for the
past four months, has returned to her home
in Baltimore.
Miss Belle Menifee went to Kinewoot
wednesday. Little Paul Frazier went owe,
with Miss Menfee to see his grand mother
Mrs. Manear.