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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

The work on the artesian we'll which
has been in progress for several months
past has reached depth of more thah
zoo rect. and water has not yet been
found.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Ozark and Clayton teams crossed bats
here Friday last and the game stod to
a In favor of Clayton.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

w. s. woolsey and mother are spend
ing few days at Rlount Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Large crowds of those interested in the
work go around to the Y. M. c. A. nata-
tortum daily to watch the brickwork go
ing on.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Miss Minnie VIM. daughter OF Ut.
I. ]. VIM is quite sick with continued
fever
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13
GROVES CHRONIC CHILL CURE

Cures the chils that other Chill Tonnes don't
Gre AT all druggists No Cre. ~ Pay. SOC.
su-wd-fr
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Twelve Thousand acres OF mineral lands
were sold few days ago in the western
part of Walker near Eldridge.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

w. H. Sanford of Pike County spoke
here in the interest of Governor Jelks
Saturday and went from here to Louis
willie. Good crowds turned out to hear
him at both places and the Governor
cause is much stronger in consequence.
An enthusiastic Johnston man was heard
TO say IF the election could have come
off ten days ago they would have carried
this county easily; but the Jelks men
have been putting in some fine work In
the county for the past week or two
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

p. j. Louehlin and family will leave In
a few days for Shelby Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Hon. Henry d. Clayton is among his
friends here and is announced for
speech at Aston Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13
DROUGHT IN WALKER.
Farmers Say nnl- Half Crop will
Be Made.

Co-ooa. August 2.-(SpeciaD-It Is very
dry and warm up here. There has been
no rain for such long time that the
farmers say that they will not make more
than half a crop.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

The Selma Lighting Company has been
bonded in the sum OF s25O,OOO which runs
for thirty years and draws per cent
interest
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Tom Hefin will speak in Governor
Jelks's interest In the court house here
tomorrow at noon. A splendid crowd will
be out to>hear him.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

J. w. Creagh has returned from a
weeks outing at Coden.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Jim Dumps once had Force" analysed.
THAT food" the Chemist criticised.
"Whole wheat and barIey-mat contains;
They strengthen muscles, nerves and bralnsi
Bring health's own glow, renew lies vim.
That's why Force made you Sunny Jlm.'"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Education Of Dallas County. This will
leave only two candidates. Profs. d. M.
Galloway and Jordan Williams. TO fight
1t out before the people.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Csptain J. NJ. Anderson NJ Martin q
Station announces positively that he will
not be in the race for Superintendent of
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

w. NJ. johnson left today for a f.
days outing at Biloxi.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13
Most Wholesome Food.


and used In connection
DR. FLANK n. DowD, Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

A good rain fell throughout yesterday
afternoon and streams rose rapidly for
an hour or two.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE.
Home of D. H. Blair Set on Fire by
a Bolt.

CLAYTON, Aug. 12-(Special.)- DurtnR
heavy storm of wind and rain last after
noon, the residence of D. H. Blair was
struck by lightning and set on fire. The
fire alarm was sounded and although the
rain was pouring down in torrents the
colored hook and ladder company res
ponded and soon had the flames extln-
gushed. No one in the home OF MT.
Blair was injured; the kitchen was but
slightly damaged and can be repaired
with small expense.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

There are now about ?6o wells on the
Spindle Top site in Texas
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13
BOTH ARE FOR PETTUs.

Roy Peace spent Sunday in Mobile
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

Tom Hall spent Sunday with his fan
lily at Shelby Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-13

The friends of the new Constitution and
white supremacy have arranged speak
ings for all the different beats of the
County and the fight will be kept up Wig
orcusly until the election is over.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Where the Cooperative
Stores Are Located.

At Trenton the cooperative stores are
operated by the Western Cooperative As
ISOLATION. in Kansas City by the Central
Western Cooperative Association, in Kan
sas by the Kansas Western Cooperative
Company. In Trenton two grocery stlres
are doing business. one hardware store.
one drug store and one dry goods store.
There are five groceries in Kansas City.
two general merchandise. one hardware, one
carriage and blacksmith shop and one ware
house. Also stores are at Gallatin. Mo,
Harrington. kas., Enterprise, kas., and
Independence. Mo-.
A bank has also been started by COOP
erative interests ia Kansas City.
Walter Vrooman and his wife put their
money into these companies. taking 8 per
cent bonds in return. The stores are to
the net profits is divided among members
of the Cooperative Association. and one
third goes to the college. Tn businesses
are managed in the same manner as SINH
lar private enterprises, there being little
difference In the prices set upon goods. In
all cases an effort is maue to secure u man
in the executive position who is experienced
IL the particular retail trade which mas
beeen entered. For the dry goods store at
been entered. For the dry goods store Al
formerly with John Taylor & Co. of Kansas
civ. we're obtained. Mon" Thomas, the
former owner. manages the Trenton hard
ware store. Their interest is only that OF
salary. and they have no theoretical at
tachment to the principle of cooperation.
Vrooman simply came to Trenton, bought
out the various proprietors, and continued
the businesses under the management OF
whosyer seemed the best lifted from q
business viewpoint. The rapidity with
which he accepted offers to sell was start
ling.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

altogether responsible. vrooman's pcrson-
energy. He cannot sit still a min
ute. His speech is a splutter of tumultuous
ideas. which he does not seem TO nave time
10 make clear. He half tells his bought.
half illustrates them by gestures, then says.
You know what ! mean,' and passes on.
Tho amount of vitality expended by him in
a brief conversation Is dazzling. When not
listening 10 him you are Involuntary ask
ing yourself:
How can the man keep 1t up?'
VrOOman pays tribute to one phase OF
Ruskin's character. and on this score Is the
celebrated Englishman honOred at Trenton.
"Ruskin was a ~forerunner in economics"
said Vrooman. His was the idea OF labor
in connection with education. His hart
sorrowed for the poor and suggested plans
for their betterment. He wanted to make
the world a better place to live In. We're
with him.
Now there's a lot of fellows who Tit
around and think things-scribble things,
too-there's nothing in that kind OF bYsi-
ness. You've got to get out and put your
shoulder to the wheel to boost the wagon
along"
He talks in a bewildering manner. Each
sentence. individually. might stand for his
expression. If you set yourself to listen to
him. you have trouble to catch his main
point, because his i~mpetuousness leads him
TO make many minor observations in
leading up to the conclusion. How
ever, any scrap of his conversation explains
him.; likewise any chance meeting with
him, for the nervousness in his speech is
in his manner, and his dress is str:lS;nSly
careless.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

are The cause Of nearly all the trouble In
the land.
Many a young lady would appear more
beautiful If she would make herself beauti-
fully less.
II you would make your wife happy, Let
her boss You occasionally and think that
she is the smarter Of the ~two-which she
sometimes is.
IN the rattle of money one hears the rus
tie Of silk, the clatter OF silver service con-
tanning rich viands and many other delight
full melodies.
A good many people are pulled I'D over
the thought that tho world knows nothing
OF its greatest men,
The bigger the bottle the smaller the bank
account.
Cynicism is often but q cloak for the
critics ignorance.
PaIsimony saves money at the loss Of
friends
One had better be a iirst-class OK driver
tnan a third-rate professional man.
A fool and his money occasionally have a
good time in parting.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

WRITTEN FOR III SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Some mems successes are only sufficient to
make them unhappy.
The best part Of some sermons is the
text, because it is the shortest.
One good thing about the telephone is
that it does not transmit the mint juleD
breath with the vcrLE.
No advertisement OF a medicine for thin
people could catch the public like one read
ing: "Beefsteak 10 cents Per pound"
A safe hagmaa must be u~nlagging in his
duty.
A great many persons ought to be vac
cinated for v~aticinat:on
Some meE are your friends only so long
as they can use you.
The patient work horse can't go all the
gaits, but he is worth more to the farmer
than his roadster.
A hcnpecked husband is generally crowed
over by his wife.
We are all creatures OF circumstances, and
merit often fails where good luck wins.
Little mugs of lager. little drops of dram
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
neither 10 they all. But ney mrect aHa

compose the atmosphere.
/ endeavored, largely to see whether IT
could be done. to shake their positiveness
about the sweeping the country" part.
But they were ~steadfast. They were sure
! that they were right in essentials: that, i'll
short, the attainment of their aims is GER
tain and means the redemption of the
world. 1 was forced to retreat. telling them
to go ahead and settle the whole thing, and
they said they would.
As for the food. there was hash. which
| the students looked at as IL they had seen
IL many times too often. The rest of the
meal was vegetables and bread, which were
fairly good.
The question OF a source of revenue for
the college naturally suggests itself. Here
the system of cooperative business is In
VOWED: the nature and condition of which
must be briefly stated. AT the very foun-
tain head OF Vrooman's plant. a good name
for the whole. Is The Multitude Incor-
porated.' This Is the incorporated desig-
nation in New York. In this State and in
Kansas different names are used. The gen.
oral plan of organization for business pur-
poses is that of the Steel TrIIs.-a
paradox, considering the antitrust nature
of the movement. The Multitude Incor-
porated'' is the central and financing body.
The titles for the various properties ac-
auired by the NToomau money rest with
The Board OF Management OF The Multi
tule."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Farm Operated in
Conjunction With the College.

How is the education obtained at no ex-
pense?
This is somewhat complicated. There is a
2.OO-acre farm operated in conjunction with
the college. There are also two factories
a cannery and A handle factory. These rep
resent some S75.0O0 of Vrooman elixir. and
the labor necessary 10 run them IS supplied,
for the most part, by the students.
According to the original plan the student
paid $12J and was guaranteed four years tut-
ton. A change has been made. Each year
the student places s25 in the college treas
ury. for which the college guarantees 500
worth of work during the year, or twenty
five hours n week at 10 cents an hour. For
the week the return is $3.50. One dollar of
this is tuition and $50 board at the COLLEGE
restaurant, which IS now to be operated on
scientific lines by Vrooman himself.
The college also accepts students without
any guarantee whatever. and the promise
that it will furnish labor whenever possible.
Should the work prove abundant then the
student could offset his tuition and board by
labor without paying for the guarantee. If
not he would have to pay for such of his
board and tuition as is not covered by
work.
But board and tuition do not compose
the total expense. An estimate placed at
what seemed tc be the minimum, taking
the average cost of living at Trenton on a
moderate scale, will account for the addi-
tional amount necessary. 1t cannot be ac-
curate, however, for some young men want
more than others-many can get. rid of a
great many dollars. no matter where they
are. In a remarkably brief interval. Lodg-
ing, fuel, books. washing and clothes must
be considered. Let a table tell the story:
ENPENSES
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

adiuncts u n cJT-ge. Tie Farm. factories
and a dairy-the latter operated in CCnnec-
ton with farm-supply the chief revenue.
OF these. tine farm is the most important.
though the dairy is the established ga
merCial success. Nrooman intends - great
~ improve this dairy. build Few and sani-
tary barns and 10 produce absolutely
pure milk. He expects eventually to put
the milk on the Kansas City market at 10
cents a quart, believing that the high quail
ity will induce customers TO pay that price.
4 poultry farm Is being conducted on the
same scientific lines.
Give 'em the best in the market, and
they'll paw for IT," said VroOman.
As beautiful n stretch Of rolling country
az IS in Missouri may be seen on the farm
Upon an emiEonCe near Trenton n farm
house is being constructed. From this point
rorthward as far as the eye can see, the
hills. valleys. trees. and crops belong TO
The Multitude Incorporated" and were
bought for the novel company by Mrs.
Nrooman for $50 coo cash. The present val
uation is $4,000. Recent high water IN the
bottoms caused $500 damage to potatoes
and corn. but aside from this the crops are
good this year. and the students are busy,
literally making hay while the sun shines.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Poor Young Reformer
WEEDS a Wealthy Bride.

Not many years ago the daughter of a
Baltimore millionaire listened TO a radical
reformer lecture in Boston theater.
Hearing once. she took a box, brought
friends. and listened twenty consecutive
nights.
Each talk wa delivered with the same In
tensity. The light Of conviction was in the
speakers steel blue eyes. There was a deep
feeling in his vibrant voice. Some would
have called him an agitator. The dominant
note OF his argument was that there was
misery In q world where happiness could ex-
ist. He pointed TO what he believes IS
the road to happiness His vision re-
ouired much money for its realization, and
money he lacked.
The wealthy woman turned his logic IN
ward and analysed her own case. She de-
oided that she was unhappy. She voiced a
broad and startling assertion, which she
continues 10 voice now-that there IS no real
happiness In the usual life Of a rich woman
80 the United StateG
Well, the result: She married the young
man. She divided her wealth with him, and
both have already given away nearly all
kin Hall at Oxford. England; Ruskin Coz
lege at Trenton, and a number Of co-opera-
tive industries in Missouri. Their aims are
one, their ideas harmonious. She is sat
isned
The woman in this marriage was a Miss
Grafnin, whose father was the largest deal
er IN fertilizers in the United States. The
man IS Walter Vrooman. one Of the VroO-
man brothers, all OF whom have made their
presence felt in the world. Through them
O new movement has entered two staid
places. Proverbially, Missouri must "be
shCwn." Vrocman thinks he Is showing.
Oxford was thought to be crystallized by
convenuonallty. Vrooman thinks he has
shown Oxford. He has recently received
word OF a weIl-attended meeting at Oxfor1
TO encourage his work-a meeting presided
over by the Duke OF Argyll. brother-in.
law to KIM Edwar 1t Is announced
that George W. Washburn. foremost
Eastern apostle Of cooperation. in tends
20 throw his energies and 500. 600 into
the work OF promoting the beginning made
at Trenton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
tIous for an education, who enroiled7

tious FOR an education, who enroiled7
The cardinal feature is that opportuni-
ties are given the student to do work
enough TO cover, or almost cover, ex-
penses. More than this. physical labor is
honored On a parity with mental labor
that Is, the one is considered as essential 10
a complete education as the other. Here lies
one of the fundamental ideas behind the
institution, that there is no chasm between
the intellectual and the physical worker;
that the one is the natural complement of
the other. Another basic idea is as Ear
reaching-that education is the birthright
OF all; that Ii should be free to all: that no
man who is willing to work should be re-
fused It.
As to the kind OF education, the theory of
the promoters is that il should be emf
nently practical; that it should bear upon
to-day and the future rather than upon
Greek roots and Latin derivatives. The re-
suit of the application of this may be
understood by one Illustration: Sixty-four
full courses are required for graduation.
but n course of bookkeeping, taken in the
business department.. will be counted as a
course In the collegiate, since in discipline
II is regarded as valuable as the same time
devoted TO Latin.
The facilities are in some respects lin
tied. The building formerly occupied by the
Avalon College has been bought. The op-
po%rtunities for n regular collegiate course
and business course seem fair. Lack of
money handicaps the scientific department
in such accessories as lafukatdsies and in
struments, and the library Is poor. The
latter deficiency is deplored by the profess
orS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Worked in Brick Yard to
Pay Expenses at Harvard.

Professor Thomas E. VIII Is the third
man. He brought TO Ruskin College the
! greatest experience in the endeavor to es-
tablish an institution wherein q student
pays his way by labor. He had filled the
chair of political science at several inst1tu-
tons, and for n period ending in 1899 was
president OF the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege. Probably his deep-rooted ambition to
animate the labor-education idea arose
from his own experience. During one bis
tering hot sumner he worked In g brick
yard to obtain money to go to Harvard
University. He was graduated from the u
linois State Normal School. the University
of Michigan. and Harvard. He was COM
PEELED to work for each and all degrees.
Such are the men. who. with Vroomsn,
are the strength Of the movement now con-
tering at Trenton-a movement which IN
certainly very radical, both In an educa-
tional and a business way. While co-opera-
ton IL not new. It Is almost a stranger In
Missouri. Nothing can be said as to what
will be the outcome. The stores have not
been in operation long enough to show a
profit or a loss which would decide the ques-
ton Of success or failure: neither have tbs
farm or factories existed time enough to
show that they will afford revenue sufficient
to maintain the college.
HASTINGS MacADAM.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
College Boys Make
Good Farm Hands.

Professor II. NJ. Cottrell. formerly of the
Kansas State Agricultural College, has the
management Of the farm. He was at one
time manager of Levi =. Morton's farm on
the Hudson. and is a firm believer in mod
arn methods. He also has the greatest con-
fdence in student labor. lie applied It at
the farm on the Hudson, in Kansas. and ex-
poets similar success at Trenton
IAN unframed college boy" said he. 'is
OF more value on Il farm than the brawnlest
uncducated lahorer. He brings intelligence
and individuality into his work, which ac-
coTplishes twice as much as mere muscle.
OF course, we must have some men who
give their whole time to the farm work, as
there is work to be done in the early
morning and late in the evening when the
students are not available"
Value of Investments
Made in Missouri.
All the branches OF the businesses inter
related with the college have now been
touched upon. An estimate of their total
cash valuation reaches the astonishing
figure of $4,000. The amount are appor-
tened as follows:
At Trenton.
Farm .%'HI
FACTORIES -"N''
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Would Utilize Waste in All
branches of Industry.

II simply want to make the world a bet
ter place to live in," Vrooman often says.
This is the keynote Of all his ideas.
Il don't believe any Christian Science. or
any airy ~fancies, or any 1f-God-wtlls-it
state OF inaction. is going to accomplish a
thing.
Preachers sometimes, instead of working
for one good city street, promise acres OF
gold streets when we die. I'm not in that
line of business. l believe in doing now.
II am a Socialist in that 1 believe So
cialism stands in general for the progress
i've movement. But l am not 4 Socialist
with n cut-and-dricd system. There are
reforms l would urge if the time came.
But the only force l wish used is the bal
lot. l would take nothing away from the
capitalist, save some of his power. There
is no need TO take away property. The
waste in all branches Of industry to-day IS
enough to alleviate all the misery caused
by poverty. But IL you are going to help
miserable people by giving them n little
more power. you have to educate them
first. Their power would be worse than
useless, without the knowledge of how to
use it.
This last is the immediate point. That Is
what we're trying to do right now-to edu-
cate we'll and cheaply. That is the primary
thing. And doing IT Is worth more than
all Socialistic talk and Socialistic ravirg
put together"
L nave SAID Ihdl ttuShln COlleSe was Il
queer college. 1t Is, IN 4 way, and th1
| quee-est thing IS that the cost of attending
it is very little. sometimes nothing. The
next queerest thing, lies in its genesis,
which has been partly explained. William
| Morris, Henry George, Ruskin, and last, but
not least Vrooman, had a hand. The latter
is its yivifying influence, its elixir of life.
His course amounts to loving his neigh
| Dor better than himself. and, since his u!ti-
mate goals are so far off. loving posterity
/ better than either. Though disagreeing with
| him, any observer would say that he is IN.
| selfish, even II consciously working for pos
| terity does seem like taking ginger for you
| unborn ~prandson'S collie.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Ruskin's Idea of Labor in
Connection With Education.

Whether ultimate success will crown the
effort or not, II is certain that 4 big attempt
Is being made up in Grundy County, IN the
central northern part of the State. JIst as
certain is 1t that Rusk;n cannot be held