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purposes of this trip, Mr.. King pur-
chased outright, a magnificent private
car of the Pullman company.
1t was last summer while resting in
Boston from the hard work of his won
derful Western trip, that Mr.. King met
and listened patiently to the story of
Sam Crowther, an artesian well driller
from Texas. Seven years before this Sam
Crowther had discovered oil on a Texas
ranch and he had been getting possess
sion of vast tracts of land in that vicin-
ity until he and his associates-a few
friends-had gotten together 142 miles OF
oil territory and Sam was sent North to
see what could be done. Naturally enough
the Texan was inclined to be wary and
distrustful. He bore a secret of immense
import in his heart and he did not pro-
pose tc part with it to any INSCRIPTIONS
promoter who might happen to come in
contact with him. Mr.. King was not Of
that sort. When the we'll driller had
been introduced to him, he felt that here
was a man to trust, and on his side Mr..
King heard the marvellous story of the
oil treasures lying down there under the
Texas soil and he believed it. His long
training as a newspaper man had taught
simply because it looked dazzling. His ex-
tensive travels through the boundless
West had also impressed upon his mind
the fact that the earth contains untold
hidden wealth, to be opened up by lucky
discoveries. He felt that the golden hour
in his career had arrived, and feeling
thus, he was not the man to play the
laggard. The meeting between these two
men must have been as interesting to
the eye as to the mind. The Texan, Mr..
Crowther, spare, thin of face, nervous,
restless, hardly daring to believe that
fortune was near. The other, Mr.. King,
the adopted Bostonian, ponderous of
frame and large of girth ruddy and smil-
ing in countenance, his deliberate and
almost lazy mode of speech belying the
swiftness of perception and Immense &C
tivity of the brain hack of it. Opposite
as they were, the men took one to the
other, and then and there was cemented
q personal as well as a business friend
ship that has become permanent and
| idyllic The uDskot of ii was that Mr..
King easily found capitalists who thor
oughly believed in him, and then made
trip to The enchanted land of Texas,
the domain of Sam Crowther in Live
Oak, McMullen and Atascosa counties,
where all that the patient we'll digger
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Yankee seaport town, but in this case
the process was simple. Mr.. King is al
ways his own genial, hardy and honest
self, and the town likes these qualities
in any man. He has always put forth
progressive ideas for the Improvement
of the place and is ever on the side of
good order and the best government. He
is a member of the very select Point
Shirley club, whose quarters are now
where the world famous Taft used to
delight the palates of Bostonians and
their guests. He is also a leading spirit
in the Cottage Park Yacht club, is a
Royal Arch Mason, an Odd Fellow and a
member of the Boston Press club. Like
most Southerners, Mr.. King is an enter
tanning talker, and to hear him tell half
humorously and half pathetically of the
days of his boyhood and his stern train
ing in the school of unceasing toll is as
pleasant and interesting an experience
as a man could wish to have
I'm my early days of struggle" he
once said to me, there were just two
people in North Carolina whom 1 re-
member now as emphatic in their advice
to me to get out into the world and &C
complish something. One is dead now
and when he died / tried to write down
my feeling of grief and sorrow in the
Idler's' column of the Boston Traveller
The other was Jew storekeeper and
often, as l fingered near to hear him
talk, he encouraged me with kindly
words. 1 feel under great obligations
to him for the encouraging words which
he spoke to me when / was a child
lingering near him in his store in that
little North Carolina village. You know
how great is the disposition to sheer al
the boy who shows signs of wanting tc
enlarge his field of achievements, and
how frequently and readily the cheering
promise is made that he will be GLAD
enough to walk back to his home to gel
something to eat. These two men knew
that l would never walk back. They
saw evidences of something in me thai
would carry me on, and l shall ever be
eternally grateful to them for theil
opinions. If there were more men like
them in the world boys would fare better
in life, l am sure"
This is real philosophy, and SHOULD
make the kind of man who is given Il
pessimism in his advice to young Ameri
ca change his habits little.
The one hobby of this man is comfort
just comfort, that is all. When the time
came that made his great fortune Ger
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Line company; would If sold at the ruling
nrice TODAY. net him over two million
dollars. and one year ago not dollar of
this great fortune had been created. No
wonder that people say that the life of
this man is nothing short of romantic. 1t
is little wonder that he is one of the
most talked-of men on State street to-
day.
But success in this world is not always
TO be measured in this dollars and cents
a man acquires, nor is 1t in this case
but here is an evidence natural and in
evitable of the gigantic work Mr.. King
has accomplished in the upbuilding Of
the King Crowther Corporation. The
money came because of the growth of
splendid business and not by the crumb-
ling to earth of business established by
another. This is worthy of consideration
among the valuable assets Of c. F. King.
The man made the money, dug out OF
mother earth the gold of his own fortune.
The money did not and could not have
made the man. But far above and
beyond the fortune that he has acquir-
ed is Mr.. Kings absolutely unchanged
demeanor towards his old friends and
associates. It is very easy to say that
no man ought to become a snob
simply because he has made great deal
of money in a very short time. The facts
are, however, that about 80 per cent
of the suddenly-rich adopt new standard
of treatment for all mankind, including
of course, the companions of their days
of endeavor. Mr.. King is not built of
that sort of material. His hat is pre-
cisely the same size as of yore and his
hearty friendship for the men he once
liked, is maintained without shadow OF
turning Simple, unaffected, not in the
least puffed up by the sense of his own
Importance, he is a rare companion and
wholesouled friend. 1t is these qualities
that have made him so popular among
the metropolitan newspaper men all over
the country and it is now said of him
that he has more intimate friends among
the managers of great newspapers. per-
haps than any other one man not actively
engaged in the business. None are more
keen than the newspaper men, in the
sizing up of personal characteristics,
none are quicker or more ready to de-
nounce sham and affection wherever
they see it.
With the newspaper men Mr.. Kings ac-
quaintance is most cordial, and in what
ever city he may tarry for night he is
always sure of finding congenial company
among them. His high standing among
the members of the fraternity is we'll
illustrated by the fact that at the BAN
quet of the American Publishers Asso-
citation at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, in
New York, last winter, he was the only
guest of the New York World, and occu-
pied a seat of honor with the represen-
tatives of that paper.
Mr.. King has been a resident of Win
throp for about five years, and during
that time has won the respect of his
fellow townsmen to a remarkable extent.
You might not expect a Southerner to
adapt himself all at once to the ways OF
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with propriety and that he believed deep
down in his soul that he had a mission
to perform in the land of the Puritans
In the latter estimate at least, he was
right for he soon gave the town taste of
the sort of journalism that was new to it
but which it accepted with all the grace
In the world. He went into the office of
the Traveller" one day with a scheme
That was as new to Boston as it after
wards proved delightful. His plan was to
write column of kindly humor and phil
osophical discussion of the topics of the
day, In the midst of which should be cum
nlngly SandWiched advertisements of the
various business houses of the city. He
put 1t into operation and it became an al
most instantaneous success. The sayings
or The Idler" (as he called himseIf)
were widely quoted and thoroughly en-
JcEed by large class of readers, while
the characters which he created were
thought to be almost real by their
charmed constituents. The quaint phil
osophy of his col. Robin" and the
unique poetry of his Major John Stan
ley yet remain fresh in the memory of
boston newspaper readers.
Three years ago Mr.. King organized
the New England Newspaper League,
consisting of a dozen of the big dailies
of this section and chartered a private
car from the Pullman company and went
on an eighty days journey through the
South gathering industrial data, from
which was compiled the most comprehen-
sive review of the South ever printed in
New England. But by far the greatest
of all Mr.. Kings achievements in the
line Of special newspaper work, was the
inception and carrying through of tour
OF the West by the Great Eastern News
paper League, consisting of papers like
the New York Sun, the Boston Journal,
the Philadelphia Times, the Baltimore
Herald and the Chicago Inter Ocean,
represented by corps of picked writer's
and artists. This party, headed by Mr..
King, spent ten months in the West,
visiting every city of any Importance
from Pittsburg to the Pacific ocean, and
sending back to the papers of the East,
a complete and accurate account of Wes-
tern progress and Western civilization.
In this connection and illustrating Mr..
Kings immense capacity for hard work,
it may be stated that he and the colored
chif were the only men to make the
complete tour without break. For the
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the other able and efficient men connected
with the enterprise when l say that the
genius of Mr.. King, the impetuous con-
servatism of the man, his unbounded
confidence and honesty, backed by ag
gressior, have alone brought the King
Crowther corporation to it's pinnacle of
prosperity and high esteem. Not one
of the great force of capable men now
working with him would deny that prop
o3ition for an instant. He has proved
once more. and the American people
always like to see such evidences, that
a poor and an humble beginning are no
bars to ultimate success-that brains,
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sighted pulsations and never-failing
energy of G.. f. King.
There is a loyalty and earnestness of
service that even money cannot buy, and
this is the sort that Mr.. King calls out
from all who work with him and for him.
His never failing geniality, his constant
courtesy, his generosity to those who are
in his employ, have their reward in the
shape of an enthusiastic and effective
service, found in no other organization
in the United States. All over the coun-
try-in Boston, in New York, in Phila-
delphia, in Chicago, in st. Louis, in
Buffalo, in Texas, everywhere, the per-
sonnet of the King-Crowther corpora
ton is composed of representative men,
men of social standing and recognized
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had said was to be found, was touhd
ond tenfold more. There was OIL every
where-traccs, signs, and the actual liuld
itself-awaitng only the impact OF the
drill TO bring it from its long hldlhg
place A three million dollar company
was formed under the exacting laws Oh
Texas and it's name was most appro-
priately the king Orowther Corpora
tion."
The growth of this young giant OF an
oil company, as some one has patty call
ed it, in less than one year of its life mas
been one of the marvels of twentieth
century American development, and
through it all has been the dominating
personality of c. f. King-in fact, it is
King himself. l intend no dsrespect to
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ability, some of whom were in active
affairs before Mr.. King was born, but
there is not one of them who does not
feel that the president is the natural and
established power in the corporation
affairs and there is not a trace of jeal-
ousy or envy in the whole great staff.
Such is the strength of personally and
achievement in leveling the differences
of age and experience.
l have spoken of Mr.. Kings generosity.
Gratitude is also a part of his make UP.
In this connection l have learned some
things that he himself would never men,
tion-but they are so characteristic and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-25
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

St. Brenden's council. Young Mems In
stitute, have elected Thomas McHugh as
their representative to the national Y.
NJ. I. convention, to be held at Atlantic
city next month. Thomas Fleming was
selected as alternate.
Born-To Mr. and Mrs. William wal
lace, of 222 North Ninth street, daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Annie rimmis. of 426 Phelps
street, had her husband Robert Timmis,
arraiened before Alderman John yester-
day on the charge of assault and battery.
The defendant entered bail for his ap-
pearance at court.
The ladies' choir, which won the prize
at the national eisteddofod on Memorial
daly. will meet in the Robert Morris lodge
rooms this evening to divide the prize
money. Mrs. Thomas. the leader. has
been i'll for some time, and is now able
to be around again.
Professor Bernard MacFadden will de-
liver a lecture in the jackson Street Bap-
tist church on Friday evening. June ~
under the auspices of the Ripple division,
Sons of Temperance and Loyal Crusad-
ers The net proceeds will be given TO
the United Mine Workers.
Willie Phillips. of Lincoln Heights.
stepped on piece of glass recently anu
cut his foot quite badly.
John p. Murray. OF West Locust street,
captain of st. Paul's Pioneer corps, has
been selected marshal of the annual pa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-25
GREEN RIDGE.

The Green Ridge Woman's Christian
Temperance union will meet this after
noon at 3 o'clock in the Evangelical
church, on Capouse avenue. Subject for
the meeting, 1.-THE Cigarette Problem" A
full attendance is desired. All are well
come.
Mr. and Mrs. r. NJ. Winton and Miss
Winton. of Sanderson avenue will leaye e
this morning for Narragansett Pier,
where they will occupy cottage during
the summer months.
Miss Elizabeth Hitchcock of Washing
ton avenue, entertained at cards Monday
evening In honor of Miss Kathryn Ken
nedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dimmick and Mrs.
Anna koehler, of Adams avenue, arc
summering at Lake Sheridan.
Miss Carolyn Paterson, of FleetyilIc,
who has been in Lewisburg attending
the commencement exercises of BuckneIl
university, Is spending few days with
Green Ridge friends.
Miss Lansing, the Misses Nicol Bay
ley, Peck, Van Cleef, Name and Kath-
crime Nettleton and Strawbridge will en-
tertain the junior and primary depart i
ments of the Green Ridge Presbyterian
Sunday school in the church parlors next
Saturday afternoon from to 5 O'Clock.
Music, songs and recitations will be
given by Frances Bellamy, Margaret
Dres, Miriam Lansing. Pauline Peck,
Mildred Mitchell, Harriet Bower, Adelaide
Hunt, Miltilda Hummler
Mi. and Mrs. Groves. formerly of the
central city, are occupying the Fordham
residence on Capouse avenue
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-25
Farewell Surprise Party

A farewell surprise party was ten
dered Miss Margaret Service. at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Westlake,
of West Market street last evening, by
a number of her friends. The evening
was enjoyably spent with the usual
party diversions. which were indulged
in until seasonable hour when re-
freshments We're served. The choir of
the Methodist church, assisted by the
orchestra, rendered musical pro-
gramme. Miss Service leaves today for
Lake Winola, to spend the summer
months.
|. Those present We're the Misses Pearl
Henry, Cora Snyder, Lulu Constantine,
Elizabeth Richder, George Cure. Ethel
Vipond, Alice Sand, Minnie Wells, Bess
Hoffman, Mary Cuthberson, Lizzie Ser
vice, Anna Service, Eva Connolly Sarah
BeeZe. Alice Williams, Lucy Dewitt,
Jennie Trugas, Stella Wedeman. Stella
Walls, Mary Lewis, Jesse Eppling, and
Messrs. William Scott, William Wright,
Charles Constantine, William Clegg,
Lewis Kline, Charles Beers, David
Laird, John Laird. David Rossar, James
Sand, Prof. Martin. Prof. Kemmerling,
Prof. Cousin. Myron Keator, Fred Hart
zell, Daniel Hartzell, Clarence McAllis-
ter, Charles Thomas Mr. Broadbent,
William Bright, Bert Lare. Fred Nor
gan, Edward Hunt, Edward Sanders,
Harry Bumbgardner, Henry Twining,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hopewell. Mr..
and Mrs. Lowery, Mr.. and Mrs. Butler,
Mr.. Heinz, Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Van
noy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-25
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. e. Z. Robathan and daughter.
Dorothy, of South Hyde Park avenue,
left yesterday to attend a class reunion
at the Millersville State Normal school.
Mrs. w. j. l.. Davis, of Main avenue
and Jackson street, is contend to her
home by illness.
Mr.. and Mrs 3. r. Bell, Of Ninth
street, have returned home from a week s
visit at Delhi. N. Y.
William Lloyd and family. of Hamp-
ton street, are sojourning at Lake Ariel.
Mrs. W. c. Williams and daughter
Ruth. of South Hyde Park avenue, are
visiting friends in Elmira.
Miss Anna Coons, of Washburn street,
and Miss Mildred Coons. of North Lin
coin avenue. have returned home from a
visit with friends at Chinchila.
Miss Minnie Roberts, Of North Gar
field avenue is attending the commence
ment exercises at Bloomsbury State Nor
NAL school.
Miss Mary O'Brien. of the Mount Airy
institute, Philadelphia. is spending her
vacation at her home in West Scranton.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Eldred of North
Hyde Park avenue, have returned home
from a visit with friends in Buffalo.
Frank Watkins and Walter James, of
North Hyde Park avenue, have returned
home from sojourn in New York city.
b. B. Anthony, OF North Main avenue.
organizer JOr tne IeamSterS union. mas
returned home from a fraternal visit in
Carbondale.
John F.. Jones. John r. Lewis. Owen Il.
Davis and James Davis. of Bellevue are
spending the week fishing at Benton
Center.
Thomas Norton. Of Yatesville is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. p. F. Boyle. of OK
ford street.
Mrs. Rudolph Strlnk and children, OF
Price street. are the guests of relatives
at Nicholson.
Mrs. Catherine Kerr and son. of Wilkes
Barre. have returned home from a visit
with Mrs William Matthewson. of Lin
coin avenue.
Miss Elsie Baker of Nanticoke is the
guest of Mrs. Philip Schroeder Of Hamp-
ton street.
John Devers. of New York, is visit
ing at the home of his parents on Hamp-
ton street..
Mr.. and Mrs G. w. Hutchinson and
sons. Austin and George. of Philadelphia.
are spending few days with West
Scranton friends.
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DUNMORE.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Baird, former
ly of this place, but now of Henry, Va,
are renewing old friendships in town.
Mrs. Baird, who has been sufferer
from appendicitis for some time, un-
derwent an operation at DIR. Brown 8
private hospital yesterday. which
proved very successful and her early
recovery is looked for.
The annual Sunday school picnic of
the Tripp Avenue Christian church will
be held at Nay Aug park Friday. Com
petitive games for boys and girls and
various other .amusements have been
arranged for.
Henry Bloes, of New York city, is
visiting his parents on Dudley street.
Born.-To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Har-
wood, of Brook street, SON.
Patrick Flanagan, who was operated
on at the Scranton Private hospital
several weeks ago for the removal of
a tumor from his face, returned home
yesterday.
Miss Julia Bishop, of Fifth street, has
returned from a pleasant stay in New
York city.
Kenneth Moffatt. of Cherry street,
is visiting friends in Avoca.
Mrs. Benjamin Parsons Is visiting
her sister. Mrs. c. A. Benjamin, of
Lake Ariel.
Rev. II. C. II. Dreyer and family, of
Philadelphia, are visiting the formers s
mother on Pine street.
Miss Mary Kearney, of Avoca, Is the
guest of friends in town.
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rade of the Catholic Total Abstinence
union to be held in West Scranton on
October 10.
The Bellevue Loyal Crusaders will meet
tomorrow evening In the Bellevue mission
school. All members are invited to be
present, as officers will be elected and
otker business transacted.
'rhe members Of Washington camp, No:
y33, Patriotic Order Sons Of America. held
o. social session after their meeting In
Washington hall last evening.
Harry Rainey. of Hampton street. has
been appointed official barber for the
Catholic Total Abstinence union reei-
mental encampment at Lake Lodore next
month.
The st. Paul's Pioneer corps held their
regular weekly drill last evening in st.
David's hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. b. Oln1stead. Of Moran
court, held a post-nuptial reception at
their homo recently. They were united
In marriage on June 10.
The Sherman Avenue Mission school
will hold their children's day exercises
next Sunday afternoon at 2.So o'clock.
A special meeting of the Hyde Park
Mine Accidental fund will be held in the
French Roof hall this evening.
The local base ball players have secured
suitable Fairgrounds on Farr's Heights.
where some lively contests will be played
during the season.
The senior class of the Junior Epworth
league Of the Simpson Methodist Epis-
copal church rendered reception to
their teacher. Miss Ethel McDermott, on
Monday evening, at the home Of Miss
Margaret Crawford, on North Hyde Park
avenue.
The annual commencement exercises
will be held at st. Patrick's Parochial
school tomorrow evening.
The Luther league of st. Marks LII
theran church will conduct n lawn social
this evening in front of Mr.. and Mrs
John Dennis home OH North Hyde Park
avenue.
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TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

Mrs. Otto D. Myers and mother, OF
Church avenue, are spending Il few
days with relatives in Jermyn.
The Smithers base ball team Of this
section would like to arrange game
with the Buffalos, on Won Storch
grounds.
George Williams. of Warren street.
| has returned home, after spending two
months in Philadelphia.
William Lewis, of Summit avenue,
and Oswald Price, of Spring street, left
last evening to spend few days in
| New York city.
William Morgans, Thomas Mills and
Thomas Lewis left yesterday morning
to spend the day fishing at Crystal
| lake.
Miss Name Lloyd. of Peckvile, is
| visiting at the home of John Davis, on
William street.
Miss Laura Gabriel, of Church ave-
nue., left last evening for Youngstown,
| o., where she will spend the summer
vacation with her sister.
Tickets for the Providence Presby-
| terian church excursion to Lake Ariel,
on Friday, can be had at Griffin's and
Henwoods drug stores, up to Thurs
| day evening.
| The clerks of this section defeated
Haswelrs Indians in a game of base
ball, last evening, on Won Storch's field,
by score of 10 to .. The feature of
| the game was the clever playing of
David Lewis. on third base, for the In
| dians, McCluskie and Owens did the
| battery work for the Indians, while
Mackie and Collins were the battery
| for the clerks.
Otto d. Myers and ]. Is. Smith are
spending few days fishing at Maple
wood
A special meeting of the North Scran-
ton Republican club will be held Fri-
| day evening. All members are earn
estly requested to be present.
| Austin Moore, of Parker street, has
returned, after taking the entrance eX-
aminations for Lehigh university, at
South Bethlehem.
Master Charles Henwood, of North
Main avenue, has returned from short
visit in Moscow.
The junior pupils of Miss Blanche
| Hallstead. of Oak street, will give a
piano recital at Guernsey hall next
week.
William Wells, of Hallstead avenue,
is spending the summer months at
Lake Winola.
Miss Bertha Finn. of Wood street, is
spending the summer with relatives In
/ Honesdale.
Mrs Bernard Davis, of Wayne ave-
nue., is Ill.