Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17
FULTON ONE or STATES
PROSPEROUS CITIES
ARTICLE ON THE CAPITAL OF
THE KINGDOM OF cALLAWAY
Its RESOURCES AND MANU-
FAcTuRlEs = DATA OF INTER
EST.

Smuggling in a clustre of the
grass covered hills, picturesque
surprise in the sweep OF the even
prairie, Fulton rises ideal in the
beauty Of its surroundings and life.
1t is an old city, peopled with the
sons and daughters of families of
the South, whose tenets of hospitality
and brotherly love are as strongly ad-
hered to now as in anti-bellum days,
when the flower of the Southland
bloomed in the beauty Of its verdant
freshness.
Galloway county is an agricultural
region whose green fields and wood
ed glades are but natures clothing
for the valuable deposits of fire
clay and soft coal beneath. The
farm Ian are rich, their owners wei
to-do and many of them raise the
saddle horse for which the "Blue
Grass region" of Missouri has attain.
I'd the lead the world over.
Fulton is, perhaps. noted first for its
unusual educational advantages. VIII
liam Wood College, boasting one
of the largest enrollments of any
girls school in the West, Synodical
College, a home school for young
women and Westminster College, the
Princeton of the West, an institu-
tion of merit and historical note,
second to none of Its size, are all
located there, besides the city's
schools of high standing. The State
School for the Deaf is In Fulton,
with its many buildings and unusual
work with results marvellous in their
wondrous success. The very peace
full air of this gentle city whose
most exclusive homes are thrown
open foor the use of Westminster stu
dents, lends added charm to its schol-
arly standing. The home life of the
student as well as his school life
is refined and conservative with
none but the best influences about
him.
A city without a pauper or mil
lionaire. Everyone happy and as
busy as a bee. A city of churches
The Methodists, Presbyterians and
Christians have handsome modern
places of worship. The Baptists have
new $4,000 church under con
struction which will be one of the
handsomest in the State. The Ro.
man Catholics also have com
Portable chapel. The greater part Of
the population belong to one of the
various sects and more Cody com
munity is hard to find
Fulton's population is about 1000
For a city its size there are an
unusual number of handsome, com
Portable homes. Most of the dwell
lings are frame with slate roofs and
rest on well kept lawns shaded BY
forest trees of great beauty. These
homes are the ones thrown open tt
the Westminster student and he Il
taken into the bosom of the bes
families and made one of them.
The growth of Fulton has beel
along conservative lines and To-
this reason there are none Of thos'
periodic business calms so frequen
in communities where the boom"
Is regular epoch Of history. Fo
years the Fulton Fire Brick AM
Clay Company have successfully mail
tained their plant and mines employ
ing 150 people the year round. 1t
product, principally, is fire bricl
and locomotive fire box Innings am
its territory extends west and north
west from Chicago and down through
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Ever
year this industry brings into Flu
ton fully $4,000 of new money, tn
greater part Of which goes into Gil
culation and adds to the general pros
perity OF he community. The con
pany owns the majority Of the ella,
rights in and about the city whic
constitutes fully 1000 acres. AT pres
ent 1t is working a bed Of 10 acre
containing clay, said to be as goo
as any In the United States and 81
perior to any bed equal its size |
the country.
| But Fulton is not satisfied with bu