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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
All MEN WHO HAVE MADE TIE
= Oh INDUSTRY THEIR L1fE'S
=: WORK.
van street journal Gives Interesting
d: Description Of DEVELOPMENT Of
OH Industry.

West Virginia and the tri-statc dis
frict has always had the name OF derel-
cpinE the best oil men in tho world ana
from all indications she is still retain
ing that reputation and forging to the
mont throughout the world. where her
sons Of toll are now scatt cred.
- The following interesting item from
the Wall street Journal tells an inter-
esting story OF the advancement OF the
oil and gasoline business in the south
west, where rich :trikes in oil have been
made during the past few months.
Many Of the names mentioned will be
recalled By local people. The title OF
the story is speaking Of Or and is by
william c. Van Antwerp. a we'll known
oil expert.
such large profits in oil are derived
from refining and marketing. that the
Transcontinental on Co. has decided
upon an elaborate program along these
lines. Several eNperts have been sent
TO Texas TO determine upon a site for Il
10000 barrel refinery which Will be
erected Immediately. This with the one
now in operation. will enable the COM
pany 10 enlarge its already established
wholesale and retail marketing stations
Snd to reach the consumer on an ade>
Quate scale. 1t now owns gas wells
with a daily capacity OF 1lo.ooo.ooo Gu
bic feet rich in gasoline content. and It
also owns the process by which gasoline
10 derived from this natural gas.
PtttbeurHh Man
Dr.. Robert Brownlee. formerly head
Of the Chemistry Department OF the
University OF Pittsburgh and now head
OF the Transcont mental Company's Lab
oratories. has invented a method known
rs the Brovnlee Process. which is a long
step forward in this highly important
business This process is owned by the
Franscontinental Co. BY continuous
Aistillation and by heating in tubes in
stead OF stills. the company is able TO
make continuously whatever gravity and
snd point Of gasoline and naptha may
be required. and At the same time pro-
auca kerosene distillate. gas oil and
heavy fuel oil Five or six per cent.
naore gasoline and naptha is obtained
BY this method than by the processes
elsewhere employed. which at current
prices adds zoe proht per barrel to the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
A W est virginian.

Michael l.. Bcncdum. chairman Of the
TranscontinCntal board. began his go
rcer in the oil business about tw"ut. -
five years ago with tho South Penn
branch OF the Standard Oh company o:
West Virginia as a lcasor. He neat
went into business for himself with J"-
seph Trees IS partner in tn" develop;
mcnt OF the West Virginia ncld From
that day TO this these two men have.
worked together in developing IN" OF,
nclds Of Ohio. Pennsylvania. llIu"I,.
Louisiana. Kansas. Texas. Oklah"mn.
Mexico. South America and Itumau.a.
They have discovered and dcl clup"d
more oil and gas pools than any nth"r
operators in the business. There hns
been nothing haphazard about their SUI
cess. They have always surround".!
themselves with exports. being om"ul;
tho first to realize the imp"r,rnc" ur
technical geological explorations lr..
fore entering q new ficid. In ihis Wort,
they have spared no expense and hrl..
secured the services nf tho best await
able experts. They hav" never parii"-
irated in stock promotions. confirms:
their work wholly To production md d.
vclopmcnt. They hav" MAINTAINED their
own testing laboratories and thus by -
pcrimcntal work they have perfect Fl
many new processes in refining OILS. IN
reclamation processes and in cNtrarf:'..
valuable hy.productS from hoin OIL and
gas. The Carlo Hydrogen company ct
America previously described. Is owned
by them and Is direct outcome of then
experimental laboratory methods Son
edn1n himself not only visits PERSONAL.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
he / aylor lhorofare

versity. who has just returned from SER
vice overseas. has accepted a position az
Highway Engineer with IN" State Road
Commission under Capt. II. T.. Snyder. ~
Division Thrcc. Mr.. Rail ~ at present
engaged IN relocating IN" ElizabSth-
Parkcrsburg pike in Writ county.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04

MEXICO CITY. July .lS--Eight cen
persons are reported to have been Kill.
cd in Mura, Yucatan. in the clash be-
tween government authorities and scci.
alists. Scventy-six prisoners have been
soat from Muna 10 Vera Cruz by Gene:-
al Luis NJ. Hernandez, chief Of military
operations at Yucatan. no..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
.lNEST VIRGINIA OIL MEN HEAD
GIGANTIC OIL { GASOLINE CD.

company's output, while the cost OF IN
stallation and upkcep are correspond
ingly reduced. Dr. Brownlee requires no
introduction to the public, for he Is the
wizard who discovered and put into
practical use carbo-hydrogen gas. His
refining processes are now in success
full operation at the Transcont mental re-
finery a. Boynton. Okla. and will be
adopted everywhere in this companys
new refineries,
Pending the completion Of these
plants the company will be able 10
market from the DukeKnoles pool
alone. through the Magnolia and Hum
bic pipelines. approximately 10000 bar
rcls day. and through its own pipe
lines to De Leon 5000 barrels day.
At that point connection is made with
tho companys tank cars. Of which IT
owns or leases 400 OF from 5000 to
10000 gallons capacity.
The company occupies a highly salts
factory position in the matter Of steel
storage tanks. Those already completed
provide for 100000 barrels at the Duke
Knoles and Bolnton pools; others in
course Of erection will hold an add-
tional 1900 00A barrels. The company
owns 800 miles Of pipelines. As indi-
Gated above. il also soNns the property
OF the Tcx-Penn Oil company. the
Pittsburgh-Tcxas Oil and Gas company.
the Riverside Eastern Oil company and
tho Riverside Western Oil company to-
gether with their business. trade marks
and real estate.
The Earnings.
Earnings Of the company for the next
six months. at which time tho new re-
fnery will greatly increase them. should
Approximate $50.o00 q day from the
Duke-Knolcs output alone. or at the
rate Of 31S.250.noO a year. The Boyntno
output and Vac various marketing
agencies will add materially to this fig
ure. With the completion Of tho new
refinery President Parriott estimates
that earnings from proven territory
alone should run conservativcly from
$40. 900. 900 to $40.000.000 per annum.
These estimates take no account OF the
properties at Bravo Dome. Edwards
Plateau, Louisiana. or South America.
II the estimates arc measurably correct.
the Transcontinental company should
earn at the rate OF $40 share on its
stock for the balance Of 1919. and from
SIS to $40 a share in 1920. Before the
end Of 1920 the other properties, ex>
cluded from this analysis. should con-
tribute handsomely. 1t Is certain that
some Of them Will.
In the words Of tho ronnpanys chair
man. il is the PURPOSE Of Transoontinen.
tai TO get everything out OF its ciI
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04

The greater tho necessity for living
tho greater your opportunity 70 use
The lntclliGenc"r W.T. sda
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rom horns to hoof." With this pro-
from horns to hoof." With this pro.
own rigs. does its own drilling. pipes
through Its own lines. ships IN It's own
cars. refines in its own plants and sells
to the ultimate consumer from IT'S own
stations. At the present rate Of now
production from fresh fields all thcS"
operations will be greatly increased
within the next year.
Benedum and his associates are We
known in the oil world. Whenever th"y
make a move all other producers stop.
look and listen. for nothing succeed ,
like success. Tho spectacle Of twenty.
four companies and as many more ind
viduals and partnerships drilling fever
ishly in a ring all around the outskirts
of the Duke-knoles pool throws ilu
minatlng light on the situation, tho
more SO when VIC consider that amonr
these twcnty-four hopeful ncichhorS ar.
the five largest independents and hr
Standard Oil company.
The men who own tho greater part Of
Transcontincntal Oil and who ar" man.
aging its affairs. have been in tho o.
business all their lvcs They arc III,
men who have made it what il is toda%.
Their fortunes and their rcpuiatI"nS ar"
involved in the enterprise. AS they ar.
all rich in this worlds goods. mere in
crement Of wealth can hav" little At
traction for them. They Impress on" ~.
men who, believing firmly IN tn" valu..
Of their property. have chosen IL nS
their life work and sock to civ" il per.
mancnce and continuity.
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every now fold wh.rh promises oil de-
vclopmrnt. bar h" follows UP his invcs.
uGatlon by sending experts 10 check his
own observations. He. knows every dc.
tail Of tho oil business from the first
disturbance" Of the grass roots down 70
III" hnal delivery 10 IN" consumer.
+. Il. Tarrlott. president Of tn" Trans
continental company. was formerly
prcsIdcn, Of the TcA-Hrnn Uil COM
pary. For twenty years he has been
connected with the Rrn"IumTr"cs in
tcr"stS. which - another way Of saying
thai h" has lca'ncd tho business IN ii
good school.
John ". Leonard 4 member Of tho
Board Of TransContincn,A company. IS
on" Of tho pioneers ~ MEXICAN and cen
trail and Soulh-Amcricau 81. Develop
mcnt. lie was instrumental IN forming
the rcna-McA Fuel company and IN To-
! eating tho properties owned by the
Tropical oil company iIc owns largo
! oil interests IN various parts Of Tho
world, and - "r" "G N" principal stock
holders Of IN" Tran>r"nliu"nlal com
! p"ny.
wheeling On Map.
| \. L.. paii'l. J". another mcmhC" Of
| the board. X a gas 'NI"r;. who Ms for
! merry general manager "f Ia" Mdnufr"-
turrrS O.l and li"at Co.. Tn" Arkansas
NarUral Gas MANUFACTURING company.
and tho Wheeling Natural ,;a> company.
! Mr.. lHii"I'S fam - n@iI"u- WIDE and h"
I connection With TIM Tran>r"nrln"n'nl
( company hr.ur.. IT, i1at concern Il high
! Is sr", .ali:"d kr.."I"d%".
| Lew SmIh h. ala cher director. was for
m"rll general manager "f tn" r'nn-M"A
! Ful 'np1uy md Is Hl~' It r'sId' mt "f
Marshal! ""u'I'l. and va ~ fU.l charge
/ "t that r"m''nu' "p"r"i!"u> n M"Ai""
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
AUGUST
Furniture Sale
The Greatest Home-Furnishing
Event of the Year Will
Begin To-day

TN THE light of present conditions in the Furni;
/ tlre marketed the growing scarcity of good
Furniture and the rapidly rising prices-this annual
sale takes on new Importance.
Working in close cooperation with the leading
Furniture manufacturers, placing orders months
ago. to take advantage of du-season quotations. we
are able to offer to the people of Greater Wheeling
Furniture of the Lifetime Hind at prices which, in
many cases, can not be duplicated In the wholesale
market today.
In such period of advancing costs it is partic-
ulary important for you, ALSO to exercise foresight
in buying-to anticipate future needs at this time
when savings are possible. 1t will pay you well to
look over your home carefully, to decide now what
your needs will be- then to come to this sale and sup
ply them You will get here Furniture that you will
take pride in having and you will enjoy very remark
able savings. g..
Our extended payment plan is great buying
convenience. -:
In the Wheeling Sunday newspapers yesterday
we printed page Of offerings featuring this great
thrift event.
Furniture Store-Fourth floor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
VAST CROWDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED BOTH THE MORN
ING AND The EVENING SERVICES AT BEREAN BAPTIST
CHURCH LAST SUNDAY.
REV. W. S. BRADDAN, LATE CHAPLAIN OF THE 37OrH
U. S. INFANTRY, WAS WARMLY RECEIVED BY THE MEM
BERS OF HIS CONGREGATION AND FRIENDS.
JULIUS F. TAYLOR AND FORMER ALDERMAN OSCAR DE
PRIEST DELIVERED SHORT TALKS IN HONOR
OF HIS HOME COMING.

Last Sunday will be long remem-
bered by the members of Berean
Baptist Church, SIND and Dearborn
streets, and by its friends and we'll
wishers; for on that date its pastor,
Rev. w. S. Braddan, Chaplain of the
old Eighth Regiment, Illinois Nation
al Guards and Chaplain of the 37Oth
U. S. Infantry, who had just returned
from France, where he had been for
almost one year with the fighting
370th Infantry, preached from his
pulpit, for the first time in the past
year, and old Berean was crowded
from end to end and at both the serv-
ices hundreds of people were unable
to squeeze into his church, for all
seemed to be anxious and eager to
behold him and to drink in every
word which fell from his lips.
For awhile he would hold the vast
crowd spellbound while reciting some
of the most hairbreadth and daring
escapes of death, which he and the
soldiers passed through, and at other
times he was applauded to the echo
while depicting the bravery and the
heroism on the part. of the Colored
soldiers on the French battlefelds,
while shot and shell and other death
dealing instrumentalities of modern
warfare were falling all around them
as thick and as fast as hail; that the
very jaws of death which were wide
open all the time; that even he'll it
self, with all of its supposed horrors,
agony and suffering on the part Of
its victims, struck no terror into the
hearts of the Colored soldiers, who
charged and recharged the flower of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22

down in a gentle manner.
Alderman Mccormick sprung from
that branch of the Mccormick fam
lily, who have always been friendl dis
posed to the Colored race. AS Assist
ant States Attorney he never endeav-
ored to railroad Colored men and
women to the penitentiary just be-
cause he had the power to do so;
but he always treated them fairly
and the lawyers who represented
them; for he was firmly convinced
that the crime and the punishment
should even up or square up on all
fours, and for that and many other
reasons the Colored men and women
should on Tuesday, April 1, assist to
return him to the City Council from
the 21st ward.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22

the German army, in their maddened
fury, finally putting them to fight.
Rev. Braddan swayed his hearers
to and fro like a wind-tossed vessel
at sea, which is tossed hither and
thither by the gigantic waves of the
ocean.
At one point he exclaimed, that
eighteen hundred members of the olo
Eighth Regiment were killed, wound
ed and missing on the French battle
fields; that at Monkey Mountain,
which was the very hell-hole of death,
that the battle ragged there for seven
days; that one hundred members of
the Eighth Regiment were slain each
day, without saying anything about
the wounded and the missing; that
only four hundred members, that left
with the regiment for France in April
1918, returned back to this country
with it a short time ago.
On Tuesday evening, March rs, a
banquet will be given at Berean Bap-
fist Church in honor of the home
coming of Rev. Braddan, at which
time he will tell just what happened
to the Eighth Regiment.
When Rev. Braddan spied US
struggling to enter his church, he
called on his officers to clear the way
so that we could get near unto him,
and on doing so we embraced each
other like two big Teddy bears, much
to the amusement of the onlookers
and the writer and former Alderman
Oscar DePriest were introduced and
called on to deliver short talks in
honor of the home coming of Rev.
Braddan.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22

In 1917 Hon. Robert Hall McCor-
mick was elected to the City Coun-
ii from the 21st ward and, being a
l,vver of no mean ability and pos
.sssing a wide and varied business
,ruerience, for he has honorably
served as President of the Illinois
Athletic Club, he just naturally
forced himself to the front and at
the present time he is a member of
the Finance, the Compensation and
If several other important commit
tees of the City Council, and he has
made good at every stage of the
game.
Alderman Mccormick always de-
ports himself like a polished gentle
man. He will patiently listen to your
tale of woe and if he cannot comply
to your request he will turn you
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
BIC TURKEY DINNER IN HONOR
OF THE RETURNING SOLDIERS.

Saturday evening, March 20, Hon.
Oscar DePriest and his chief aids to
the Peoples Movement. will serve a
BIZ turkey dinner at the club rooms,
$40 Indiana avenue, in honor of the
returning soldiers. Fifty turkeys have
been ordered for the occasion includ-
ing plenty of other good things.
All oversee soldiers are cordially
invited to be present and to freely
partake of the repast absolutely free
of charge.
1t is expected that Hon. Patrick
H. 0'Donnel who is one of the
warmest and most steadfast friends
of the Colored race in the United
States will be present and address
the soldiers and the other guests.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Mr.. AND MRS. JAMES E. THOMAS
ENTERTAINED THEIR FRIENDS
WITH A SEVEN COURSE DINNER.

Last Sunday evening Mr.. and Mrs
James E. Thomas, 5816 La Fayette
avenue, delightfully."- entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Preston L. McAdams, OF
4s06 S. Dearborn street, and Mrs
Humphrey, mother of Mrs. McAdams
at a seven course turkey dinner, the
turkey weighing thirteen pounds, and
it was imported from Texas.
The other courses and the trim
mings were just as delicious or as fine
eating as the well seasoned turkey it
self.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Let Action FOLLOW Thouaht.

A philosopher once said that there
Is no value to any thought. no matter
how fine or noble. unless il is trans
formed into action. If you feel up
lifted by beautiful music. do some
thing that VIII tally with your mood,
and then the music has been worth
while. II you read something that Is
inspiring. at once do something. no
matter how small. that is a little dif-
ferant and a little superior to your
routine. The theory applies with equal
truth ~ the reading Of books as more
than j pastime.-Chicago American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
of National Guards of Illinois, late
u will his pulpit Berean BaP
morning Sunday,
March2
Relie QueerIY Preserved.

A steel ladle seven inches long, sup
posed TO have been used by Indians
in melting lead FOR bullets many years
ago. was found imbedded in the heart
Ct red oak tree sawed up for fire
wood at South Altoona, Pa. Rings on
the tree indicate II was more than one
hundred years old. The ladle. made
of the finest charcoal steel. is be-
lIeved to have been driven into the
tree when IL was sapling.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Sacrileue.

The Kansas InduStrialist says skunk
oil and rattlesnake oil are worthless
as Iiniinents for rheumatism and kin
dred Ills Just hcw far should college
papers be allowed TO go IN interfer-
ence with free beliefs founded on the
traditions of centuries? Pretty soon
these young whipperxnappers viii be
telling US that asafoetida amuets
ward OF neither germs nor devils. and
that red beads around the neck won't
stop nosebleed.-Grit.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22

gro, George Williams. Every effort
was made by the Court to show her
the folly of her way" but she alb
solutely refused to disclaim her affec-
ton for the man Williams. As re-
suit, the woman was given the maxi
mum sentence of six months in jail
and $50 fine. The woman went to
her punishment without a murmur
except to state that as soon as she
it out she will marry Williams regard
less of protests.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Lake With No Outlet.

Lake Chad, In the heart Of East AZ
rfca, has no known outlet for the
many rivers pouring into 1t. Its wa
tiers rise and fall with great rapidity.
The Alexander expedition records that
frequently spaces over which they had
sailed In the morning had by evening
become stretches Of dried mud.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
MisehIevousness Of Youth,

A young wife put down her book
with a sigh. what is 1t, darlingT
her husband asked. "Ah. dearest, am
so happyl" she replied. Yes, but you
had such a sad look in your eyes just
now" II know. I've been reading
about the unhappiness that the wives
Of men of genius have always had to
bear. Oh, Alfred, dear. I'm so glad
you're just ;;n ord ;,:,ry S.Igt of fellow !"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Tine DS.rIicanoent

Teddy h"d the usual nine O'CLOCK
sickness and lid not have to go to
school as a result. I;ut at ten o'clock
he found that he had recovered. and
after dressing sought his mother In the
kitchen. 'I'm well. MOI her" he an
nOunced. 'but / can't 90 to school till
noon. You see it's too late now Just
to be counted tardy and too early 10
be counted absent"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Reading Useless Without Action.

If you want to get value cut Of q
hook. however. don't lean or II as
though you were cripple A book
can't take you by sheer fox an
urniecf you into good job. - VT
more marcy in your pay enveL - ~
mike yIu Industrious or patiegt when
YOU ar O'F,rr iSr Ali you can expect
~ a l.'"E IL tbat il tells YOU how these
hin-s g.. 6e accomplished. 49, real
;ob lies WITH you.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Why Hens CackIe,

Hens cackle when they lay for the
same reason that the doing Of any
thing which human beings are meant
to do gives them pleasure. II Is an
instructive action. For the same rea-
son a dog wags his tail when II Is
pleased. Even humans. when pleased
with themselves, want to sing. or whis-
tie or dance, or express their emotions
in some way.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Member of Cook County, OF the high
Republican party south side who has appointed
colred responsible positions in the county

Recently Hon. Charles Kurtscof,
sn0 stands mighty high in the esti-
nation of the cOlored people through
0ot this city and Cook County as q
member of the Board Of Assessors,
ls appointed the following Colored
versions to responsible positions in the
county service: Captain James s.
nelson, Carroll Nelson, Clarence Fin
ny AdOlph Sims. Hon. Edward D.
s'een' and Pickett Gillespie 10 posi-
aoas IN the Board Of Assessors
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
ARREST coLoRED MAN HERE
IN 81, 900 BANK ROBBERY.

Charged with the theft of $1,000
from the Peoples Trust & Savings
Bank Association of Sidney, o., Abe
Henderson, colored, 1908 Federal st.
has been taken into custody. Ac-
cording to the police, Henderson
while employed by the Ohio city
bank, had access to the money vaults
Henderson and the $1,000 disap-
peated simultaneously. Henderson
denies knowledge of the robbery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Lahor-saxina Devices.

Water Is used to transport nne coal
through pipes. and in Oregon a blast
of air is used to load hay In freight
cars. The hay Is drawn mp to deck
or float beside the chr to be loaded. q
crane then lifts the hay to this plat
form. and a blower. driven by a gaso-
line engine, hurls the hay forcibly In
TO the car. packing II better than can
be done with old-fashloned hand fork.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22
Lime Water.

Slack one-half cupful Of lime with
about one-half pint Of water. slowly
added; when Stacked well add one
quart Of water and stir thoroughly,
allow II to settle. decnnt closely and
pour the water away, then add one
gallon of fresh. clear distilled water
or rain water to the washed lime
shake often for a Gay or two and let
settle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-03-22

Rooms B. W. Fits; Board Of Re
view, Mrs. Minor; Mrs West and
Henry Smith; to positions in the
sheriffs Office.
In the near future Mr.. Kurtscofi
wiz select other Colored persons fOr
positions in the county service and
he is the right man in the right place
and there are higher political honors
in store for him at the hands of the
grand old party.