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The New York herald., 1922-12-24
The first coal man" was run out of
town for giving away seven
wagon loads.

said Col. Shoemaker. For three days he
had Travelled all over Philadelphia, trying
to induce blacksmths and founders to buy
the coal for their forges and househoders
to purchase this strange substance for
their fireplaces. He had brought nine
wagon loads of coal into Philadelphia and
in three days he had sold only two And
even these had gone for a song.
Now the Colonel, anxious to return to
his family in Pottsville and despairing Of
selling any more of the stuff which men
called stone coal, wanted to give away the
remaining seven wagon loads. His offer
outside independence Hall brought guf-
flaws and derision. Colonel, do you really
believe that this stone which you call coal
will burn?" queried one of the worthy
councilmen of the city You are a dreamer,
Colonel. The Lord hath ordained that we
shall burn wood and now you bring us
stone. You had better throw it into the
Schuylkill and cease flying in the face of
nature"
So Col. Shoemaker drove on from Inde-
pendence Hall, unable to give away any
of the seven loads of coal. And as he drove
the laughter of his deriders pursued him.
But the coal pioneer from Pottsville would
not surrender. He was determined that
his coal should get a trial in Philadelphia
and by noon the next day he had given
away the remaining seven loads.
AS Col. Shoemaker prepared at his inn
for the journey back to Pottsville friend
brought to him strange news. "Those to
whom you gave the coal could not make it
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
In 1906 Abijah Smith at Plymouth,
Pa, purchased rs acres of
coal lands for $500.

ment-7,0OO tons. In 1889 the consump-
ton of coal had become so great that
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
shipped from the coal fields in Pennsyl-
vania to its terminal at Rondout on the
Hudson the then astounding total of 122,-
900 tons.
Eight years later we find Mr. Hone maxi
ing another entry in his diary about an
thracite. On June 16, 1S47, he 10 in
Pittsburgh-"the Birmingham of Amer
lea" He says that coal rolls down from
the mountains into Pittsburgh at only
s1.20 for the long ton. Suffice it to say
that it has not rolled into the Smoky
City at that price since then.
Just as the history of coal is the
story of Industrial America so is the
history of coal the story of the develop
ment of transportation in this country.
First 1t was carted by wagon, then by
canal, then by rail and canal, now by
rail from the mines to tidewater. At the
start transportation costs were the great
est in the history Of coal production. With
the development of canals the cost of
bringing coal to the consumer was re-
duced Now it seems to have jumped to
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
In 1920, in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania, only 365 tons
were mined.

burn and they have gone to the magis-
trates and obtained writs for your arrest
as an impostor. You had better leave this
city at once" he told him.
And so it came to pass that on a Novem-
ber day in 1912 a man who had given away
seven wagon loads or coal to citizens of
Philadelphia was forced to flee from JUS
tice."
What would happen to Col. Shoemaker
could he return to this sphere of trouble
and drive his nine wagon loads of Potts
vile anthracite up to Independence Hall
and offer it at SO ton tomorrow morn
ing? The descendants of those estimable
burghers of 1912 probably would mob the
Colonel in their rush to buy Descendants
of the Kings of Ireland would gather
around the Colonel to defend him from too
eager purchasers. For to-day the stuff
which men called stone coal in derision
eleven decades ago and would not accept
as a gift-to-day that stuff is king
American anthracite coal has a remark
able history--a history which is the story
of Industrial America tale which teens
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
First coal was carted by wagon. then
by canal, then by rail and
canal-now by rail from
the mines to tidewiater.

another high level for railroad freight
charges are at a record peak.
Let US trace the story of this ton of
coal of ours. Let us go back to the day
when coal was discovered in this country,
back to the method OF transporting il and
conditions at the little mines of those
days. back to the prices and production
figures of that pioneer era before the
Revolution. and trace King Anthracite
to his present high position. One hun
dred years ago coal fought for public
recognition. Now coal battles with steel
for the right to give name to this age
We have had the Stone Age. the Iron Age,
VIII posterity call this the Coal Age or
the Steel Age?
Anthracite was discovered in the wy
oming region in Pennsylvania in 1862 by
Parshall Terry and company, of Connec-
ticut pioneers. They found the precious
stuff-not so precious just then-on the
banks of the Susquehanna River near
Wilkes-Barre. The discovery did not
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Story of Ton of Coal.
By Daniel.
A New York Bohemia of the
Eighties. By Willis Steell..
The Facts About Kidd's Buried
Treasure" By Joseph B,
Glider
Fiction Recalls Violinist Lost
in War. An Interview With
Villa Gather
Ferdinand Ossendowski - Man
of Amazement. BY Stewart T.
Beach Observation-Disclosures.
The Goose That Paris Eats at
Christmas. By Sterling Heilig
What Golf Has Done for Amer
lea. By Arthur F. McCarty,
president of the Kansas State
Golf Association ............
A French Chateau in the Bad
lands. By Kate H. Brewer
Whispering Ghosts in the South
Seas By Charles B. Nord-
non ............
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

Hiking in the Yosemite. By
Harriet Geithnann .. IA
A Child's Story of American
Literature. By Algernon Tas-
sin and Arthur Bartlett Mau-
rice. Chapter x. Cooper:
Toe Treader and Truth Teller I,
Chronicle and Comment. -. IA
The World of Letters as Others
See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
The Middle Aged Woman in
Fiction. BY w. L. George. I6
The Patchwork Quilt of His
tory ............. II
The World of Foreign Books.
German Books. Surveyed by
Allen w. Porterield. 80. IS
The Newest Verse. e.... 10
Racial Purity: A Reply to Mr..
Clement Wood ..... 20
New Fiction in Varied Forms. Al
Religious Speculation: Criti-
cism and Faith .... "a
The Book Factory. By Edward
Anthony. ............. "a
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
THE STORY OF A TON OF COAL

last summer has brought coal administra-
tors. attempts to fix prices, greed, gouging
and other conditions to which men have
been giving life since the day Cain slew
Abel.
In some sections gougers are demanding
S22 ton for stove sizes of anthracite
and getting it from public whose chatter
ing teeth overcome its financial compunc-
tons. In this city SIS a ton is a fairly
prevalent price. Men complain and cry.
"The like of this never has been in this
country, What are we coming tor"
But the like has been beforehand the
like will come again. We must have coal
and those who have it must get their tidy
profit. Coal producers never have been
industrial philanthropists and it Is not
likely that they ever will be. The pro-
ducer blames it on the miner, the miner
blames it on the owner-the public freezes,
howls. then pays. So 1t goes around in
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
In 1918, to be very exact and statis-
tical, 9S,S26,O84 tons were
produced in the American
anthracite fields.

of supply and demand-the genealogy of
thing which at times becomes priceless.
This story of a ton of coal is a tale
which goes back to the time when only
365 tons were mined in the anthracite
region in Pennsylvania in 1920 and
marches across the years-a journey of
nearly century-to the record of 1918,
when 9S.S26,0S4 tons-to be very exact
and statistical-were produced in the an
thracite fields Of this country. We are not
concerned so much with bituminous, or
soft, coal, nearly all of which goes into the
industries This story has to do sol ly
with anthracite, or hard. coal. the stuff ,
are so anxious to get just now and the
scarcity of which after the coal strike of
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
By DANIEL.

r was fine snappy day in November
the year. 1S12-the place, Philadel-
phia. Outside independence Hall men
were gathered in little groups discussing
excitedly the latest developments in the
second unpleasantness with England-the
War of 1912. stranger, bundled up in
coonskin, drove up in big, numbering
wagon in which were heaped large chunks
of substance about which the estimable
burghers of the old Quaker city had heard.
but which few ever before had seen. 1t
was coal.
The newcomer was Col. George Shoe
maker, a respected citizen of Pottsville,
Pa Does any gentleman here desire to
accept some coal? 1 am giving it away"
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

Survey report-only 365 tons came from
the Lehigh region. In 1889 the produc-
ton had jumped to a million tons. In
1880 the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany-still in existence as a railroad and
coal company with the canal" eided
from its official name--made it's first ship
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
Anthracite was discovered in the
Wyoming region of Pennsylvania
in 1852, on the banks of
the Susquehanna River
near Wilkes-Barre.

mean very much at the time, for II was
hard to impress on the people the fact
that this composition which resembled
stone would burn. In a way the doubters
could not be blamed. for mining methods
in the early days We're very crude The
coal was taken out with the slate still
attached to It and naturally the stone
cover prevented the burning of the coal
inside.
Progress in developing a demand for
coal was slow. 1t was quite an event
when Obadiah Gore used coal in his black
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

Continued on Page Ten.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
Sober" Made Obso-
lete by Prohibition

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 3i-rro-
hibition has rendered obsolete the
"c-d "sober." according 10 the cry
Council here, and the term has BE-,
relegated to the scrap heap Officially
by that august body. The council
recently in considering an automol he
ordinance which provided that Ger
tain persons must he sober and -
good moral character" was surprised
when one member objected strenu-
ously to the inclusion of sober"
1T is a reflection on the govern.
ment and the constitution" the mem
Der said. 1T recognizes a violation
OF the law. and since We have pro-
hibition II has become obsolete"
The objection at first was not
taken seriously but upon insistcnco
the term was eliminated by a vote 81
IL to Z. One councilman refused 10
vote. stating that he didn't know
whether a man could be drunk ~
sober under the new order ~
things"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
BURNHAM

Mrs. Lila Gee entertained the
members of the Women's Missionary
Society at her home on Wednesday,
a pleasant afternoon being passed.
Following the business session
brief program was carried out and
refreshments were served. The next
meeting will be held Wednesday aft
ernoon. Feb. %, where a supper will
be held at the home of the president.
Mrs. Vina Cole and the families of
the members are invited to attend.
Mr.. Weber of Waterville met
the people who are interested in
starting a powdered milk factory, at
the hall on Saturday afternoon, there
being good attendance.
Mrs. Lora Prescott of Bangor has
been visiting for several days with
Mrs. Georgia Cunningha and other
friends. Mrs. Prescott lived here sew
eral years ago.
Waldo Lodge, X. of p. held it's reg.
ular meeting at their hill on Friday
evening. Following the meeting the
newly elected officers were installed
by Bert Reynolds. The Pythian Sis
tiers were invited to attend the in
stallation and the oyster stew sup
per.
Schools in town will cinsa this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
THEY SHOULD BEAR SIGNATURE

Here is one of the laws passed by
the last Legislature of especial in
terest at a time when under our
methods of political selection candi-
dates are being chosen:
CHAPTER 20.
An Act Requiring Political Adver-
tisements to be Signed.
Whoever writes, prints, posts or
distributes, or causes to be written,
printed, posted or distributed. a cir
cular, poster or advertisement which
ton or election of a candidate for
public office or to injure or defeat
the nomination or election of any
candidate for public Office, or to IN
fuence the voters on any .constitu-
influence the vote of any member of
the legislature, unless there appears
upon such circular or poster or adver-
tisement. in conspicuous place,
either the name of the chairman or
secretary or of two officers of the
organization issuing the same, or OF
the person who is responsible there
for, with his name and address.
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be
iilEu Hol cANtSuiiiS OiC ooi-
lars, or imprisoned for a period not
to exceed thirty days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment. Pro
vided, that nothing in this act shall
apply to the editorial or news articles
of any ma gazine or newspaper where
the same is not a political advertise
ment. nor to cards, posters. litho-
graphs, or circulars. issued by cam
didate advertising his own candidacy.
-(Approved March 100
Those having occasion to contrib
ute publicity to any political candi-
dacy are reminded that the present
law requires plain proof as to the
person responsible therefor. and there
shall appear upon such circular or
poster or advertisement, in a conspi-
cuous place. either the name of the
chairman or secretary or of two Of
ficers of the organization issuing the
same, or of the person who is re-
sponsible therefor, with his name and
address.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
THE GIRL SCOUTS

One hundred and ten thousand is
the present membership of the Girl
Scouts in this country but that isn't
big enough in the opinion of Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, recently elected
president of the National Council.
She promises to give her time to the
work of building it up during the
next year. and judging from what she
accomplished on the Scout Council
during the war she is capable of the
undertaking.
One of the first attempts to do this
is to bring to the attention of the
women of the country the need of
more young women captains, intelli-
gent and capable, at least twenty one
years of age and willing to fit them
selves to take charge of the troops.
At least a hundred thousand young
girls are anxious to join, she says,
but there are not leaders enough to
take charge of them. The life of the
organization has not been long
enough to provide these from the
membership.
Mrs. Hoover Is convinced of the in
trinsic value Of this organization.
THE training rounds out every side
Of a girl" she says. The work to be
undertaken is both practical and rec
reational, and she doesn't overlook
the latter, the right use of time spent
neither in the school not at home. as
unfortunately the average family is
unable to provide for this. With re-
gard to the practical side she believes
this organization can be made of
great assistance to the girls in fit
ting them for the time when they
must meet the problems Of the world
face to face. She believes they are
at q disadvantage If their only prep
aration has been academic or by
precept. Under scout direction the
girl is encouraged to take her small
part in solving the problems of the
troop. The mechanics of home max
ing, too. are made one of the inter-
esting activities in which she is in
structed. These are some of the fea-
lures Of this splendid field of en-
deavor in which there are great pos
sibilities for the right kind Of lead
ership. :. (
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
Detroit and St.
Louis Very Healthy
Place for Babies

st. Louis, Mo, Jan. 31-St. Louis
is the healthiest of the larger cities
for babies, declared Max c. Starkloff.
health commissioner, today. DR..
Starkleff made public figures show
ing that this city in 1921 had the
lowest death rate among infants un-
der one year Of age.
The health commissioner gave out
a table showing the mortality rate
per 1000 infants in the various cities
The table he said was based on fed
eral statistics and follows:
st. Louis 61.7: Cleveland 70; Phila-
delphia 76; Boston rs: Cincinnati II:
Washington SO; Detroit IS: New York
IS: Chicago S5.s; Baltimore 81:
Pittsburgh 50.
Detroit had the lowest general
death rate in 1921, according to other
statistics presented By DR.. Starkloff
They follow:
Detroit 81; Cleveland 10.5: Chicago
Ill; New York 11.2: st. Louis ~:
Philadelphia 1877; Boston 1874; Wash
ington 1874; Baltimore 1873: Pitts
burgh 1873; Cincinnati 14.1; New Or
leans 16.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
Death of George w.
Raymond, Lewiston

Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 31-Word was
received here Monday of the death
at a sanitarium at Colorado Springs
OF George w. Raymond, president .of
the Raymond Paper Co. of Lewiston
and president of the Lewiston Cham
Der of Commerce in 1917-1S.
Mr.. Raymond went to Colorado in
November, 1920. He had the in
fiuenza in the fall of 1917, which de-
veloped into tuberculosis. He was
graduated from the Lewiston High
school in 1880. and went into the
paper business as a travelling sales
man. Later he became a member of
the firm of Raymond & Guptill. retail
stationers. and finally established the
present Raymond Paper Co., whole
gale paper and Irvine dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
VIEW POINTS AND THE SPOT.
LIGHT

Taylorville, Illinois, is at last found
on the map. 1t got there by way of
football game in which the excited
partisans bet more than they could
afford, acted altogether injudiciously
and somewhat unseemly, inducing
college men to disregard their obliga-
tons, and raising some question
whether people who act that way will
ever be able to get along without such
foolishness as wars and rumors of
wars. Dut nowhere is it apparent
that Taylorvillians are any deeper
dyed than those of other burgs,
though possibly a little more temper
amental.
AS one result of this Carlinville-
Taylorville game eight athletes of
one university, including two all
American football players, a cham
pionship track man and the captains
Of the track and basketball teams,
are disqualified and the athletic de-
partment of that institution is in a
sad plight-from the viewpoint of
college athleticism.
There is another view point, how
ever, and it may be a good thing to
have the spotlight turned on it,
Notre DANES chances the coming
season may have been wrecked SO far
as that feature of college attainment
is concerned, but the fact that the
institution will continue to exist, that
those sent there to make use of its
curriculum will be given full oppor
tunity to do SO ought to attract at
tention by it's unusualness. 1t is bare
Iy possible that among the ambitious
souls in the university a few at least
may find avenues to distinction other
than those which go by way of the
cinder track or the base line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
MERELY McEVOY
Moving Picture Of Young Couple
in Furniture Store

Enter store and stand around
timidly.
Five statesmen come at them
from five different directions.
Veteran salesman wins.
Spots them Immediately as new
ly married.
Tactfully asks them what they
would like to see first.
They don't know, using a large
number of words to say so,
Salesman takes them to Kitch-
enware Department.
Young woman Immediately fas-
cinated by shining ware.
Llngers lovingly over skillets
and stew pans.
Young man frankly bored.
Nandcrs over to a large uphoi-
stored chair and sinks into it up
to his cars.
Young lady spies dining room
set.
Long argument with salesman
over relative merits of square and
round tables.
Young man tries out three or
four more deeply upholstered
chairs.
Young lady calls young man to
her assistance.
Young man more interested in a
square meal than square table.
Young lady picks furniture for
living room.
Pick twice as many pieces as
they need.
Each piece three times as large
as it should be.
Subtitle:
Salesman: You Haven't Select
cd Your Bedroom Suite, Have You?
Couple terribly fused.
Young lady bushes rosy red.
Young mans ears get hot and he
looks at the ceiling.
Veteran salesman gently steers
them over to bedroom furniture
section.
Diplomatic converse ton ensues.
Couple finally buy expensive
suite rather than prolong this
agony.
Couple buy lots of unnecessary
things to cut short the embarrass-
ment.
Young man goes out of store
wondering how he is going 70 pay
for it all.
Sub-tit
1T is THEIR OWN FAULT
THEY WERE BORN SINGLE,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01

When short Of schemes for improv-
Ing this old world how would it do to
give a few minutes consideration to
the enormous amount of property be-
Ing burned up to get the insurance
and the number of those who get
away" with the insurance? Where
hre losses in New York were twenty.
hve million dollars in 1920 and con-
siderably less the year before, they
amounted to forty million dollars in
1921. The insurance companies are
not powerless to collect this from the
policy holders but are they powerless
20 check incendiarism?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
HnAIAIS 1 caur AtIcIIerA ran

Bangor tl.24 4 m. 81 40 d. m. t2.33 a. m,
800 a m. 1888 m. r 5S p m. 49, II p. n
t1.40p m.
B & A Pts, IL pam. IL. 80 am. 1888 m.
Bar Harbor Asl 40a m, u 33 a M. 933 a m
t7.25 p m. FLO As q m
Belfast $500 a m. 70 80 m. t25Sp m.
Boston s3 IL am, f6 Is m. t93S a m. 50. 50
4. m. t330p m. 50 3ip m. +104Sp.m.
Calais Il 33 m, 70 80 d m
Dover Foxcroft. B500 a m Y. So p m
Gardiner 70 la m rs Is d m. t9.3s a. m.
1859 a m. 10 80 p M. 1894 p M. 10 Is p. m.
t7.25 m. 40 As . m
Hallowell. is Is d m 70. 3s a. M. 80. 50 a. m.
t3.30p m. 1874 p. m. is 10 p M. Y 25 m,
SO As p. N.
Harmony. B5OOa m. r. So p m.
Lewiston t6 10 a M. ~ IS m. $3.50 a. n;
1880 M. 40 AS p m.
New York t3 Bop IN. 1894 p m
Portland. 10 Yam. f6 15a m t9 50 a m. 80. SO
am 10 80 D m 1874 m, II 25 pm 80 As q IN
Rockland rs Is m. 1898 a m
Skowhegan B50Oa m 70 33 m. y. IS D. IN
So Gardiner t6.l5a m t9.3S a m. $3.50 am
1880 p. M. 1874 p m. IS. Is p. M. t725 p. M.
*l0.4S m
St John. II "a a. m
Waterville. II "a a m. 81 40 a m. ~ 33 am.
800 m. 1888 m. IL 50 m. - II M.
t7,4Op m. fDaily except Monday
sDaily tDaily except Sunday iSunday Only.
A Discontinued after October 23rd
Except Sunday and Monday
d. C. DOUGLASS, NJ. L. HARRIS,
9-25-2l V.P & Gen1 Mgr. Genl Passenger Ast
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-01

week for vacation Of several week
Mrs. Gerald of Clinton is stalIng
with Mrs. Mary sherman.
During the absence of the pastor
Rev. l.. Z. Loagloy. regular service
are held each Sunday afternoon o.
the usual hour. Rev. r.. l.. Convors'
pastor OF the Baptist church AZ Pitts
field breaches nearly every Sundn,
There has been good attendance Of
Sunday school preceding the serviccs
Mrs. Abbie Weed Burrill il III witt
pneumonia.