Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELE GRAM, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1913

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OVERALLS LEADERS Adam H. Bartel Company Enjoys Steady Growth in Business. Adam H. Bartel, head of the Adam H. Bartel company, manufacturers of shirts and overalls, and wholesale dealers in notions and dry goods furnishings of all kinds, exemplifies that America is a land of opportunity where 'thrift and close attention to business Isa'ds to success. Born of German parents, who came to America in 1854, Mr. Bartel quit school at the age of fourteen and lived with his uncle on a farm. In 1865 he took a position with the wholesale and retail firm of Emswiler and Crocker, dealers in fancy goods at old 49 533 Main street. After serving this firm seven years as clerk and road salesman, he accepted a position ofered by Geo. H. Knollenberg in the retail dry goods business. Four years later an opportunity was offered to buy the business with which Mr. Bartel was first identified and so the ground work of the present firm was laid in 1877. Increases Stock. From a line of notion and fancy goods, the stock was gradually enlarged until today this embraces d.y goods, furnishing goods of all kinds, linoleums, oil cloths, and the well known line of "Perfection" overalls, shirts, duck clothing and other articles usually carried in this line of business The manufacture of "Perfection" workingmen's clothing was begun in 1885 with six sewing machines. The strong demand for this brand of serviceable clothing has so increased in the lapse of years that Mr. Bartel and his associates were forced to enlarge the capacity of the plant at various times. Subsldary Plants. It was found desirable later to establish factories at Cambridge City and Newcastle. In 1881 John M. Coate became associated with Mr. Bartel, and in 1894 the partnership was merged into a Stock- company in which some of the : valuable factory and office assistants and road men became interested, among them Miss Ida Bartel, Samuel G. Curtis, John H. Saylor and William Fledderjohn. In 1899 Ben C. Bartel and in 1900 Fred J. Bartel took positions of responsibility and trust with the firm, bo that today this company is well organized, and equipped to carry on the extensive business of the Adam II. Bartel company. The firm now occupies 7,600 square feet of floor space for factory and show rooms. The growth of this concern which is one of the substantr.il houses of the city has been steady, and results have been attained through the faithful cooperation of its employes some of whom have been with the company more than twenty-five years. Another element in the success of the concern has been the close application of its officers and directors to the interests of the establishment. The growth of the company is manifested in the annual increase in sales. Its trade is with the best merchants in the territory covered by ten traveling salesmen. But above all the Adam H. Bartel company cherishes the good will and confidence of its customers which it prizes and esteems highly. The officers of the company are: President Adam H. Bartel. Vice President John M. Coate. Secretary Ida E. Bartel. Treasurer Fred J. Bartel. Superintendent of Factory F. "W. Fledderjohn. These with Ben C. Bartel, constitute the board of directors. RISE AND FALL OF SAWBILL The End Came With a Rush When the J Gold Vein Vanished. Par from the railroad and more than forty miles away from the nearest white resident, bidden In the wilds of one of the most picturesque parts of the province of Ontario. Canada, specter like, stands the deserted village of Sawblll, once a bustling mining camp where several hundred men were employed. The end came suddenly. Tools were dropped where workmen were installing a dynamo; dishes and furniture and household goods were left as they were whea the word came that the mine had closed. The books end on July 81, 1901. The store was left with Its stock of goods on the shelves, the hotel closed its doors, its contents intact, and the postofflce ceased to be. ' Only a watchman was left Sawblll grew out of a gold strike. The ledge, reported fabulously rich, i quickly gave out when real mining was attempted. A road was built through the wilderness, a power house was erected, a forty stamp mill went up along with a hotel, store, postofflce and many buildings for the employees. On Aug. 15, 1899. the electric lights were turned on. The telephone line was opened. The water rushed through the huge flume across the lake, the giant turbine revolved, the dynamo hummed, and the power for operating the mine's machinery was at hand. But the $200 per ton output of the little mill first installed proved to be only a deceptive lure for all the dollars that were poured into the enterprise. When the big mill did run the greatest amount of gold obtained per ton was said never to have exceeded $l&t. s. The shafts were sunk deeper, 'new ones were opened, but the wide ' Veins of ore which showed on or near the surface narrowed to thin ribbons tor to nothing at all. The gold obtained could not begin to pay the operating expenses. The mill and its machinery, the powjbr plant and its equipment, stand as though waiting for the whistle announcing the beginning of a day's ;work, though the last evidences of tho tialf minion spent at Sawbill are disapiearing before inevitable decay and the encircling and encroaching forest Hoberc E. Plnkartoa ia Ontario Glebe.

LOCATION OF EXHIBITS Domestic Science and Art exhibit will be on first floor of High School building. Entrance on Ninth street. Educational exhibit will be on first and second floor of High School building. Entrance on Ninth street. Historical exhibit will be In Morrisson-Reeves Library building. Southwest corner North A and Sixth streets. Fruits and vegetables will be exhibited in tents on North A street, libited in tents on North D street.j Mary's Hall, northeast corner North A and Seventh streets. Poultry exhibit will be held in tents on North A street. Ewlne will be exhibited on South A street between Fifth and Sixth streets. Horses will also be exhibited in tents on North A street. Industrial exhibit will be held in tents on North A street.

CORN MOP HEAVY Yield Increases to 50 Bushels Per Acre. While Wayne county does not rank in the list of the ten great corn growing counties of the state, it is believed, however, that its yield of this cereal this year will put the county well to the front when the 1913 report of the state statistician on crops is published. Aided by favorable weather during the growing season, when other parts of the state suffered from drouth, the yield of corn in Wayne county this year will be much higher than that of many other counties that usually rank high in the production of the cereal. Season's Yield Large. Between 40,000 and 50,000 acres annually planted in corn by the farmers of Wayne county. Conservative estimates this year place the yield per acre close to 50 bushels. When this crop is harvested and fed to hogs, which give promise of maintaining their present high price, a large sum of money will be added to the bank accounts of Wayne county farmers. Reciprocally the heavy harvest will redound to the business growth of the city. SKIPS JUST LIKE A VILLAGE. Strange Little Worlds Are the South Pacific Ocean Steamers. In the morning (how strange at sea) I was awakened by the bleating of a Isirnb and by a lusty cockcrow. The IJoyal Mail steamers of the west coast are a strange little world. Built for an ocean where storms are unknown, they combine certain comforts not to bo found on much more pretentious boats. Their saloons and cabins are exceptionally large and open directly upon the promenade decks that stretch the ntire length of the ship, there being, properly speaking, no steerage and no second class. The natives and others who cannot afford the first class ticket travel In the "cubierta," as It is called, a deck at the stern roofed with oanvas. but otherwise open, where in picturesque confusion, surrounded by bags and bundles, they loll in hammocks or lie wrapped in shawls. Toward this deck the hencoop faces a big two story affair, partly filled with ripening fruits, bannnas, oranges and the like and partly with chickens, ducks and other forlorn looking fowl, fattening for the table. Between decks stand your beef and mutton on the hoof, gazing mournfully up at you as you look down the hatchways. Upn this homelike boat, quiet and contented, with no unseemly hurry, you meander down the coast at ten knots. The air is soft as a caress, and for at least eigbt months of the year the sea is as placid as a mountain lake, a glassy mirror reflecting an azure sky. Ernest Piexotto in Scribner's Magazine. POCKETS VERSUS HAND BAGS. Real Reason of the Subjection of Woman to Man. Civilized man finds it difficult to make his way through life without a dozen pockets. The ordinary walking suit has fifteen. Civilized woman makes her way through life without pockets, depending on a single bag carried in the hand. The professional humorists have never tired of commenting on woman's pocketless condition, but it is really no laughing matter. Here is a sex difference which is something more than fashion, which goes to the very heart of the subjection of woman to man. If we accept Spencer's definition of the evolutionary process as consisting in progress from an indefinite homegenelty to a definite heterogeneity the superior position of man is at once established. His fifteen diversified pockets, each allocated to a separate use watch, cigar case, pocketknife, purse, newspaper and package of garden seeds need only be contrasted with the single reticule in which the female of the species stores away an unco-ordinated mass of handkerchiefs, toilet articles, car fare, press clippings, telephone addresses, dress goods samples, confectionery, memoranda and tradesmen's bills that have long been settled by check. Strong in his pockets, man walks the earth free in the play of his upper limbs, whereas woman sacrifices the use of her right arm before venturing out in a world of street cars, motorcars, moving staircases, elevators and ticket booths. New York Post One Thing She Knew. The teacher asked. "Elsie, when do you say 'Thank you?" Elsie's face sighted up, for that was the one thing she knew, and she confidently answered. "When we have company." Chisago Tribune.

MANAGERS OF THE BIG LOCAL EVENT Officers of the Festival and Chairmen of the Various Committees.

The following are the men who have had charge of arrangements for the Fall Festival, the greatest event of its kind held in Indiana: Festival Officers. W. H. Romey, Chairman; D. S. Coe, vice chairman; H. A. Dill. Treasurer; Chas. W. Jordan, Secretary. Committee Chairmen. E. H. Harris, finance; D. S. Coe, fraternal organizations; E. F. Warfel, advertising; G. O. Ballinger, booster trips; E. E. Eggemeyer, decorations; Chas. H. Igelman, mercantile; J. F. Bartel, awards; L. A. Handley, parades; Harry Doan, hospitality; Jos. S. Helms, grain; Lee B. Nusbaum, music; At wood L. Jenkins, industrial; O. G. Whelan, horses and swine; Walker Land, tents; Stephen Kuth, vegetables; E. M. Haas, transportation; Fred J. Bartel, amusements; Rev. Thos. J. Graham, poultry; L. S. Bowman, privileges and refreshments; C. O. Williams, educational; J. M. Seaney, historical; Fred G. White, home coming; Mrs. Frank Land, domestic science; Jno. F. Hasemeier, auditing; D. S. Coe, appropriations. TAMED THE MONARCH. The Part a Silver Inkstand Played In a National risi. The pages of history record many instances in which trivial incidents have shaped the destinies of nations. According to a story in the New York Tribune, a small silver inkstand and the quick wit of a prime minister once played au important purt in the history of the Netherlands. William III., king of the Netherlands, was a man of violent and ungovernable temper. Although in general a clever statesman, he was Inclined, for some reason or other, to involve Holland in the trouble that was brewing between France and Germany in 1870. He was deaf to the appeals of his ministers, who foresaw the ruin to the country that war would bring. Thorbecke, the prime minister, rei solved to make one last attempt to change his soverign's resolution. On entering the royal presence Thorbecke was greeted with a rough "Good morning! What's the news?" "Nothing particular, your majesty. Only the people of The Hague are talking a great deal of nonsense about your majesty." "About me!" exclaimed the monarch, in wrath. "What do they say about me?" "Well, sir," answered the old statesman, "The Haguers declare that your majesty has become stark, staring mad!" Before he could utter another word King William, his face purple with fury, Jumped up and seized a heavy silver inkstand, with the intention of hurling it at the head of the premier. Fortunately a projecting an gle of the inkstand caught in the tablecloth and dragged it off the table with everything upon it In the confusion the discharge of the missile was delayed for a moment. "Sire," exclaimed Thorbecke quietly, "if your majesty hurls that beautiful inkstand at my head The Haguers will have much reason for their assertion!" For a minute the angry king gazed In silence at his minister. Then he gradually lowered his arm and replaced the inkstand on the table. He walked to one of the windows and stood looking out for a few minutes. Returning to the table, he resumed his seat and said, as if nothing had happened; "And now tell me what you have got to sny." An hour later, when the statesman left, he carried with him the monarch's promise to issue a proclamation that would declare the neutrally of Holland. A PETRIFIED WATERFALL Algeria's Stone Cataract Is Called "the Bath of the Damned." With all the beauty of a cataract of living water there is in Algeria a remarkable petrified waterfall which recently has been engaging the attention of scientists. This is the HammamMeskhutin, which means "the bath of the damned," and it is located sixty-two miles from Constantiue, on the site of the ancient town of Clrta. This solidified cascade is the production of calcareous deposits from sulphurous and ferruginous mineral springs, issuing from the depths of the earth at a temperature of 03 degrees C. "The bath of the damned," even from a near viewpoint, looks for all the world like a great wall of water dashlug into a swirling pool at its foot, yet Its gleaming, grateful curves and the apparently swirling eddies at its base are as fixed and immovable as if carved from the face of a granite cliff. Many centuries have, of course, gone to the making of the deposits, and the springs were well known to the ancient Romans. The name Ilammam-Mesk-hutin was given to the stone cataract In an allusion to the legend that the waterfall was petrified by Allah, punishing the impiety of unbelievers by turning all the members, of a tribe into stone. At night so the story runs. Its stone dwellers of the remote past are freed from their strange fetters, come to life and resume their normal shapes. Illustrated London News. Old Love and New Rug. "Those people next door to us have been married a long time, haven't they?" "Perhaps they have, but their honeymoon isn't over yet" "How do you figure that out?" "Well, it was awfully sloppy last night, but when he came home she made him step inside and kiss her before she told him to go back on the porch and wipe his feet." "Well, honey, wouldn't you" "No, I wouldn't! We've got a new rug!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.

COE COMPANY HOLDS PRINTING DISTINCTION J. M. Coe, president of the J. M. Coe Printing company, 917-919 Main street, has been at the head of this concern since 1S69, a period of forty-

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