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RESIDENCE OF HON. GEO. W. YOUNG.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
HON. GEO. W. YOUNG.
MEMORANDA.
School District No. 52 is in Marion; No. 35 is In Carterville; No. 25 is in Herrin; No. 13 is in Johnson City ; No. 37 is in Crainville, No. 81 is in Creal Springs.
The following tabulated state- ment shows the condition of the public finances for the year 1903, copied from the public records at Marion :
Valuation by the State Board.
Realty
. $1,268,358
Lots 435,603
Personal Property 574,437
Total
.$2,278,398
Western U. Tel. Co .. .. $ 569
Coal Beit Ry. Co. 5,000
Corporations 5,569
C V & C (Big 4) Ry. Co.
7,000
C. P. & M. Ry. Co. . 77,562
E. 1. & M. 64,197
Chi. & Tex.
36,427
St. L. A. & T. H. (INl.
Cen. ) Ry Co.
156,928
Total Assessel Val .. $12,631,650
Cash Valuation $13,163,250
MISS EVA YOUNG.
Stenographer and Court Reporter. Youngest daughter of Hon. Geo. W. Young.
The Williamson County Press
By Geo. W. Young.
T THE first printing office ever es- tablised in Williamson Coun- ty was in the year 1838, was owned by W. H. Willeford, and was located at his residence, seven miles southeast of Marion. This was be- fore Marion was laid off and located as a county seat. In fact, it was while Williamson and
Franklin Counties were embraced in the same territory and called Franklin County, with the county seat at old Frankfort, twelve miles north of Marion. Mr. Willeford was en- ergetic and resourceful, and was a good printer for his day and time; he was also a book binder; he bound small books and pamphlets, and printed about all of the blank forms that were used by the county offices and Justices of the Peace. He continued in this line of print- ing and book binding until about the year 1850, when he established a by-monthly journal, called the "Western Family Monitor." The publication of this paper. in con- nection with the job printing turned out by the office, attracted the at- tention of some business men in Marion, who bought out his press and stock of printing material, and moved the same to Marion, and started the newspaper called the "Marion Intelligencer," published
RESIDENCE OF M. CANTOR.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
T. J. YOUNGBLOOD. Attorney and Insurance Agent.
REV. B. F. BAKER. Of Felts and Baker, Stationers and Booksellers.
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D. C. SMITH. Real Estate Agent.
by I. B. Jones, editor and publisher. From 1855 to 1859 the 'Marion Intelligencer" was the only news- paper printed and published in the County. There were many changes in editors, publishers and mana- gers. It is said that at one time Robert G. Ingersoll was manager and editor-in-chief. This was, per-
haps, about the year 1858 and 1859. The Winter and Spring of 1861, Mr. De Bard Rock and Mr. John McGarvey were editors and managers. With the breaking out of the Civil War, it seems that the paper suspended publication for a while. We have no reliable data as to the extent of the publication of any newspaper during the time of the Civil War, although the of- fice and material situated in a room on the north side of the Public Square was occasionally used to do job printing and to keep up appear- ances. It continued to bear the name of the "Marion Intelligencer," and was the only newspaper pub- lished in the County. In the Spring of 1866, the name of the paper was changed to "The Marion Star," and was owned by a company, or an association, of individuals, and was published as the Democratic or- gan of the County.
In 1866, the first Republican pa- per ever printed or published in the County was issued by an associa- tion that organized for the purpose of giving the Republicans in the County a newspaper or party organ. The original contributors to this enterprise were Captain George W. Sisney, Capt. William N. Mitchell, Capt. David G. Young, S. M. Mitch- ell, William M. Hindman. Jesse Bishop and George W. Young. The name given it was "Our Flag." Ly- man E. Knapp. a practical printer. and Jesse Bishop were designated
and installed as editors and pub- lishers. In September, 1866, the Democratic organ, "The Marion Star." changed owners, and changed
its name to that of "The Old Flag," with Dr. Samuel H. Bundy, editor and manager. These were the two papers that represented the two
INTERIOR OF M. CANTOR'S RESIDENCE. Mrs. Schwerdt and Sisters.
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BASE BALL TEAM OF THE MARION HIGH SCHOOL OF 1904.
This is a branch of the High School Athletic Association and not at all professional. although they play an occasional game with professionals for practice.
Two such games were played last season in which the honors were evenly divided, the team winning one and losing one. Riedell, Baker Barton, Dixon Oberdorfer, Cland Philips, Manager.
The members beginning with the top row and counting from the left are Prof. J. W. Asbury, Lester Cash, John Dodd, Albert Second Row: Joe Mead, Herman Davis, Oscar Dodd, Amzi Tony, mascot; Prof. W. A. Cook, Arthur Thompson, Asa Davis. Last Row: Hester Davis, Jim Pillow, Captain; John Lines, Jessie Pillow.
SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
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MAYOR C. H. DENISON.
MRS. C. H. DENISON.
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RESIDENCE OF C. H. DENISON, MAYOR OF MARION. West Main St., near Vicksburg, Erected in 1899
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
ROBERT C. NOLL.
OSCAR M. WILLIAMS.
Noll and Williams, Carpenter Contractors.
parties, Republican and Democrat, during and through the campaign of 1866.
George W. Sisney, Republican, was elected Sheriff at the election in November, 1866, and the Republi- cans having carried the election the year previous, they had control of all the County offices.
"Our Flag," the Republican or- gan, under one management and
another, continued to be the organ of the Republican party during the years 1867, 1868 and 1869. Judge Jesse Bishop shaped the policy and politics of the paper. Lyman E. Knapp, the original editor and pub- lisher, was succeeded by Ed Bishop, and others, among whom I remem- ber was John I. Hogg, James F. Connell and Samuel O. Hart. James F. Connell became editor and
RESIDENCE OF R. C. NOLL. Noll and Williams, Architects and Builders.
publisher in the Spring of 1870, and remained in charge something like one year, when the office again came under the control of Judge Jesse Bishop.
In 1871, the material of "The Marion Star" was disposed of to Mit A. Bates, who establishel the paper called "The People's Friend," independent Democrat. About the year 1874 "The People's Friend" was sold by Mit A. Bates to an old gentleman by the name of W. R. Brown and his sons, Richard H. and C. D., who changed the name to that of "The Williamson County Democrat," and run it for a short time, but it was closed out by the Sheriff.
A stock company was formed in the Spring of 1875, which organ- ized and started a Democratic pa- per called "The Egyptian Press," Will S. Washburn as manager, edi- tor and publisher. The old print- ing office and material of the Re- publican party, called "Our Flag." was run under other names and other managements up to May, 1874, when James P. Copeland, of Vienna, came to Marion, and pro- cured a lease, or rather a permit, to revive the dormant "Flag." This he proceeded to do by changing the name to "The Marion Monitor." On the 30th day of May, 1875, the offices of "The Egyptian Press" and "Marion Monitor" were consumed by fire, both a total loss. "The
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
7
G. L. BRACK, Miner and Alderman 2nd Ward.
ROBT. L. EUDJENS. Alderman 1st Ward.
JOSEPH FOZARD, Alderman 4th Ward.
Egyptian Press" was immediately re-established by a stock company or association of leading Democrats of the County, among whom we call to mind Z. Hudgens, Jas. M. Wash- burn, Charles H. Denison, William H. Bun y, N. E. Norris, William T. Davis, Levi Ferrell; there might have been others, but we do not call them to mind at this distant day.
"The Marion Monitor" was re-
established at once by James P. Copeland and George W. Young, who were assisted by liberal con- tributions from various Republi- cans throughout the County. James P. Copeland continued to be editor and publisher, and the paper con- tinued to be, as it had been from the start, soundly Republican, while "The Egyptian Press" was soundly Democratic. In 1877, John F. Lusk, a practical printer an 1 writer,
bought an interest in "The Moni- tor" from George W. Young, and remained connected with the paper something like two years, when he sold out to John H. Duncan and E. E. Mitchell. In 1886, Thomas J. Helton started a paper called "The Marion Independent," published the same about one year, when it was bought by a stock company com- posed of E. E. Mitchell, John H. Duncan, W. C. S. Rhea and Elder
CHOIR OF M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
First Row-Lloyd Hunter, Bass; S.M. May, Bass; Ed E. Gill, Bass; J. W. Asbury, Tenor;
Earl Cline, Tenor. 2nd Row-Miss Fanny Davis, Alto; Miss Fannie Hunter, Alto: Alice Samuels, Soprano; Mrs. Dr. Evans, Soprano; Mrs. Dr. Baker, Soprano; Mrs. Alice Cline, Soprano, not in the group.
The group whose half tone and names appear above has had for its organist and leader for the past 22 years Mrs. Dora Evans, wife of Dr. Evans, and its members all agree in ascribing whatever efficiency they possess to her skill and untiring diligence and persistency in their training. To a reader of character, the portraits speak for themselves and the artist is no flatterer. One portrait we are compelled to omit. It is tat of Mrs. Alice Cline, who with her husband were visiting in California when the group was taken. She is a talented soprano singer.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
OTIS W. WILLIAMS, Contractor and Builder. 3rd Ward.
Alderman
ED M. STOLLAR, Manager of Stollar Herrin Lumber Co. Elected member of Board of Education in Spring of 1904.
HON. RUFUS NEELY, County Judge.
William H. Boles, and this office was consolidated with "The Marion Monitor" in 1886, and the name changed to "The Leader," with Jas. P. Copeland editor and manager. This new company continued the publication of "The Leader" for abut one year, when it became the property of O. J. Page, who, after running the paper about a year, sold the same to Arthur Roberts and Thomas M. Mitchell.
About 1896, W. R. Lee started a paper in Marion called "The Marion News," which was Republi- can in politics, but was not well supported. It was mostly of the material of the defunct "Creal Springs News," (independent ).
Miscellaneous Newspapers.
During the period from 1866 to 1875, there were a great many newspaper enterprises started by adventurous itinerant printers, but as a rule, they did not exist very long, and died for the want of pa- tronage.
I call to mind the "Williamson County Progress" published by John A. Wall. It was a Republi- can sheet, but did not last more than about one year. Another, called "The Old Flag." It was es- tablished by Lyman E. Knapp, af- ter he had ceased his connection with the Republican paper called "Our Flag," which, as I have said
MMES IN SASH, DOOR MARINARE &
TOTLAR-HERRIN LUMBER CO.
STOLLAR HERRIN LUMBER CO.
before, was the first Republican paper ever established and pub- lished in Williamson County. An- other called "The People's Friend," established by Mit A. Bates. It was an independent Democratic paper, and was the most successfully pub- lished paper of the whole number of papers of this class, I think. It went out of existence, being suc- ceeded by the Egyptian Press Print- ing Company in 1874, when the plant was soll to an old eccentric publisher by the name of H. F. Brown, and his two sons, Richard H. and C. D., of White County. They published, for a while, two pa- pers, one called "The Williamson County Advocate." and other they called "The Williamson County Democrat." They did not live more than a year, as the old gentleman and his two sons were rather eccen- tric in their style, and their publi- cations were not popular with any class of our citizens.
Some time about the year '84. Thomas J. Helton established or bought out a dead office in Creal Springs, called "The Creal Springs Advocate," and run it something like a year on a losing basis, and then moved to Marion, and printed "The Marion Independent" for one year, and sold the same to the stock company that bought out the old "Marion Monitor" Company, and established "The Marion Leader."
About the year 1882, John H. Barton established "The Carterville Advocate," and sold the same after- wards to James P. and B. F. Cope- land, who run the same something over a year, and sold it to L. E. Robertson, who still continues the publication of the paper. Will L. Connell established a paper at Creal Springs, called "The Creal Springs
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY. ILLINOIS.
HON. ROBT. P. HILL, J. P., AND WIFE.
T. J. ERWIN.
Union." It was poorly supported, and didn't exist but a few months. when it was accidentally burned out. There was a paper called "The Farmers' Advocate," printed by H. G. Blood and John Palmer. It had Democratic tendencies in politics,
but professed to be published in the interest of the farmers. If went out of existence sometime about 1875.
About the year 1870, Green Stew- art. George Culp, Fergis Farris and T. J. Helton launched the newspa-
per enterprise, called "The Marion Gazette." It professed to be inde- pendent in politics. They issued five numbers and it died a natural death. "The Williamson County Republican" was started by Thomas Boren in Marion in 1889, but
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RESIDENCE OF A. J. BINKLEY. Northeast Corner North Market Street and Boulevard.
Residence of A. J. Binkley, late of the firm of Burkhart & Binkley, Dry Goods. Built in the Spring of 1898, George F. Barber & Co., of Knoxville, Tenn., Architects, Contractors and Builders. The grounds are 160 feet front by 285 feet back and occupy the Northeast corner of North Market Street and Boulevard.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
W. T. SPILLER, Farmer.
ARTHUR G. DAVIS. Deputy Circuit Clerk.
D. A. DAVIS.
passed out of existence atter four weeks.
In June, 1904. The Leader Print- ing Office was incorporated with a capital stock of eight thousand dollars, incorporators being Arthur Roberts, T. M. Mitchell, John H. Duncan, O. H. Burnett, Oliver J. Page, Lloyd C. Campbell, J. F. Throgmorton, John M. Dodd, J. B. Bundy, F. T. Joyner, Leonard Culp, W. T. Felts. John H. Duncan was elected President of the Company; O. H. Burnett, Vice President, and L. C. Campbell, Secretary and Treas-
urer. Arthur Roberts was chosen as editor and publisher.
January 1. 1895, Samuel K. Ca- sey bought a half interest of the "Egyptian Press," and the same was owned by Samuel K. Casey and Jas. M. Washburn until 1901, when Wal- ter Williams bought Jas. M. Wash- burn's half interest. Casey and
Williams were the owners until January, 1903, when James H. Felts bought Williams' interest. The plant is now owned by Samuel K. Casey and James H. Felts.
In February, 1904, James P.
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM J. SPILLER.
Location of the former home of the late Robert G. Ingersoll, and his father and family.
Copeland and others, bought "The Marion News" from W. R. Lee, and established a paper called "The Record." so that there are now three weekly papers in Marion, viz: "The Leader," "The Egyptian , Press" and "The Record." The pa- pers printed in the county at pres- ent are: "Herrin News," (Independ- ent), printed at Herrin; "Carter- ville Herald," (Independent), at Carterville: "Creal Springs News," (Independent), at Creal Springs; "Johnson City Review," (Independ- ent), "Johnson City Progress" (Re- publican) at Johnson City; "Egyp- tian Press," (Democratic) : "Marion Leader," Republican; and " The Record," Republican, the last three at Marion.
Daily Newspapers.1
There have been several attempts to publish a daily paper in Marion, first by J. P. Copeland, who started "The Daily Leader" in 1900; next was "The Marion Post," by Ollie R. Nation, in 1901; next was "The Ma- rion News," by W. R. Lee. These publications were of short duration, and in March. 1902, Casey and Felts, having bought out the "Daily Ma- rion News" and "The Daily Marion Post," began the publication of the "Daily Marion Post," and it has become a permanent daily publica- tion, with a circulation of eight hun- dred. It is quite a newsy sheet, neatly printed, and well edited in the main.
On the whole, the press of Wil- liamson County compares favorably with the press of any other County in Southern Illinois.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
J. C. JACKSON, Ex-Mayor three times.
A. L. CLINE, Merchant and President of Marion
Pressed Brick Co.
MRS. NANNIE HENDRICKSON, The first girl born in Marion.
POLITICS AND POLITICAL PARTIES
T THE early settlers of this County were people from the South- ern States, principally from Tennes- see, Kentucky, Virginia and the Carolinas, and it was but natural that these people should bring with them and cherish their political opinions, which prevailed almost universally over the Southern por- tions of this County since the foun- dation of the Government, viz: Pro-
slavery and Democratic; hence the normal conditions of the people of Williamson County prior to 1860 were Democratic, intensely so.
Going back as far as 1852, in the Presidential election, the Democrats polled 799 votes for Franklin Pierce
for President, General Winfield Scott, nominee of the Whigs, re- ceived 344 votes for President. Four years later, in 1856. James Buchan- an, Democratic nominee for Presi- dent, received 1419 votes: John C. Fremont, the first nominee for President run by the Republican party, received 10 votes; Millard Fillmore, the candidate run by the
American or "Know Nothing" par- ty, received 188 votes.
Four years later, in 1860, at the time when the Democrats experi- enced the holt of the Southern wing of the party at the Baltimore Con- vention, in which the Northern Democrats generally supported Stephen A. Douglas, and the South- ern Democrats John C. Breckenridge, and the Unionists supported John Bell, of Tennessee. At this elec- tion, Stephen A. Douglas received 1835 votes; Abraham Lincoln, 873 votes; John C. Breckenrige re- ceived 40 votes and John Bell 166
votes. Four years later, in 1864,
WILLIAMSON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
1st Row-James A. Goodall, Harrison White, H. V. Boles, O. S. Tippy, John Gray. man, President : Chas. M. Kern. Wm. H. Bundy, Secretary.
2nd Row-W. J. Aik-
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
ROBERT SPARKS, Contractor and Builder.
FRANCIS MARION SPARKS.
JOHN G. SPARKS, Deceased.
RESIDENCE OF F. M. SPARKS.
This substantial and elegant home of Mr. Sparks and his family stands on the north side of West Main street in Marion, between Court and Vicksburg. The grounds are spacious and nicely kept, as shown in the half-tone and the land lies on the highest point in the street giving its attractive surroundings a prom- inence which at once commands the admiration of the passer-by. It was largely planned by Mrs. Sparks and her husband, and erected by their son, Robert Sparks, the Contractor and Builder, in 1903.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
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PHILIP RICK AND WIFE. Proprietors of West Side Hotel.
O. J. PAGE. Editor and Publisher of the Daily Non-Partisan, Mariou.
being the Presidential election that occurred during the war, Mcclellan received 1121 votes, Lincoln re- ceived 859 vtes. This brings us up to the close of the War in 1865, and it shows that in 1856 there were only ten Republicans in the County who voted for John C. Fremont, the regular nominee for President of the Republican Party. There were 188 "Know Nothings," or straight Americans, and the Republican vote only increased during the four years to 173, being the number Lincoln received for President in 1860.
In an early day prior to 1840, the voting was done viva voce, and after the adoption of the system of voting by ballot, it was the custom for the names of all candidates to be printed upon one slip of paper or ballot, and the voter, with a pen- cil, scratched off all the names ex- cept the one he wished to vote for. The voting in Presidential years was done by preparing the ballot with the names of all the Presiden- tial electors printed thereon, and this was followed by the names of all the candidates for State Offices and other minor offices, and this system has been kept up to the present time, as it is the system pro- vided for in the Constitution, so that in the Presidential elections of 1856, 1860 and 1864, the names of the Republican and Democratic elec- tors were on separate tickets, but usually on the same piece of paper, so that the system of scratching, as it was called, remained in vogue un- til 1891, when the present Austra- lian ballot system was adopted in this State, hence for the last thir- teen years, the tickets have been printed at public expense, with cards containing voluminous instructions as to how the voter could vote his sentiments when retired to the se- crecy of the voting booth.
But to go back to 1860, there
was no Republican Organization in the County. The 173 votes cast for Abraham Lincoln for President were cast by his supporters, who pro- cured their own tickets and wrote them out themselves. In 1864, the regular Republican ticket was print- ed by the State Central Committee, containing the names of the various State Officers, but the candidates for County offices were simply put on the County part of the ticket, without the formality of any Repub- lican caucus or Convention, so that while there were some Republican or Union men voted for prior to 1865, they were on what was called mixed tickets, upon which all the names of all the candidates were placed, and the voters scratched the
names of all the candidates, except the name of the candidate of his choice.
There was never any notable con- test where Party lines were drawn, except perhaps in the contest for Sheriff in 1864, when Captain Fran- cis M. Norman and Captain Robert M. Allen were candidates for Sheriff. Captain Robert M. Allen was re- garded as a Democrat, and Captain Norman was an avowed Union man, as they were called then, but really a Republican. While their names were printed on the same ticket, it was understool that the Re- publicans or Union men would scratch the name of Robert M. Al- len and give their vote to Captain Norman, and so the Democrats like-
WEST SIDE HOTEL. Philip Rick, Proprietor.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
S. S. VICK, Pioneer.
MRS. S. S. VICK, Pioneer.
MRS. MARY L. MANIER. Pioneer.
wise scratch the name of Captain Norman and give their vote to Cap- tain Allen.
The heavy vote of 859 cast for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 was prin- cipally given by soldiers, who were in the army, and who were fur- loughed home to vote in the election. Of course, this vote was largely sup- plemented by the friends and rela- tives of the soldiers in the Union Army. But the alignment of politi- cal parties and the selection of can- didates to be voted for by the dif- ferent political parties did not as- sume definite shape until September 30, 1865. The War closed in May of that year, and from that on un- til September, the soldiers who had enlisted in the Union Army were
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