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The newer one of our two school build- ings is located two blocks southeast of the public square. It is a neat, four-room build- ing, well lighted and well ventilated. Each of the four rooms is occupied by a separate grade, the first, second, third and fourth, respectively.
Both buildings are heated by steam.
The number of pupils enrolled this school year is, high school. 65; grades, 522; total. 587. Number of teachers, high school, 3 : grades, II; total, 14. The board of educa- tion is composed of C. T. Bates, president ; J. W. Starkey, J. E. Todd, R. Thomas, J. A. Morrow, M. F. Thompson, and H. W. Smith.
The present corps of teachers are, H. T. White, superintendent Washington school ; F. W. Davis principal, Eva Riddle assistant principal. W. R. Anderson 8th grade. Catharine B. Short 7th grade, Grace King 6th grade, Love Good 4th and 5th grades, Adah Hopkins 2d and 3d grades, Euphre- mia Shields primary grade.
Jefferson school, Cora Jones 4th grade, Alice Conant 3d grade, Mabel Schmachten- berger 2d grade, Lutie Wieser primary grade.
The business interests of Roodhouse are represented as follows :
Groceries .- Roodhouse contains and supports several grocery establishments, con- ducted by the following firms and individ- uals : E. H. & A. S. Sawyer, Theodore Dill, Ray I. Barry, F. M. Patterson, J. W. Camp- bell, W. A. Campbell and George White- head.
Dry Goods .- Four large dry goods stores are carried on under ownership and manage- ment of the following firms and persons re- spectively: W. H. Simons, Roodhouse Store Company, Porter & Allen, and Gil- more & VanDoren.
Drugs .- W. D. Berry and F. C. Vedder conduct each a drug and book store and do a lucrative business.
Stoves and Hardware .- H. C. Worces- ter conducts a mammoth hardware establish- ment, and deals in agricultural implements of all kinds. W. R. Gordon is also doing a good business in a similar line.
Notions .- C. G. Hanim and C. E. Cole each own and operate a fancy notion store.
Clothing .- Two very extensive clothing stores are owned and conducted by Epstein Brothers and Porter & Allen, respectively.
Feed Stores .- Ferguson & Patterson and George Carlton manage the feed stores of the city.
Furniture and Undertaking .- G. E. Bundy does a large business in furniture, with which he conducts an undertaking es- tablishment. C. E. Melver also deals in fur- niture. Baner & Son and R. C. Thompson are undertakers.
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Boots and Shoes,- A. B. Davis conducts the only exclusive shoe store in Roodhouse.
Meat Markets .- Gerting & Dorwart and Freeto & Co. each furnish the meat supplies.
Roodhouse Bottling Works .= D. S. Friedman, proprietor.
Blacksmiths. W. Il. Taylor & Son, II. . 1. Scott.
Books and Stationery .- C. G. Ilamm, I. D. Berry.
Improvement Club .- H. C. Worcester. president : W. C. Roodhouse, secretary, and C. W. Payne, treasurer.
Carpenters and Builders .- Heaton & Wetly, Charles and Harvey Deck, George W. Trask. L. Ballard, Harry Anderson, Harry Rollins.
Constables .- M. F. Hudson, William Bateman, John S. Sink.
Dentists .- Dr. D. M. Truesdale, Dr. C. E. Rowe.
Dressmakers .- Mrs. Lizzie Peters, Miss Ella Carkhuff. Mrs. Nellie Wieser, Mrs. Vice McIver.
Ferris Wheel .- W. E. Sullivan, man- nfacturer.
Millinery Stores. Mrs. R. C. Hastings. Mrs. James Sanders.
Banks. - Roodhouse Bank .- E. M. Hus- ted. president : W. 11. Barrow, cashier ; C. W. Payne, assistant cashier.
People's Bank .- T. M. Bates, president ; C. 1. Bates, cashier.
Cigar Factories. August Scheske, George Richardson.
Jewelers. - 1. F. Holbrook, J. C. Owens, S. M. As].
Wieser.
Lumber Dealer .- H. (. Worcester & Company.
Merchant Tailor - William Me leu.
Gardeners .- J. B Cherry, Jobn T. Shaw.
Harness. - HI C. Worcester & Log bien Scruby.
Insurance Agents .- (. M. Prone C. ] Bates. J. W. Starkey. W. B. Strang Mark Meyerstein, Jr.
Justices,-J. J. York. J. 11. English and J. T. Dawdy.
Lawyers .- J. W. Starkley. W. B. Strang. Mark Myerstein, Jr.
Livery Stables .- C. Il. Pinkerton. W. (). Smith.
Mills .- Ferguson & Patterson, grist and feed mill.
Orchestra .- A fine orchestra has been in organization ten years.
Poultry Dealers .- W. J. Cumming -. Ferguson & Paterson.
Painters .- C. A. Howard, William Day - son, Marion Thompson.
Physicians .- E. H. Higbee, B. B. Lang. C. R. Thomas, H. W. Smith, W. 1 .. Kin- caid. C. F. Long.
Plasterers .- David Angle, Henry Buch- annan. Robert Giverson.
Photographer .- O. Holcomb.
Real Estate Agents .- C. W. Payne. C.
T. Bates, J. W. Starkey. W. B. Strang. Meyerstein & Roney.
Shoemakers. J. J. York, Joseph St ne. J. V. MeIver.
Stoves and Tinware. - 11. C. Worcester. W. R. Gorden.
C. & A. Stock Yards .- Charles Libby. superintendent.
Stock Dealers .- W. P. Gilmore. G. W
Stone Masons .- V. F. & S R Sture- Tinners. ( H1. Border, J. \ Ludb. Transfer Wagons .- W. O Sthis R
P Wallace. Warren Thompson Music .-- Voice Culture, Miss No Hall Veterinariad-Di. W. C. Giller
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Newspaper Offices .- The Record, daily and weekly, Merrill & Jolly publishers, John Jones editor. The Eye-Herald, weekly, W. F. Thompson editor and publisher.
Hotels .- Roodhouse, C. C. Dill, proprie- tor; Austin, C. E. Bracey, proprietor ; Com- mercial, W. E. Adams, proprietor.
Restaurants .- J. M. Todd, J. H. Young, Harvey Adams, S. Hornberger, Miss Clara North. C. & A. Lunch Room, conducted by the Western News Company.
Painter and Decorator .- Charles A. Howard, paper-hanger, painter and decora- tor, and also the owner of the billposting plant of the city, keeps on hand at his place of business opposite the post office a small but exclusive stock of wall papers and dec- orations. His billposting plant has grown from one 28-sheet board, in 1900, to a capac- ity which at present will accommodate about 500 sheets.
ROCKBRIDGE.
The town of Rockbridge is situated upon the northwest quarter of section 34, in town- ship 10, range 10, in this civil sub-division of Greene county, on the line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, on what has long been known as Taylor's Prairie.
In 1826 a mill was put up here, which was the first building in this immediate vicin- ity. A history of this mill is given fur- ther on.
A small settlement sprang up here short- ly after this, and a post office was established in 1849, through the influence of George D. Randle, the owner of the mill.
About the year 1854 William Gage put up a store building and put in a stock of gen-
eral merchandise, in connection with G. T. WV. Sheffield, under the firm name of Gage & Sheffield. Later W. H. Summers suc- ceeded this firm, in the same line of business. He was succeeded in turn by the various firms of Valentine Brothers, Valentine & Bowman and Valentine & Son.
A lively business was done here in those days, both at the store and at the saw and grist mill, and the little hamlet, which was about a half mile southeast of the present town, gained a few inhabitants. A small settlement also sprang up about a half mile west of the village, which was familiarly known as Dublin, but it contained but few houses at the most.
The real growth of the town of Rock- bridge, however, dates from the completion of the railroad in 1870. In that year what was then known as the R. R., I. & St. L. rail- road, now the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, was constructed to this point, and in the spring of 1871 a town was laid out by Sheffield & Hudson, about a half mile from the old settlement, which was called Sheffield, after G. T. W. Sheffield, one of . the proprietors. This name it retained un- til the railroad came under the control of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, when they changed the name to Rockbridge, the name of the post office, which had remained unaltered.
Three additions have been made to the town since the first survey, one each by L. F. Williams, James Valentine, and Isaac Bruner, the latter being platted in 1877. The first house in the new town was erected by James Valentine. This was a store build- ing, in which he opened a stock of miscella- neons goods, thereby being the pioneer mer- chant of the incipient town. He also erected a grain warehouse. which he operated, as
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well as laid in a stock of lumber, being the pioneer in both these branches of trade. Others now began to come in, and the little burg began to wear a business look, and grew to be quite a lively place.
The first school house in the town was erected in 1874, the first teacher being John Howell, of Brighton, Macoupin county. The building is 32x42 feet in size, and was put up and finished at a cost of about $2,500, by R. T. Dawson, contractor.
There are two church buildings in the hamlet, Baptist and Catholic; but four de- nominations are represented-Presbyterian and Methodist, in addition to those above named.
The lumber yard of Kinder & Saunders was established by James Valentine in 1870. Ile carried a stock of about $2,000, and ran it in connection with his store and grain business. For twelve years he operated this business, but in 1882 he disposed of it to C. G. Edwards. In about two years the latter sold out to Kinder & Saunders.
The drug firm of Jacob Keeley & Co. was established January 1, 1874, by J. H. Gray & Co., Mr. Keeley being the junior partner. In July, 1875. Dr. A. E. Miller purchased the interest of Mr. Gray, and this firm carried on the business. Jacob Keeley was murdered in the summer of 1885.
In the year 1849, through the influence of George D. Randle, the owner of the mill at the old town, a postoffice was established at that point called Rockbridge, and Mr. Randle commissioned as postmaster. He kept the office at his dwelling house, a large log cabin, near the mill. In 1853 or 1854, William Gage became postmaster, and re- moved the office to his store. He was suc- ceeded by William HI. Summers, and he by J. H. Valentine, and in 1873 Milo R. Blod-
gett. When the new town was laid out the office was moved here, but the name contin ned the same, and has finally given its name to the town.
The village officers of the thriving little place at present are : President, W. E. Bruner; board of trustees, E. B. Jackson, Allen Fry, J. II. Holmes. A. Roady, HI. Howard and Eugene Williams; constable and street commissioner, John Wooldridge; police magistrate, E. S. Barnard.
Bruner & Gray conduct a general mer- chandise store and are doing a thriving busi- ness.
.A. Tendeck is one of the veterans in trade in the village, and also deals in a general stock of goods.
The grocery and millinery business is conducted by J. H. Mitchell.
O. J. Miller deals in drugs, hardware and lumber.
J. F. McKerney, John Emery and Will- iam Johnson each run a barber shop, and Ed. Iluff operates a lunch counter.
II. N. Kluling. A. Rhody and W. J. More are engaged in the blacksmithing and wagon making business.
E. O. Standard & Co. have a large grain elevator near the railroad station which is superintended by J. F. Bertman, who deals in grain, hay, flour, seeds, etc.
Fred. Achenbach & Son, also C. W. Holbach, deal extensively in live stock, hogs, cattle, horses and sheep. Their ship- ments are large and frequent.
Thomas .A. Weisner is engaged in the drug, hardware and agricultural implement trade and is meeting with good success. lle also writes insurance.
Miss Ida Williams is the popular post- mistress, and has occupied this position for ten years.
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Dr. A. E. Miller is the only resident phy- sician. He has an extensive and successful practice, and for thirty-two years he has ad- ministered to the sick in that vicinity.
N. I. Dawson and Clarence Crane are the contractors and builders, and are kept busy the year through.
Ross Ellison is the village photographer.
Lodges .- Herald Lodge, No. 102, K. of P., has twenty-three members. The pres- ent officers are : W. E. Bruner, C. C .; Jolin Wilhousen, A. C .; Harry Burger, P .; Theo- dore Cummings, M. of W., K. of R. and S .; D. J. Williams, M. of F .; J. A. Weimer, M. of E .: Fred Baker, M. A. and A .; Everet Tucker. J. G .; Ned Baker, O. G. This lodge was instituted May 12, 1882.
Rockbridge Lodge, No. 688, Modern Woodmen of America, was instituted Janu- ary 30, 1894, and now has forty-seven men- bers. The officers are as follows: A. Roady, A. C .; D. J. Williams, A .; W. E. Bruner, banker; J. F. Tucker, clerk; L. C. Crist, escort; William Crist, watchman.
Rockbridge Council, No. 506, M. P. L., was instituted February 9, 1904. The offi- cers are : J. F. Tucker, president ; A. Roady, vice president ; J. J. Steele, chaplain ; C. S. Baker, secretary; H. N. Kleeting, past presi- dent; Ned Baker, inner guard; Ed. Welch, outer guard.
The Baptists and Methodists each have churches in the village. The Sunday school in connection with the Baptist denomina -. tion have a flourishing Sunday-school, offi- cered by W. J. Cannedy, superintendent ; WV. L. Witt, assistant superintendent ; Mrs. W. E. Bruner, secretary and treasurer.
The Methodists also have a large Sun- day school under the leadership of Charles W. Hollenbach, with Rev. J. M. Duff, as-
sistant, and Miss Lucy Scandrett, secretary and treasurer.
Rockbridge's public schools are an ac- knowledged factor in helping to sustain the reputation of Greene county for the excel- lency of her schools. The Rockbridge schools are doing good work under the su- pervision of Prof. C. E. Bell, principal, and Miss M. B. Short, assistant.
KANE.
There have been two places of this name in the county, of which old Kane, or Homer, as it was once called, was much the older. This town was laid out on section 36, town- ship 9, range 12, in 1837, by Nathaniel M. Perry, Abraham B. Harris and W. W. My- rick, the plat of the same being filed for rec- ord December 14, 1837. Also prominent in the laying out of the new town were Z. H. Adams and a Mr. Brainard. It is not def- initely known who the first settlers upon the site of the place were, but it is generally con- ceded to have been the Brainard brothers, for, when Z. H. Adams came, in 1830, he took up his residence with them. Soon after settling in the incipient village, a postoffice was established with Mr. Adams as post- master. He was succeeded by N. M. Perry.
The first store was opened by Zenas H. Adams in the front room of the Brainard brothers' dwelling. He retailed drugs, gro- ceries, dry goods, hardware, and all other articles that go to make up the country store. and continued the same until the store of N. M. Perry was started, when Mr. Adams dis- continued the business.
N. M. Perry came to Kane in the early
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part of 1836, and in the fall of that year erected a store building. In the early part of 1837 he opened the second store in the place, carrying a general stcok, which he prosecuted vigorously and successfully until 1872, when he discontinued the business at this place.
Soon after Mr. Perry had established his business. Samuel Pope opened a black- smith shop, and the old town rang with the merry sound of the hammer on the anvil. He also kept weary travelers, and the stage made a stopping place of his house.
In 1837 William Myrick opened a shop and commenced making and repairing shoes. The same year two men by the name of Strong and Wyckoff, both deaf and dumb. commenced tailoring.
Dr. Augustus Knapp was the first phy- sician to locate at Homer, as it was then called, and remained until 1845. Dr. Lu- ther Cory was the next permanent physi- cian to locate here. in 1844. where he re- mained until his death July 29. 1850.
The town now commenced to grow. dwellings springing up all over the town site, and considerable trade was done.
In 1838 the Baptists erected a church edifice, which was dedicated and occupied by this denomination until about 1870.
In 1856 a steam flouring mill was erect- el by a stock company consisting of N. M. Perry, W. O. Tolman, S. W. Tolman, G. C. Richards and Willis Barrow. The build- ing was built during the summer of that year, and when fall had come. Myron Cory. the contractor and builder, turned it over to the owners. In 1859 N. M. Perry bought out his associates, and operated it alone until 1866, when it was purchased by S. M. and Z. M. Titus, who enlarged the building and placed in it an amount of new and improved
machinery. They operated it at its best ca- pacity for several years. In 1874 it was sold to Jefferson Bolt and John W. Finney In 1877 Mr. Bolt purchased Mr. Finney's in- terest and operated the mill successfully. In 188t he soll it to Alonzo Hebron, who again sold the same in 1882 to Il. C. Stevens. In the same year James Bothwell bought and owned it until 1883. In 1884 C. J. Gard- iner became a purchaser, and in the fall of 1885 it was purchased by some St. Louis parties.
During the years 1854 and '55. while the preliminary survey for the railroad-now the Chicago & Alton-was being made by J. T. Hunt and Charles Allendorf, endeavors were made to find a practicable route into and out of the town, but nothing like a proper grade could be found, and much to the regret of the citizens, the line adopted ran about a mile to the east of the place. This sealed its doom. The road was opened for busi- ness from White Hall to Godfrey January 1. 1866.
In November, 1865. Tobias Holliday. who owned a tract of land on section 29. township 9, range 11, which was intersected by the railroad, laid out a town on the west side of the track, which was known for a time as Hollidaysburg. Some time in the summer of 1866 Thomas H. Boyd, a weal- thy resident of Carrollton, purchased twenty acres on the east side of the railroad, which he laid out and gave the name of Kane, but is now known as Boyd's addition to Kane. The place soon took the name of its older neighbor.
John Greenfield erected the first building in the embryo town, commencing it in the fall of 1865. In February. 1866, S. G. Gardiner commenced building a woodshed. and commenced hauling the material for a
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dwelling, but Greenfield had his completed first.
J. B. Enslow started the erection of the second permanent structure in the town. This was a store building, two stories high, the upper story being used for dwelling pur- poses, and in it he put a stock of grocer- ies, etc.
S. G. Gardiner was the next merchant of the town. He opened a stock of general merchandise June 1, 1866. He carried dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hats, caps, drugs, medicines, oils, hardware, etc. This stock he closed out in the spring of 1882. The building was removed a short distance north, and two brick structures were erected upon the site.
The dry goods establishment of Smith, Irwin & Co. is one of the largest in this part of the county. Its history is this : On the Ist of January, 1880, C. A. Smith, Robert Hobson and Mrs. M. A. Archer bought out the firm of Greene & Smith, who had been running the place for a time, and continued the partnership until the death of Robert Hobson in July, 1882, when his widow took his interest, and Jeff Bolt pur- chased the interest of Mrs. Archer; but the firm continued under the old name of Smith, Hobson & Co. until February, 1883, when Mr. Bolt retired from the firm. In 1884 Mrs. Hobson retired and a new part- nership was formed with Charles S. Smith, James M. Irwin and Edward A. Culver as its components, under the name Smith, Ir- win & Culver.
Cyrus Morris commenced the business of dealing in hardware, harness, etc., in 1870, erecting the building in the winter of 1869- 70, removing part of it from the old town.
Frank McClure, a prominent dealer in
the hardware line, occupied a building that was erected in 1881 by W. W. Felter. It was first occupied by Felter & McClure, who put in a stock of hardware, and also had a printing office in the same building. These gentlemen ran the paper for about six months, when they quit the journal, but con- tinued the job department for two years longer. In July, 1883, Frank McClure and A. W. Felter dissolved partnership.
The pioneer drug store of Kane was opened by Dr. A. B. Allen in 1869 or 1870. He ran this two or three years, when he re- moved his stock to Jerseyville. In 1871 F. S. Torrey opened a store of this character and continued it for two or three years, when he sold out. The next party to open a drug store was Herman Roesch, who, after about two years, sold out to Dr. J. B. Hamilton in 1873. This gentleman ran it for a short time, when he sold to John Robinson. He was succeeded by Dr. I. S. Hughes, who took in as a partner William Enslow, and after- ward sold to the latter gentleman in 1878. In 1879 it was sold out and purchased by John B. Enslow.
William C. Reinecke started in the dry goods business in Kane in 1878, moving the building occupied by him from Old Kane the same year.
Louis L. Roberts opened a grocery and provision store in Kane in April, 1882, in the building formerly occupied by S. G. Gardiner & Brother.
Dr. Peter Fenity commenced the prac- tice of medicine in Old Kane May 18, 1857. Here he remained until July, 1866, when he removed to the new town and built one of the first dwelling houses in that infant city, where he has remained in practice ever since. He was, as will be seen, the first physician of the place.
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The first millinery establishment in Kane was started by Mrs. Mary Weir.
In 1867 Peter and William W. Felter erected a brick building, the first in the vil- lage. This was 35x60 feet in ground area. On the lower floor was a store, and the sec- ond floor was fitted up as a hall, and in this was held the first religious services in the burg. Services continued to be held here until the M. E. church was built.
Jesse Cockrell commenced the lumber and coal business in April, 1883, in connec- tion with M. Cockrell, of Jerseyville, but in October. 1883, the latter withdrew from the firm.
John T. Williams was the first to build the necessary warehouse to carry on the grain trade, which he did shortly after the advent of the railroad here. In size this structure was 35x50 feet, and had a capacity of nearly 10.000 bushels. About that time Mr. Will- iams handled a great deal of grain, but in 1880 discontinued it, renting the warehouse to Jesse Cockrell, who kept it one year. Then D. A. Thompson rented it and ran it for a season, to be succeeded by Joseph Went. He ran it for a season, and then it was rented by H. C. Yeager, of the mill, and after his departure Mr. Williams again took charge.
In October, 1884, Jesse Cockrell and W. J. Pope formed a partnership under the firm name of Cockrell & Pope in the grain trade.
The first butcher shop in the village of Kane was kept by T. Early in 1868. He was succeeded by Titus Claflin. George England ran it about three years and built the first slaughter house. Several parties have ran it since that time, it changing hands every few months. In March, 1885. R. Huitt and R. Raines took charge of it.
The wagon and wood-working shop was
opened in 1881 by James Nntt. who ran it about eighteen months, when it came under the control of Philo Adams.
Henry Yahocke commenced the wood- working business in Kane in the fall of 1866.
William Sunderland was engaged in the blacksmith business. His shop was opened during the year 1865, in Old Kane, in which Smith Gill, the pioneer blacksmith of Kanc. commenced business. He ran it for about three years, when he sold out to Cyrus Mor- ris, who operated it but a short time. It lay idle then for some time, but in 1882 Will iam Sunderland rented the shop of Cyrus Morris and opened the business.
.A. II. Kight commenced the blacksmith business here in 1872. and has conducted it ever since. He came from St. Charles, Mis- souri, to Old Kane, and from there here.
The bank was established and opened for business in September, 1881, by S. F. Greene and George W. Witt. They have a capital of about $10,000. Most of their loans are made on personal security, and they are do- ing a fine business. The firm name is S. F. Greene & Co., but it is under the man- agement of R. W. Greene, to whom is due. in a large measure, the popularity of the in- stitution.
There was a bank here prior to this, or- ganized in 1874, by Dr. Casey, of Jersey- ville, and E. C. Leigh, which had a capital of about $5,000. They occupied a building owned by W. W. Felter for a time, and after- ward removed to the building owned by Dr. Fenity, which they erected. They continued business until 1878.
The pioneer hotel of the village was opened in 1867 by Andrew Giles, who had just erected the necessary building. When he first put up the edifice. it was only a story and a half high, and 26x30 feet in ground
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area; but in 1878 he erected an addition to it, 18x32 feet in size and two stories high. In 1882 he remodeled the original portion of the building, making it 26x30 feet in dimen- sions, and two stories high. It was very comfortably arranged, and accommodated about twenty-five people.
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