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first building was a modest log structure, situated in what was known as the Fiats' school house vicinity. In 1845 lot 119, Phelps' addition. Main street, was donated to the congregation by William Wells, founder of Wellsville, and a comfortable brick church building was erected thereon the same year under the supervision of trustees Alexander Campbell, Geo. Martin and Thomas Hamilton.

In 1890 the present commodious, upto-date structure was dedicated at a cost of $10,000. The lot, buildings and furniture being now valued at $15,000.

The church has ever been alive to all good work and has proven itself one of the city's .great benefactors. It has been continuously prosperous, having a present local membership of about 350.

The Ladies' Missionary Society is presided over by Mrs. W. C. Prewitt, with Mrs. George Clark vice-president. Two aid societies are sustained by the ladies, with Mrs. Rachel Maylone president of one and Mrs. Rose Wilfing president of the other.

The longest pastorate was that of P. H. Jones, who preached for the church from 1880 till 1891. Mr. Jones was always interested in the city's interests. serving as mayor during 1893 and 1897.

At no time in the prosperous career of tire church has it been in better condition than at the present time under Rev. Prewitt's earnest and progressive pastorate.

T.ie United Presbyterian congregation was organized May 29, 1848, and was an Associate Reformed chiircli until tile union of 18.58. The following were the sixteen charter members:

Alexander and Mrs. Mary Denham, James and Mrs Plannah Stevenson, Robert and Mrs. Harriet Ralston, David and Mrs. Eliza Ralston, John and Mrs. Sarah Crane, Alexander and Mrs. Jane Rose, Thomas and Mrs. Mary Arbuckle, Yv allace Fogo, Miss Isabella Smith.

Well's church," located at the corner of Fourth and Commerce streets. In 1850 a lot on Main street between Fifth and Sixth streets was purchased and a modest brick edifice erected thereon at a cost of about $2,000. This was replaced in 1871 by the present large and commodious building. The original cost of the present church, exclusive of lots, was $16,000. It was refitted in 1884, and thoroughly renovated and refurnished in 1903.

There are five members of the congregation who have been connected here for fifty years - Mrs. J. R. Stoakes, Miss Jennie D. Urquhart, Mrs. S. F. Biggs, Samuel Stevenson and Capt. J. M. Imbrle.

The congregation owns an elegant parsonage. 1018 Main street, which was purchased in April, 1900, at a cost of $7,500. Considerable expense has been put upon it, and it is now worth at least $8,000.

No congregation in the city is better equipped for doing the Lord's work, and it is doing it - as there was a total increase in the congregation during the past year of forty-four members, being the highest point reached in the history of the church.

The present members of session H. B. Andrews and J. L. Junkin. are D. H. Harpei, J. R. Stoakes, S. G. The present membership of the con- Connell, Philip Fraser, F. M. Hawley. gregation is 306.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was the first religious denomination established in Wellsville. Its large membership includes some of the most prominent people of the city and in all things it is abreast of the age. It has valuable property in the heart of the city, and two missions under its care. Rev. C. E. Clark, the present pastor, is an aggressive, forceful and attractive preacher. He is considered one of the ablest ministers of the citv and is president of the Wellsville Ministerial Association.

The first services of the Swedish Lutheran Messiah church were held here on December 26, 1902, and the society was organized on January 7, 1903, with a membership of thirty. The Rev. Philip Andreen, of Pittsburg, is the talented pastor. He was formerly a teacher of languages at Yale. He preaches here once a month. The trustees of the church are A. L. Bjelke, treasurer; F. G. Hjerpe, C. A. Carlson, C, A. Peterson, C. .1. Berg.

This noble little band in 1863 commenced the organization of a Sunday school, and being assisted in their efforts by others, the school Increased in numbers and interest. The success of this enterprise gave rise to the idea of the organization of a parish, and arrangements were made.

The Rev. Mr. Lee, then assistant minister of St. Paul's Church, Steubenville. gave the little flock occasional services. The hall over Mr. Wm. Bright's drug store was neatly fitted up for church purposes, but previous to this time, through the kindness of the trustees of the First Methodist Church, their house of worship was used by this newly formed society, and in which Bishop Bedell performed for the first time in Wellsville the solemn rite of confirmation and also administered the holy sacraments of baptism and holy communion. On the 5th of September, 1863, something like a permanent organization was effected under the name and style of the Church of the Ascension of Wellsville, and a vestry chosen.

On September 19 of the same year the vestry thus composed extended a call to the Rev. Mr. Lee to become the first rector of the parish, but it was not until June, 1866, that it was received into union with the convention of the diocese of Ohio.

Early in the following spring, 1864, Mr. C. E. Gorham removed to the West, and Mr. John Thomas, the able and efficient superintendent of the C.

In December, 1869, a committee of four was appointed to secure a suitable site for the location of a church building and rectory, the committee being Messrs. John Thomas, E. Pierce, W. G. Brownson and Edwin Smith, Jr., who were also made a building committee, and the church and rectory as they now stand reflect great credit upon the energy and financiering ability of that committee.

On September 29, 1870, the church vcas consecrated by Bishop Bedell, then asistar.t bishop of Ohio, and from that day to the present there has not been a dollar of debt on the property.

The chancel of the church, since its organization, has been supplied by the Rev. Messrs. Lee, Gilbert, Hubbell, McMurphy, Coleman, Butler. Long, Badger, Btirke, Cogswell, Williams, Edwards and the present incumbent, R. K. Caulk, will assume charge in June.

about eighty comnmnicants from forty families. The Sunday school contains forty-five scholars, with five classes, xiin adult class is now being formed to be conducted by the superintendent.

The First Presbyterian Church of Wellsville was organized April 5, 1831. Preaching services at more or less regular intervals had been held for several years previous. In 1822 or 1823 the Rev. Mr. McLean preached in a sugar grove by the foot of the hill at Third street. The first communion was held in a barn on the Wells estate above town. After organization a brick school house was used, situated on Main street between Fourth and Fifth streets, on land now owned and occupied by Miss Margaret Smith.

In 1854 the location was changed to the present site on Front street between Fifth and Sixth streets, and a church costing $4,000 was erected. This building was destroyed by fire in 18CD. and the present larger edifice nas speedily raised to take its place. The manse was built in 1868. The church property is valued at $5,- 000, with no indebtedness.

The first pastor of the church was the Rev. T. E. Hughes, who served the church from 1832 to 1836. He died in Wellsville in 1838 and is buried in Spring Hill cemetery.

The charter membership of thirty, which contained many names still represented by their descendants in the church, has steadily grown until at the present time 566 members are reported. Of these 234 have been received during the present pastorate.

During the past four and a half years the church has contributed over $18,000, about $5,000 of which has been devoted to benevolence. Rev. Laverty, the present pastor, is one of the ablest pulpiteers in the Ohio valley. He is a cultivated and refined gentleman of classical attaini.ients, and is a most earnest and successful pastor.

Keiia Wells, Christopher and Sarah Murray, George and Sarah Gibbons, Nicholas and Heria Murray, Wm. Sentar and Catherine DeHuff. For the first three years services w'ere held in the home of Joseph Wells. The foundation for the first church was begun June 24. 1833. The building was remodeled in 1878, burned November 19, 1891. and the present pretty structure was dedicated October 9, 1892.

with the church in a prosperous condition. The present pastor. Rev. Lemoine C. Wells, was born in Harrisville, Harrison county, O., October 4, 1877. He was educated at Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., and at Adrian College, Adrian, hlich., graduating from the latter June 22, 1900. He is a pleasing and earnest minister, an eloquent pulpiteer, and under his inspired guidance the Methodist Protestant congregation flourishes as it never did before. This ci.'urch property is among the most valuable in the city.

The First Evangelical Church is presided over by the Rev. W. A. ^ andersall, a young minister of much force and eloquence. The membership is growing and a successful mission on Third street is one of the monuments of the good and progressive work of this church.

The Second Presbyterian is one of the most flourishing of Wellsville's eleven churches. It was originally a mission station of the First church but the expansion of the city westward soon caused it to so thrive in stability and membership that it ceased longer to be dependent on that church.

The Rev. C. L. V. McKee is the present energetic pastor. He is a progressive pastor, and the congregation now contemplates an exten.sive addition to their church building, the present one being inadequate to accommodate the rapidly increasing worshippers.

Tire African M. B. Church building, on Broadway, was used as a meat market by a Mr. Rose before 1887. The place was rented for worship under the ministry of Rev. .1. H. Mason, and later purchased by him and his congregation for .$600.

named did splendid work here and is entitled to great credit. He was succeeded by Rev. Eaten, who died three months after his arrival and the Rev.

L. A. Upshaw, the present pastor, was transferred from the South to take charge of the congregation in 1892. Rev. Upshaw took hold with zeal and soon had the Wellsville church a station, it having been on the East Liverpool circuit formerly. He struggled against overwhelming odds, but never gave in, and has lived to see the rainbow of promise arch the sky of his church.

It is in a healthy condition, both spiritually and financially, and Rev. Upshaw has been able to abtain his support and meet the demands of the church debts. He has now but 28 members, but they are faithful soldiers of the cross and under his intrepid leadership are making the A.

This church was founded in 1834 by Father James Conlin, who for seventeen years said mass in the residence of Patrick Butler, Mrs. Mary Hays and Oliver P. Sherman. Five families formed the nucleus of this congregation, whose spiritual wants were attended to for a numebr of years by Fathers Monahan, Kennedy, Prendergast, Flum. Kearney, Stroker, O'Conner and Walsh.

In 1858 Rev. D. Tighe began regular monthly visits, continuing for seven years. For nine years thereafter Rev. P. J. McGuire was the pastor. During his pastorate the present brick edifice was erected. Then Fathers Cullen, Cahil. Carroll, Drohan and Desmond served the parish in turn. Rev. James H. Halligan succeeded Father Desmond in 1893, and during his pastorate a most desirable site, 100x260 feet, costing $14,000, containing parochial residence and sufficient land for future church and school purposes was secured.

vrent from liere to Aslilabula, in 1892, where he died April, 1903, his funeral having been attended by a large concourse cf his former parislioners here. He was succeeded ly the Rev. D. B. Crotty, an eloquent and earnest pastor, who is zealously carrying forward the good work.

Wellsville has produced many men and women who have achieved fame in business, professional and political circles. Notable in the bright galaxy is William Hollar, president of the Hollar Safe, Lock and Inspection Company, of Philadelphia, whose business ramifications are world wide. He is the greatest expert in the safe and lock line in the United States, and anually visits his estimable mother. who resides in Wellsville.

Burr McIntosh, athlete, actor, journalist and the greatest photographer in the United States, was born in Wellsville August 21, 1862. His parents were William A. and Minerva (Battenberg) McIntosh. His paternal and maternal grandfathers were

John S. McIntosh and Levi Battenberg respectively. He moved from Wellsville to Cleveland, where he remained for ten years, until his father accepted the presidency of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company at Pittsburg, a position he occupied for seventeen years. Burr graduated from Princeton in 1883, and then worked for a time in the Pittsburg office of his father. He organized many athletic clubs, and that year. 1883, became the champion sprinter of Pennsylvania. He was an aggressive politician during the Blaine campaign and later entered tile newspaper field - and finally studied for the stage. He made his first appearance on the stage in New York City in 188.5. He was with Kate Claxton in a tour of the country, and in 1888 joined Augustin Daly's company in London. After a variegated career in both the theatrical and newspaper worlds, including some exceptionally good work as a correspondent during the Spanish- American war in Cuba, he is now engaged in the publication in New Y'ork of The Burr McIntosh Monthly.

William Peters Hepburn was born in Wellsville November 4, 1833, in a little house on Fifth street which is still standing. He went to Iowa in 1841 and was admitted to practice law there in 1854. He was in the civil war and made a gallant record. He was Solicitor of the United States Treasury under President Benjamin Harrison, and has been in Congress almost continuously for twenty years. He is chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and is also a member of that on Insular Affairs and Pacific Railways.

The Hon. John P. Elkin, who has just retired from the high office of the attorney generalship of Pennsylvania, spent his boyhood days in Wellsville, where his parents lived for a number of years. He worked in the rolling mill here and attended the public school, Supt. McDonald remembering him very well. He moved to the Keystone State, taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and, entering politics, was soon a power in that State. He was attorney general for four years, having filled the office with distinguished ability. He came within a few votes of being nominated Governor at the Republican State Convention in Harrisburg in 1902, after one of the most popular and brilliant campaigns ever conducted. He is the idol of the younger Republicans of Pennsylvania and will be its next Republican Gov-

In all the wide realm of Thespianism there is no more accomplished, popular, charming and talented actress than Miss Emma Bunting, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Bunting, of Wellsville. She was born at the camp grounds, and at a very early age displayed remarkable histrionic ability. She attended the public schools, and is a graduate of Birmingham College. She studied voice culture under Prof. Byron King, and four years ago went on the stage. She was an unqualified success from the start, and is a great and general favorite in the many cities where she has played. In all New York and Pennsylvania towns and cities the name of Emma Bunting is sufficient to crowd the theaters to the very doors. She is a magical little perfoi-mer and Wellsville adores her.

W. C. Ralston, son of Robert Ralston, was born in Wellsville and left here for California during the gold excitement of 1849. He made an immense fortune there, started scores of enterprises, the greatest of which was the Bank of California. The bank was found to be in a ruined condition on the 2Gth of August, 1875, and President Ralston was asked to resign. He did so on the next morning, after making an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. He immediately left the bank building, and, going to the bathing house at North Beach, entered the water for a sea bath. He went beyond the danger line and was carried by the flood tide beyond his power to return. His body was recovered and his funeral was the most notable ever held in San Francisco.

The Medical

Dr. A. D, Robinson is one of the city's most prominent physicians. His rare skill in the diagnosis and treatment of all the physical ills besetting mankind and his wonderful knowledge of the healing art have caused him to take rank with the leading practitioners of the day.

He graduated from the Cleveland Col lege *of Physicians and Surgeons in 1895, and the same year he located in Wellsville and commenced the practice of his profession. He is also a graduate of the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, Ky.

His practice is extensive and increasing and in which he is eminently successful. He is reliable, quiet, unpretentious, but whfen called into the sick room knows exactly what to do, and the result is that his practice is one of the largest in the city and community, and his standing among the people correspondingly high. He is a hard student, a scholarly gentleman. well read, both in medicine and literature, pleasant and agreeable, and his charges for professional services are always moderate. He is the discoverer of a compound that destroys pain and which is attracting attention in the wide realm of medicine.

Dr. J. W. Hammond, one of Wellsville's oldest and best known physicians, was born in Jefferson County, O., February 8, 1831, his parents being natives of Virginia and pioneers of Jefferson County. Dr. Hammond received an academic education, and under Dr. David Silver, in 1854, he began the study of medicine in this city. He later attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1856. He was assistant surgeon of the 120th Ohio Volunteers during the rebellion. He has been prominent in Wellsville for the last forty years, and is still actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He is a Presbyterian and vicepresident of the First National Bank.

Dr. Parks Rex studied medicine under Dr. .iohii McCarrel! in Wellsville in 1875. In 1878 he graduated from the Cleveland Medical College and commenced to practice in .Jefferson County, removing here in 1884. He is very successful. He was born near Richmond, Jefferson County, September 6, 1850. He was married in 1881 to Emma D., daughter of Robert Gray, of Jefferson county. He is an active Presbyterian, Mason, Knight of Pythias and an influential member of the School Board and Board of Health.

Prominent in the affairs of Wellsville and one of the successful physicians is Dr. F. K. Hutcheson. He was born December 14, 1860, in Perry County, Pa., and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, in 1894. Read medicine under Dr. J. M. Kuhn ht Salem and Dr. W. S. McFarland, of Wellsville. He enjoys a large and growing practice. is a Republican in politics and

Dr. Benjamin R. Parke, a popular physician and surgeon, was born near Niles, O., September 20, 1842. He came to Wellsville in 1880. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1870 and lived for some time in Pennsylvania. During the civil Avar he was a member of Hampton's battery, Independent Pennsylvania artillery. He made a most honorable record as a soldier and was a warm personal friend of the lamented McKinley.

Another noted physician of Wellsville is Dr. Angus Noble. He was born in YelloAV Creek township June 4, 1840. He and Cr. J. W. Hammond studied medicine the same year. He is a Presbyterian, and at a recent meeting of the Presbytery of Steubenville was elected as a commissioner to the general assembly.

Dr. M. C. Tarr. Health Officer of Wellsville. was horn in Yellow Creek township March 27, 1853. He attended the pnl)lic schools and Mount Union College, studied medicine in the office of Dr. B. R. Parke in 1878. He graduated from the medical de partment of the University of New York in 1882. He located first at Irondale. removing here in 1885. He was in the dru.g business for several years. He is a successful physician and makes a splendid health officei.

Other successful physicians in Wellsville are Samuel M. McConnell. C. A. Fraser. W. S. McFarland, .1. S. Camphell, T. E. Duncan, .1. B. Holland and Dr. Price, the latter being the C. & P. relief physician.

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John H. McCord, manufacturer and dealer in lumber, was born in this county forty-three years ago. He has been in the lumber business tor the last sixteen years, and tor four years has been furnishing the C. & P. shops with all the necessary material tor repairs and car building. He is competent and successful as a business

With the advent of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railway Wellsville rapidly lost prestige as a river town and gained fame as a railroad center. As is told elsewhere, .1. N. McCullough was chief among the many men who developed this road to its fullest capacity. He had great executive and organizing ability, and was associated with such men as Samuel J. Tilden, and under the masterful supervision of President McCullough the C. & P. soon became a power in the railroad realm.

John Thomas, L. F. Loree, L. B. Haas, Louis Ohlinger and John and Charles McKim were wonder workers in their day, and each of them at one time was prominently connected with the C. & P. at Wellsville. The last two named rose from obscure clerkships to high and responsible positions.

This road really developed Wellsville In an industrial way. The vast yards, acquired this year, in the western part of tlie city, add much to the importance of t.ie place as a railway terminal. They extend west from t.ie extensive shops of the company to Yellow Creek, makirg Wellsville the distributing point for both the main line and river divisions, which is a matter of no inconsiderable commercial value to t.ie city. The machine shops, roundhouse, bridge and building shop, and the general offices of the company, are all located here with the single e: ception of that of t.ie superintenden.;.

Work is being carried rapi.lly forward on a belt lire. It start- from Second street and extends across Third near Lawson Bros', grocery; thence west on Lisbon street and following closely the line of the storm sewer, touching at advantageous points near the Smith & McNichol, the Pioneer and Patterson potteries, tappin.g a large area of undeveloped territory and finding its outlet at the Buckeye Brick Works. When completed it will open a most desirable tract of land for the location of varied industries and solves the problem of the clay and coal deposits adjacent to the city.

W. H. Scriven is the present able and enterprising superintendent of the C. & P. division of the Pennsylvania lines. He is strictly a selfmade man and in the rigid school of experience and hard work has he learned well the railroad lessons of his career. He came here from New Jersey in 1888 as chief engineer. He was in Mexico for some time at the head of a railroad surveying party, and his ability led to deserved recognilion in 1895, when he was appointed superintendent with headquarters at Cleveland. His residence was fixed at that city for the reason that eminent competency was required in the supervision of the lake front terminal improvements there. He is a valued and valuable official, and has by no means reached the limit of his ascendancy in the railroad firmament.

Theodore Starrett was for many years the efficient yardmaster at Wellsville. His death, in June, was the cause of universal regret. His funeral, under the auspices of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, East Liverpool, was one of the largest and most notable ever held in Wellsville. He was succeeded by Willis Jordan.

Martin Barth, tor over forty years car inspector for the C. & P. at Wellsville, was injured by being run over by a train he was waiting to inspect in the spring of 1903, and died a tew weeks later from his injuries at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg.

Other C. & P. officials are John W. Coneys, assistant superintendent; Frank Heller, trainmaster, with assistants Herbert Starrett, Earl Munson, Patrick Sullivan and Charles O. Hallett; Wm. B. Wood, chief engineer; George LeBouttiller, assistant engineer; Clements Speidel, clerk to engineer; Hamden McCreary, ticket receiver; T. J. Rogers, chief dispatcher; H. G. Conn, train dispatcher; Wil-

Ham Bersford, chief clerk to superintendent; J. H. Doan, chief stenographer to assistant superintendent; S. B. Noragon, ex-sheriff of the county, road foreman of engines, George Bishop is at the roundhouse in a responsible capacity with J. L. Crumrine, manager of the Western Union. John Woolley is the popular passenger and ticket agent; E. J. Broderick, the efficient and accommodating freight agent; J. E. Hill, baggage agent and Rachael Croasmun, matron.

Mr. T. L. Apple, the division claim agent, has been connected with the C. & P. since 1865. when he returned from long service in the Union army. He was born in Pennsylvania. By consent of the railway officials, he was marshal of Wellsville for a considerable period after the civil war. He was first with the C. & P. in the capacity of a bridge builder and in 1884 was made foreman of that department. In 1897 he w'as appointed special agent and division claim agent, since which time he has discharged all the duties of his position in an eminent manner. In politics he has alweys been a Republican - taking deep

During the revered McKinley's first campaign for president, Mr. Apple was active in the organization of railway McKinley clubs in Cleveland, Wellsville and other places. His record as a soldier is a splendid one, as are those of all his ancestry. He was married in 18G8 to Miss Hannah Crawford, daughter of A. G. Crawford, a well known carpenter, contractor and teacher of Yellow Creek. He was master carpenter here under Supt. Scriven when the latter was chief engineer, and in all the years that have elapsed since then these stalwart men have been close friends. His son, George L. Apple, following in the footsteps of his father, is experienced in railroad affairs and is now engaged in the office of the trainmaster. He is a bright young man of splendid attainments and has a future in his chosen field.

Mr. Apple has always evinced a substantial interest in the affairs of his home city, being ready and willing to encourage and assist in the upbuilding of the place. He is an active

One of the solid men of Wellsville is ex-Common Pleas Judge Philip M. Smith. He was born and raised in Yellow Creek township, on a farm, and (luring his boyhood attended the district school of his neighborhood. He attended the Lisbon High School, and was for some time a student at Mt, Union College. He was a successful school teacher tor seven years, and read law in the office of the late Judge W. A. Nichols, of Lisbon, He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and opened his first office in Wellsville, A year later he was married at Clarksburg, W. to Miss Ida McKeehan,

In 1885 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Columbiana County, holding that important office for two terms of three years each. On December 5, 1895, he was appointed Common Pleas Judge by Governor William McKinley to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Billingsley, having been unanimously endorsed by the bar of Columbiana County, He was then elected for a full term as Common Pleas Judge, but resigned in Feb-

The record of Judge Smith as a jurist and citizen is enviable and worthy of emulation. He is justly considered one of the brightest legal lights in Ohio, and his opinions are invariably correct. He enjoys a large practice and is often called beyond the limits of his own county to conduct important cases. He has a distinguished presence and is a man of great mental activity and acumen. He stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens and is greatly admired and respected by his neighbors and friends.

Mr. Whitacre has for the past 20 years been identiefid with the H. H. Whitacre Engineering Company of Wellsville, during which time the company has installed steam and electric plants in large quantities through the United States and Dominion of Canada. He is a live man of the times and is deeply interested in the prosperity of his native city.

One of the most successful and extensive enterprises of Wellsville is the E. G. Whitacre Boiler Company, which occupies the large and beautiful Whitacre block covering the entire square on Third street from Commerce to Lisbon streets. The product is hot water and steam heating boilers, radiators and heating supplies of all kinds. This company manufactures five hundred boilers annually, and has suppplied three-fourths of all the heating apparatus in use in the Ohio, Beaver, Mahoning and Shenango Valleys. The product is sent to all parts of the country and the demand for it is constantly increasing.

Mr. E. G. WTiitacre is the enterprising and public spirited citizen at the head of this institution. He has a practical as well as technical knowledge of steam and hot water engineering - having been actively engaged in the business for many years. His present system of steam heating boilers is the culmination of long experience. hard study and close application. and the durability and superiority of the boilers manufactured by his company are the most prominently broug.n oui when the competition is keenest. The product of this company has many valuable features not possessed by any other make of boilers of the same line.

liable descriptive matter on heating. They solicit correspondence and want representatives in every locality. Their boilers are expressly for heating stores, churches, school houses, residences and buildings of every character.

Mr. Whitacre is one of the most enterprising citiezns of Wellsville and an ardent advocate of all municipal expansion and development. He was a. member of the City Council for a considerable period, and with the advent of the new municipal code retired as president of that body. His efforts and influence were always extended in behalf of greater municipal progress along all lines of substantial improvement. He resides in one of the prettiest houses in the city and is now engaged in the most etxensive and expensive building operations of any citizen of Wellsville.

The Postoflice receipts of Wellsville for the past year entitled it to the free delivery of mails and this innovation is expected the present year. The Postmaster is T. R. Snowden, witr the following clerks: Miss Laura McCormick, Miss Sadie Woodley. Miss Mazie Moore and Chas. Furgerson, with Edward Bunting as the carrier for the free rural delivery route which covers an area of twenty-five miles through populous neighborhoods.

The Stevenson Company

A most reliable and substantial portion of toe industrial life of Wellsville is the Stevenson Company, Fuller Foundry and Machine Works. It has kept pace with the progress of the city, and for forty years has been one of the solid institutions of this region. Mr. Samuel Stevenson, the president and treasurer of the present concern, is the father and founder of the progressive company that bears his name. He was superintendent of the first foundry and machine shop in the early days of the city's history, and in 1866 Stevenson & Company was the firm name. The institution then was a small one in comparison with the plant of today, yet its product was in demand, having been made so by the superiority of the work turned out.

Mr. Stevenson was a mechanic himself, and there was nothing about the shops he could not do. He was practical, inventive and progressive, and year by year he added to the plant as

In January, 1900, the Stevenson Company was organized with Samuel Stevenson president and treasurer; Chas. G. Stevenson, first vice-president and general manager; W. G. Stevenson, second vice-president, and F. M. Hawley, secretary. A large warehouse was necessitated by increased business, and that wms erected about four years ago, being the most recent addition of note made to the plant. The company manufactures complete equipments tor server pipe, brick and tile plants, including buildings, kilns and hot air or steam tunnel dryers for same. They also make steam sew'er pipe presses, augur brick machines, represses, sew'er pipe, terra cotta and brick dies, dry grinding pans, tempering pans, pug mills, grinding cylinders for cement, paint and flint, elevators and screens, engines, boilers, heaters, pumps, piping, fittings and fixtures for steam and boiler equipments shafting, belting and bearings. Plain iron, friction clutch and wood split pulleys are also made and carried in stock.

President Stevenson is the inventor of the dry pan process of grinding clay, which has revolutionized that u> dustry and attracted attention to his work from all parts of the civilized world. His inventive mind conceived the dry pan idea many years ago and when he first put it into practical use he did so with considerable trepidation. It was a great success from the very start and today his machinery is used in almost all the sewer pipe and brick works up and down the Ohio river, in the Beaver Valley, Pittsburg and many other places. It is conceded to be the best on the market and has been made so by a careful and intelligent study of the principles governing the successful operation of clayw'orking machinery covering a period of forty years.

two shipments have been made to Australia, while in this immediate country, the center of the clay industry. practical monopoly of the trade is est sign or shadow of any Idiid of I.lbor trouble with this company. The most satisfactory and cordial relations exist between the employers and

In all the almost half a of the employment of a largo number of men. tc.ere has never been the slightemployees, and friction between them has ever been a stranger.

The Stevenson company confidently places in evidence the scores of plants now operating with their equipment. They invite the most rigid scrutiny, satisfied that the more carefully their machinery is tested the greater favor it will win. The company takes pleasure in answering inuiries, making estimates on requirements and assisting in securing the best results for the capital invested. The plant is located in Wellsville at Fulton and Second streets, with a branch office in Room 1, Jackson building, Pittsburg.

Captain T. A. Lloyd is a progressive merchant tailor of Wellsville, v/hose place of business is on Main street, between Third and Fourth. He carries an extensive line of suitings and guarantees both workmanship and fit. He is one of the best known citizens of the city and is the leader in ail movements appertaining . the the Sons of Veterans, of which organization he is a prominent and active member. He is captain of General J. W. Reilly Camp No. 9, and the thriving condi- tion of that camp is largely due to his zeal and untiring efforts. This camp is now engaged in the laudable work of collecting a fund for the erection of a costly and appropriate monument to tire memory of the soldiers who gave their lives in defense of the Union, and to this noble cause Captain Lloyd has devoted much time and labor. His efforts have been rewarded, for the fund is growing and has reached proportions that insure the monument.

Mr. P. H. White, head of the hardware firm of P. H. White & Son, is an old and highly respected resident of Wellsville - having come here from Muskingum county in 1875. For ten years he was in charge of the tinning department at the C. & P. railroad shops, and in 1882 started in business in a little shop on his own account. By strict attention to business and good work he gradually enlarged his field of operations and in 1886 erected his present building at 1319 Main street, opposite the railroad shops. In 1892 extensive additions were made to the building, making it one of the largest in the west end of the city. The present building is three stories in height, the upper floor being used by the railway engineers and firemen as a social hall. The upper portion of the rear of the building is the storeroom and tin shop of his establishment.

Mr. White is one of the prominent citizens of the city, a progressive man with sound views, whose word is his bond. He is a valuable member of the board of education and his judgment of men and matters is rarely at fault.

The firm deals in general hardware, house furnishing goods, heaters, stoves, grates, sheet iron, copper and tinware. They guarantee satisfaction in all respects, and their prices are moderate. By fair and honest dealing P. H. White & Son have gained a reputation second to none, and their operations cover a wide area of territory. A trial order at their establishment means a pleased and regular customer. They carry a large stock and every department is always kept up to the requirements of the trade and times. Their house has a reputation for good goods and low prices. Such is the reliable house of P. H. White & Son, with whom one is always sure of the best and the most that hir; money will buy.

Mr. H. C. Wells is one of the oldest druggists in Wellsville. having started here in 1865 on Third street. In 1876 he moved to his present pleasant location on Main street, between T.iird and Fourth. He was raised in the drug business, having held responsible positions in some of the leading drug stores of Pittsburg and Philadelphia when a young man and before he em- purity of the drugs and medicines he handles. He also carries a large stock of druggists' sundries, toilet articles, perfumes, paints, oils, varnishes and fancy goods. He is courteous and reliable in his dealings with the public and merits the general esteem in which he is held and the confidence reposed in him.

Mr. M. R. Shingler, at 421 Main street, is clearly the leading jeweler of Wellsville. He has one of the most attractive and complete stocks of diamonds, watches, jewelry, cut glass and china to be found even in cities three times the size of this city. His prices will compare favorably with those of any jewelry house in the country. He makes a specialty of fine repairing, and in all things he strives to please. He is an expert on watches, and by reason of his ability and skill in that particular line was appointed watch inspector for the Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad - a position he fills with fairness and fidelity. His trade is rapidly increasing - the prices and superior merit of his goods attracting attention to his store. Mr. Shingler is a young man of aggressive ideas, and believes

Closely connected with the substantial improvements of Wellsville is the enterprising firm of Rinehart Bros street paving, sewer nad excavating contractors. The brothers comprising the firm are Harrison, .James and I,eRoy. the latter residing in this city while the others live in East Liverpool. Harrison Rinehart has been in the paving business for fifteen years, and the first work he ever done in that line is just as substantial as it was the day it was first laid, and is the best evidence of the superiority of his work. He was born in Island Creek township, .Jefferson County, where he now owns the old home farm. He entered the contracting business alone and when the brothers mentioned reached sufficient age they were taken in as partners. He has one of the finest livery stables at East I.iverpool to be found anywhere, and his privaio office there is a marvel of elegant finish, furniture and fixtures eclipsing anything of the kind anywhere. He owns some of the fastest and best horses in the State, and his livery equipment is second to none. He laid practically all the paving in

This enterprising firm are the paving pioneers of the Ohio Valley and are now engaged in paving the lirst country road in the county, hoing a two-mile stretch in St. Clair township. They are also doing the grading here for the belt line of the Cleveland & I-*ittsburg railway, -which -will be completed soon.

A younger brother, layman Rinehart, is a successful clothing rier chant of East I^iverpool. He :ias an elegant stand and carries a complete stock of everything in his line.

Harrison Rinehart is kno.vn far end as one of the most expert .pulges of horses in the country. lie has over 14U fine drivers in his East Liverpool barns, and is constantly on the alert for new and attractive features that will add to the value of hns livery and the joy and comfort of his extensive trade. He is a self-mail.^ man and reached his present comti 'iiab'ie station liy his own hard work and -ivell directed efforts.

Rinehart Bros, altvays do what they agree to. They furnish the best material, refuse to slight work, and when once engaged on public improvements are wanted again. Their high standing is unquestioned and their word is equivlent to their bond for the faithful and honest performance of all duties.

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One of Well'ville's most progressive and hustling citizens and business men is Mr. C. V. Shoub. who is now serving his second term as Councilman from the Second Ward. He was born in Allegheny City February 1, IS.M), and is the son of Christopher and Elizabeth Shoub. who came from Germany to this country in 1854. Mr. Shoub came to Wellsville in 1875 and successfully engaged in the rag and scrap iron business. In 1880 he opened a jobbing store for all kinds of wiapping paper and paper dealers' and grocers' supplies. In 187-3 he married Hannah E.. daughter of .Jo'an and Elizabeth Ramljo. of Beaver County, Pa. He was oil inspector under Governor Foraker's administration ending May 15, 1890. He has always manifested a substantial interest in municipal affairs and his election to the City Council in the spring of 1903 was witlunit opposition. He is a vigorous worker and his business operations extend beyond the State. He lives in a pretty home on Broadway.

Mr. Shoub was a Water Works trustee for seven years and did more for that department of the city than any man ever elected. When he entered the department the funds M'ere low, but by the aplication of business principles the department was greatly

He carries a complete line of up-todate stationery, all the magaiznes, in addition to a large stock of paint, varnishes, brushes, roof paper, pencils, tabs and other sundries of that character.

120 feet. There are numerous auxiliary buildings, together with a large warehouse recently erected. The main building is fitted up with grinders, mixers, boilers, engines and tanks, one of the latter holding 70 barrels of paint. There is also a melting house and a cement cistern under the large building with a capacity of four car

Elastic roof and iron paint, which is weather, rust, acid, sun and waterproof. It preserves new roofs and makes old roofs as good as new, and is used upon iron, steel, tin, wood, felt, tile, paper, canvas, slate, brick and stone. There is also manufactured a splendid article of red house, barn and roof paint with another, any color, for houses - the latter being made from pure lead ground in linseed oil. In additon to those there a.re other first-class products in the paint line, such as enamels, stains, colors and shellacolite filler, all of which are durable and made of the very best materials.

Mr. Shoub has been doing the county bridge painting for the past six years, and the County Commissioners strongly endorse his work and paint. For three years he has done the roof work for the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad from Cleveland to Pittsburg, as well as that of the East Liverpool & Wellsville Electric Street Railway. The opera house and bank at Manaca, Pa., as well as large business blocks and buildings at Rochester, Pa., Mingo Junction, Allegheny, Chester, W. Va., the sole proprietor, is the Shoub Paint Manufacturing Company, the extensive plant of which is located at the corner of Seventh and Wood streets. The establishment covers exactly half a square, the main building being 120x loads of the manufactured product. The paint when made is pumped into this mammoth cistern and is kept warm and in proper condition by steam coils. The special product of this establishment is Black Egyptian

Cleveland. Pittsburg, Lisbon, Beaver Falls, Irondale and numerous ones in Wellsville have been made lasting by Shoub's paints. He is now negotiating for a large amount of work and supi)lies for government vessels. His establishment is one of the best known of Wellsville's many industries and through the enei\getic efforts ot Mr. Shoub and his corps of alert traveling representatives is its merit and fame being constantly extended.

Modern photography is one of the marvels of the age. and a skilful operator of the mt)dern school such as J. F. hlerrill. the subject of this sketch, is able to reproduce a likeness so perfect in features, expression, pose and style that it seems to lack but one thing - the power of speech.

Lovers of fine portraits recognize Merrill's studio as one of the chief attractions of Wellsville. He has had the experience and training of years which, with his careful study and ap plication of his natural talent and skill in photography, have enabled him to produce in such admiranle style so artistic and so perfect as to make his studio a most desirable one to visit when work in his line is required.

tography, and never fails to execute the most perfect work, both in likeness and artistic finish. Group work is an important feature, and his view work, photographing buildings, etc., is given special attention. There is no photographer in this section who can excel Merrill in artistic and perfect work and reasonable prices, while for promptness, care and courtesy _ his reputation is equally prominent.

The cuts in this volume were made from photographs taken by Merrill, and they speak tor themselves. He is a conscientious artist and works to produce the very best results and to please his patrons. His studio is on Main street, between Fourth and Fifth, near the public square, where a cordian welcome is ever extended to all.

C. W. Aten, a clever young journalist, who is the Wellsville representative of the Bast Lievrpool News-Review and Crisis, is a descendant of Henry Aten, one of the founders of Wellsville. He is an industrious and

The above is a good likeness of a good looking young newspaper man, W. Russell Harris, who creditably represented the East Liverpool papers in Wellsville for a long time. He is lived here all his life and started in business in 1-873. He has always been interested in the material prosperity of the city and is well and favorably

James N. Turner has been long considered the most extensive meat dealer in the city of Wellsville. He has one of the finest markets to be found anywhere in the country, accompanying cut being a good picture of the fine building. His slaughter house, or abattoir, is the largest and most convenient of any in the Ohio Valley and is the only one of the kind in the city or within a radius of many miles. It is a modern establishment and a credit to Wellsville. Mr. Turner has a large trade and buys only the fattest and best live stock to supply the same. He does all his own slaughtering and makes his own sausage and lard. Everything about his place is clean, pure and attractive.

The shoe business in Wellsville was modernized in December, 1902, when Mr. C. H. Black arrived from Titusville, Pa., and opened a palace shoe store on the square. Main street. He revolutionized the trade by carrying the largest stock of shoes ever brought to the city, and it was but a short time until he was enjoying the most extensive business of any shoe merchant in this region of the country. His place is a marvel of beauty and attractiveness, both inside and out, and there is nothing lacking to complete it in any way. He has, by fair and liberal treatment, earned the confidence and esteem of the public, and he is rightly considered the leading shoe dealer of the city. A good picture of both the interior and exterior of his store appears in this volume, and on the inside page of the back cover his interesting and truthful advertisement will he found.

Mr. A. S. Campbell is the artistic show window decorator for Mr. Black, and Mrs. Engle is the efficient and painstaking clerk. The stock carried by Mr. Black embraces everything in the shoe line. The newest and nobbiest things are found on the shelves of this store, all of which are guaranteed and sold at the lowest prices. "Fine footware on the square" is the double sense motto of this attractive

The first-class tailoring establishment of Mr. D. F. Steiner, on the square, has iong been the mecca for those who wear good, well-made and w'el! fitting ciothes. He is an artist in his line and his customers are the best dressed peopie in the ' city. He has had valuabie experience and is considered one of the most expert cutters in the country, and never fails to give satisfaction. He carries a large and complete stock of all the latest fabrics, in all weaves and shades, and at his place the most fastidious can be pleased. He employs a corps of skilled workmen and the quantity and quality of work turned out eclipses all competition.

?,Ir. Steiner was a member of the City Council for a number of years and takes an active Interest in all things municipal. By fair dealing and superiority of he has built up a large and pleased trade.

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With the expiration of the charter of the First National Bank, the Perpetual Savings and Loan Company becomes the oldest incorporated financial institution in Wellsville. Originally chartered with a capital of $200,- 000, its large volume of business soon made a change imperative and the authorized capital was increased to $2,000,000. The capital now subscribed and in force is considerably over $1,000,000. It does no commercial banking, but is an institution devoted solely to savings deposits and mortgage loans and affords its patrons a convenient, profitable and absolutely safe place for financial investment, and loans its funds at the lowest market rates on mortgage security exclusively. It pays interest on all deposits, large or small, and loans money on easy payments to build or buy homes, or for any lawful purpose.

It has over $.500,000 loaned in Wellsville and has long been recognized as one of the most successful and popular institutions of the city. It has en- .ioyed a steady growth and its volume tutions and individuals combined, and with a record covering hard times as well as good, its loans have been placed with such excellent care that it does not own a dollar's worth of real estate taken by foreclosure. The same directors have been continued in charge of its affairs from its incorporation to the present time, with but one change made necessary by the removal from the city of one member of the board. The officers are John C. Catlett, president: George B. Aten, vicepresident; Frank L. Wells, secretarytreasurer; Wells & McDonald, attorneys.

The insurance and real estate business of Wellsville is largely controlled by Mr. C. R. Arnold, whose place of business on Main street is well portrayed by accompanying cut. He has resided in Wellsville a great many years and during all that time has always been looked upon as a leading and progressive citizen. He was the Adams Express agent here for a long time and in that responsible capacity gained valuable business training and experience. He is an influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a liberal supporter of all good works.

He was married to Miss Helen Wells, daughter of Alexander Wells, her grandfather, William Wells, having founded the city. They have two children, a daughter. Miss Margaret Arnold, and a son, Carydon W. Arnold, who resides in California. The family resides in an elegant home - the modernized old United States Hotel - on Front street.

Mr. Arnold's real estate and insurance operations are extensive and increasing. He carries a large list of property, lots and desirable building sites, and the numerous transactions made prove that the people largely patronize this popular agency. He has the agency for some of the best fire and life insurance companies in the world, and his business in that line amounts to a considerable sum.

year. Mr. Arnold is a man of enterprise and industry and willingly, cheerfully and liberally identifies himself with every endeavor which has for its object the upbuilding of the city.

The picture herewith presented shows the handsome and substantial building owned and ocupied by h. D. Miller, at Eleventh and Commerce streets, as a meat market. He conducts one of the best markets in the city and has a large and growingtrade. He supplies the largest and best variety of meats, and every article passing over his counter or out of his wagon is guaranteed as to quality, while his prices are as low as a livingprofit will permit. Fair dealing and pleasant treatment of the public has made his place one of the best patronized in Wellsville. His market is strikingly clean, neat and inviting, and he handles only the best of beef, pork and mutton. He is prompt and obliging and noted for his full weights. Perfect satisfaction is given to all his customers.

The Wellsville Hardware Company is the most extensive institution of the kind in the city and enjoys a large and lucrative trade. It was established by Mr. George A. Imbrie in 1881, who, in 1889, erected the large three-story edifice of which the accompanying picture is a good representation. It is the handsomest business block in the city, containing three large rooms on the first fioor, two of which are occupied by Mr. Imbrie for his hardware business.

Mr. Imbrie is one of the city's wideawake and progressive citizens. He was born in Darlington, Beaver County, Pa., March 17, 1846, and is the son of George and Mary (Thomas) Imbrie. The family moved here in 1848, where the father, a carpenter and contractor, erected many of the principal buildings in the city. He died in 1880 in the 85th year of his age.

Mr. Imbrie learned carpentering under his father, a trade which he followed for four years. From 1861 until 1865 he was deputy postmaster under M. J. Crain, and then traveled for a large hardware firm in Pittsburg.

He is an active member of the United Presbyterian church, a Republican in politics and was Township Treasurer for many years. He married Miss Eva M. Groff in 1881 and they have the following children: George B.,

The Metropole Hotel, of which Mr. E. S. Woolweaver is the genial proprietor, is the most attractive and modern hostelry in the Ohio Valley. Every part of the building is elegantly furnished, heated with steam, lighted by electricity, perfectly ventilated and made not only comfortable but luxuriant. The dining room is commodious and elegantly appointed, while the cusine and service are unsurpassed. The parlor is a spacious drawing room, quiet and secluded, suited for rest or reception. Cleanliness, courtesy and prompt attention to the wants of guests make this an ideal, first-class hotel.

Mr. Woolweaver makes it his business to see that his guests' desires are promptly complied with. He has a wide acquaintance with the traveling public and is universally well liked by

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We hav'e never j)aid less than 6 per cent. We receive any sum, no matter how small, at any time. You can withdraw your money, or any ]>art of it, at any time.

The pioneer lumber dealer of Wellsville and the upper Ohio Valley is Mr. Giles McGregor, who embarked in that business April 1, 1850, and has been continuously and successfully engaged in it ever since. He carries one of the largest stocks of building materials to be found in Columbiana County and his prices are the lowest. He furnishes estimates on short notice and gives all the details of his business his experienced and personal attention.

On August 26, 1856, he was married to Miss Sophia L., daughter of Jesse and Mary (McCoy) Moore, of Beaver, Pa. They have two children, John J., and Maggie J. - now Mrs. C. J. Shultz. They are active members of the Presbyterian Church and generous supporters of all movements for good. Mr. McGregor is a Democrat and one of Wellsville's most prominent citizens His father, John McGregor, was a native of Scotland. He emigrated to this country in 1828 and settled in Yellow Creek township. He was a successful farmer and moved to Wellsville in 18S6. He died in December, 1888, at the advanced age of 98 years, and in March, 1890, his wife, aged 86, followed him to the eternal home.

J. Wesley Russell has been a representative citizen of Welsville for the past ten years, coming originally from Jefferson County. He has been variously engaged in the pottery ware, real estate and oVaer business, his energy and intelligence winning and commanding a liberal share of the trade.

Mr. Russell transacted a large amount of business for the Wellsville Improvement Company in the sale of lots, proving himself an eminent success in that particular line. As an auctioneer Mr. Russell has no superior in this section of the country. He buys and sells on commission or consignment and he has the keen faculty of being always able to obtain the very highest prices. He is a gentleman of fine presence and pleasing address, courteous, affable and readily making friends with all whom he comes in contact. He has an office in the Smith block and those having anything to sell in any line would do well to see him in person or by letter, as they will be accorded every known facility to obtain the highest prices tor that they wish to dispose of.

One of the oldest establishments in Wellsville is the pharmacy of W. M. Hamilton, ?.05 Main street. It was established in 1853 and has long been one of the city's leading places of business. It was first located on Third street, but many years ago was moved to its present location. Since the death of its founder, W. M. Hamilton, it has been conducted by his son, J. F. Hamilton, who for twelve years was teller in the First National Bank. LTnder his careful and competent supervision the W. M. Hamilton Pharmacy maintains an increased prestige in the city and community where for half a centiiry it has stood as a pillar of reliability and strength.

Haugh & Son, funeral directors and proprietors of a well equipped livery stable, are located in the central part of the city on Main street, near Fifth. The personnel of the firm is Richard M. Haugh and John R. Haugh, father and son respectively. Mr. R. M. Haugh has been in business in Wellsville for almost 20 years. He came here when a boy with his parents from Allegheny, Pa. He attended the public schools and later learned the machinist's trade. By his own industry and frugality he established himself in the livery business, to which he later added undertaking. He is a graduate of Clark's School of Embalming. Cincinnati. Five years ago his son, John R. Haugh, was taken into partnership and since that time the firm name has been Haugh & Son. 'fhe latter was born in Wellsville September 19. 1880. He attended the cit.v schools and on June 8. 1891. graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Embalming at Pittsburg. He is considered one of the most skilled men in the business in the State.

country. They are careful and obliging, and by prompt and courteous attention have established a thriving trade. They have a complete line of buggies, carriages and all other vehicles to be found in an up-to-date livery bam, together with a large number of fine driving horses suitable for every occasion and purpose. They give the public splendid service and well deserve the liberal patronage they enjoy.

Mr. Charles R. McGregor, Sr., head of the McGregor Real Estate Company, is known throughout the city and county as the most active real estate agent in this section. He can sell anything in the line of realty, and his charges are nominal. Mr. Mc- Gregor is especially successful in the sale of residence property. There are many good investments in Wellsville and Mr. McGregor has the key to them. He invites correspondence and an inspection and investigation of the many good things he holds in real estate.

One of the most attractive and justly poular places in the city of Wellsville is the music store of Isaac Se- 414 Main street. He has been in business here for eleven years and during that time has established a name for fair and liberal dealing that is unsurpassed by any other business man in the community.

Mr. Secrest was born and raised on a farm in Noble County. He learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked for three years. He then mastered the blacksmith's trade and for nine years worked at the forge, becoming a very clever workman. After that he traveled for ten years selling a proprietary medicine and at which he achieved success.

Eleven years ago he started in Wellsville as a dealer in pianos, sewing machines, all kinds of string and band instruments, to which has been added a complete line of phonographs and sheet music.

anoes, Mr. Secrest has a reputation for strict integrity. He has had many agencies for pianos and sewing machines placed with him, but he has been very careful in selecting his goods, as he refuses to recommend anything but the best. His place is headquarters for talking machines, pianos, organs and sewing machines, and his trade extends far beyond the confines of the city and county.

Mr. Secrest is a very pleasant gentleman to deal with and his place of business is patronized and frequented by the best people of the city. He carries a complete stock of the finest and best goods and invites inspection and a comparison of prices. A cordial welcome is given to all at Secrest's Music Store.

One of the most energetic and successihil young men in Wellsville is Mr. B. F. Reynolds, who represents the Chas. N. Stieft Piano Compan.v. Mr. Reynolds was formerly with the Deering Harvester Company at Parkersburg, W. \ a., and while there

One of the leading and most popular groceries in the city is that conducted by Mr. R. H. Everson at 340 Main street. He embarked in this business several years ago and by honest dealing and moderate prices, together with good goods and pleasant treatment, built up a large trade and .gained the confidence of the entire people. His reputation as a business man is unsurpassed and the stock he carries is always fresh, clean, up-todate and includes everything to be found in a first-class place.

Mr. Everson has gained distinction by his strict fairness to every patron. A child will gel just as good goods and as good values at his place of business as the most exacting person. One price to all and that the lowest is the law at his place.

In staple and fancy groceries his selection covers all that is good, fresh and pure. The newest things are supplied to patrons fresh from the markets of the world and satisfaction is at all times assured.

Neatness and care in the filling of orders and their prompt delivery to customers are characteristic of the place conducted by Mr. Everson. By reason of these things his trade is constantly increasing as the people become better acquainted with the inducements offered by Mr. Everson, and his ability to give customers the best and most for their money.

The firm of McLean Bros., composed of Phil. A. McLean and Dan N. McLean, funeral directors and livery, was established in 1879 by Phil A. McLean, son of the late Lachlin Mc- Lean, who for years did an extensive teaming business in Wellsville.

Dan N. McLean learned the harness making trade in Pittsburg, and in 1878 opened a shop here on Main street. He associated himself with his brother in the livery and undertaking business in 1881 and since that time their trade has steadily increased until now it has reached comfortable proportions.

Much can be said of McLean Bros, in honest praise. They have been fair, liberal, upright and constientious in all their dealings, and are justly entitled to the good name they have and hold in the business community. Their progressive business capacity and keen insight into the demands of the trade have brought their own reward.

Mr. Dan N. McLean is a graduate of the Oriental School of Embalming, at Pittsburg, under Prof. F. A. Sullivan, who gained fame by being called to Europe to give instrustions to governmental employees and royalty in the art of perfect embalming. Mr. McLean acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and is exceedingly skillful therein.

This firm's knowledge of funeral management has brought them great success. They have a modern equipment and their capable manner of attending to this branch of their business has made them prominent as funeral directors in this city and county. They are fully competent to perform every task and satisfy every taste. They are moderate and reasonable in their charges and terms, and enjoy the confidence of the public. During the years of their business career they have buried about 2,000 persons - the most of whom were prominent people.

Their livery service is the best in every particular, being equipped with a large, convenient barn filled with buggies, hacks, carriages, road carts, rubber tired rigs of all kinds and cabs. They have a large number of fine driving teams, their stock of horses being conceded to be the best in this part of the country. They have outfits suitable for all occasions and also a quick ambulance service. They furnish prompt and splendid service at moderate cost and never fail to please and satisfy. They are well and favorably known, not only to the people of Wellsville and Columbia County, but to hundreds of traveling people who have availed themselves of their accommodations to their own satisfaction and comfort. McLean Bros, are conveniently located on Broadway between Fourth and Fifth streets.

One of the best known men in Wellsville or Columbiana county is Jacob G. Kountz, the popular and enterprising butchei', whose meat market on the square is a familiar landmark. Mr.Kountz is a pioneer in the butchering business, having commenced business here many, many years ago with only $17 in money, a good horse, a poor wagon and plenty of pluck. He learned the trade of a tanner under his father at the famous Kountz homestead, about two miles up the river from the city, and while only a boy was looked upon as one of the best judges of horses and live stock generally in the country. He was a success as a butcher from the start, and two years after he commenced with his $17 he opened a shop where the Silver Bank now stands. He remained there for about ten years and then located at his present place of business. He has been in the business a greater number of years than any man in the county, and has a wide acquaintance among live stock dealers all over the country.

Mr. Kountz was the first butcher in Wellsville to have a sign on his wagon. It was in the long ago, and the little vehicle upon whose sides were printed "Wellsville Meat Market" attracted a great deal of attention. He also was the first to keep his place open Saturday nights.

Mr. Kountz tells many interesting remembrances of thirty years ago. In relation to the prevailing high prices of meats he states that thirty years ago that the prices were 18 to 20 cents a pound for sausages and steaks - practically the same as today.

Mr. Kountz does all his own slaughtering. He places upon the market and handles nothing but the very best of all kinds of beef, pork, veal, mutton, fish and other things in his line. His steaks are famous for being clean and tender and carefully cut. He is prompt and obliging to all customers and is noted for fair dealing and good weight. Promptness and satisfaction are his watch words, and the large trade he handles is the best evidence that he pleases his customers. His place is always neat and clean, containing at all times the best

Mr. C. R. Harsha is one of the most progressive and popular haberdashers in the city. His attractive place of business is at 419 Main street, where the very latest in hats and men's furnishings can be found and obtained at reasonable prices. His stock is always complete and by reason of fair and courteous dealing he enjoys a large trade from the best class of people. Mr. Harsha is a very pleasant gentleman and a good business man. He handles the best goods and good dressers go to his emporium for the finishing touches. The greatest value possible for the money is given buyers. Honest dealing and pleased customers are the rule at C. R. Harsha's place, and no merchant in the city merits greater popularity and prosperity.

clean, elegantly furnished and well equipped to supply the demands of a large and rapidly increasing trade. A fine and competent cook is employed as well as careful waiters, and here it is that the best of everything to be had in the markets is served in the most tempting and appetizing manner. A full meal for one or a hundred, and a short order lunch that is good and satisfying.

Mr. Fitzpatrick caters largely to the railroad trade and is justly popular with the large number of railroaders in and out of Wellsville. His place is their headquarters and has been ever since it was first started.

At this satisfying hostelry tables are reserved for ladies. Meals and lunches of all kinds are prepared on the shortest notice and at all hours.

Mr. Fitzpatrick gives hisbusiness his personal attention and within the last two years has built up a splendid patronage. He is a fine entertainer, affal)le and courteous at all times and always a gentleman. He justly prides himself on the first-class house he conducts and in being so great a contributor to the comforts and needs of the hungry public.

H. E. Lownds conducts one of the most popular and attractive barber shops in Wellsville . It is patronized by the best class of people and has all the latest and best improved conveniences. Mr. Lownds is an artist of excellence in his line and employs only the best workmen. He was chief of the fire department for many years conducted by Mr. F. E. Fitzpatrick at 1322 Main street, opposite the C. & P. railway shops, is the most popular place of the kind in the city. The restaurant and lunch departments are house on Highland avenue, a picture of which is herewith given. He was born in England, where he acquired a fair education. At 14 years of age he obtained a position in a rolling mill. His advance was rapid and in a short time he was made catcher in a sheet mill. Through all the various stages of mill work he has passed. During the civil war he was employed in making gunboat plates for the United States navy. He was married the year before the war to Miss S. A. George, a most estimable young lady. He worked for a long time in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, making gunboat plates weighing 30 tons each.

He came to the United States, landing in Boston August 26, 1820. From there he went to Troy, N. Y., where he worked at heating in a bar mill. From Troy he went to New York City and then to Harrisburg, Pa. Pittsburg was also one of his stopping places. He lived at Niles, O., for nine years, where he built a comfortable home. J^rom that place he went to St. Louis, where he w'as a roller for fifteen years under the same firm. He belonged to the Amalgamated association and a strike cost him his position and $6,000 w'orth of property. Canal

Dover, was the next stand and finally Wellsville. Here he started mill No. 3 for the American Sheet Steel Company. He has witnessed the expansion of the plant to ten mills, with other improvements and additions to come soon.

The Weekly Union was founded in 1863 by Wm. Foster, at a time during the great civil war, when rebel sympathizers in the north were most bitter in their opposition to the efforts of the government to stamp out secession. As its name indicates it was a staunch supporter of the cause of unionism and loyal to its country.

The Daily Union was founded by F. M. Hawley in 1885 and is steadily growing in circulation, patronage and influence. Both papers enjoy a wide circulation and patronage from the business men of the city.

Recently a large cylinder press, gas engine and Merganthaler Linotype have been added to its equipment. Its office is located in the Smith block opposite the postofRce.

The subject of this sketch is a well and favorably known newspaper manager, having lived in Wellsville for the past two years. He was born in Orebro, Sweden, Nov. 28, 1859 and came to America in 1876. He has conducted several extensive business enterprises with ability and success and is a vocalist of recognized talent. Mr.

Berg was mainly instrumental in the organization of the Swedish church in Wellsville, and since coming here has been connected with both daily newspapers, being at present with the Union. He is a man of great force and

The Wellsville Daily and WeeWy Record is one of the most creditable newspapers in the upper Ohio valley. It enjoys a large advertising patronage and has a substantial circulation in the homes of the city and county. It has the latest improved type setting machine and is a well equipped job and newspaper officce. Mr. James Nolan, an experienced journalist, is the capable manager.

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A rising young business man of a great deal more than ordinary ability and promise is Mr. Roy B. Hopkins, the affable and efficient paymaster at the works of the Carroll-Porter Boiler and Tank Company. He has resided in Wellsville for the past three years and by his pleasant manner and estimable traits of character has won a host of friends.

In addition to his duties at the big works of the Carroll-Porter Company, Mr. Hopkins is the capable and enterprising agent here for the North American Accident Insurance Company, of Chicago, III. He received the agency through Mr. C. R. Arnold, who represented the company here for a number of years. The press of business affairs caused Mr. Arnold to relinquish the agency in favor of Mr. Hopkins, who has industriously and intelligently carried forward the insurance work. It now has over a hundred members in Wellsville. This splendid company pays claims on sight, has a capitalization of $500,000, with an extra reserve fund of $100,000. It is an old-line stock company, of the enduring kind, and has been in the most favorable and successful operation for the past 18 years. It has as inducements many extra features not written in the average or ordinary policies. They issue accident, sick and

Mr. Hopkins is well posted in the business and takes great pleasure in explaining the extraordinary attractions of his policies. He is meeting with the success a talented and energetic young man deserves. He represents one of the best health and accident companies in the world, and policy holders in it are more generously dealt with than in any other. See Mr. Hopkins for health and accident insurance.

In 1899 Forbes & Morrow succeeded A. D. Forbes in the lumber business on Eleventh street, between Center and Commerce. Since that time this enterprising firm has greatly extended operations until now they are the leading dealers in building material of all kinds. They handle lumber of every description from the rough boards to the dressed product, suitable for framing or finishing a house, barn or other buildings. They carry in stock lath, shingles, weatlierboarding, doors and door frames of all sizes and everything else to he found in a firstclass lumber yard. They are prepared to dress lumber on short notice and all orders are given the prompt and personal attention of the proprietors.

They are fully prepared to furnish everything needed for the construction of any kind of a building, or they will furnish small lots to suit the demands of customers. Their prices are right and the material exactly as they represent it to be. They are fair men to deal with and those who expect to build will find it to their interest to call on Forbes & Morrow before awarding their contract or purchasing their lumber supplies. A well equipped planer is run in connection, where every description of work in that line is promptly and satisfactorily executed. Their stock of lumber and building material is carefully selected and especially suited to meet the demands of their trade. Promptness, exactness and supplying the grade of material purchased is their manner of doing business.