The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1937, Page 4

later. “We did a business of $45,- 000 the first year. Our profit was not large—I think $4,400.” Ps | Although he was the junior 4 Mee ot owns :Partner and under age, he thor- just off|°vshly organized the business. He still kept up, but ;PTacticed the most rigid economy, ‘went drove c’ose bargains and lived ~ ee frugally as ever, putting most o: ee ee OT a ofits back diate the busing, “to grow.” i | : i it m | } : r lf deals. He borrowed all his father could lend, needed more and, A sg;Summoning up all his courage, Rockefeller, who came with | bis| asked a banker for a loan of $2,- caaad :000. The banker ket him have it Rhine in 172) and settled( | his own warehouse Secaiaha, sr eeoch, omen doa |The lad of 19 walked out of the |bank elated. He felt that he was {a man, full grown. Indeed, his fellow merchants called him “Mis- ter Rockefeller” long before he was 21. A bank president warned him Witliam|°R¢ day that he had borrowed nearly all the money in the bank. “Our directors want to see you id talk with you,” he said. Il! come ri down,” | Rockefeller replied? “I'll i : i fi i iF i set Bete in i 's father, was a shrewd who oiten home on long /*™ was . ii E f | i i Mr. come : * » hi a@ great deal more.” During these early beeame known to the business commenity as a_ self-contained, frugal young man, free from kad habits, reliable and a steady at- >; tendant at church and Sunday school. In his fifteenth year he had joined the Erie Street Baptist church in Cleveland, now the Euclid Avenue Baptist church. | It was then a poor, struggling mis- remember when hard work n, with a $2,000 morteage on strange to me. W®1 its building. work, to save, and/ “When the pastor announced one Sunday thst the house was to be sold to pay the debt, young Rocke- feller stood at the door and begged @ contribution from everyone who Some cou'd give only 10 if te 5 Mara Me, and Mrs. street, was married to Swift, son of Mr. and duck Swift of Seattle Wash- Se 2 nuptial mass soleme-| St. Mary's’ : it i fa- Academy. 3 peculiar training in my home,” Mr. Rockefeller said. “TI it : I : to be a business training from the beginning. We u to be. self-reliant. gras taught to do as much bi passed. at theage of 10 and 11 as it} cents q week, few as much as $1, lor me to do. I was) but he begged for months until hills to try to buy! he raised the $2,000 2nd saved and I did not require/the church. Later he became sup- the presence of anyone to enable erintendent of the Sunday school, i masure of good ition 1 0 men who sold it.|q° pene” he held for more than ining for me.” 4! Bibis class for men which he " organized znd led: became one of hess transaction when he was 8/the largest of its kind in the @}years old, on the farm nearlcountry. It attracted young and Moravia. A turkey hen had wan-|old of every degree of affluence. dered away and hidden her nest.! “The religion of man is his most |The boy’s mother told him he important possession,” he said. }eould have the brood of little|«There js nothing in the world “What hath Goa | Sarkeve if he could find them. He} than can compare with Christian found the nest, raised the turkeys} fellowship; nothing that can satis- and sold them. fy bet Christ.” Early Saving Habit | When Drake struck oi] in Penn- After several frugal years he| sylvania, in 1859, there was a rush Ht Ui if : 1875—American Bankers Asso- dation organized. ee , 1883—Brooklyn Bridge opened. taee 14 he dug potatoes for a neighbor! young merchant stayed out, ques- for three days of 10 hours each/ tioning and studying, for more —oe }and received $1.12 for his labor. than two years. Then he and his AntiSaloon League! This made him think. The pay| partner joined with Samuel An. Oberlin, Ohio, by Dr.| for three days of hot, back-break-| drews, who had learned the art of Russell. }img toil was less than a third oftcleansing and refining petroleum. ecamms @ year’s interest on his $50. He! Under the title of Andrews, Clark 191G-—ttaly enters the war by} resolved to make more savings; & Co., they orgenized a separate declaring wer on Austria. | work for him. irm to refine oil and built a —— | The family moved to Cleveland,| small refinery on the bank of 1916-—Coneeription in effect in! O., in 1853. John spent a year Kingsbury Ran, near Cleveland. and a half in high school, only to! This business, by mutual con | find that he could not afford to! sent, was put up at auction jaecumulated $50, which he loaned}to the new fieid of wealth from! out at 7 percent. At the age of: all parts of the country. But the} i . a i | il i i i : L | | Hl i rl FF i | | f i fz it F if é [ I i | : | | : [ i EE isk i | | ‘CUBA BRINGS IN 63 PASSENGERS Rese ALSO BROUGHT IN NINE TONS OF FREIGHT FOR KEY WEST : | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and| _ B. H. McCalla Camp No. 5,| 0. S. S. company, for Havana. i Key West arrivals: E. R. Cul-, breath, G. Kirby, C. A. more, J. A. Nettles, M. Irwin, ‘B. Irwin, H. Hoagland, A. R. Miller, Ruth Evans, Ray Trisly, Castillo, D. C. Castillo. | The vessel also brought nine. tons of freight and one sack of mail for Key West; 4 tons of freight and 186 sacks of mail, for Havana. ! had joined the enterprise. Less i 10 years had passed since ; Mr. Rockefeller entered the oil [ business. t r Marries Classmate The year before, Mr. Rockefel- }drews, Clark & Company he had jentered another partnership, des- tined to last half a century. the Cleveland High School in 11853 on of his classmates was Laura Celestia Spelman, daughter! jof a merchant of Akron, O. They were married September 8, 1864, and for nearly 51 years shared an ideal life. ; Mrs. Rockefeller cared little for} social activities outside the circle; In attention to rearing and training, her children, to the work of the j jchurch and the Sunday school and} to charities. { Sheidied:suddenly of-heart dis-| ease Of Marth’ 42,12915, at Pocan- } tico’ Hil'Ss while her husband was; 4in.the south.” For" sevérai | jshe,had Leen unable. to. go Parra-, M. AJ i | | jler bought up the ‘assets ‘of’ ‘an co Hospitality Baitd. | i ! O|RENNSYLVANIA” FOLK ARE 1920-—Congress asked by Pres.|go to college. So he paid for aj Witson to guthorize American man- j three months’ course in a commer- Gate over Armenia. \eial school snd managed to absorb} —___—_ im six weeks all that they could} Relief | teach about bookkeeping and busi-; Coes | SHIN FITCH: in the middle of August, 1855 A Tapa tae diet she began to look for work. From to and relieving | mess theory. too sizes 35 for a week, he tramped the hot ‘8 a. m. until 6 p. m, every day{the |streets. The only answer he got! end $1.00. was “no,” but he began the same! V. Harkness and several ;vhurch, .and»it- was, Mr. Rockefel- | @°s custonrto~bring her notes of} |the sermonsirre =: | Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller were ; the parents of five children. One jdied in infency. The others were Alta, who became Mrs. E. Par. in| malee Prentice of New York; 1865, and Mr. Rockefeller bought; Edith, who married Harold Me- it in at $72,500. Thus began the| Cormick of Chicago in 1895 and, firm of Rockefeller & Andrews,! divorced him in 1922; John D..; which grew wi five years into) Jr., of New York, who married the Standard Company of! Abby Greene Aldrich, daughter 07! Ohio, incorporated in January, the late Nelson W. Aldrich, U. S.j 1870, with a capital of $1,000,- senator from Rhode Island, and. 000—a vast sum in those days. In! Bessie, who died a number meantime Mr. Rockefeller’s| years ago. She was the wife of brothers, William and Frank, be-|Charles A. Strong, formerly 9/ sides Henry M. Flagier, Stephen! professor of psychology of Colum-! others,4bia University. i ul eft i i } i | WAR VETERANS TO OBSERVE EVENT ON SUNDAY, MAY 30 arrived this, United Spanish War Veterans, morning from Tampa with eight; right away, for I want to borrow/*fitst cabin and four second cabjp, Sunday, May 30, by attending passengers for Key ‘West; 46 first years hejand five second cabin passengers’ Chureh on that evening when will observe Memorial Day on} services at the First Methodist Rev. Joe Tolle will deliver a spe- cial sermon on the occasion. On Monday, the following day, exer-} cises will be held at the Maine plot in the city cemetery. i The following is the program: that will be rendered at the ceme-| tery on Monday afternoon: America, Choir and Audience. Invocation, Rev. Father A. L! Maureau. Introductory, monies, Reading, member Junior League! of Baptist Church. Song, Quartette. . Talk, Cuban Consul Berardo Redriguer. s | Cere-| | Master ‘Memorial address, Rev. Shuler; Peele. Song, Quartette. Memorial to Departed, Mrs. Cleare of D. of C. Memorial, Past Comdr. son, U."S. W. V. Memorial, Commander U. J. Del- gado, American Legion. Memorial of all Wars. Salute, National Guard. Taps, Roy Voght. Benediction, Rev. Y. ane. TIEMERS COME, Peter- ¥. t GUESTS AT HOME OF * “"“TREVORS i Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Ziemer,} of Pennsylvania, were arrivals on/| the plane from Miami yesterday | morning and are guests at the} home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Trev-} or on Division street. | Mr. Ziemer was a student at the! Jniversity of Pennsylvania, and{ @ roommate of Mr. Trevor and it of ,was at the solicitation of the lat-[If you are locking for POULTRY ter that the Ziemers came to Key Vest to be guests of the Trevors and enjoy some of the great fish- ing in these waters, 5 OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—. Five bundles for 5¢. The Citi- may19-tf YATES SERVICE STATION, 525-J. ROOOMS THE MUNRO, 128 N. E. 4th street, Miami, Florida. Low Summer rates. mayl-imo BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY .{OWN YOUR BUSINESS selling RICH-FLO VANILLA direct to consumer. Good profits. PRO- TECTED territory. Todd Manufacturing Company, 30 S. W. 8th street, Miami, mayi8-7t FOR RENT “9° THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY Sonja Henie-Adolphe Menjou =i ONE IN A MILLION Matinee: Balcony, 10c; tra, 15-20c; Night: 15-25¢ FOLLOW THE ARROW! ---And You Will Find In This Directory, Stores Which Aim To Serve and Please You. They Invite You To Visit Them! Fulford’s Poultry Phone 880 LIQUORS—BEER CURRO’S PLACE Duval At Petronia Street PHONE 138 Package Liquors of All Kinds Beer and Wine POULTRY FISH DRL GS DEMERITT BROS. FISH ORIENTAL PHARBACY be Bm Oe MALONEY & PEACOCK Bakers of Baker Boy Bread | Farm Phone 818 08 Shang Ge I Deliver: Cakes end Pastries or CHICKEN FERTILIZER visit or call