Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 3

MONDAY, DECEMBER MSI THE DAILY JOURNAL-GAZETTE AND COMMERCIAL-STAR, MATTOON, ILLINOIS PACT THSCT aaHMT3 Hails I CBS-HE mm Greenup's Main Street Shoe Factory in Greenup i Greenup Is a Prosperous Little City i :1 AT THE SAMPLE SHOP 1704 BROADWAY CHRISTMAS GIFTS GALORE! We Are Ready With a Bigger and Better Array of Christmas Gift Items Than Ever Before and at Lower Prices! COME IN SHOP EARLY MAKE YOUR SELECTION AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN. YOUR DOLLAR WILL GO FARTHER FOR CHRISTMAS AT THE SAMPLE SHOP Greenup Platted in 1834, or ,100 Years Ago By Staff Correspondent Greenup, 111., Dec. 3. Greenup Is located on the National Trail, near the point where it crosses the Em-barras river, 45 miles west of Terre Haute and 30 miles southeast of Mattoon, on Route 131. It was platted in 1J34 by direction of Joseph Barbour and received its title from the name of the man who owned the land.

A big portion of the ground on which the original town was platted was donated In order that a town might be established here. Thomas Sconce, however, was the surveyor who laid off and reported the first plat of the town. Greenup Barbour and Ewart Austin made additions to the town. Sconce was the county surveyor of Coles county. For many years Greenup slumbered peacefully.

Few Improvements were made. This drowsy spell was due, it is said, to the distance from general markets and to bad roads. Cumberland county and Douplas county were originally part of Coles county. Cumberland county was organized in 1843 and at that time Greenup became the county seat. As the county seat.

Greenup drew large numbers from various parts of the country and, as the village had no ordinances for its government, and no police to protect It, many minor disorders took place. The village began to grow from the time it became the county seat. Photo by The Journal-Gazette The Ettlebrick shoe factory in Greenup, which is now giving employment to 150 persons with an average bi-weekly payroll of almost $6,000. In rush seasons a larger number of persons is employed and the payroll sometimes increases to approximately $7,000. It is owned by Greenup people.

Photo by The Journal-Gazettt Greenup's Main street looking east shows from left to right Ward's General Merchandise Store, Ward Welenett Hatchery, Sherrick Barger Hardware Store, Goodman's Variety Store, Hite's Funeral Service and Oakley's Grocery in the first block. Next, in the second block, are Bishop Travis, Undertakers, and Broom's Drug Store, with the I. O. O. F.

Hall over them, Greenup Press and Printing Shop, Sidwell's Grocery and Meats, Eubank Motor Sales and Liberty Sales Company garages. By Staff Correspondent Greenup, 111., Dec. 3. Greenup Is a village famous for its county fairs, being the seat of the Greenup-Cumberland County Fair Association. It also has a penchant for close cooperation In civic and Industrial affairs and is beginning to find adequate employment for all its people.

First', It Is in a good farming community, and its people profit through the farming industry. Second, It has growing manufacturing plants. The manufacturing plants Include a modernly housed and quipped shoe factory and a large fcroom factory. It maintains a splendid public school system and a Carnegie library and has a public park where civic programs are conducted. It has two railroads, the Pennsylvania and the Illinois Central, and three arterial highways.

The latter are U. S. Highway 40 or the old National Trail, and State Routes 131 and 130. Greenup has a village form of government. Its officials Include a mayor, city clerk and a board of six trustees.

E. M. Kohler holds the office of mayor and Willis Ozier that of clerk. The trustees are Owen-Strain, Rufus Carroll, Ross Gree-som, Carl Bosworth, B. W.

Miller and George Dilller. The electric lighting system of 63 acres of bottom land which has always been well kept. There are two big amphitheaters, a big barn with four rows of stalls, 98 stalls in each row, and a big hog barn and a big sheep barn, each with concrete floors. The association never has to use tents. The attendance was less this year than for several years but the fair management reduced its expenses considerably and, when the fair program was closed, found itself able to meet all its obligations with something left over for a rainy day.

the business district Is of the ornamental boulevard type. The pedestals are of reinforced concrete. The lights are arranged in clusters at the top. The residential district Is lighted with overhead lamps at street intersections. Water pressure is provided by a large tank mounted on a high steel tower.

The pressure has been ample for both fire protection and domestic purposes. A volunteer fire department Is maintained. The equipment is housed In a brick building on the east side of the public square. The public square Is In the center of the city. The public square Is located just Sail Uncle Sam's weather forecasters are right 85 to 95 per cent of the time, according to records.

The National Trail, with its increas Every Coat Radically Reduced! Buy Yours Now! EXCEPTIONAL VALUES GOOD SELECTION Greenup Prides Itself on Its County Fair By Staff Correspondent Greenup. 111.. Dec. 3 The Greenup-Cumberland County Fair Association has been active for the past 49 years. Few fair associations in Illinois present a better program and none is more prompt in meeting its Obligations.

P. J. Bowman, who has boen president the past 30 years, insists that "there is no better fair in the state than the Greenup fair." J. D. Green, secretary, and J.

A. Campbell, treasurer, are just as emphatic as Mr. Bowman. According to the records of Mr. Campbell, the total disbursements this year were $15,678.

The association, a short time ago, was $8,000 in debt, but is gradually paying of! all its indebtedness despite the fact that it spends money annually in making additional improvements. About $300 was spent in improvements this fall. The premium list for stock and agricultural products attracts many exhibitors each year. The purse offered for racing brings to Greenup annually some of the best racing animals on the circuits. The race track, a half mile in length is one of the best, if not the best in the state.

The course had a tough muck surface which is laid on sand. The fair grounds is comprised of ing traffic, brought new life. A railroad lin was surveyed through Greenup from Terre Haute to St. Louis in 1852 and was called the Bruff line. The project lay dormant for 17 years and then died.

The St. Louis, Vandalla Terre Haute Railroad was constructed in Scumn clatter j6i i. I ifVi'T f'tt fill i i inc. Toys TToys Toy MATTOON. ILLINOIS Complete Selection of All the Newest Toys for Boys and Girls! Best Prices! OWINGS DRUG CO.

IS THE PLACE TO Bl'Y FOUNTAIN AND SACKLESS PENS Parker Revolutionary Pen No Sack No Valves-No Piston Holds Twice as Much Ink as Fountain Pens USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN AND GET BEST SELECTIONS 1868-'69. The first train of cars to visit Greenup was during the holiday of that winter. J. W. Madison established a steam saw mill In Greenup in 1854.

Several years later "Puny" Phelps attached to it a carding machine and called to Greenup considerable business in wool. In 1853 Captain Edward Talbott built what was known for years as the "Cumberland Mills." In the early days a famous fishing resort was conducted near Greenup. This was just west of the village and east of the old bridge near the Cumberland road. Greenup had no village organization until 1860. On Jan.

30, that year, a town board composed of A. J. Ewart, P. Shade, Charles Conzet T. L.

Norman and G. Monohon was elected. On Feb. 4, 1869, this board elected Mr. Monohon president and Mr.

Shade as clerk. On Feb. 5, 1869, the first ordinances GIFTS OF DISTINCTION YET REASONABLY PRICED! THE GREATEST SHOWING THIS STORE HAS EVER MADE! HEADQUARTERS FOR GIFTS FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN AND THE HOME Misses' and Women's Corduroy Robes and Pajamas Finest Quality Smart Styles $4.49 Children's and Misses' Tarn and Scarf Sets Large Assortment 59c 98c $1.69 were drawn. On Feb. 18, 1869, an other election was held, at which CLOSING OUT all WATERMAN'S CONKLIN MOORE and WEIDLICH PENS at 1-5 to 1-4 OFF Gift Suggestions time A.

Cook was elected police magistrate. Shortly afterward Z. Davee was appointed a police constable. Toledo was platted in 1854 as the county seat of Cumberland county. south of Cumberland street, which Is part of S.

Highway 40. In the middle of the square is a two-story brick building owned jointly by the village and Greenup towaship. This building houses the village and township officials and. contrary to the belief of many, was never used as a court house, despite the fact that Greenup In its early days was the county seat of Cumberland county. In the northwest corner of the square, facing on Cumberland street, is a band stand.

In the middle of the square, on Cumberland street, is a large mounted cannon, erected there by the American Legion as a memento of the World War. Greenup's library has a large circulation of books and periodicals. It is housed in a commodious structure of brirk, with foundation and trimmings of Bedford stone. Miss Bonnie Kelly Is the librarian. The grade school and high school are housed In a large two-story modern brick building.

Two churches fill the religious needs of the people of Greenup. One Is of the Presbyterian denomination, the other of the Methodist Episcopal. The Presbyterians own a fine red. brick building. Their pastor Is Rev.

J. C. Low. The Methodists have a nice frame structure. Eev.

C. G. Hall of Toledo, formerly a Y. M. C.

A. secretary in Mattoon, Is the pastor. He is also pastor of the Toledo Methodist Episcopal church. Both churches have thriving Sunday Greenup National Bank was the first banking institution on the A. C.

Trail, which is Route 130 between Charleston and Albion, to reopen following the bank moratorium. This bank was organized in 1906. It has a capitalization of $60,000 and deposits of $300,000. The officers are: J. A.

Campbell, president; Fred Wylde, vice president; J. O. Ewart, cashier, and J. C. Hall, assistant cashier.

There is one building and loan association. It also is In good financial condition and holds the enviable record of never failing to pay promptly. It has only a few pieces of real estate on its hands. Its stock sells at par value and always has been in demand. The Greenup Telephone Company is an Independent organization which is affiliated with the Bell Telephone Company for long distance connections.

The exchange Is in charge of Mrs. Clara McVay. The manager is Hunter Hatfield. The Postal Telegraph Company maintains a branch office here. The Western Union office is at the Pennsylvania depot.

A weekly newspaper Is supported by the citizens of Greenup and the surrounding country. It was owned and published by W. L. Carruthers. The Press was founded in 1889 by H.

Clay Bosworth. After his death the paper was edited and published by Mrs. Bosworth and her son, Charles A. Rude, for a year or more, after which they sold it to P. A.

Brady. Mr. Brady sold it to Walter Cunningham. Later the paper was sold to O. B.

Grant Son and finally to the present owner. The widow of the original owner, now Mrs. Alice L. Hiser, resides with her son, C. A.

Rude, in Mattoon. The buslnes district, located in Cumberland street and a number of intersecting streets, is a rather (Continued on page eight) GLOVES SCARFS MIRRORS BLOUSES COMB SETS HOSE PURSES LAMPS SWEATERS TAM SETS WE HAVE THE BEST $1.00 to $2.00 PENS EVER SOLD! TRY A JOURNAL-GAZETTE WANT AD FOR RESULTS MATTOON. ILLINOIS. Spectacles and Eye Glasses Properly Fitted H. M.

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ysc to KNIT-TEX ANGORA TOPCOATS "WARMTH WITHOUT WEIGHT" $30.00 WHAT A GIFT! a A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 4 lfl3ecueB.Mf With a Beautiful Showing of High Class f3 PAJAMAS FAULTLESS NO BELT No Strings to Choke Ton $1.95 to $5.00 JOTllKnasadiittUaa i '-9. STELE WITHOUT EXTRAVAGANCE and Economically Priced APPAREL ANI ACCESSORIES FOR WOMEN AND MISSES fJQ GO. hQWIS iteadyto-Wear 5feci tx trie Xnuon wjuui. 1 later L-unia I imam SPITZ BUY A MAN'S GIFT IN A MAN'S STORE Cokendolpher's auntbrthKiIon. a.