The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945 Page: 163
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Captain Charles Schreiner
on the deal. But instead of saying anything about it, he dismissed the
affair from his mind with a "it doesn't matter" attitude. Sometime during
the day Grandfather noticed that someone had left a water hydrant
dripping. Needless to say we all caught hell for being so wasteful and
careless.
On another occasion the Captain sent one of his negro
employees across the street to purchase some small article.
The negro learned that the barn at the Schreiner Headquarters
Ranch had just been destroyed by fire with the loss of several
thousand dollars. Without stopping the negro ran back to tell
the "Capt'm." The Captain didn't seem to get excited, and his
first remark upon hearing the news was, "Where is my change ?"
When the poor negro discovered that he had lost part of the
money during the excitement, he was in for a "brushing-down"
for being so careless. Nothing was mentioned about the loss
of the barn.
One day the wife of one of the negro employees died. Captain
Schreiner dispatched another of the negro helpers to dig the
grave for the deceased; but instead, the colored man got
drunk, and the funeral was delayed several hours because
there was no grave. The Captain went ahead and paid the
negro for the grave which he had failed to dig. On payday,
however, he docked him one day's wages for getting drunk.
As a successful business man he made a game out of his
work, but never learned to relax and to "play." The business,
next to his family, was always foremost in his mind, and he
had very little time for lodges or other fraternal organizations.
He was, however, a member of the Masonic Lodge, but did not
have time to be very active, as he sometimes worked twenty
hours a day. Mrs. Schreiner was a great church worker and
community leader until her health began to fail. Shortly before
her death the Captain took his entire family on a European
tour in the hopes that it would help her, but it did not. Soon
after their return from Europe she died in the year 1906.
She had been a tireless helpmate indeed and inspired her
husband in all things.
It would have been impossible for one man to have so ably
taken care of his many enterprises had it not been for his
sons and faithful employees. Schreiner had one of those rare
personalities that commands respect and loyalty. Those who
came in close contact with him every day knew that beneath
the crusted exterior was a warm and gentle heart. He was163
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