Jack Co., TX - Bios: E. Berkeley Spiller
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E. Berkeley Spiller

E. Berkeley Spiller, 25 years, is secretary of the wealthiest organizations in the world Ð the Cattle RaiserÕs Association of Texas, whose members own 15,000,000 head of cattle and represent capital amounting to $200,000,000. 
With his duties day by day, the year round, he holds one of the most important executive positions in the gigantic association. President Lasater, the executive committeemen, and the attorneys have responsible duties, but they attend to their private interests also; the inspectors scattered about the principal markets, the shipping points and along trails leading out of the state have only proscribed jurisdictions, but Mr. Spiller in his office in the First National Bank building here, must keep an eye on all the routine of the complex organization.
Nine years ago Mr. Spiller came to the headquarters of the association in Fort Worth, under his grandfather, J.C. Loving of Jack county, who was the first secretary of the association. His first position was only as an office boy, but he came with a determination to learn the business from the ground up. While he was an office boy, he tapped away on a typewriter and studied until he became proficient as a stenographer. His close attention to the details of the office routine became valuable to him later. When J.C. Loving died in Fort Worth 24 November 1902, J.W. Colston as assistant secretary served as secretary until the election of Captain John T. Lytle of San Antonio, at the annual meeting of the association in March 1903. He was re-elected three times and held office until his death 10 January 1907. During his lifetime, Mr. Spiller, as acting secretary, performed the duties of secretary and following Captain LytleÕs death he was acting secretary until the electi!
on of H.E. Crowley, of Midland. Mr. Crowley served as secretary until the election of H.C. Crowley of Midland. Mr. Crowley served as secretary until the annual meeting in March 1910, when he resigned and Mr. Spiller was elevated to the important office.
There was no opposition to Berkeley Spiller when nominations for secretary were in order at the 1911 convention at San Antonio. Sam Webb of Albany, Shackelford county nominated him and the verbal bouquets he flung to the young secretary were frequently applauded.
Jacksboro Gazette takes pleasure in that the Gazette office was his first Òjob.Ó On a visit to the office one day, the late Mr. Rogers thinking him so small and being such an attractive little fellow asked him if he did not want to come and be his little boy. Mr. Rogers was surprised the next morning when Berkeley presented himself on time, saying he had come to get a job, and stay with Mr. Rogers. It was then urged that he was too small to work, being yet too young to enter the public schools, but he was very persistent and argued his side of the proposition with so much force and earnestness that he was employed as office boy at the salary of 25 cents a week. He remained with the Gazette until his parents said he must start to school, when he very reluctantly gave up his ÒpositionÓ but not without arguing with them to let him keep his Òjob,Ó saying that he could learn more in the Gazette office than at school. 

The Jacksboro Gazette
Thursday, July 13, 1911