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The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01
for his land. and stands pat for $780,

Tor his land, and stands pat for $780,
OoO when the railroad gets through.
The writer was riding along a noun
tam road one morning and stopped at
a farm gate for drink of water. The
woman who procured the water seemed
TO be better educated than most of the
people of the neighborhood During our
conversation she said she had come
from Chicago. Her husbands health
mad broken down, and with almost their
last means they had purchased noun
tam farm in Arkansas. They paid only
% an acre. They had lived there three
years. But in going there the man had
found not only his lost health, but
riches as well, for their farm rests on
the zinc bed, and when the railroad
gets through (the inevitable preface to
all things in that region) they expect to
settle down to life of ease and COM
fort somewhere in civilization. You
meet instances of this kind all through
the region.
Meantime the railroads are racing
one another to bring the futures of
these people nearer to them. The ST.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad has
already got as far as Harrison on the
way to Yellville, the center of the zinc
district. One of the Gould roads is con-
structing a connecting link passing to
the northwest near Harrison into the
joplin district. Another road will be
built from Salem, Mo-, to Fort Smith.
passing right through the zinc belt
Still another road is being built from
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

features. The columns within it, form
ed by the stalactites and stalagmites
which have become joined, are over
fifty feet high. Some of them are pure
white. Others are discolored by the
erathly substances which drip from the
limestone roof of the cave. This is
called the Diamond cave, because OF
the way in which the crystals scintil-
late when light is thrown on them.
In one of the great chambers of the
Diamond cave the columns gave forth
a musical note when struck sharply
with a stick. The old guide who charg-
ed two dollars for taking me through
struck several of these columns. Each
was of a different pitch, and If a musi-
clan could jump around quickly enough
from column to column he might
manage to play a tune. The place
gives one the impression of a great
pipe organ underground.
But the native has no time for these
natural wonders, which in a more ac-
cessible region would soon become
world famous. His talk is all of jack
steel jack, ruby jack, resin jack, sal
mon jack, pebble jack.and all the other
jacks, and the fact that though the
yield of the Joplin field last year was
worth ten million dollars, yet if only
those mines in the Arkansas field al
ready opened are worked there are al
ready seven million dollars worth of
ore waiting for railroad transportation.
Curiously enough, the discovery Of
zinc ore in this region was made on
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

l have mined for gold and silver in
Mexico and Colorado, but 1 never saw
such peculiar boom condition. The peo-
pie travel everywhere on horseback
and by wagon. You can travel over
radius of 500 miles in a buggy and IN
that whole area millions of dollars
worth of zinc would lie under the
horses feet, of absolutely no use to the
world as yet, because of the lack OF
railroads to transport it. OF course, the
same might be said of the Alaskan coal
beds. but here the condition exists only
few miles from the center OF popuia-
ton of the United States. 1t is only
question of short time when the rail-
roads will get into the district, put
Just now the most feasible mode of
uavel is by stage or by fiatboat down
the river.
Every one in the region is dealing in
futures. Every one is waiting, wait
ing, waiting, for the wealth to come.
The cocksure confidence of the reli-
gious convert is not more full of the
promise of the rewards of the future
Than are these people of their coming
prosperity. You cannot buy ore from
tnem now, even at the small margin
OF sure profit obtained by hauling the
mineral in carts to the railroad terml-
nus 100 miles away. Why" they say,
the ore will be worth dollars where
II is now worth pennies when the rail-
road gets through. The interest will
warrant few years waiting"
Near Jasper, Marion county. 1000
TONS of ore lie piled on the ground wait
ing for the future market. 1t is at least
90 per cent. ore, and the mine from
winch IL came seems to be inexhausti-
oie The thousand tons were blown
tisht of the surface of the ground. on
me Buffalo river there Is a shaft which
nda been sunk 81 feet through zinc and
ene ore seemed to be getting better in
srade the further down they went. The
Dottom of that shaft had water in ii,
ana from what the writer could learn
we owner had Intentionally placed II
mere for the purpose of concealing his
bonanza from the gaze of Objectionable
relshbors and claim jumpers. Near
Dlodd City is another shaft 125 feet
ueep' 20 feet of which was pay ore. Be
eWeen Harrison and Dodd City a Mass
aCnusetts man. who had purchased so
acres at $3.50 an acre, refused 10000
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01
Farmer Girls Who Farm.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat. :
Delphos, Kan, Aug. 25.-Miss Clara
Risdon is a Kansas girl who really
farms. With her sister, Cloe, she put
in fifty acres of wheat last fall. and
will do the same thing this season.
They did all the work, ploughing. har-
rowing and seeding. Besides they take
care of sixteen hogs and milk six COWS.
taking the milk TO the creamery. There
are no men on the farm, and they did
most of the wheat shocking this sell
son. They have paid off the mortgage
on the home farm, bought a new buggy
and have some money in the bank. The
coming fall they will have the house
repaired and buy a piano. There are
few farmers in the vicinity who have
made a better record
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

Creek and explained to one of the new
district owners, an old man, now I'M
possible it was that any ore could exist
in the region. All the laws of geology
and metalurgy, he said, were against
it. After some arguing the old miner
got angry, went to his shanty and re-
turned presently with drill He boreo
a hole, put in a charge of powder and
blew out couple of tons of zinc ore
from the very spot on which the man
of theory had been standing during the
argument. 1t converted the Joplin
man.
Jack is not the only good thing OF
which the region boasts There are
many natural curiosities around about.
Near Western Grove there is a cave
which extends under ground for over
eight miles. Explorers have rowed on
the underground river for that dis.
lance, and they did not see the end of
it. They were afraid of running out oil
provisions and getting lost If they
went further At Jasper there is an
other large cave, which has spectacular
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

may buy but 800 acres. While hundreds
of prospective settlers are agreeing I'M
der the government rule to settle in
the prairie states on the Indian reser-
walton there are thousands and thou
sands of acres owned by the govern
ment in the zinc district of Arkansas
which may be obtained by any citizen
free under the homestead law, or which
may be purchased outright for $1.25
an acre. The land is all underlaid with
zinc, and there is a fortune in it for the
settler, if he has patience to wait
awhile. For the very richest district is
not on the railroad. 1t is truly re-
markabe condition. Several railroads
are racing into the district which here
tofore has been a much despised region
and the day that the first gets it's feed
ers into the mines thousands of peo-
pie who can hardly grub a living OH
their land now will become wealthy.
And yet all the government land is not
taken up, although the rush into the
district is tremendous.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

of the British Kingdom in which 1t is
spoken with such purity as that in
which it is used in various areas Of
equal size within our own borders.
Instead of any London societies in
solently ruling us out Of court. it may
come to pass that we shall be obliged
ourselves to pass sentence on the real
offenders. We have excellent authority
for such proceeding. 1--WE are worth
nothing said James Russell Lowell,
till we have disinfeeted ourselves Of
Anglicism," and Lowell was a man the
Queen delighted to honor. If the words
were true in other relations they are so
in respect to the use of English by
modern Mayfair. And. although we call
II the Kings English, we do so re-
memberins that every American is q
sovereign.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

choicer critics the greater part of our
best work is regarded as provincial.
and treated with a sort of arrogant
surprise. They have something the
d1sdain for our endeavor that the boy
in his first knickerbockers has for his
sister They have desired political as
similation with us ever since and be-
fore the time of King George the Third,
wishing us TO use their stamp on our
paper: and now they wish US to let
them put their modern and slovenly
stamp on our language.
The language, we repeat, is ours as
much as the Englishman's, and is kept
more carefully by our tongues than by
his: as our jealousy regarding his cor
ruptions shows: as the fact that the
best and greatest of it's dictionaries is
ours shows also. as we'll as the cir
cumstances that there is no single area
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01
MILLIONS IN ZINC.
.,TING TO ENRICH LAND OWNERS
ND SETTLERS IN ARKANSAS.

DiscOvery of Millions of Dollars
,,ortb OF Zinc Near YeIlville and
,,sper Makes N Corner on This
1,orket lmpossibie-Much of the
>,otoI Is ON Government Land and
,.,;,n Reservations-Thos Who
o.u Zinc Land Refuse to Sell, and
,,hoIe Counties Are Waiting for
n railroads Completion Into the
Country.
yallville, Ark. Aug. SOFT has long
IAN a favorite prophecy among min
'ss that the zinc market could easily
- cornered, because there is no sucn
hing as scrap metal to interfere with
ava complete control of the mining out
,rt But this dream must now be dis
pelled, for the discovery of millions Of
5ouars worth of the metal in Arkansas
,u render a corner impossible. 1t
,pould not even be possible to buy up
,be mines and form a combination, be-
cause nearly all the mines are on gov
eminent land, of which any one person
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

Harrison to Winnerva, the head of nav
igation on the White river, where the
government is putting in locks and
dams to improve the water transpor-
tation. One of the roads is boring
tunnel 1000 feet long through the noun
tain near Eureka Springs. 1t is all
mountainous country and the obstacles
with which the roads have to contend
make the race exciting. The mine own
ers watch the efforts put forth in their
behalf and take all things good ratur-
edly, knowing that the end Of. it means
wealth for them. The roads will ra=
date like star from the center of the
zinc district.
A curious feature is the attitude of
the Joplin miners towards the new dis
trict. Zinc ore is locally known as
Jack and Joplin, Mo, is the town
that Jack built. Judging the new finds
by their own region, the Joplin miners
do not believe so much ore can exist
in the direction of Yellville. They say
the dip should carry it away
from there. One of these men
full of theory. came down to Panther
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

enough of zinc then to develop the
ledge. Yet the Morningstar Mine, as
the site is now called, contains the
greatest deposit of zinc ever uncovered
in the history of mining. 1t is really
zinc quarry. The first blast threw off
hundreds of tons of 40 per cent: ore,
and the ore face now exposed is sixty
feet thick. There is really no esti-
mating the value of the ore in sight,
and yet so crude are the transporta
ton facilities that the ore now being
marketed is RATED two hundred miles
down the river.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

Sixteen of the late Sir Arthur Sui
livan's violins and 'cellos were sold in
London the other day for $1,S60. The
highest price paid for any one instru-
ment was $3.50 for a cello.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

Although now rs years old, Rev.
DR.. ]. G. Patton, the famous mission
airy to the New Hebrides, is about 10
return to that field of his labors after
a visit TO America and England.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
GENERAL NOISE.

It is to be hoped that the people Of
York county will not forget the en-
gagement Of General Noise to speak in
the court house next Monday, salesday
for April.
There was a time when the mere
mention Of the old generals name
would have been sufficient to collect a
crowd of enthusiastic auditors, not on
ly in York, but in any part Of the
state. This was during the year 1876
and for the next half dozen years af-
terward, when the gallant campaign
er was doing such splendid work to
free the state from Negro domination.
General Noise comes next Monday
for the purpose of explaining the OBJ
ject and purposes Of the South Caro-
lima Interstate and West Indian expo
sition and to tell the people Of York
county how to go about the work Of
having this section represented to the
best advantage. He can be depended
upon to make a good speech and to
tell the people some things that are
worth knowing. He should have good
audience, and If he does not have 1t,
there will be occasion for disappoint-
ment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
MERE.M ENTl0R.

Seven bandits made successful day.
light raid on the bank Of Somerset,
Pa, last Monday and retired in good
order with the booty. Mrs. Carrie
Nation is now operating in Cincinnati,
but is not trying to use her hatchet.....
Lord Kitchener is said to be convinced
that about the only possible way to
pacify the Orange Free State and the
Transvaal is by completely covering
the whole country with fortified posts.
The sugar ration in the army has
been increased to 20 pounds to the 100
Of other rations, instead of only Is
pounds as heretofore. President hru-
ger is reported to be highly pleased
over the progress of. affairs in South
Africa. The plans of the war depart
ment contemplate the maintenance Of
an army of $4,000 men in the Philip
pines. =. The claims Of American cit
izens against Spain for damages grow
ing out of the late war, aggregate $780,
600, 900. g. "A dispatch more recent than
that published elsewhere in this issue,
says that the New York has been order
ed from Tangier on to Manila...... Is
claimed in the Associated Press dis
patches that the failure of China to
sign the Manchurian convention was
induced by representations from Great
Britain the United States and Japan.
go. Eight thousand people have died
of the bubonic plague in Bengal, India,
during the past few months. The
Nebraska Republicans have at last
agreed upon senatorial nominations, j.
H. Millard and c.. H. Dietrich being the
lucky men. 90. oil Is reported to have
been struck near Cawker City, Kansas.
-. >. The supreme court of Kentucky has
granted new trials for Caleb Powers
and James Howard, convicted Of the
murder Of Goebel.. Discussing the
capture of Aguinaldo, on Thursday,
Hon. VIM. J. Bryan gave expression to
the following: 1.-THE report Of the cap
ture of Aguinaldo is apparently veri-
fed. 1t is hard to predict with certain
ty the effect Of his capture. 1t Is possi-
BILE it may put an end to the war for the
present; but the objection to imperial
ism is not removed by the surrender Of
those who have been opposing it in the
past. Imperialism Is wrong because 1t
changes every theory of government.
We cannot administer an empire in the
Orient and maintain a republic in
America"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
DAMAGE TO THE RAILROAD.

AS indicated in the last issue Of THE
ENQUIRER, the South Carolina and
Georgia Extension railroad was pretty
hard hit by the rains Of Monday and
Tuesday, and it has not yet fully re-
covered.
Although the Dry Fork and Bullock's
Creek trestles were both damaged, the
damage to the former did not amount
to much. It was the latter which suf-
fered most, and the work of repairing
it has not yet been completed.
Bullock's creek trestle lost five bench
es. The flood swept the timbers from
underneath and left the stringers and
rails hanging suspended above. There
was strength enough to support a man
across, maybe; but it was a regular
death trap for a train had one ven
tured on it without warning.
The work of repairing the trestle has
been in progress since Tuesday after
noon, and the process has been slow.
Most of the old timbers were carried
only a SnOTI OlSldHCS OO"ii eliC oSA Se@AAA
before they lodged against obstructions,
and they are being used again. Haul
ing them back over the soft, muddy
ground, however, has been anything
but an easy task.
During the progress Of the work on
the trestle, trains are transferring their
passengers and freight from one to the
other across the creek. This work lakes
time and has thrown schedules out of
joint for the present.
People from Hickory Grove and Sha-
ron, who were in Yorkville yesterday,
say that although the railroad people
are giving it out that they will be able
to get trains across the trestle today,
Saturday it is not likely that they
will succeed before tomorrow or Mon
day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
TUESDAYS FLOODS.

It is now pretty clear that the heaVi-
est of the downpour of Monday after
noon and night and Tuesday morning,
which was in the nature Of a cloud
burst, fell on the section of country
that is drained by the headwaters OF
Bullocks and Turkey creeks, it being
still heavier on Bullock's than on Tur-
key creek.
Turkey creek was unusually high and
cleaned up nearly all the bridges along
it's course At places it spread out like
g. great lake and at other points 1t
rushed as a roaring torrent, carrying
cordwood, brush piles, trees and logs
on down toward the river. No one has
reported the exact height Of the stream
when it reached it's maximum; but 1t
does not appear that all records have
been broken. The creek has been as
high time and again before.
1t was different with Bullock's creek.
People who have been familiar with
this stream for years, say they have
never known it to rise so high before.
Mr.. ]. E. Leech, Of Hickory Grove,
says he thinks that at some places the
water must have reached height of
IS or 20 feet above the mean level.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
Fy y,,MER CITIZEN OF YORKVILLE

Ghe Richmond News, Of Tuesday,
contains the following that will be Of
interest to many of the older people OF
this section:
Louis Bloomberg died last night at
1.3O o'clock at the residence Of his son,
Sol l.. Bloomberg, 1407 East Broad
street. His death was due to a stroke
of paralysis, which he suffered Satur-
day morning. His condition was known
from the first to be most critical and
Sunday morning he began to sink and
never rallied.
Mr.. Bloomberg was in his list year,
and had been a resident Of Richmond
since 1863. He was born in Germany,
but came to America when quite a
young man, settling in South Carolina,
whence he came to Richmond. Upon
locating here he engaged actively In
business, but about five years ago retir-
ed on account Of his advanced age and
feeble health.
Mr.. Bloomberg was conservative
member of Beth Ahaba synagogue, and
adhered strictly to the ordinances OF
his faith. During all the years he was
in business he never failed to close LIS
place in observance Of the Jewish Sab
bath.
In 1857 he married Miss Hannah
Solms, Of Philadelphia, who now sur
wives him with four sons-Messrs. Sol
L., Eli L., Benjamin L., and Herbert
L. Bloomberg-all of whom reside in
this city. His only brother, Moses
Bloomberg, Of Philadelphia, reached las
bedside yesterday evening at o'clock.
Mr.. Bloomberg merchandised in York
VILE during about IS years up to the
breaking out of the war, when he went
to Richmond. He was we'll thought Of
here and many of the older citizens
still have kindly recollections Of him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

ALI. Of the world powers have been
very much interested of late in the de-
velopment of negotiations between Rus
sia and China over proposition to al
low Russia to temporarily" occupy
and administer the affairs Of Manchu-
ria. Such an agreement had been prac-
tically arrived at by Russian and Chi
nese ministers, and it remained only
for the signature Of the emperor to
make it of binding effect. In view of
the fact that Russia had virtually
agreed not to acquire any concession
from China except with the consent
Of all the other powers interested, the
negotiations commanded unusual inter-
est, especially in the United States.
The question Of asking Russia for ex-
plantations was discussed by all the
powers interested; but the conclusions
arrived at were not made public and,
until Wednesday, the time limit fixed for
China's signature, there seemed to be
no doubt but that the agreement would
be a go. But somehow the agreement
did not go. China allowed the time
limit to go by without signing, and the
outside world, meaning of course that
portion of the world not into the Sc
crets of diplomatic circles, is at loss
to understand the present situation.
Something or other has happened some
where; but just what it is or which
nation dropped it, is not yet known.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

ANDREW Carnegie, who holds that 1t
is a disgrace to die rich, and who has
announced it as his purpose to get rid
Of his tremendous fortune by the estab-
lishment of libraries, gives ocialists
of the envious class some problems that
are difficult to solve. The case of Mr..
Carnegie seems to illustrate the fact
that it is no crime to be richif one makes
proper use of his wealth. This is true. At
the same time we have no idea that Mr..
Carnegie will be foolish enough to give
away all that he has before he dies.
His experience in the world has no doubt
taught him that the man who is unable
to help himself need not look for help
from others. He will do we'll to hold
back something to be disposed of in
his will.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that Mrs. Sarah G. Ashe has
applied for letters of administration
on the estate Of John R. Ashe, de-
deceased.
w. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that w. B. Flanagan has ap-
piled for letters Of administration on
the estate Of Mrs. Alice Flanagan,
deceased.
w. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge-Gives
notice Of the application Of r. v.
Hartness for letters Of administration
on the estate of D. w. Hartness, de-
ceased.
The Enquirer-Has something Of inter-
est to say on the subject Of wedding
invitations which is one of the spec
ialties of it's job department.
Louis Roth-Says there Is nothing bet
ter Of the kind put up than Dove
brand hams and breakfast bacon.
He will have shad this Saturday
morning.
J. @. Wray-Tells you Of an elegant
line of shirts, and says he has sold
lots of them, but still has a good Sc
lection. He has fancy hose, and n
choice line Of mems hats.
The Enquirer-Announces the publica-
ton of it's new serial, "An Humble
Hero" which begins In this issue.
York Drug Store-Tells why its custo-
mers come again after first visit to
the store.
H. c. Strauss & Co.-Come out in a
few strong claims in regard to their
grand millinery display, which comes
on next Thursday and Friday, April
and s. and especially invite the la
dies of Yorkville and the county to
cope> and see their grand display.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

WE have been thinking of offering a
prize, to consist of one half ounce of
common sense, to be given to the Co.
lumbia State, The News and Courier,
or any other paper of their school of
reasoning, that succeeds in making the
most comprehensive and satisfactory
statement of the elements Of true South
Carolina Democracy. For, fear, how
ever, that the proposed prize will not
be sufficient inducement to stimulate
the intellects of the contemporaries
particularly referred to, we will suggest
that the whole problem is embodied in
the idea of loyal submission to>the will
of a majority of the white people of the
state, as expressed on any subject, af-
ter said subject has been fairly and
fully discussed on the stump and in the
press.