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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

he passed q lamp post to which
was attached q person who had
imbibed not wisely but too well.
The man was bowed over and hold
ing on with both hands. II be
had ltepped nearer he could have
leaned his body against it, but APP
parently he did not dare make the
move for fear Of losing mis-
balance. As Mr.. Allen approach
ed the stranger misty made him
out, and hailed him. Mr.. Allen
stopped. M frien',' said the
afflicted one, with difficulty, sen
you tell-hic-poor invalid where
b. and o. depot is.'' sit is right
over in that direction" said Mr..
Allen, pointing, ''about ten
minutes walk. " ''Temmints walk
repeated the sufferer. Eyes"
'D'you mean" inquired the man,
''for-hic-for you or for me z"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The funniest thing of the sort
tho editorial 'we'' which ever
appeared in print was the editorial
report which well-known North
Carolina editor gave of a''personal
encounter" which he had with an
old enemy on the train, says the
Richmond, (Va) Times. 1t ran
something like this: "When we
entered the car we saw Mr..
sitting several seats away: Soon
after we were seated he approach
ed US and sat down by our side.
We then entered into conversation
He made mention of the difficulty
between us and we gave our YER
sion of the affair. He then called
us liar, and we struck him. He
struck back at us and,we clinched.
In the scramble which followed
we got out into the aisle and we
got him down and were giving
him what he deserved when the
conductor and some of the passen.
gers came up and interfered.
Then we. we're parted"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
TO BUY BEAUvOlR.

At a recent meeting of the Son,
of Confederate Veterans, Gen. Ion
Henry introduced the following
resolution which was adopted
without a dissenting vote:
"REsoLvED, That the great and
unselfish press of Mississippi,
which has always been IN the
front ranks IN all deeds of philan-
throphy and progress, and which
has been constant and un renting
in its advocacy of every good
cause effecting the Confederate
Veteran and his interests, be re-
quested to continue his good wo1 k
by assisting the Sons of Veterans
in raising the ten thousand dollars
necessary to purchase Beauvoir.
To this end we respectfully re-
quest all papers feeling enough
interest in the sacred cause to open
. popular subscription through
their columns, soliciting contribu-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
LETTER FROM MRS. DAVIS.

To the Editor of the New Yorl
World: IAN interview has beef
published IN the Press newspaper
of ajyiolently abusive character
In which l am represented as say
ing things of General Nelson A
Miles which could not have utter
ed, because they were not true
and which no one familiar witt
the circumstances could have at
tributed to me. For instance,
General Miles IS accused of having
insulted my daughters. when one
of the only two had was an in.
FAINT at that time, when he certain
ly could not have lnsulted; the
other daughter was never at Fort
Monroe then, or, l believe, at any
time since.
Through the hideous memories
of that day will not down. and
whatever irreconcilable / may and
do feel against General Miles for
his carefully devised insults and
cruelties inflicted upon my dead, ]
do not wish to accuse him of any
thing he did not do, or which has
not been substantiated by the tes-
timony of his subordinate officers,
and as little do l desire to rail at
him.
'The reference to President
Johnson as tailor etc, is also
untrue.
'The sneers 1 am reputed to
have cast upon the clearinghouse
keepers and school teachers hay e
panied me greatly, as they constr
tute an attack upon a class to
which l am bound by many ties of
friendship, respect and blood.
These two occupations have been
sought and bonorably pursued by
members of the oldest and most
dignifed families throughout the
South, and have no doubt of all
parts of this country, and the OBJ
legations the country owes to the
latter cannot be estimated or
diminished by the assumption of
a fancied superiority by any per-
son or class.
"This correction is due to my
self, and l ask a place in your
columns for it.
''V. Jefferson DAVIS.
"New York, May 49,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

bear-that is, for five-sixths of tn
value of its purely physical part
its mortgageable asset Or woult
cautious money-lenders be glad u
take its bonds up to The limit O.
81, $50, 900 or more, the earning
capacity being s24, 900 a year. A
prominent New York capitals
identified with not few banking
institutions, when approached moi
long ago with a proposition to Il
nance the reorganization OF a To-
cal newspaper, inquired infinitely
as to the plant. That was estima-
ted to be worth about S15O. 900,
the net profits being approximate
ly $85, 900 a year. 1t was suggest
ed that a new corporation to &C
quire the property might be CAPT.
talized at $1,000, 900, and an issue
of $50. 900 or 20, 900 in 5 per cent
bonds be fioated, the proceeds of
their sale to yield a substantial
portion of the purchase price of
the property. The prompt reply
was "You can't bond good will
1t isn't mortageable-is itl"
The New York Commercial puts
three questions on the subject;
"Could that rule be applied to the
Philadelphia Record? Isn't there
something tangible mortageable,
in a good will that stands behind
al earning capacity of $243,000 a
year, where the physical property
is worth only 5000, 0OOl 1t was
remarked the morning after the
sale.by the New York Times, whose
owner himself had been a bidder
for the Record, that the purchaser
would never have invested so large
an amount as $4,000, 200 Sin an
asset so intangible as good will,
had he not been we'll informed of
the solid value that lnherlts in the
character and established patron
age of newspaper conducted with
the sound judgement that has gone
to the making of the Philadelphia
Record"
If ''solid value" lnheres in
that ,sort of thing. isn't 1t bond
able!
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
INVISIBLE PROPERTY

| An interesting subject under
present inquiry is that of visible
and invisible property; and Mis-
sippl's revenue man may enter the
list OF those who are looking into
the subject.
The point to be considered is
this: if goodwill is mortageable
is it not taxable?
Let US see how the thing looks.
Here is corporation Of $100,00
$50, 900 paid in, the balance treas
sury stock held in reserve for
future use, service or sale, stock
not issued, but strictly a reserved
resource. Is it property or is it
not? If the property with $780,
600 paid in has an earning caps
city equal to 100000 investme nt;
the company possesses power at
any time to issue and sell the re-
served stock, is it to be consider
ed taxable assetl IL is of course
mortageable, but does that make
| it taxable!
The inquiry arose in connection
with the recent sale of newspa-
per, the Philadelphia Record, upon
the reasonable estimate that the
unpledged stock and bonds of the
company that were not sold are
worth at least as much per share
and per bond as those bought, the
present value of the newspaper Is
more than So, 900, 900. The earn
capacity of the property being
considered, that valuation is not
high-in fact, it might, by CON-
parison, 1be called low. A steel
mill, for instance has earned on
an average since 1898 net annual
profits of $4,000 would un
questionably be appraised by men
in the trade at a figure nearer
81, 900, 900 than 50, 100000. On
most liberal estimate the plant of
the Record was not worth over
100000. The balance of the
newspapers value is represented
by good will, pure and simple
its present capacity to earn money
or its owners. The property al
'eady has bonded debt OF $780,
100 bearing 6 per cent interest," i
bout FIVE -sixths of the value of !
physical plant. {
A question that naturally arises
ere is this: What wonld conser-
alive fnanciers consider the bond
ng value CT that property Is it
lready bonded for all that it will
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

June Bird haa been set apart by
the State superintendent OF eduea
ton as Beauvoir Day for the
school children throughout the
state to contribute theirIllttle mite
to the fund now being raised to
purchase the jefferson Davis
home for the old soldiers. There
are at least 100000 children at
tending the public schools CT the
state and should their givings
amount to cent a piece enough
would be raised to make out
the fund necessary to buy the
home. The teachers should all
speak to their scholars on the mat
ter and encourage. them to bring
something to the school on the
third. To enjoy living and sue
cessfully go through this life,
charity in man is as necessary as
learning. and to instill such teach
ings in the minds of the young we
think is the duty of the teacher.
We hope the pubic schools will
take hold of the matter and raise
the balance on the 3rd of June.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Jackson has barred all
republicans and all their adopted
kind, from voting in the primarys.
This shuts out our friend Edgar,
and of course yon can expect a
howl to 90 up against it in his
PicByune column. This is another
reason why Edgar Iopposes the
new primary and why every Dem
ocrat should support it. Person
ally we have nothing against Ed
gar, but his politics we caa't
stand.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The people who lay so much
stress upon the value of editorials
in newspaper, should glance upon
any metropolitan daily paper and
note the comparatively small space
..ccorded this feature. The Com
merclal Appeal, for instance, with
II pages and over, usually de-
votes considerably less than one
page to editorials; and all other
dailies pursue a like policy. We
note several of our country ex-
changes, with about two "home
print" pages, who dish out EDITOR
ials' at the tune of about six
columns, to one column of local
news. Such papers may enjoy
the complacent satisfaction of see-
ing their transcendent emanatioDs
reduced in other papers, but thelI
subscription list will ever remain
small, usually exceeded by their
exchange list. An examination
Of newspaper directories proves
this beyond peradventure. People
want the news--the home news
md care little for the opinions of
my individual. -Durant News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The New York Times prints
this: Will Moody, son and success
sor at Mortified of the late Dwight
L. Moody, tells the following in.
teresting story, apropos of recent
theological events, about a young
convent in the Salvation Army,
who, earnest and jealous. was i'm
bued with the idea that be must
speak to everyone on the subject
of religion. He was especially
moved one day while travelling to
address a somewhat austere iu-
dividual seated just in front of
him. Touching him on the
shoulder he put the usual question:
"My brother, are you Christian p
Sir" was the reply-and per-
haps with shade of impotence
''I'm a professor In a theological
seminary" But this only seemed
to call for renewed effort, and the
young man was equal to it. my
dear brother" he said, Gas you
value your soul, don't let a thing
like that stand between you and
the Lord"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
BURIED BY A COUGAR.
Narrow Escape of n Hunter Related
In n Style That Lends Fest
to the Story,

A hunter who was trailing afte
bear met in British Columbia report
to the Western Sportsman an expert
ence which he calls marrow Craze.
If the incident happened as the hunt
er tells it, it was indeed a marrow
Craze; but one cannot help suspectins
that some of the invigorating ozon,
of the northwest has got into tn,
story. Nevertheless, it is worth hear
ing.
1T was warm and dry, and along il
the middle of the afternoon bega1
to pine for rest and pipe. It was al
quiet and no traces of game, and sc
when I'd had a comfortable smoke J
stretched out for nap.
"It must have been an hour later
that l woke up and found myself GOV.
cred with two feet of leaves snug as
the babes in the wood. 1 was all
tucked in that oozy that nobody else
could have done it but cougar. aud
most likely female cougar at that
1t occurred to me with some force
that I'd been filed away for future
reference, and that hadn't walked I'm
any too soon. 1t didn't soothe me to
figure on that cougar slowing me
away as dog hides bone.
1T seemed that the best thing for
me to do was to cdlntermine that
cougars mine, as it were. So I hunt
ed up log about my size and covered
1t with the leaves-a nice, fat hump on
the ground. Then Skinned tree
close by, assuring myself beyond any
doubts or peradventures that nobody
had meddled with the working of nv
repeater.
"The cougar came in such a short
time as to show how fortunate it was
that had walked up when 1 did. and
with her, as I had calculated, were
choice lot of young ones. She had
left dinner located and had been "a
TO get her family.
well, that cougar circled around
the pile of leaves for matter of min.
utes. crouching and selecting a nice
place to spring from. When she COZ
satisfied and made the leap she VEN
through the air tremendous. throxino
the leaves in a whirlwind and Scratch
ing and snarling. 1t was some of a
shock when she found the log. bu+ she
didn't display any disappointment
She just took the scent and came ~
the foot of my tree and looked un real
cal
1T seemed to her an awkward ;oh
to handle, having my gun ready So
and the cougar had an inspiration
she went to a tree about ten feet
away and started to go up. She was
arer that meal and not to be discour-
aged by any trifles. It was her idao
to climb up above me on the otber
tree and then bring me down with
flying leap H
4 didn't lose any more time With
experiments or .speculations, but LEI
her have it the Nffst time sbe 80. .
round the tree. The ball went tbroneb |
Ter jaw and breast, and the yarm;nt
vent to the ground. The Young onas
we're running around, and Irn =
hem over, too, with the gun.
Since then haven't cons to .,.
n the woods so careless and c.sraI
Ike" asual
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Every camp of Sons of Veterans
or Daughters of the Confederacy
can send for 100 Quarter buttons
and constitutions. They will
have no trouble disposing of them
in their own town. Many camps
will want one half this number for
their members and to get a new
one each will take up the whole
amount. We want so, 900 men,
bers by October and if we get
yonr help we can have. them and
the Beauvoir fund increased some
nine or ten thousand dollars. Have
your secretary send your button
order today.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
State News.

The tirst expor t of Mississippi
peaches for the season was mau'
from Perry on the 10Th.
Mormons are again proselytlns
in jackson.
! A $4,000 chartered hospital IL
one of tn. latest additions to tn
Capital city, under the name Of
the jackson Hospital Company.
A million dollar stock company,
composed of Chicago, San Fran
cisco, Enterprise and Basic City
stock holders will erect at Enter,
prise, Mss, for the developing Of
iron, coal and oil deposits in that
vicinity.
The young ladies' on Jefferson
street have organized Ping Pong
Club. They are determined to
keep up with the times. -Tupelo
Journal.
The Vicksburg American offers
the name of our senator, Anslen
j. McLaurin, for the Vice Presl-
dencY.
Auditor Cole has called a con-
vention of chiefs of fire depart
ments to assemble at Meridian
June 25th, to confer in regard to
better methods of fighting the fire
tiend.
The press of the stete, says the
Jackson Picayune correspondent,
does not seem to take kindly to
the suggestion for the creation of
the Office of coal oil inspector. An
effort to create such an Office was
pressed with fierce eagerness at the
session of the legislat ure of 1896,
but every effort in every gulse
was futile.
A valuable deposit of an excel
lent quality of iron ore has been
discovered on the farm of DR.. j il.
F. Rhodes in Rankin county about
four miles from Pelahatchie.
Samples of the ore sent to the
University of Mississippi for an
alysis show that it contains 82.04
per cent. of pure iron and suffi-
Gent sulphur and silica to make it
fuse readily in a furnace.
The Mississippi Compress Asso-
citation held Its second annual con-
vention at Jackson last week.
There are thirty-six companies in
the state and twenty nine Of them
are members of the association,
of which twenty-one were repre-
sented at this meeting. Reports
showed that in an average year
about 100000 bales of cotton
pass through the compress plants
of Mississippi, or about SO per
cent. of the states average crop.
A standard bale of 24x54 inches
was adopted for the state, and
several papers of interest were
read and discussed land old officers
reelected.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

In the local elections in Indians
the Democrats made notable gains.
In a ,lozenS considerable towns, in
Gliding South Bend, Terre Haute,
Vincennes, New Albany and
Bloomington, the Democrats either
wrested control from the Republi-
cans or made substantial gains.
At the city election in st. Paul
the Democrats won a sweeping
victory 1t is easy to oyeresti-
mate the significance of local cleo
tions, but where the straws move
10 one direction they ''sbow which
way The wind blows. New York
World. Dem.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
The GreenyilIe Times me

The Greenyille Times mentions
also, in connection with the five
candidates for Governor named in
yesterdays issue of the Progress,
the names of f. A. Crltz, Judge
Powell and Wiley Nash The Pro
gress will add John D. McInnis
TO the list. 1t is true he and Jud
Russell are from the sBme county,
but one Tan come down in favor of
the other and show to the world
that patriotism lies within his
breast. -Hattiesburg Progress.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The Greenville Weekly Times,
the subscription price of which is
81 ayear, received 1853 new SUBJ
scribers during the month of April.
That is the way they build up
papers and counties in the DELTA
Tunica Record.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The editors of the delta we met
at the Press Association all spoke
enthusiastically on the Industrial
Convention for the Delta. Those
from Clarksdale wanted to know
If we had dropped it and if so they
would take it up to hold it at their
city. quickly assured thcm we
had not and that it would be held
here.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

We were shown this week the
photos of the new baseball team,
and its battery, Schlei and Beck
er, taken for Mr.. j. F. Morrisey,
the GreenviIle editor of the St.
Louis Star. The photos are fine
pieces of art and show the men up
as natural as life. These pictures
will be placed in triple aud double
column cuts, together with many
other cuts of the town, in the
Star, thereby giving the city a
good advertisement. Mr.. Nor
risey has decided to sell some of
these pictures to help meet the ex-
penses of the work, and has placed
a limited number of them on sale
with John RoselIe at the cot ton
exchange and at the different ho-
tets in the city.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Greenville will pull the eagles
tail feathers and make the old bird
of liberty scream on the nations
birthday. The celebration of the
Fourth of July is coming into IA
vor again in the South and each
year witnesses more electorate pre-
parations in the towns that show
their PATRIOTS m.-Vicksburg
American.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Judge Anderson sustained the
primary law in the test case be-
fore him from lssaquena county.
The case will now be carried to
the Supreme Court for final de-
cisinn.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

We hope every Confederate
organization will help Us extend
the order of Quarters for in SO
doing it increases the fund for
maintaining of the Beauvoir-
Soldiers Home.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Five cents per line for all obituary or soeieIy
resolutions
One-fourth cent per word each insertion Ior
noticing ertsl tainments, donations, supperS.
nOcials-any hing frvm which m1ney IL reAiiL-
ed. he the Proceeds for private, church, pubic
or ether benefit.
AL charitable notices fIee.
As usual, notice will be eheerfully given
when printing Tor the same u dOne AZ this once
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

tons for this purpose; and that
they publish the names of all on
tributors to the same"
CIThe Times wal gladly note any
who will contribute.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Private John Allen, says the
New York Times, was strolling
down Pennsylvania avenue in
Washington the other day, when
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The Industrial Convention. if it
proves the success it should, will
do the delta more good than any
movement started in years.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

The Constitution and Ritual ca
plains how to get new members
and initiate them into the Quarters.
With each button one is sent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Miss Willie .GiIdart paid her rela-
tves n Indianola visit last week.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31

Now is the time to subscribe for the
Times.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-31
II. 7. Crosby. Business Mgr
SATURDAY, MAY 10 1902.

ArALL ELLIS PAYABLE MONTHLY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-27
AN OCEAN PoSToFFICE.
Scheme for Establishing Midocean
Wireless Telegraph.
From American shipbuldlng.

From American SnlpDulldlnS.
A scheme is on foot in Liverpool
which it is claimed by the English ship
ping journals, Will soon be in CONNER
cal operation for utilizing wireless
telegraphy in a mid-ocean postoffice
and signal station. 1t is the intention
to permanently moor at IA point no
miles west of the Lizard a ship which
will be equipped with a searchlight and
complete set of Marconi apparatus
As the water at the point selected will
involve the use of moorng chain 400
or 500 feet in length, the weight. of
which would prevent the bows from
riding buoyantly over the heavy seas,
the vessel will be provided with
hawse-pipe placed in the heel of the
foremast. .,..... r-r, ..r .S'u
The searchight is to have vertical
beam for the purpose of illuminating
the clouds and enabling the floating
postofiice to be picked up at night from
a distance of sixty miles or more As
the vessel will be located in the fair
way of the English channel, it will be
advantageously placed for the distri-
button of orders sent from shore by the
owners OF vessels which are passing in
and out of the channel. Thus ship
coming In from the west or from the
south could be directed either to Liver
pool. Bristol or an English channel
port. BY this means pflotage and port
dues would be reduced, and, of course,
there would be a considerable saving
of time. The vessel will serve as q
floating station, which can be picked
up for wireless communication. The
value OF this form OF postoffice Is ex-
pected to be very great Moreover, ly-'
ing at the junction of the three great
thoroughfares of British and continent
al marine traffic. the station should
prove particularly valuable i'm salvage
work. The scheme, on the face Of 1t
appears to be thoroughly practicable,
and, If carried out, It should prove. to
time world.