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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
Interesting Industry of a
 Mountain County,
VAree C. enpanies are Operating Near '. Aiexsnder City sad They are
 sAippias Rullion to Mats
 "A Pietsressae Country.
By Bruce Kennedy.

Gregory, April 13.--(Specfal Corre- ,spondence. l-High up here in the mountains, at the southern extremity of the Appalachian range and in the northern edge of Tallapoosa County, Alabama men are conducting $15o,- 900 business. They employ forty men and these forty men see the product of their months work, not much big wer than the human hand. wrapped in a cloth every thirty days and put in mountain trail for shipment to the hints of the United States Govern ment.
 This is the gold mining industry of Alabama, a business, however much Important, which does not require railroad to transport its finished pro- duct to the outside world. This plant at Gregory of the Tallapoosa Mining Company is now producing about $6,0o0 worth of gold bullion a month. Six thousand dollars worth of gold bullion weighs less than fifty pounds. When 1t is ready for shipment the General Manager wraps 1t up, puts it ip-~his satchel, losses the satchel into his big touring car and rushes off down the wild mountain path to Alexander City. where the bullion is shipped by ex- pr .ss to the hints at New Orleans or Philadelphia.
 'swe clean up once a month," said w. A. Hood. the genial young General Manager of the Gregory Mines. and we can send our finished product to town in a satcheI: We have been shipping 25-pound bullion bars. Gold sells for s24e a pound and one of these bars is worth $3,605. They go by ex- press just like money"
 Three Gold Mining Companies.
 Three gold mining companies, backed the Hoods of Birmingham. The Tal- lapoosa Mining Company is capitalized at s1s0, 600. William Hood, a pioneer citizen of Jefferson County, and one of Birmingham's rich men. is President of the company. His oldest son. w. A. Hood, is General Manager. His young est son, I. L. Hood, is Secretary and Treasurer. The Hood brothers give their gold mines all of their time and attention, and they are ardent believ- CTS in the future importance of Ala bama's gold fields
 These gold mining companies, backed by ample capital and conducted by men of experience, are operating in Talla- poosa County, which county stands alone of Alabama counties in its gold deposits. The Taiiapoasa County mines are the only gold mines in Alabama. They are the mines of the Hillabee Gold Mining Company at Yates, the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

j. tain top eleven miles northeast of Alexander City. It Is reached by the New Site road leading from Alexander City, New Site being one of the oldest towns in the county. The mines, the stamp min, the lumber miN and all of the sold mining plants Ire on the mountain side underneath the town of Gregory, speaking of the town as the place where the operatives reside. on the Hoods have already built fifteen comfortable cottages for their work men and are building more just as fast as their saw mill turns out the lumber.
 The company is also operating a water plant. the water being conveyed three miles by hydraulic pressure. with q fall of twenty-five feet
 To the iaymen the fist view of gold coal or iron mining. There are shafts and slopes. skips and buckets and tipples. The ore Is taken out of the mines in much the same way as coal or iron. although a different process is used underground and the ore is treated differently from Iron after 1t reaches the surface.
 Cyanide Process Used.
 The smelting process Is not employ
 
 ore Is treated with a cyanide solution and made Into bullion at the mines. This removes the necessity for ship ment of the ore to distant smelters or the construction of costly smelling plants on the ground.
 There Is no method of estimating the yield of geld from this Alabama ore, but experience has taught that 1t yields from $4 to s25 ton and the Hood mi Uoffin0 fan a day. The Alabama gold, according to geological reports, runs to a higher de- gree of fineness than the gold of the Western country and consequently it is not so refractory. There is not so much foreign matter in the ore such as copper, mica and silver and for this reason 1t is easily worked with the cyanide solution.
 The ore here consists of pyrites mixed with quartz which is dissolved with chemicals. It lies on an incline and is on the same lead that runs over into Georgia, where there Is extensive gold mining operations at Dahlonega and at Tailapoesa.
 The Hoods are operating two mines at Gregory. They have opened the gold vein about 1000 feet, self-dump- ing skips are used on the slope and self-dumping buckets in the shaft. The stamp mili, the nOiSIlHS room ana IHe engine houses are substantial buildings on the side of the mountain and close to the mouth of the mines. The ore is first brought out of the mines and run through a crusher. It then goes to the stamp mill which Is automati- cally fed, the ore having been crushed to pass a 40-mesh screen. After pass ing through the screen, 1t is conveyed by elevators to hydraulic classifiers the fines" going to cyanide teaching tubs; the ''over-sizes" going to the ball mill. From the ball mill the lover sizes" pass over copper plates, plated with silver, where the free gold anal gamates.
 The "tailings." or mixture of sand and pyrites, are conveyed to the teaching tub, where the gold is 'leached out" by cyanide in constant agitation. The gold solution Is then conveyed through zinc boxes, where the gold is precipi- tated. The shines are conveyed to filter presses, whereby the cyanide solution is extracted, leaving the shines in a cake formation which Is afterwards
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
ALABAMA MEN MINING
 FOR GOLD IN TALLAPOOSA

Dutch Bend Mining Company at Dutch Bend and the Tallapoosa Mining Com Pany at Gregory Elch of these com paniss Is capitalized at s150.e00 and each of them has ample working cap ifal. Their mines lie within fifteen miles of sach other in the widest, the toughest and yet the most picturesque section of Alabama.
 The officers of the Hillabee Company are T. H, Aldrich. President; A. P. Ken- nedy, General Manager and F. H. Aid- rish. Jr., Secretary and Treasrrsr. This is the largest company of the three. az 1t employs fsty men Georgia men control the Dutch Bend Company, of which J. ". Preston is President. !. W. Preston, Jr.. is General Manager and W. M. Laekey is Secretary and IT., ,i surec This company em- ploys twsnty-fve men when the mines are operating. After some time of suspension for the purpose of mak- ing certain tests work has been re- stunned. They are at work again at Dutch Bend.
 All of the gold shipped from Ala baiaa Eaes out from the express ofiice at Alexander City, the nearest railroad facilities to theS mines. The Hillabee mines are fifteeh miles due North of Alexander City. They are on Hog Mountain. q huge mass of rock and stone towering toward the skies and looking in the distance much like the broad back of we'll fed swine. This mountain Is owned in its entirety by the Hiliabee Company. All of tho gold vein matter is believed to be volcanic and the mountain. which is said te have been sold once for a shot gun, Is declared by geologists to be rich ip it's deposits of gold.
 The Dutch Bend mines, the oldest in the State. are the nearest to civiliza- tion. They are five miles north of Alexander City on Hillabee Creek. The Prestons of Georgia, who own this property. are just coming into their own. Their mines have been suspend. ed for some time while metallurGists experimented with various methods of treating the gold ore. They have solv. ed the problem and within the month the Dutch Bend Company has begun mining for ore.
 Picturesque and Historir-
 This gold country of Alabama. with it's mountain peaks, its gorges. Its wild streams. cliffs and waterfalls is as picturesque as the canyons of Colorado. It Is historic ground. too. II was hereabouts that stern "0ld Hick- cry" Jackson had sopl0 of his most des- perate encounters with the Indians Twenty miles to the southeast from the mountain top at Gregory one may see Horseshoe Bend. made, famous in his- tory as the place where our own Major Montgomery gave his life for his peo' pie. All about us are points of inter- est. One mile north of here Jackson camped and gave to the place a name which will forever live in the history of American freedom.
 Cowpens is an unimportant Talla- poosa county postoffice, house and a store on the mountain trail, but 1t per- petuates an honorable name in history { Time will bring railroads. hotels and tourists to this beautiful country.
 Gregory the gold mining town of the Hoods, is on plateau at the noun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

AsvAl sAklna POWDER CO. NEW yoRK
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
To send Money Free.

The Western Union Telegraph Com pany will send free of charge any con- tributions to the fund for relieving the sufferers from the volcanic disturb ances in Italy. C. A Fonville, local manager of the Western unlon' yester- day received such instructions from G w. Lloyd. General Superintendent of the company The application for this favor was made by duly consti- tuted bodies. This refers to domestic messages only and does not include free transmission of moneys to Italy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
NEW REALTY CORPORATION.
Papers Filed Fer Montgomery Abstract
 and Realty Company.

A new Montgomery corporation. the. directors of which are all Montgom-s erians. came into existence yesterday when papers wsre filed with Probate Judge J. B. Gaston, incorporating The Montgomery Abstract and Realty Conn pany
 The objects of the new company as set forth in the papers are to exist as a loan company and to mako loans. to exist as >an abstract company. to ex- ist as tital guaranty company, and to act as general. special or local agents or brokers of insurance or bonn companies. The authorizei cap- ital stock of the concern is $20.000, divided into 100 shares of $200 each. $
 The ineorporators are Lee W. Mar tin, who Is president of the company; Edward S. Watts. vice-president and attorney; H. F. Martin, secretary and treasurer. and J. T. Letcher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
FINE REMITTED.

Mortimer Perkins of Dallas Secured
 the Favor.
 Governor Jelks yesterday ordered the remittance of a fine of S25 imposed on Mortimer Perkins In the City Court of Dallas County for selling a maFei before the price of foaIing had beeui paid. y It develops since the trial that tha. mare was never in foai and both tho trial judge and the prosecuting attor- ney recommended the remittance of the fine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

When he has looked over the asses ; sor's books and calmly contemplated the situation. he will probably not crit-i icise the Board Of Assessments. He
 might indeed. keep his criticism for
 home consumption.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

Many lowpfced imitation baking powders upon the mar ket These made with am and should be taken to avoid sm as alum poson to be taken in the food
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
The Shooting OF Klosch.

A sad accident occurred in the north
part of the county last week when
Chris Klosch was shot by his hired
man. Charles Lamperter. Coroner
Mold investigated the killing and a
Jury composed of l. NJ. Helmey, a. K.
Jameson and A. b. Carlson heard
the evidence. These gentlemen lind
that the shooting vas accidental and
so report to the Coroner. The hired
nan heard a great noise out among
the chickens after 9 o'clock on the
evening Of the 81 ult, and secured a
double barreled shot gun to drive
away or kill the pole cat. He return
ed to the house and as KlOsch opened
the door the gun went off, the charge
cutting the femoral artery near the
right groin, and the victim bled to
death in 20 minutes. Lamperter it
seems, didn't know anything about
handling firearms, and in his excite
ment or stupidity or both, he pulled
the trigger instead of letting down
the hammer. The first charge cut
the main artery and the second
charge went into the floor. Every
thing was done to stay the flow of
blood, and it is not sure that a doctor
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Ordinance No. 1906.

An ordinance amending Ordinance No. ls5
OF the CITY q Canton. relating TO and pro
yiding for the construction of walks
within the City Of Canton. South Dakota.
Be 1t ordained by the City Council OF the
That ordinance No. Is5 OF the City OF Can
ton 0e and Is hereby amended TO read as fol-
SEC. l. That all sidewalks to be hereafter
laid and constructed within the said City.
shall be cor structed and composed Of con-
crete and ant In the wing proper
tons: That there shall be u foundation OF
not less than four inches of gravel and
sharp and four INCHES OF concrete and one
Inch Of cement, That the concrete shall
contain one part Of cement to five parts OF
sand, and the top ST. all contain one part OF
SEC. :. That ali Side so construct
&c shall be five feet In width in the resi-
dent districts Of said City andi in the bust:
ness district of the city the resolution of
the city council declaring the necessity
shall specify The width. and all sidewalks
shall be lsio IN conformity to the lines and
grades as ordered and established by the
City Council and shall be laid aud con-
structed under the supervision and direc-
ton and subject to the approval OF the
committee on streets.
SEC. g.. That If any side walk Is not con-
strncted by the nbuttinR owners within the
time the notice to construct specifies. then
the city council shall cause the sa ne to be
constructed as follows: That a day shall be
fixed Ia which the city council will receive
bids Tor the construction thereof, and the
council shall then give notice that 1t will
receive bids for the construction of all
such sidewalks. That said notice shall de-
scribe the lot or lots along which said
sidewalk shall be builded, the width
thereof and the materials OF which 1t shall
be composed as provided by this ordinance
That said notice shall be published in the
ohtctai papers OF the City for at least two
publications once in each week. AT the
time fixed. the city council shall contract
With the lowest and best bidders. but
reese rye the right to reject any and ali bids
and fix another date and give another not
Ice or receiving bids and entering into
contracts, and the cost of such wa
shall be assessed against the AUDITING lots
as a special assessment.
SEC. !. ALI ordinances and parts of Or
dinances In conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Passed by II majority vote Of the city coun-
Gil OF the City of Canton and signed and
approved by the Mayor of said city. this lst
day Of October 1906.
W. c GEMMILL.
S.G u. GLENDiNNIsG. Mayor.
City Auditor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

We understand that Dilla Wimple
expects to become the ~ ner oil a
hundred and sixty acres of South Da-
kota land. She bought Enoch Jacob
sons REIMBURSEMENT Of the quarter
section he filed on last winter n
Monday went TO Pierre to file on the
claim. She returns to Huron Tues
day afternoon and ONE down 10
CentervilIe on the early morning
train Wednesday, and goes on 10 Yer
million where she will resume her
work as instructor in German. Miss
Clara and A. j. Wimple went to Yer
million Tuesday, Clara to resume her
studies at the University and her
father TO attend the county fair
Centerville Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
r. p. Aug. 10. l.. p. Oct. 26.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
sTITUTIoN OF THE STATE oF
SOUTH DAKOTA.
L. 2. Oct. IS.
r. p. Aug. 10.

SOUTH DAKOTA.
To the People of the State Of South Dakota:
The Ninth Legislature OF the State OF South
Dakota at the session thereof begun and held
Of Pierre. the capital, on the third dny of Jan.
day OF March, A. D. 1905, proposed the follow.
ing amendment TO the constitution OF the state,
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing and
agreeing TO an Amendment 70 Section 90 Of
Article v. OF the Constitution of the State of
South Dakota. and Submitting such Amend
ment 10 the Vote Of the People.
Be IL Resolved By the House OF Representa-
tives OF the State OF South Dakota. the Sem
i. That tbs next general election in this
state the following proposed amendment to
the State OF South Dakota, which is hereby
agreed to, shall be submitted to the electors OF
this state for their APPROVAL.
That Section % OF Article ". OF the constitu-
tion be amended 80 as to read as follows:
Section %. The Legislature shall have
iis,rases for cities and towns Us may be deemed
from time to time necessary, who shall have
jurisdiction OF all cases arising under the or
dinances Of such cities and towns, respective
", and such police magistrates may also be
constituted ex-oniciO justices Of the peace for
nopu,ation OF Ave thousand or over. the lesis-
iAture may provide. In lieu of police magis-
trates. for municipal courts, the judges where
OF shall be chosen in such manner rs the iegis-
lature shall prescribe. which courts shall have
exclusive original jurisdiction of all cases.
both civil ana Cr1mlnAl, COgnlZHOle De1Ore D
Justice OF the peace under the laws of the state,
and In which process shall be served within
the city where such court is established; and
shall also have exclusive original jurisdiction
Of all cases arising under the ordinances of
such city. Such court shall also have jurisdic-
tion co-extenstve with the county In which
such city Ia situated, in such civil and criminal
cases as may be provided by law"
The above proposed amendment will be vot-
ed upon by the people st the general election
to be held In this state on Tuesday, the 9th day
of November. A.: D.. 1905 :.
The proposed amendment will be printed
upon the ballot followed by the words:
'.Shall the above amendment to the consti-
ton in relation to police m agistrates and mum
icipal courts be approved and ratifiedf".
Immediately to the left of which shall be
printed the words, Yes and NO" each pre-
ceded By . square In which the elector can
place q cross to indicate his vote Electors
desiring 70 vote YES will place a cross before
the word Yes" and those desiring to vote
NO. will place q cross before the word No
Dated at Pierre, the capital, this LIST day of
August A. d. 1868.
D. D. WIPE
Secretary Of State.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

Rev. and Mrs. Geo. S. Evans at
tended the annual meeting Of the
Congregational Churches held at
Worthing this week Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mr.. Ralph Chad wick and Miss
Pearl Lowell both OF Beloit, Iowa,
were united In marriage by Rev. Geo.
S. Evans at the Congregational Par
sonage last Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. =. g. Walter and
daughter. Florence, came down from
Sioux Falls Sunday for a brief visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed l.. Wendt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter still love Can
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wendt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Kehm returned
last week from their trip Of seven
weeks, beginning with the grand
army encampment at Minneapolis,
thence down the Mississippi by boat
and over into Illinois, where they
! had a long visit. Mr.. Kehm was not
I'm the best Of health while absent,
but came home feeling much i'm
proved.
Tom Glendinning has been out at
Lennox for the past three weeks run
ming the Lsnnox grist mill and may
10 mill owners He has been with
! Mr.. Rosecrans eVer since he started
his new mill In Canton. The Lennox
men are anxious to have Mr.. Glendin-
ming take the position and he may.
Tom Glendinning is one OF the most
careful and reliable workmen in the
country, and as a miller he has no
superior anywhere.
Among our callers and new sub
scribers during Fair week, we mum.
bered With pleasure Mr.. A. J. Wfmpie,
the famous corn breeder, who resides
just over the line in either Turner or
Lincoln counties, his post-office ad.
dress being Beresford. Probably he
Is the best authority on corn, it's cul-
ture, character and classification In
the Northwest. For a dozen or more
years he has been experimenting and
developing this grain, until he has
perfected a strain OF seed which has
apparently reached the limit Of excel.
lence. Not only practically but the
oretical!y and scientifically is he
versed as an adept and expert In the
raising Of corn, It's chemical constitu'
e;its and their comparative values
In short he has made corn a life study
and Is a living encyclopedia of Its
growth, worth and place as the lead
Ing product in the economical pro.
gress of our country.-Vermillion Re
publican.
w. 5. Ingham came up from Sioux
City Saturday and departed Monday
for his new home at Belvidere, AZ
miles west OF Murdo, where he has a
nice business established. He is the
same genial, happy boomer as wher
whooping 1t up for Pierre, and is nov
a resident Of Stanley county which
runs west from Pierre and then takes
a dip to the south between Lyman
and Pennington. With the completion
of the two roads to Rapid City, there
will be considerable changing OF coun.
ty lines and several new counties will
be created out OF Stanley and Lyman
Bro. Ingham has got ahead of the
rush but he has got TO stick a stake
somewhere pretty % as Belvidere
Is only seventy miles east Of Rapid
City. Or course William can skip the
Hills and follow the star Of promise
westward through Wyoming and
Montana until he strikes a rich gold
mine. His Canton friends feel that
there is nothing too good for the gen.
ial old time Canton boomer.
II you have lost your boyhood
spirits, courage and confidence OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

tion seconded by Alderman Ovre and
upon roll call the vote was as follows:
Repp, yes: Ellington, no; Brenner,
yes; Oyre, yes; Anderson, yes; Syve-
rud, yes: Helgerson, yes. Motion
carried.
The report Of City Justice Hawn
was on motion laid over until the
next meeting.
On motion council adjourned TO
meet Friday, October 10, 1906.
Attest: W. G. GEMMILL.
O. g. GLEEDINEING, Mayor.
City Auditor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
l.. ?. Oct. 5.

r. p. Sept. 81. l.. p, Oct. 5.
NOTICE.
state of South Dakota.
County OF Lincoln.
In County Court.
In the matter OF the Petition Of William f.
Miner for authority to sell and convey his
homestead.
Notice IS hereby given that William F..
Miner, OF said county. whose wife. Desire +.
Miner. Is now insane and an inmate in the
Hospital for Insane at Yankton. South Da-
kota. has fled with the Judge OF this Court a
petition praying for authority to sell and
convey his homestead. to-wit: Lots Seven %
and Eight go in Block Four "a in BradIey's
Addition TO the town of Hudson. In said
county: and that Monday. the End dag OF
oc.G5sT. a D.. 1906 at 10 O'Clock a. M, of
said dag, being q day OF a regular term of
this Court t0-wft: of the September term A..
D.. 1906 at the Court room of said Court in
the Court House in the City OF Canton Coun-
" of Lincoln. in said state. has been fixed as
the time and place for hearing said petition,
when and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated this 18th day of September. A. D..
1900.
By the Court:
ASA FORREST. Jr..
Attest: Judge.
A BRADY BECK. Clerk.
Brow & BROWN.
lsEALI Attorneys for Petitioner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

could have saved the mans life If he
had been on the ground.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

II you have lost your boyhood
spirits, courage and confidence OF
youth, we offer you new life, fresh
courage and freedom from Ill health
In HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
35 cents. /. M. Helmey & Co.