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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

with the request that his name be in
serted on our honor roll. Mr.. Craw-
ford is one of the best young men
we ever met.
Mr.. John Robertson, of Eastern
Lamar. is threshing peas in the Ayres
school district.
Tuesday night found us at the hos
| pitabIe home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
| Robertson of Millport, Route 2, with
whom we spent the night and were
never better treated elsewhere. We
think Brother Robertson will soon
subscribe for The Dispatch.
Pollard Spring Local Union, in
Ridge beat, met in regular session on
last Saturday afternoon, with Brother
Jasper Graham IN the chair.
The Masons and Odd Fellows Of
Vernon lodges have recently con
scented for the next session of the
grand jury of Lamar county to be
held in lodge hall.
Miss jamie Crawford, of Ayres dis
trict school, is now subscriber to
The Dispatch.
There was a ring supper at the
residence of Mr.. Thomas Neal, in
Ridge beat, last Saturday night, and
the young people report a nice time
Master Pervie Crawford, of Ayres
district school, informed us that the
box supper at the Kingyille school
L. It'd
success.
Mr. W. H. Graham, of Millport,
Route 2, has been puny for several
days, but we are glad to report that
he is SO much improved as to be able
to go to Lamar's capital city one
day this week, and we had the pleas
ure of shaking hands with him on
the way. DIR. w. A. Seay, of Millport,
one of West Lamar's best doctors,
was Brother Graham's attending ply
sfcian. Our recollection is that Bro.
Graham helped to make us a Mason
when we were seeking light in Ma
sonry.
Mr. B. F. Jordan, of Vernon, made
livery trip to Millport this week.
Hon. Walter Nesmith went to Co
lumbus and returned this week. Mr..
Nesmith now has an artificial eye.
which begins to make him look like
himself again. He has the sympathy
of the entire public in the loss of
his eye.
Mr.. j. t. Johnson, wife and chill
dren. of Millport. Route 2, visited the
family of Mr.. A. A. Burgin Sunday.
Misses Dena Burgin, Dollie Cash.
Essie Robertson, Lecie Robertson, |
Messrs. Claude Rowland, John Smith, |
McNees, Polk Williams and |
Willie Cash, visited the family of Mr..
S. G. Johnson Sunday afternoon, and /
were there joined by two more of /
Lamar county's best young folks, Mr..
Dewitt Shelton and Miss Leila John
son, the beautiful and accomplished /
daughter of Mr.. S. G. Johnson, of
Fernbank, Route 1, and the combined
party of youngsters strolled together
over the hills and far away.
Mr.. A. A. Burgin, assisted by Mr..
Thomas Robertson and Mr.. Louis E.
Parker, is having him a new resi-
dence erected hard by the old one.
Bro. Burgin says that he is the fa-
ther of eleven children, and that he
not ashamed to own it.
Mr.. Peter McGee, of Fernbank,
Route 1. has very sick little daugh
ter, Minnie Lee, but she is receiving
prompt medical attention at the
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and the fourth Sunday in April is
the date, and Union Chapel church,
eight miles east of Vernon. is the
place fixed by the lodge for holding
the funeral services of our late de-
ceased brother, James Thomas Col
Inns, and the following named lodges
have been specially invited to be
present and take part in the exer-
Cises: Sulligent, Guin. Fayette, Ken
nedy, Millport and Fernbank.
Miss Bertha Graham, of Millport,
Route 2. visited the family of Mr. A
A Burgin Tuesday night.
Last Sunday night Mr.. Monroe
Walden and Miss Bertha Parker. of
Fernbank, Route l, were made man
and wife by Rev. George b. Taylor
of Melbourne. Route /.
We have two brand new heating
stoves in our school room these days,
and before our next letter we expect
/ to have a large, beautiful. new Unit
/ ed States flag furled TO the breeze
over our new, beautiful school build
ing in the Ayres public school district
/ DR.. G. c. Burns is convalescent-
Mr.. J. F. Mattox, of Columbus, is
in town visiting relatives and friends
Mr.. Thomas Dorroh, of Pickens
county. is visiting his aunt, Mrs. d.
{ j. Lacy
DR.. E. n. Harris and his good wife
are now snugly domiciled in North
east Vernon, and the Doctor is now
doing q good practice.
Mr.. d. d. Redus is now holding
forth in his new residence in South
Vernon.
Mr. B. c. Byrum, courthouse con
tractor, of Birmingham, has been
here for a few days preparatory 10
shipping material for the building of
the new courthouse in Vernon. 1t
is said that work on the construction
will soon begin
First quarterly meeting of the Yer
non circuit will be in session here to-
day and tomorrow, with Bro. S. r.
Lester as presiding elder.
Mr.. John Moore, who has been
sick for several days, is now con
valescent
DR.. G. c. Barksdale, of Fernbank,
has been in our city recently.
The next regular appointment of
the Congregational church will be in
the institute building on the second |
Sunday in February.
The fifth Sunday meeting OF the I
Missionary Baptist church will con-
in Northeastern Lamar on Friday be-
fore the fifth Sunday in January at
II o'clock a. m.
Below are names of pupils on our
honor roll for the third month: Hol-
lis Jackson, Holley Jackson, Tommie
Jackson, Hobart Burgin, Emmett
Burgin. Lofts Burgin, Lloyd Burgin,
Walter Graham, Roy Graham, Roy
Cole, Frank Robertson, Carlos VIII
liams, Alphus Graham. Jeptha John
son, Dewey Johnson, Bolton johnson,
Luther Johnson, Johnson, John Jhon-
son. Walter Johnson, Tommie Sims,
Clifton Ayres, Cicero Ayres, Walter
Ayres, Jacob McGee, Moses McGee,
Allen MeGee, Pleasant MCGEE, Willie
Graham, Noah McGee, Pervie Craw-
.ord, Bennie Crawford, Alonzo Pra-
.er, Grady Cole, Hill Guin, Misses Es-
sic Robertson, Lecie Robertson, Ber- ]
.ha Graham, Bertie Ayres, Emma ]
Ayres, Iona Watson. Belle Jackson,
yiuie Jackson. Stella Collins. Flor (
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Lamar County News



Below will be found a short bio
graphical sketch of Robert Hill Nc
Nees, of Vernon, Ala: Robert Hill
McNees, present county commissioner
of the First district in Lamar county,
is a son of H. Clinton and Martha
(Kemp) McNees, and was born near
Fernbank, Lamar county, Ala, on
November II, 1873. His father was
born in the corporate limits of Co
lumbus, Miss, in the year 1924, and
was married three times, and the sub
ject of this sketch was a son by his
last wife. The father moved to this
State in the early forties and engaged
in farming, and had several children,
too numerous to mention in this
short sketch. Young McNees went
to school to such teachers as ID. A.
Smith, r. n. Waldrop, Jack Makam-
son, J. r. Guin and B. H. Wilkerson,
until the death of his fathe4, when he
became an orphan at the age of II
years. He then had TO quit school
and assume the responsibility of pro-
viding for widowed mother and sew
eral brothers and sisters, younger
than himself. He has been elected
twice as county commissioner in his
district, and he has been, and is now,
making a good officer. We would be
glad TO say many other good things
about our commissioner, but suffice it
to say that he is one of the biggest
and best citizens of West Alabama.
We learn that the friends of Hon.
John G.. Barksdale, the well known
writer of the Columbus Dispatch, un-
der the nom de plume of Dan" of
Melbourne, are urging him to become
a candidate for county commissioner
of the First district of Lamar county
in our next Democratic primary cleo
tion. Should he become a candidate
ne would be a strong man, for there
is no better young(?) man in West
Alabama than is our friend and
brother, John c. Barksdale. He is
a good Mason, a good Odd Fellow, a
good writer, and, last but not least,
one of the best qualified men in the
district to make a good county COM
missioner He is also famous far
and near as vocalist. He is man |
of extensive personal popularity all
throughout West Alabama and East |
Mississippi, and is worthy the esteem |
and confidence of all good people |
with whom he comes in contact, and |
his host of friends would be glad to |
see him elected commissioner for the
First district of Lamar county in the |
next Democratic primary election. He
is a son of the late and 1amented DR.. |
James Ira Barksdale of Melbourne |
and a brother of DR.. G. S. Barksdale. |
the we'll known and very popular /
physician and surgeon of Fernbank. |
If we live we expect to be Charlie |
at the wheel for our friend when the
time comes.
Since our last letter we have had /
the extreme pleasure of meeting and /
howdying on our streets with Prof.
J. J. Weeks of Pharos. Ala, who has
been continuously teaching and serv-I
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

hands of DR.. A. w. Clanton, and it
is to be hoped that the child will
soon be convalescent
Mrs. Matte Watson, of Millport,
Route 2, visited Mrs. Louis Parker
of the same route Sunday.
The sick child of Mr.. S. G. Johnson
of Fernbank, Route l, is GONZALES
cent, under medical care of DR.. w.
A. Seay, of Millport.
Mr.. Allen Sims of Strickland beat,
who was reported at the point of
death in our last letter, died Satur-
day night, and was buried at the
Guin cemetery in Strickland beat on
Monday, the 18th.
On January 18th, twins were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Stanley, of
Ridge beat, but one of the babes died
and was buried in the Shiloh ceme-
terry Sunday afternoon.
There will be box supper, conduct
ed on the highest bidder plan, in
Prof. Wilkerson's school, next Thurs
day night, and great interest is being
taken to make it a success.
DR.. G. w. Vaughn, of Vernon, in
forms us that our friend, Mr.. w r.
Moore, of two miles north of town,
is able to be out on the piazza walk
ing around, which is certainly good
news TO his many friends in and
around Vernon and elsewhere.
Mrs Allen Matthews, of North
Town beat, was said to be very i'll
last Monday. but under the medical
eye of DR.. G. w. Vaughn she is now
said to- be convalescent.
A daughter of Mr.. Harrison But
Ter, of Lawrence beat, is very sick of
catarrh.
Mr.. Perry Godfrey, of Millport,
Route 2, is dangerously i'll of fever,
which has settled in his leg.
Mrs. Bertha Johnson, of Millport,
Route 2, is very sick and is not ex-
pected to live. Do not know the
particulars.
Misses Nellie and Maude Gillian,
of Fernbank, Route L, paid welcome
visit to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Bedford G. Guin, of Millport, Route
2, last Sunday night.
Tuesday we met and howdied with
our young married friend, Mr.. Tim
of Fernbank, Route L.
Mr.. Thomas Robertson, of Millport,
Route 2. went to Millport with cot
ton on Thursday.
Mr.. B. F. (Dock) Wright, of Ver-
non, Route /, spent Wednesday night |
at our boarding house No. 2, with his
had been to Millport with cotton, and |
ne is one man we have always found |
10 be Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Wheeler, of /
Mil1port, Route 2, visited the family
IF their son-in-1aw, Mr.. Jasper Gra-
nam, of the same route, Wednesday.
Miss Iona Watson, of Millport,
Route 2, visited Misses Essie and
4ecie Robertson, of Millport, Route
}, Tuesday night.
Miss Alice Cole, of Millport, Route
!, has been on the puny list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes Hickman, Of
Vernbank, Route 1, have become the
lanpy parents of a fine girl since our
asst letter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Graham, OF
have been visiting friends
nd relatives in and around High
ogy since our last communication.
We attended our regular Masonic
neeting here last Saturday afternoon,
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

From the plantation Of ". r LEe-
near Bent Oak one dark bar zEre
mule. II years old. 1s hands hsgh.
Liberal reward VIII be paid for her
return. Notify ". II Lee az COluz-
bus Insurance & Banking Company.
or E W. Waring on plantagic2 -Z-sx
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1909-01-14

ence Collins, Frances Niece. HaEcza
McGee, jamie Crawford. Bertha Craa-
ford. Ora Prater. Evie Cole. Allcs
Cole. Emma Guiu. Hassse Gufu Eezz
Johnson. Addie Crawford. and u.sssle
Graham. -Warw-lCs-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
STANDARD SHAFT
NEAR ORE BODY
So Says Manager After In
SpeCting Lime Scanned
With Quartz.

Development work in the property of
the Tintic Standard Mining company, in
East Tintic, is progressing as nicely as
could be wished for, according to E. J
Raddatz and H G. Snyder, who returned
to the city yesterday after having Wis
tied the mine, The new engine house
plete; the new machinery is in good work
ing order and the work of pushing the
shaft to the 600-fOOt level will from now
on be pushed more rapidly than before.
The shaft has reached the j01-fOOt
point said Manager Raddatz, land IL is
in mineralized dOlOmite lime-the stuff
that will make the ore. Quartz seams all
through the lime formation indicate by
their regularity that We are getting close
to a body of ore
Mr.. Raddatz was highly pleased with
the showing in the East Tintic Develop
ment cOmpanys property, adjoining the
I1ntlC Standard on the west. The Devel-
Opment COmpanys shaft at 43O feet is in
the same kind of lime as that in the
shaft, except that naturalization
is even more pronounced. Chunks of steel
Development company lime, which as
says from % to % ounces in silver and
about IS in gold, besides the lead values.
On the upper levels the Development
cOmpany's ore contains very little silver
and gold, the increase at additional depth
being a matter Of especial interest to
those who are mining on that belt.
The Development company is shipping
two carloads a week of high-gTade lead
level and is working through jigs a good
tonnage Of seCOnd-Class ore. The man
agement Will not drift over to the vein
again until the 5O0-fOOt level is reached
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
LARGE SAVING
OF CHINO ORE
Metallic Copper With SuIphideS
Makes for High Degree
of Extraction.

OF the 400 acres of ground owned by
the Chino Copper company, according to
a special circular just issued by Hayden,
Stone & Co., $50 acres is ground in which
the prospect of finding ore IS excellent.
over 100000 tons of actual and probable
ore, averaging 2.49 per cent copper, have
been blocked out by underground work
ings and drill holes. Churn drilling is rap
idly adding to the developed tonnage and
no doubt will continue to do so. All con-
ditiOns indicate high extraction and a
cost on nine cents pound Of copper
marketed.
The ore of the Chino property is SINH
lar to others of the lOw-gTade copper
propositions in that commercial ore is the
result of downward concentration. the
principal proportion of the copper occur
ring as sUlphides but there is a differ
ence in the Chino in the fact that con-
siderable proportion of metallic copper Oc-
ours along with the sulphfdes. and this
fact indicates a very simple metallUrgi-
cal problem and an unusually high de
gree of extraction
A small hastily built and poorly
equipped mill erected ten years ago. by
leasers. is on the property and is treating
bout 135 tons day. The recovery in this
has run from 60 to 20 per cent, according
to the locality from which the ore was
derived. With Well-equipped mill, there
is no doubt of being able to extract 20
per cent of the copper in the ore ut a
concentrating ratio of 12.5 into 1, which.
allowing for smelter losses, would return
81 pounds per ton.
A considerable proportion Of the ore
can be removed by steam shOveliug.
Other ore bodies will have to be worked
by caVing methods.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
MAJESTIC NOW
IS PRODUCING
Shipping Is Begun From the
COmpany'S Harrington
Hickory Property.

Shipping Of lead-silver ore from the Ma
jestic cOmpanys Harrington Hickory
mine in Beaver county has been begun,
Manager A. D. MOffat having advised the
Boston office of the company that the
first two carloads have just been sent to
the smelter. He says that the Beaver
County Power company has completed the
installing of the line to the property and
that the transformers are now in piac
at the mine. The motor for running the
big new compressor has been received,
and the compressor is expected any day.
Before Oct. l, Mr. MOffat says, the ma
chinery will be in running order, and he
will be enabled to more than double the
progress that is being made in the drift
from the vertical shaft to the incline,
where the large body of lead-silver ore
has been uncovered and, when this is
completed, shipments will be increased.
The Majestic company has expended
about $1,000 in the last two months fO-
new machinery, and work Of opening the
mine for larger production will now be
pushed.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
ORE RUNS 900 A FOOT.
High-Grade Shipments Continue
From National Camp.

National. the new gh-grade camp
IN northern Nevada, appears to be in
prosperous condition. according to John
+. PeltOn, president of the National
Mining company, who has just visit
ed the mines.
During the past week" said he
THE stall brothers have taken $4,000
in high grade from tunnel No. 2, the
ore going about $1,000 per foot.
Robert :. SOlam the company
start a full force of men 10 work in
the lower tunnels. Freight teams have
gone out with lumber, COAL building
material and other supplies, and work
viii at once be started on the super
iutendent's quarters and other build
iugs. Frank Stall arrived from Ma
tiOnal with about 500 pounds of high
grade of a probable value Of $50 per
pound, which was deposited in the
vaults of the First National bank"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
Mines and Mining Stocks
MINING STOCKS
SLOW TO MOVE
Start Lower at Morning Call
With Subsequent Gains
Small.

The mining stock market started yester-
day morning with demand at a low ebb
and prices somewhat lower. Most of the
leaders gained slightly during the day.
Grand Central sold from s. 40 to s.. IS and
closed at S2.421a, Sioux Consolidated was
reasonably strong at SIC to &C, Iron Rlos-
som started weak at S1.012 and went to
Sl.l2lz, Colorado was firm at $40 to Sl12la
East Tintic Development was quiet at 12c
to 12lac and Uncle Sam was inactive at
Coo. OF the cheaper issues there was some
trading in Gruth at 51ac to sc, Tintic
Central was in light demand at TIC to
&c, and Utah Consolidated went from SIC
to SIC.
There continues to be enough new or
ders TO give rise to the belief that bet
ter times are on the way, but not enough
to move prices TO any appreciable eX-
tent.
Total number Of shares sold, s., $50;
value, S33,27) 70 Closing quotations ana
the days sales:
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
BUTTE TROUBLES FEARED.
Labor Controversy Has Effect on
Boston Coppers,

'The labor trouble in Butte was a seri-
Gus setback to the advance of cOppers in
Boston yesterday" said Paine. Weber
& Co.'S letter over the Pollock wire.
North Butte, Amalgamated and Butte
Coalition were rather heavily sold and
this had a depressing influence on the bal
ance of the list. All these stocks, how
ever, are speculative favOrites at present
and the buying was of a good character.
As soon as the first fear was over liqui-
datiOn swOOped and good rally followed
with the shorts trying to cover. The
close was strong and we look for a con-
tinuation of the upward movement next
week"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
Open Board.
TINTIC COMPANY TO
RATIFY PROPERTY SALE

A special meeting of stockholders of the
Lower Mammoth Extension Mining COM
pany is to be held in this city Sept. 90
for the purpose of ratifying the sale of
the company's property to James c. Jen-
sen. already made by the directors. and
authorizing them to take the necessary
steps to wind up the affairs of the corpo-
ration, and have it dissolved and disincOr-
pOrated The call for the meeting is signed
by Joseph r. Murdoch. president; j. w.
Musser. secretary and o. g. Pfeiffer and
J. c. Howard. who are said to own more
than one-third of the capital stock OF the
company.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
TURNER STARTS WORK
IN TUNGSTEN MINES

The tungsten properties recently
purchased by o. A Turner, south of
OsceOla, New are to be developed I'M
der the direction of Manager E. L.
Fletcher. Plans for installing drills
upon the ground are already complete.
A contract for 500 cords Of wood will
shortly be awarded and a new road
from OsceOla to the properties is be-
ing constructed. Ten men are on the
cOmpany's payroll, and the force is to
be rapidly increased, it is said.
The new camp at the tungsten mines
has by Manager Fletcher been chris
tened Hub. The name is apprOpri-
ate in that it is the first syllable of
hubernite, the prevailing form Of tung-
stem in the district.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
Open Board.

Colorado, 100 at $40.
East Tintic Development, 1O00 at 12c;
1,JO0 at 121zC.
Grand Central, 100 at $40.
Iron Blossom, $3.50 at S1.10; 100 at S1.10,
seller 90; 400 at S1.121a. buyer 80.
Mineral Flat, loo at &12c.
Sioux Con, 800 at 64c; 200 at 65c.
Tintic Central, 5000 at 714c, buyer co.;
5000 at 7c.
Utah Consolidated 300 at 91kc
Shares sol1-RegulaT, 1850; open board,
70 $50 Total, 32,0J0
Selling value-Regular, s5,711; open board,
6. $3.50. Total SI4.16l.50.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
SAY TINTlC SHELTER
WILL SOON RESUME

Latest advices from Tintic are that,
while the Tintic smelter Will doubtless be
closed down about oct. /, it will remain
idle only a short time. Absolute assur-
anCe of winter activity at the plant has
been made by the Knights it is said, al
though they are reticent in regard to just
what is meant by the close-dOwn- Many
are Of the opinion that deal is on, but
why that should require the closing of
the smelter for a brief period Is not clear.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
ORE is ASSURED FOR
PINE CANYON PLANT

Sufficient contracts have been booked
by the International Smelling & Refining
company. it is said to assure the run
ming of the plant in Pine canyon to ca
which Feb. 1 is the date set The COM
pany's contract with the Utah Consoli-
dated company for delivery of 1900 tons
a day of its ore TO the plant does not 90
into effect until March /, however. The
furnaces at the plant are being installed
at a rapid rate and the buildings are
being rushed to completion. Foundation
for the giant stack is complete.