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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-08
TENNESSEE TAKEN BY
 THE U. s. SIMPLIFYING.

One of the most important mining deals yet made in the county is the taking over of the Tennessee mine at Chloride by the United States Smelling Company, the consideration said to be in the neighborhood of s3OO,OOO.
 The Tennessee is without a rival as a lead mine in Arizona. The ore as it comes from the mine also aver ages I5 per cent zine that will now be utilized while formerly it had to be concentrated out to save paying penalties to smelters. The new com pany uses the Huff process for ex- traeting zine from other metals which will revolutionize base metal mining in this county.
 The Tennessee has a history of ups and downs. A. M MacDuffee owning the ground found the reshoot from which all the ore has been taken. After shipping three ears he bonded to Walter Hadley of New Mexico. Kean St. Charles managed the mine, shipping large quantities of 70 per cent lead ore and making the mine pay with lead at $3. It is now $4.45. The ore and concentrates at that time had to be hauled to King man for shipment while since a rail- road has been built to within two miles of the mine and now will be continued to the mine. The ore shoot has been followed 600 feet into the ground and every foot should have returned a profit. That it did not was not the fault of the mine.
 The Tennessee has two shafts 600 and 400, with levels, stopes. etc. The vein is a true Assure that has an out crop of over two miles. The ore body at one time was 20 feet wide with an average of five feet. The ore shoot dips to the north while little exploration has been done to the south. A drift to the south from the 600 would be good work and 900 foot crosscut to a big parallel vein. On the ground is a 100 ton coneen- traitor mill ready to run. Dr. L. D. GOdshall has made all the many transactions for the United States company and this is the most i'm portant one in this county. No time will be lost in getting to work.
 In connection with the taking over of the Tennessee the adjoining claim on the north, Sehuylkill, was also taken over. This is a very valuable property and is considered the key to the development of the group. It has fine shaft down 55O feet and by carrying it on down the Tennessee ore shoot will be reached on its dip when a valuable stope will be opered. The Sehuylkill has a fine ore shoot of its own that goes down nearly straight and in easy reach of the shaft. An attempt was also made to secure the next claim joining the Sehuylkill on the north but without success.
 They might have better luck with the claims on the south of the Ten nessee, as the croppings are strong and well mineralized.
 The reopening of these mines will place Mohave county in the territorial lead as a lead producer. With Mo- have county easily leading in gold, zine, lead and turquoise, with copper
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

NYASHINGTON- Roosevelt day
w In the White House is fast near
ing It's end. On Pennsylvania avenue
directly In front of the presidents
home the carpenters are at work build
ing the stand from which in few days
the next president of the United States
will view the parade marching in HIS
honor. Within the White House the
packing of the household belongings is
practically completed The presiden-
tial books, pictures, rifles and shot
guns, rods and whips. and odds and
ends OF everything known to man Of
diversified tastes and pursuits are
ready for shipment to Oyster Bay.
The cartoons, and there must be %
or 80 of them that have had places of
prominence on the tops of the low
bookshelves in the library, doubtless
will have places OF equal prominence
in the big den" in the Oyster Bay
home. These cartoons are priced by
Mr., Roosevelt above many of his more
costly belongings. They are among
the few presents he has consented to
receive.
The cartoon which has held the spe-
ciaI place OF honor is one showing an
old farmer, representing the American
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
House Parliamentarian No Longer Shy

from the presses eight large volumes
labeled Kinds Precedents, each Of
which is as large as the standard doc
tors book, usually found in all we'll
regulated homes. These volumes are
full of the lore of parliamentary pro-
cedure in the house of representatives,
and out of them Mr.. Kinds has already
demonstrated to the satisfaction OF
Representative Gardner of Massachu-
sets, at any rate, that "a prepon-
derance of the testimony" in favor of
any ruling by the chair can always be
found to rest on Kinds side in any
controversy Recently Mr. Kinds wrote
what he declares was a 10,000-wofd ex-
PLANTATION of the rules of the house,
and one well-known newspaper boiled
the manuscript down to two lines.
1 A newspaper man has paraphrased
the old song, "Jane of Maine" so that
it runs as follows 5Ts.F T9ofCD1
Kinds of Maine, he, never looked the
same:
When he went,id down to- Washington he
was shy. shy, shy. ,,sl., r-f+ ~.
But alas and alack, when Kinds came
back, r- .s-.....-s
He had naughty little twinkle in his
-f eye ..-Ey 81 Eiuo1 E IS sl-GG
Mr.. Kinds declares he. now has the
publicity germ as certainly as have
most congressman. $40
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

i A SHEER C. KINDS, parliamentarian
"A Of the house of representatives, is
by nature one of those modest and re-
firing men who can tell a speaker how
to bring CONSERVATION to his political
and parliamentary antagonists when
the speaker does not know how to do
It himself. and the next moment meet
those COMPOUNDED face to face, to hear
some such an cxrressior IS this:
We'll, Kinds, il we had had ycu on
our side we would have won a mile"
q Somehow CIR otter the things Kinds
does TO members of the house through
the mouth Of the speaker in carrying
nut his Official duties, which are to
help the speaker control the parlia-
mentary procedure Of the house at all
ines, nevr- start rot. nd ne,s9r
create animosities, resentment or an
:agonism to himself. .4,.a..
But Mr. Kinds is rapidly getting
over hfs modesty. Recently he received
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
Tom Cat Is Devoted to His. Old Home

made his bed since the destruction of
his birthplace. {ooq nge 80
At five o'clock every morning. back
he comes and takes his accustomed
place beneath the chair, where his
saucer of milk awaits him. No matter
how inclement the. weather, Tom al
ways manages to find his way to the
switchman's stand, and there remains
all day, dfi3 je3w SO. 1c44c
Tom was the . only membereof a
family Of six kittens who refused TO
depart from the depot when workmen
began to demolish it, and despite the
fact that nothing remains to mark the
once famous structure, this feline
creature is so strongly attached to the
surroundings that he cannot be in
duoed to forego an uncomfortable
home for luxurious quarters uptown.
During the recent snowstorm that
lasted two or three days, said Mr..
Nichols, the cat was late one. morning
in reporting at the little platform
where the chair is located, and, he was
just preparing to go down the street
to bring him out Of his loft when he
heard the wanderer calling for help.
He was stranded in pile of snow
and trying vainly to resume his jour-
ney to the favorite spot on the corner.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
FOLLY or BAD ROADS
Cost Farmers Yearly Over Fifty
g D two Million Dollars.
VALUE OF MODEL HIGHWAYS

. ~ - ~ ~A 4.ft n
More Than a Billion and Half In
sS Gain Would Be saved-VaIus OF
Road Built Near GrsenviIle,s Miss, at
Low Rate. Z ,iiC ~ y4r Io
r When the annual appropriation bill
of the department Of agriculture was
under discussion last April Repre-
sentative Benjamin Humphreys Of
Greenviile, Miss. made the epigram-
matte statement that mo road can
cost the farmers as much as poor
one" That touched the very kernel
of road economics, for careful research
and exhaustive study have proved says
the New York American. that the poor
roads of the nation place a mud and q
hill climbing tax of not less than a
quarter Of billion dollars year on
those who use them. @sslii
The representatives sparkling little
sentence was in answer to query by
Representative Sims as to the cost Of
building the unique burnt clay roads
Of the south, system evolved by the
experts of the Office of public roads Of
the United States department OF agri-
fulture at an saimost incaleulable lbene-
ut to the cotton growers OF the south. 4
Mr.. Humphreys had explsined in In
tense the skillful methods adopted by
Engineer Spoon, who had been ordered
by Director Logan Waller Page Of the
office of public roads to go to the delta
district Of Mississippi and make q
study Of conditions. He laid logs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

sUvU.Uu pounds OF farm products were
hauled over the country roads. Re-
duce that vast weight to tons, charge
1t SIP ton, and 1t proves an annual
loss to the farmer of $50. AGO, 900.
And the saving OF that sum would
be trifie Of fraction OF the benefits
that would come from an immediate
construction of perfect roads, for 1t is
but portion of the weight annually
hauled over these roads. the statistics
Of the department of commerce and
labor after liberal deductions placing
the quantity ut approximately 25O,-
100000 tons. The saving in the ham
ding Of that stupendous bulk would
be $S05. 5000 annually.
1t has been ascertained also that the
construction OF model highways in a
rural community brings an immediate
Increase In the value Of the property
which such roads traverse. There are
S40O00.OO0 acres of farm lands In the
United States at the present dine.
Statistics show that the improved
road increase In farm values is fram
81 to 50 an acre. Were all the acres 10
benefit even the lowest amount the
gain would be $3.50, 1000. which
might be saved in hauling. and the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

h ashington Whisperings II
III W interesting Bits OF News e:atheredr f III
nj s3sE q the National Capital asnsteroaoa III
= ]: = u
Roosevelt Is Ready for Moving Day

common people, seated before his open
fire reading. the presidents, message.
The cartoon is called His fFavorite
Author" 1t was TO this farmer Mr..
Roosevelt once pointed when he said
In effect that he could not stand for a
second elective term" as president be-
cause that man wouldn't like It,"
slCThe president has declined to re-
ceiye any gifts of great intrinsic value
since he has come into high office. He
has had things given him, which
money cannot buy, at least from him.
Authors have sent their books with
their autographs inscribed upon the
blank page. These almost Invariably
have been taken gratefully and in
gift of copy of one of the Roosevelt
books, generally 1.-The Wilderness
Hunter gff bn5a 1GgomY Of
Thousands of valuable presents have
been offered that have been declined
courteously, but firmly. There have
been some things which have come
from monarchs, articles of an innocu-
Gus kind, and they have been taken In
the spirit in which they were given.
King Menelik,s gift was innocuous as
long as it was kept, behind bars. 1t
consisted Of two Hons which are now
in the Washington zoo. y .,gg
II President Roosevelt had, taken all
the horses offered him he would have
as many as Sioux Indian chief has
ponies, and that would mean enough
to eat up all the bunch grass in half q
days trail He has been content with
two or three fayorites of his own pur-
chasing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson III
Governor Borrows SIC. 900.

Gov Noel has accepted thesoffer OF
the Capitol National bank, of jackson,
for the loan of the $4,000, as to which
he asked for proposals recently, while
at the same time, and before eomplet7
ing negotiations, he had sohnded the
members of the legislature BY letter.
This latter was a pro forma procedure,
since it was undoubted that the states
lawmakers would approve such loan,
as it was necessary in order to cover
deficiency created through their own
oversight. There was precedentsfort the
transaction, as the same method had
been resorted to in order to raise funds
to meet the yellow fever emergency cam.
paign in 1905, and two years later to
meet the expense incident to the estab-
lishment of the delta experiment station,
at Stoneyille. In the present case the
$4,000 is needed Immediately to meet
expenses incurred by the Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park COM
mission, and as the legislature had failed
to max an appropriation, and the for
mer appropriation of $4,000 having
been converted back into the treasury
under the statute of limitations, 1T was
imperative that something should be
done.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
THE GREAT ENEMY ALCOHOL.
Destroys the Body and shsttsss the
TG1sni7 Social Fabric ~ IL =.


a1c,ep .3s .d3I ----- yGbtIt
That alcohol has an annuity fer pro.
toplasm,, the physical basis OF Nfe'
itself, and that this is, the reason for
the widely varied injuries that 1t may
inflict on the body, 10 asserted By NJ.
Henry Smith Williams In series Of
articles contributed to McClures Mag.
azine. In the first. entitled Alcohol
and the Individual" Dr.. Williams
shows that the tissues OF the brain, tho
nerves, the heart and blood Vessels.
the stomach and intestinal tract the
lymShatic SYSTEM. the Kidneys. and the
liver, may each and all become dis
eased by the habitual drinking OF even
small quantities OF alcohol He notes
also that these consequence are not
confined to the drinker, but are passed
ON TO his devcenaants OF successive
generations. All this, Dr. Williams
tells US. may be compared To the sroA.
ing effect Of Newing stream. wAieA
has its greatest action On the part OF
its banks that 81 least restraint 30
alcohol. circulating in the blood. tends
to attack whatever organ or tissue
may ba weakest and most suseevtfhlss
DR.. Williams agrees with those who
tend to class Alcohol as . poison. and
discards "the pern;cuous thesry" tAss
1t gives any persistent increase Of
muscular power" He gees on: -
hi 1T Is even questionable Whistler the
energy derived from the oziaaA3sa Of
alcohol In the bedy can bs directly
used at all as . source Of muscular
energy. Such competent observers -
Schumbers and scheHer indepsn4saA,
~ reached the conclusion thai II eaa
not. DR.. Abel inclines to tho same
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
Battleship Silver Service Fund.

There now appears to be some pros
pect that a silver service for the bat
tleship Mississippi may yet be pur-
chased, and that the money now in the
possession of ex-Gov. Vardaman may be
used in connection with the other money
collected for the same purpose. Gov.
Vardaman today gave out an interview
in which he proposes that new bids be
called for from Mississippi concernsi
that disinterested committee decide the
difference between the members of the
committee who have had the matter
under consideration; that the new COM
mittee consist of Lieut-Gov. Manship,
Speaker Street, of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and one other, or, in fact,
that the matter be settled by almost
any sort of a disinterested committee.
He intimates that, under these circum-
stances, when the purchase is made, he
will turn over the $1,7o4.S0 to any prop
er custodian. #
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

Milwaukee, with population of; 817,-
.90S, has a corporate expenditure of
$5,54S,14S, the rate per capita being
$1745. '9i' -
Minneapolis, with 27S,S25 inhab-
itants, spent, according to last reports,
only $5,021. $50, a per capita of 1884.
Buffalo has a population of over 4e0,-
900. In 1906 she had 3s1,Sl9. She
spent in 1906 only $500 .0e1-s1993
per capita. s 4....., aseJs -rr4
Detroit spends s7,S46,S05 a year for
population of S5S.535. Per capita,
1920 qgIa ia.5soq 9lJ no u24i"
b New Orleans spent $6,575,9 45 for a
year Of city government fora popuIa-
ton of 314b146. Per capita, $685.,
Newark, ~ j.. with a population of
2S9,6S4, had a budget Of $6,S33, 1913 for
1906; per capita; $3.50. ailzM T.
Pittsburg. with population of; $780,
OS2, srent $10,935,73S; per capita,
$29.16 ta -'iiEY 3''A "3 L'-'' -
p Cincinnati has S45,230 inhabitants,
and her total corporate payments; were
$10,S76,4S2. The per capita of, $30.a3
is the highest of any city in the Wash
ington group except Washington itseH.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

A n EXAMPLE of devotion seldom
n witnessed in a dumb animal is
enacted every day by an old white cat
that strays about the corner of New
Jersey avenue and C street.
Born In the old Baltimore & Ohio
railroad station, that occupied that
site for years, Tom, the unnamed
feline, has never left the corner, and
even while the old structure was being
razed he managed to make his bed in.
the building until the last wall had
been pulled down. h A.
Now that the site has been. com
pletely filled up and graded, leaving
no vestige OF the once famous depot,
this old cat still remains and makes
his home beneath the chair of the
swftchman at this crossing. ~
At night Tom quietly leaves his
friend when the last car has passed
and wanders on down C street to a
nearby lumber yard. where he has
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
Farmers Union Bank.

President j. H. Meyer, of the Farm
ers' Union Bank and Trust Company,
the new financial institution domiciled
in Jackson, With an authorised capital
of 100000, has issued an announcement
to stockholders that the bank viii not
be in position to make loans until
100000 of the capital stock has been
paid in, after which the bank will open
for business. Subscriptions to the capi-
tai stock are coming in at a satisfactory
rate, according to President Meyer. The
system arranged is to market the capital
stock at s25 per share, in order that
shares may be within reach of all men,
bers of the Farmers Union, S. to be
paid down on each share, and the re-
mainder on demand of the board of di-
rectOrs. atat- aE..a.,-y--.s .,ft7 Es.szst:f
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
JACKSON.
Ministers Given Smoker.


Unique and novel among the many
pleasant social affairs which have been
given in this city recently, and occupying
place by itself, was the smoker given
at Pythian Castle Hall Thursday night
by the churchmen of jackson to their
fellow churchmen and the visiting clergy
of Mississippi. This entertainment was
an incident of the meeting here of the
ministers of the Episcopal Church who
form the convocation of Jackson in the
half-yearly conference, and was devised
and planned, by the rector of the local
parish, with the active assistance of
Chapter 1445 of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, and with the help of the ladies
of the parish was. brought to a success
full termination. Smokers as happy and
genial forms of entertainment are fire.
quent enough in all communities, but
those designed with the view of enter
tanning ministers of the gospel and with
the view of talking on missions, with
clergy and laity informally mixing to-
gether and exchanging views and expert
ences, are rare. i5iit-ir $500
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

Shale Rock For a Park Road.

About a. mile and half Of drive
way in North park, Springfield, H.,
tt===ffn-1907 and surfaced with
shale at a cost of 1916 cents per
square yard. The shale was spread
eight inches thick and compressed to
SIX inches by rolling. 1t was hauled
from mines. one a mile and aShalf
away and another two miles. Haui-
ing from the former cost 40 cents and
from the latter 60 cents per cubic
yard, two yards being hauled at a
load. The sod cut from, the line, OF
the road, 4.64S square feet in area,
was used for sodding the sides ofsthe
cuts and fills at cost, Of 90 cents
per square yard. a..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
May Try Will Sorsby.

The court officers of the First District
of Kinds County are looking forward
with a great deal of concern to the
Forthcoming spring term of the Circuit
Court which opens in March. 1t is quite
probable that the proceedings incidental
to the trial of Will Sorsby, held for the
murder of Postoffice Inspector Charles
Fitzgerald last September, will consume
q considerable part of the time, and if
a change of venue is not granted and
Judge Potter orders the case to trial
at this term, the difficulty in securing
a jury acceptable to both sides and thor
oughly qualified in all respects, will be
quite as pronounced as that which has
characterized the trial of any similar
case in Kinds County or in Mississippi.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
Many New Towns.

The Importance of railroads as o fac
tor in the development of common
wealth is strikingly shown by the al
most magical springing into existence
of new towns to the south of Jackson,
along the main line of the New Orleans
& Great Northern road.
. In eopiah county alone, four first-class
towns, Rockport, Georgetown, Ruby and
Gainesville, have been founded, each
with a population of several hundred
citizens. Many business houses shave
been erected at these places, new resi-
dences are. going up on. all sides, and
buildingflots are in active demand. In
all other counties, between Jackson and
the Louisiana line, similar conditions ara
reportea. 215-{nA 23Q0T5N
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26

r. HE pending appropriation bill for
i the cost of running the District of
Columbia one year carries $11,974,033,
icing at the rate of $S5.21 for each in
habitant This does not include the
ccst of new buildings for the governs
aent itself or the maintenance of such
az now exist, excepting the appropria7
lion OF $4,000 for new buildings for
he district. VI 3,ia fg,Ga @aJi1
The 1905 population of Washington
vas $4,000. The latest figures OBJ
hainable from the census bureau show
he cities neares. Washington i'll size
to be Buffalo. Pittsburg. Cincinnati De-
troit, Milwaukee, New Orleans. Newark
and Minneapolis. In none of these
does the per capita cost of main
tenance equal that of Washington
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
Who Made the Change?

At the ensuing term of the Circuit
Court for Kinds County, the matter of
the change in certain statute relative
to privilege taxes. on insurance COM
panies for levee district purposes, made
evidently with fraudulent intent by some
one interested, will be committed to the
grand jury by Judge Potter. The men
who can be relied on to give testimony
in this case will be duly subpoenaed,
though it is understood that two of
these, Secretary of State Power and
Representative Adair of Sunfower Coun-
ty, will attend, and without the for
mality of subpoena. The matter has
been referred to District Attorney Nc
Neill by Gov. Noel, and all the papers
and documents bearing on the subject
will be entrusted to him, with TIE re-
quest that the transaction be thoroughly
investigated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
Mississippi Teachers Association.

Prof. T. P. Scott, of Broekhayen, pres
ident of the Mississippi Teachers asso-
citation, is pleased with the plans for
the meeting of the association, to be
held in Natchez, ION April 30 and 80 and
May 1. This is to be the largest meet
ing of the year Of Mississippi, in point
of attendance, at least. p"
The educational committee of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs will
cooperate with the state department of
education, and the teachers organization,
as far as possible, to secure the carry
ing out of a number of the plans al
ready proposed by one or the other, or
both. - ike sT aff-.
These ladies have assured Superin-
tendent Powers of their approval of
and hearty cooperation in the carrying
out of the plan he has recently proposed,
in which industrial education is the key
note and predominating featured e sE