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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
EDWARD HINES GETTING BUSY
NOTED TIMBER KING MAY BUILD
RAILROAD IN STATE.
Is Making Tour of Inspection of His
Property in the Southern Counties,
and 1t Is Believed He Has
Plans in View.

Jackson.-Edward Hines, of Chicago,
the lumber king of Mississippi, the larg-
est individual holder of timber acreage
in the commonwealth, is spending few
days in the southern counties looking
after his interests.
Much interest is attached to the con-
ference held at Gulfport shortly after
his arrival in the state, with Capt. j. L.
Jones, president of the Gulf and Ship
Island sysem.
Several months ago Mr.. Hines was
maneuvering to secure terminal facilities
at Gulfport, with the declared intention
of building new railroad to that point
from Hattiesburg, but his plans wers
frustrated by Capt. Jones, and the hti-
cation instituted has come to naught.
1t is currently rumored in railway and
lumber manufacturing circles that Capt.
Jones and Mr. Hines are about to arrive
at compromise whereby the construc-
tion of the road can be assured, and that
Mr.. Hines will Immediately commence
the erection of lumber plants to manu-
facture his standing timber, which
amounts to nearly half million acres.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
TITANIC BULKHEsD DAMAGED
Fireman Tsetifies of Fire at London
Inquiry-Life Boats Were Not
Properly Manned.

London. chief interest at
the session of the Board of Trade
commission of inquiry into the Titanic
disaster centered around the state
ments made by members of the crew
in reply to the questions of the attor-
neys representing the seamen and
other unions in regard to the equip
ment and the manning of the life
boats.
Fireman Barrett testified that he
was in the stokehold when the Titan
ic struck the iceberg. Water imme-
diately poured in through six water
tight compartments and the adjoining
empty coal bunker This bunker had
been emptied Sunday, as fire had
broken out in it soon after the Titanic
left Southampton This fire, it was
found, had damaged the bulkhead.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
ASTOR ESTATE LEFT TO SON
Income From $5,ooo,ooo, New YorN
Home and Furnishings Go to Widow
Mo Mention of First Wife. q

New York.-The will Of John JacoI
Astor, disposing of an estate valued
roughly at $1OO,OOO.OoO, was summar
lied by Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mr..
Astor, following the example of his
father and grandfather. did not split
up his estate. He left it almost in
tact to his son, William Vincent AS
tor, who is not yet 81 years old. Net
much more than s8 ,0oo, coo can. in any
event, be diverted from the main As
tor line.
To Mrs. Madeline Force Astor he
gave outright 100000 Aside from
this he bequeathed to her the income
from a trust fund of $5,000,000 and
the use during her life of the house at
$40 Fifth avenue and its contents.
She loses both in case she marries
again.
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, his first
wife, he did not mention. He gave
So, ,0O0,G in trust for her daughter,
Muriel Astor, who is about 10 years
old, which becomes hers absolutely
upon her reaching her majority. A
trust fund of $3,000,000 was created
for leach child who shall survive the
testator" beside the two by his first
marriage.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
MEXICAN TROOPS BRUSH
FEDERALS AND PEBELS MAReU-
YER AROUND STRONGHOLD.
Liberal Forces Tighten Cordin Around
Fortified Rebels-Orozco Mass
ing Men in Position.

At the Rebel Front, near Bernie
jillo, -Skirmishing between
the vanguard of Gen Orozco's army
and ,ths fedelals under Gen. Huertil
ragged for hours through wind and
dust on the desert plains in front of
Torreon, the objective point of the
rebels.
where Gen. Orozco AMI his staff are
stationed, the liberal forces continued
to tighten their Gordon around the
heavily garrisoned and fortified fed
eral outposts at Bernie jillo and Ma
pimi, both towns being less than TWEEN
ty miles from Torreon
Though much skirmishing had been
In progress, no battle had been
fought, the federal refusing to be
drawn from their strong positions.
There was hardly an hour in the day,
however, that the liberals did not
feint at some point to coax the en-
trenched federals into the open. but
the latter refused to take the bait.
In the medntlnlC OeH OIOACO Was
massing his men and getting them
into positions, where his artillery
could support them BY the bringing
up of more guns and dynamite bombs
Orozco believes he can take the fed
eral outpost by assault and drive those
federals not killed and captured into
Torreon for a last stand.
Notwithstanding the intense heat
the men in the field are in good condi-
tion. A high wind has blown con-
stantly for several days, raising clouds
of alkalai dust and enabling the lib
erals to move freely without fear of
detection
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
MANY LAND OWNERS MAD.
When Found Out They Had Signed
Away Mineral Rights.

Jackson.-It is learned upon reliable
authority that many of the residents OF
the great iron ore field in Marshall and
Benton cou.'tias ssve signed up
leases for the "1nineral rights" upon
their lands are very angry at the pro-
moters who obtained their signatures.
In some instances it is stated the owners
of the land are going to court on the
theory that the mining engineers and
others knew to a certainty that this iron
ore, valuable almost as gold, was upon
the premises, and the uneducated and
ignorant owners did not, and the prices
offered for the general mineral rights"
were absurdly inadequate. It is claimed
the chancery courts will set aside the
conveyances obtained upon these condi'
tions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
CHARGES ARE BASELESS
w. C. BULLOCK WILL BE SUBJECT
OF A LUNACY INQUIRY.
Has Been Making Sensational Allega-
tions Concerning the Management
of the Confederate Home.
Senator Money Reports.

Jackson-W. C. Bullock, the Confed-
crate veteran who some months ago pre-
ferred all sorts of ugly charges against
the management of the Confederate Sol
diers' Home at Beauyoir, to such ex-
tent that the board of trustees felt
impelled to make an investigation, which
was done, with the result that Bullocks 5
charges were held to be untrue, and he
himself declared unworthy of the home
and protection which it afforded.
Some time in January Bullock wrote
a letter to Gov. Brewer and to several
members of the house and senate, in
which he repeated his former charges
of several persons who, he claimed,
would substantiate everything, which he
had charged. Thereupon Gov. Brewer
referred this matter, with the CORE
spondenee, to the new board of trustees,
requesting that they give the matter
thorough investigation, which the board
proceeded to do. After this investigl-
tion the trustees reported that none OF
the persons whose names as witnesses
had been referred to them had testified
to anything that would tend to sustain
the charges, and reported unanimously
the charges to be without foundation.
Mr.. Bullock then wrote lengthy let
ter to the governor, renewing his charges
and denouncing the home, its manage
ment and everything generally, offering
a copy of this same letter to newspapers
in the state. which declined to publish It.
Senator Money took up the matter
and went carefully and methodically into
the case, and he reported to Gov. Brewer
on the strength of his inquiry, that the
statements of Bullock are ibelous and
wholly and utterly without foundation
With this report on his desk, Gov.
Brewer has communicated with District
Attorney Ebb j. Ford and Chancellor
Thad Wood, of the coast district, re-
questing that they inquire into Bullock's
sanity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
MISSISSIPPI SEEKS LOAN.
Gov. Brewer Goes to New York to Ar
range It.

Jackson.-It is now Acting Gov Theo.
G. Bilbo, by virtue of the departure
from the capital and the state this even
ing of Gov. Brewer, who found it neces-
sary to go to New York on official
business. Gov. Brewer has had some
considerable correspondence in regard to
floating the 100000 loan which the
legislature, by special act, authorized
him to negotiate. He concluded that
by going himself to Wall street he could
more successfully arrange the transac-
tion, and so leaving matters in the hands
of his able private secretary, w. ].
Buck, with Lieut.-Gov. Bilbo on hand to
sign official papers, look after the food
situation and act on the pardon pett-
tions piled up in the executive depart
ment, he left this afternoon over the
Queen & Crescent. Gov. Brewer will be
absent probably a week, not less than
that, at any rate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
FARMERS UNION
WAREHOUSE co.
REPRESENTATIVES. HOLD CONFER
FERENCE AT JACKSON.
WILL ANNOUNCE THE PLAN
No Official Announcement, but It L
Conceded That Idea Which Has
Been So Successful in MiSsis-
sippi Will Be Extended.

Jackson.-There was held here a con-
ference of men who came from various
parts of the cotton belt, for a SPECIFIC
purpose. While the result is not def
nitely and officially announced, 1t is
quite generally understood that it means
the broadening and narlonaiizing the
Farmers Warehouse Company, from It's
present character as distinctive Mis-
sissippi institution, to be operated on a
larger scale upon the same general prln-
ciple of cooperation, between the grow
ers and the handlers of cotton, cotton
seed and by-products of the chief staple
crop, as well as among business men.
The men in this conference were
President Charles S. Barrett, of the Ma
tional Farmers Union; A. G. Davis, Sec
retary of the same organization;' W.
A. Morris, president of the Alabama
Union; Peter Radford, of the Texas
Union; T. W. Carter, of the Mississippi
Union; E. w. Dabbs, of the South Car
olina Union; Dr. Q. HI. Alexander, of the
North Caorlina Union, with the following
members of the national board OF d.
rectors or executive council: .. f. Dorm
blauser, Texas; C. c. Wright, North
Carolina; E. Cabaniss, of Georgia, who
is also member of the Georgia legis-
lature. In the same company OF notables
were the following Mississippi workers
in the ranks of this progressive move
ment: Rev. r. 4. N Wilson, Batesvillc:
Capt. j. L. Collins, Coffeeville, j. B.
Mitchell, Goodman, and George r. High
tower, president of the warehouse com
pany, and shrse-timc president OF the
Mississippi m.s'n.
Officers of the Farmers Warehouse
Company, VINO were OH hand with injor-
nation as to its scope and methods were
Secretary w. a. SewalI, G. n. Crook,
head of the s>stt y y4rpartmert; 1, Il.
Shields, of the warehouse department,
and w. w. Hinss, general manages.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
ADVISED HOW T6 DIE POOR
HEIR TO MANY MILLIONS Is Of
FERED AEvicE.
Young Astors Mail Loaded With Sug.
gestions for Spending His
$1oo,oo0,ooo Estate.

New York.-W William Vincent As
tor, principal heir 10 the late
Col John Jacob tcsss estate, of
about s10o,oO0,OGo - iSt LIE at
loss for advice as Gy 20 spend his
money, for already his mail is filed
with suggestions for either thrift or
philanthropy.
One writer wanted him to send
$5,000,000 right away to help the Chi
nese who are dying of famine An
other wanted him to build plenty Of
model homes on his city property that
would not only pay him good interest
on the investment, but would be of
great benefit to citizens in moderate
circumstances.
A woman wanted him to start a suf-
fragette newspaper with couple of
millions. A New Jersey man sug
gested that he buy up the Hacken-
sack Meadows and have it thoroughly
drained and diked off SO as to exter-
inmate mosquitoes, which would make
it very suitable for factories and
homes.
A member of the Housewives COM
mittee suggested that he inaugurate
some free markets uptown near the
present center of the fashionable pop
ulation, because the older markets
down town are too far for daily trips
for fruit and vegetables.
1t was said at the family residence,
No. $40 Fifth avenue, that Vincent
Astor had not had time to answer
any of the suggestions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
LEAKEsvILLE, MISS, FRIDAY, MAY Il, 1912
ACE PENSION SUGGESTED
TAFT SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS.
Submits and Approves Report OF
Economy and Efficiency commis-
sion-2etirement SompuIsory.

Washington, ID. C.-Pensions for
all civil employees of the government,
except in the District of Columbia,
with compu' sorry retirement at 20
years of age by compulsory contribu-
tions frtm the employees salaries with
some government aid, are recommend
ed in special message sent to con-
gress. The message approves and
submits the report of the ecAlomy
and efficiency commission, which
evolved the civil pension program.
immediate retirement of all govern
ment clerks who are Row 70 years of
age also is recommended, upon pen
sions of one half of their annual sala-
ries-not to exceed $500 year. Pen
sions to these, the president recon-
mends, should be paid by the govern
ment. That all clerks under 20 years
of age be required to contribute
enough of their salaries not exceed
ing 5 per cent, to bear interest at 4
per cent, toward the retirement fund
is recommended.
The plan would cost the government
$4,000 for 20 years, the president
says, in excess of the loss now sus-
tanned from superannuated clerks, but
in the succeeding 16 years it is esti-
mated would save the government
more than the entire cost of inaugu-
ratiSg the scheme.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
WILL GRANT LIMITED DIVORCES
CHANCELLOR WHITMAN ADOPTS A
COMMON SENSE PLAN.
Notwithstanding Statutory Restrictions
He Will Endeavor to Reduce the
Judicial Airing of Marital J
Infelicity.

A new wrinkle in divorces has been
adopted by Chancellor Sam Whitman,
of the second chancery court district.
In the future marital severances granted
by Chancellor Whitman will have condi-
tional clauses, pull-back, moral reserva-
tions, and all that sort of thing, at
taehed thereto, and some of the condi-
tions he intends to impose will be ex-
ceedingly onerous.
Several years of tenure on The chan
cery bench has convinced Chancellor
Whitman that the bonds of matrimony
are too lightly regarded, and that the
grounds set forth in bills for divorce
are exceedingly frivolous. Despite the
fact that the Mississippi statutes are
rather shy on allowing latitude to cham
cellors in the granting of DEGREES, he is
formulating a set of homemade rules
that will hereafter be attached to such
divorce DEGREES as, in his opinion, may
be justifable on legal grounds, but doubt
full as common sense propositions.
BY way of illustration, during the cur
tent term of chancery court at Laurel
several DEGREES have been granted by the
chancellor in which one of the parties
thereto Immediately hiked out of the
chancery chambers to the circuit clerks
office and procured license to marry some
other party. This, as Chancellor Whit
man views it, is unseemly haste, and in
the future parties who are granted di-
vorces will be prohibited from marrying
within a specified period. Other restric-
tions are also being formulated, and in
the future majority of the marital sew
erances granted in the second district
will have strings attached to which the
chancellor may at any time give hefty
pull.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
MISSISSIPPI BAR MEETING.
Many Acts Passed by the Legislature
Branded as Unconstitutional.

Jackson.-A remarkable, bold and v1g-
orous criticism of the statutes enacted
by the legislature at its last session was
set forth in the annual address deliv-
cred by President "A. F. Fox, of the Mis-
sissippi Bar Association, at the session
of that body.
President Fox points out several laws
enacted by the body that are clearly un-
constitutianol
President Fox commended the spirit
of the new statute prohibiting corpora
tions from acquiring large bodies or
lands in the state, presumably for agri-
cultural purposes, but holds that the
statute should have accomplished the
same limit by prescribing a maximum
OF lands that may be owned by corpora
stions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
CAN GET NC PASSES.
Railroad Commission Pestered by Pass
REQUESTS.

Requests.
Jacksonville railroad commission
gave out the following signed statement
today:
To the Public:
We have received many requests from
our friends throughout the state ask
ing our intervention in their behalf of
securing for themselves annual passes
over the railroads operating in this
state.
In order that our friends may ap-
preciate our situation in regard to this
subject, we take this method of infom-
ing them of the law appertaining to this
matter, and our duties in relation there
to.
There is prohibition in regard to any
public officer of the state of Mississippi
receiving from any corporation or pub
lie carrier any gift, gratuity, or emolu-
ment. If it were possible for us TO
procure for our friends such privileges,
such action upon our part would be a
dereliction of the official power reposed
in us by the statutes creating this inn
portant branch of our state government.
Besides this, there is a federal law
controlling this subject, that prohibits
the use of passes by individuals not con-
nected with the employment of rail-
roads.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Prof. Smith Heads Teachers.

Gulfport. with ideal weather condi-
tions the mississippi State Teachers As
sociation took the outing on the gulf.
The entertainment of the delegates was
furnished by the local faculty. County
Superintendent of Education j. j. Daw-
sew presented the Harrison county teach
ers each with souvenir badge. Super
intendent Dawsey has effected many BEN
efcial changes, especially in consolidat-
ing rural schools in his district.
The following officers were elected for
the coming year: w. II. Smith, OF Du-
rant, president; T. B. Woodley, OF Hat
tiesburg, vice-president; ]. I. Calhoun,
of Collins, treasurer, and Fl. L. McClen-
sky, reelected to the position OF secre-
tary.
President Smith, in thanking the as
sociation for the honor conferred, said
he was a candidate sixteen years ago,
and that seeing work ahead that he
could perform at the present, he believed
it was better to be elected now than to
have been an ex-president for fifteen
years. He asked the cooperation of the
association.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
WANTS SEED CORN.
Department of Agriculture May Supply
Sufferers From Flood.


Jacksonville bureau of plant indus
try of the United States department of
agriculture has addressed a query to
Commissioner H. E. Blakeslee of the
Mississippi department of agriculture
and commerce, the object of which is to
ascertain whether Mexica June corn seed
and whippoorwill peas can be secured for
the filling of early orders. While the
letters of inquiry did not indicate for
what purpose the seed is wanted, it is
deduced that in all probabii IS for
distribution among the people il Fhe
overfowed districts, and to enable thsm
to get out some sort of crop during
what will be necessarily belated
season.
CommisiQner Blakeslee urges those in
Mississippi who have true xiean shene
corn seed over and above their own re-
qiRrements to let him know just as
early as possible the amount and price.
He also asks for information in regard
to whippoorwill pea seed and Spanish
peanuts, for which he also has an in
quiry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
CONFIRMS IRON ORE FIND.
State Geologist Lowe Makes His Report
On Deposit.

Jackson.-Dr. E. n. Lowe, state
geologist, has finally submitted his re-
port on the carbonate iron ore deposits
in Marshall and Benton counties in
North Mississippi. The report, although
couched in the judicial language of a
calm and dispassionate man, is never
theless sensational. It shows first of all
that the ore is the richest carbonate
ore in the United States with one ex-
ception and far richer than most of the
celebrated Swedish ore.
Furthermore, the report shows the
iron ore in workable quantities and can
be proftably handled, and from the ex-
animation made by DIR. Lowe at Potts
Camp in Marshall county, and Hickory
Flat and Winbourne in Benton, the field
officially is about eight or ten miles
square.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
HOLY WAR SPREADS RAPIDLY
All Islam Doomed to Be Involved in
Religious Uproar-Mosiem
Exhorters Busy.

Paris.-Dispatches from Tunis state
that the holy war which began
at the start of the Turko-Italian
war is spreading throughout every
Mohammedan country at rapid rate.
All Islam will soon be enveloped in an
overwhelming religious frenzy within
a few months, according to these ad-
vices.
Moslems are going from tribe to
tribe, exhorting the natives to rise up
on all sects other than their own.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
VETERANS SPECIAL WRECKED.
Forty Passengers and Members of Crew
Injured.

Hattiesburg persons, including
three women and two children, were
killed and ffty-fve persons injured when
the first section of the "Van Zandt Con-
federate Veterans, special" of eleven
cars, en- route from Texas to the annual
reunion at Macon, Ca, was wrecked on
a trestle a mile south of Eastabuchie,
on the New Orleans and Northeastern
railroad.
The locomotive, baggage car, one day
coach and three tourist sleepers were de-
rallied and tumbled down high embank-
ment, making conglomerate mass of
wood and iron debris. Although several
hundred Confederate vetearns were
aboard the train, not one was numbered
among the dead. Several of the veterans
were injured, though none fatally.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
CAvE-IN KILLS FOUR GIRLS
Parents Dig Out Bodies From Treach-
erous Sandbanks Where Chill
dren Were Playing.

Appleton, Wis-Four girls were
killed in a cave-in of sandpit
near Black river, 15 miles north of
here, information received here says
The bodies were found by frantic par
ents, who dug into the treacherous
sandbanks where the children had
been playing The dead are: Mary
Barthed, years old: Bertha Barth,
10; Louise Barth, 13, sisters, and Cath
crime Rosenberg, 10.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
DELTA LANDS HIGH.

Northern Farmers Invest In Land Near
Greenville.
jackson. the floods have not
had the effect of shaking confidence OF
expert farmers in the delta lands was
shown when Barney & Hines, Inc, real
ty dealers, sold 600 acres located one
mile or SO from the outskirts of Green
vile.
Mckenzie Bros. of St. Croix, Wis, were
the purchasers, and their new acquisi-
tion includes parts of the Idalia and
Bowen plantations.
The consideration paid was $24o, 900.
The tract is known as one Of the high
ct cultivated spots in the delta, and
has been on the market only short
kine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
SELL PENITENTrARY COTTON.
Board Gets Good Price for $40 Bales
Low Grade

Jackson Reviewing the feature
transactions in connection with the work
of the penitentiary trustees, Secretary
L. Yerger reports as most important the
sale of the last remnant of the cotton
crop of 1e11-12 This was a general as
sorted lot of about 62O bales, mostly
low grade staple, which went to Boyce
Co. of New Orleans at a uniform price
of 93-4 cents a pound. The samples
had been sent to Vicksburg, where there
was keen competition among buyers
from several points. On the whole, the
final sale is considered the best that
could have been made.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
G. A. R. INVITATION ACCEPTED
brate Gettysburg Anniversary
in July, 1918.

Macon, Ga.-The committee on
resolutions of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans, in report to the Con-
federate reunion here, advised the or
ganization to decline the invitation OF
the Grand Army of the Republic for
the veterans of the South to partic1-
pate in the semi-centennial celebra-
ton of the battle of Gettysburg, in
July. 1913.