davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

fifty pounds it is acknowledged that
the sudden loss of weight might az
feet an aeropIane greatly. Now the
inventor and Captain Washington l.
Chambers. u. 8. NJ, in charge OF ayia-
ton in the navy, are studying this
phase of the problem.
Final tests of the gun win be held
soon at Indian Head under the super
vision of the bureau of ordnance. re
will be fired from frail structure to
represent an aeroplane and a dyna-
mometer will register the effect OF
the discharge
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
GREAT IS WIRELESS SYSTEM
Conversation, Successfully Carried or
Between San Francisco and Island
of Hokushu, Japan.

Marconi rejoiced when, in 1897, he
succeeded in sending wireless mes.
sage distance of three miles. BY 1907
be had established regular wireless
communication across the Atlantic.
Since then vessels have been picked
up" at sea from shore stations at dis.
tances of from 1000 to 1000 miles.
sage from the Coltano station, in Italy,
to the Glace Bay station, in Nova Sco-
tia, 1000 miles. The San Francisco
operator, a month earlier, conversed
for period Of Is minutes with the
japanese station on the island of
Hokushu. distance of 5000 miles.
Wireless communication, 1t Is ex-
pected. will be opened up between
Italy and Argentina, says the Amer
lean Review, with the completion Of
the new station at Buenos Aires. The
airline distance between these sta
tons will be 1000 miles. The installa,
ton of wireless apparatus on ships liz
being gradually extended. Until re.
Gently few vessels outside of warships
and steamers of the liner class have
been so equipped. Now various coun-
tries are, by legislation, compelling
many smaller passenger-carrying craft
to install such apparatus. Great Brit
ain is reported to be planning the es-
Enlistment of chain of wireless sta
lions to encircle the globe. There Is
to be a subsidized system under the
control Of the postofice department.
Such chain of stations would give
England wireless connections with her
colonial possessions in various parts
of the world, making her independent
Of cables, which are liable to be cut in
time Of war.-Exchange.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
Taking a Census of the Water Wells

ton, because the food-producing pos
sibility Of the country depends even
tually on the water supply.
One group of 10 states was taken in
the rectangle inclosed by Minnesota,
Ohio, Tennessee and Iowa. 1t was
found that this was representative of
the general condition It was shown
that the water level was gradually but
steadily falling all over the country,
so that the ultimate outlook, not next
year, but in a few centuries, will be
for a vanishing drinking supply not
only on the farms, but in urban COM
munities where the water supply is
drawn from lakes and rivers.
Prof. MCGEE says that the supply
could be increased by digging the
wells deeper, but that this would be
merely palliative measure. The real
remedy is in changing the system of
farm cultivation so as to conserve the
water supply.
He explains that when the country
Is in a state of nature all the rainfall
and the melting snowfall sinks into
the ground and the rivers run clear.
With settlement and cultivation the
ground is broken up SO that it is
washed into the streams and the riv-
ers run muddy in the spring, and
there are intervals of disastrous floods
and bad drouths.
He says further that as land be-
comes more valuable the farmer is
unconsciously applying the remedy by
more intensive cultivation and manag-
ing bis land so that it is not allowed
to erode and wash away.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
Aeroplane Gun Fires from Both Ends

TESTS of another invention designed
/ to make "war in the clouds" pos
sible are being prepared by the United
States. 1t consists of an aeroplane
gun that discharges projectile from
each end. One Of the projectiles Is
designed for destructive work and the
other as dummy, to neutralize the
recoil. Commander Cleland Davis, u.
S. N, is the inventor.
The practicability OF the weapon
has been partially demonstrated in
tests at Fort Wright. Two light can
vas wings. corresponding to those OF
an aeroplane were rugged up close to
the gun. Delicate springs and recoil-
Ing discs were placed under the
stanchions to record the vibration and
conclusion and recoil. The results in
Dictated that its use on an aeroplane
hundreds OF feet above earth is prac-
ticable
As the two projectiles weigh about
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

SO the motor Is not subjected to
shocks nor overload and will run from
the ordinary lamp socket.
The machine will riddle as much
sand in an hour as two men will In
ten hours. 1t accommodates the or
binary 1S-inch foundry riddle and
when In motion 1t Is interesting to
watch it, as it operates with the same
graceful and effective motion OF the
molder Kidding sand by hand, but
with the steady and untiring energy OF
half horsepower motor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

ounces. is but two-thirds of an inch
thick. two inches high and 25a inches
wide, and has current sufficient to
provide light for six hours continu-
ously and for a much longer time, II
used internationally, says the Popu-
lar Mechanics. The battery and light
are placed in receptacle that is not
much larger than an ordinary watch
and can be carried in the vest pocket.
The battery can be used to actuate
small mechanical toys as well as to
light the pocket fiashlamp.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
First Giant Wireless Towers Erected

THE first Of three giant steel towers
i to be used by the bureau of yards
and docks of the United States navy
as wireless telegraph stations has
been erected on q high hill overlook
ing the Potomac river at Arlington,
Va. Two of the towers are $50 feet
high, while the third is 900 feet high,
the latter being the highest in the
world built for use as a wireless tele-
graph station.
When the other two towers are
erected the three will be capable of
seeding a wireless message a distance
of 5000 miles over the sea and almost
that distance over land. Had they
been completed and in working order
a week ago direct communication
could have been established between
Arlington, Va, and any Of the vessels
within hundreds of miles of the i'll
fated Titanic.
The 600-foot tower, when erected,
will contain an elevator, and the steel
work on the two smaller towers has
been so arranged that elevators can
be placed in them at any time. How
ever, for while at least, persons will
ascend from the bottom to the top Of
the smaller towers by means of a
stairway. The 600-foot tower rests on
a base $50 feet square, while the two
450-foot towers rest on base 120 feet
square.
A power and engine house, trans
mitter and receiving buildings are be-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24


where / stayed for four years. After
that I was transferred to Mercer
street, and there I've been until they
put me here at headquarters.
Woman's Poolroom Her First Case
my first case? 1t was getting the
evidence against a woman's poolroom
In West Twenty-fourth street IA years
ago. No man could get in there, so
they sent for me. | had myself In
troduced around the neighborhood un-
til / met woman who had the entree
there and she took me-
What do you know about horses?'
asked one Of the women of me.
'Sleepyhead looks good to me- said
/, and put up S. on him. The nag's
running yet. But gradually got all the
evidence needed. Occasionally a man
used to call up the place and reassure
everybody that everything was all
right. If you get Swallowed by any de-
tective just lose yourself in a big de-
partment store. He can't follow you
there was his regular tip to us.
Zone woman told me she had been
rich once, but that the horses had got
ten practically all her money. Some
times she said to me in a burst of
confidence, I have to bet my socks!'
Well, | had enough between the third
and fourth races one day to have the
place raided. / walked around to the
Grand Opera house, at Eighth avenue
and Twenty-third street, and there l
met police captain. Everything was
all arranged.
My, never saw such excitement
in my life when heard the police bat
tering down the doors. The women
ran around like hens without their
heads. These gambler ladies really
hadn't drop OF sporting blood left.
When they were arrested they began
to scream, and so did but on pur-
pose. / was arrested, too, but as they
were piling the prisoners in the patrol
wagon was allowed to disappear. We
got conviction all right
"The seances to which l have been
are innumerable, but / never saw a
real ghost Many a time have sat In
a developing class waiting for some
thing to materialize, but there was al
ways one little thing wrong. 1 guess
I've had as many fake mediums ar
rested as any man detective in New
York
Catching a Hindu FakIr.
Zone of the best was a Hindu. He
was dressed in robes and a turban and
when walked In he locked the catch
on the door. Then he began rubbing
my arms.
:" Your business vibrations are all
right he began, but your magnetic
vibrations are all wrong. Are you
afraid?' I told him | wasn't Then he
said: i can plainly see the reason why
you are not married '-and I widow
with three children! For $50 can
cause you to marry a man you are In
terested in. Bring me some article he
has handled knife, handkerchief,
pocketbook, and will guarantee that
In 80 days you will marry him. He
was arrested and held in $1,000 to
keep the peace.
"McCurda was one of my best cases.
He was the minister of spirit church,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

he said, and he gave me a reading.
He said he could see my mother and
sister in the spirit world AS matter
of fact, my mother was living and !
never had sister. He told me the
most wonderful, glowing stories of the
spirit world and of my spirit friends
there.
They are advising you to invest in
stock he said, with which we will
raise the money to build a spirit
church. 1t only costs a dollar a share
now, but soon it will rise to SO a
share. Won't you take some shares
for this wonderful church,
81 told him | would when I came
back the next time, and then he drew
me closer to him and whispered: 7 can
see it all. You are stoical from lack Of
companionship. My wife and are not
congenial; you and could be. Won't
you give me your address so that |
can Sail? Instead of letting him have
my address l made my report to the
central Office, and our spiritual friend
was held In $4,000 bonds to keep the
peace.
'He was just like all the rest Of
them-a mere faker. Not one of them
told the truth, and all of them as
sumed that / wanted husband, which
did not They just impose on gull
lible, ignorant human nature. And
many of these poor people. after be-
ing fooled once, come back time and
again.
Worked on 500 Cases.
"In all have had about 500 cases. /
have been hypnotized for suffering
it took me quite some time to learn to
stutter before went to the place. l
have taken the magnetic treatment
and the electrical treatment I lay
on a table to be operated on by a
fake woman physician, but changed
my mind just as she was about to
start with her knife. / have visited
so many palmists I can't remember
their names.
81 have sat with the crystal gazers
and watched them look into a glass
ball until they knew all about. my
life. past, present and future. / have
seen pretty nearly all the fake clair
voyants in New York and have put
many of them out of business I have
taken the absent treatment and the
open and closed frances. have had
some husbands found for me in the
stars and other husbands in the cards.
| have been advised by other mystics
to buy certain stocks or certain lands
I have been promised three husbands
by one woman and children galore.
Blond and brunette husbands have
been promised to me. all of them
rich"
With all her skill as a detective,
Mrs. Goodwin is nothing but woman
and q mother, and she has the pref
test homes imaginable coy apart
ment on a good street, tastefully dec
Grated, fitted with handsome rugs and
curtains, adorned with. much bric-a-
brac and many pictures and kept az
neat as new pin.
Her daughter, Miss Margaret, who
is called Marjorie at home, runs the
household. She Is winsome girl Of
nineteen. pretty as picture.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
ELECTRICAL
@N0TESl61

Over SO lightships are stationed
around the English shores.
Forty thousand wireless kilograms
reached the coast of Great Britain last
year.
Ball bearings for every movable
part feature new electric automo-
bile.
Weather reports are sent from
Gibraltar to London daily by wireless
telegraphy.
Through telephone service between
New York and Los Angeles is prom
ised by November.
London has 100000 telephones and
the daily number OF calls averages
one and quarter million.
An electrically driven machine that
weighs less than so pounds has been
invented to scrub floors.
Austria Hungary has the least tele-
phone service, In proportion to popu-
lation, of any European country.
Electric lighting has been vastly
improved. New lamps have been pro-
duced and old processes improved.
More than 1000 of the $4,000 pas
senger cars in use on the railroads OF
the United States are now electrically
lighted.
The government OF New Zealand is
replacing its wooden telegraph poles
and letter box posts with reinforced
concrete ones.
The electric zone of the New York.
New Haven C Hartford railroad IL;
to be extended, indicating that its
operation has been successful.
No task Is too little or too large
for electricity and no man can truth
fully say what It viii yet perform
when we have learned 1t better.
Wireless telegraphy has been de-
veloped until messages are being re-
ceived between San Francisco and
Japan, or across the Pacific ocean.
A bill has been introduced In the
New York legislature to provide for
cooperation between New York and
Ontario in the matter Of Illuminating
Niagara Falls.
Acetylene automobile headlights
have been provided with an attach
ment with which the gas may be
lighted by short circuiting the spark
ing system with a switch from the
drivers seat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
Determine Longitude.

Several determinations of longitude
have of late been made by means OF
wireless messages, but the most am
bilious attempt of this nature has just
taken place between Paris and Tunis
wireless signals connecting two clocks,
one at the Eiffel Tower and the other
at Bizerta, Tunis. the comparison of
which decided the longitude. The sig
mails travelled the whole distance in
007 second. which works out at nearly
100000 miles second.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

RYEW YORK-"To be detective,
= ~ first grade, at $2,250 per an.
num-Mrs. Isabella Goodwin. !"
Such was the order of Rhine
lander Waldo, New -York's police COM
missioner, recently. He did not men
ton the fact that Mrs. Goodwin is the
only female municipal sleuth in the
United States and New York city's
first woman detective sergeant. Nor
did he mention it officially that the
promotion from police matron to de-
tectfve was due to good work for II
years past, and especially for her
share in solving the mystery of the
$4,000 taxicab holdup, In which two
bank messengers were blackjacked
and robbed
Ten thugs took part in this crime,
one of the most spectacular in the
history of New York. One or two are
still at large, but the majority are
behind the bars and all but one have
confessed. 1t was Mrs Goodwin's
work that got the first line on them.
The reader of French novels, as
rule, imagines that the woman sleuth
is young. dashing, dressed in spright-
ly fashion and full of verve and chic
Mrs. Goodwin is exactly the opposite
She Is widow of forty-seven-she is
proud of her age-and the mother of
three grown-up children. Her hus-
band, John w. Goodwin, was rounds
man in the department
Sure" laughed Inspector Hughes,
head Of the detectives bureau. "you
can see Mrs. Goodwin-she's down
stairs now"
Among the Sieuths.
Leading the way, he walked into
the room where New York's foremost
sleuths gather every morning to get
their orders for the days work and to
meet their chiefs. There sat Mrs.
Goodwin among them She was Just
as calm as you please, though 1t had
been only the day before that she had
been raised $1,000 in salary and been
made New York's only woman detec-
tive
Don't think these are my working
clothes" she protested, settling her.
self in chair, "but I've got to dress
the part today"
Indeed, she dressed it. Mrs. Good
win wore fetching hat of blue straw
tied down with smart lace veil. a
costume of bright blue cloth and satin
pumps and immaculate white kid
gloves reaching up to her elbows. She
looked all the world like a society
matron ready to take her limousine
out for some afternoon tea
Mrs. Goodwin was assured that no
police secrets were wanted; merely
something about herself.
20, that's simple" she ran on. 81
was born in Greenwich Village that's
the lower west side. you know-and
live there yet. But please don't pub
lish my address; it wouldn't help me
in my business. I've been in the po-
lice department since May. 1896, near
w 10 years. When my husband died
had the children to support and de-
cided to get into the police depart
ment, too. So studied and took the
examination for matron They sent
me to the Macdougal street station,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

Every day electricity is set some
new task. Now It Is asked to mag
netize a great steel disk to be used
In conveying a cargo Of nails from
the bottom of the Mississippi; or 1t
must supply power to dredge the
Alaskan sands for gold. or to drive the
huge mechanical shovels to dig new
and better canal across the Empire
state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
SMALL BATTERY RUNS LAMP
Vest Pocket Arrangement Has just
Been Placed on Market in
France-Actuates Toys.

What the inventor claims is the
smallest practical storage battery in
the world has just been placed on the
market in France in connection with a
vest-pocket electric light. The battery
which actuates the light weights LIZ
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
LIGHT FOR THE BLACKSMITH
Accompanying illustration Shows How
an Enterprislng Man Provides
Illumination for Shop.

The accompanying illustration
shows how an enterprising blacksmith
provides illumination in his shop so
that the light will fall where most
needed, says the Popular Electricity.
Recesses In the wall contain each an
incandescent lamp. The wires for these
are run in conduit laid In the wall
1t was necessary to place wire net
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

An agreement has been reached by
the Italian government and one OF the
largest Italian wireless companies for
the erection OF a large and powerful
station in the suburbs of the city OF
Rome for the transmission of intelIi-
gence. It will have six towers, two or
them being 240 feet high
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24

ting over the wall recess to keep the
horses from biting and breaking the
lamps.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-24
<SSCze
ELECTRICAL
@lWRLDR
SAND SCREENED BY A MOTOR
Labor-saving Machine VIII Do as
Much Work In One Hour az
Two Men Can In Ten.

The tedious method Of Kidding sand
by hand has been superseded by the
electrical method at the foundry of a
Cleveland manufacturing concern.
The electric riddle oscillator is q
small. compact machine weighing but
ITS pounds. There Is no dead center,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
FOUNTAINS JULY SALE.

The great July Clearing Sale at W.
T, Fountains Big Busy Store will be-
gin Saturday. July l4th, and close Au-
gust Bird, and the attention of our
many readers is directed to the full
page Of unheard of bargains to be bad
at this popular mercantile establishment
during the above dates. Mr.. Fountain
always has a big crowd Of eager pur-
chascrs at his bargain sales. because
the people know when he decides to
put on a special sale that they a de-
pend on every article purchased at his
store being exactly as he represents it.
Be sure to read what he has to say in
this issue OF The Commonwealth, and
go to the big sale early and get your
pick Of his superb offering.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

T. |. Mcclellan has accepted a
position with the Henderson
Baird Hardware Company at
Greenwood, and left for that place
last Sunday night. Mrs, Mcclellan
will follow as soon as they
can secure a house. We hope
these fine folks may prosper and
be happy in the capital of Leflore
County. --Sumner PrOgreSs-Her-
aid.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
NOT YET IN PROPER
STRIDE.

Though marked Improvement
has been shown in the Greenwood
Baseball club since the closing Of
the first lap of the 1912 season,
the club is not in its proper stride.
At spots and jerks the proper
class is shown but the unit team
work is not at its best. Good hit
tiers and haserunnerS have been
added, and the slabcrew reinfoTc-
ed. and the club should inject the
idea into their heads that they
should respond to their respective
capacities and reciprocate for the
support being given them by the
fans.
Pcrritt, Roth and TOlsOn are
good pitchers if properly support
ed; the infield is as good as want
ed if the proper pep was injected
into every exhibition; and there
are few flaws with the outfield,
The thing so conspicuous by its
absence is proper pep and spirit
and consistent teamwork. If they
all rush to their paunChes
the time Of the toss Of the
Indicator until the last hall of the
ninth is recorded, a different tale
would be told, and the fan-taIk
and newspaper dope, and espec-
ally the box receipts and per-
.entage in the race would be more
'espectable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12


Hon. G. A. Wilson was over
Hon. w. M. Wilmington made
a legal visit to jackson last Tues
Pamplin Smith and c. f. Feig-
Ter, of Minter City, were here
r,,doa Tim Z C,o,or wos nm
srom 1ackenn on InpaI business
49,
d.. r~o.
NeE, e. II. McoIaoy anu T fanny
nave s1ile u oe"aI'ee' lel''''' y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
BANKRUPTCY NOTICE
In the District Court Of the Unit
States, for the Southern Distri,

In the District Court Of the Unitet
states, for the Southern District
OF Mississippi.
In the matter Of j. A. Kennedy, bank.
rupt. In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of J. Az Kennedy, OF
Greenwood, Miss, in the County OF
Leflore and District aforesaid, a bank.
rupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
9Th day Of July, 1912, the said j. A.
Kennedy was duly adjudged bankrupt,
and that the first meeting of his cred.
itors will be held at Greenwood. Miss.
at the office Of Gardner & Whiting
on the 9th day Of July, 1912. at II
O'Clock, A. M, at which time the said
creditors may attend. prove their
appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt and transact such other bust
ness al may properly come before said
meeting. Bankrupt Is ordered to be
present.
F. NJ. WEST,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
NEW TIME TABLE ON
RAILWAY Go. In MlSSLSSInlI
,ime of Trains at Greenwood.

Pullman Drawing Room Buffet Sleep
ing Cars, routed through between Biz
minghsm and Greenville, are operated
trains Nos. II and IL.
w. r. GRAHAM,
Local Agent,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

R. L, Foy spent last Sunday at
Lexington, having been summon
ed there on account of the serious
illness Of his father-in-Iaw, DR..
Joseph Watson.
Walter S. Wingfield was down
from Shellmound Sunday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12
FEATURE WEEK AT THE GEM.

The Gem Theatre will have a week
of great feature pictures, beginning
Wednesday, July 18th. and the public is
respectfully invited to attend these
special entertainments. Read The
Gems display announcement in this
paper, and go out to see the splendid
pictures.