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The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
CAPT. SAGER WRITES
ABOUT OIL PROSPECTS

In letter to the editor Of the Rev
ellie, Capt. G. H. Sager, who is su-
perintending the construction of a
power plant at Arcadia La, SAYS:
Il see by the Reveille that Clai-
borne county is trying to get on the
oil map. 1t is great game, and will
surely wake up the old town.
II see that Mr.. Kramer is +i-
grill. ! am not surprised, for you
usually are not far off the trail when
you go ont after delinquents.
In relation to the oil game, this
locality has become many thousands
OF dollars richer than it was a wear
ago, when the first movements were
made to find oil.
THE head of the above corpora
tion Lummus Oil Company is an OLD
acquaintance of mine who mi had not
seen for 20 years or more. He came
into this region and has acquired a.
bout $500 acres of land and has spent
$4,000 up to this time without gett-.
ing oil enough to soil his fingers, and
is still plugging.
My son Captain George Sager is
at the head of another company. and
they have let contracts to the amount
of $4,000 for two wells, the e,~t is
down about $50 feet.
"There are about fifteen wells be-
ing drilled in this and close by parish
cs, and so far nothing has been found.
The same conditions were found III
the great Homer section, and some of
the wells were abandoned after going
a certain depth, since which tine they
have been drilled deeper and have
proven most profitable.
Il hope that oil can be had in Clai-
borne, but l haven't much hope; al
though the trend of the oil producing
land is towards that part of Missis-
sippi and it may be found. Yet this
locality is in the direct line Of oil pro-
ducing territory, but it is found here
in pockets, not like the field south AMI
west of here.n
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
NEGROES BEING DRIVEN
OUT BY HIGH WATER

The rapid rise Of the river has ma
terially affected the farms around
Grand Gulf. Negroes are already
forced to move to high land, and we
are told by old residents Of that
neighborhood that at least 15O Ne
groes will be forced to seek homes
elsewhere until the water receded
Water is not far from the johnson
store, and when the height of the
flood is reached practically every
house in the neighborhood will be
uninhabitable.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
GRADING BEGUN.

The work Of grading the Herman
yille-Wilsonville road was begun on
Monday, the contractors having arriv
ed at Hermanville where the first
work was done.
Engineer Daniel has laid out most
of the road toward Wilsonville, and
has reached as far as the Bruce place,
coming toward Port Gibson, in laying
out this end Of the road
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
TWO BOND ISSUES FOR
TOWN OF PORT GIBSON

The board of aldermen has ordered
two election to determine whether
there shall be bond issues amounting
to total Of 100000.
The first election, for an issue Of
$4,000, is called for April 29th. This
amount is needed to complete the pow
er plant The next election is called
for May 25th to determine whether
there shall be an issue Of $50, 900 for
another school building.
The advocates of the school build
ing will have to overcome the first
barrier before they can get to vote on
their pet scheme.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
DIST. 8 TO VOTE
$4,000 ROAD BONDS

A largely signed petition from the
voters Of Dist. No. g asking that an
election be held in that district for
the purpose of giving its citizens an
opportunity of deciding whether they
are willing that $4,000 worth Of
bonds be sold with which to construct
good roads, was presented to the
board of supervisors this week.
The board called an election to be
held on Saturday, May 1st, for that
purpose.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
UNUSUALLY SMALL SALE
OF PROPERTY FOR TAXES

Probably the smallest sale Of real
estate for taxes due thereon which
has been made in Claiborne county
within the memory Of the present
generation took place last Monday.
Only four tracts Of land were sold,
and it is thought that three of these
were erroneous assessments. The
other tract was the property Of Miss
Emma Taussig, who is now in Ger
many, and the property was bought
in by friend in order that it might
be saved for her.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
SHAIFER PLACE
CHANGES HANDS
Sold by w. w. Woods to r. L. WiIhite
for $4,000. Contains Little Over
1000 Acres.

The B. H. Shaifer place, which was
bought year or more ago b. w. w.
Woods of Columbia, Mo-, has again
changed hands. The property lies a
bout four miles west of Port Gibson,
and contains 1850 acres. The price
paid, part of which is paid by other
lands in Missouri, is "iven at $25, 900.
For the past two years this planta-
ton has been operated by L. D. Bene-
dict who has since bought property
in Copiah countv and moved his fam
lily there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woods came here re-
Gently with a view of making their
home there, but later decided to sell
and return to Missouri.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
SHANNON PLACE SOLD.

The Shannon place, three miles east
of Carlisle and containing 1870 acres,
was recently sold by John A. Shan
non Of Lincoln county to William Ter
rell for $500.
The sale was made through an ad-
in the Reveille.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08

price should be either increased OF the
contracts annulled.
The party invited the board to visit
the roads in body and make an in
speetion Of them; however. there was
no promise made by the members to
do this.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08

Our cultivators have more than the
usual operating advantages, but it
is the way they work all Of the soil
between the rows that makes users
call them the best.
You will find ability to do good
work predominant In all our imple-
ments. They are built by firm that
puts good work first. We see that
they are set up the way the manufact-
urer intended. We help you TO un-
derstand their operation so that YOU
can get the full advantage Of their
good working qualities.
Be sure Of good work above every
thing else, when you buy your imple-
ments this year. Come in and let us
show you our line.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08

And that's the best recommendation
any farm implements can have.
There is no substitute for the quail
ity that assures good work-the kind
that meets the practical farmers ap-
proyal.
Our plows pull light and handle
easily, but it's the good seed bed-mak-
ing quality Of their bottoms that gives
them leadership.
Our corn planters have an automa-
tic marker and all Of the other con-
veniences, but it is the accuracy Of
their drop-the precision with which
they put the desired number Of kern
els in every hill-that makes users
especially glad they bought at our
store.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1920-04-08
OUR CUSTOMERS TELL US

That Our Implements Do the Work the Way the Farmer
Wants Ii Done.
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Since this account was considered of
sufficient Importance to deserve a
place in the imperial archives of the
LANG dynasty and is handed down
with the full authority Of the great
Chinese historian Ma Tuan-Iin.
there should be no doubt as to its
authenticity.
The narrative states that there
was a Buddhist priest named Hui
Shen, originally a native of Cabul,
who, in the year 400 A. D., during
the reign of the Emperor Yung
Yuan, came from the country of
tusang to Kingchow, the capital of
the dynasty Of Tsi, situated on the
River Yangtse. The country being
in state Of revolution, it was not
until the year 500 that he reached
the court Of the Emperor WI ri, of
the new LANG dynasty. The En-
peror treated him as an envoy from
tusang and deputed one Of the four
principal feudal lords, named Yu
kel, to interrogate him concerning
the country and to take down his
story IN writing.
Among other things, Hui Shen
said that the people Of Fusang were
formerly in ignorance Of the doc
trines of Buddha, but during the
reign of the Chinese emperor Ia
Ming, Of the Sung dynasty, or A. D
45S, there were five bilshus, or Bud
dhist monks, from Cabui, who tray-
e'ed there and promulgated the
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Laurels of Columbus Are in Dancer

Fong Tsiang Kuang, Chinese Charge
dAffaires at Mexico City, says "The
Kansas City Star"
He says the words "sun," "eye"
and "city" are clearly depicted in
the newly discovered hieroglyphics.
This new find seems to lend support
to Professor Flyers proposition of
an early day visit of Chinese to
America.
The article by Professor Fryer
setting forth his reasons for belief
IN a fifth century visit to America
by Buddhists follows, in part:
'The direct evidence Of this early
| Buddhist mission, though based
chiefly on Chinese historical docu-
ments, covers also the traditions,
histories, religious beliefs and an
tlquities to be found in America. ex-
tending all the way down the Pacific
Coast from Alaska to Mexico, as
we'll as to many localities consider
able distance inland.
"From early times the Chinese
classics, as we'll as the historical.
geographical and poetical works, al
lude to a country or continent far
to the east Of China, under the name
Of Fusang, or Fusu.
"The narrative of only one visit
to Fusang is on record in Chinese
history, namely, that of Hui Shen,
a native of Cophene, or Cabul, which
was the great center of Buddhist
missionary exertions in early times.
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knowledge Of the doctrines, books
and images Of Buddhism"
The story of Hui Shen is told in
some detail, but all descriptions of
the country Of Fusang and it's peo-
pie and customs mark them as ap-
plying to the Pacific Coast in gener-
al and Mexico in particular, accord
ing to Professor Fryer. Many names
and religious belle 5 and customs of
the nations Of Mexico, Yucatan and
Central America show Asiatic in
fiuence, he says.
when we come to look for visible
traces OF Buddhism among the an
tlqultles of Mexico we are soon am
ply rewarded, Professor Fryer's
article continues. ""Images and sculp-
tured tablets, ornaments, temples
and pyramids abound that cannot
we'll be ascribed to any other source
with show of reason. Among
these may be mentioned: An image
CT Buddha at Palenque, sitting cross
legged on seat formed Of two
lions placed back to back, closely
representing images found in India
end China; perfect elephants
head sculptured on the walls Of
Palenque, the elephant being the
usual symbol of Buddha in Asia
and no elephants being found in
America3 an elaborate elephant
faced god found among the Aztecs,
which is evidently an imitation Of
the Indian image Of Ganesha."
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TIME memory note Of the aver
age American to the effect
that columbus discovered

LIlaC columbus discovered
America in 1892" may have
to be revised. There is a chance
that the word discovered" is all
wrong. The possibility Of the con-
tinent having been discovered way
back at the end of the fifth century
by Buddhist missionaries seems to
be very good.
In the early days Of the present
century Professor John Fryer, Of the
University Of California, did origi-
nal research on the matter of the
supposed early visit of Asiatic
Buddhists to America, and he dis
covered facts which he set forth In
an article printed in "Harper's En-
cyclop@dia" in 1909 which convinced
many at the time that these earlv
missionaries we're the real discover
ers Of America.
Now come further reports. from
Mexico Of the recent discovery of
hieroglyphics on the foundation
stones Of the pyramids of San Juan
Teotihuacan, twenty-seven miles
northeast Of Mexico City, which are
pronounced similar to symbols still
in use In the Chinese Language by
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der the suspicion that he was going
to make it his country home, and
during the next four years added to
it from time to time, until in 1903
ne woke up to the fact, that he had
acquired more than 1000 acres of
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for his successful rivals election
His first political office was in
1906, when he was elected to Con
gress to succeed the late Robert R
Hit. He remained in Congress I'M
til 1911, when he resigned because
Of i'll health.
In Congress he was interested in
practical matters. When he came
to be Governor of Illinois he showed
it again more clearly than ever. His
first statement said:
Evils That Crept In
II do not wish to prophesy an
Augustan era for the state during
my administration. I do not care
to boast of high ideals. But l have
definite views regarding certain
changes in the administration OF
state affairs. Many evils have crept
into the state government which
believe I shall be able to remedy.
am going to give Illinois an honest
efficient and economical administra.
ton"
Governor Lowden as his first act
reorganized the government of Hi
nois so that instead of consisting of
1913 overlapping and duplicating
commissions it consisted of nine de-
partments, and the expense of ad-
ministration was so much reduced
that the tax rate was cut from
80 cents to Is cents, and the total
of the taxes to be raised for state
purposes was cut 100000. In the
three years he has been in Office ad-
ministration expenses of the state
government have been so reduced
that the state tax rate has been cut
33 per cent, and 100000 a year in
state taxes has been saved to the
people of Illinois, and this during
the war and in period of constantly
increasing costs.
Introduced Budget System
Governor Lowden introduced the
budget system into the financial ad-
ministration Of Illinois. The new
organization saved $150,OO0 in
travelling expenses in 1913, notwith-
standing higher railroad fares and
increased prices at hekels. There
was saving Of $90,656 in printing
where there usually had been a
deficit.
These are the outstanding facts
Of Governor Lowden's administers
ton in Illinois. They show what
he stands for and the road his
thoughts travel. When he was
asked for the purposes Of this article
what he wanted emphasized in his
candidacy for the Republican nom
ination for President, he replied:
"a business administration of the
national government. There is one
branch Of the administration at
Washington whose work is dupli-
Gated by forty-two bureaus. Forty
one Of those forty-two bureaus ought
to be abolished, and the expense of
their administration done away
with.
THAT is merely one example.
There should be budget system in
national finance and the government
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Of Illinois. He again entered the
Pullman directorate after his retire
ment from Congress in 1911, and
resigned once more in 1916 after
being elected Governor of Illinois.
His letter Of resignation said:
~ do not feel that in the discharge
Of my duties as Governor I should
be officially connected with a COM
pany whose interests might be af-
fected by any action I might be
called upon to take as Governor"
The Lincoln tradition adheres in
Illinois. Log cabin beginnings al
ways help a candidate for public
Office and if, in addition, the candi-
dates father had the foresight to be
a blacksmith, election is practically
assured. Governor Lowden fills both
requirements.
Of Scotch Origin
He Is Of Scotch origin, and the
original home Of the family, in this
country, was Vermont. Governor
Lowden's grandfather went to Erie
County, Pa, and the Governors
father left the Pennsylvania farm
when he was fourteen and in 1853
reached Chicago County, Mimi.
where, in 1856, he married Nancy
Elizabeth Breg. Governor Lowden
was born in Sunrise, Mimi, January
Is, 1861. When he was seven wears
old his father moved to Point Pleas
ant, Hardin County, Iowa, the boy
trudging barefooted along che road
behind the prairie schooner that car
ried the makings Of the new home.
The log cabin that gave Governor
Lowden his political start ornament
ed the Iowa farm, while Congress
man Frank L. Smith, who ran
against Lowden in the Illinois guber
material primaries in 1916, said:
Father a Blacksmith
"Lowden's father was primarily
farmer Of the pioneer type, but ran
q blacksmith shop on his place as a
secondary issue for the accommoda-
ton Of the neighbors. MY father
was blacksmith and nothing else."
After the primary returns had
been counted Smith said,
II guess Lowden's father was a
better blacksmith than mine, even If
blacksmithing was only a side issue
with him."
Opportunities for education were
not largo on the Iowa farm, but
young Lowden was determined to
have an education. BY the time he
was fifteen he had made such good
use Of his time thai he had school
Of his own to teach and to add to
his income was cleaning up the
schoolroom, With the money he
saved no entered the University of
Iowa when he was twenty years old.
His money ran out, and he was COM
PEELED to go to teaching again. but
he kept up his studies and was able
to return, to tho university, from
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which he was graduated at the head
CT his class.
, This was Lowden's first goal. His
second was the law school. After
finishing at the university he re-
turned to teaching, getting school
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21
Says Millions Are
Wasted i'm Wash
ington
By Fred B. Pitney

I'm THESE days, when women
are SO rapidly approaching full
voting status, it is said to
enhance the chances of a can
didate for public Office if it can be
said, or indicated, of him:
ellis wife has always been his
chief counsellor and confidant in all
his affairs. He has never made an
important move or taken vital de-
cision without first seeking her adj
vice, and he has never made mis-
take when he has followed her adj
vice"
Hence Mrs. Frank O. Lowden be-
comes a person Of national interest
since Frank O.. Lowden Is openly.
actively and aggressively seeking
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent, and here Is what an intimate
friend of both Governor and Mrs.
Lowden said Of her!
Mrs. Lowden, If she were q man,
would be a mans man. She is
woman men like to talk to; sensible
men, that is. She has sound views
and practical common sense, and is
familiar with important questions.
She knows what she Is talking
about
The question arises, Does Cover
nor Lowden consult Mrs. Lowden?
sfWhy, yes, I suppose he does," is
the answer. =
"Not in the way you, perhaps,
mean consult; but he certainly dis
cusses important questions with her.
A man naturally would"
Doesn't Interfere
Pinning the question down more
closely, Does Mrs. Lowden take part
in the government Of Illinois? Does
she interfere in public affairs?
"Not that any one knows anything
about"
Specifically, Who is Governor of
Illinois?
Crank o. Lowden."
Meeting Governor Lowden subse-
quently one agrees that the state
ment probably is correct. He i'm
presses one as a man who would do
his own governing. He is squarely
built man In the neighborhood Of
feet inches tall and weighing
about ITO pounds. He is smooth
shaven, has rather forid complex
lon, white hair and plenty Of it, a
square jaw, an extremely direct gaze
that would be more than discon-
certing to a man trying to "put
something over" an emphatic man
ner of speaking and a strong and
hearty handshake. He is fifty-nine
years old. He makes good first
impression, but it is not the i'm
preston Of q statesman, a philoso-
pher, a scholar OF philanthropist. 1t
is the impression Of business man,
an executive who has the confidence
in himself gained by successful ex-
perience.
Was a Noted Beauty
Before Diminishing Mrs. Lowden
from the equation, however, let 1t
be known that she Is the daughter
Of the late George M. Pullman, and
with her sister, Mrs. Frank Carolan,
Of San Francisco, divided his estate
Of S30,0oo,o0o.
Twenty-Five years ago Florence
Pullman was a noted beauty as we'll
az an admired heiress. In 1898
Prince Won 1senberg- Bernstein of
Prussia tried to win her, and two
years later she was ardently
courted at Carlsbad by Prince Alex
ander OF Serbia. The international
gossips predicted marriage, but in
1895 she was married to Mr.. Low
den, who was then one Of the rising
la
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So he bigger Governor Of Illinois and hold
Lowden EST v.+aa
politics Mckinley campaign combination throuo h
of 1900 He had intended going lots in the lannon's nm
Vic 1850 campaign but sickness in venon Dneen finally him
erered candidate Iovdon rrnod ~ aa
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land that was nothing but an ex-
pense. Governor Lowden promptly
retired from the practice Of law and
the reorganization Of other peoples
businesses to make Sinnissippi farm
a dividend paying enterprise. And
he did it. Moreover, he bought
10000 acres Of Arkansas bottom
land and turned them into a divi-
dend paying cotton plantation.
Not S'Son of the Soil''
But Governor Lowden has no bark
on the back Of his hands. He does
not WELD the hoe or milk the cows.
His farms are business enterprises.
They are practical undertakings. 1t
is a good thing in Middle West poll
tics for candidate to be able to say
Il am a farmer" but unless he
could make farming a practical sue
cess Lowden would be practicing law
in Chicago. He would not be living
on the farm merely for the love Of
the SOIL Moreover it would have to
be a success on a big scale. One
thousand acres in Illinois was not
enough for him. He had to have
another 10000 acres in Arkansas.
He had to have a big job.
Therein lies the reason Lowden
wants to be President. He has had
a big job as Governor of Illinois.
1t is the biggest thing he has had
yet, and he has done it successfully.
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oWdens Chief Plank Calls For Business Administrator

at Burlington, Iowa, where he re
manned until he got Job as a clerl
in law Office in Chicago at SO {
week. He went to Chicago in 1885,
and Immediately entered the Unior
College of Law, now the law schoo
Of Northwestern University. Here
Lowden crowded two years. worl
into one and was admitted to tn.
bar in 1887.
When Governor Lowden is asked
what it is that interests him mos
he says, II am farmer" He point:
to the fact that he was born ane
brought up on farm and that hi
has gone back to the farm. Hi:
farm, Sinnissippi, on the Rock Riv
er, near Oregon, ILL.,, is one of the
show places of the state. while he
cultivates $4,000 acres of cottor
land in Arkansas.
His Farm Makes Money
Whatever Governor Lowden may
think about it, his interest in his
farm is as a job to do successfully
He bought the beginnings of his
farm in 1890. At that time he hac
had twelve years Of successful work
as a lawyer, during which, with alb.
solute truth to character, he had be.
come, from trial lawyer, the chief
counsel in the reorganization Of
various great business enterprises
He bought the Hemenway farm I'm.
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His Farm Makes Money

(TOVERNOR FRANK o. LOWDEN of Illinois and Mrs.
~ Loa0den qOho a0us Miss Florence Palnan Bezo0 are
Mrs. Los0de and the four Loa0dem children photographed
at the LoaOdem farm IN Illinois
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Mrs. Lowden is credited by her
friends with being q good busi-
ness woman and taking the prin-
cipal part In the management Of her
own estate. Governor Lowden was
for several years a director Of the
Pullman company, but resigned In
1a0] to make the race for the Re-
publican nominstaon ser Governor