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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
6
Mississippi notices report several large pine mills idle for months are readying to resume operations. Finkbine Lumber at Wiggins leads the effort with others overhauling plants to boost output and regional employment as flood relief and public works draw steady attention.
Board of Directors of Avoyelles Parish Fair met and unanimously determined the parish fair will be held this fall despite the police jury failing to appropriate 9560 this year. The required funds had been raised otherwise, ensuring the event proceeds.
A burglar mistook a book on a pillow for the head of E. D. Coleman a respected planter near Waterproof and struck the volume with an ax The victim awakened by the blow saw the intruder flee in the dim light The assault occurred some time ago but only recently came to light.
A tall compilation reports illnesses and celebrations including the Russian Empress and Emperor Francis Joseph. It notes Canadian fires, Cuban unrest, and European diplomacy. Events span battleship designs, currency issues, postal scams, arrests, elections, and notable travels of Bryan and Chafin, with ongoing weather and agricultural concerns.
A wide sweep of events from federal court tests on law and Texas rail ownership to Louisville and Nashville earnings decline. Reports cover race clashes in Illinois and Tennessee, a Jewish family massacre in Yurievke, Cuban and Venezuelan tensions, and a new Jose Marti monument in Rome. Politicians, aviation feats, rail and oil topics, court actions, and a Los Angeles crash add to a busy week.
Springfield reports a Sangamon county grand jury returned fifty indictments linked to recent race riots. Among them five indictments target Thos Marshall and twelve other black men for assault with intent to kill William Bowe, the county treasurer clerk's assistant fatally injured. Whites are charged with destruction at Loper's restaurant. Abraham Raymer faces murder conspiracy in Don egan case. About 35 detainees remain jailed. many names suppressed. Riot conditions persist with saloons limited and troops stationed in two city areas.
O D Earl of Morrillton Ark sent ten thousand dollars in decayed greenbacks to the treasury department in 1904 fearing banks unsafe. All but twenty five dollars identified. a nine thousand nine hundred seventy five dollar check mailed to Earl after he dug up the hoard. Bills degraded beyond discernment leaving only leaf like scraps and torn notes with fragments showing a figure.
Chicago report says William J. Bryan plans a decisive push in New York to win the state for Democrats. He will address audiences in New York City Syracuse and Rochester on September 16 and 20 and later in New York City and Buffalo in early October. National committee members report strong hopes that Bryan's appearances in key centers could sway New York voters.
Reports from San Francisco say the Chinese boycott on Japanese goods has reduced cargo for the Hankong with ballast lacking. The ship arrived with 500 tons of extra coal from Nagasaki to fill the shortfall while passengers noted widespread gloom in Japan and several steamship firms near bankruptcy.
Atlanta Ga William J Bryan will speak in Macon on September 14. It will be his only public address in the state during the campaign.
Miss Kate McLaurin niece of U S Senator Mc Laurin of Mississippi will debut on the New York stage with Henristta Crosman in As You Like It at the Academy of Music She will also accompany Miss Crosman on a South tour this fall.
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