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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
In Clarksdale on Aug 24, Mr. Brewer declares Hon. E F Noel elected by Mississippi Democrats to govern honestly and safely. He pledges cooperation, praise for supporters, and no malice toward opponents, urging unity and continued progress for the state under Noel’s leadership.
Edwin Harrington Sons & Company confidential clerk Handy Standon is a fugitive charged with pay and embezzlement of 20000 dollars. He disappeared about two weeks ago. Richard Mansfield seeks Christian Science treatment to regain health. The army of Cuban pacification costs the government 2500000 annually. Four Mexicans wanted in Mexico for treason were detained in Los Angeles. A large fleet of American ships will sail for the Pacific in December.
Campaign managers and assistants have toiled since Thursday night, sleeping little and eating little, spending eighteen to twenty hours daily chasing election returns by long distance phone. Alleged errors in the returns are blamed on faulty telephone connections, with possible alterations in figures when official returns are canvassed by the state committee.
The article asserts Manship led the ticket with a total majority not less than 10,000 votes, indicating a decisive win. It notes Jackoon as a counterpart in the ticket and frames the official tally as forthcoming to confirm the margin.
The American Federation of Labor executive council voted to pursue a vigorous campaign against child labor. They aim to bar any employment of children under 14 in profit making work, excluding a parent's farm, with President Gompers to present the issue to the Massachusetts joint committee in Boston on August 27.
Washington Comptroller of the Currency William P. Ridgeley discusses Secretary Cortelyou's plan to distribute funds among national banks to avert a possible money stringency this fall. He calls the plan wise and timely and argues liquidation demand will not trigger a panic, citing abundant resources for progress and development.
Cleveland report notes Dr H F Biggar predicts John D Rockefeller will live beyond ninety four, citing a remarkable recovery after adopting open air exercise and regular play. Rockefeller, praised as exceptionally fit, says he feels better than ever while his father William Rockefeller is also ninety four.
Enthusiastic Georgia crowd observes Governor Smith sign the new law effective January 1, 1808. Prohibitionists sing "Praise on" as the official seals the statute on the hill.
London notes Andrews Carnegie deposited in the Bank six hundred pounds for the Edward Hospital Fund with an unconditional bet that the money be spent as seems best. He added that the more strenuously it is used for reform the better fit would be for all concerned.
Effort advances to form the Mississippi Publishing Company in Jackson with charter drafted and $50,000 capital. J. W. Church, Girard Harris, and H. E. Blakeslee named as incorporators, about $15,000 subscribed. Plans depend on governor’s post term and plans for a daily or weekly publication remain undecided.
Announcements show sixty day sessions for Mississippi Baptist associations, numbered fifty eight in total, typically from early September to early November. Leaders plan to visit many sessions with ministers and lay delegates to discuss work. The denomination claims about 140,000 active communicants. several associations have not posted dates yet.
Diocesan college committee members say two architects are drawing up plans for a new Episcopal girls college in Vicksburg. Building expected to start by November 1, housing 80 to 100 pupils, with future expansions. The site lies on the ridge east of military park, currently the Vicksburg gun club property, with 25 acres donated by National Park Realty Company.
Real estate magnates the Helgason brothers acquire the Jones corner at South and Washington streets for 25000 dollars. They plan a modern European hotel with shops beneath, aiming to create a landmark in the city’s business heart.
Ed Ferguson aged seventeen son of EB L Ferguson drowned while wading in shallow water at a picnic near Fannin on Pearl river after stepping into a deep hole. Spectators failed to save him and his body was recovered about two hours later.
Two parties of U S revenue officers mistook each other for moonshiners near a blockade still by Chail Hill Raleigh North Carolina and opened fire. Four men were shot before the error was discovered. Moonshiners were believed hidden in bushes nearby.
Seven Black passengers suffer fatal injuries after a work car blocks the main track as a northbound train sweeps past. One dead and at least three more likely to die. three others may survive but legless, doctors warn.
A Maxie post office was robbed by an unidentified thief who removed the glass from a lower window sash and entered via a rear room. The postmaster telegraphed for hounds to trail the robbers.
The Board of Trustees of the Methodist Seashore Training School approved purchasing the Dahlgren property near Beauvoir. The land fronts 346 feet on the Mississippi Sound and extends back about a half mile.
The Peoples Bank of Wiggins was robbed by unknown individuals. About twelve hundred dollars in silver was taken. The outer vault door was opened by a combination and the inner door forced.
The Biloxi city council awarded a ten year contract for city lighting and electricity to the Gulfport and Mississippi Traction Company. The agreement covers illumination services and power supply for Biloxi during the decade.
M A Cherry conductor of Mobile and Ohio passenger train No 2 died from injuries from the Tamola wreck twenty four miles north of Meridian.
Mrs. John P. Burkett fired at a man described as a Negro who was entering the rear door of her Hattiesburg home. The shot missed its mark and the assailant escaped on foot. Local authorities began a search but no arrest was reported.
Vice President H B Spencer of the Southern railway aided by Speaker Justice estimates operating cost at 54.37 for a 140 mile two coach and baggage train. Justice also calculates revenues at 390, yielding a profit and challenging Spencer’s claim of 1.03 per mile cost and 1.25 per mile revenue including mail and express.
Acting Mayor McDonald approves a city ordinance from the common council prohibiting flirting in public places. The law makes loitering on church steps, public buildings, store doorways, or on streets and vacant lots for visiting or snacking a punishable offense with fines or imprisonment.
Secretary Root is reported to be recuperating his health under the care of the Solid Muldoon. Five people died of suffocation in a tenement fire at Summersville Massachusetts. John F. Gaynor the convicted contractor is ill and may be released. The first strike benefit was distributed among telegraph operators in New York. Sulphur users brace to fight proposed regulations. In Barbourville Kentucky a free fight left one dead two fatally wounded and four others seriously hurt. Dr Hamilton an alienist visited Mrs Eeddy and said she could manage her affairs. Ex Governor Taylor of Kentucky offers to stand trial for femenina if guarantees are met.
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