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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
5
The Brandon bulletin discusses a dollar red matter at Brandon Mu Mail. Details are fragmented but indicate an official postal or local matter labeled as mail service issue in the Brandon area, with unclear context and no clear outcome or dates.
Hon W J Bryan is set to address the legislature on the 29th and the crowd is expected large and well entertained as he speaks fluently. In Jackson Tuesday the Black and Tans outvoted the Lily Whites at the Republican executive committee for the 8th district and endorsed J B Foraker for president. A My College of Texas A and M strike halted operations for 10 days with only 56 of 550 students re enrolling on resumption.
The Booth Line Steamer Crispen from Manaus Brazil bound for Galveston Texas reports one crew death from yellow fever and six additional cases at sea. North Texas also reports trains snow bound on the same day. Great is Texas.
The fleet reaches Lima Peru today with the admiral suffering rheumatism. The crew, in best clothes, will get ashore to court Peruvian women and enjoy South American liquors during the visit.
Mossville endured a severe cyclone with loss of life and major property damage. The Steamer Rosalie M. sank in the Mississippi about 18 miles above Vicksburg with no deaths reported.
Twenty eight men were entombed via Mt Carmel Penn mine last Monday. Better work above ground its safer, not only in escaping such accidents, but safer in profits if you would just work Rankin county land half as hard as you would have to do underground.
Col Thomas Gale a Memphis millionaire aged 92 has recovered from a severe indigestion attack in Biloxi and resumes trips. He notes many poor men live past 90, contrasting the section’s view with his own long life.
The empire of India is in turmoil with sedition and native opposition to British rule. Jabs at imperial authority hint at broader anti colonial sentiment. Rumors of conflict include possible war with Japan and strained East Asian relations. Planting more feed starch could be needed as cotton markets face disruption.
The state aims to ban liquor, outlaw futures trading, and establish a two cent railroad rate if possible. It would also criminalize carrying a flask or a pistol under 28 inches on a railroad train, even without boasting of profits from futures trading.
A planter bought 10 mules in Yazoo City last week at 239.00 each totaling 2390.00 for the lot. The dealer asserts the animals were worth the price. The piece notes Mississippi once sent North for doors and windows with timber, but now produces much at home and questions when the state will grow its own plow stock.
Representative Quin advances a bill to nominate governors through a primary, elect the winner via governor appointment, and faces unlikely senate support. Governor Noel favors a straightforward method, while debate focuses on preserving Quin's approach as a potential easy repeal if failures arise.
A harsh editorial condemns lynching after a Brookhaven assault, arguing white perpetrators deserve severe punishment and urging law and order. It praises the slain man’s father for defending his family, condemns mob violence, and recalls the lynching folklore poem about justice and mercy.
A fragment quotes Vardaman declaring in forceful terms that the beasts will be exterminated, framing a grim response to a desecrated home and a blighted life. The stark phrase underscores a grim sentiment in the Issue.
congressmen gathered in the House cloak room as John Sharp Williams recalled an old black man working in a cotton field who cried out to heaven that the cotton was grassy the work hard and the sun hot and since then he has preached.
At the Atlanta conference the American cotton bale and others agreed on a gin compressed bale of 21 inches wide by 48 inches long, density 85 to 88 pounds per cubic foot. The pressing method and size were widely endorsed as best for global trade, aligning U S practice with customer needs.
Superintendent Powers informs county superintendents that the state superintendent of education will support Mississippi school boys experiment clubs. Counties must file club organization dates, member lists with addresses, land area planted, and other work details. The department hopes for an accurate enumeration of educable children during the year and asks aid to tax assessors.
The New Orleans World laments lynching of Pigot the negro rapist at Brookhaven. Describes mob violence maiming shooting hanging and mutilation, militia disarmed, officers overwhelmed, and the tragedy of civilians and soldiers confronting the same dangers.
The piece reflects on a near disaster in a small Southern city as disciplined officers and soldiers avert catastrophe. It condemns lynching and questions racial justice while criticizing provocation and calls for law proportionate punishment. The author, W. E. Beene, adds a personal hotel phone notice seeking patrons.
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