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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
3
The item notes progress toward peace from eight distinct sources, with two concrete outcomes highlighted. Authorities and organizations involved remain unnamed in the fragment, but the emphasis is on incremental steps and cautious optimism across multiple parties.
Colonel C F Hake led with ten straight bull's-eyes at 500 yards. Major Harry Bryan ranked second with scores at 200, 300, and 500 yards. The event followed a boat trip on the Yazoo River and a reception at Hotel Carroll, as officers toured the city before leaving for Newark, Ohio for a national championship. Mississippi weather data cover June averages over seventeen years, noting mean temps around 79, historic highs of 105 in Greenville and 103 in Water Valley in 1972, and precipitation averages and records across stations.
Mississippi College at Clinton closed with the graduating exercises and alumni banquet. President Lowrey awarded diplomas to twenty six graduates including Miss Anna Ward Aven the first female graduate. Jennings heirs offered a memorial building and the General Education Board proposed a $25,000 gift if $75,000 is raised for new science facilities.
Work to compile county acreage estimates moves well at the Mississippi Cotton Association office. Reports received from Washington, Tunica, Amite, Grenada, Copiah, Jefferson, Panola, Neshoba, Sharkey and Yalobusha counties. remaining counties expected to report soon.
The Wesson Cotton Mills in Copiah county plan a major enlargement to boost capacity due to labor shortages and rising demand for cotton goods. Captain Saunders, president, has recalled seventy five operators from the East and plans more from New Bedford in coming days to install machinery and resume idle looms. The mill projects increased output and earnings as orders previously turned away are pursued. Governor Vardaman reviews new corporate charters for Handsboro Waterworks, Southern Box & Manufacturing, and a Woman's Christian Union home for widows and orphans, with charter amendments for Vicksburg bond issues.
The Department of Archives and History received an oil portrait of the late Chancellor Charles Scott former head of the Supreme Court of Chancery in the 1850s. The portrait was presented by his eldest son HeaOrdale and painted by Carl Guthera of Washington.
Quarterly filing with the Mississippi Railroad Commission shows total receipts of 302003.88 dollars against operating expenses of 249668.35, yielding net earnings of 52335.53. After fixed charges including bond interest, a deficit of 17748.16 dollars remains.
The Stockdale Camp United Confederate Veterans reunion at Magnolia featured Governor Varda man delivering an hour and a half address. The speech was praised as eloquent and apolitical, with high tributes and an audience that responded with loud applause.
J. Z. George a civil engineer from New Orleans surveys the route this week. Poles are being distributed along streets and construction has begun. Three miles are to be completed by January 1.
The Baptist denominations in Mississippi prepare for the state convention to be held in Tupelo on July 5 6 and 7 with about 250 delegates. Opening session will be presided over by Rev H F Sproles of Vicksburg.
Frank Peyton, a prominent young member of the Jackson bar, suffered a fracture of his right leg after an accident at the Glick bowling alley on Capitol street while rolling a heavy ball. He received medical care and is expected to recover.
The state insurance commission issues a license allowing the Junior Order United American Mechanics to enter the state and transact business.
Trustees report Greek letter fraternity issues are resolved as all students expelled or suspended for soliciting freshman members have been reinstated.
Mississippi progress notes promise broader farming, new department stores, and rail links. Reports on poultry, wool, trucking, artesian water, and oyster industry accompany calls for better school books, dog tax, and county fairs to boost the state’s development.
The State University at Oxford announces its fifty third commencement exercises from June 4 to June 7. Events include sermons by Rev. B P Fullerton, a Y M C A address, a elocution contest, senior debate, annual and alumni orations, and the commencement ceremony followed by a ball.
At the annual session of the South Oss Association plans were discussed for a cooperative insurance program. The plan aims to provide cheaper coverage than local underwriters, backed by Albert Williams & Company of New York, and has gained favorable reception in the state.
A representative of the Royal Mail steamship company from New Orleans visited delta towns in Mississippi this past week to assess opportunities for Italians. He noted many Italians are heading to Mississippi seeking work in cotton fields, where they have already found success in recent years. He believes, though new to cotton, Italians are natural agriculturists and likely to prove satisfactory.
Rev. Enrican living in India Mississippi picked up a torpedo on a railroad track near Wiggins. He struck it with a spike to test it and suffered severe injuries tearing his hand and tearing his eye lip and face. Big Deal Closed. The L A Dantzler Lumber Company.
Mrs Point ahn Howison closed a deal with Sidney B Dix of Detroit Michigan for six thousand acres of timber lands in Harrison and Jackson counties at a price of one hundred thousand dollars.
In Smith county Roe Clark shoots J. H. Lee with a load of bird shot near Flint. Both decline to state what caused the incident. The Chautauqua begins July 21 and runs two weeks with a program sure to delight all present.
A. Brock, a white employee on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, shot and seriously wounded a black workman near Clarksdale. The justice of the peace discharged Brock, ruling the shooting justifiable.
A steam launch named Dolphin was destroyed by fire at Yazoo City as picnickers had just disembarked. The vessel valued at $1,000 had changed owners the day before the blaze.
On June 3 marking Jefferson Davis birthday the Daughter of the Confederacy will confer crosses of honor and host a banquet for county veterans at Tupelo.
Governor Vardaman faces a petition seeking clemency for Amos Arundel who is serving a life sentence for murder in Smith county. The case highlights state efforts to review lengthy criminal penalties and potential reprieve avenues.
On June 10 the McComb City Cotton Mills will ship the first consignment of cotton goods to China to fulfill a $5,200 contract for 100 bales of domestics. The move marks a notable expansion of the firm’s export trade and strengthens regional commerce ties.
A fragmentary verse piece mocks rapid progress and perfectionism with playful images such as fadeless flower poreless apple and scentless onion. The reader is urged to doubt perpetual improvement while a disjointed texture hints at a newspaper page with stray garbled lines and stray characters.
A collage of quips and brief anecdotes from Philadelphia Ledger Chicago Record-Herald and Brooklyn Life including box party misreads opera attendance, a secret wedding joke, a man quitting work for love, and a comic tip to repel red ants painted blue. ends with a terse macabre aside about a ghastly object and a scent.
A mosaic of quotations from various papers includes a boastful mock battle line by a Japanese commander, wedding mishearings, and romantic exchanges. The snippets echo historical humor and social banter, with playful misinterpretations and sharp one liners.
The Hamlin family valued reading aloud on winter evenings and quiet Sundays. Cyrus Hamlin vowed not to seek wealth nor pursue dry science unless essential to his mission. He donated over $30,000 to the American Board and funded ventures such as a rat trap factory and a bread bakery for distressed Christians, aiding hospitals and soldiers during the Crimean War.
The Switzer family in Lafayettes Parish mourns as Homer B Darby dies at Fowler after illness from a wrecks injuries. He was the brother of Mrs. Darby and a nephew of Rev. George W. Switzer, marking the first close relative death in fifty-nine years in the family lineage.
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