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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
4
The Prandon News notes Governor Lowry’s improving health with frequent rides on Jackson streets in a roller chair. It reports the death of Dr. Alexandra Fairley of Collins born 1842, a war veteran, state legislator, and influential community leader, and identifies his brother Dr. Peter Fairley of Jackson.
Two enslaved girls ages about 14 and 18, daughter and sister of Charles Cleveland, living on the Hamilton plantation, were drowned last week after a log they were crossing over a swift, rising creek broke. Unable to swim, they fell into the water and drowned.
British steamer Northumbria crewmen Chas Peel second officer and Ao bert S Rea third engineer drowned Monday at Gulfport. Rea slipped from a ladder into the water and Peel went to aid him, knowing Rea could not swim, but both men were pulled under and perished. Both were from England.
The News notes invitations to join in the celebrations at Pascagoula and Biloxi during the battleship’s Horn Island visit for the silver service presentation. Weather and rain caused plans to be curtailed, hindering the planned entertainment and joyous occasion.
The Yazoo Sentinel critiques citizens who avoid duties of citizenship and rely on newspapers to spark reform. It argues newspapers often uphold duties, while many honest citizens lack courage to fight for their convictions.
The News offers no comment but warns against letting officials in power unleash large militia to seize lawbreakers. It argues such actions mislead the public and erode due process. Atkinson may be recaptured in time, and should serve time in the Mississippi penitentiary.
Stiff winds and choppy waters off Pascagoula hinder emu vessels from venturing the battleship Mississippi. Lt. Commander B. J. McCormick acts for Capt. Fremont amid squally weather as officials and citizens from Moss Point Scranton Pascagoula Biloxi gather in Anderson Park Biloxi hosts a banquet and dances while the Mississippi sails to Philadelphia to join the Atlantic fleet.
The Mississippi expedition of the battleship Mississippi demonstrates the river can host the largest warships, silencing critics who doubted navigation. Citizens' hospitality to officers shows national pride, while debates about Philippine ownership reflect ongoing discussions on naval strength and foreign policy.
Aberdeen Weekly reports Hon A J M Laurin urged strict government economy on the Senate floor. He proposed cutting the 100000000 military outlay and freeing the Philippines, opposed private pension bills, favored a head tax on immigrants, and sought revenue to remove duties on tools and presses. He argued tariffs should be for revenue only and not protectionist policy.
Georgia planter George W. Truett voices alarm over southern debt to grow cotton. In The Constitution he calls for preaching, printing, and public talk against the system, urging bold, wide dissemination of the message to curb the industry’s burden.
The Sardis Reporter and Forest Register note little chance of other candidates entering the Mississippi United States senate race against Senator McLaurin and ex-Gov Var dara. They suggest McLaurin would win by a large majority even if he cannot campaign, and Var dara may not realize his position before the next senatorial term ends.
The News rejects requests for a pardon for Atkisom the escaped convict who served a short penitentiary term and has been at large for twenty years. Though married with a family, he has not paid the crime penalty the trial court imposed, and trouble with continues.
A reprinted health hint urges readers to kill flies to protect health. It promotes nonpoisonous or safe-to-use larvacide methods and discusses affordable options such as a 47 percent benzimidate solution and a 2 percent cobalt chloride mix, plus kerosene spraying for larvae. The note emphasizes child safety and home use.
In Indianapolis on May 15 two burglars attacked the home of Mrs. Kate Johnson. Charles Signor confronted one on a rear roof with a pistol at close range and warned him away. The burglar fled after crawling down and meeting his partner in the yard, while Signor restrained his own reactions to avoid alarming his vulnerable wife.
Kansas City dispatch describes horse and mule men at the stock yards as they watch the soldiers of Batteries A and B, Second United. The brief report highlights discipline and orderly movements amid the yard’s bustle.
States ry under Lieut Mason orders thirteen mules into twenty five minutes, a new dock record. The toll is called and mules respond by name, Cyclone and Mollie lead, a driver laments the method, while others insist success comes from calm, steady guidance and never flinching.
Fragmentary excerpts recount an Egyptology scene from Arthur E. P. Weigall's A New Egyptian Discovery. The narrator wanders a sunlit tomb complex with preserved wall paintings amid smashed wood and bones, reflecting on mortality and the fate of kings like Horemheb as described in a June Century essay.
An alarming home business offer targets women to work quietly from home with no investment. It promises earnings of 18 to 25 dollars weekly for limited daily hours and asks readers to write Harriet M. Richards, Box 40, Woman's Building, Joliet, Illinois for details. The passage begins with an old poem about service and industry.
Chicago reports detail a six day rush to settle May wheat as Decoration Day nears. Patten aims for over 3 million dollars in profit with a roughly 40 million bushel bloc including his brother and followers. The operation averages about 20 cents per bushel in profit.
On May 15 from Roell Lumber Co. mill in Pearson Mississippi a dun mare about 7 or 8 years old and 14 1/2 hands high strayed. A reward is offered for her return or for information leading to recovery.
Several subscribers requested post office address changes but their current addresses are not provided. News cannot complete the requests. changes will be made once both old and new offices are named. Gayden & Co. announces new stock of hats in all styles. Ladies, agents for The Standard dress patterns and W. G. Barnes.
The Brandon Water Company is granted right to lay pipes mains and conduits in streets alleys and public grounds for water and sewer service to Brandon Mississippi and its inhabitants. The ordinance sets rules for rates taxes exemption period twenty five years and mayoral signature June 1 1969.
Bell recalls an ordinance granting Brandon Water Company use of streets and public grounds to lay water, sewer, and other pipes for supplying the municipality. The measure was read by sections, a vote recorded with several nays, and the clerk was ordered to rewrite the ordinance.
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