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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
2
Supreme Court reverses and remands state v Gambrell from Smith County due to missing jury instruction on the dying declaration of Grayson. Justice Mayes notes the testimony included the decedent’s statements about belief or unbelief, requiring proper guidance to the jury.
Mae Johnson, a tenant at J. M. Simmons' Magnolia area, had been missing for a week. Simmons found him in a cabin, shot in the shoulder with birdshot and near death from starvation, the wound untreated. The man said he was shot the previous week but gave no further details.
In New Augusta a dog is thought to have hydrophobia after a fit. Children played with the dog at Mrs. Myers house when the animal acted strangely. A chase ensued with several shots fired, none hitting. Miss Rubye Myers fled into a home, and her brother accidentally slammed a heavy glass door, injuring his sister.
A sad incident occurs in Son tag as 12 year old Cabe White is killed by a shotgun blast fired accidentally by his brother Char lie White. The two boys aged 12 and 10 were dining with 14 year old Ernest Douglas who was left to guard the home while the family attended church. Charlie found a shotgun, snapped both barrels believing it unloaded, and a single loaded shell struck Cabe about ten feet away, killing him almost instantly.
Sheriff H K Rouse and Justice S C Smith arrested Ab Shoemaker a negro at Poplarville charged with the assassination of Jim Ellis near Tyler ten miles south of Poplarville on the North Eastern railroad. The shooting happened at Fred Meyers home with two witnesses. Both men were railroad section hands. The prisoner was brought to the county jail.
The regular criminal term of the Forrest County Circuit court is pretermitted after Judge Cook dismissed it saying officers and citizens should aid storm victims. The people of Hattiesburg and Forrest county have no time for other pursuits as business is practically suspended in Hattiesburg.
The spring term of circuit court convenes at Pascagoula with Judge W H Hardy presiding. After impaneling the grand jury, the judge gave a charge on enforcing all criminal laws with focus on gambling concealed weapons illicit liquor sales vagrancy and public roads.
Governor Noel tightens enforcement of the corporate organization law, insisting every charter corrects names to avoid infringing on existing entities. The measure applies equally to white and colored groups, with charters returned if they misuse a lodge’s name.
Glover Chapman’s Newton jewelry shop was broken into by two men who shattered a rear window to steal watches rings and other goods valued at 800 to 900 dollars. One man stood guard while the other opened the iron safe. A passerby notified the marshal who corralled by the depot as the eastbound train pulled away one suspect named Eldrige Hurt whose father is W N Hurt a Hattiesburg newspaper man. The partner escaped.
Governor Noel offers 150 dollars reward to augment county and private offers for information leading to the apprehension of Jose alias Frenchy, the man who killed Claiborne county farmer B. T. Archer last week. The governor’s information says the killer is not a Negro but a half breed tramp or adventurer who appeared two years ago and was disliked, more by Negroes than whites in the area.
Sterling Arnold, born October 16, 1806, moves from North Carolina with his family to Dr. H. G. Hathorn place two miles east of Columbia. If he reaches his 102nd birthday on October 16, he will rank among the state’s oldest inhabitants. He now lives with his second wife, mother of six, while eleven children survived from his first marriage.
Jacob Kornman a 58 year old lawyer at the sash and blind factory was knocked down at Nixon street and Howard avenue Biloxi. He was dragged 100 feet between the fender and ground and left unconscious with back and shoulder bruises. He will be disabled for three or four weeks.
Secretary Lawrence Yerger reports two white convicts, Theo Knees and F. J. Dodson, escaped from Rankin farm. Knees, a Canadian, was a model inmate. both men were near the end of short-term terms and had appeared ready for liberation.
The city postpones awarding the public lighting contract to June 17 due to the Southern Light and Traction company being declared a trust. It will take six weeks to liquidate the current arrangement and reorganize the local firm.
A telegram to the Brookhaven Progressive Union from Congressman F A McLain announces a $65,000 grant from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds for Brookhaven.
Bruce Bass and a youth named Buckley were involved in a drunken quarrel at Hazlehurst. In the melee Buckley was lightly cut in the back by Bass.
Governor Noel pardons Chas Lohry confined from Harrison county after a March 1907 conviction for grand larceny. Lohry receives a two year sentence reduced to parole. The case reflects ongoing clemency actions by the state executive.
H E Blakeslee notes Lincoln county roads improved by contract rather than overseer rule, citing the Brookhaven Leader story about Elbert Lovell and a field day by Fair River High School students. The piece highlights education interest, cattle tick eradication plans, and county fair developments as indicators of progress in Mississippi communities.
Revival of river traffic in Mississippi gains momentum as rail freight rates push more vessels into operation. In Marks, Quitman county, local gentlemen build a light draft boat for the Tallahatchie and Coldwater. Pearl river trade improves and calls rise for state river improvements and appropriations to enable safe, large scale commerce.
The men at the head of the Farmers' Union guarantee safe, sane, and business-like affairs. It is an organization of God-fearing and law-abiding people, with no ground for fears of lawlessness like night-riders of Kentucky. Such suggestions are foolish.
No state in the Union is richer in mineral waters than Mississippi. Thousands of springs await development by capital and energy to bring the waters to the public. A few springs have proven profitable for owners, and many properties remain valuable opportunities for investors.
Fant of Macon displayed alfalfa 52 inches high on the streets. Grown by Dr Clarke with extensive acreage, alfalfa is profitable for the prairie region. General S D Lee owns 100 acres in alfalfa and expects a net of about 4000 this season. Noxubee county has many plantations growing alfalfa, a leading crop whose popularity rises rapidly.
Capt Merry of the Minois Central railroad invites an exhibit at the National Corn show in Omaha Nebraska this December. He expresses confidence Mississippi will compete well with the best. The adage add a little to a little yields a great heap.
The home of J. G. Wicklund foreman at Washoe Smelting Company quarries near Annegunda Montana was blown up by giant powder at midnight. His wife and baby escaped. Wicklund was injured but not seriously. Several hundred Austrians and Indians who worked at the quarries before the panic were not employed when Amalgamated Copper properties resumed last winter, and Wicklund has received threatening letters.
A serious eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily is imminent with strong rumblings and earth tremors. Black smoke billows from the crater and ashes have fallen over nearby areas, damaging crops within miles of Etna while seismic shocks continue.
In Knoxville Tennessee the body of Sam Myers a 30 year old clerk was found with four bullets in the house of Maud Herron on Central Street. Herron was arrested and confessed to the shooting claiming self defense saying Myers tried to stab her.
Mrs. Abner Boenth of Lebanon Tennessee killed her four year old daughter with chloroform after the death of her husband. She also attempted to kill her two year old boy and take her own life at her father’s home near Lebanon. Her mind is described as unbalanced.
Officers from Tennessee and Georgia captured John Harper, the noted outlaw, in the mountains of Fannin county, Georgia. Harper eluded justice for the murder of Allison England near Blue Ridge, Georgia, a year ago and escaped Fulton county jail in Atlanta last February.
In Cincinnati 11 year old Jeanett Nougaret died when clothing ignited from a blessed candle she placed in a window to ward off a raging storm. The child believed the candle would protect her in danger.
A fatal confrontation in Berea near Hamburg Arkansas leaves A. Mitchell dead and his son Robert Mitchell along with Lawrence Matthews wounded. The clash began with A. Mitchell and Matthews at the Mitchell residence and escalated from there.
An explosion wrecked the Egyptian Powder mills five miles from Marion Illinois. Victims named are John Claxon William McClintock and Stephen Upchurch. The blast caused heavy property loss and the shake was felt in Marion with glass shattering and buildings trembling.
Wells Fargo Express Co reports a $63,000 loss in Mexican currency from a safe on a Mexico City train bound for a Chihuahua bank. Authorities in Torreon, Mexico are notified.
Five year old Jessie Sanders of Paducah died when she stuck her head through a hole in a barn door at the John Sanders farm near Grand Rivers and the door toppled, breaking her neck.
Ex governor Myron K McCord collector of customs at Nogales died in Phoenix of Brights disease at 67. A native of Pennsylvania, he was a Civil War veteran and served in Congress from Wisconsin.
Cosmopolitan Society of Greater New York hosts a banquet where 20 white women dine with Black men and women, promoting social equality and interracial marriage in a bold, public display of racial integration.
A collision between a freight and passenger train near South Elizabeth station in Elizabeth New Jersey blocked Pennsylvania Railroad traffic for several hours. One man was probably fatally injured and many others were slightly hurt. a telephone pole near the track prevented a coach full of passengers from tipping over a fifteen foot embankment.
A terse pair of campus style quips plays on rapid storytelling. The first messenger asks for a novela as the second boy offers Big Foot Bill's, urging a two message finish. In another joke, a student explains lateness to see the humor in catching up with a racially loaded but outdated joke format.
A testimonial from V. Albert of Upper Frenchville Quebec dated July 21, 1907. He describes a long battle with a skin ailment starting on his husband’s toes and ankles, claiming Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Resolvent brought rapid relief after three months of treatment. The ad ends with a general moral note about mental gifts masking bodily infirmities.
A collage of 19th century ad blurbs and notes including Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials from Toledo druggists, a 100 dollar reward promise, then a wordy guessing game description and a patent rifle improvement by Herr Mauser. It showcases health remedies, playful puzzles, and new firearm ideas of the period.
A letter to a dietary columnist claims coffee worsened heart and stomach issues. The author credits Postum with symptom relief and cites multiple women who quit coffee and improved, calling Postum a beneficial substitute and referencing The Road to Wellville.
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