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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
6
A report outlines the ongoing battle against the boll weevil pest in Texas. It discusses the difficulty of eradicating the insect and emphasizes the need for continuous control measures and agricultural adaptation to protect cotton yields.
Monroe Oct 27 H F Stringfellow of Shreveport presents Texans farmers boll weevil report from Dallas McKinney Navarro counties. Early planting, intense cultivation, 12 plowings, rowed 3 ft apart, continuous cultivation, stalk retention, and diversified crops help profits despite cycles. Rothwell and Gibson cited. Navarro and Corsicana scenes illustrate varied outcomes and the uneasy balance of pest, weather, and labor.
In New Orleans the National Farmers' Union plans to address night riders and their depredations. President C. Barret stresses cotton must go up but rejects insinuations the union supports coercion. The remarks were provided to the Associated Press.
The piece condemns any acts by night riders and warns against shielding such deeds under our name while urging accountability and moral integrity from all involved.
Charles B. King, cashier of Capital City Savings in Little Rock, the state’s sole Black bank, now in receivership since last June, was arrested on two grand jury indictments charging him with receiving funds...
London reports wreckage found in the North Sea amid fears the steamer Yarmouth chartered by the Great Eastern Railroad Co. sank while crossing from Hook of Holland to Yarmouth. Twenty three crewmen believed lost.
Writs of attachment were served on the Wooten Cotton Company of Clarksdale for alleged breach of contract in buying cotton. The sheriff seized 1000 bales at People's Compress and 400 bales at Gulf Compress. The Mississippi association of supervisors concluded a notably practical session with a legislative committee to push reforms in state laws. Illinois Central Railway industrial agent discussed coordinated efforts with officials to combat the Mexican boll weevil and protect the state’s staple crop.
F E B Lee president of the Mississippi Railroad Commission visited Hattiesburg to review Cumberland Telephone Company charges. He noted a $3.50 monthly rate there, higher than the city franchise rate of $3, and offered to suspend the Commission rate in Hattiesburg if fellow commissioners support him. There is broad interest in boll weevil meetings with farmers planning to attend a Natchez Institute on November 11 and hearing from J A Evans about the pest near Jackson. A Beloxi bound shrimp cargo aboard the Jerry weighs in as a record, with over 500 barrels caught near Point Chico, La, by four patent seines and iced for 36 hours using 35 tons of ice.
The governor’s appointed state accountant completed an examination of the Deaf and Dumb Institute finances and filed a detailed statement. The report finds the institution in excellent shape with receipts and expenditures properly accounted for.
A panic averted at the Natchen Union colored school when Principal Prof. W. B. Brumfield calmed 800 students after smoke issued from a stove blown by wind. Doors opening outward aided evacuation, with half the pupils out before order was restored. No serious injuries reported.
Mrs Caroline M. Randall of Moss Point filed in the Chancery Court of Jackson County to restrain A. H. Smith sheriff and tax collector from selling Moss Point waterworks for delinquent privilege taxes. The Olive Branch high school closed due to scarlet fever with several cases and exposures in town. Alcorn College trustees to meet November 5 to inspect new buildings. Fire damaged seventy five bales of cotton on the Hollandale Cotton Oil Mill shipping platform.
K. H. Hopman of New Orleans spoke at Seminary to a large audience about bird protection and stringent enforcement of laws. He noted few birds but those present were invaluable to farmers and urged criminal enforcement against game glut. A local Audubon society was formed.
The text claims Japanese workers reverse common actions and even locks open to the left, then promotes Old Standard Groves Tasteless Child Tonic with a plain label showing quinine and iron. It also makes casual jokes about romance and markets Hicks Capuchine for women's health and a cartoonish exchange about a man with an arm ache.
Nat Anderson of Greenwood recounts five years of dull backache and worsening kidney trouble. After ineffective treatments he used Dean's Kidney Pills and reports renewed strength and no remaining kidney symptoms. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also a newspaper joke about a toast.
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