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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
4
The report notes a cloud burst at Monterey, Mexico, causing 1,400 deaths, 15,000 homeless, and property losses estimated between 12 and 30 million dollars across Saturday and Sunday, while editorials urge farmers and better roads to boost prosperity and support for a new daily paper in Natchez.
Ed Strickland aged 20, with prior jail time, escaped Lauderdale county jail last week. An arresting posse overtook him near Marion and Strickland fired a shotgun at the officers, who returned fire and killed him.
The selection extols a simple thrift motto praising bread and butter as a staple for country folk. It argues a farmer can consume surplus without compromising health, living adequately with limited cash needs and fuel.
A St Louis clergyman proposes family suffrage giving the father an extra vote for every boy and the mother an extra ballot for each daughter. He challenges Rooseveltian critics to consider where they would stand on election day if adopted.
A negro doctor accused of hoodoo practices was fined 285 dollars and jailed 60 days in Clarksdale city court for targeting black victims. In Scott county Judge Bullard fined several white physicians heavily for practicing without a license, prompting a call that unlicensed professionals should be given long county road work as punishment and to test competence.
The Meridian Dispatch argues for sustained roadwork across Mississippi counties. It urges uniform plans, prioritizing main arteries to county seats, funded by land value gains, with prisoner labor and state cooperation, anticipating rural free delivery mandates and growing public demand for better highways.
In Pearl Haven Mississippi a 12 year old girl was attacked by a white man named R H Woodall. The victim’s companion raised the alarm and the assailant was captured and placed in jail under guard. Governor Noel sent troops to Jackson for safe keeping as the case heads toward November term court. Local unrest and talk of lynching follow, with calls for harsher law on attempted crimes.
The Mississippi wheat growing drive gains momentum as the farmers' union and commercial organizations back it. The union focuses on seed quality and field proximity for profitable production, while commercial groups push milling, marketing, and lower freight rates to connect mills with crops. A Memphis mill with 1,000,000 bushels annual capacity favors Mississippi wheat, implying future mills may follow. Experiments with fall-sown seed are planned next year. seed wheat will be costly but limited to small acreages for trials.
Mr and Mrs Frank Sallis of It tawamba County are not charged with race death by own action. The couple, already parents to five boys from earlier years, welcomed four healthy twins in a recent surprise birth. The Carrollton Conservative notes the unusual family growth and imagines what the future holds.
A rambunctious Mississippi column lampoons politics, law, and society. It touches on Taft, the Roosevelt board, Mississippians testing public life, legal fights, stock market jabs, and local mischief from Natchez to Gulfport with satirical asides and sharp-witted jabs at officials, criminals, and crusty rural characters.
The Willis Moore Company in Vicksburg Mississippi announces its Cotton Factorage services for the new season. They tout Ben der cotton market strength and high prices, with C O Willis to personally oversee sales and ensure customer satisfaction.
Wanted. A man to look after the furnace and do other chores at the sanitarium during fall and winter. J. T. B. Berry. Brandon, Miss.
L M McLaurin sells 120 acres in section 8 township 5 range 4 to J R Collins for 750. J Monroe Palmer sells 40 acres in sec 22 t5 r5 to Alex Pritchard for 300. Frank Roell et al sell 40 acres in sec 20 t5 r2 to Joseph Reading for 350. R L Aills et al sell lands to Mrs E A Stubbs for 1.00. Carl Stingily et al sell lot in Pelahatchie to John Windom for 1.00. Mattie Windom sells Pelahatchie lot to W W Goforth for 60.00. Sumpter Durr sells Pelahatchie lot to James Durr for 200. W W Goforth sells ? acre Pelahatchie lot to M I Goforth for 225.00. A M and J W Cross sell 30 acres sec 30 t3 r4 to Green Bay Lumber Co for 425.00. R L Aills et al sell lands to Wm Aills for 1.00. Wm Aills sells 18 acres sec 30 t4 r2 to J W Byrn for 696.00. Wm Aills sells a Florence lot to W L Martin for 400. J B Singletary and wife sell 60 acres sec 10 t3 r2e to E M Odom for 150.00. J L Kersh and wife sell 75 acres sec 16 t3 r5 to G A Warren for 650.00.
Dr Frederick A Cook of Brooklyn wired from Ledwick Shetland Islands that he discovered the North Pole on April 21 1908 His message argues the pole will never affect a summer resort tree if it reaches a telegraph station in time.
A humorous vignette shows Mrs Partington attempting to sweep back the Atlantic with a broom while her husband urges restraint, arguing the distraction keeps her from housework. The anecdote reflects the era’s light satire on effort and domestic life.
Expedite process shows salmon moving from Pacific Ocean, up the river, and into canning within three days for shipment. The note highlights rapid processing and distribution efficiency in Washington.
The distribution of hot springs in the United States closely matches that of the mountain uplifts, suggesting a strong geographic correlation between geothermal activity and mountainous terrain.
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