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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
1
A Sabine County terror campaign ends with the lynching of five Black men over a two week period. Local authorities report no further sightings as fear grips residents and crowds gather near the courthouse. Investigators pursue leads as the crime wave prompts calls for order and justice.
A mob of about 200 men stormed the Hemphill jail early Monday, freeing six prisoners linked to the Hugh Dean murder. One escapee was shot. nine black residents have been killed in Sabine County in the past 24 hours, with two white men among recent fatalities. The scene marked a tense period in the county as authorities and residents reacted to the violence.
The Republican national convention nominated William Howard Taft for president and James S. Sherman of New York for vice president after dramatic roll calls and rousing demonstrations. Taft led in early tallies while Sherman secured decisive support, with Roosevelt and La Follette sentiments shaping a chaotic but historic adjournment.
The round multi story residence of Charles Babcock in West Guthrie is a local landmark known as the round house or the wonder house. Built to face all directions to please neighbors it remains a notable Western Oklahoma curiosity with verandas circling its exterior.
Widespread locust damage prompts farmers to appeal to the agricultural department for relief and aid. Officials consider controls and funding to protect crops and livelihoods. Local rigs report fields damaged and stands reduced across several counties.
In Karnes County near Hobson Texas farmers report thousands of wingless locusts destroying corn cotton and grass. A L Kieke of Travis county visited Karnes plantations and the State Department of Agriculture to seek relief after insects covered fields and multiplied rapidly since spring.
Citizens debate the jail assault, arguing the ends justified the means while noting those who attacked the jail were among the county’s best citizens.
Beaumont report says State Ranger Oscar Latta and F. A. Mamer brought in Perry Price the confessed assassin of Roy Johnson who was shot in his Sabine county home Saturday night. Price says accomplice Robert Wright paid him five dollars to kill Johnson. Partial details source reads as stated.
In Shreveport Louisiana planters organize a state convention to aid 180000 flood displaced workers. Big growers offer no rent for the year and seed relief is proposed, with discussions on best crops and a request for a USDA relief outline and representative attendance.
Crowley law reports the death of Gabriel Thibodeaux at Branch of Church Point a week after he was shot by City Marshal Guidry during an arrest for disturbing the peace. Thibodeaux fired as Guidry moved to restrain him. five shots were fired.
An old couple share a meal with their son John who claims to study logic at college. He demonstrates counting chickens to prove three, while the farmer’s profit in a cotton crop is described as a logic bird where expense takes the first chicken, the speculator the second, and the farmer the third.
An Abilene Texas Farmers' Journal editorial argues for fair land price increases tied to improvements, rejects boosts from land monopolization, and praises union picnics for publicity. It advises careful garden and tree maintenance to protect crops and trees, noting small water boosts can save trees during dry spells.
A historical party platform endorses Roosevelt style reforms and Republican stances. It endorses anti injunction rules by statute, labor relief, tariff revision with max and min rates, elastic money policy, stronger oversight of interstate trusts, extensive inland waterways plan, readiness for defense, support for good roads, and opposition to negro disfranchisement. It contrasts Republican strength with Democratic vacillation.
A party of foreigners visiting the United States visited Secretary Root at the state department. Their English was limited and the talk was done mainly in sign language. The spokesman bowed and said they would not further cockroach on his time. Root explained encroach was the proper word. The guest replied cockroach is male and henroach is female.
An autocar screw driver designed to allow railroads to use screw spikes in track work. It enables faster spiking without drilling holes or hand setting. The machine uses a two cylinder 12 horsepower gasoline engine and operates from five to forty miles per hour.
Madrid police cleared the streets of beggars with the blind left to remain as a limited exception. The report notes a decisive cleanup effort ending a long nuisance for residents and visitors.
Wm L MacDonald the attorney and classmate of Albert Patrick announces Patrick's habeas corpus petition seeking liberty from federal courts. Patrick claims a conspiracy produced his murder conviction for William Marsh Rice. He asserts he was promised legal help and alleges more than 3 106 000 dollars involved in the case.
Chicago Illinois convention adopts a plank to uphold court authority while seeking clearer federal procedure rules. It states no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice except for irreparable injury, with speedy hearing thereafter.
Henry Pope, a Black man, survived a severe head injury from a blow on June 6 in San Antonio Texas. Most of his skull from the left side to the top was removed, thirty fragments were extracted, and a silver plate is to replace the missing bone. He can sit up and eat and is expected to recover unless complications arise.
In Sargent Colorado a carload of dynamite exploded Friday, blowing a Denver and Rio Grande freight train to pieces. Two tramps were killed and several trainmen injured, one fatally. A forty foot hole was blown in the ground.
The executive committee of Williamson County Farmers Institute is called to meet in Georgetown on Friday July 3 to arrange a program and set a date for the annual meeting and exhibition.
Squire Parmenia Herron left Seguin with his grandson Eugene Herron after the boy was bitten by a dog Monday. The dog was killed and its head is taken to the State Pasteur Institute in Austin for examination.
Cameron Texas Mr C P ty has resigned as city secretary and treasurer after years in service. R D Brown cashier of the Setum State Bank is appointed as his successor.
Mexia Texas reports a new rock crusher is producing about sixty tons daily. Preparations are underway to spread the crushed rock on roads where needed, aiming to improve county roads over time.
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