List of Lafayette County poll tax defaulters 1908
The article provides a long list of individuals across precincts in Lafayette County who did not pay their poll tax by February 1 1908. It names numerous residents and appears as a sworn official record by Sheriff J C Wartsfield and Clerk WM Woodward, dated March 24.
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Lafayette County
Mies
J. C. Dmartefiell
Sheri
Van
Conny
Whee
State of
Wartsfield
WM. Whrodward
ISEAL
Chancery
Mississippi Farmers Rally For Cotton Reform And Prosperity
A Mississippi farmers’ letter from George Taylor era of 1908 argues for a new natural system to market cotton, reducing dependence on bankers and mills. It asserts benefits from cooperative finance, higher prices, and local credit, warning against continued wealth drain to the North and urging unity among producers and merchants.
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Oxford
Mies
United States
Ihs
Bert
Adile
South
Southland
Mississippi Forestry Report Sparks Farm Use Debate
Mississippi lawmakers and farmers argued over a forestry bureau and geological survey report on South Mississippi pine lands. The corrected edition now says these lands are suitable for agriculture and diverse crops, countering earlier claims they were only good for timber. The discussion followed a Jackson meeting with Farmers Union and Southern Cotton Association leaders.
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Bureau of Forestry
Mielesippi Geological Survey
Mississippi
Bowers
Forestry Bureau
Hilox
Forestry Service
Holmes
Washington
Target Practice Costs Navy Two Accidents
Washington reports two accidents from target practice. The battleship Missouri sustained a six inch gun breach during torpedo practice near Pensacola. The torpedo boat Makely was torpedoed and sent to Pensacola navy yards for repairs. No injuries occurred.
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Washington
Navy Department
Missouri
Magdalena Ney
Pansacola
Pensacola Navy Yards
Levee Board Official Shot In Mississippi Tragedy
In Tucsca Mississippi Percy M Houston newly elected levee board secretary and treasurer was killed by attorney J T Lowe at 6 pm. A single bullet struck Houston in the temple and entered his brain, causing death within minutes in front of more than fifty witnesses. Two theories emerge: a quarrel over board elections or a disputed joke that wounded feelings and led to the fatal shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucsca
Miss
Percy M. Houston
Warn Missiesipplicer Board
J.T. Lowe
Houston
ID AL Scott
Aml Trousten
Treaseer
Levee Board
Noel
Florida Congressman Clark Fights Off Attacker at Hotel Varnuma
Representative Frank Clark of Florida was knocked down and his wife cut slighting by a man in the revolving door at the Hotel Varnuma. Clark restrained the assailant and delivered a strong beating after bystanders intervened, as the attacker sought to apologize.
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Gloster
J. C. Wilkinson
Washington
Frank Clark
Florida
Varnuma
Clark
Lim
Play Cards for Girl Ends in Murder in Mississippi Home
In Columbia Mississippi Eunice Spencer is jailed on a murder charge after shooting Charles Wesley during a poker game dispute. Wesley allegedly accused I F Coombs of cheating. a struggle led to Coombs collapsing as Wesley held a knife to his throat. Spencer grabbed a Winchester rifle and fired, killing Wesley as the dispute ended. Spencer claims the shooting was accidental and that she loves Coombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Miss
Eunice Spencer
Nuier
Charles Wesley
Wesley
Miss Spencer
I’. F. Coombs
Coombs
Coombes
Chicago Water Bureau Losses All But Nine Million Face
Chicago officials report total city losses from bureau scandals at 9.5 million over ten years. About five million came from water theft via meter manipulation and false readings by city workers. Three million stems from failure to assess water correctly. Another 1.5 million reflects thefts, waste, and carelessness within the bureau.
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Chicago
McCourt
Water Bureau
Verdicts Against Standard Oil in Alabama Burn Case
Two verdicts were awarded to Thomas G. Parsons against Standard Oil Company in Birmingham. Allegations say agents sold gasoline or naphtha to Parsons family for coal oil, causing an explosion that killed a daughter and seriously burned another.
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Birmingham
Ala
Standard Oil Company
Thomas G. Parsons
Parsons
Nine Italians in Baltimore Blackhand Case Hearings
Courtroom guarded by plainclothes men and police as nine Italians faced Judges Wright and Stockbridge in Baltimore. They are charged with complicity in the December 1 attempt to blow up Joseph Di Giorgio's residence in Walbrook, with numerous police officials and witnesses in attendance.
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Baltimore
Criminal Court
Wright and Stockbridge
Joseph di Giorgio
Walbrook
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