31 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
1
The Mississippi delta sees planters consolidate to form the Sasaquena Planting Company based in Greenville with six hundred thousand dollars capital. Incorporators N Robertshaw Lee A Bell and Hugh C Watson are among the region’s largest growers. The charter grants broad powers, including potential cotton manufacture, signaling a shift to organized, efficiency focused farming.
The cotton crop shows deterioration in Texas and Oklahoma but has improved in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama due to favorable rain and dry spells. In the Atlantic states rain is expected to start and progress rapidly as the week opens. Widespread shedding of young forms from worms and weevils is noted in the southern region amid hot winds and earlier drought.
William Lee, 22, confessed to killing his father Richard Lee, mother, and brother Clarence before setting the house afire to hide the crime. He told Sheriff Davis that anger over his parents opposing his plans with Mina Taylor of New York drove the killings and his plea for funds to start anew. The confession was made while Lee was in custody at an unnamed facility to prevent a mob.
York Captain William A. Van, commander of the General Slocum during the 1904 disaster that killed about a thousand people, is released from Sing Sing. He was convicted of neglect for lacking protective preservers and served half his sentence before parole.
James Eades Howe, a hobo, walked to Washington to attend the Brotherhood Welfare Association meeting. Aimed to settle final details for tramp unions at the capitol. Howe voiced one regret that hobos fail to unite and push direct legislation in their favor.
Breathitt Kentucky hosts a Law and Order reform meeting as adherents gather to discuss public safety. A separate note records a seismograph disturbance in New Orleans between 4:05 and 4:50, indicating a notable event or anomaly.
A new battle was turned over to the government as a powerful addition to the fleet. The voyage covered fifteen miles in rain with heavy seas and a 20 year old 120 pound crew member named Golding. The time exceeded six hours amid rough conditions.
The will of the late Methodist minister Rev J W McLaurin, who died recently at Monteagle, directs the Jackson Bank as executor to place 25000 in the state charity hospital trustees. The principal and interest will grow to 50000 with income used for the J W McLaurin ward aiding the poor sick and afflicted. An inscription In the name of the Lord will crown the ward entrance. The estate totals about 40000 with real estate gains noted for decades.
Agr department reports a caterpillar epidemic on the Mississippi coast crippling pecan crops with trees stripped of leaves, while Yazoo county planter fears losing 85 00 an acre to boll weevils. Capt Neyland notes army worms and boll worms present with no boll weevils yet this year.
An official letter from the auditor clarifies that when the board of supervisors equalizes assessments the changes must be noted on the assessment rolls and minutes, with red ink on the assessor copy and red or purple ink on copies for the tax collector and auditor. Fitzgerald of the Vicksburg Herald is expected to run for Congress in this district.
J W Stanley sells his Clay county farm near West Point to Judge R L Maupin for 100.50 per acre amid rising land values. Abraham Thomas of Neshoba seeks a gubernatorial pardon after a murder indictment in 1906 and a 1909 manslaughter conviction. he claims insufficient evidence and cites a previous near acquittal.
Washington report notes the first session adjourned after 131 days as members left for home. Taft vetoed the two revenue and free list bills and the veto was sent to the House amid Democratic praise for crossing party lines. Republicans faced cheers and desk-pounding as insurgents allied with Democrats.
Washington hosts a great conclave of trust magnates labor leaders and economists to advise on the Sherman Antitrust Act. John D Rockefeller J P Morgan K H Gary George W Perkins Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and others will appear before a renute committee to discuss competition restraint and the fate of combinations in interstate commerce.
Oklahoma City city counselor Col. J. W. Johnson told United Spanish War veterans that defeating the Mason and Dixon line’s last trace marked the war’s greatest achievement. He said it welded Northern and Southern soldiers into national patriots during the reunion session Tuesday.
Dr. Theophilus Steele, a famed local physician and Confederate veteran who succeeded Gen. Morgan the raider, died at his home aged 77 after several months of illness. Born in Kentucky, he graduated from the University of Kentucky and served in the Civil War, rising to lieutenant colonel before being captured four times and exchanged each time.
Unseasonable drought and large unsold pooled crops reduce Kentucky burley tobacco forecasts to about 50 million pounds from an initial 90 million. In Paris a new U S government trade mission will study industrial technical and commercial methods and open in New York in September.
St. Louis authorities announce an order by Dr. W P Cutler state food and drug commissioner to ban buying good and bad eggs mixed in consignments and then weeding out the bad eggs by candling. The plan is deemed in violation of the Missouri pure food law with a penalty of fine and imprisonment.
A Texas presentation honors General Sam Houston born in Virginia and famed for San Jacinto. The senate adopted a resolution for the painting to be sent to the Virginia state capitol with fitting ceremonies once List Gow signs.
Rail spread caused Lehigh Valley No. 4 to derail near Manchester New York. Fourteen cars plunged forty feet into Camendaigua Outlet as passengers including Civil War veterans endured a catastrophic crash. The engine and cars toppled from a 400 foot trestle with several victims reported dead and many injured, some critically.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson leads an American expedition that reports a previously unknown people in British Columbia Arctic regions. The letter dated May 25 1010 from the Mouth of the Rac River describes Eskimo like natives who have never seen a white man or Indian, and who resemble Scandinavians in appearance.
The old Jefferson Davis home, once secretary of war, is surrendered by the war department militia division. The landmark on Eighteenth and G streets is vacated as the division moves to a new building at the diagonal of Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventeenth Street. Once the municipal palace, the yellow brick structure now contrasts with the marble hall of the district commissioners.
William Dennis a retired farmer aged 83 from Mount Hope Wisconsin went to Chicago to marry a young woman he met at a county fair in Boscobel Wisconsin two weeks ago. He reported she vanished with $3000 he had given her for safe keeping. He fears the romance is dead and asks police to help locate the missing bride.
In Montgomery Alabama Capt Real Kolb calls a meeting of southern agricultural commission and cotton men to discuss the cotton crop condition and actions needed to prevent further losses. The gathering aims to collectively address farm relief and crop care.
Seven states join lawmakers and bankers in a Washington conference to curb bearish pressure on cotton. Senators Willian of Missionipgs Owen of Oklahoma and Rep Harrison of Texas advocate joint talks to stabilize prices, arguing the 13,000,000 bale crop estimate overstates supply and the market risk remains high.
President Taft, addressing the 2 A. K. veterans in Rochester, denounces reform nostrums as demagogues and theoretical extremism. He draws a parallel with the earlier Civil War era struggles, warning that today’s contest over concentrated wealth could be fought to the end without bloodshed.
Montgomery regional report cites Dr. W E Hines state entomologist predicting a 30 to 50 percent cut in Alabama cotton yields due to the cotton worm. He warns that eastern states will feel the pest next, rains ruined the middle crop, and the bottom crop will be the main harvest.
Nearly 2 000 people gathered at the Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to pay tribute to John W. Gates. Three floors of the hostelry were used for funeral arrangements as mourners arrived from across the country by car loads to honor the late financier who made his home in New York.
The German cruiser Bremen arrived at Bustard's bay on Wednesday and will conduct torpedo practice in the bay with a tug assisting maneuvering. Local speculation grows over a foreign warship operating within United States waters.
A London report brands Mulai Hafid of Fez as a monstrous tyrant whose regime subjects prisoners to mutilation and horrific torture. Consuls from major powers protested after the ruler’s brutal acts, including the public display of a prisoner and the torture of Hen Alsan’s wife and her mother. Two women linked to Fez Medical Mission and the French and English consuls helped expose the abuses.
In Trenton New Jersey girls from the Broad Street Park Methodist Episcopal Church organize the Hangers club under Pastor Rev William Stone to learn artillery skills and engage in outdoor athletic sports for health and exercise.
Mosquitoes flood the lower mainland of British Columbia interfering with haymaking and halting a Vancouver region sawmill 40 miles away. Railway surveyors for the Canadian Northern paused work despite gloves and nets as the insects disrupt operations.
The Hev. William F Rothrock urged congregants to attend services coatless and began fining men and boys five cents for each offense, creating a small local dispute over church dress.
Mrs Louise Winter feldt wife of a banker living on Diamond Ankleton Street New York created a mild sensation at the Ritz Carlton hotel by leaving around eight o'clock wearing a diamond anklet over a black silk stocking.
Ralees 11 pound tomato exhibit in Louteville Kentucky shows J B Johnson a railroad machinist with eight fruits on display. Mrs Johnson practices canning, using two to each quart jar, while gardening remains his hobby.
An article describes hosting a Japanese themed tea with paper screens, shrines, and kimono motifs, plus serving practices and decor. It lists lawn games such as bag ball, stageline, fire buckets, blind tag, and mystic thoughts, with charity entertainment hosted by young women at a church supper event.
A vintage description outlines an olive green cotton dress with a plain skirt, Magyar style bodice, broderie Anglaise yoke, braid trim, and split over-sleeves. It calls for 44 yards casement cloth, 40 Inches wide, 14 dozen buttons, and notes a pink linen alternative. A black chip hat with salmon pink edging and rose foliage completes the set.
A fashion note highlights fall millinery with high feather decorations and eyelet embroidery. It notes a surge in sheer striped silk waists, long top coats for autumn travel, wider skirts returning, and strong demand for white pumps. The season favors white linen fabrics and dainty fichu, with evolving collar trends and summer silhouettes continuing influence.
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