29 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
1
The Mississippi Legislature advanced a proposed graduated income tax on incomes of 2,500 dollars and over. The bill, supported by revenue raisers, passed the House by 54 yeas to 10 nays, forecasting rates from 1,100 to 5,000 dollars and rising in higher brackets. Debate noted revenue projections and broader tax shifts amid state fiscal concerns.
A report from the state capitol describes the disappearance of Bill 28, the corporate land tax measure, after senators found it removed from the senate calendar. Secret theft sparked a search. no trace was found. Other bills passed or debated include drainage legislation for Tallahatchie, pool room curfews, and privilege tax clarifications. The governor’s signature and county reorganization into Walthall are noted as pending outcomes. Senator Bond introduced a centennial bond measure for municipalities.
Lawmakers demand light on brewing costs at the Deaf and Dumb Institute for 1909 1910 including fresh meat butter repairs and garden work totaling about 3512.20. They question had herd size cows calves and butter production plus miscellaneous and incidentals totaling 4544.20.
House bills from the ways and means committee include two revenue measures aimed at automobiles, typewriters, cash registers, adding machines, beets, wagons and boomers. All previously untaxed items become taxable, compelling owners to visit the tax collector to settle obligations.
The house debated committee proposes two drastic liquor laws. One bill makes it a felony to sell intoxicating liquor to minors habitual drunkards or Indians. The second imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides another a drink of liquor.
Legal language promises construction of a broad metered public highway network across the state if the bill passes. Authorities suggest the system would guide funding, planning, and maintenance for future roadway improvements.
A new act governing mutual life and fire insurers passed after debate by 56 to 35. It requires mutual fire insurers to deposit 25,000 with the state in cash or bonds.
Jubilation at the state capitol as Governor Brewer signs the appropriation for public schools for 1912 and 1917 totaling $1,424,058. The amount equals $2 per capita on the last census, matching the prior legislature's figure despite fears of cuts.
The bill providing for vestibuling and heating street cars in this State passed the house of representatives without a dissenting vote.
The senate approved a headlight bill requiring electric headlights on trains. It targets Illinois Central Yazoo and Mississippi Valley and Louisville and Nashville railroads, which opposed the measure. Other railways already use electric headlights on their engines.
Petitions from county lawyers urge lawmakers not to alter the event and chancery court districts. They argue the seventeen circuit districts suffice for caseloads and that chancery districts are essential for litigation handling. A May abolish judgeships note indicates four circuit judges face removal, as a special committee probes the matter.
Delegates from Alabama to West Virginia organized the Southern Settlement and Development Organization in Baltimore to promote immigrant labor influx southward. S. Davies Worthelis of Baltimore was named chairman with Eli Frank as secretary. The group seeks branch offices, educational work, state immigration bureaus, and cooperation with federal agencies and railways to route immigrants to the South and develop farm labor departments.
W A Jamien who in 1844 went to Europe as purchasing agent for the Confederate government died at his Savannah home. He bought supplies in Liverpool for the Southern army and shipped them to Nassim. Blockade issues prevented delivery and the Confederacy’s representatives sold the goods. Jamien gathered funds for purchases by selling Confederate steel beads abroad. He was in Liverpool when news of the Confederacy’s fall reached him.
Advens report to the state department cite widespread anarchy south of the Rio Grande. Several cities and towns are under rebel influence while protests by Americans occur amid robberies and disruption. Officials fear a unifying leader could trigger renewed civil strife.
A blizzard with a fifty mile gale swept the Midwest on Wednesday, blocking traffic and crippling telegraph wires. Temperatures fluctuated wildly between 20 and 74 degrees above zero, but no major suffering was reported.
A heavy snowstorm swept Southern Kansas Eastern Oklahoma and Southwestern Missouri Tuesday and continues tonight. The weather bureau promises snow in Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri before morning. Snow drifts impede railroad traffic in western and central Kansas with several inches reported in Southeastern Kansas and heavy snow in Chickasha Lawton and nearby Oklahoma towns.
Government counsel Butler read hundreds of Morris & Co telegrams to eastern representatives urging higher dressed beef prices. The defense sought to exclude the messages, arguing signatures of Louis were invalid.
Savannah announces a world record with 2,000,000 bales of cotton received, drawing great rejoicing on the floor of the exchange. The figure marks a peak for the season and highlights industry vigor in the city.
The Mexican government agrees to pay 3.1 million dollars to the Chinese republic following the deaths of 109 Chinese nationals at Torreon during the revolution. The payment was listed in a July report from San Francisco.
New York report quotes Theodore Roosevelt stating he will accept the presidential nomination if urged by the convention and will not decide based on personal interests. He affirms government as the people’s work and pledges to uphold the convention’s decision.
Major General directs camps to assist the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Meridian led by Mrs Verger Yeager to distribute about 500 of 1000 dollars raised by bankers and chapters to relief of worthy and needy veterans. Camp commanders to report recommendations to Mrs Yeager or directly to the chapter president if no local chapter exists.
Winifred Ankers a 24 year old hospital kitchen worker confessed to adding oxalic acid to babies milk bottles at the Brooklyn Nursery and Infants Hospital police say she claimed anger at nurses and lack of pay drove her actions she said she did not intend to kill the children only to make them sick and cried over her motive and the babies involved.
A massive blaze devastated Houston on Wednesday early morning causing extensive destruction across the Fifth Ward. Officials estimate damages between four and seven million dollars with thousands left jobless as industrial plants and homes burned. A frail child with cerebrospinal meningitis survived by a mother carrying him across tracks to safety amid the flames.
Veterans of the Comtedearey marching group will gather in May for the annual parade. They will be provided with grandstands and will review the parade with state militia and civic groups. The sponsor and matrone will sit beside the veterans in gray, not in carriages.
Report from Beirut warns of anti Christian tension following the Tas an bombardment. Authorities fear a massacre of Christians as native sentiment is inflamed by rebel declarations claiming shelling aimed to spur intervention and end the Tripolitan crisis.
Colombia openly repudiates a minister's action by sending a central invitation through DuBois in Bogota for Secretary Knox to visit Colombian shores during his present voyage. Knox, aboard the cruiser W, will decide if his southern itinerary changes. The Colombian foreign office reaction was positive, ending a tense episode.
A tornado swept northeast and central Arkansas late Sunday, damaging property worth about 190000. At Swerten and Swan Lake near Pine Bluff eleven are known dead, with Farry twenty miles south reporting one dead and two others fatally hurt. overall at least seven are confirmed dead and many injured.
Greensved The Shellmound Plantation Company organized with a 21,000,000 charter. W S Barry president G A Wilson vice president F Bledson Jr secretary treasurer. Directors include W S Barry George A Wilson F Wright T B Henderson O F Bleviene Jr W B Humphrey. Capital fully subscribed by Leflore county farmers and merchants. Plans for 30,000 acres of delta lands with modern methods.
Kellogg of St Paul was retained by Waters Free Oil Company to direct the company and operate it contrary to a United States supreme court decree. Kellogg served as a special attorney for the United States in the suit against the Standard Oil Company.
In Denver William J. Bryan declares he will not be induced to run again for the presidency, ending persistent reports of another bid and settling the question in this speech.
Bogota reports the recall of Gen Pedro Nel Pina, Colombia's minister to the United States, after the government denounced his Washington stance on notifying the U S that Secretary Knox’s visit to Colombia would be untimely. The move cites unsettled Panama claims awaiting arbitration.
In Fort Worth Texas two women named Miss Mary Lang and Mrs Georgia Heath clashed over a courtroom chair during the Sneed trial. The altercation halted proceedings for ten minutes before deputies separated them. Heath occupied the seat while Lang exited. Both women were restrained with arm holds but suffered no serious injuries.
After thirteen years of silence, Des Moines streetcar conductor C F Ryerson told the parole board that Mabel Choiield rode his car near the Des Moines river then walked toward the stream the day before her body was found. Ten years earlier Charles Thomas received a life sentence for her murder. Ryerson said he was new to Des Moines and wished to avoid involvement.
Four stockholders petitioned for a receiver claiming the Delaware chartered International Lumber and Development Company is insolvent and organized to defraud the public. The company based in Philadelphia has capital of 360,000 and was formed to develop timber and agriculture.
In Omsk a deadly snow storm caused thirty-one deaths. Roktopatarak reports thirty-two fatalities and Petrepavalows records 105 deaths in the same period.
Governor Brewer posted a $100 reward for the arrest of two accused men in Tate county. Rep Crawford of Tate county described the incident where Leem Starks and the Higginbotham allegedly assaulted Constable Roland Wright at gunpoint, injured him, and freed a prisoner the constable held.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company has set up a forty acre demonstration farm on property owned by Dr. J. C. McNair in Fayette. The farm lies about half a mile south of Harrieston along the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley road and will be run under agriculturalist C. N. Frumfield supervision. Twelve such demonstration farms are planned for Mississippi by the railroad company.
In Kansas City Col John B. Stone and Col Scott Ives, veterans once at Blakesley Field, arranged a second meeting at a WyMC event celebrating Washington's birthday. The armistice reference recalls a past outpost standoff and a half century of ties between the men.
I C Engineer Robert K Stewart, a 25 year Timets Central rail employee, was discharged following the Kingvundy disaster in which J T Harahan and three others died.
National and state banks in Chicago report best ever figures with cash deposits totaling 1 600 009 000, marking a historic high for the sector.
Kenneth Wallace, 8 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Chester Wallace of Paducah Kentucky, fell into a pot of boiling soap left on the floor when his mother looked away and died a few hours later in a local hospital.
A historic blizzard swept over Central Island burying streets under drifts up to eight feet and crippling traffic for days. City crews battle impassable roads as residents endure the wintry siege.
State troops arrived in Bardwell to guard William Richardson after mobs formed following the shooting of James Violet at Milburg. Richardson is accused in the killing, and tensions rose as crowds gathered near the scene.
The DuPont Powder Company held a farm demonstration one and a half miles east of Cleveland on the McLean place to show dynamite uses. J Rice Williams of Houston was elected grand master of the state grand lodge of Masons with Gulfport chosen as 1913 meeting place during the closing business session of the annual convention at Hattiesburg.
News from Madras reports King Alfonso suffers a muse and throat affliction causing anxiety among rural families as his condition requires frequent operations.
A near city area farmer Dieter Serrier was murdered and his home robbed and burned to conceal the crime. Serrier’s head was severed from his body by the attackers in a brutal act that has unsettled residents.
Members of the Women’s Trades Union League plan to resume activity in Chicago. The group aims to organize workers, advocate for better conditions, and push for labor reforms amid ongoing economic pressures.
Mathias Shak and his wife marked their seventy-ninth wedding anniversary in New York. Shalek is 99 and his wife is 96, both enjoying good health and long married life.
Captain Thomas F. Brahan died at the home of RK P Houston after two days of illness from heart disease. He served honorably in the Civil War.
Charles Galloway, a young white man, remains in the county jail awaiting investigation into the question of his possible responsibility for forging and uttering worthless checks.
A historical discussion urges new legislation to curb state patenting of forfeited tax lands occupied or cultivated by residents. It argues current tax sale practices caused by past lapses, and proposes requiring notice to occupants and offering first option to purchase to those with good faith claims.
Magueha F Atkinson president and Woelsee Atkinson cashier of the defunct People's Bank of Summit were indicted for embezzlement and receiving deposits after insolvency. They had been jailed since January. bonds reduced to 15000 dollars, and they were released after posting bonds.
The charter of the Ox Flore County Fair Association is being prepared for incorporation with publication due soon. The institution with capital stock of 10000 dollars lists leading citizens among its incorporators.
Judge Buckley ord ers investigation into who brought whiskey into the courthouse and reminds that carrying or drinking alcohol in court is illegal. The grand jury is tasked with probing the so called bottle inquiry to the bottom and uncovering responsible parties.
Jackson hosts a March 13 gathering of the Mississippi conference board of church extension. President W A Huntley and Secretary W J Dawson invite members to assemble in Jackson for the session.
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