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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
1
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Burton and Root unite in opposition as residents refuse proposed canal tolls, rallying to oppose charges and demand toll relief. Local officials face pressure as engagement rises across the community.
A heated debate unfolds over the United States free passage for American ships through the Panama Canal. Britain argues treaty rights grant passage without tolls while PAuncefort and senators warn of discrimination and potential toll revenue loss. The issue tests the Hay and Clayter treaties amid Senate consideration.
William F. McCombs of New York was elected chairman of the Democratic Committee of Nine to manage a nominee's campaign. The group empowers him to appoint fewer than nine members and select a national treasurer, with Wilson and McCombs to choose a headquarters, likely in New York.
In a telegram to Washington lawmakers, W R B, a leading cotton factor and president of the New Orleans exchange, urges regulation of cotton trading amid severe price strains. He highlights traders’ influence and calls for action affecting planters.
The court reverses lower rulings and upholds state law mandating separation of Black and white children in public schools. The Bayless case centers on U S constitutional rights and the legality of segregation in education amid a broader wartime public health effort.
In Memphis and across regions east of the river, rainfall slowed growth while the west and Texas areas reported above normal progress. Warm, sunny days and moisture-backed soil boosted fruiting and large bolls, with boll weevils noted but overall damage deemed small. cultivation is well advanced and fields are clean.
The Senate voted 55 to 28 to expel William Lorimer as Illinois senator, reversing its March 1 1911 action. Lorimer, in office since June 15, 1906, was found to have received votes by corrupt methods and practices, rendering his election invalid and removing him from Senate records.
Washington reports sweeping reductions in express rates averaging about 15 percent and drastic regulatory reforms as the Interstate Commerce Commission releases its findings from a study of the thirteen large express companies in the United States.
Washington directs all diplomatic and consular officers in Central and South America to press their host countries to cooperate with the Southern Commercial Congress at the fall 1912 meeting in Mobile Alabama.
W. W. Baxter of Meadville Pennsylvania who learned he had inherited 250000 from a Syracuse relative died suddenly in the streets of Syracuse New York after receiving the news.
Past Assistant Surgeon Von Exdorf reports the sole Havana plague suspect has tested negative. The patient remains confined and treated, but is deemed free of the disease.
New York report notes college students who previously harvested bumper grain crops in the West now seek roles as striking workers aboard trans Atlantic steamships. The shift follows labor unrest and opportunities in maritime shipping.
Barry county circuit court sits outside at the site of the old courthouse in Monett. A temporary courtroom was set up but extreme heat forced proceedings to adjourn as the outdoor session continues.
Farmers forecast bumper crops despite vegetables prices and yields running about 50 percent lower than last year. Local reports indicate strong planting and favorable conditions could boost output this season despite reduced per acre results.
Chicago dealers report bumper harvests boosting fruit and vegetable crops. Potatoes drop from 5.25 to 2.75 per barrel amid abundant raisal and nationwide bumper yields. Pork crop expected to be largest ever, with Chicago well supplied by southern peaches at reasonable prices.
A conference in Atlanta, led by George Dole Wadley of the Southers Cotton Corporation, endorsed a holding plan to guarantee a price for cotton. Governors from Georgia and eight other states attended, with the aim to finance and control supply until target prices are met. None of the seventeen governors attended in person.
American consul in Port of Spain Trinidad reports a single bubonic plague case. Havana records a suspected death overnight. Puerto Rico and Cuba show unchanged plague activity while trade ships of the West Indies continue to face the rat driven outbreak across American ports.
Washington announces a prohibition on importing ab sinthe into the United States and its sale in interstate commerce after October 1 next, under a pure food decision signed by Secretary Wilson.
A Muskogee observer reports a specimen cotton plant three feet high with bolls more than half grown. Planted April 10 in sandy soil, the rapid growth under current weather could bring the first bale by September 1.
After a three day session marked by factional strife the national Prohibition delegates nominated Eugene W Chafin of Arizona for president and Aaron S Watkins of Ohio for vice president. Chafin and Watkins led the party in the 1903 campaign. Concordia suffered a heat wave reaching 104 as the Central West sweltered.
State Senator EL Huffman of Oxford is sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary after conviction for receiving bribe money to influence his vote in the legislature.
Washington August Belmont and William F. Sheehan are invited to testify before a Senate committee on politics and campaigns in 1994 and 1998. The hearings aim to examine campaign finance and ethical issues, with the invited figures centering discussions on reforms.
A Philadelphia heatwave claims six more lives bringing total deaths to twenty three. The day’s high reached 90 degrees while the low hovered around 70 degrees.
The National Education Association, representing over 15 000 teachers led by E T Fairchild of Tupeks Ras, endorses woman suffrage and a uniform federal marriage and divorce law. It also calls for more teacher salaries studies, expanded agricultural and domestic science training, national university plans, and better school playgrounds while condemning compulsory military training.
An annoucement urges immediate burning of carcasses to halt a riverfront anthrax outbreak affecting Mississippi stock. State Vet and Agricultural College advise rapid vaccination, strict disposal by burning, sealing samples, and contacting state authorities for guidance and funding. Public notices warn rangy spreads via flies, vultures, water.
The Farmers' Institute round-up will be at the A and M College September 2 3 4 5, with sessions on crops livestock hay truck farming sanitation and boys and girls club work. State associations and additional specialists will convene. a short domestic science course for girls will be offered. President G B Hightower says preparations aim to host about a thousand visitors with special railroad rates.
Principal witness Black who turned state evidence testified that he was hired to kill Mrs. Wilcher. Jurors acquitted the Vasoo county defendant charged with accessory before the fact in the August 1909 murder of her husband John Wilcher. The verdict prompted a dramatic courtroom scene with the star witness reacting emotionally toward the jurors.
Atlanta readers learn the Alexander substitute for the Tippim liquor bill tightens provisions aimed at beer sales. The measure passed the house 129 to 42 and bans drinks over half a percent alcohol, with stricter rules for locker clubs and gubernatorial oversight. Prosecution for perjury is provided for club officials sworn to falsehoods.
Acting Governor Bilbo has pardoned J. E. Finklea a white male serving a seven year sentence for burglary. Convicted in Notubee County in February 1900, appeals to the Supreme Court reversed on technicalities, retried and second conviction and sentence upheld. Pardon conditions require law observance and proper care of his infant daughter with safeguards for her rearing. records show exemplary conduct in prison.
Helen Cragge, a suffragette linked to a Cardiff incident, pleaded guilty to being found in Nuneham Park, the residence of Louis Harcourt, with intent to set fire to the mansion. She was seized during a struggle with another woman by a watchman and found with inflammable material and spirits.
Augusta reports Gov. Blease of South Carolina is angry over graft accusations from witnesses before a legislative committee. The panel sees ties to pardons and illegal alcohol sales. Blease denies the charges and threatens violence toward anyone calling him a liar.
In Amite county a sanitation drive ends with health records showing 4 107 examined for bookworm disease and 3 011 found infected. Of those, 1 024 were treated and 934 treatments administered. Dr Leathers directs the health effort across Franklin Forrest Alcorn Winston and Pike counties.
A British Australian venture plans a packing plant on the Brisbane River to cost 1 750 000 pounds with capacity for 400 cattle and 5 000 sheep daily. The project targets expanding the chilled meat trade with America after the Panama Canal is completed.
J Wylie Smith of Atlinta Georgia will be returned to the United States after serving one year in a Mexican prison for embezzling eighty one thousand dollars and wrecking the Commercial Loan and Trust Company of the city.
A prisoner mother Mae EK Brown's moving poem about her lone child touched President Taft, who commuted her five and a half year sentence to expire immediately.
In Mauskguee Oklahoma a feud between the Ray and Parker families near Haskell ends with John Ray killing Parker and Ray being shot and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Pritch who was sent to arrest Kee Pa. Heat and a violent storm swept Western Pennsylvania with a rapid drop in temperature from 99 to 67.
The War Department will ship thirty Krag Jorgenses rifles and 10 000 rounds to the American consul at Hermosillo Sonora Mexico for protection against rebel raids with immediate effect.
Heat wave across the eastern United States drives temperatures above 90 degrees and causes a number of deaths. Officials warn of heat illness risks as residents cope with dangerous conditions.
In Yazoo county the boll weevil migration two years ago spurred farmers to diversify into canning fruits and vegetables. H. D. Shipp opened a small canning plant producing peaches in three-pound cans this season. In Winona Judge G A McLean set a special term of the circuit court for Monday. A noted murder case involving Miss Janie Sharp’s death saw Permenter tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang, later reversed by the supreme court, bail granted, and trial moved to the current county.
Reports from Sartaria indicate all crop sects in that Yazoo County area are badly damaged with some fields entirely destroyed by an insect pest not previously known in the region.
The fourth annual meeting of the Mississippi Mothers Congress and Parent-Teachers Association convened here with a large audience in attendance.
Movement to form the Cotton Ginners Association aims to unite Mississippi ginners with head offices in Grenada. The goal is to buy supplies at wholesale prices to raise production and possibly enter the cotton market. Details to be announced in a few weeks.
Western Union Telegraph and Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph seek official sanction to open joint offices in principal cities. They insist the plan is for economy and public convenience, with the railroad commission offering no objection. await AG ruling before installing offices.
At the Satehes Chamber of Commerce meeting the bridges and rivers committee endorsed joining with the Natevas Reclamation Association to win congressional support for national Mississippi River control. A report estimated nearly 500000 dollars will fund public road and building improvements in the city and district. Oxford reports note the state normal closed after a month of exams with about 300 teachers present, marking one of the university’s most successful normal schools.
In Newton E Tore and family narrowly escaped a midnight fire when the roof began to collapse, fleeing just in time to save their lives as flames engulfed the residence.
Lafayette County Farmers Union held a large meeting in Bay Springs with President Carter in attendance and delivering an address. A big crowd gathered to hear the discussion and observe union activities.
Ohio experiment station tests show rape as a top crop for feeding pigs. Trials with 45 pound pigs on one quarter acre for 11 weeks yielded 165 pounds gain on ground corn and tankage. Better plots produced higher gains and replacement value over 44 dollars per acre. Rape is sown April to July with dwarf exact variety and can be pastured or fed, though wet conditions may cause skin irritation.
Practical tips on selecting varieties, soil prep, and cultivation. Plant in rows 20 inches apart with one seed per hill, deepen soil with manure, and keep the surface fine to preserve moisture. Regular weeding with rake and hoe boosts yield, even from poor seed.
The article outlines how hogs can utilize grain crops pasture alfalfa and by products from the dairy and wastes. It notes dairy cows eat grains bays root crops forage and pasture and beef cattle of improved breeds can be profitably raised in most areas. It warns of a beef shortage and anticipated higher prices in coming years.
Horses should receive dust free feed to protect breathing. Timothy hay is standard roughage for horses and should be cut after blossom dust is shed. Feed bright timothy rather than coarse woody hay. Overripe hay lowers nutrition and is overused.
The article advises using concentrated food for pigs around weaning and afterward to maximize returns. It suggests combining shorts and cornmeal with a handful of tankage or meal per dozen pigs at each feeding to improve growth and thrift.
A morning mash for chickens uses alfalfa meal bran and cornmeal mixed with hot skim milk. The guidance suggests it will produce redder combs and higher gains.
An illustrated device from Ofirten New York adapts for unloading loads from wagons to piles with a flexible wire screen laid across the wagon floor. A rope and ring on the screen allow the driver to trigger dumping while moving forward, saving shovel work in unloading root crops, manure, coal, or refuse.
The article advises picking lima beans as soon as yellowing appears on pods to ensure green pods with best table quality. Early harvest extends vine bearing and pale bear vines can keep bearing until frost if beans are picked regularly before ripening.
The Pennsylvania station reports 14 cuttings of alfalfa over five years from 16 to 1909, yielding 17 tons of hay per acre in total. The average shows 24 tons per acre and 14 tons per manure, while soil treatments with sodium citrate and potash failed to induce change. The field was limed not long before seeding.
Dwarf Essex Rape offers rapid forage with six to seven week harvest. Four pounds sown or three pounds drilled yields a crop, fed without water with salt, sustaining stock into winter. Reed cost about forty cents per acre and is praised for fattening hogs and feeding sheep and other stock.
Practical system of rotation is essential for every farm. Rotate garden crops as you rotate field crops to prevent soil depletion. A tight wire fence around the garden will promote harmony among neighbors who keep chickens.
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