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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
On 6 Per Cent Loan.

With the announcement of candi
dates for legislature in the variou
counties comes a renewal of the agi
tation for statute exempting from
taxation loans made at 6 per cent. ant
less. This subject was before the leg
islature at its last session, and a spir
tied light was made to secure its pas
sage, but without success, although !;
appeared at one time that tn
chances were very favorable for tn
bill.
The crusade Of the State revenu.
agent against solvent. credit delin
quents keeps 6 per cent. exemption
prominently to the front, and it is
measure especially favored by money
lenders, who declare that it would alst
vastly benefit the borrowers by max
ing cheaper interes. possible.
An effort will be made in the vari
GUS counties to pledge the Legislative
candidates to vote for a statute o.
this character at the 1908 session
and as candidates are now freely an
nouncing themselves, the subject vii
come in for its full share Of publ.
discussion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
On Two Charges.

E. M. Clarke, well-known conduc-
tor ON the Alabama and Vicksburg
Railroad, who came in to Vicksburg
in charge of the west-bound passen-
ger train, was bound over In the sum
of 81, $50 bond upon the charges Of
carrying concealed weapons, to which
he pleaded guilty, and of highway rob
berry of a negro about daylight, to
which he said In court he would waive
examination. Clarke, several witness
es say, held up country negro who
came from Tallulan. His name is Jim
Bankhead, and he was held up, so the
witnesses say, near Washington and
Veto streets. Before Judge Dickson
placed the charge Of highway robbery
against Conductor Clarke he says that
he carefully examined all the witness
es. Judge Dickson says that Clarke
when arrested had the purse owned by
Bankhead, and had placed $50 more
In che purse. Clarke, according to
Judge Dickson, says he was drinking
and does not remember what he did.
He pleaded guilty to carrying the pis-
toll, and was lined 500 and sentenced
to thirty days in the county Jail.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Will Be Courtmartailed.

Washington, D. Con the recon-
mendation Of the general staff the
secretary Of war has ordered the trial
by courtmartial Of Major Chas. w.
Penrose and Captain Edgar A. Mack
in of company c, first battalion 25th
infantry, under the sixty-second arti-
Gle of war, for conduct to the pre-
juddce of good order and discipline. !"
in failing in their duty n preventing
and suppressing the riot at Brown
vile, Texas, last August. The speci-
fications will include among other
things the charge that the two Off
GERS named failed to exercise due dill
igence IN preventing the occurrence
when the conditions Of affairs at
Brownsville made Ut necessary that
all proper precautions should be taken
to prevent clash between the troops
and citizens; and also that they did
not examine the rifles Of the men un-
til daylight, although they learned Of
the true state IF affairs by one or
two o'clock in the morning. The de-
tails as to the membership Of the
court and the place where the trial
will be held have been left to the dis
erection of the commanding officer Of
the department. of Texas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
$3.50 Reward.

The governor offered reward OF
$3.50 for the arrest of Yves Young, the
negro who on Sunday, Dec. 2, at Val
ley Park, shot and killed A. F. Mid
dagh, we'll known capitalist and
Delta properly holder and timber
speculator. The proclamation stipu-
lates that Young is to be delivered to
the sheriff of tSharkey county, and
gives the following description Of the
negro: Age IS years; height, feet
s inches; weight lao pounds; has very
prominent cheek bones, kinky hair,
and looks very much like an Indian
balks in slow, hesitant way, and with
fine voice. He is slender, walks very
erect and his gait is peculiar and no.
ticeable, as he has the habit Of pick
ing up his feet, very quickly. In ad-
dition to this reward, other sums are
offered by pricate parties, and the
price set on Young's head will, it is
stated aggregate q thousand dollars.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Old Ladies' Home.

The Old Ladies Home Association
Of Mississippi is receiving final re.
ports for 1906 from the auxilaries OF
the various towns in the state, and
fair sized donations for the fund are
being sent in. The Crystal Springs
auxiliary sent in a check for ST. and
other communities have done equally
well.
The total funds in hand, however
are less than $1,000, and much more
will be required for the construction
Of the first buildings. The building
committee has plans and specified
tions from a number of architects, but
the design has not been finally select
ed.
During the coming year the cam
paign will be energetically pushed
new auxiliaries formed, and, in spite
of the slowness of the work, the wo.
men at the head of the organization
are determined to carry it through tt
"a successful contamination. 1t is
hoped that citizens who are financial,
ly able to do so will come forward
with large donations, say between
$500 and $1,000 ana few subscrip
tions of this sort would form greal
encouragement to the work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
FOUR PEOPLE
MEET DEATH
m HEAD ON COLLISION ON TEX
AS AND PACIFIC.
ENGINE BOILER EIPLODES
Scattering Boiling Water and Bits OF
Iron.-Many Were Painfully Bruis-
ed But Death Last Is Confined to
Train Crew.

Donaldsonville, La.-.-Four were kill
ed and two seriously injured in head
on collision between passenger and
a freight train at long curve near
here ON the Texas & Pacific railroad.
All the fatalities were among members
of the train crews, no passengers be-
ing seriously hurt. The dead:
B. B. Taylor, mail carrier, residence
unknown.
- Woodwork, Of Marshall, Tex, ex
press messenger.
One negro, mail messenger, name
unknown.
One negro tramp, name unknown.
The wrecked passenger train was
the cannon ball express. The engineer
and fremen of both trains saw the
approaching collision in time to es-
cape by jumping from their cabs.
Scarcely had the engines crashed to-
gether when the boiler Of the freight
blew up, scattering boiling water and
bits Of iron and adding to the terror
of the situation.
The loss Of life so far as ascertain
ed was confined to the passenger
train, those in the mail and express
cars suffering most. Both Of those
seriously injured were negro messen-
gers.
Many Of the passengers were pain
fully bruised, injuries about the head
being especially frequent, in the force
with which they were dashed forward
upon the car floors and over seats.
The wreck occurred at lonely point
on the road, plantation cabin being
the only human habitation in the
neiphhOrhood.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Location of Rifle Range.

The board Of officers of the Missis-
sippi National Guard appointed to So
lect the location of the military rife
range, composed Of Colonel R. v.
Rachford, Lieutenant Colonel Virgil
Jones, and Captain ]. E. German, is
sending out the following address to
the various boards of trade and COM
mercial bodies in towns desiring to
secure the range:
CAT meeting Of the rife range
board held in the CITY Of Jackson De-
'cember 10th, it was decided to post
;pone action as to the selection Of a
rifle range until some time in Janu-
larry, 1907. This action was taken in
iorder to give those communities that
I'VE deem properly located for ! CEN
oral state range sufficient opportunity
ito SUBMIT definite propositions.
cit is the sense of the board, since
Hhe available funds are limited, these
funds will be most advantageously ex-
pended if used to develop one good
range, and this should be located at 4
point most accessible by rail for the
Isntire national guard.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Editorial Association.

Washington.-About fifteen MEM
bers Of the National Editorial asso-
citation had an informal hearing be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion in regard to ruling which the
commission has made declaring in eff
feet that under the amended interstate
commerce law railroads cannot enter
into contract with newspapers for ad-
vertising and giving returns there
fore. They asked that revision Of
the commission Interpretation Of the
law be made with = view to the con-
tinuance of the same relations be-
tween the railroads and the papers
which they said have existed for so
long time.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Cont Boni's Brother.

New York.-Count Boni de Gas.
tellane's younger brother, Count STAN
iislaus, third son Of the Marquis de
.Castellane, who greatly resembles
Nine Anna Gould's former husband,
arrived here accompanied by his coun-
tess. She was formerly Senorita Ter
.'ry, daughter Of Francesca Terry Of
Cuba who also spends considerable
part Of each year in his castle, Che
nonceaux, province of Touraine,
France.
The count and countess were accom-
panied from Europe on the Kron
Prinz Wilhelm, by Senior francesca
Terry, father Of the countess, and her
sister, Senorita Odette Terry. The
count said his brother Boni felt very
sorry for what had happened between
himself and the former Countess Anna
and had not been treated justly by
the newspapers. Count Stanilaus still
hopes for reconciliation.
II shall be at the Holland House
for about fifteen days, and two months
at Havana and Cienfuegos," said the
count. II believe the view Of your
iharbor and city is absolutely splend-
id. No; my brother is not coming to
America to be an actor, wine agent,
"a reporter or head waiter. He is in
politics. He is not going to marry
a countess. He could not do it if he
wanted to, because it is ridiculous,
and because the Catholic religion does
not permit him to marry a second
time. I do not know if there will be
reconciliation. I can not tell.
hope so, but I can not tell. No;
have not seen Nine. Gould recently.
~ am not going to see George Gould
No, no. I do not know him. I am go
ing only to pass through New York. "
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Prospects ENCOURAGING.

President R. E. Remington, Of the
State Industrial and Fair Association
stated that the affairs of the Associa.
ton and the prospects for the future
are encouraging. The Association pur.
poses to enlarge it's scope and make
next years exposition more Of state
enterprise than heretofore, which can
be done by getting into the field early
and keeping there continuously and
retaining the interest Of all sections
It has been seen what the November
fair accomplished in bringing eye.
opening exhibits of agricultural and
horticultural products under one roof
from different sections. The same rufs
will be applied to live stock and poul.
try, in which departments the 1900
exposition was rather shy, and Mana.
ger Mckay will make special eforh
to have more Of this class Of produce
on exhibition hereafter. Jackson il
naturally easy Of access from ali
points, and shipments Of this kind ear
be handled more safely and expedi-
tiously than probably any other point
in central Mississippi, as they could at
Hattiesburg for south Mississippi
This view is taken by others, includ-
ing Secretary Curtis, Of the Brook
haven, and Secretary Mueller Of the
McComb City Industrial and CONNER
cial Leagues, who will cooperate with
the State management.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
TO Move Coal.

Minneapolis, Minn.-With the cold
wave signal flying the coal shortage
IN the Northwest becomes not only :
cause Of severe suffering, but an abso-
lutte menace to human life.
Glendive, N. OAK, is seriously con-
sadering an appeal to the Governors
OF North Dakota and Minnesota to APP
ply the state militia in forcing the
movement Of coal trains.
Dveð, MINI, faces darkness and
suffering through deprivation Of coal
and apprehensive reports have come
from numerous other places.
The Mendive, N. OAK, situation is
Minus summed up in statement from
the G3endive Commercial Club:
The dealers wire Us that the sit
uatlon Is entirely up to the railroads.
Shippers are unable TO obtain cars
to load with coal. To-day we will wire
Governor Searles requesting him to
take up the matter with Governor
johnson, Of Minnesota, and If neces-
sary call out the militia Of the two
states to run coal trains.
"The situation all through this sec
tdon is desperate, and with the liabil-
lity of billiards. any time, many may
freeze to death if fuel is not availa-
Bile soon. Farmers are already COM
ing to town with stories of burning up
sheds and other outbuildings.
eve have notified the farmers that
If the worst comes they can bring
their families and bedding and camp
In our new four-room brick school
house. We have sufficient coal 10
heat the building for three months at
least, and it will so further in this
way chan it will iadtl ntf itf dtn tina
way than if it were distributed among
those who are OUT
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
MISSISSIPPI STATE
HAPPENINGS
TTxKs or INTEREST FROM ALL
SECTIONS.
AN EpITOIR OF THE NEWS
Culled From Important Happenings
Throughout the State During the
Past Week and Reviewed in Brief
for Our Readers.
Meeting On State Farm.

In a free-for-all-fght, covering .
desperate attempt to escape, two Write
men were seriously wounded at the
Oakley convict farm, about twenty
miles southwest of here.
The injured arc: Captain J. M.
Buckley, hospital sergeant, seventeen
cash across the chest; John Dodds,
sergeant, left arm broken.
The fight began in the hospital, a
negro named Ben Cooper, long term
convict, attacking another negro nam
ed Charles Prince with razor. Cap
tain Buckley attempted to quell the
disturbance, when he was attacked by
Cooper, who attempted to cut his
throat and was only prevented by
Hezekiah Plunry knocking the weapon
down. Plury thea grappled with
Cooper and disarmed him. Both men
wild recover.
The attack on Prince was the sig
nal for general fight, In which eight
DIT ten other negroes took part, and
when Sergeant Dodds entered the
loom he was set upon and badly beat
hn with clubs, iron bars, etc., sustain
ing broken arm.
When the other negroes saw Plum
nv take the razor from Cooper they
Auieted down.
f, Governor Vardaman, upon being no
tilted Of the disturbance, fastened to
The scene on special train, acompan-
led by S. D. McNair, chairman, and
John Wells, secretary of the board of
control. Whey the reached Oakley
quiet had been restored.
Governor Vardaman brought Plum
wy back to Jackson with him and wall
pardon him for disarming Cooper.
The negro convict Plunry, who is tc
Tie pardoned by the governor for dis
farming Cooper, is the one whom the
governor beat with a broom at the
mansion last winte.,, for which charges
were preferred against him before tht
,penitentiary board of control.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
New Trial Denied.

Mrs. Angie Birdsong who was denied
. newtrial by Judge Miller at Halle
hurst was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary and notice was given
of appeal to the Mississippi supreme
court.
When notice of appeal was filed
counsel for Mrs. Birdsong made appli-
cation for bail, which was granted in
the sum Of $4,000. Major Fox, IA
ther Of Mrs. Birdsong, A. Q. May, Of
jackson, and other friends Of che wo-
man signed the bond.
Mrs. Birdsong shot and killed DR..
Thomas Butler at Monticello, Miss,
November Is, 1905, alleging the "un-
written law" as her defense. She was
recently tried for murder and con-
victed Of manslaughter, since which
time she has been confined to her bed
with illness. Because Of her young
child and the illness Of the convicted
woman, she was never sent to jail.
The young defendant was brought
to court lying on cot moaning with
pain and fever, calling continually
for water, and at times nearly delir-
ious. She listened for an hour and a
quarter to her counsel s arguments for
!eniency and a new trial. She was al
lowed to hear the sentence without
standing. A striking feature of this
scene was the fact that the leading az
gument for Mrs. Birdsong was made
by lawyer himself SO i'll that he re-
cined in an invalid chair while adj
dressing the court. This was Mr. Mi.
Ter, who suffered complete break
down at one of the critical parts OF
the trial
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
To Eradicate Tick.

The Crop Pest Commission wishes 70
follow up the campaign for the Grad
ication Of the cattle tick in Louisiana
by the publication Of recent bulle-
tins on this subject, and states that
it will be glad to correspond with
farmers who desire to rid their places
and cattle Of the pest. II the planter
finds it difficult to arrange the neces-
sary rotation plan (the only method
for the eradication Of the tick, which
was explained in the recent bulletin)
the commission will give the necessa.
~ assistance.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Boy Kills His Amt.

His aunt lying dead, with the back
of her head shot almost entirely off,
is the result Of the 10-year-old son Of
w. N. Basdens swapping what be
thought to be an unloaded gun at Mrs.
Henry Greer At Bay Springs. Mr.. Bias
den had been keeping bis gun in the
habit Of playing with it. However
the fsthsr loaded the weapon to shoot
hawk, and failed to extract the shell
when replacing the gun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Six Men Meet Instant Death.

Knoxville, Tenn. Six men met IN
slant death in dynamite explosion
about twentyfour miles from Newport
Tenn, and just across the state ine
in North Carolina. They were employ
ed in building an extension to the II
nessee and Cairo railroad. Tho Oad
dynamite for blast explodsd uhde
beinG tamped, tsaiing * men into
shreds and seziously hjaring : sev-
enth
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20
Change Of Schedule.

George Fl. Smith, general passen-
scr agent Of the Queen and Crescent
System, announces that, effective Sua-
lday, Dec. 16, No. 4, the eastbound
Inoruing local between Vicksburg and
meridian, now reaching jackson It
y 40 =. M, will be changed to reach
there ct 6:25 q. M, leaving Vieksburg
IT Gas q. M, or one hour and Ave
minntes earlier.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20

Mexico City.-It was announced To-
day that early in January seventy
five novices would be initiated into
the order Of Mystic Shriners. A spe-
cial train carrying 300 shrinsrs will
come from the United States to VT
ness the ceremony.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20

President Morton Of the Equitable
has called meeting Of life insurance
presidents to form an association.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-20

A decision ~ Federal Ju1gs Sam
horn at Madison; Wis., aphe& tie
night Of rosAmen 70 striAlA
The daily tribune., 1906-02-28
Fire Escape Equipment.

II. Houston. manager Of the opera
house. has decided to equip the
bnildins with fire escapes, thus max.
ing exit much easier IN case OF hre.
Two escapes will be put to the build
iug-one on the ike's Psak avenue
aide and the other on the west side
Of the building. near the end.
This will give the play house
four exits and the time required In
vaoating it in case Of fire would be
of short duration. There Is rear
and q front entrance and the two IRE
escapes on the sides makes the four
exits. The police committee OF the
city council called upon Mr.. Houston
yesterday afternoon and the places FOL
the escapes were designated.
The daily tribune., 1906-02-28
Proposed Ordinance No. sss.

An ordinance amending sections and 8 of
ordinance No. 200, be an ordinance entitled An
ordinance granting to Thos. Robinson, his heirs
an assigns, franchise tor street railway"
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City
of Florence:
SECTION l. That sections and Of ordinance
No. 200, the same being ordinance entitled,
IAN ordinance granting to Thomas Robinson.
his heirs and assigns, franchise for street
railway" be and this same hereby are amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 5. The streets upon which said street
railway tracks may be laid within the said City
are as follows, namely:
East and West Second street from Florence
avenue to Santa Fe avenue; Robinson avenue
from Second street south to the City limits;
Petro eum avenue from Second street south to
Front st, Get; Front street from Petroleum
avenue TO santa Fe avenue; Santa Fs avenue
Fifth street west from Santa Fe avenue to
street to the city limits.
heirs and assigns, shall have cars running on
said street railway on or before January LIST,
A. d. 1901, and shall continuously operate said
line during the life of this franchise, and fail
ure so to do shall forfeit all rights herein given
| and granted "
Passed on first reading. ordered published
| this 18th day of February. A. ID. 1905.
WALLER FLETCHER,
Attest; MAY JOHNSON. Mayor.
| City Clerk.
| First published February 10th.
| Last published March I'd.
The daily tribune., 1906-02-28
Startling But True.

People the world over were horrified
on learning OF the burning Of Chicago
theater in which nearly six hundred peo-
pie lost their lives, yet more than five
times this number or over 5000 people
died from pneumonia in Chicago during
thesame year, with scarcely passing
notice. Every one Of these cases OF
pneumonia resulted from cold and
could have been prevented by the timely
use of Chamberlain's Cough remedy. A
great many who had every reason to fear
pneumonia have warded it off by the
prompt use Of this remedy. The follow
ing is an instance Of this sort: ITO much
cannot be said in favor Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and especially for colds
and influenza. know that it cured my
daughter, Laura, Of a severe cold, and l
believe saved her life when she was
threatened with pneumonia" w. D.
Wilcd4. Logan, New York. Sold by all
dealers. mwf
The daily tribune., 1906-02-28

BY Misses Hyde. Mitchell. EAston and
Andrews. "a Song Of Love" .
piano solo was rendered BY Miss Fern
I.obaoh. e. Jonn and Miss Gladys
John rendered : violin and piano
Duet and Robert Il. Brown sang .
baritone solo entitled "The Horn. "
Miss Mabel Ehssfer reed . selection
and r. ". Roberts sang "Mandaiay. "
ssFtfth Nooturpe. piano solo. was
rendered by Mis- Gladys Brown.
Cora Blunt sang. 1T Might Have
Been" = soprano solo. and . piano
duett entitled "zampa'' WAS rendered
by Mis- Edna johnson and Prof.
Killer. Mrs. ". e. Mitchell sang
two soprano solos with orchestra
obligato. They were ''Somebody's
Rose" and "Just . wearyin' For
You.'' Miss Stella Thill rendered
. violin selection entitled "Rnbin
ne Bois.''
This double quartette composed OF
Mesdames Koontz. Mitchell. Roberts
and McCandless and Messrs Roberts.
Atkinson. Browne and Tanner sang
"The Night" and the closing number
Springs Awakening was by the
Florence orchestra.
The concert was pronounced to be
one Of tho very best that has ever been
given in Florence.
The daily tribune., 1906-02-28

10. o. F. MASK BALL-There
was very good crowd at the mask
ball in Morgan hall last night given
by the Odd Fellows to raise money
for q fund for the purpose Of enter
tanning the grand lodge next fall.
There were = large variety Of costumes
worn from the funny clown and
cowboy to the Spanish nobleman and
Spanish dance girl. A jolly time
was had until II p. M, when the
masks were removed and every body
WAS allowed to dance. The Rsbekahs
served ice cream and cake but the
dancers seemed more bent on having
fun than they did in visiting around
the refreshment table.