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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Rumored Purchase BY G.. & ST.

A report is current in railroad cir
cles, and SEEMINGLY has good founda-
ton, that the Gulf & Ship Island road
has purchased the ;jrookhaven &
Pearl River branch of the Illinois
Central, running from Brookhaven to
Monticello, and that preparations are
being made for an extension Of the
line from Brookhaven to Vicksburg.
1t is known that corps Of Ship ISL
and surveyors has been in the field
for three weeks or more, and the par
ty. is heading toward Vicksburg. The
report Of the requirement of the
Brookhaven & Pearl River road comes
from such sources that it must be
given a full measure Of credence. The
road is about thirty miles in length
and was completed less than year
ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Worried Over Outlook.

Passenger officials, especially those
of Western lines, are concerned ovel
the spread and the increase in
strength of the agitation for 2-cent
passenger fare. There are few North
ern States east Of the foothills Of the
Rocky Mountains in which the rate
is more than 2 cents in which more
or less vigorous and well-organized
effort is not being made to get it re-
duced by statute. A deluge Of 2-cent
rate laws is expected with the meet
ing Of the State Legislatures this
winter, unless there is decided
change in public sentiment.
In an effort to allay the popular
demand for 2-cent rate in Pennsyl-
vania and Indiana, the Central Rail-
ways Thursday will put all their rates
east Of the Indiana. Illinois line on a
basis Of 2 IL cents or less.
Western traffic officials maintain
that reduction of rates below the
present level would cause passenger
departments to be run at loss I'M
less special reduced rates and excur-
sions were greatly curtailed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Tariff War Averted.

The long-threatened tariff war with
Germany, 1t is now believed, will be
averted by the official visit of com.
mission which President Roosevelt has
appointed to take up with the Kai-
ser's Commission some Of the vexa-
tlous problems that have annoyed
both governments several years. The
outlook a year 60 was very dark, but
Germany concluded not to bring the
differences to an issue and let the en-
forcement Of discriminating rates go
over for twelve months from last
April. 1t is regarded as unlikely that
there will be any more temporizing
when the twelve-month period is up,
and that, unless there are, some sub
stantial concessions from this end OF
the line, American exports to Germa-
ny will find themselves with the maxi.
mum rates levied by that country.
The administration believes that
the way to an adjustment will be
smoothed by the Commission, head
ed by DR.. S. N. D. North, Director
Of the Census Bureau, which will
leave this country early in Novem.
Der. 1t is also thought the adjust.
ment would be reached without end
less trouble and difficulty involved in
the negotiating and ratifying Of a
new trade treaty with Germany, or Q
reciprocity treaty at once arouses the
antagonism of the high-tariff men Ii
Congress, and, as the Senate is now
constituted, such treaty is impossi-
BILE Of ratification. The Commission
may find way out of the difficulty
by the route Of administrative con-
eessions. This is what is expected
of it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Verdict for $4,000.

j. A. Wallace at Yazoo City, was
given verdict for $4,000 against
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
road. Wallace was a brakeman on a
switch engine in the yards here, and
while attempting to cross on the pilot
Of the switch engine last winter, fell
and had both legs severed above the
knees. The jury was out only ten
minutes before reaching a decision.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
MISSISSIPPI STATE
HAPPENINGS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL SECTIONS
In EpITOMB OF THE NEWS
eSsled From Important Happenings
Throughout the State During the
Past Week and Reviewed In Brief
tox Our Readers.
Contract Let.

The. contract for the Carnegie Mill
saps Library building to be erected
on the grounds Of the Millsaps College
has been let after some interesting
and spirited competition, to j. f.
Barnes & Co., of this city, the con-
tract price being $14,440, and work
will be started in few days. The
6uilding is to be Of gray Indiana
ar Bedford stone, faced and trimmed
with st. Louis hydraulic pressed brick
and is in the Renaissance style, the
plans for which are prepared by Arch
ttect Harry N. Austin of this city.
This is the building made possible by
she hberality and philanthropy of
Major r. W. Millsaps, of this city,
end Andrew Carnegie, the Pennsylva-
ala steel magnate whom Bishop Gal
aoway succeeded in interesting. The
building will occupy a fine campus,
and will add materially to the attrae-
dveness of the really idyllic and elias
$40 surroundings. It will be fitted for
at least $4,000 volumes, with mod
arm stackroom and double reading
ICONS, this last feature being adopted
In view Of the co-educational system
which has been adopted by the Mill
saps Board Of Trustees and Faculty.
II will be almost square, the outside
dimensions being 70 by so feet, and
will have a classic front. Above the
'tympanum pediment will be placed a
stone tablet, with the inscription
Csrnegie-Millsaps; Erected MCMVI.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Gen. Walthall's Portrait.

The portrait of another Of the long
line of Mississippi's illustrious and
distinguished soldier-statesmen will
'bhortly adofn the portrait section in
Che Hall of Fame. That portrait is
chat Of General Edward Cary Wal
.thall, presented to the Department of
Archives and History by Mrs. Court
sney Walthall Ross, of Memphis, Tenn.
= fine likeness and finished in oil, and
DIR. Rowland, the Director, is delight
ed with this addition to the valuable
selection.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Accepts Invitation.

Gov. Vardaman has accepted an in
tation to deliver an address on Nov.
IS at the Vicksburg Military Park,
N the occasion Of the unwilling of.the
owa monument. It is expected that
large delegation Of citizens and mil
tary from Iowa will be in attendance.
Capt. J. F. Merry is chairman Of the
iowa Military Park Commission, and
he invitation to the governor comes
hrough him
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
SO for School Library.

Prof. G.. F. Boyd, chairman Of tn
library board Of the Mississippi;
Teachers Association, has isued an
address to, the school teachers ano
trustees Of the state calling attention
10 the new statute authorizing coun-
b superintendent to donate SO to
) school library in every district
where the school through subscription
Or otherwise, raises an equal amount
Cor school purposes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Athletic Club Forming.

There is being formed in Hatties-
burg by prominent citizens interested
in sports the Hattiesburg Athletic
Club for the purpose Of promoting
athletic events Of all descriptions. A
number Of interesting events along
this line ere contemplated in the near
future.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Hanged for Murder.

AL Rhodes twenty-one year old
negro, who brutality murdered Tom
Sexton, an aged fisherman, on the
Sunaower river in Sharkey county
last summer paid the legal penalty
therefor by being hanged in the Jail
at Indianola.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Scaffold Drops With Three Men.

Fred Hoke, an employee on the new
bank building at Meadville, was seri-
ously hurt Monday as a result Of a
scaffold falling with three men. The
scaffold was about fifteen feet from
the ground. Hoke was the only one
that sustained injuries.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

Hon. Walter Clarke recently gave
out the following with reference to
the low price being paid by the mills
for cotton seed and the proposition
to organize the producers for a bet
ter price: MAJ N &
u have recently received several
letters asking me to call to the atten-
ton Of our farmers the present low
price OF cotton seed, and ask their
cooperation in raising the price. I
find that on the basis Of good sound
seed, the mills are paying from $12
TO $13 per ton. The seed damaged by
recent rains are bringing from SIS to So
per ton, and, think of it, our farmers
are selling seed at these prices! Are
the mills to blame for this? A large
number Of farmers in many sections
Of Mississippi have put their money
in oil mills and succeeded in advanc-
ing the price Of seed materially. Of
recent years the mills have not made
money, in fact, they all lost money,
due to the low price Of oil and the
comparatively high price for seed. At
the present price for oil, there can
DO no doubt that goor seed are easily
worth from SIS to SIG per ton; but
the mill men having lost money by
too much competition, like sensible
men, got together and by some mys-
ferrous process Of cooperation, sue
ceeded in buying seed for less than
the market value, and the farmer, fool
that he is, supplies the demand. How
long will it be before our farmers
learn the value and necessity Of CO.
operation9 Aside from this, what
are seed worth to the lands7 The
chemical analysis Of cotton seed shows
. fertilizer value of 1920 per ton;
the vegetable matter in seed, which is
worth from So to SIS per ton Of seed,
making the seed easily worth as
fertilizer $40 to ST. per. ton, and yet,
thousands Of our farmers are selling
their seed-robbing the soil Of its fer
tility and decreasing its productive
capacity each and every year by this
process Of robbery. The soils Of Mis-
sissippi are growing less productive,
and our children will inherit bar
rem waste unless we stop this insane
policy. Again, one pound of cotton
seed judiciously fed to cattle, is worth
- much as one and one-quarter pound
Of corn. One ton Of corn at so cents
per bushel, when fed to cattle, is
worth $17.85. One ton Of cotton seed
fed to cattle is worth $22.3O. Again,
after the cattle have been fed on cot
ton seed and the manure properly
saved and returned to the land, it
has a fertilizer value of $18 per ton
Of cotton seed, thus making a COM
bined feeding and fertilizer value OF
$4,000 per ton, as compared to corn
which has no fertilizer value and
feed value of only $17.85; and vet,
our farmers will sell this valuable
product for from S. to SIS per ton.
The price Of seed wound be easily sol
we'd if our farmers would persue a
rational course and sell one-half Of
the seed at $50 per ton and return
the other half to the land Can we,
by organization, bring about this re-
sultf ! sincerely hope that our va
rious county organizations will take
the matter up, which is SO easy of
solution, and solve it in rational
manner"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Mobile, Ala.-The order raising the

Mobile, Ala.-The order raising the
quarantine established by the state Of
Alabama against all Central and
South American ports went into effect
today. The order 4oes not include
Cuban points where yellow fever is
known to exist. The raising Of the
quarantine will start an ezra large
movement Of fruit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Murder Trial.

John New was denied bail. Will
Bartlett was allowed $4,000 bond
and Lee Jackson was released in
connection with the murder Of Ben
Brady, at Rnleville, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

The more pleasing and pleasant our
government can make farm life, the
better it is for the government. Our
cities are overcrowded with worthless
loafers who might be honorable and
respectable farmers. The rural route
Is one of the things that has been
provided to make farm life more de-
sirable and attractive, and as we all
have to live OFF the farmers, nothing
should be left undone that could 81
done to make tho farm inviting.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

Hazlehurst is still pushing. After
a compelled postponement of the car
nival by bad weather and the success
fully pulling off of this event and the
organization of a permanent county
fair later, chrysanthemum show will
be given on November 10th and 18th
This is becoming quite an event down
here and is attracting more attention
every year. The good ladies of Halle
hurst raise as fine chrysanthemums
as are to be found anywhere and will
make ON exhibition worth going miles
to see.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08


The commercial and manufacturing
interests of Jackson, Meridian and
other Mississippi towns, are calling
for enforcement of the law with re-
spect to blind tigers and vagrancy,
claiming that if this vas done it would
not be so hard to get labor for all
purposes. While the complaint made
by these interests is no doubt well
founded, they themselves are to blame
for the condition Of affairs. The laws
Of any community are just as we'll
executed as the communities want
them to be. When tho people elect
men who they know to be in SYM
pathy with the gambling and Llind
tiger element, they may expect that
these violators will not be disturbed.
There is an increasing demand
throughout the state for men who arc
fearless in doing the right, and when
men Of this character ere elected to
ell the offices, then will fawlessness
be put down and the Migrants put to
work, and not until this is done.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

The German steamer Herman VA
sunk in the English Channel by col
lision and twenty-three Of her crew
drowned.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

The renegade" Ute Indians ar
strongly entrenched in Wyoming ani
two regiments Of cavalry are clos
ing in on them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Validity Upheld.

The validity of the Police Court
at Vicksburg, Miss, was upheld in
a test case before Circuit Judge Bush.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
Property Valuation.

It is estimated that the new prop
erty valuation for Gulfport will reach
So, 100000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

II develops that the Aetna banl
at Butte, Mont, and its branches weJs
looted by officials.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

Many public men at Washington
believe that Japan desires to provoke
war with the United States.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

Congressman Broussard, Of Louis
ana is being urged to deliver cam
paign speeches in Eastern States. II
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

Hattiesburg IS still IN the lead with
great wave Of industrial activity.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

The writer by invitation spent
day as the guest of the McComb City
fair last week. This is the third
year Of the fair and the promoters
are well pleased with the showing
made. a number of the agricultural
exhibits were exceptionally good, as
was also several in each of the other
departments. The attendance was
very fattering indeed, and more es-
pecially when it is taken into consid-
Grafton that the storm and bad wealth
er had put the farmers behind with
their crops and that every effort was
being made to catch up with the gath.
ering. The fair in Pike is on a firm
basis and already plans for next year
are being perfected. Extra induce
ments will be offered for exhibits Of
agricultural, horticultural, stock and
other farm products. 1t is expected
that the present building will be en-
tirely filled with these and that others
will be erected to take care of the
overflow. The people are enthusiastic
in the effort to make their next year
twice as good as this, which insures
it being among the very best in the
whole state.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

The anniversary Of. the Constitution
passed quietly IN ST. PET rsburg.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

The Clarksdale Register recently is
sued 4 handsome trade edition that
would have been q credit to any Of
the larger cities Of Mississippi and
last week the Jackson Evening News
issued a forty-eight page deposition
number" that was a dandy. Our
newspapers are alive to the opportuni-
ties Of doing good for themselves and
the communities in which they are
located and take advantage Of them
= they come round.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

Intelligent handling Of the farm is
Just as necessary to success as the
arrangement of any other business.
Brains count in farming as in other
vacations Of life. Mississippi is de-
veloping a remarkable number Of the
most intelligent and progressive farm
ers and the example being set by
them viii bear fruit that will be of
great value IN the future.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08

A correspondent OF the Southern
Plantation writes as follows about
the flower of a well known plant:
have discovered remedy for pull
monary consumption. It has cured a
number of cases after they had COM
menced bleeding at the lungs, and the
hectic flush was already on the cheek.
After trying this remedy to my own
satisfaction, l have thought philan-
thropy required that 1 should let II
be known to the world. 1t is the com
mon mullin stepped strong, and sweet
ened with coffee sugar, and drank
freely. The herb should be gathered
before the end of July, If conven-
lent.
"Young or old plants are good dried
in the shade and kept in clean bags
The medicine must be continued from
three to six months, according to the
nature of the disease. 1t is very
good for the blood vessels also. 1t
strengthens and builds up the sys-
TEN, instead of taking away strength.
1t makes good blood and takes In
famation away from the lungs. II
is the wish of the writer that every
periodical in the United States, Can
ada and Europe should publish this
receipt for the benefit of the human
family. Lay this up and keep it in
Al l. q
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI

oaveted to tho Industrial, Commercial ssd Agreultufa
eevelopneat Of the WoaderaI Resources Of the Stss
] Items sf interest from Ill Quarters. +. /: !: !:
6y n. e. BLAYHSLEE. Jacksos MIA
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-08
The citizens of Yazoo county wsrv

The citizens Of Yazoo county wsrs
80 well pleased with the result Of their
recent carnival that active steps are
being taken to organize q permanent
fair association and make the event
an annual one. The immensely fer
tile delta section is capable Of making
an exposition Of products that could
not be excelled by any section Of ths
world and Yazoo City rs in the heart
of this district. Brookhaven is alss
arranging for permanent fair, slim
ulated by the success Of the carnival
week held this fall, Hazlehurst has
already decided on fair next year,
Mt. Olive had three days. meeting
and display and will endeavor to
make it larger next season, New AL
bany is making preliminary investi-
cations with the view of holding Q
fair and the whole state is waking up
to the great benefits to be thus do
rived. Mississippi has long been
behind in this good WORK, but promises
great strides forward in the immed-
late future. In our sister state Of
Louisiana the legislature makes an ap-
preparation of ten thousand dollar
per annum for the benefit Of the state
fair and five thousand for the en-
couragement Of parish fairs, fifteen
OP which oro rrada animal ovouta
The investment has been found
good one and there is now no opposi-
ton to the measure, but besides, the
agricultural people appreciate the
good being. done and are strongest
in the demand that it be continued
The Mississippi legislature could very
well afford to encourage these splen-
did educational institutions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
CHARACTER IN "BUMPS"
Phrenoloey to Solve Domestic Servant
Problem in London Employ
rnent Agency
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, March 10.-Phrenological
selection is the latest solution seriously
put forward for the domestic servant
problem.
No longer will housewives have to
rely on the glowing written characters
supplied by careless employers. No
longer will they be duped into receiving
into their homes household treasures
whose only capability lies in the direc-
ton of leaving undone the work they
should do.
Professor Palmer's chronological En-
ployment agency, which has just been
registered with the London county
council, has come to the rescue.
The methods of the new science of
selection are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ridic-
ulously-simple An application, for in
stance, may be made to the agency for
a good-tempered, quick-witted lady's
maid. Professor Palmer at once turns
to his register, where he will find a Sc
lection of every kind of domestic SER
want.
Every individual whose name appears
on the register has been submitted to
chronological examination, and none
is admitted whose bumps" do not
prove her competency for the post she
desires.
From this list the professor will pick
out a lady's maid whose head has
shown that she is good-tempered and
intelligent. She will be placed in COM
munication with the applicant and the
matter is settled.
II am not combining my employment
agency to servants" said Professor
Palmer yesterday. II am taking all
classes of men and women in search
of work and am prepared to advise
them after a chronological examination
for what career, whether literary, ar
tistic or professional, they are best
suited"
One of the largest railway COM
panies in America, Professor Palmer
declared, engaged no new employee I'M
less he first submitted to a phrenologi-
cal examination.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 10-Prices Of
stocks lost ground today, although there
was a disposition to contest the reaction
in the early part of the session. The pre-
vailing tone of the market was one
rather of, uncertainty than of any de-
The opening strength was fairly gem
eral, but there was no conspicuous fea-
No IF the 2 estefn Mss a Srengh tn tn
enjoyed by the, coal mining, interest
along its. line in, the event of the threat
ened strike of bituminous miners. The
weakness in Consolidated Gas was the
first influence on the market.
1t, was after the. appearance of the
ward tendency developed. The recupera-
ton of the surplus was not as large as
had been hoped. This was due to the
reached nearly $550O,000, against prelim-
mary estimates of only about a million
This may be due partly to the fact that
the $S,O0O,OOO of government deposits with
the banks, which were made late in the
week, would affect the daily averages
for only part of the week. But there We're
previous bank statements which had re-
Elected only part, of the cash losses in.
Dictated by the known movements OF
The Y Tne SS 9th Ioan
In view of the stock market liquidation
and the transfer of credits to foreign
lenders, But the neaVy loss IN caSn al"
fected the showing of the surplus.
Expectation that the coal mining dis
pute will come to head next week had
some influence on sentiment. The tone
of foreign exchange was steady, al
though the Saturday market is nominal.
Reports of negotiations for a. large
Russian loan indicated a forthcoming de-
mand upon the relaxation of foreign
money markets resultant upon the
promised settlement of the Moroccan
Total sales of bonds, par value, 81, 233, 900