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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
COTTON REPORT OF GINNERS.
Indicates 72, Lowest Known on Same
Date, July 10.

Memphis, TENN. A. Taylor,
president of the National Ginners'
Association issues the following spec
ial on the cotton crop:
Reports of about half our CORE
spondents under the average date Of
18th, indicate a condition of 72, and
under. This is the lowest condition
ever known at this date. Some Sec
tons of Alabama, Mississippi, Lou
isiana and Arkansas show slight,lm i'm
provement, but others show deterioa-
ton. Texas shows deterioration on
account of severe drought, and hot
winds.
Scattered rains have fallen since
these reports, but IN most cases have
come too late, as reports show that
cotton has stopped growing in most
sections, and is shedding forms and
small bolls.
1t is the consensus of opinion that
rains now will only make the plant
shed more rapidly, and there is very
little chance to make a crop from
the new growth on account of the
WeeVil
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
DEADLY FIGHT WITH PISTOLS.
Between The Mcdonald and CHS
holm Factions


Union, Miss.-One old COW,
which would not have brought $50
on the market, caused a bloody pis-
toll fight In the streets of this little
town Saturday last. 1t resulted in
the killing of two men, the fatal in
juring of two more and the serious
wounding of still another.
The dead are: E. J. Mcdonald,
cattleman; Peter Mcdonald, his
brother. Fatally injured: Cornelius
Chisholm, cattleman; Joseph Miller,
friend of Chisholm. Seriously in
jured: Murphy Mcdonald, son of E.
J. Mcdonald.
The fight was between the Nc
Donalds on one side and Miller and
Chisholm on the other. Bad blood
between Chisholm and the McDon-
aids has existed for many years. A
dispute arose over the ownership of
an old cow which had out;:ved her
usefulness as milk producer.
Chisholm claimed that the COW
was his property, and the McDon-
aids disputed his claim. Joseph Mil
Ter, a friend of Chisholm, and Peter
Mcdonald started the row in from.
of the Union Bank. Revolvers were
quickly drawn and the shooting
commenced. Who fired the first shot
is still matter of dispute among
the bystanders, many Of whom
scampered for cover
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
WIRE FLASHES.

Don Carlos, Spanish pretender,
died in Lombardy
Agitation in Mexico is spreading,
meetings being held in many places.
New Shah of Persia was escorted
to the palace by foreign troops. He
will be educated abroad.
Russia soldier, while being flogg-
ed, stabbed supervising officer to
death.
Sheriff of Paris, Tenn, was fatally
shot by negro whom he had under
arrest.
Sixteen persons were drowned
around New York, ten from a cap.
sized boat.
s Connie Covington, year old, died
at Mobile from the effects of swal-
lowing a dolls foot.
Charles B. Percy, Jr., travelling
salesman of Mobile, was drowned at
Point Clear while on yachting trip.
Four were killed and twenty-five
hurt through explosion of motor cy-
Gle In race at Berlin, and panic fol-
lowed.
Prince Alfonso went to bid his at
fianced princess gcod-by when they
decided to marry without kings con-
sent. He has forfeited his rank as
Infanta.
N Two were killed and six injured
in Monon wreck.\
1t is believed that Louisiana will
have to borrow $250,O00 for general
expenses until the 1909 tax collec-
lions are turned into the treasury.
Realty values around Union, Miss,
are said to have risen 25 per cent
as result of ending of Mcdonald
feud.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made remark
able statement of her relations to
Thaw and said she hoped he would
be restrained.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
WENT TO MEET DEAD MAN.
Relatives and Friends Find Him
Alive and in Jail.

Alive and in Jail.
Union City, Tenn.-Relatives and
friends from the countryside gather
ed in Union City to meet the remains
of John Henry Wise, former we'll
known resident of this county, whom
dispatches from Monroe, La, declar-
ed had been killed in railroad ac-
cident. Instead of a corpse however,
they found Wise very much alive, but
in jail on a charge of murder which
has been pending for % years. Two
weeks after his marriage, almost a
quarter of century back, Wise, it
is charged, while in a jealous rage,
shot to death Nobe Macon, a neigh
Dor. He was arrested, but escaped.
His wife secured divorce and Wise,
after roaming over several states,
married a young woman at Paducah,
KY. Saturday, he came to the home
of his former wife and the woman,
fearful lest he should do her vio-
lence. brought about his arrest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
BRICK BUILDING COLLAPSES
Killing Seven; One is Missing and
Many Injured.

Philadefphia.-In one Of the bu-
siest sections of the city and at a
time when thousands of pedestrians
were passing, f1ve-story brick build
ing which was being reconstructed
for the United Gas Improvement
Company, collapsed with terrific
roar burying or pinning beneath the
ruins, thirty-two persons, seven of
whom are dead, one missing, one ia
tally injured and twenty four more
or less seriously injured.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
THE INSURANCE TRUST, next
Penalties May Exceed Amount
From Oil.
AFTER FULLY FIFTY COMPANIES
Charged With Being in Combina.
ton to Arbitrarily Fix Fire
Rates, Which is in Violation.
of the Laws of the State.

Jackson, MiSs.-The alleged fire
insurance trust is the next organi-
Ration slated for grilling under the
mississippi statutes forbidding the
formation of trusts and combines.
A suit against the fifty or more
Gre insurance companies having
membership in the various fire pre-
yention and inspection bureaus, al
legged to be engaged in rate making
is being prepared by District Attor-
ney George H. Strange, OF the First
district, and will be filed within a
few days in the chancery court Of
Union county.
The contents of the injunction
bill have not been officially announc-
ed, but it is learned that the penal
ties claimed will even exceed the
two penalty suits in Clay and Harri-
son counties against the Standard
Oil Company, aggregating S22,000,-
900, and the suit against the alleged
lumber trust filed by the attorney
general asking for penalties aggre-
eating more than 14,000,000
The bill will set forth that certain
fire insurance companies, through
their prevention and inspection and
rating bureaus, are engaged in the
arbitrary fixing of rates, and asking
mat the companies pay the sum of
$4,000 for each specific violation,
the aggregate being many millions
Of dollars.
This proceeding has been in pros
pect for some time, and its filing
has been delayed chiefly because of
the large amount Of work involved
in the collection of the necessary
evidence.
More than a year ago the sc.oara-
zion of the sheep" from the goats "
among the fire insurance companies
operating in Mississippi was COM
menced, certain companies with
drawing from local underwriting
agencies, who would not agree to
conditions imposed. 1t is alleged that
one of these conditions strictly pro-
hibited rate cutting, and another
provided that no agent should re-
ceiVe a commission of more than Is
per cent on the business written.
This separation took place in near
~ all the larger towns of the state
where four or more local agencies
we're in operation, and was extern
Siyely commented upon at the time.
The nature of the evidence in the
hands of District Attorney Strange
is not known, but it is the current
report in legal circles that he has
obtained large amount of testimo-
ny which, in his opinion, Is Of con-
elusive character.
There is a strong probability that
all local underwriting agencies repre-
Eenting the companies having mem
bership in rating or inspection bu-
reaus will be made co-defendants in
the bill.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
NO REVOLUTIONARY
PLOT DISCOVERED.
Declaration of the Authorities of
Mexico

Mexico City.-The Mexican au-
thorities claim eat this government
has no evidence of any revolution
airy plot such as that reported from
San Antonio. 1t is further claimed
that nothing is known of the al
legged action of the Washington au-
thorities relative to the precaution-
airy steps taken to preserve the neu
trality of the United States in the
event of an outbreak. Conditions in
Mexico are more agitated than for
some years, owing to the approach
ing presidential election, which will
occur in 1910. President Diaz has
been renominated for the seventh
time.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
COUPLE ELOPE in AUTOMOBILES.
Memphis Girl Deserts Sunday School
Glass to Get Married.

Memphis, Tenn.-Miss Harrel B.
Sanding and George E. Golf eloped
in an automobile to fernando, Miss,
and were married. Miss Sanding
was on her way to the LaBelle Bap-
fist church to take charge of her
Sunday school class when the elope-
ment occurred. She stopped the
buggy in which she was riding with
her younger sister and cousin and
joined Golf in the automobile, and
was whisked off to Mississippi Miss
Standings father was notified and
kept the wires hot in an attempt to
stop the wedding, but was unsuccess-
full. All parties are prominent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
I EXPERT BoLL wEEvIL REPORT.
The Climatic Conditions Have Ma
teriaIly Changed the, Outlook.

Ine CIlmaTfc CONDITIONS Have Ma
teriaIly Changed the Outlook.
Dallas, Tex.-Prof. w. d. Hunter,
the government boil weevil expert,
makes public the following report:
In general it has been found that
in central and northern Texas prairie
regions, less than 10 per cent Of the
fruit is infested. In the valleys, natu-
rally the infection is somewhat heav-
Ter; in southern Texas, from 10 to
% per cent Of the fruit is infested.
In northern Louisiana, the infecta-
ton of fruit ranges between s and
10 per cent. In Louisiana, south of
Boyce, the infection ranges up to 20
per cent. In Mississippi, in the neigh
borhood of Natchez As per cent OF
the fruit is infested, but the infec-
ton decreases to the east and north
OF that place.
Early in the season the indications
were that the present season would
show more than the normal damage
by the weevil The climatic condi-
tons obtaining between the time of
the appearance of the bulk of the
hibernated weevils in the field and
this time have been very adverse to
the insects. In fact, these conditions
have had the effect of changing the
outlook entirely. Dry weather is now
destroying from SO per cent of the
weevils in the squares that fall to
the ground in Texas, to about 90 per
cent in Louisiana. The present sta
tus of the weevil is less threatening
than last year. This is especially the
case throughout Texas on account
of the very dry weather.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
FOR SANITARY PURPOSES.
Railroad to Give Each Passenger a
Drinking Gun.

Bristol, Tenn.-In accordance with
recommendations of health boards
and other health authorities, who
held a conference in Washington, D.
c., the Norfolk & Western Railway
company is eQuipping its passenger
coaches for system Of individual
sanitary drinking cups. Each passen-
ger will drink from his own cup.
which will be drawn from device
by an automatic spring 1t is believed
that this will do away largely with
the chances of communicating tuber-
culosis and other diseases on trains.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
REALIZES HIS FOLLY.

acknowledgements from France
say that the proposed channel flight
of Herbert Latham the French avia-
Tor, has ended in fiasco and that
N. Latham's return to Paris marks
the definite abandoning of the enter
prise. Latham's neglect to take adj
vantage of the splendid weather con-
ditions Indicates that re fully real
lies the fcl,y of his enterprise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
THREE DROWNED IN LAKE.
One of the Victims Wife of a Wealthy
ST IOuiS Merchant

Elsberry, Mo.-Mrs. Edward T.
Haase of st. Louis, Mrs. w. D. Shan
non and Mrs. Shannon's daughter,
Airline, twelve years old, were drown
ed in Kings Lake, near here by the
capsizing of a launch. Mr.. Shannon,
who was on the launch also, saved
another daughter, Maxine, but was
forced to see his wife and other
daughter drown. The bodies Of Mrs.
Shannon and her daughter were re-
covered.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS

San Antonio, Tex-That the Mex
lean revolutionary junta is still bent
on creating unrest in northern Mex
leo and along the Texas border has
been recognized at Washington and
the first step has been taken to pre-
serve peace along the Texas border.
Eugene No1te, United States mar
shall for the western district of Tex
as, now has deputies in the field on
this particular mission.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
--------eMts-O--
REFUSES TO SELL HAIR.

New York.-Another crop besides
wheat, which has failed this year, is
that of human hair. July Is the
month when the human hair. mer-
chants come to France from the
United States and England. The pres
,ent girls. have abandoned the nation
al bonnet, which hitherto concealed
their shorn heads. and this season
they refuse to sell their hair, say
ing that they need 1t for their own
use.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
DEPLORES MANIPULATION

New York.-Mr. Fish in discussing
financial conditions, declared that
stock prices were being buoyed up
in Wall street, and declared what
he termed manipulation by certain
money interests" He thought that
the financial situation was highly en-
couraging, however, and said that
the credit of the United States was
being rehabilitated rapidly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
SAMUEL GOMPERS.
Arouses Ire of Labor Socialists in
Paris.

Paris.-The speeches of Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, delivered be-
fore the French labor organizations
are arousing intense interest in la
Dor circles. The extreme socialists
bitterly condemen him as a re-ac-
tionary and scott at his big salary
but the moderates have shown 1hacn
sympathy in his denunciation of the
futile political role which the French
General Federation of Labor is es-
saying in its revolutionary, socialis.
tic and anti-patriotic campaigns.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED.

Pine Bluff, Ark.-The committee
appointed to raise the money neces-
sary to secure the Parker road
hope to raise about $4,000 with
which to buy the right-of-Way and
TO pay the cash bonus of 100000
which was contained in the PROPOSE
ton submitted by the Arkansas.
Louisiana Il Gulf raiire ad, to extend
this road from its present northern
terminus at Hamburg, Ark, north
through Pine Bluff to DeValls Bluff.
on the Rock Island. ..-l
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
CROSSES CONTINENT TO
ANSWER CHARGE.
Cost Too Much to Send officer After
Him So He Returns.

New York.-Robert Leclerc, who
was arrested in San Francisco ten
days ago, is prisoner in the jail
in Hackensack, because he was too
honorable to deceive the officers.
When Leclerc was arrested It was
considered too expensive to send an
officer to the Pacific coast to bring
hiE1 back and the San Francisco po-
lice were told to release him. But
the prisoner decided that his honor
was at stake and agreed to return to
Hackensack, without policeman II
the New Jersey authorities would
pay his railroad fare and meals en-
route. This proposition was accepted
and Leclerc came back by himself
to answer a charge of obtaining ST.
500 under false pretenses while act
ing as real estate agent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD

St. Louis.-The food in the Mis-
sissippi river at st. Louis reached
its crest when the government gauge
registered 1915 feet. The river will
remain stationary for two days. ac-
cording to the weather observers and
then begin to fall. The Mississippi
river at points is six miles wide.
having spread over thousands OF
acres of land.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
RIoTING AT BUTLER, PA.
Fight Follows Unexpected Arrival of
COnstabulary.

Butler, Pa.-Taking the striking
employees of the Standard Steel Car
Company completely by surprise, a
detachment of the state constabulary
arrived here from Punxsutawney to
guard the Company's property at
Lyndora. The strikers, angered by
the appearance of the troops, gath
cred around the plant yard, and in a
clash with the mounted troopers one
striker was probably fatally shot,
two members of the crowd we're
wounded and over ten injured. Fiji
teen alleged strike leaders were ar
rested by the troopers.
alot. .JauaVmoneC amfwyyafwya n
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
JEW ENTERS PROTEST.
Editor Does Not Like $25 Immigra-
ton Ruling.

Washington.-Pro against the
rule put into effect by immigration
Commissioner Williams, at New
York, requiring each immigrant to
have SIS in cash before being per-
mited to land from Ellis Island, was
entered with the president by Leon
Kamaiky, editor of the Jewish News
Of New York, who was accompanied
to the White House by Representa-
tive Bennett
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
MRS. j. A. HAYES DEAD.
Daughter of the President of the
COnfederacY.

Colorado Springs, Col.-Mrs. Mar
garet Davis Hayes, known as the
Daughter Of the Southern Confedera-
cy, died at her residence, after an i'll
ness of six months, due to compli-
cation of diseases. She was the
daughter of Jefferson Davis, Pres
ident Of the Southern Confederacy,
and was fifty-four years of age. Mrs.
Hayes was the last surviving member
of the Davis family, and is survived
by her husband, two daughters and
two sons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT.
Jumped The rack and Turned on
its Side.

New Bremen, O.-Two persons
were killed and many injured when
an interurban car on the Western
Ohio railroad jumped the track and
turned over. Henry Hortratz, conduc-
tor on the car, and lineman, name
unknown who was a passenger. were
instantly killed. The car was enter
ing town at high rate of speed and
as it approached a curve in one OF
the streets, the motorman lost con-
troll. The wheels struck the curved
rails and after humping along the
road a short distance, toppled over
on its side
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
BONUS FOR BABIES IN FRANCE
Plan to Increase Population of the
Republic.

New York.-The grave problem
presented by a declining birth rate is
again distressing France. Prof. Chas.
Richet proposes system of bonuses
for children, that is, while the par
ents get nothing in consideration
of the first child, they get 500 francs
for the second, 1000 for the third,
and so on. Prof. Richet believes
that births will be increased annual
ly by 100000 or 100000 at cost
to the state of 100000 francs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
PRESIDENT DIAZ ACCEPTS.
Will Be Pleased to Meet MIR. Taft
in October

Mexico City-President Diaz sent
a letter to President Taft accepting
the latter's invitation to a meeting
to take place at FL Paso some time in
September 1t was said at the State
Department that it was not absolute
ly certain that President Diaz could
make the trip, but that he has as
sured Mr. Taft of his happiness of
any opportunity to meet him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
REMEDY TOO SEVERE.
New York Surgeon Opposes DR..
DiStaSO,

New York.-New York physicians
were inclined to doubt the theories
Of DR.. Distaso, who has been ex-
perimenting with patients in Lon
don hospital AS result DR.. Dis
taso indorses Prof Metchnikoff' s the
DRY regarding the large intestine, and
adds that every child ought to have
its large intestine and appendix re-
moved when two or three years old.
He says the large intestine is breed
ing place for germs which injure the
health and shorten life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
ALLEGED OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ex-Policeman is Believed to Have
Wrecked Building.

Chicago A. Altman, ex-
policeman and assistant business
agent for the Carpenters Union, was
held to the grand jury by Judge Nc
Surely on charge of having thrown
the bomb that wrecked the central
exchange of the Chicago Telephone
Company a few days ago. Altman's
bail was fixed at $4,000. Joseph
Altman, barber. brother of the
man held to the grand jury, is also
under arrest on suspicion of being
implicated in a number of bomb
Outrages, which have occurred in va
Tdous sections of this city during the
last two years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
COTTON BREAK REMARKABLE.
EntomOlogist Hunter Did it With
Weevil Report.

New York.-One of the most re-
markable breaks in the history of
the New Iork cotton market oc-
Cured last week as a result of a
special report on the boil weevil sit-
uation by the government entomol-
ogist, DR.. Hunter.
At the end of the decline cotton
for new crop delivery was selling at
So bale.
The break was marked by pan
icky liquidation and excitement sell
dom equalled except in times of COM
plete decentralization.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
MOUNTAINEER MOB
BATTLES OFFICERS.
Surround Men and Compel Them to
Release Prisoner.

Lexington, Ky.-A mob of 100 In
furiated mountaineers attacked two
officers from Oklahoma at Camel
City, in Wolfe county and forced
them to surrender their prisoner.
The two officers had arrested Gro
yer Whitaker, charged with shoot
ing his wife at their home In Ard
more, Okla, several months ago.
The officers were on the depot plat
form, waiting for the train, with
their prisoner.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22
BIG LAND DEAL.
Coal Lands Purchased For Two NIL
lion Dollars.

Alexandra, va.-The Black
Mountain corporation, recently or
ganized and in which B. L. Dulancy
and DR.. ND. Bachman, of Bristol.
are interested, has purchased the
coal properties OF Congressman c..
B. Slemp, lying in Lee county, Va.
and Eastern Kentucky, the purchase
price being s2.O00.ooo. The new
company has an authorized capital
Of s7.000.o0o. =. -.--.s. l.. . III =
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-22

Count Won Arco-Valley, the Ger
man Minister to Brazil, died sudden
" In Rio Janeiro.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-16
BY Edgar William Dynes in Progress
Magazine.

Magazine.
Like many other prominent public
men James ]. Hill has a habit of say
ing things. A few short years ago he
made the statement-it was a pro-
phecy then-that the development of
the fruit lands of the great northwest
would form a very large part in the
life and progress of the next decade.
He was right He forecasted the
future correctly. Every year thou
sands of homeseekers are moving to
the further west to settle on the
sunny slopes and fertile valleys Of
this great undeveloped empire. And,
although some are more ambitious,
the great majority have only one
thought in mind. and that: "Ten
acres and a living"
| met man recently who was
looking for location. When | met
him first he told me that he desired
to purchase about fifteen acres of
good fruit land, as he was of the
opinion that man could not sup
port a wife and family on the product
of ten acres | met him again a
week later He had much differ
ent story to tell me. In the mean
time he had talked with dozens Of
fruit growers. He had learned what
given acre would produce and how
much time was required in the Guilt
walton of that acre. The result was
that he had come to the conclusion
that ten acres would not only pro-
duce enough to support himself and
family but that it would keep him
very busily occupied as we'll. In fact,
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