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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
FEUD that COST THE
LIVES OF TWO men
Militia Arrives and Prevents
Further Bloodshed
KILLING AT Time or BARBECUE
Four Brothers Charged With the Kill.
ing, Spirited Out of Town by
Sheriff to Escape Kindred OF
The Slain Men.
KILLING At TIME OF BARBECUE

Grays Station, Ga.-The feud
which cost the lives of 8. E. and
Morris Etheridge here has quieted
down and all danger OF rioting ap-
pears over. Luther. Sam, Will and
Tom Morton, charged VITA shooting
the Etheridges, were safely spirited
out of town by Sheriff Brooks.
The feud spirit blazed up 50 fierce
ly that two companies OF militia hur-
ried to the little hamlet to prevent
further bloodshed Two men. 8. e.
Etheridge and his brother. Morris,
were shot dead in their tracks, and
the men with who mthey had quar-
relied, Luther Morton and his broth
ers, VIII, Sam and. Tom were coop
ed up in their mothers houss by a
posse with the double intent of pre-
venting their escape and OF protect
ing them from vengeance threatened
by the kinsfolk Of the slain Ether
idges.
It was during a reunion Of Confed-
crate veterans that shots rang out.
The firing came from the opposite
side of Gray's Station from which
the celebration was held and Groves
of townspeople and visitors stream
ed toward the sound of the shooting.
They found the Etheridges lying
dead in front Of Luther Morton's
store. The sheriff and his deputies
already had hurried the Mortons to
temporary shelter, but knots of the
men talking of revenge caused unea-
siness.
While almost every one else was
at a barbecue the two Etheridges and
a cousin Will Kitchins, rode up to
The little store kept by Luther Nor
ton and an interchange of invectives
followed, which resulted in Will
Morton leaving the house and he
and Clayton Kitchins engaging in
fist fight. The fight waxed warm and
almost simultaneously shots rang
out, perhaps nine of ten following
In quick order. When the smoke
cleared away the two Etheridges
who were standing between the
fighters and the door of Morton's
store, were lying on the ground:
Half of the older mans face was shot
away and his brother, Morris. was
shot through the heart and Luther
Morton was standing in the doorway
with shotgun in his hand.
Sheriff Brooks rushed his four
prisoners, who submitted to arrest
peaceably, declaring that they aac
warned the Etheridges to keep away,
to the home of their mother. He then
slipped them out to Clinton, refusing
to diYuIge their whereabouts
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
GEoRClA's FIRST BALE.

Albany, Ga.-Georgia's frst bale
of cotton was brought to Albany,
but not by Deal Jackson, the negro
farmer OF Dougherty County, who
for years has been the first bale
man" The bale this year was raised
by III. A. McRainey, Of Baker Coun-
ty, and was sold for % cents per
pound. The bale weighed AZ
pounds and was graded middling. It
was 1rshel TO Savannah where It
was sold at auction.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
SLUMP IN THE AUTO BUSINESS.
Bottom Seems TO Have Dropped Out
Notwithstanding Boosting Eff
forts of Manufacturers.

New York.-Indication point to
the bottom having fallen out of the
automobile business. The manufac-
turers, it is reported in trade circles,
are making strenuous efforts to keep
up a show of continued prosperity,
but it is also said that they are not
selling their product, but are stor-
ing machines throughout the coun-
try at their various agenc es TO pre-
vent the public realizing the true
conditions of the market.
Several large concerns are laying
of men and giving all sorts of rea-
sons for so doing except the state
ment that they are overstocked. Two
or three OF the larges factories re-
Gently closed entirely ostensibly for
the purpose of taking inventory, but
the workmen were not given any def
mite time at which to again report
for work, and it is not expected that
these factories will again be in. OPP
Grafton this year.
A well-known automobile agent of
this city said yesterday that all cars
would undoubtedly be selling at from
rs to 80 per cent. less than present
list prices within the next two or
three months He added:
1.-THE trouble with the automobile
business is that the farmers and peo-
pie of the smaller cities and towns
have not taken as kindly to the idea
as was anticipated. The farmers find
that the cost of keeping them in re-
pair and operation is more than the
cost of keeping horses to perform the
same work, and while there was, for
time tendency among the farmers
to investNin the machines, the de-
mand for cars from this class of buy
|, ers has practically stopped, and !
venture to say we will not again
sell to the farmers to any extent until
prices are materially reduced"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
MANY GUNS GREET TAFT.
Gets a Real Taste Of Gunpowder
From the Atlantic Fleet.

From the Atlantic Fleet.
Beverly, Mass. Pres. Taft's visit
to Provincetown to assist in the dedi.
cation of the memorial erected in
memory the Pilgrims was made
notable by an impressive naval re-
view in the land sheltered harbor
before the hook of Cape Cod-the
first review of the present admins
tration Secretary of the Navy Meyer
also was there and the boom of can,
non came rushing across the wind
ruffled waters throughout the day.
Mr.. Taft came on the presidential
cruiser yacht Mayfiower and return
ed to Beverly on the same vessel.
Although he had been saluted a
number of times when boarding and
leaving the Mayfiower Presiden,
Taft now had his first real taste OF
gunpowder and apparently enjoyed
the experience.
The Mayfower appeared timid and
strangely out of place as she sailed
memory OF the Pilgroms was made
closed by eight deep gray fighting
craft of burly girth and not friend.
ly line about them
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
SUICIDE IN MONROE.
Farmer Shoots Self After Bidding
Children Goodbye.

Monroe, Lar am going to leave
you girls about 9 o'clock tonight"
were the words of Gus Larcke as he
spoke, to his two young daughters.
They thought nothing of his threat
as he was drinking. About 9 O'clock
they heard the report of a rife in
their fathers room and when they
rushed in found him lying dead on
the floor with a bullet hole in his
head over his left eye. BY his side
lay a 25-calibre rife. His wife was
visiting relatives in Union parish at
the time. Mr. Larcke was about 40
years old and was well known and
prosperous farmer. There is no
known cause why he should take his
life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
PORTO RICO GROWING.

Washington.-Th population of
the island for Uorto Rico is 1909
as shown by the complete returns of
the recent census. This is gain of
164,769 or 17.3 per cent as COM
pared with the census of 1893. San
Juan is shown to be the largest
town in the island, its population
being 4S,716. Ponce comes next with
35,O27. San Juan made a gain in
the eleven years of 1868 or 81
per cent and Ponce gain of TOTS or
slightly over Is per cent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Fortune on sunken Steamer.

Detroit, Believing they have
a 100000 treasure in their grasp,
men are guarding night and day what
is believed by them to be the wreck
of the steamer Atlantic of Long Point
in Lake Erie. The Atlantic was sunk
in collision in 1852 by the steamer Og.
densburg, and $50 lives were lost.
Many were drowned in their berths.
The wreck lies in 158 feet of water.
In the hold it is believed that di-
vers will find two safes containing
100000 in gold The wreck of the
Atlantic was found virtually intact
No skeletons were found in the SUI
perficial examination
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Short Items

Kinds County is expected to issue
bonds in conjunction with the jack
son City Council for the proposed
state normal
Contract was awarded to a Mobile
firm for the erection of brick
courthouse for Hancock County, at
Bay st. Louis, costing s24,989.
S. Odenheimer bought in the Mis-
sissippi Mills, at Wesson, assuming
the frs. mortgage Indebtedness Of
100000.
A saving of $9,326 will be effect
ed in working the public roads OF
Adams County for the next two
years by farmers taking some Of the
contracts and utilizing their idle live
stock.
Adjutant General Arthur Fridge
and the Mississippi team are partici-
pating in the national rifle shoot at
Camp Perry, Ohio.
At political ally at Ovett, Miss.
J. r. Tally, Frank H. Lewiss and B.
P. Harrison candidates for Congress,
spoke, and Dr. Saunders Of Laurel,
addressed the crowd in behalf of the
State Normal School, soon to be To-
Gated.
G. M. Barrett and J. P. helms,
both claimants of the presidency OF
the Mississippi Levee Board, resign
ed, and J. I. Collins, member from
Issaquena County, was elected.
The attorney general of Missis-
sippi has ruled that municipalities
have the right to impose privilege
tax licenses on railroads.
Attorney General Hudson attended
lie hearing of the antitrust suits
against certain insurance companies
before Chancellor Robbins at Tupe-
To-
w. r. Hardy and T M. Fuller were
named city commissioners in the
second primary at Hattiesburg.
Marie Manning. vaudeville &C
tress was run down by an auto at
Natchez, being driven by an mex
perienced lady driver.
Will Odom, night Waterman, was
shot and killed by negro at Can
ton. At the same place Tom McCrary,
a guard was chopped in the face
with a hoe by a negro convict. Vio-
lence is threatened both fugitives II
caught.
Jim Edwards escaped from the
Starkville jail and Is believed to have
Joined his brother, Dyke, who fed
from the Mississippi penitentiary sew
eral days before.
The Gulf Coast Gas Company, OF
Biloxi and Gulfport was bought by
Henry L. Dougherty G Co., of New
York.
The Covington County Teachers
Institute begins at Collins Aug. %.
Paul Combel, charged with crimi.
/ nally assaulting Irene Fratus, was
committed to the grand jury at Bay
st. Louis on $4,000 bond.
w o. Porterfeld brought suit a.
vicksburg against the v. S. & F.
Railroad for $4,000 alleging false
Imprisonment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
ss=sseeeaeeeR esessseessseaess%ae
Killed by Fall From Pole.

While putting up flags In Gulfport
for a Woodman of the World de-
corations, George Geuia of Algiers,
La, fell to the ground and sustain
ed a conclusion Of the brain, from
which he died. Working on the
same pole with Geuia was Harry
Klink. From Kinks account, it
was the breaking of the wire that
caused the accident but burns were
found on Geuia's right arm, which
show he came in contact with a live
wire
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Increase in Railway Ace;den+.

WashingtOn.-A considerable in
crease in the number of persons kill.
ed and injured on the railways of the
United States during the months or
January, February and March. 1910
is shown over the corresponding pc
Rod OF last year. The total number
killed during the quarter was LOO
and 2i,2S2 were injured. This was
an increase Of 466 killed and 6.11Ol
injured, as compared with the core
spending period last year. Therd
were nineteen killed on electric rail-
ways and $50 injured.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Dipping Vat Completed.

The dipping vat erected by the
hatcher Dressed Beef Company has
been put into operation. The first
cattle. to be dipped belonged to the
Dressed Beef Company and came
from Wisner. The charge for the
use of the va: by the public has been
fixed at twenty-five cents head for
ten or more cattle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
FOUR HOURS OF DENIALs.
j. l.. Hamon Disputes Senator Cores
Statement as to Bride Offer.

Muskogee. Okla.-For four hours.
j.. L. Hamon, former chairman of
Re Oklahoma Republican state COM
mittee, entered a continuous series
of denials relative to his alleged con-
nection with what are known as rne
McMurray contracts, by which. &C
cording to Senator Gore. ten per
cent of $30,0OO,0O0 to be realized
from the sale of lands was to be
diverted from the Indians in the
shape of attorneys fees"
Hamon also answered Congress
man C. E. Creager with denial.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
.issssssssgssssssss.xssss sssssSsss
To Make Turpentlne
From Pine Stumps.

~ Present indications are that d
NJ within the not distant future d
~. the problem of how to clear i
~ the stumps from the cut-over q
~ pine lands in South MISSISSIPPI j
q. pi will be satisfactorily solved, !
q. and this formidable barrier d
e. in the way of agricultural de- .
~ velopment of this section be b
~ permanently removed. %
~ During the last few days 1
=. the price of crude rosin has o
a. advanced one dollar per bar %
a. rel, it is stated, on account .
d OF shortage Of material. d
AZ and indications are that pri- o
g. ces will continue to advance d
g. for some time to come. %
&, 1t has been suggested that n
~ 1t will soon be necessary for d
% naval stores manufacturers ID
ssS to resort almost exclusively %
D. to turpentine. A plant for %
% this purpose Is now operat- d
&. ing successfully and profita- d
o. bly, at Gulfport the operator d
d finding a profit In the BUSH d
~ ness after buying the stumps %;
20 and paying freight on them. ID
b :
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Prominent Minister Dies.

Troy Ala.-Rev. J. B. K. Spain,
presiding elder of this district OF the
Methodist Episcopal Chruch. South,
died suddenly of heart failure. Dr..
Spain was we'll known throughout
Alabama, Texas and Georgia, having
served charges all over those states.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Record Auto Tour Ends.

G. Bruner Dantzler and Mr.. and
G. B. Dantzler and Mrs. and Mrs.
A. F. Dantzler returned to Pascagou-
la from their automobile tour cover
ing a distance of 1906 miles. They
started from Louisville and went
through the New England States, via
New York.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
items OF INTEREST
IN ALL MISSISSIPPI
Progressive Mercantile Firm
Joins in Boil Weevil Fight
POISON is Discovered IN WATER
Supervisors of Covington Go. Will
Not Decrease Assessments on
Denuded Pine Lands In
~iIEiA February.
POISON IS Discovered IN WATER


4NAOANA0AeS N ASAeAA@e3 1@OAA WWOONAs
The firm of Gaddis-McLaurin Co.,
merchants of Kinds county. who OPP
crate establishments at Bolton, Ray
mond and Clinton, are setting a good
example to others in the way of
keeping in touch with the general
interest. The firm has issued a dod-
ger printed in characters as large as
those used in n street fair or circus
handbill, relative to the necessity OF
the people doing something to keep
OF the boil weevil. and do it syste-
matically. Among other things they
are advised:
Don't wait on the Lord to pick
up your punctured squares. Pick them
up every Monday and Tuesday. and
don't miss one. Put 'em in the
Ore and burn EN- up. Keep your turn
plows out of the field; use big
sweeps, harrows, side harrows or Gull
tivators. Keep the moisture stirred.
Don't lay by. Thirty days more and
you've got a crop. Your worst enemy
is the man who is not picking up
squares. Our store will be closed
every Monday, and we are going to
help you win the fight"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
$4,000 City Bond Issue.

The City Council has sold $4,000
In six per cent municipal twenty
year bonds, which will be used for
the erection of an up-to-date brick
school building, and also for in
stalling waterworks and sinking a
deep well.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11

President Taft and Ex-President
Roosevelt held another conference.
The Republican leaders are alarm
ed about the situation in Ohio and
New York.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Racteriologist Appointed.

Jackson, Miss.-The Mississippi
state board of health announces the
appointment of DIR. Harold B. Wood
as bacteriologist to take charge of
the laboratory to be established in
Jackson, at which free tests will be
made of all specimens sent in for ex-
animation.
DR.. Wood is native of Philadel-
phfa and graduated from the medical
department of the University of
Pennsylvania in 1901. He then spent
two years in the institution as an in
terne, and was the dairy bacteriolo-
gist for two years. For some time he
served as assistant demonstrator in
normal and pathological histology at
the University of Pennsylvania and
was In the service of the Philadelphia
BOARD of health, doing much work
insmallpox, diptheria. typhoid, ru-
berculosis. etc. He also served as in
spector of schools and general sani-
tation in Philadelphia and as sani-
tartan of the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11

The two-year-old child Of Tom
Boatner of Seminary was SO badly
burned by che oerturning Of lamp
burned by the overturning of lamp
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Hold Up Timber Assessments.

The Board of Supervisors of Gov
lngton county has determined to
hold. up the, timber decreases IN
assessed valuation if possible. 1t
has been a custom in this part of
Mississippi as the mbermen cut
timber from lands, to decrease the
assessed valuation on all lands cut
over before Feb. 1. This means a
decrease of many thousand dollars
per annum The question has been
submitted to the Attorney-general
for his decision. 1t is claimed on
the part of the board, that to make
this reduction is an injustice to the
county, in that it gives the lumber
men great reduction on realty, and
1T the same time it is a noted fact
that no increase is made by them in
their personal assessments.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
A Gala Week at Gulfport.

Commencing Monday gala week
was started at Gulfport, when the
encampment of the uniform rank Of
the Woodmen, of the World was
started. For the expense attendant
the citizens of Gulfport contributed
some $1,000. in addition to guaran-
teeing a suitable camp site at the
Harrison County Club grounds.
These grounds were arranged with
a view to taking care of every Incl
dental detail that might transpire,
including electric tight wiring, baths
and sanitary arrangements, while
the Great Southern Hotel, by spe-
cial arrangement, erected the kitch-
en- and dining-room used during the
sencampment.
This encampment is one of the
Most successful as well as most
largely attended outings of the kind
that has been gotten up and humid
reds of Woodmen in the two states
are on hand, especially the uniform
rank. The sum of $500 will be
used as prizes in the team dr;ns.
- - -
Twenty Scholarships Awarded.
Twenty young women from Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Flor
ida and Arkansas have been ap-
pointed from various congressional
districts to scholarships in the
Southern Christian College of West
Point. These scholarships were
placed at the disposal of the Gov
ernors United States Senators and
congressman of the Southern States
by the Trustees of the College at
the last annual meeting in July.
There are sixty more appointments
DO be made in August. AS these
scholarships entitle the holders to
free tuition until the course of study
is completed, many applications are
being made.
Governor Noel spoke at the Wood
men encampment at Gulfport before
going to the national conservation
and tax conferences.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Poison Placed in Ice Water Tank.

An attempt by some one to poison
the family of DR.. J. B.. Taylor Of
Yazoo City, resulted in the serious
a guest of the family, but whose life
was saved by prompt action.
A quantity of corrosive sublimate
had been put in the water cooler
Miss Roberts drank from the cooler
md became Immediately Ill. She
took only one swallow of the water
On account of its bitter taste.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
Investigation of Numerous
Convict Escapes Demanded
STATE BACTERIOLOGIST is NAMED
Pardons May Become Void IL Condi-
tions Named Therein are Not
Complied With. Work on
Deaf and Dumb Institute.
Experiment stations Discussed.

The movement preliminary to the
location of one or two of the branch
agricultural experiment stations in
the state, which were authorized by
the Legislature of 1910, is beginning
to take substance, in regard to that
authorized to be located in south
west Mississippi and also the station
authorized to be located in the east
ern part OF the state. NoxuDee ana
Neshoba counties are on the lookout
and the matter Is being discussed in
their respective newspapers as well
as by their representative citizens,
while down in Adams County the
people are flirting with that to be
located at "some point in the south
western part of the state west or the
of the Alabama and Vicksburg Rail-
road"
The location of these stations is
contingent on donation of land, not
less than 200 acres to be made to
the trustees of the Mississippi Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College,
which is to be conveyed to said trus-
tees for that purpose, the trustees be-
ing also authorized to accept dona-
lions of either land or money. In two
instances bills were introduced and
passed specifically authorizing the
Boards of Supervisors of Noxubee
County and of Neshoba to appro-
pirate money, $4,000 or any part
thereof, out of the general county
funds for the purpose of aiding in
the purchase of land, material and
other necessary things" as step
towards development.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
'sTrusty" System May be Deficient.

"Trusty" System May be Deficient.
Governor Noel has addressed a
communication to each of the Peni-
tertiary trustees, in which he calls
attention to the several escapes OF
convicts which have been reported
from Rankin farm during the past
week, or five in all, and urges that
it is a matter for thorough investi-
CATION The governor contends that
the law does not differentiate be-
tween the races in the matter of
punishment for crime, and in the
eyes of the law all who are convicted
and sentenced for intraction of the
laws, no matter what crime 1t may
be consequent upon, are equal and
amenab1e to the same rule of disci-
pine and oversight. He contends that
the same r~eraution against escape
or the preparation of mischief is ey-
peeted to be exercised against the
white prisoner at Rankin as it is at
Parchman, Belmont or Oakley,
pected to be exercised against the
space of one week five or six noted
and desperate white criminals have
effected an apparently easy escape
there is, in the mind Of the govern
or, something wrong, and the WRONG
should be corrected and the trusty
system overhauled.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11
improvements for Deaf and Dumb.

Improvements Tor Dear anu DumD.
The superintendent and trustees
of the Deaf and Dumb Institute are
taking advantage of the summer
time quiet and absence of pupil-in-
mates to do considerable work about
the property. The most important
feature of this work is the building
of the new structure or annex for
the use of the negro pupils The
legislature dealt quite literally with
the institute at the last session set
ting aside the sum of s8,000~for the
erection and equipment of TIE zero
building. to replace the ugly and
forbidding looking old shell which
has been in use for some years. In
addition to this work, there was an
appropriation with which to complete
certain necessary work on the main
building, both interior and exterior,
which is to be applied as far as pos
sible or as far as the $1,000 specifi-
cally appropriated for the purpose
will go. DR.. Dobyns hopes that all
this work will be completed and out
Of the way by the opening of the
next scholastic period, late in the fall.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11

Governor Noel spoke at the Wood
men encampment at Gulfport before
going to the national conservation
and tax conferences.