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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21
PEoNAGE CHARGE AGAINST HIM.

Jackson Miss, April I7.-ohicials Of
the Federal government, who have charge
of the western district of Louisiana, are
endeavoring to make out case against
Joel F. Johnson, of Jackson, according to
a Shreveport gentleman who visited here
Yesterday. The case is on docket of the
term of court now in progress at Monroe.
Peonage in the charge that the govern
ment has filed against Mr.. johnson, who
at the last term of the Monroe court
barely escaped conviction.
Upon returning to Shreveport, where
they have their headquarters, the govern
ment authorities, with United States Dis
trict Attorney, M. c. Elstner as spokes-
man declared that the government would
not let up in the prosecution OF the case.
The evidence, they reported, was strong
and the result of the long trial was by
no means satisfactory to Uncle Sans
representatives, who Immediately began
for the second trial, which was docketed
for the present term of the court at Monroe.
When the case was called the first of
the week, Tuesday or Wednesday, Mr..
Johnson was not present. "A certificate
was presented by his counsel, which bore
the signature of physician, and stated
that the defendant was i'll at his home
in Mississippi and his health would not
permit of his making the trip to Monroe
for trial. Judge Boarman, who was pre-
siding, declined to accept the certificate
and instructed the marshal to get out an
other warrant Ior Mr.. Johnson, which was
done, resulting in the arrival of the de-
ferdant day or two later in Monroe.
The judge announced that the trial would
take place then.
Owing to the statement of some witnesses
the government officials were not satisfied
with the result of the first trial and prepa-
rations for the second trial were begun
very vigorously The government attor-
ney, Mr.. Elstner, had published long
interview, in which he referred to the sto-
ries told at the trial and said that the
government did not mean to let up in the
prosecution.
Mr.. Johnson's Jackson friends hope
he will be able to disprove the charges
against him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21
PORK PRODUCTION.

Hog raising offers the farmers of this
state an opportunity to make quick, sure,
and big money. Many farmers will not
be able to grow cotton profitably on
large part of their farms. The govern
ment does not advise a farmer to plant
exceedingly fertile land or late land in
cotton. 4ne cotton generally grows too
rank on very fertile soil and it is i'm
possible to make ar early crop on late
land. Consequently thousands of acres
must be devoted to pastures and food crops
We can no longer raise cotton to buy
pork. No man has ever been able to give
4 sensible reason for growing cotton to pay
tor bacon and lard instead of growing
cheap leguminous crops to raise hogs. No
man has ever been able to give a sensible
reason for feeding corn frcrn weaving
tine till killing time instead of raising
hogs on pasture grasses, cats potatoes,
sorghum and cheap leguminous crops If
we wish to make the greatest success rails
ing hogs we must grow cheap crops for
the hogs to harvest.
We need good hogs to manufacture
grasses, peanuts, peas, rape, chufas, sweet
potatoes, soy bears, artichokeS and other
farm products into bacon and lard. Ber-
muda or carpet grass will keep hog in
good growing condition all summer. Ex-
cellent winter and early spring pasture
can be obtained by sowing hairy vetch,
white, red, or burr clover seed broadcast
en- bermuda or carpet grass sod early in
the fall. Peanuts, sweet potatoes, chufas,
and artichokes planted III April make ex-
cellent feed for hogs in the fall and win
ter Two paintings of peas may be made
in April, enc of an early variety and one
of a late variety. The two varieties may
be planted at the same time again in
IN June or July. Very little corn will be
necessary.
Cowpeas without grain have given SD
tar better results at our experiment stations
than any other crop tested. One season the
peas were grown on very poor hill land
and produced $50 pounds Of pork per acre
The next season the crop was grown on
bottom land and produced 48s pounds of
pork per acre. The hogs were turned in
when the first pods began to riper.
Prof. Duggar, at the Alabama Station,
found an acre of Spanish peanuts on poor
grayelly land produced 600 pounds of live
weight. Of hogs, and an acre of cowpeas
about 400 pounds. No country on earth
has such advantages for raising cheap
pork and yet no country raises SO little of
it.
We are told in bullentin issued by the
Louisiana Staten that one acre of Spanish
peanuts grown on poor land at Calhoun
contained 1872 pounds of nitrogen; an acre
OF velvet beans contained Io1 pounds; and
and an acre of cowpeas IoS pounds. These
crops made from two to three tons Of
feed stuff richer in food elements than
wheat bran. Such feed stuffs can be har-
vested by hogs without serious loss of
fertilizing value and consequently there is
no excuse for poor land and the shipping
of pork and lard into Mississippi.
@. A. AFFORD,
Special Ag.t, U. S. Department Agriculture
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

We, the Mississippi Bank & Trust Com
pany, trustees under the provision of and
by virtue of authority conferred upon us
in deed Of trust made by Walter Wealth
ersby to the Lamar Life Insurance Com
parry on the second day of April, 1909, to
secure a certain Indebtedness to the La
mar Life Insurance Company and which
said deed Of trust is recorded in Book 4,
page 4I9, in the Chancery Clerks Office
Of Rankin county, Mississippi We viii
on the 9th, day of J1ne, 1910 offer for
sale and will sell at public auction for cash
to the highest ard best bidder, at the Court
House door in Brandon, in Rankin county,
during legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Rankin county, to-
wit:
4 lie north east quartes On RAJ of the
south west quarter (swI-4) and the south
west quarter (sw1-4 of the south east
quarter (se IA of section "A, township
5, range 4 east
MISSISSIPPI BANK AND TRUST co.
Per D. Fl. HOLDER, Cashier,
Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21
ALARM CLOCK ON GRAVES.

The Pala Indians of Southern California
have had the advantage of more than
century of religious training, one of the
early missions having been located in their
midst They have assimilated the general
idea of the resurrection of the body and
the life beyond the grave and have blend
ed this doctrine and the burial customs
of the Catholic church with the original
rites Of Plagiarism.
1t is now their belief that the body is
destined to lie certain length of time
in the grave, and at the expiration of that
period the resurrection takes place. For
this reason they are very particular to re-
corn upon the crude board cross or stone
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21
INDIAN BUR|ALS
ARE OFTEN UNIQUE
VARIETY OF CUSTOMS AMONG
WESTERN INDIAN TRIBES
DESCRIBED BY WRITER.
GyaVes for the Pimas are Dag Before
They Pass From Temporal
Life-Qneer Customs.

Whatever partakes of the mysterious
appeals to the mind of the Indian. Super
stitious by nature, education and imagi-
nation to an extreme, all that is unknown
and unfathomed is associated with the
miraculous and supernatural and he lives
in an atmosphere of mysticism Death
is to him a circumstance of the highest
degree of mystery ard the ceremonies at
tending the funeral and burial are, there
fore, elaborate and in many cases imposing,
says the Washington Star.
The services over the dead vary greatly
with different r4.outes, and the methods
of disposing the bodies are many. In
humation is, perhaps, the most common
method of putting away the dead, but
there is variety of customs.
The Pima Indians bury their dead i'm
mediately, as soon after death as possible.
The burial generally takes place in the
night time. The body is prepared for
the grave by being tied double with ropes
passed under the knees and around the
neck. When the medicine man of the
tribute pronounces death inevitable the
grave is prepared This is a perfectly
round hole, four or five feet deep, just
large enough to receive the body. 1t of
tens happens that the medicine man makes
mistake in the diagnosis of the case
and the patient RECEIVERS. His grave is
then left untitled till such time as he is
ready to occupy it. Should other members
of the tribe die new graves are prepared
for them, the other being left to yawn
until it gets the one for whom it was made.
1t therefore happens that nearly every
Pima cemetery contains several open
graves.
The burial is accompanied by chanting
by the mourners, words laudatory to the
departed being Impoverished. The grave is
filled while the wierd songs are being
sung, and pole fence or covering is then
constructed to protect the gave from the
depredatlons Of coyotes or othr wild ami
mails. The immediate relatives of the
departed cut their hair as sign of their
mourning and they cease their occupations
for several weeks.
Immediately after the services at the
grave the house and personal effects of
the departed are burned and his or her
cattle and horses are slaughtered and
cooked. A great feast is then made, in
which all members of the tribe in the vicin-
ity take part.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21

flash of lightning could do if, properly
harnessed and its Protential energy stored
SO that it could be used for driving ma
chinery. Its usefulness would be limited
only by the machinery involved for doing
mans work, and this, as we all know,
is sufficiently varied to include almost
every known labor.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-21
NAVAJO SPIRIT LAND.

The Navajos have horror of death,
and will not approach corpse save
of necessity. When death occurs in the
dwelling it is Immediately abandoned, and
as soon as practicable new home is
built. In the meantime the surviving
members of the household camp out or
take refuge with other members of the
tribe.
Sometimes the house where the death
takes place is made to serve as tomb for
the dead, the doorway being filled with
sticks and mud. 1t is more usual, how
ever, for the body to be buried in a
grave prepared for it, the remains being
conveyed to the grave the next day after
death by two perfectly naked Indians,
who, after the funeral, purify themselves
before resuming their apparel The body
is followed by long procession of friends
and relatives, who march about the grave
chanting songs and who, upon departing,
deposit upon the grave some article which
the departed will need in making his jour
ney to the lower world-the location of
the Navajo spirit land.
The Hopi Indians have one burial Gus
~dren. They believe that the spirits of the
latter return to their mothers, and that they
are born again. They therefore, dispose
of the bodies of the young by putting. them
in the clefts in the rocks in the mesa, in
any convenient place, filling the crevice
with sticks, stones and mud The bodies
of adults are laid in graves at the foot
of the mesa. After being carefully dressed
and prepared for long journey prayer
offering is laid with the body, to which
it attached long string, and the body
is then covered and pile of stones laid
on the grave. The string, which is left
projecting from the grave, is then laid
in long trench running due west from
the cairn
1t is the belief of the Hopis that the
spirit of the departed, which is thought
to be asleep with the body in the grave,
awakes at the expiration of the fourth
day, when it is supposed to follow the
trench, when, having been started in the
right direction, it continues on its west
ward way until it comes to the Grand
Canyon in the depths of which they be-
lieve to be the house for the dead, to which
they have given the name of Mask"
The Apaches put their dead away in
the clefts of the rocks, in shallow graves,
and, in the case of children, in the tree
tops frequently. They chant the virtues
of the departed at the time of the burial,
and the immediate friends of the deceased
give themselves up to mourning for
period.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
TWO PRIVATE CARS LOST
BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Broke Loose From Train and Stopped, Freight
Grew Later Picking Them Up and Throwing
Them Into Side Track Without Injury

According to story brought here
from Lynchburg yesterday, two pri-
yate cars, which were carried out of
Washington by the Southern Railway
several nights ago, to be delivered to
the Norfolk and Western Railway at
Lynchburg. were lost" somewhere be-
tween Orange and Charlottesville, but
were picked up by freight train and
thrown into siding without disturb
ing the occupants.
The cars were occupied by officials
OF the Mobile and OHIO Railway and
the Alabama Great Southern. 1t APP
pears that officials OF the Norfolk and
Western were to meet the party at
Lynchburg. and when the train came
In without private equipment there
were some sorts OF hubbub Nobody
could explain. Indeed. 1t was claimed
that the Southern did not handle them
out of Washington, but the Norfolk
and Western people were insistent and
for a time the telegraph wires were
| sweating sparks in an effort to secure
Information. There was no report of
any wreck. and how the cars could
! have disappeared was something that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
FOUGHT TO RETAIN FORMULA
WHICH HAS MADE A FORTUNE

l.. r.. Cooper, the man who believes
that 90 per cent. Of all i'll health, OF this
generation is caused by stomach trouble,
is fast winning national faith in his
theory. His claim is now admitted by a
surprising number Of people throughout
the country, and he is gaining new adj
herents every day.
While speaking Of his success in a re-
cent interview, Mr.. Cooper said: ~ be-
licved ten years ago that any 'onc who
could produce formula that would thor
oughly regulate the stomach would have
a fortune. When got hold of this for
mula ! knew within six months that I
was right, and that my fortune was
made. | called the medicine Cooper's
New Discovery, although did not
get up the formula have owned
| it, however, for over five years. I
have had one lawsuit over it, which
i won in the courts. When it was
settled The Cooper Medicine Company
became the only firm in the world that
can prepare the medicine The prcpara-
| ton has sold like wildfirc wherever intro
duced. As have said before, it is success
full simply because it puts the stomach in
perfect shape. then nature docs the rest.
There are any number Of complaints never
before associated with stomach trouble
that the medicine has allcviated In thou
sands OF cases"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
POL ICE AUTO IN
CRASH WITH HACK
Steering Gear Broke When Driver
Pond Tried to Avoid
Collision.

Driver Pond of the police autono-
bile patrol. and Policeman Matthews.
of the second District. barely escaped
serious injury last night, when the
steering gear Of the machine broke at
the corner of Shafer and Franklin
Streets. Mr.. Pond attempted TO avert
collision with hack, but as the
machine was practically unmanage-
able. the vehicles co1lided, and both
were injured.
The automobile was going east.
when the negro. driving south, at,
tempted to pass in front Of it. Mr..
Pond tried to make quick turn. and
the gear, broke The automobile
struck the hack squarely, and that
both were not smashed Is due to the
fact that neither was moving rapidly.
The fender and lamp of the police ma
chine were injured. and plank was
broken off the hack.
| The owner of the hack Is not known.
but negro who Is not blamed, gave his
name and address. The automobile
| was returning to the station house at
the time, and will be in use again this
| morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

Among the statements obtained recent
ly from users of this medicine that is
arousing such universal discussion is one
from Mrs. Emma Stanley, living i'll Chi
cage, at 7i3 Washington Boulevard, who
said: Perhaps ! had the most compi-
Gated case that Mr.. Cooper had to deal
with. was troubled for years with my
stomach. consulted with doctors and
took many patent medicine preparations
without result. Mystomach was in sucl,
wretchcd shape that could not enjoy
meal that ate.
II was very nervous, and could hardly
sleep: had roaring in my cars and
dancing spots before my eyes. felt very
bad and weak. Then there was very
sore spot at the pit OF my stomach that
nearly set inc wild.
~ heard about the Cooper medicine and
decided to try it. used four bottles,
and the improvement in my case has been
really wonderful. My nerves have been
quoted. and am so much improved that
feel like new woman.
IL cannot say too much for these won
derful remedies, for they have made INC
we'll.
Cooper's New Discovery is sold by al
druggists. II your druggist cannot supply
you, we will forward you the name Of {
druggist in your city who will. DOM
accept something just as good. "-'rht
] Cooper Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

railroad agents were unable to under
stand.
1t was subsequently found. accord
ing to this Lynchburg Information,
that the private cars became uncoupled
and finally halted on clear stretch Of
track. A heavy freight train. which
followed the passenger, saw the tail
lights and slowed up. When the crew
realized what was in the way 1t was
decided to run the cars into a siding
several miles up the way, no report
reaching Lynchhurg until long after
the loss was discovered there.
The statement was made that the
officers OF the Mobile and Ohio and the
Alabama Great Southern were not
aroused by any excitement. They were
as much mystified as anybody else
| when they awoke in the woods. high
and dry on side track. The break in
tho couplings is said to have occurred
somewhere between Orange and Char
! lottesville, which is about the most
improbable fact connected with the
| story. railroad men explaining that
unusual care Is taken in handling off,
Gals and that the trouble should have
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
GET NEW MEMBERS


Colcred NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. League Still
Doing Great Work.
F The Richmond branch of the colored
Anti-Tuberculosis League has added
thirty members to It's enrolment in
Richmond and Manchester as a result
OF meetings held Sunday The meet
ing at the First Baptist Church was
addressed by w. P. Burrell. and that
at the Second Baptist Church. in Mon
chester, by D. Webster Davis, W. H.
Hughes. T. D. Ramsay and w. P. Bur-
rell. Interest in the movement has
greatly increased. and as an evidence
Of this nurse has been placed in each
OF the five districts. Reports of cases
arc received each week from insurance
agents. hospitals and other sources,
and these serve to furnish an accurate
estimate of the number of persons af-
flicted. An officer of the league said
last night he would not be satisfied
until every colored person in Rich
mond is enrolled. No call for funds
has been made, and will not be made
until the work is outlined and sone-
thing can be shown to indicate that
those most interested are in earnest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

mems Movement as it pertains espe-
clally In the Episcopal Church, The
services We're leading up to the Do
cesen Laymen's Conference. that open
ed here tonight to continue through
Tuesday. In his address at the Church
of the Good Shepherd last night. Mr.,
Camp gave an enlightenlng review OF
the "Church Extension" situation In
all the countries OF the world, as In
dicating wonderful awakening In
activities and tho unlncation or Chris
tian effort
During tho day delegates arrived
here from every part OF tho diocese to
attend the conference, Tonight Hon
r.. II. Battle made an address on the
Greensboro convention, and Mr. CAM
presented the part that the Eplscopa
laymen ara taking In the "church En-
tension" movement, This service was
followed by collation., served In the
parish-roonls. at which there gathered
Itha laYmen Of hotA the parishes .!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

undoubtedly been noted at the CHAR
.lottcavj1c station. or at Monroe, where
n ilvo-min,ite stop Is made TO change
cnrft,cs. yhe distance from Chaflottes-
yrilc to Lynchburg is sixty miles
Bnt there is another instance which
beats this Not long ago Seaboard
Air Limo train. passing through South
Carolina. nspii." near the middle,
tossed one loaded car over an embank-
mont. coupled UP again and went it's
way rejoicing, without alarming tho
crew. IL took twenty-four hours to
flnd tho car, and then 1t never was
explained how II could nave nap
pened
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

done by father for the good Of his
children. or by the-swife in case the
Gather is not living. That is why they
are now with me. My sole interest In
the matter Is to have them properly
cared for and guarded. Mrs. B. r.
Tillman. Jr, has been told by emf
inent counsel that she cannot recover
the children"
r. r. Tillman. Jr.. Is clerk Of the
senate Committee on tho Five Civil
,lized Tribes or Indians.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

Senator Dolliver was introduced by
Ex-Governor A. y. Montague. His lee
ture was much enjoyed. as much for
its humor. It's touches of pathos, as
for the deeper and more lasting
thoughts he conveyed. and was one
Of the best attractions offered by the
Radcliffe Lyccum Bureau this season.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

their mother, Mrs. 5. r. Tillman. Jr.
began habeas corpus proceedings at
columbia to-day. Senator Tillman last
night said:
my son and his wife have been
twice separated. and are now living
apart. She is in South Carolina, They
disa greed last February. but later
were reconcled. and at my suggestion
went West, intending to remain, A
few weeks ago they again disagreed
"Mrs. Tillman left their apartment
here In washington. and after waiting
three days my son brought these little
girls to my wife.
Grinding that his wife showed nc
inclination to return to him, my son
decided the children to me. Under the
law of south Carolina. this may be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
SAINT In senate.

Washington. D. c., January a4.--
ate. tho nomination Of Brigadier- Gems
eral james Allen, OF the army. to ha
chief signal officer treappointment1.
To he a brigadier- general. Lieutsn-
ant-Colonel Hiram NJ Chittendnn, corpn
OF engineers. Asg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25

to-day to be heard on petition for a
writ of habeas corpus to secure pos
session of her two children. Douschka
and Sarah. now being held by United
States Senator Benjamin r. Tillnlan.
Chief Justice Jones halted the pro-
oeedings by citing a rule of the court
requiring such cases to be presented
in the Circuit Court On plea that
the lawyers We're not familiar With
the rule, he consented to hear their
arguments later.
The suit by the younger Mrs. TILL
man brought the charge that her hus-
band Is addicted to the excessive use
Of intoXicants. and that he has been
guilty Of cruel and inhuman treatment
of her.
Her petition was accompanied by
sworn statements from leading clti-
zens in the state, attesting to her un.
impeachable character.
After consultation 1t was an
nounced that the case Will be pre-
sented In the Supreme Court next
Monday. AT that time Senator and
Mrs. Tlllnan will make their return
to the order, setting forth their side
OF the case. The whole matter may
then be referred to special master
to take testimony II any question oi
fact is involved. ll
Children Are With Senator Ttllmau
Washington. ID. c.. January 24.---Sen,
ator Tillman, of South Carolina, think.
he and his VITA will not be deprived
of the custody Of their two grand
chill drsa. for the ppsssssipa OF WHOM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
LAYsIEN's CONFERENCE.

delegates from North Carolina Dio-
cese Working for Missions.
TSnecial to Tho Times Dispatch.1
Raleigh, N, G.. January 24,--Editor
Eugene M. Camp. Of the Ghurchman.
New York, delivered addresses Sum
day In Christ Church and the Church
I,of the Good Shepherd. On the Lays-