The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-09
THE REFLECT OF
JACKSON LOBBIES
Crisp Cuttings Of General Interest
Caught at the Capital City.
GRAVEYARD CASE" DECIDED.
Judge Powell Rules That the Act of the
City in Permitting Persons to Bury
Their Dead on This Particular Plot
Amounted Practically to Dedication.

/ AuCiI OCdu Ou his FdTIlCuldT PIOt
Amounted Practically to Dedication.
= Jackson. Judge Powell has de-
clded an interesting graveyard
CASE" ir which he held that tie act
OF the city in permitting persons to
bury their dead on a certain plct of
ground amounted to dedication of
the property in question for that
use continuously, and the city had
40 right whatever years after ard
to sell the property. The suit was
in ejectment and was brought by
certain negroes who had been bury
ing their dead for fifteen or twenty
years on bit OF land to effect the
man who has recently purchased 1t
from the city. After considering
the question very carefully. Judge
Powell reached the conclusion that
the property could not be trans
ferred. The piece of land in dispute
was the one from which the Fed
eral officials, few years ago, acct
dentally removed the bodies OF six
negroes, thinking them dead Fed
eral soldiers who had been buried
in the the same graveyard, and
transferred them to the National
cemetery at Vicksburg. Although
the SIX removed were probably a
majority of the negro family, enough
OF them remained to hold the plot
OF land for tie purpose to which it
seems to have been dedicated.
Hon. john T. Ssnter, of Colum-
bus, candidate fer railroad commits
sioner from the northern district,
announces his withdrawal from the
race. In his card he states that the
act is induced by an unexpected
and important turn of his personal
busin ess affairs which will deny him
an opportunity of further canvass
ing. In Withdrawing from the race
he states that be tenders his pro-
found thanks to the many loyal
friends throughout the district.
who have generously proffered him
their support. The card closes with
an expression of personal regard for
each of his distinguished opponents
for the place-Messrs. Kincarnon,
Crawford and Stovall.
A telegram received here from
the Weathersby plantat by mem
bers OF the board OF control to the
effect that several OF the mules of
the PAIGE had died and others were
sick. It is thought that the disease
is char bon. but it is by no means
settled. The rayages have not so
far amounted to enough to interfere
with the cultivation Of the crop on
the plantation. Immediately on re-
ceipt of the telegram veterinary
surgeon was dispatched by the
board to the scene.
The local civil service board an
nounces that there will be held at
the federal building July %, an ex-
animation for an agricultural and
structural craftsman and an cleo
trical engineer and craftsman. At
the same time an examination will
be held for teacher In the Philip
pines.
The attorney general bias rec-
dered an opinion to Insurance Com
missioner Cole on the subject of the
mortgage clause" that is Of in
terest to companies and policy hold
ers generally. He holds, IN repsonse
to request from the latter official
for an official opiEion, that the
mortgage clause as it appears
in the insurance law passed at the
last session of the legislature, vii,
be Tread into'' every standard fire
insurance policy written in Missis-
sippi, no matter whether the clause
referred to makes one Of the pro Wis
ons Of the contract between the
company and the insured. It occu-
pies the same status as the valued
policy clause which will be read
into every fire policy without refer
zee to whether or not the parties
have seen fit to embody it in their
contract.
Auditor Cole is receiving the
quarterly statements from the diff