The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-09

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slssippi. and he will attend the At
lanta meeting. -.---.
Stale Superintendent OF Educa-
ton Whitfield mas received word
from Virgins, located on the Gulf
and Ship Island Railroad, in Har-
rison county, that the people of that
community in mass meeting as
semDled had taken vots on an
eight-month school term and that
the proposition had carrisd una1i-
mously. Hs is very much en-
couraged at the way the people Of
the State have taken to the poposi-
ton to improve the rural schools,
and he thinks that within the next
three or four years Mississippi will
have rural sch oois that will be a
credit to the people, and will place
Mississippi far above her sist.r
Southern States. The people of Mis-
sissiDpi are taking an interest in ed
ucaticE that has never before been
manifested by them.
The hospital at the new State
plantation in Sunfower county has
been completed, according to re-
port flied with the board of peniten-
tiary control at Jackson. The struc-
ture constituted a small arc of a
circle and is so placed that there is
a part of it always ia the sun and
another part in the shade. IT cost
something over $4,000, and is
equipped with the necessary conve-
niences for comfort and are of tie
sick. A neat house for the prison
physician will be erected nearby.
It is also reported from the new
farm that artesian we'll No. 4 has
just been brought in. The water is
slightly muddy, but it is expected
to clear and be as good we'll az
the other three now in operation.
1t is about 800 feet deep, and, like
the others. has Slight soda taste,
which does not render it the least
unpalatable. Contracts for three
more artesian wells on the new
place have already been let. War
den Henry, who has just returned
from the delta, reports that tn ere
has been a great Improvement in
the cotton and corn since the recent
rains. He has also received infor-
nation from the Weathersby place,
in Coahoma county, to the effect
that the recent death of two mules
and sickness Of several Others was
lot caused by charoon or any OF tn
infec tious diseases of stock.
The third week of the Uni gersity
summer school at Oxford has closed.
There has been recently GU toe
campus much discussion CT the
question of establishing trainia 2
school Tor teachers IN the State.
Mr.. George Locke. Of Chicago U nj
versity, and editor of the School Re-
view. touched tee question. His
conclusion is that every Sta ta
should have one and that it should
be under the direction and control
of some State institution of recog-
nizedA standing. This. it Is claimed,
will make it more economical.
Young Ellis Poole, who was shot
five times with a revolver in the
hands of Dan l. Moore, at Meri-
dian, died at the sanitarium at an
erly hour Monday morning. Moore
is still in Jail. The families of both
Poole and Moore stand well in Me-
ridian, and the tragedy is deplored.
An excursion train returning
from Mobile Monday night on the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroad, ran over two negroes On a
trestle near Mclean. One was
killed and the other had az arm
broken ard was otherwise seriously
injured. The accident occurred and
was not discovered by the tralnmen
until Tuesday.
At an early hour Sunday mcrn-
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