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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
Plus K. and Children.

Piuy X, although benevolcrce and
good will incarnate, has hitherto had
little experience of children. He has
just lad his first lesson in their likes
and tislikes and remained somewhat
astonfshed. Some Lauretane nuns
We're received by him and took with
them two children, about four and five
years old. They dutifully knelt and
kissGt his hand and answered shyly
the questions put by him. But this
done, conversation became rather diff
ficult- the Holy Father finding himself
actually embarrassed before their tim
id resicence. Finally the nuns had the
ones repeat the prayer for the Pope
whiCh they say every evening, and
which touched the Pontiff very much.
"Go,M children" he said, "come here,
I have something for you and when
the highly expectant youngsters came
to his knee he presented each with a
silver medal, and was much aston
isheN when the effect was less joyful
than he anticipated. els there any.
thing the matter?" he asked helpless,
~ Of the anxious nuns. Don't they
like them? Come here, little woman,
and scll me what you would like best
in tSc world" "a DOLL" answered the
chila promptly, "a, big yellow haired
doll." "And that you shall have" re.
piled the Pontiff, immensely relieved.
anG. in fact, his sister went out the
next day and got two Of the best which
money could buy, SO that the children
have cause to remember Piux Y. After
the audience, the Pope, speaking to
his secretary, said that royal audi.
ence is not half so fatiguing,. and that
he feels for fathers with large fami.
lies.--Rome Correspondence in Pail
Msr Gazette.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
MARRIAGE MADE EASY.
Tow an Anxious Girl Aided Eashful
Youth to Propose.


Youth to Propose.
Anna Schlegelmilch, of Douglas,
Wis, solved great problem for her.
se.f the other day, and incidentally set
III example which many Of her sisters
nay follow with profit, should occasion
require.
Anna Schlegelmilch'syoung man was
10 bashful that lie could not bring him.
self to the point of standing up long
enough before witnesses TO be married.
ole intentions, and meant to do right.
but time and again lie had disappoint-
ed her at the altar. She knew his
failing, but she also recognized his vir-
tues, and because she felt that he
would be good husband, could she
ever get him, she was>determined to be
patient, even ut the cost OF embarrass-
ment and no small amount of humilia-
ton.
Mrs. Schlegelmilch had made at
least a dozen wedding cakes that were
never used as they were intended to be
used. The best room had been decor
ated for the happy event at least a
dozen times. Friends were invited to
be present at the ceremony so often
that they came to regard the invita-
lions as the order of the day. All the
arrangements for the wedding were
made over and over again, and every
detail was attended to, but at the last
moment the expected bridegroom was
absent. He just could not screw his
courage up to the ordeal, and it was
his practice to start for parts unknown
on his wedding days.
A sew days ago he turned up at the
young woman'S home again and ones
more asked her to name the wedding
day This time she simply put on her
hat, took him by the arm, marched him
to the marriage license Office then to
the minister, and before he realized
what she was doing the thing was
done and, Of course. he was tie hap
piest young man in Douglas.
There We're no cards, no flowers, nc
witnesses, beyond those required by
law. There was no cake no music, nc
dance. The young woman conducted
everything on purely business lines
She had reached the point where senti
ment had to be dispensed with for the
sake Of all concerned, and everybody
in Douglas is Of the opinion that if she
had rot taken this course some other
girl would sooner or later have picked
up he. young man and taken him away
from her by doing with him precisely
as She had done.
Young men, as rule, keep theil
wedding engagements. but younG
men, as rule, fear the wedding or
deal. 1t is no secret in the sex thai
many young men who are now single
would be only too glad to be married
II the young women in whom they are
interested would only be willing t.
wed ON the Anna Schlcgelmilch plan
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
Musicians Organize

A meeting has been held in jack
son to organize the Mississippi State
Music Teachers Association. A num-
Der of representatives were present
from all parts of the state and perma-
nent organization was effected under
this name with H. NJ. Bradley, OF
Jackson as president and Miss W
Poindexter Of the Industrial Institute
and College as secretary and treas
urer. It was decided to incorporate
the association, and charter will be
appned for at once. Another meet
inc will be held this week to complete
organization.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
HOLD COTTON
AND COMBINE
rs ADVICE GIVEN BY PRESI-
DENT HARDIE JONES.
THE FARMER HOLDS TRUMP
If He But Realizes It, And VIII
Organize. Frenzied Finance Eas
Opened tho Farmers Eyes .
Little.

New Orleans, Dec" -Hold your cot
ton and combine Cotton
Growers Trust fight the devil with
fire." Thus spoke President Harvie
Jordan Of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers' Protective Association, while the
boil weevil convention at Shreveport
was still hot. In little dressing room
just off the stage Of the grand opera
house, where the meetings were held
there gathered little group of the
leaders of the movement for holding
cotton, and organized fighting. AS
sembled there with President Jordan
OF Monticello, Ca, were E. S. Peters,
President Of the Texas Cotton Grow
ers Association, of Calvert Texas; n
c. Murray, president of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
OF America, of Kingston, Texas; Rob-
ert R. Poole, Commissioner of Agri-
culture for the State Of Alabama; j.
Z. Allison, Secretary of the Southern
Cotton Growers Protective Associa-
ton of Concord, North Carolina; Eli
son d. Smith, big cotton mill owner
of Magnolia, South Carolina; and
representative Of New Orleans pa
per.
Flight the devil with fir" repeat
ed Mr.. Jordan, I" and the only way we
can do it is by organization
like, same, systematic organization.
The farmers holds the trump cards if
he but realized it and he is rapidly
realizing it. The pas few years of
frenzied financing in his commodity,
has opened his eyes a bit. He has
prospered some and has had time to
think and get about. For that reason
he is preparing to come in to his own
and the object Of the New Orleans
meeting to be held January "a, %, and
rs, is to assemble all southern farmers
organizations, amalgamate, form
central body, appoint committee on
finances, assess and secure the funds
and organize bureau of statistics and
information on the, lines of the gov
ernment's department, and furnish
the farmers, bankers and merchants
information not now obtainable. 1t
must be plainly understood that we
are not and do not propose to be an
tagonistic to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, but are de-
termined to eliminate, as far as posts
BILE, the speculative element, from fix
ing the price of spot cotton.
Mr.. Jordan and his co-workers were
in thorough harmony and it did not
take them ten minutes to determine
on making tie New Orleans meeting
the most important In the cotton his
tory Of tie south.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
Establish Night School.

A night school for poor children
will be established in Natchez by the
Helping Hand Circle, Kings Daugh-
tiers. The school will be free and for
children who, on account Of working
during the day cannot attend the pub
lie school. A house near Oak street
has been secured for the school. A
fuel supply he's been donated.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
GENERAL SLoCUM DISASTER
Trial Of Owners and Captain Deferred
Until March.

New York.-Pleas of not guilty
were entered by President Barnaby,
Secretary Atkinson and Commodore
Pease, of the Knickerbocker Steam
boat Company, owners of the steamer
General Slocum, and Capt. Van
Setback, commander of the Sloccum.
when they were arraigned in the Unit
ed States court on indictments charg-
ing them with criminal responsibility
in connection with the Slocum Disaster.
Owing to the illness of Former Justice
Dittenhofer, of the counsel for the
respondents, trial of the cases was de-
ferred until the March term.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
Engine Hits Hand Car.

!. Erie, PA double handcar on
which were twenty ore handlers re-
turning from work at the Pittsburg
docks near here was struck by Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern rail
road switch engine about a mile east
of the docks and the men hurled in
all directions. Two are dead, two
probably fatally and seven seriously
injured.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
Fatally Burned.

Mrs. Ware, an English woman, who
has been living for some time at the
home Of Mrs. Lynch in Greenville died
from burns which she received when,
in making up her bed, the bed clothes
in some way caught fire from which
The clothes she had on become ignited
and she was fatally burned before
help could arrive. She was buried
IN the city GENE sery.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
a MAGNIFICENT Road,

The rails of the Mexican Gulf Rail-
way are laid OF mahogany sleepers
and the bridges are built of white mar.
Bile. In West Mexico is line built
with ebony sleepers and ballast OF sill.
yer ore drawn from old mines beside
the track. :ihe engineers used these
materials because they we're the cheap
est to be had.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
Big Oil Land Lease.
SEwE /

Houston. Hon. John B. Showalter
ex-member of the legislature and ex-
congressman from Pennsylvania, is In
the city, having closed deal with tbs
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
whereby he and B. B. Mcdonald Sc
cure an oil lease on the entire right
Of way Of the Katy road through
Kansas and Indian Territory, two hun
,lrc.! feet vide.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
New Electric Line.

Capt. W. HI. Hardy of Hatsiesburg,
the well-known industrial promoter
who states tina. Hattiesburg is to have
an electric car line within the next
year. A franchise for the system has
been granted by the council and 81
500 forfeit posted. Work is to com
mence before the lst Of June, and
three miles of track will be completed
within year. The system will be one
o. the most complete ever constructed
in town of similar size and almost
most wholly backed by home capt.
FOL
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05

Hon. W. j. Bryan will arrive IN
Shaw during the week enroute from
New Orleans, and be the guest OF his
sister. Mrs. w. j. Baird Of that place,
for a few hours. Mr.. Bryan will hold
a sslevee' for an hour or two and meet
all who desire to call upon him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05
New Drug Company.

The charter Of the Jackson Drug
Company, wholesale drug concern,
has been filed with the Governor for
approval. The capital stock is fixed
at $4,000, and the concern proposes
to engage extensively in wholesale
drug business throughout the terrific
ry tributary to Jackson.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05

A. G. Leggett Of Laurel from one
acre of land made $50 gallons of syr-
up and saved 3, 900 stalks for plant
ing next year. On two horse farm
he sold $4,000 worth of products. Ii
this can be done in Mississippi, why
should any family desire to go west
hunting home? Stay right here and
get what is due every one who will go
after it properly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05

Through the activity Of Mr.. Combs,
the American minister to Honduras:
the claims Of two American citizens
against the Honduran government
have been settled. One is the claim of
Charles w. Renter for $4,000, Mex
lean and the other the claim Of Victor
Baiz for $4,000 Mexican. The claims
have been pending for some time.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05

Announcement has been made at
the stat, department Of the following
appointments in the diplomatic and
consular service: James Jeffry Roche
consul at Genoa, Italy; James Johns
ton, consul general at Hankow, Chi
ma; William H. Bishop, consul at Pa
lermo, Italy; Hugh Baugh, student
interpreter at the American Legation
in Pekin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-05

Members of the congressional COM
mittees which will formulate 18th
milan canal legislation have been con-
sidering the various questions relating
to the government Of the canal zone.
A bill for this purpose passed the
senate last session, but was rejected
by the house, and a measure was fl
nally agreed on placing the whole
government Of the zone in the power
Of the president until the end Of the
present session of congress.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09
CHIPS.

Look out for the meeting in
April.
Carl Hamilton and w. l.. Will
burn did enjoy Sullivan's speech.
e. j. Sims, out Mt Cant, was
present aud enjoyed the fun bet
term anybody.
Morgan Fox at Rush Hill, made
two trips from home the same day
to be at the meeting.
Where was John d. 0reari
Murphy and Plunkett had to face
Sulliyan's jokes alone.
D. l.. Rodgers of Worcester
camp knows how to lecture the
newly initiated all right,
Ad. Barnes and the two Erdel
brothers, from about Worcester,
greatly enjoyed the occasion.
There was one visitor from Cal.
wood camp, east of Auxvasse, and
another also all the way from Sla.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09
CIR RUrnRArtEtntraru
By REV. w. a. BARTLETT

which has the gold his harness. the bghtes
stall 1t the horse well sired and of da
we'll born.
Not long certain families OF large cities named
by English person who evidently job having clan
arocacy These people be all right do not know thn bit
there just enough OF the fool people take stock i'll that
of thing; and there has always been tendency the money!
Money brings favor and influence and also brn:
awnng and subrvecy people who ought know better Eve
the sensible little likely make lower bow beo
millionaire than the wage the wage belong
the real aStocracy, and the millionaire have claim it.
So is the who rides in the finest turnout the
who the best clothes family who has the biggest pile
lay claim place in the first class but those who from h
of ancestors having strong sturdy, Christian characters
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09
UhK 0thraltar
uf tlrr Oh1trrlr
By REV. DAVID j. BURRELL, D. D.

thing 1t immensely important that who stand i'll the pulpit
should define things and stand by the definition things who
counereed in odcn times paid the penalty with his lie but
spurious word CaaniOuS than spurious
When stands where he ordained by God Almighty stand
and speak the truth the OF the Christ OF Truth he is bound
stand by his Bible and the doctrine outlined i'll the Word OF
God.
have mgiying the final outcome OF the so-calcd high
criticism Neither the Bible the dictionary is in real danger
The mprgnabe rock OF Holy Scripture will stand when the wcckage
OF the hostile fleet is scattered side We believe i'll the Bible
the word and in Christ inCarnac Word of God Let
lend ourselves the positive and constructive teaching OF the vital
religion forth the Scriptures. Our desire
down. build up; nst doubts but srenghcr
faith and in all things buresS teachings with the utimat
authority OF the Word OF God
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09
THREE DEAD.
A School Entertainment
Bad Shooting Scrape.

Moberly, Mo-, February 4
Three deaths resulted from a pis-
tol battle that followed the last
day of school at the Brush Greek
schoolhouse, situated between
Jacksonville and Darksville, to
mark which a special program was
rendered last night.
The school directors seem to
have anticipated trouble and re.
quested Jesse Stamper, an eX-cOn-
stable, TO assist in keeping order.
During the entertainment Stamper
reprimauded a young mau named
Acre for disorderly conduct. At
the entertainment were Willard
andDud Michaels, cousins of Acre.
As Stamper was leaving he was
met by the three young men, who,
it is alleged, assaulted him.
One report says they cut him
with knives and another that they
shot at him. Stamper drew his
pistol and, it is claimed, fired
three shots. Two struck Dud
Michaels, who died almost instant
ly, and the third hit Willard Mich
eals in the head. He died to-day.
When Stamper drew his pistol the
Michaels are said to have com
menced firing. A son OF JOhu
Murry, a nonparticipant, was shot
in the head aud died this after.
noon. Stamper went to Hunts
vile to-day, surrendered, and was
released on a $4,000 bond.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

Capt. Frank l.. Pitts, treasurer
of Missouri during the Stephens ad-
minstration, died at San Antonio,
Tex, last week of pneumonia. His
wife and daughter, Mrs. Shobe,
were with him during his illness.
Capt. Pitts served with distinction
in the Confederate army.
He lost an arm during the des-
perate charge upon the Federal
breast works at Franklin, Tenn.
Returning to Paris, Monroe county,
at the close of the war, he worked
at the saddlery trade until elected
sheriff of Monroe county. He after
wards served several terms as
county collector. Mrs. Shobe,
his daughter, mentioned above,
is the wife of Dr.. Her
bert Shobe, SON of the late Judge
JocOb Shobe Of Audrain county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

calls. On the return of the Wat.
sons from a Northern trip Mrs.
Watson told how they had met Miss
Burks in st. Paul. Miss Burks
said she was out of employment and
had come to st. Paul for a position.
The Watsons departed from st.
Paul and went to Niagara Falls, the
next stopping place on their trip.
Mrs. Watson was greatly surprised
to meet Miss Burks also in that
city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

The Fulton Gazette says: "Mr.
Sims, who made the hog deal with
Cant & COnsidine, of Thompson,
agreeing to pay them 51a cents a
pound for a car load of fat hogs
first Is days in every month during
1905, is Garland Sims, who also
lives near Thompson" said Egg
bert Sims, OF Audrain county, who
was in Fulton last Saturday, inter
viewing Galloway feeders upon
the subject of selling them corn in
car load lots. "He is out of the
deal now, though, and the whole
thing is declared off, Sims paying
Cant aud Considine $500 to release
him from the contract They
made the deal in December, Joe
Considine, one of the parties, being
brother-in-law of young Sims. l
believe that if the buyer had stayed
with it the year though, he would
not have lost, for have considcra
Bile faith in the hog market for
1905, from this on"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

A colored woman at Laddonla
sickened some time since and last
week died. She was raised by a
white family near Auxvasse, Cal
la way county. Said family moved
to Denver, Colorado. On hearing
of the colored woman's illness they
first sent her money, from Colo
rado, and at last the white woman
came and cared for the colorcd
woman until her death. A re-
markable case, to say the least.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

j. w. Woodbridge is glad the
"spanker" failed to work. The
laugh is OH the candidate who fol-
lowed.
The Mexico team of FoTesters,
as each candidate was brought
forward for torture, did the work
Of adoption.
The MESSAGE man traded over
shoes with somebody. If t h e
Neighbor will come around we'll
gladly trade back with him.
Martinsburg camp laid it over
Mexico camp and everybody else.
They came mp in full number and
they promise to be at the April
meeting in full force, too.
+. L. Pearce, near MOlino. rode
- miles thru the cold, to be at the
meeting. He lately moved from
Illinois to AudWin. He is a prom
nent farmer aud enthusiastic
Woodman.
N. p. Morris, northwest of
Mexico, is an earnest Woodman,
but on account of crowded work
in his arrangements to move to
California soon, he regrets that he
could not be present.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

Many readers have no doubt
struggled over the pronunciation
of the Japanese physical training
system "jiu jitsu, ,"the correct form
of which is as if spelled jew
its" 1t was months ago that it
was proposed to adopt the system
at the naval academy, and tho the
proposition fingered it was bound
to come, and a japanese instructor
has peen secured to teach it to
the midshipmen. Another system
of physical training in Japan is
ken-jitsu, two handed sword play,
and it is probable that this may be
a feature of the training nayal
system at the naval academy. Still
another is known as bOtOri,a "A game
in which two sides try to drag
down a pole that their opponents
have planted. The Missouri Mill
tary Academy, to keep up with the
procession, will be expected to
have "jew jits," too.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

Louisiana Press notices that a
Washington county editor writes:
One of our newly married young
ladies kneads bread with her gloves
on. The editor of this paper
needs bread with his shoes on, and
lie needs it with his trousers on,
and unless the delinquent readers
Of this old rag Of freedom pay up
soon we'll need bread without a
darn thing on.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

Capt. E. Cook, about 80 years
of:age, who died at his home south
of Mexico last week, is thus spok-
en- of by a writer from Mt. Carmel,
this county, in the V0ndalia Lead
er: News reaches us from near
Mexico that Mr.. Cook, who had
been a resident and old settler in
this neighborhoOd for many years
and until about a year ago when
he moved to the home Of his
daughter near Mexico, died Sun
day at an advanced age. He was
better known around here as Pa
Cook.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

w. H. Beal, of this county, who
is spending the winter with his
sons, Elgin and Charles Beal, at
Broken Bow, Neb. writes that they
have been experiencing weather
ont there with the therm ometer %
degrees below zero.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

is stated that the freight traf-
iic arrangement between the c. &
a. and the Burlington from Eel
to st. Louis is to be resumed next
month. Guess the two railroads
didn't have Il very big quarrel.
Traium5n whose families lived in
Mexico at the time of the reported
fall-Out between the roads were
told not to change their residence;
the old regime will be on next
mJnth.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

According to the COlfax Gazette,
John Corner, well remembered in
Mexico, whose parents now live
here, has sold his implement busi-
ness in that place to his partner
and will employ himself otherwise.
Brown g. Kimball, also we'll re-
merbed in the business circles of
Mexico, will also quit business
insCOlfax.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-09

Alfred Buffe, formerly of Van
dalia, now of Fdrber, who several
years ago was charged with killing
his wife and for which he served
two years in the penitentiary, with
Miss Francis Kirkpatrick, aged 20.
of st. Louis, came to Mexico last
Saturday aud the twain were unit
ed in marriage by Judge w, w,
Bolts.