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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Business is Satisfactory.

The bank of Hickory at its annual
meeting declared net profit of 16
per cent. carried to the surplus fund
81 900 and declared a dividend of s
per cent to shareholders. The depos-
its are over $4,000. This is its first
year. The place of business is mod
ern two-story stone front brick build
ing, with fixtures and handsome fit
tings, which would do credit to a city.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Orphanage to Get Annex.

When the new annex to the Missis-
sippi Baptist Orphanage, which is now
IN course of construction is finished,
the institution will be able to furnish
accommodations for 200 children. Only
eighty are now being cared for at
the orphanage, and the board Of trus-
tees has figured on meeting the grow
ing demands of the institution for
several years to come.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
New Bank for Newton.

The Merchants and Farmers Bank
is the name of new banking institu-
ton for the town of Newton, the char
ter of which is being published this
week. The capital stock is $25, 900 and
has all been taken up. The bank Will
be ready to begin business about Sep
tember LIST next.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Alfalfa for Prison Farms.

Prof. w. L. Hutchinson, director of
the Mississippi agricultural expert
ment station, notifies the prison board
OF control that he has forwarded the
shipments Of alfalfa seed to be plant
ed on the convict farms this year, and
will personally supervise the work of
planting next week. The prison board
is to make experiments with alfalfa
on the Oakley, Rankin and Parchman
places.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

The largest search light, of 100000
700 candle power, has been constructed
at Nuremberg, Germany. If sufficient
be visible eighty miles.
Self-propelled electric motor cars car
rying fuel and water for a full day,
and making twenty miles an hour, are
installed on a part Of the Northern
Railway between Scarborough and FL
ley, England
Nearly 100000 tons Of coal per
year are now saved, according to the
estimates of Mr.. A. A. Campbell Swim
ton, by the use of water power for the
production of electricity. Statistics
collected by him show that up to last
August about 100000 horse power
for electrical work was being gener-
ated from water power and of this to-
tai nearly one-third belonged to the
United States. In England only $4,000
horse power is thus developed.
says that a firm of Baltimore archi-
tects has drawn plans for a building
without any wood in it's construction.
1t will be six stories in height, the en-
tire structure to be of reinforced con-
crete and steel. Even the doors, trims.
window sashes and door jambs will be
Of metal-a new departure in building
w al frhk 81 @,,@o
there were better prospect that the
experiment would invite imitation.
Lead pipe will keen your razor
sharp" confided the garrulous barber
Get a short piece Of the smallest, soft
est lead pipe your plumber has in
stock, and keep it handy when you are
stropping the razor. The scheme is to
rub the strop with the pipe 1t works
best with plain leather strop. Apply
the pipe, just as you would strop the
razor, to the unfinished side of the
leather. Strop your razor on that side.
wind up with a few passes on the
finished side of the strop and you will
have first-class edge on the tool. I
never took the trouble to get scien-
tific explanation of the virtues of the
lead pipe as an aid to whetting but It
is all to the good in that respect
Philadelphia Record.
The increasing demand for platinum,
particularly for use in the manufacture
of gas nantes, has led to the invention
of process of saving the fine powdery
grains Of this metal found in the gold
placer deposits of Southern Oregon and
elsewhere. The platinum, being in a
state of very fine division, almost in
the form of dust, will not settle in a
placer sluice so long as the water is
briSkly stirred. After the metal bear
ing water has passed over rifle tbble,
on which nearly all the gold settles, it
is drawn more slowly over a coco-hat
rifle, on which the platinum settles.
and is then collected by rinsing the
cocO-mats over tanks. Formerly the
platinum was all wasted, at first be-
cause its identity was not recognized,
and afterward because no process was
then known for saving it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Will Unveil Statue.

Camp No. % Jefferson county camp
of United Confederate Veterans, will
unveil on May 4, the statue erected at
Fayette, Miss, in honor of the state s
Confederate dead.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

The local directory, just published,
gives Natchez population of 21,67S.
This number includes the outlying sub
urbs. The federal census in 1900 gave
NatcheZ 1920.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
MISSISSIPPI STATE
HAPPENIN GS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
SECTIONS.
AN EPITOME OF THE NEWS
Culled From the Important Happen
ings Throughout the State During
the Past Week and Reviewed in
Brief.
Press to be Entertained.


The following programme for the
meeting of the Mississippi Press AS
ISOLATION at Greenville on May 16-lS
has been made public:
Tuesday, 10 a. m.-Assembly at OPP
era House. Called to order by Presi-
dent j. E. Norwood, Gazette, Magno-
liza. Invocation by Rev. A. Borum,
Pastor First Baptist Church, Green
willie. Keys and freedom of city ten
dered by Hon. William Yerger, May
or of Greenville. Acceptance by Pres
ident Joseph E. Norwood. Music. Ad-
dress of welcome by Hon. E. n. Thorn
as, Greenville. Response by Hon. P.
w. Mayer, Dispatch, Columbus. Mu-
sic. Presidents annual address, Jo-
seph E. Norwood, Magnolia. Roll call
and payment Of dues. Reports Of
Secretary and Treasurer. Appointment
of committees: (a) On president s ad-
dress (3); (b) Auditing (3); (c) Gre
dentials (3); (d) Neurology (5); (e)
Resolutions ca. Adjournment for din
ner.
Tuesday, 3 p. m.-Call to order by
president. Report Of Credential COM
mittee and election of new members.
Advantages of Country Correspon-
dence." NJ ]. Peters, Advertiser,
Lexington Music. "The Delinquent
Subscriber" B. 7. Bobbs, Leader, of
Brookhaven. "The Foreign Adver-
tiser," H. 7. Crosby, Times, Green
vile. "A Daily in Small City," j.
d. McKie, Review, Biloxi. Music.
p Tuesday, s p. m.-Call to order by
President Norwood. Address on be-
half of Greenville. Response by Mrs.
FL. Butt, Challenge, Clarksdale. Music.
Annual Grafton, F. R. Birdsall, Yazoo
Sentinel. Original poem. Music. "The
Press and the Bench" Hon. Jeff Tru-
ly, Associate Justice Supreme Court
Music and adjournment.
Wednesday 10 a. m.-Called to or
der by President orwood. Invocation
by the Chaplain Of the Association
Reports of standing committees Re-
ports of delegates to the National Ed
itorial Association, 1904 Music. Adj
dress by Hon. Charles Scott, Rosedale.
Mississippi at the Worlds Fair"
Hon. r. H. Henry, Clarion-Ledger,
Jackson. Music. Appointment of stand
ing committees. There will be no SEES
sion of the association Wednesday
afternoon or night on account of the
steamboat excursion and banquet.
Thursday 10 a. m.-Called to order
by the President. General discussion
(a) The future Of the Association;
(b) Should it be maintained; (c) Has
it accomplished anything? Flee ION
Of officers and selecting the next place
of meeting. Report Of Committee on
Resolutions and final adjournment.
General Passenger Agent Hanson
has instructed the secretary that men,
bers of the Association desiring to at
tend the meeting and living along the
lines Of the Illinois Central and the
Valley roads must apply to their local
ticket agents for transportation. The
secretary will secure transportation
for all members on other lines who
make application to him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Berlin Will Finance Morocco.

London-The correspondent at Tan
gier of the Times says the Sultan Of
Morocco has been given to understand
that he viii have no difficulty in OBJ
tanning loan in Berlin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Programme Announced.

The programme is announced for
the session Of the Louisiana Railroad
Commission at Baton Rouge April Is.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Natchez reports much activity in
building circles. The most important
building under way is the federal post
office which will be handsome and
commodious structure. A large num-
Der Of residences and business houses
are going up and the staid old city
is making good again.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
To Collect Salary.

Thomas Harrison, former Labor
Commissioner for Louisiana, began le-
gal proceedings at Baton Rouge to col
lect his salary for January, 1905.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Pike county farmer with little
farm Of two hundred acres was in
duced to try Investigation and the
following is the result Of his first
years work: Sold cantaloupes and
melons, $156.50; vegetables, $S7; Irish
potatoes, $135; sweet potatoes, $3.50;
fruit, $3.50; five bales of cotton,
$15675. Besides this, he saved seven
hundred bushels of corn, several tons
of sorghum hay, bought fifteen steers
and run them on his pasture and field,
topped them off with corn and hay of
his own production and sold them at
a profit Of $2l0. Sold butter, eggs ard
chickens to the amount of $74. The
income from this little farm the first
year the change was made was ST.
0S3.2o. Can any one do better than
this in Texas or any other country
Mississippi has more advantages and
greater possibilities than any Of them
and it is the sheerest nonsense to be
leaving here for the purpose Of seek
ing mythical Eldoradoes exploited by
interested corporations or individuals.
No spot on the face Of Gods green
earth offers more for less labor than
the state of Mississippi.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Magnolia will be in better condi-
ton this fall to care for the cotton
crop raised in that vicinity. A stock
company with 100000 capital for
building a compress and warehouse
has been organized and it is proposed
to have the plant ready to handle the
crop for this year.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Investigation Ordered.

The penitentiary board of control
instructed Warden Henry to investi-
gate a reported storage Of thirty-fve
cattle on the Oakley place. The rec
ord shows the cattle missing without
any explanation as to their disappear
ance.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Will Attend.

Governors Folk, of Missouri, and
Hayward, of South Carolina, will send
delegations to the Good Roads Con-
vention at Baton Rouge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
The famous Stafford Wells property

The famous Stafford Wells property
near Winona has been leased by prom
Winona is very hopeful that the re-
sort will be greatly enlarged and an
electric line built from the city to the
wells. Such line would not only
prove Of incalcuable benefit to the pro-
prietors of the resort, but would prove
a developer of the country which it
would traverse. 1t seems that Mis-
sissippi is fast awakening to the ben
eft Of interurban lines
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
The $4,000 Of Union county bond

The $4,000 Of Union county bonds
which were authorized by the board
of supervisors at its January term, to
raise funds for completing the new
county Jail were sold to Trowbridge
& Niver Company, Chicago, for the
sum Of $10,540, the purchasers agree
ing to pay the expense incident to the
bond issue. The bonds are to mature
N twenty years and bear 6 per cent in
crest, but redeemable in five years at
he option Of the board.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Every Mississippian should be
proud Of the attention paid veterans
Of the civil war and the comforts af-
forded them at the home recently
prepared for their reception at Beau
voir. The state spends no money where
a greater benefit is received than for
the small amount required to maintain
his institution. There is nothing too
good for those men who babe good
bye to home and loved ones and cast
their fortunes with the Confederacy.
and in their declining years to find
themselves berefc Of means and rela-
lives to care for them. The man who
lbegrudges them the small pittance ex-
pended is too infinitely small to be
given any consideration at the hands
OF generous and true-hearted people.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Big Fire.

Fire at Hammond, La, caused yer
$4,000 loss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13
Much Building.

Hattisburg, is in the midst of a
building boom. Here is a partial
list of the operations in this line
Gulf and Ship Island depot and hotel,
$25O,OOO; county courthouse, $4,000;
Third ward new school house, $4,000.
Methodist church, $4,000; South Mis-
sissippi Infrmary, $4,000; McInnis
store and hotel building, $4,000;
Smith hotel annex, $4,000. A street
railway is also being figured on and
its construction will no doubt be we'll
under way in the next month or so. A
new gas plant is to be installed, street
>pavipg begun and several factories to
start during the next summer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Sales were consummated at the Of
fee of State Land Commissioner Nall
for three thousand acres of C6ickasaw
school lands, located in Pamela and
Tallahatchie counties. The amount
paid for these lands was $4,000, and
is the largest business that has been
transacted by the land office in one
day. in many months. The purchasers
are about twenty in number, who buy
tracts OF from so to 800 acres at the
uniform price of Sc per acre. The ne
gotiations for the purchasers were
conducted by Hon. c. I. Siveley Of
Oxford and Mr.. j. H. Jones of Bates
vile.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

The section Of Ta,e county adjacent
to Senatobia is running somewhat to
fruitland, the Democrat announces
hat 10000 peach trees were planted
recently and that more will be put
out next season. The fruit industry
in Mississippi is no longer. an exper-
iment and the people Of Tate will no
doubt reap rich harvest from the
investment now being made. Missis-
sippi peaches command a higher price
on the northern markets than those
offered by any other state in the un-
ion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Three hundred thousand dollars
worth Of tall business buildings are
under contract and in the blue print
Stage for Capitol street in Jackson, to
say nothing Of others that are pro-
jected and will likely be built during
the present year. Then there are other
business streets in Jackson that are
building also. Since the advent of
spring weather the activity Of last
summer in the line of residences is
being resumed and ere many weeks
more than one hundred will be going
up at the same time. The record Of
last year in factory building, one mil
lion dollars will be greatly exceeded
this year, one factory already settled
costing more than that amount and
equally as much more reasonably GER
tain. 1t is probable that two and a
half million dollars will be spent for
manufacturing interests in Jackson
during the present year. This is a
great showing for Mississippi's capt.
tai city, and it appears that after
awakening from a sleep Of many years
the time lost will be quickly regain
ed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Press dispatches Of a few days
since made mention of the fact that
Mississippi bonds of the last issue
were selling in Boston for 101.5. This
looks pretty good for our standing
abroad, and too, when it is taken INTO
consideration that these bonds bear
only 3 IL per cent interest and have
an optional ten year funding clause
Governor Vardaman had trouble in
selling them for par last year on ac-
count OF the low rate Of interest and
the ter year clause, but it seems that
they are more thought Of at present
Another matter Of interest to those
who have pride in the prosperity of
the state can be found in the fact that
a large issue Of levee bonds were re-
Gently sold at par when it has been
the custom heretofore to give some
broker $4,000 to dispose Of 100000
worth. 1t was decided to hold them
at par and but little trouble was ex-
perienced in getting it. These facts go
to prove that no state in the Union has
a better credit than Mississippi, despite
The reputation stain that is upon her
name. There is a growing sentiment
that those old bonds that were repu-
dated should be called in and the
owners paid just what they were out
in actual cash. Less than 100000
would be necessary to do this. Such
matters will sooner or later right
| themselves.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

The Yazoo City papers are trying
20 create an interest in natatorium
for that city. The proposition is one
we'll worthy Of attention and endorse
ment. The boys can learn the preser-
vative art Of swimming in the creeks
and lakes but to the girls no such
liberty is given. Every town should
undoubtedly have a place where every
person could be taught the art of
swimming. The occasion is likely to
arise in the life Of all when such knowl
edge would be worth a great deal,
probably the preserving Of life, Then
too, nothing would be of more benefit
and pleasure than a place where the
people could enjoy a nice swim and
bath, properly conducted and careful
ly kept neat and clearly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

The interest being shown by plan
,ers in the scheme to reduce the cot
ton acreage and provide means for
taking care Of surplus is steadily
gaining ground. A number of the
most prominent men in the state have
taken the time and expense Of making
a canvass in behalf of the movement
There is no doubt in the minds Of
those in a position to know, that Mis-
sissippi will do her part in the re-
duction splendidly. The greatest good
hat is coming from the movement, in
the opini6.9 of the writer, is in bring
ing the planting interests into an or
ganized movement for handling the
crop and providing for taking care
Of the surplus until a reasonable
price is offered The compress, ware
house and banking interests Of the
state are coming forward nobly and
offering every assistance possible AMI
there is no doubt but that great good
will be accomplished by keeping up
the agitation and effecting a perma-
nent organization. The south bids
fair to place itself in a position in a
position where it can offer foreign
and eastern spinners cotton at price
instead Of having the offer come to
the planter from those who need the
crude material.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

The largest search light, of 316,00O,-
700 candle power, has been constructed
elevation could be obtained it would
be visible eighty miles.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI
Devoted the Industrial, Commercial and Agrieul.
turolD Development Of the Wonderful Resources Of
OF Interest from all Quarters.
Ey II. E. ELAxESLEE, Jackson Mss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Self-propelled electric motor cars car
rying fuel and water for a full day,
and making twenty miles an hour, are
installed on a part of the Northern
Railway between Scarborough and FL
ley, England.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

Every owner and tiller Of small
farms in the state is especially request
ed to read this. You are paying the
burden Of maintaining the state and
its Institutions. Thousands of acres
Of wild land in the stale is being
bought by foreign corporations for
speculative purposes. You are paying
the cost of developing this land and
bringing these spectators golden
harvest Of enormous profits. The pub
LEGATION of assessed values as they ap-
pear on the rolls in the Office Of the
Auditor at jackson would create a
sensation. A foreign concern that
owns thousands of acres In several
counties is offering it and selling for
about $15 per acre. Every acre Of
that land is assessed at $3.50 per acre.
1t is the richest in the delta and worth
the price being asked. Another large
concern that owns immense tracts that
is selling for $S to $12 per acre is
paying taxes on an assessed valuation
of $125. Dozens Of other instances
can be cited where the difference be-
tween actual and assessed value is as
great. Now this is all wrong. The
man who owns small farm of from
40 to 32O acres is paying taxes on an
assessment that represents Is per cent.
of the actual value Of his land. The
men with the small farms are Missis-
sippians and constitute large per
cent Of our citizenship while the large
owners are principally foreign. Now
there is no especially serious objec-
ton to outsiders buying our lands and
profting by the increase in value
thereof, but they should be made to
pay their share of the money neces-
sary to develop and bring about this
increase in price. The county asses
sors and boards of supervisors are
largely responsible for this state Of
affairs and it is time that the small
farmer who elects these officials were
awakening to the injustice being done
them. Raise the assessments and COM
pei each man to bear his part of the
necessary expense Of maintaining the
government. Justice to all and spe-
cial privileges to none is just as much
the obligation Of a government today
as it was one hundred years ago. In
vestigation will bear out the truth of
every assertion made above.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-17
BOSTON SYMPHONY CONCERT.

The concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
at Carnegie Hall last night served to reintroduee
here Miss Marie Nichols. young viOlnist from
New-England whose first New-York appearance
occurred a year ago under less favorable circum-
stances Miss Nichols was heard in a serenade for
violin and orchestra by Bruch. to this city and
Mr. Gericke also brought forward a novelty IN the
Csoldmark In Italy overture. The programme
contained besides Cesar Franck's symphony in D
minor and Strauss's Don Juan tone poem. Miss
Nichols is young woman with personal grace and
charm but she has no need to depend on these
qualities for a kindly audience She has technical
skin in no mean degree and neither faltering nor
tinid tone The Bruch serenade, which is in
four movements gave her more opportunity for
technical than emotional display perhaps so that
a complete Judgment seemed withheld by the au-
d,ence but there was doubt Of their pleasure in
her playing.
The 'Goldmark overture which produced in
vienna on January "a, 1904 IS in the form Of the
old Italian overture beginning with an allegro sec
tior followed by slow movement. and concluded
with a repetition Of the first movement-in this
case somewhat modified by the motives OF the second
section The brisk movements OF the new overture
are buoyantly meodic and very rapid. and the slow
movement fun of characteristic color. and not un
1flaIv 10 suggest in mood the 'Sankuntala overt
~ or the same composer. It was played with
,,,,,cb suirit by the band A beautiful performance
- tbe Franck symphony also given the third
movement especially being marked by a superb
sorority 80 49,
Az the concert tomorrow afternoon d'Albert will
be the solo performer.