The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-03
A Case Of C,.ueIty to Animals.


A case OF cruelty to animals In
Jackson county came up before
Judge Charles e. Chidsey. Richard
Peters, negro, was charged with
cruelty in whipping mule over the
face. ears and eyes with rawhide.
The court held the. following ruling
of the Supreme Courts of Texas and
New York, that where the whipping
was the cause of Unnecessary pain,
suffering OF torment to the animal,
it was within the meaning Of the
code. And in case where 1t was shown
that the whipping was unnecessary
and from rage and anger, the law
presumed malice. Peters was assessed
$40 and costs, aggregating $3.50.
Awards Husband the Child.
d. l.. O'Neal, who recently had
legal fight with his divorced wife
for their baby, Flossie, has at last
gotten possession of the child, in
accordance with the mandate of the
Supreme Court Judges, taking her
away from the mother with little GER
emory and not even allowing her an
opportunity to see the little one be-
fore it left her abode. He took
hack in company with Sheriff Hard
ing and drove to the home, picked
up the child, and without even giving
any one chance to dress it, returned
to the hack, and took the next train
out Of town.
Will Enter Columbia.
The people of Columbia instituted
proceedings in the courts to compel
the New Orleans and Great Northern
to build it's line into that town, un-
der the constitutional provision that
a railroad cannot build within three
miles of county site and not build
into it. The main line of the road
follows close along the west bank of
Pearl river and Columbia is on the
east bank, with little more than the
width OF the river bed between tho
town and the road The litigation was
amicably settled by the agreement
of the railroad to build line into
Columbia.
Do Business With Depositaries.
Treasurer Edwards advises the tax
collectors to make prompt settle
ments with whichever depository he
decides upon and have the receipt
forwarded to him in order that he
may issue his official receipt to the
tax collectors for the proper amounts
deposited The cashier of the depos-
tories will make receipts Ia tripli-
cate, one to be retained by the tax
collector, one to be sent to the Au-
dftor and one to the Treasurer.
Soldiers Home Directors Meet.
At the September meeting of the
Board of directors of the Soldiers
Home at Beauvoir 1t is expected that
the question of electing a new super
intendent will be brought up for dis
cussion. At the session of the legis-
lature last winter a subcommittee OF
the committee on humane and benev-
olent institutions, appointed to visit
the home at Beauvoir, recommended
the displacement of Superintendent
W. I. Price on the ground that the
discipline maintained by him was too
strict, and very irksome on the in
mates.
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Bordeaux the New Name.
The Railroad Commission has re-
ceived from the Louisville and Mask
vile Railroad Company, a request
for permission to change the name
Of the station known as Clermont
City to Bordeaux, so that it will cor
respond with the name of the post
Office at that point. Mr. Marshall
states that me request is made at
the instance of citizens Of the place
and on a unanimous petition.
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Convict Endeavors to Escape.
Ed Strickland, a white convict
about twenty years old, serving a
two years term on the Rankin State
farm, which sentence would have ex-
pired in October, made a break for
liberty and was chased for a mile
by two guards and about fifty con-
victs, together with the State hounds.
He We; finally freed and returned to
the wallis after several shots had
been fired at him without effect.
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May Not Tender Resignation.
Personal friends, alumni and for
mer students of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College are advising Dr.
J. G.. Robert, State veterinarian, and
Prof. Glenn W. Herrick, State ento-