The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-05
ITEMS FROM FOREST REGISTER.

horse power auto racing car at
! tracted considerable attention on
the streets of Forest Monday.
He was en- route from Meridian
TO Jackson to enter the automo-
bile races at the Jackson fair.
The postmaster at Plattsburg,
Clinton county, Missouri, has re-
ceived an order from the fourth
assistant postmaster general di-
recting him on November 80, to
discontinue service on the five
rural routes of his office. This
action was taken because the
patrons of the routes out of
Plattsburg persistently failed to
keep the roads, travelled by car
riers, in good repair.
The Scott county treasury is
| still without funds to pay out
standing warrants. There is
about 81, 200 due this county on
account of the Wheeler King
trial, which amount has not been
paid. The case was tried atathe
February term, and just why the
money has not been refunded
the Register is unable to explain,
but We suppose it is due tonatu-
raj causes and a lot of red tape
which seems necessary in such
matters. s
There was a good attendance
at the Good Roads meeting held
at High Hill last Friday, and
enough interest was manifested
in the movement that work will
begin next Monday on four miles
of road leading from Mathews
Hill to Forest, Over fifteen
citizens, with the same number
of teams, will go to work in
earnest to laying out and grading
the road. The easy access to
gravel, which is to be placed on
top of the road bed, will make
this one of the best roads in
Scott county.
Rev. w. B. .Sansing, while
boarding a train at Jackson for.
Forest one night last week, was
touched up" by pickpockets to
the tune Of about $50. The
robbers also got a few checks of
small denominations, but Mr..
Sansing has notified the banks on
which the checks were drawn,
and of course, payment on them
will be stopped. There were
five other | passengers on the
train who had been robbed at
the fair, one, a man living near
Klein, few miles below Forest,
who lost about 500.
Judge Billiard closed a two
weeks term of court at Raleigh
last week. A case Of consider
able interest was that of Will
Gambrell, charged with the muir
der of Boy Grayson, at Taylors-
vile, about two years ago. This
case was before the court the
second time for trial. At the
last term of court Gambrell was
convicted and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life, but took
an appeal to the supreme court.
which granted new trial. Gam
brell was defended by Hon. J. j.
Stubbs, of Collins, Hughes and
Tullos, of Raleigh, and Mobiles,
of Taylorsville. The case result
ed in a miStrial.
A pretty young wife and moth
er got off an eastbound passenger
train the other afternoon in a
rather absent-minded condition.
When the train reached Morton
she began making preparations
by taking down her hair and put
ting it up again. Then she in
spected herself in a hand mirror
and put powder on her face in
places where it seemed to need
it. She then took down her hat
and spent several minutes getting
it on at a right angle, collected
her packages and arranged them
for hurried departure from the
car. She was very nervous and
when the train stopped she rush
ed out into the arms Of waiting
friends. After kissing them all
twice, she utterad a screech and
rushed back into the car. She
had forgotten her baby.
Times are hard, says an :ex-
change, money is scarce, bush
ness is dull, retrenchment is a |
duty please stop my hisky!l
O, no, times are not hard enough
for that. But there is something
else that costs a. large amount
every year which wish to save
please stop nlv-tohaccn No