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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07

Nice, good top buggies. w. G..
Barnes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Homestead Notice.

Department or the Interior, Land office,
jackson, Miss, April 10, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Dora Nc
Laurln, Of Fannin, Mississippi, has filed
notice of her intention to make final COM
mutation proof in support of her claim.
viz: Homestead Entry No. 4io2o made
January IS, 1906, for the nw4 sw4 sec
tion e, as adjoining farm to ez sex Sec
ton 2S and sw4 sw4 section ~. town
ship 7, north, range ) east, Choctaw
meridian, and that said proof Will be made
before register and receiver, at Jackson.
Miss, on May IS, 1908. She names the
following witnesses to prove her con-
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of, the land, viz: j. E. Noble. S. w.
Tinnin, H. D. Tinnin, E. Z. Ferguson. ali
Of Fannin, Miss. l. Q. C. LAMAR,
Register.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Mineral Springs Water.

Pelahatchie, Miss, April Z,
1908. To whom it may concern:
All persons wanting my Mineral
Springs Water; | am now ready
to ship and deliver at Pela-
hatchie. Price 5 cents at the
springs and 10 cents at Pela-
hatchie.
Parties who have used my
water please write me if you
have been benefited, and to
what extent; also your COM
plant, age, occupation etc.
w. A. CUNNINGHAM.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Administrators Notice.
State of Mississippi.

q IF1E55Io5IPPI,
Rankin County. Estate of o. E.
kerSh, deceased: Whereas letters of ad.
ministration on the estate of O. r. Kersh.
deceased, were issued to the undersigned
on the 23rd day of April, 1908, out of the
eshancery. court of said county, notice is
hereby given to all persons having claims
against said estate, TO have the same
proDated and registered by the clerk of
SAID ehanoery court within one year, and
failure to probate and register within
time named, will bar the claim. Section
2Io3, Code of 1906.
This the 27th day of April, 1908
w. |. KERSH. Administrator.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07

Jackson, Miss, April rs; 1903.
Dear Sir: | am in receipt of evil
dence from two places that as
sures me the examination
questions have been sold. /
therefore declare the examina-
ton held for negroes on the oath
and 25th, of April null and void.
Another examination will be held
on the 9th and 9th lof May. If
in your examination you found
any Of the negroes with the
questions, do not allow them to
again apply for license.
Very truly yours,
j. N. POWERS,
State Superintendent Education.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Notice.

No hunting allowed on my
place known as the McCarty
place, and all persons will be
prosecuted for so doing.
L. STEVENSON,
Fannin, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Notice.

Having purchased and con-
solidated all the livery business
of Brandon, and therefore we
have more surries and buggies
than we need and great bargains
will be offered.
MARTIN & MORRIS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Kindness and Patience.

Treat your horse with kind
ness. While he must understand
that you are master he should
also feel that you are his friend.
If we will use a little patience,
we will not have to use so much
force. The man who jerks,
beats and abuses his horse may
work off his temper, but he will
never get his horse to work in
perfect accord with himself, nor
can he really know the quiet,
calm pleasure of an afternoon
drive behind a horse that is in
perfect harmony with it's driver.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-07
Notice to the Public.

/ have rented the blacksmith
and Woodshop belonging to ]. s..
Roberts, and am now prepared
to do all kinds Of work in that
line. / will give my personal at
tention to all work and guarantee
satisfaction. Give me a trial.
Prices reasonable.
II. Z. MYERS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Climbers Swatting Some;
 Exceptional Rood Shouting

That Ryan's bunch of Climbers are upnolding their reputation of .slamming sh she .nali to every corner of the lot IS snown by team batting average of .z4o. During the six games on the road they have scored sixteen runs and Iorty-three hits--nearly three runs a game and over seven hits game.
 Archie Persons is the headliner in thes swattfng department, leading the batting average with twelve hits in nine netgames-fitne of his hits were made m the last three Nashville games, when out of twelve times at bat he had five runs and nine hits. Clayton Perry is hitting lots better than he did last year. getting six hits fin the six games Moose Baxter also got six hits in the six games last week. Pope. Gremifl- ger Henline and Perry each have eight hits in the nine games. Perry and the times at bat. while Greminger has thirty-efght and Henline thirty-nine times at bat, pulling their averages down to fifth and sixth places, though Henline got five of his hits last week. Spike Shannon get four hits in his three games last week and is really second in the batting saverage-Eddfe Hassett leads in percentaget however as he got hit in .his only game and was only twice at bat.
 Greminger and Heniine lead in the long hitA Gremipger with "a three bagger and couple of two-baggers. while Henline has three two-ba ggers. Persons leads in base running, with Perry. and Pope tied for second and Ryan for third. shannon leads in sac rice hits. ..ve.s :.
 Ryan has clean slate in fielding with seventeen chances, though Baxter really leads with two errors out of IA chances. ten of them assists from first base. Pope is next with one error in forty three chances, Henline third with one error in twenty-four chances, Shan- non with two errors in thirty-five chances. Persons one error In twen- ty-two chances, Perry has eight errors in forty-four chances and Greminger four, errors in twenty-three. chances. Tom Messitt in sixteen chances has ac- cepted them all. though four of his putouts were in the part of the first Nashville game that he relieved Per- sons.
 Billy Cristal leads the pitching re- cord, having won both of his games. An average of six hits a game has been made off him. while he gave an average of three bases on balls and struck out an average of five men a game. Tn that spectacular fifteen in- ming game Forest Thomas had won derful control. giving three bases on balls and striking out five men.
 About five hits game has been made off Van Anda. while his control
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

The Atlanta Journal is the only news- paper that has given the Climbers jus tfce in Atlanta. That Pfenninger has given Ryan the hot end of it is shown by the following from The Atlanta Journal in commenting on Fridays game:
 Umpire Pfenninger gave a rare ex- hibition of generosity in the second in- ming after the game had been revamped and started over. that is scarcely ever seen on ball field Jim Fox was the recipient of this munificent gift, for he let Jeems have three strikes and stand at the plate and get double. Jim had hit a foul which was foul which was a strike and then two had been called on him in addition. Now, the tall boy is not a fellow to dispute with an umpire. and so when he turned and asked Pfenninger how many strikes he had made and the umps said two, he stood his ground and the next time got double that brought in Dyer and Jordan"
 In regard to Pfenninger's rank des cision Saturday there Is no arguments
 he simply took all the heart and fire out of the Climbers by his bald faced rankness. With one out and a man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
BLOWN THROUGH AIR
VALUABLE MORTGAGE IS EQUINE
 AT SCOTTSBORO. as&
It was. Evidently Blown By the Wtnd storm from Bonx to Se0tfs-
 borO, FOrty-Etght Miles Distant.

Scottsboro, April 26-(Special. )--Just after the terrible storm here late; Fri. day afternoon. the air was found to be full of flying leaves. bark. fodder and papers.
 One paper. a mortgage given in Blount County, by W. F. Russell tc J, H. Snead and recorded in March. 1904. by I. H. Davis. Judge of Probate was waited down and. picked up iu front of the freight depot. by Roy Kel- ley.
 ently 1t was blown from Boaz, a dis- tance of forty eight, miles on an air line. No serious damage was done in this immediate vicinity The wind was violent and the flood gates of Hea- ven opened and came down in tor rents.
 Quite a number of teachers have been coming in on the trains this week enroute to Dutton to attend the summer normal which is being con- ducted by Professor Cooper. who says that the attendance will he larger than at any preceding normal ever held in Jackson Countv.
 Dutton is an ideal place for the school and doubtless the teachers will enjoy the session as we'll as being benehted. .lis.<5
 The April term of commisslonerH' Court adjourned Thursday after a three days session. Warrants were issued to- the amount of S1.400 for va- rious accounts.
 Will Miller was given the contract 70 paint all the county bridges. about thirty nine in number. at Sa each, the county to furnish the paint. Graham Brothers. of Stevenson, were authorized to ay pipe line from HackYeEth's Spring to Stevenson. three srnifes distant. @
 The gScottsboro Ferry Company was granted a license to operate a ferry across the Tennessee River at Gar lands Ferry. A special order. was made levying a license of $1. 50 per month on two-horse wagons and $s per month oh three or four-horse wagons for hauling over the pike roads to Riddles Ferry on the Ten nesee River. said money to be ap- piled to the repairing of said pike road and J. A Hart was authorizd to collect same,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
SCHEDULE AS 1T Is
 LAID OUT FOR CLIMBERS
Nashville WHl Be First Visitors on |
 Home Grounds.

After these two games in Atlanta, the Climbers come home for eight games, Bernard's Nashville outfit open ing at Capitol Heights Wednesday and playing four games, closing their, T. gagement Saturday. That the Nash : Vile team is not only. very strong, but when they came from behind and beat the Climbers after the game looked like. rcinch for Montgomery. Ryan won couple. tied one in fifteen in- though the Climbers had to fight hard in every battle of the four. SO the se- ries on the home grounds should be pretty interesting. both teams having
 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week the Atlanta az gregation plays at Capitol Heights. and those four games will be as chock clouds have been with moisture for the past two or three days. Whether Pat Crow Pfenninger is detailed for the Atlanta games or not, the Climbers will w.n or lose these games on their mer- its. Home umpires do not do a team any good in the long run. and Jimmy Ryan don't want his games that way
 The Climbers take the road again af- ter the Atlanta seriNs, playing in Bir- mingham for the first time on May g. 9, II and 12 after which four games twice. at home and abroad Then the make their first invasion of the west playing fin New Orleans May 13. 14. Is and Saturday, the 18th.
 Then comes their first Sunda.' game added interest being felt from the fact that 1t is in Mobile on Sunday. May 1T, a big excursion from here being plan ned. Four games were scheduled .n Mobile, but the dates have been re- versed. and Mobile plays in Montgom- cry for the next three days-Mondav Tuesday and Wednesday. May IS. fs and 20.
 The Climbers then continue the west ern trip playing eight games-four in Memphis and four In Little Rock. Sunday game in Memphis. On May 29 they open at home New Orleans. Mem phis and Little Rock playing four games each here the Pelicars playing two on National Decoration Day-May 30-either morning and afternoon or a double header. and being Saturday. it is possihle that Ryan will choose the double bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
CALENDAR OF SPORTS
MondnY.

MOn0AY.
 Joe Bowker vs. Charley Grimm. twen- ty rounds for feath erweight champion ship. at London: e on.r,rS>o, harss esoay: sS:,., N Y., and Asheville N C.
 International amateur billiard cham pfonship tournament opens in New York.
 Connecticut League of Baseball Clubs Opening of three days trap target tournament in Burlington. Ia.
 Dave Deshler vs. Willie Moody, twelve rounds; yvstasoStG at Boston.
 Opening of annual Canadian horse show at Toronto.
 Abe Attell vs. Tommy Sullivan. ten rounds. at Los Angeles.
 The Excelsior handicap opens the spring race meeting at Jamaica.
 Thursday. Western Association opens its sea = Ohio and Pennsylvania League opens Opening of annual spring gold tour nament at Atlantic City
 Three I League opens it's season. Carolina Association of Baseball Clubs opens it's season. Johnny Summers vs. Kid" Sullivan, fifteen rounds 1s Fr,6a1 Baltimore
 New England League opens it's sea Missouri A c. Marathon race at St. Louis
 Chicago Purdue track meet at Lafay cite, Ind.
 fnterschnlastic track and field cham pionships at University of Missouri. Atlantic Association Of Baseball Clubs opens its season.
 Brown Williams track meet at Will liamstown, Mass.
 New England interscholastic cham pionship games at Harvard University. Georgetown-New York University boat race on the Potomac.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

card upon which was written verses From Shakespeare, the last line of which was to be supplied. When this was done each one read their rhymes And after much laughter a vote was taken and the prize. lovely copy or Shakespeare's poems, was presented to Mrs. Anthony, who received the great est number of votes. Printed programs were then passed to each guest One almost felt as if they were really at
 The Globe Theatre" when the band burst forth with lively strains of sweet music and the curtain rose amid shouts of applause.
 The scenes were all taken from shakespeare's. plays and the characters beautifully and gracefully represented by Mesdames Sydney A Powell and J. D. Pruett. The balcony scene" from Romeo and Juliet was so real. it would have done justice to experienced actors and actresses.
 Tn guessing the characters presented in the six acts. Mrs. Anthony and Mrs Owen tied for the prize, Mrs Anthony was given a bronze bust of Shakes peare. '.
 The guests were then invited to the spacious dining room. The table was beautifully adorned with red candles and carnations. the centrepiece being a cut glacc bowl of asparagus fern and red carnations. After a delicious salad course frozen punch was served. At each plate was a verse from Shakes peare fin a nut shell" and each guest read the contents of their nutshell, and the pound of flesh" lacking in Mrs. Cliff Cox's nutshell was supplied by Mrs, Taylor, the hostess. with pound of Huyier's.". ... 3 (
 After many expressions of delight ana good times by the club and visi- tors they departed voting Mrs. Taylor an ideal hostess and the entertainment one of the most beautiful ever given Tn Hurtsboro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
EUen Atlanta People Say
 Climbers Got the Hot End.

on third Atlanta tried the squeeze. Schopp hit one in front of the plate that Tom Messitt got and put Fox (who was coming in from third) out at the plate. Schopp was running to first, when. Messitt fired the ball to Baxter and completed the double retiring the side.
 Pfenninger afterwards claimed that the ball hit Schopp on the shin. Schopp would certainly have felt 1t if 1t had hit him and If he had thought the ball hit him he would most as- suredly not have sprinted down the line to first. That he did run would seem to prove that the Atlanta pitcher did not think that he was hit. for with even the -faintest grounds a ball player will try to get off with the bluff or being hit by the ball. Speaking of the play The Atlanta Journal of yesterday says:
 The decision that caused the trouble was very close one and the spectators were about evenly divided as to whether the lamps of Pfenninger had served him right. As he was in the best position to judge and was there for that purpose 1t is reasonable to suppose that he was correct"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
WANTS NEW COUNTY.
People of UnIOntOwn Hold Mass Meet
 ing.
JTa{onfoWn AfrfI 2

Uniontown. April 26-(Speeia)- Although the weather was very in element. Friday night a number of representative citizens assembled in the city hall.
 The meeting was called to order by George Pegram of Faunsdale, a mem- Der of the campaign committee for the adoption of the constitutional amend ment to the state constitution. for the creation of new counties He urged the great necessity for a new county for the section of country from De- mopolis to Browns Station and the necessity of active work to assist in carrying the amendment.
 Mayor W. J. Walden was called to the chair and Will w. Gregg. elected secretary The meeting was en- thusiastic for a new county and club was organized to be known as the Uniontown New County Club. Every one present with one exception joined the Club and a good amount was sub scribed for a campaign fund
 The chairman was authorized to ap- point a campaign committee
 The proposed county would have no superior. as an agricultural county, in the state in wealth and intelligence
 At the meeting of the City Council Monday night the dispenser made his annual report for fiscal year ending April first It showed sales of the dispensary for the year to be S49.- 94535 and the net profits $15.395. 9O A. E. Ernst was elected City Clerk.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
PURE ATHLETICS AUBURN's FIRM STAND FOR UN- QUESTIONED PURITY. Professor Braggs Says Policy of Avoid ing Even The Appearance of EvIl Will Be Followed to
 The End.

Mir Thomas Bragg, of Auburn, As sistant Professor of Chemistry in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. was in Montgomery yesterday short time en route to Auburn and thence to Colum- bus, Ga. where he will go in the in terest of the baseball game to be played between Mercer University and Auburn.
 MT. Bragg reports that the efforts of the athletic authorities at Auburn as we'll as the faculty is to place all athletics of that institution on an absolute plane of purity. Perhaps no other man has done more for the purg ing of athletics in Southern colleges than MT. Bragg.
 We are adhertng strictly to the rules that have been set down by the Southern Inter- Collegiate Athletic As sociation.P said MT. Bragg yesterday. We are. obeying both the spirit and letter of the law. We believe we will win in the long run by such a policy. The man who participates in an inter collegiate game, whether 1t be base ball, football of basketball, must meas ure up the standard of scholarship set by the faculty for any other student in the college.
 For instance we have at Auburn this year a man whose ability as a baseball player is not eQualled. in my mind, Dy SlnS1e player on the team this year His record as an athlete is commonly recognized by his fellows as one of signal ability. And his class average is good. He is not allowed to play because last summer he played in a game of baseball in a town neighbor- ing that of his home. He could not play in his home town because there was no team there last summer.
 But our idea Is to hew closely to the line We do not wish to put ourselves in the position where even circum- stances might indicate that a man has received for compensation for athletics We don't propose to even burden our sister colleges with the necessity of producing proof. All appearances of professionalism will be avoided. This man I speak of was unwilling himself to sign. aneligibility blank. knowing that he had violated the letter of the law, but not the spirit
 MT. Bragg did not comment on the football prospects of Auburn this year. except to say that enthusiasm in ad- vance was higher than now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
SUBP0ENAED
PENSACOLA INJUNCTION CASE TO
 BE HEARD.
The Strikers Are Fighting The In3unc- ton And VIII EndeavOr To Have It Dissolved-Ofher Pen-
 sncola News.

Pensacola, Fla. April 2s.-(speciall Eight persons have been subpoenaeo to appear in the United States Court tomorrow morning. to testify in the case of the Pensacola Electric Com pany, which is applying for a perma : nent injunction, restraining the strik- ing motormen and conductors from us- ing violence or in any way intimidat- ing the present employees of the conn pany in the operation of its cars.
 Not only have prominent citizens been summoned, but every, member of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway. Employes. The latter are fighting the injunction and through their attorneys will en- deavor to have it dissolved, and not be made permanent. They will en- deavor to show the court that the members of the union are in no way responsible for the disorder and vfo- Ience of the past two weeks, and that they are continuing in peaceable and orderly manner the strike. Both the Pensacola Electric Company, and the strikers have retained additional at torneys, in addition to those. already employed to fight the case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
N~rroea Fear Violence.

Information reached here this morn ing from MiIlville. where two negroes were lynched Friday night. to the eff feet that the negroes at the saw mill town have become frightened and are leaving that section in large numbers, fearing violence at the hands of the white population.
 The lynching of the two negroes caused friends of the latter to make incendiary remarks, which were over heard by white residents. and the lat ter fearing an uprising armed them selves. The negroes then took fright and during Saturday night and Sun day large numbers of them left. Mill vile is a town of about 800 inhabi- tants, most of whom are employed in the mills of the German American Lumber Company. and it Is anticipated that this mill will be seriously incon- venienced by the negroes leaving, as two-thirds of the labor is produced by the negroes. the white men being enl- ployed as bosses and workers about the plant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
HURTsBoRo LITERARY CLUB.
An Interesting Program Is Carried Out by Members.

.sHurtsboro, April -(SpeciaD-Mrs. Arthur J. Taylor's entertainment or the Literary Club on Thursday after- noon will be remembered as one of the seasons most delightful entertainments
 The attractive home was beautifully decorated with fresh spring flowers A color scheme of green and red adorn- ed the parlor. It being the anniversary of shakespeare's birth, the guests were entertained by An Evening With Shakespeare" In answer to the roll call each member responded to thefT names with a quotation from Shakes peare.
 After this each guest was given a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
| W. wooda Arrested.

Huntsville April 26.-tSpecial.)-J. NJ Woods. solicitor employed by the Huntsville District office of the Metro politan Life Insurance Company. who was arrested at opelika. was brought back h ere to face a charge of embez- zling the funds of the agency. A war rant for his arrest was sworn out by J. W. Stewart the local agent of the company. Woods is 2S years old and has been in the employ of the Metro politan sixteen years. He has wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
MEETINGS IN BIRMINGHAM. Many Delegates to Assemble There mi
 

Birmingham. April 2e.-(Spec:al)- The coming week will be strenuous one in Birmingham.
 The city will entertain the State Sunday School Convention with be- tween 1.500 and 2.0O0 delegates. The department of Alabama, Grand Army of the Republic. will meet here Tues day. half dozen posts to be repre- sented. and a number of members from other States to come here.
 The Davidson faction of the Republi- can party in Alabama will gather here on Wednesday with $50 delegates and 150 onlookers at least
 The surgeons of the Southern Railway Alabama Great Southern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads, with 150 delegates will be here three days.