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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Louisiana Raising Corn.

Col SCHUYLER, Louisiana Commission
er of Agriculture reports that for
the first time i'm the history at the Pc
lican State that it would have corn
to sell-have four or five million
bushels for export. He wisely advised
the farmers to raise hogs to feed to
and in that way dispose of it. 1t is
stated that Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, while one of the most extern
sive corn growers OF Iowa has never
sold a bushel, but has always fed to
live stock. which was an easier meth
Cd of marketing than hauling to the
rail road. Besides that saving, he
had the manure to fertiHze his land.
Large corn crops, with peas sowed
when laid by, and peas on all other
available land, together with three
times as much dairying will be the
salvation of this country, for live
stock. dairy products and poultry can
be raised I'm this favored section as
cheap or cheaper, than any the writer
knows OF. Il is work than can be
done with less outlay for labor than
raising cotton and tha cost OF labor
Is the expense that now ruins the
sarmer, and win not be any better
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Justice Court.

In justice court Tuesday Ernest Nc
Nair for disturbing family on six
teenth section place near Stump
Bridge road was fined $500 and
costs amounting in all to about $50
ard 30 days on the county farm.
Ed Scott, disturbing family SIS and
costs.
Burk Scott, same offense $500 and
costs.
Jake Therman, same offense So and
costs.
Ollie Scott, same offense SIS and
costs.
Ed Scott, assault $3.50 and costs.
One more of the SCOTS is an jail
and will be tried Saturday on the
charge of carrying concealed weapons
The above are all negroes, and the
SCOTS have often come to town on
Saturday and after tanking up on
blind tiger whiskey, or possibly CO
caine, make a great deal of drunken
noise freely intersperSed with pro-
family on their way home, greatly
disturbing the families who live along
that road.
1t is surprising that their hides
have not long ago been filled with
shot 81
Miss Nam Mayors left Saturday for
New Orleans for a few weeks visit
to relatives.
Mrs. w. C. Palmer and children Wis
ted at Clarksdale last Saturday.
Pat Henry, of Monticello, Ark,
is here RsAia visit to relatives.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
WHAT HE WOULD BID.

Fake" auction sales are great
industry in New York City, and
genuine antiques, manufactured over
in New Jersey, sometimes brings
hands some prices A man who
knows paused at one of these places
the other afternoon, and instantly
the aIlctioneer spotted him.
''Now this exquisite, genuine old
mahogany dresser, ladies and gentle
men, he shouted; do you mean to-
say that / hear only $46.50 bid for
this-why, it is enough to bring tears
to my eyes. Come now, $46.50 only is
bid-a dealer is going to get this
magnificent antique, if you don't
watch out. Won't you bid sir?'' he
suddenly demanded, turning to the
man who is wise; come now sir,
don't let an opportunity like this slip
wont you bid?"
'.Well, yes, I'll bid YOU" the man
replied, smiling pleasantly.
And you'll be lucky If you get
it, SIR the auctioneer assured him.
81 have $4650 offered-what do you
bid, sir?''
why, / bid you good afternoon, =
the man said, and resumed his walk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
RIDDLES.

These riddles will delight the
younger readers of this columns who
are continually writing for something
Of this kind they are given in an ex-
change.
What are the lightest hats made of?
OF material that is not felt.
What case is the easiest to get
up-even for lawyers? The staircase.
Why can a drunken man never
drown? Because his head will be
sure to swim.
When has a man his double? When
he is beside himself
When has man no room for his
dinner? When he is filled with emo
tion
What pupil is most to be pited?
The pupil of the eye-because 1t
is always under the lash.
What is the difference between a
hen and a ship? The hen always lays
am egg and the ship lays to-
Why should it be better to be burn
ed than to be guillotined? Because
a hot steak is better than cold chop
What is that which a selfish man
never fails or objects to pay? Atten-
ton to his own comfort
Why is a lost article like fog? Be
cause it's mist.
Why does the hanging of a picture
depend on its execution? Because if
1T were not executed it could not be
hung.
What is it has a tail like a cat
and has the same language? A kitten.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
MAKES AWARD FOR THE BEST
WRiTE-UP.

The local committee appointed to
make the awards for the best cdr
torial write-up Of Vicksburg have
concluded their labors, and have sub
mitted this report:
Gentlemen-We have passed upon
the numerous articles written by the
members Of the Press Association
who attended the annual meeting
held in this city May IS, 10, and 20.
While the press was generous in
their write-up of our city and every
article submitted was meritorious
and reflects great credit ON the au-
thors, after carefully considering the
making OF the awards, we have unt
animously reached the following con-
clusion:
Prize number one, for the first. ar
ticle. Mr.. W. S. May, Brandon News,
$500.
Prize number two, Col R. H Henry
Clarion-Bedger, $500.
Prize number three Hon. A. G.
Anderson, Southern Sentinel, $1,000.
Respectfully submitted.
REV. FELIX R. HILL, JR.,
REV. J. S. HILLHOUSE,
G. L. LONGLEY,
Committee.
-Vicksburg Herald, June 18th, 1909.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Northumberland FEUD.

On April 9th Dr. A. M. Newman
killed Cornelius Pritchard on the
streets at Meadville, Franklin county,
and upon trial some week afterwards
was acquitted. Other relatives
were engaged in the affair and
the already great hatred between the
two factions was made more bitter
by the difficulty during which Cornell
ius Pritchard was slain. All who
knew the intense bitterness felt that
it would not be long before more
killing would occur. Monday after
'RQon it came with the result that
Dr. Newman and Silas Reynolds of
the Pritchard clan, were killed, and
Lomax Newman, sons to DR.. Newman
and Hart Applewhite were dangerous
ly wounded. Two other parties were
also slightly hurt Governor Noel
rushed troops to the scene. The kill
ing may, or may not, be over, for
those who live by thee sword die by
the sword and some of both factions
are not yet dead.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17

Public sentiment among those who
read his exhaustive and excellent ar
ticle, will generally approve the award
of the first prize to Mr.. Wayne S.
May, of the Brandon News, while the
assignment of the second and third
prizes respectively to Messrs. r.
H. Henry, of the Clarion-Ledger, and
A. c. Anderson, of the Southern Sen
tinel Ripley, was made with equal
discernment and justice. Mr.. Mays
article was largely statistical, and
showed, in most striking manner,
the growth, Improvement, business
strength and material Importance of
Vicksburg, as we'll as its points of
historical interest, and the long re-
cord of stirring events that have
combined to make it the most notable
city in the state, and even one of the
foremost in this respect in the whole
south. 1t must be confessed with a
pardonable pride in Vicksburg's past
and present, that its historians had in
hand a subject which could not fail
to inspire their pens, and well did
they improve the opportunity. Vicks
burg American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
A California Garden.

San Francisco Chronicle.
H. E. Huntington, who is building
country mansion ON the old Shorb
Rancho, eleven miles northwest of
Los Angeles, is ransacking the
earth for rare trees and shrubs
to grace his beautiful grounds of
46S acres. Already the landscape ad-
mirably balances with hill and dale,
plain, plateau; and deep canyons ON
the edge of the San Gabriel Valley,
containing the largest collections of
old oaks i'm the South, and to these
the trolly magnate has added $685.
900 worth of plants from many lands,
while expanding $4,000 on the
grounds, upon which forty gardeners
have been at work for two years.
Every week shipments OF trees and
shrubs from Asia, Africa and South
America arrive. Huntington has
just bought $4,000 worth of trees in
China and Japan. Including in these
are five, palms, which cost 5000 to
$3.50 each. Fearns from Australia and
New leland are also coming to be
added to an already great collec-
ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Canoe Fight Ends in Death of Both.

Clarksdale, Tenn, June 8.-A life
and-death struggle between Eugene
Martin and Thomas Young is be-
lieved to have taken place Sunday
i'll a small canoe on the Cumberland
River, which resulted in the loss of
both lives. Their bodies were re-
covered today. Martins skull was
crushed. and there were marks
across the face as he had been
struck by a car. Young appeared
to have several bruises, but owing
to the condition of his body the ex-
tent of his injuries could not be as
certained. The men were said to
have been fishing when the trot line
became entangled in Young's
clothes, causing the boat to capsize.
The men had been at outs. The only
eye witness was a half brother of
Young, who claims he did not notice
the men until the boat had upset
The fight was over by this time
and the men were making heroic eff
forts to save their lives.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
An Idiot Boys Memory.
Pail Mall Gazette.

Pail Mall Gazette.
At the last meeting of the Vienna
Psychological and Neurological So
clety a 10-year old idiot boy was
present who knew the calendar from
1000 to 1000 in every detail. With
out a moments hesitation he would
tell the day of week of any date
mentioned, also the name, day and
the date CT the movable feasts of
the year. He answered Immediately
and accurately such questions as:
What day was June IA, 1902" ''The
name day." "How long is the Carni-
val in 1922" when is Easter, 1922
"WheR is Ascension Day, 1922" His
answers were given without hesita-
ton and were invariably correct.
curiously enough, his range of mem
DRY was bounded sharply by the
years 1000 and 1000 A. D., Before the
first-named year or after the LAST
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Special Term of Circuit Court.

Next Monday a special term of the
Circuit court will convene for the pur-
pose of trying Will Mack the yellow
negro who last November raped a
Young white girl near Pelahatchie, and
whose capture was made In Senate
bia last month and who is now con-
fined, under the orders of Gov. Noel,
in some place for safe keeping. The
News has taken great pains to as
certain the feeling of the citizens OF
Rankin and feels safe in making
the assertion that there will be no
mob violence in Brandon when Mack
is brought here to answer the charge
against him. The laws of Mississippi
provide the death penalty for those
gr ,.ty of rape, and i'm this particular
case there win be no lack of evidence
to convict that fiend, and his neck
will be broken by the law. The
News has no words of censure for
Nose who mete out justice to such
bSests when they capture them and
theN guilt is proven; but now as
MaclAis i'm the hands of the law, and
1T, is Never right for mob to 90
what WI be certainly done legally
it feels sSlGe that the law will be al.
lowed to ts&e its course.
The relatiARs of the victim, father
grand father nd others, are satisfied
to let the lazy hang him. as they
know that he WIN hang. There VIII
be- no one permitAed in the court
room during the TRAN except Inc on
ficers Cd the court, sRd onIy unpse
Others actually necessaf Tor the tiaai
of the case
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
The Danger of Ptomaines.

Lesslie's Weekly.
A prominent physician, connected
with one of the hospitals in New
York city, made the startling state
ment recently that $500 cases of in
fanti1e paralysis were treated in the
public hospitals of New York every
year, and that the malady was caused
by eating foods in which the process
of decay had begun, but was not mo-
ticeable. DR.. Frauenthal makes this
statement, and he has the courage to
add that the charges of men like DR..
Wiley have scared parents concerning
the use of harmless personalities As
a result, food which has begun to de-
cay from lack of harmless preserva-
tives is fed to young children, whose
condition cannot resist THE bacteria
it generates. For instance" says
DR.. Frauenthal, canned goods lack
ing preseryative can not safely be
given to children after the can has
been open a day, for by that time
decay has set in. The child can much
more easily assimilate personalities
used in canned goods than it can
toxic pOisons" Among the harmless
food preservatives DR.. Frauenthal in
cludes benEoate of soda and small
amounts of salycylic and boric acids.
This confirms what many other
authorities have said regarding the
spread of ptomaine poisoning from
the eating of canned goods since the
rigid restrictions of DR.. Wiley have
forbidden the use of infinitesmal
amounts of such preservatiUes as
benzoate of soda. Physicians concede
that the use of these preservatives is
far less harmful than the more gene
rous use of salt, vinegar and spices.
AS the people come to- comprehend
the real facts of the case, they will
have less respect of theorists with
fads, like DR.. Wiley. ss ]
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17

troduced an amendment last Saturday
to put bagging On the free list. Sem
ator Aldrich asked that it be passed
over until a future day in the session,
which was done Today Senator Nc
Laurin had another talk with Senator
Aldrich ON the subject, and Senator
Aldrich practically promised him to
let bagging go on the free list. When
the amendment offered by Senator
McLaurin is considered it will in all
probability be adopted.
Washington special.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
MISS MATTE EVERETT.

Early last week Miss Effie Everett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mansel Ev-
erett, of Daniel, was brought to the
Brandon Sanitarium to be operated
upon. Thursday afternoon the opera
ton took place and she died next
day in spite of all that skilled SUR
gerry and trained assistants could do
to save her. She was Is years old
and was member of Cato Baptist
church. She was beloved by all who
knew her and her parents and other
relatives have the sympathy of all in
the loss of this estimable young wom-
an Her remains were inferred at
Daniel Saturday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Social Note from Kansas.

There will be marriage in Atch.
ison for which there is no possible
excuse. The man is no longer young,
he is shiftless, ugly and orlery and
yet g nice, respectable girl is about
to marry him. If she is doing it out
OF pity she should have some of that
feeling for her father, who will have
the worthless fellow to keep. Girls
nave little pity f6f their faE6ers, by
the way-Atchison Globe
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
HOW YOUNGER SAVED LIFE OF
ELklNS.

Senator "Steve" Elkins, of West
Virginia, as an insurgent, has led to
the exposition of many interesting
Ell0ns story about the Capitol. Every
body is so surprised by his revolt that
he has suddenly become a favorite
topic for all the gossips, and possibly
nothing more interesting is told than
his relations with Cole Younger, the
bank and train robber, now out on
parole from the Minnesota penitenti-
airy at Saltwater, where he was sent
for the noted Mortified bank ROBBERY
1t appears that Senator Elkins and
Cole Younger were boys of the same
neighborhood down in old Missouri
before the war, and after that scrap
broke out, Elkins Joined the army of
the Union side while Younger became
a member of Quartrens band of que
rillas. One night young Elkins, while
making a call some distance away
from his camp, was captured by Guam
trell.
This was no joke for Elkins, for
Quantren did not make it a practice
to keep his prisoners very long, and
neither did he make it a practice to
let them get away.
1.-THE coat for me-" said one Of the
band.
''The hats mine" remarked anoth-
Il must have his BOOTS" put in a
third.
81 need his pants" shouted rag
ged rascal in the rear
But Quantrell interfered.
"Shut up, all of you," he said.
Don't you see there is no tree here
to hang him on? Put him on his
horse and bring him along just as he
is till we find good place to dispose
of him little farther away from this
yankee camp"
So they placed Steve on his horse
and rode away. Presently Cole Youn-
ger who was minor officer in the
Quantrell band, ranged his horse
alongside the captive and gave him
a quiet curse for letting himself be
caught.
81 know, l know" replied Elkins.
"But I'm here and you have got to
get me out of this
Il will if | can," replied Younger.
''but is rs DANCED risky business and
/ am liable to lose my own neck if
| am caught at it. But | know this
country here and a couple of miles
ahead we get into a piece of woods,
and that is probably where they are
going to hang you. But just as
we enter the woods there is rath
off to the right, and when we get OPP
posite it | will say it is - dark.
When / say that you wheel to- the
right and ride like - Your horse
probably will find the path all right,
but at any rate it is your only chance.
This arrangements was carried out
When Younger said it was - dark
it was just about that dark, and a
after Elkins had spurred
away to the right he was lost to
sight. The band sent a volley after
him and then chased him for time,
but presently Quantrell called off the
pursuit, saying they We're on an i'm
portant march and he was not go
ing to spend any more time after one
yank.s This incident doubtless re-
veals the reason for the constant
friendship between Ell1ins and Youn-
ger through all the years, and pos
sibly may have something to do with
Younger's success in getting a parole
from the Minnesota prison.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Camera Points Out Fanlts-

Before the Royal Photographic So
ciety of England lecturer said re-
Gently: "One of the reasons why
Americans excel in certain branches
of athletics is that athletic clubs in
the United States use the focalplane
photograph and the cinematograph to
record every incident of their prac-
tees. Afterward faults are corrected
by careful study of what the camera
shows"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Yankee Picnic.

On July Ord there will be a basket
picnic at the Cook plantation, one and
a half miles East of Brandon, and ev-
cry resident of this county who came
from the North is cordially invited to
participate in the festivities on that
day. 1t will be in the grove near
the residence of Mr.. G. W. Holmes
and while the plantation is now
known as Cooks, it will be remember
ed by many as the Ben Thompson
place and by old citizens as the Col
VIM. H. Bate old home.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17

At a dinner party two or three men
got into a somewhat tiresome talk
about the antiquity of their families.
Disraei turned to a friend and said:
Think of these fellows talking about
the antiquity of their families to me
to me, whose ancestor was the accept
ed lover of the queen of Sheba."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
First Use Of War Balloon.

At the battle of Fleuris, June 26,
1894, in the French revolutionary
period, the balloon was for the first
time used in the service of the army.
The Austrians, stupefied, saw the cap
tive airship Entreprenant above their
heads at height of 300 meters. This
apparition greatly angered the Aus
TRAN, Gen. Cobourg, who cried out:
rs there anything these scoundrels
will not invent?'
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Daylight and Twilight.

A sad nature sheds forth twilight A
merry and mirthful nature brings day
light A suspicious nature insensibly
imparts its chill to every generous
soul within its reach. A bold and
frank nature overcomes meanness in
men, F,irmness makes them fine.
Taste directs, stimulates and develops
taste.=Henry Ward Beecher.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Next Best.

A certain young minister i'm Phil
adelphia. recently ordained, is still
very nervous, and sometimes his re-
marks do not convey exactly the
meaning he intended. A few Sum
days ago he arose, fumbled with the
papers ON his desk. blushed and then
said
MY friends, / am sorry to say
that have lost the notes for my
sermon, and I therefore cannot de-
liver it. / viii have to do the next
best thing, therefore, and read a few
chapters from the Bible. =
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
TeId by the Eees. res.

Men who succeed la cc..-nerce
have alert faces, but 70 particular
features. Clergymen who go up the
ladoer Of preferrnent haze faces that
tell CT MISREPRESENTATION lips, eyes
which look straight ahead. Artists, on
the other lind, have eyes which are
all ever to place and small, well
for1 p, esins. Politicians who succeed
by ta1;r influence over men have al
ways prominent noses.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17

Many eclipses are noticed in the
records of all ages. Astronomers can
determine accurately when eclipses
must have occurred and the eclipse
records are proving valuable to his.
torical students as means Of deter.
mining the dates of important events.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17

According to Lombroso, of 1000
Jews born 217 die before the age of
seven years, while 435 Christians.
more than twice as many, are likely
to die within the same period. In
London, according to the testimony OF
DR.. Behrent, consumption is less fire.
quent among the Jews in the most
squalfd dens of Whitechapel than
among the Christians.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
RANDY INK EranIcator-

When a blot occurs and the ink
eraser is not at hand use a bit of the
emery board which comes for mani
curing the nails. 1t is quick and eff
ficacious, but care must be taken to
work gently so as not to make hole
in the paper.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
Favored with Tomato catsup.

The waters of - Narragansett bay
we're we'll seasoned with tomato cat
sup the other day when $50 cases
containing 1900 bottles were dumped
into the sea because the manufacture
ers had not labeled the bottles in ac-
Gordance with the pure food law.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17

Turpentine, in India, is derived
from the CHR, or long-leaf pine, which
very much resembles the American
long-leaf pine, from which the main
supply of turpentine of the world is
derived and which is rapidly disap-
pearing. This tree occurs in differ
ent parts of the Himalayas, at eleva-
ricns of from $500 feet to 1000 feet
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
LOST or STOLEN.

One large sized bay mare about s
years old, and about feet high-col-
lar rubbed on left fore shoulder near
the neck Small sore about the mid
die of the back Taken from pasture
Sunday night, June 9Th, 1909.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Langford, Mississippi.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
The McLaurin Side.

DR.. d. McCallum, of Simpson cour
ty, was among the prominent visitor
to the city yesterday, being ON hi
way home from the reunion DR.. Nc
Callum is ON the shady, side of Ef
but still takes a very lively interes
in matters political, and expects to
see old Simpson come ON the Nc
Laurin side in the next contest
Clarion-Ledger.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
IN the Nature of a Sur.

Sir Hubert Won Herkomer says he
once saw the reproduction of picture
called 1.-THE Coming Storm" adveF-
tised for sale in a shop window and
under the title there were the words
in large type: Suitable for wedding
present.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-17
VlcKsBURG WRiTE-uP.

During the recent Press Association
annual meeting in Vicksburg the
Board of Trade of that city offered
$50 in prizes to be divided among
the Editors who were in attendance
at that meeting for the best write-up s
of that city-historic and commercial
Vicksburg-a below is the decision
of the committee making the awards: