The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24

were shipped to Crowley for pastur-
age, the grass in the neighborhood
of High Island having been exhausted
by the early drouth. Many more are
to follow
Tom Boutwell,, of Bogalusa, is held
under arrest for the murder of Ben
Sewers, whose body was found in the
woods near Pearl river Wednes-
day.
Thirty thousand pounds of wool viii
be sold in Covington next Wednes-
day, at the annual wool sale of ST.
Tammany farmers.
Henry Brady, ON trial for the kill
ing of Deputy Sheriff J. w. Lacaze,
near Alexandria, January "a, was
found guilty without capital punish
ment in the district court at Alexan-
dria.
+ A chemical test of all milk sold in
Baton Rouge, for the purpose of in
surfing pure milk will be made hence
forth by arrangement between City
Health Officer Duchein and DIR. Paul
SEN, of the State Experiment Station
There are number of typhoid cases
in town.
Ben Kinchen, under Indictment for
four murders, secured bail Of $4,000
and is now asking the court at Amite
to fix bail in the charge of numbering
Joe Everett at Zion churchyard. Mr..
Kinchen claims confinement will in
jure his health Though FABIAN Bow
of Plauquemine seems to have set
the pace for the save my health plea.
Fire wrote finis to the story of the
residence Of Mr.. Finds Brown of Kelly
near Columbia, before Mr.. FINS knew
there was fire.
Two teams, one of fat and one of
lean men, will play ball in Covington
Sunday for the benefit of the Fire
Association. To preserve artistic sym
metry when the fats are at the bat
an Indoor baseball should be used;
for the lean men, a quinine pill.
The courts are to have chance
Saturday afternoon to approve or dis
approve the action of the Baptist
Orphanage Board at Lake Charles In
generating Superintendent j. F.
Trice and Matron E1vira Youngblood
of blame for the brutal whipping of
little Monroe Kelly. Judging by the
explanations of the president of the
board, they should be held blame
less because this is the first time
they have been caught dead TO
rights and business men do not
discharge for the first offense." II
these two persons had stolen funds
of the institution, what would the
board have to say of first offense
plea?
Showers fell in Baton Rouge Friday
cooling off the istrifling atmos-
phere. AS the governor was there,
we trust it cooled him off as much
as influences not military" have
heated an issue that is up to him.
If the New York police are telling
the truth about the discovery of let
ters written by Elsie Sigel to her
| Chinese converts in which she bib
orally bestowed endearing names
on. and expressed amorous sentiment
| to. her Celestial friends, it must be
assumed that the murdered girl was
not the coy, little missionary mald
she purported to be-
Americans in Paris, according to
| newspaped cables. are excited over Tn
coming sale of the Hope diamond, val
/ ued at SIPS, 000 Probably, however,
there are two or three yankees in
Paris who wont suffer heart palpita-
tion over the sale of the big stone.
and there may be a. few people on
this side who won't care to bid on
lit.
A New York banker says he met E,
H. Hartman i'm Paris and that the
Z.
rail monarch looked i'll. He must De
sick. He HASN'T annexed a railroad
| in at least two weeks.
Epp Brightwell, colored, grew hilar-
ious at Ponchatoula Saturday ndgh'
and stated that he had most Of the
white people and all the negroes
Ibluffed. He then tried to embrace
The wife of HENRY Gulledge, colored
and Henry, not being sufficiently