The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-01

yellow fever war days when the re-
spective health officers of the two
States were challenging each other
to battle with meat axes. 1t is sim
ply ON shipments of cattle, however,
that the quarantine is elective, Cam
eron and Calcasieu having developed
considerable Charlton, which is more
or less general throughout the State.
e. A. Letard, OF Amite, sued the
Illinois Central for not delivering
some freight withim the time prescri-
bed by law. This is the first case of
the kind. Judge Ellis has it under
advisement. Would it not be well to
have law requiring courts to deliver
decisions within a certain time or be
sued in the next parish?
The citizens of Rankin county want
Will Mack publicly hanged. Having
been. deprived of the pleasure of doing
the job themselves, they intend to
supervise it and see that all details
are accurately executed-also Mack
Biloxi defeated commissioner gov
eminent 299 to 119.
w. A. McNair went on Albert
| Johnson's bond at Prentiss. Albert
did not show up at court, SO w. A.
went after him with a shot gun
and put some lead into his foot,
after which he delivered him.
There is a movement on foot to
educate the juvenile convicts of Mis-
sissippi, but some narrow-minded
persons object to running a school for
negroes. They might compromise in
diligently by teaching the whites
whatever they can absorb of book
learning and the blacks the more pra
teal acquisitions of the proper handl
ing ia plow, hoe and a harrow.
Bishop Hampton, colored, who was
driven out of GreenviIle for asking
white telephone girls to address his
daughter as Miss" has written a
letter i'm which he declares he in
tended to leave anyhow. The people
did not appreciate the bishops accom-
modating disposition
If jury's acquittal stands for any
thing in this case, Broughton Bran
denburg, the magazine writer, told
the truth when he declared that for
mer President Cleveland, and not he
wrote the New York Times article
that scored Colonel Bryan's alleged
leadership of the Democratic party
article may never be definitely known
The article doubtless expressed his
opinion anyway.
The new woman" first made her
appearance in America. But, COM
pared with the brand of New Wo-
men" that stormes the English houses
Of parliament, it must be admitted
that the United States female is a
pretty weak sister.
A tea tax In America will always
be hodoo for the man who ATTEMPTS
it's enactment. Ben Tillman's battle
for South Cardinals infant tea i'm
dustry was smashed into forty-three
pieces Tuesday.
President Reyes OF Columbia told
European correspondents he is COM
ing back to South America to con-
tinne his rule. He might better con-
trive a combination with Clip Castro,
so that the pair could do a brother
act in travelling circus.
gurated a wild anti-saloon fight in
New Mexico by riding horses into the
gin mills and shooting up the liquid
emporiums. It's a good bet that
Carrie Nation is out in that vicinity.
Chill and Peru are squaring away
for another bout. It's up to Washing
ton to get on the job with betty
slipper in South America.
Hear echoes of a believing 'rah,
rahs" this afternoon? No, 'twasn't
Gabriel exercising his trumpet. Just
the President of the Quilted States
back with the bunch at dear old
Yale.
Beloit, Wis, is going to hire a
force of women police to keep the
town girls from going I'M bathing in a
shockingly nude condition.
There used to be bounties on bear
skins in Wisconsin.
Wilbur Wright says a flying ma
chine is like horse. Mr.. Wright
ought to know, but as a sure thing in
the travel line, the average layman