The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-28

: clety Tor some time, is referred. 70 by neI
enemies as the "girl' who saw Halley's
comet when it was here before
John L. Farmer returned last week
from a prospecting trip through south
west Texas. He has now decided TO
engage in the hotel business at Beeville,
and is making arrangements to move
his family there about May IS. Mr.. Far
mer and T. B. Smythe spent a short time
in Brownsville Texas, where they said
they were royalty entertained by w. Percy
Lowry, who is engaged in the real estate
business.
The Forest school will close Tuesday,
MAY z. There are no graduates this
session and no commencement exercises
will be held. Prof. Huff will arrange
to take the high grade pupils out for an
cutting and picnic on Wednesday, May 4.
If the women knew how funny this new
way of upholstering their hair makes
nine-tenths of them look the smell of burn
ing sorrel colored hair during the next
three or four days would smother the in
habitants of the town to death.
The long delayed railway mail service
on A. and V. trains Nos. and A. leav
ing Forest at Io:4I a. IN and :49 p. m,
was inaugurated last Sunday. The trains
are equipped with new postal cars and mail
clerks which will discontinue the lock-
pouch system heretofore existing.
County attorney Frank F. Mize, requests
| all justices of peace of the county to
meet him at the court house on the first
Monday in May to arrange schedule
of certain days for holding criminal
courts. Be sure and be on hand, as this
procedure is very important.
The second chancery court district,
under All act approved March rs, is COM
posed of the counties of Lauderdale, New
ton, Scott Rankin, Smith, Jasper, Jones',
Clark. The term of the chancery court
of Scott county by this act was fixed as
follows: "In the county of Scott on the
third Monday in March and September,
| twelve days."
A new postal card has been issued by
the department and will be on sale at
the Forest postofice as soon as the present
supply is exhausted. The new card which
is the same size as the old one, is
pure white with the picture of Mckinley
and the words, "This side for address
only printed in blue ink. The new de-
| sign is very neat and pretty.
Prof Brady Haddon of Scott county,
who has been teaching the school at Cam
den, Rankin county, resigned last week
and left for Columbus, S. c., where he has
been appointed lecturer and instructor,
| with a high salary, for the county agri-
cultural schools of South Carolina Brady
is son of c. B1Haddon of HafperVille,,
and the Register knows Of no young man
better suited for the wcfk, and his friends
III Scott will be glad to learn of; His Sue
| cess.
The negro population around Gueydan,
La, is somewhatsworkedsup over the cUnn-s
ing of the comet They are holding .prayer
meetings every night and much ureasiness
is felt among them A negro minister
tells them that big basket. will descend
May IS and take all the good negroes
here to burn with the world.
Every citizen cf Forest should clean up
his premises both in the business and resi-.
dent district, and keep them in sani-
tary condition. The summer season is at
hand, with its usual supply of flies, ETC.,
and in order to protect the health of the
town we should all use every effort to eli
inmate germ-producing and transporting
agencies to minimum. If the sanitary
i condition in any part of the town is in any
way disagreeable or considered unhealth-
ful, it should be reported to the town
board, whose duty it is to give attention
to such matters.
A negro, while driving through Tally
bogue swamp last Friday, saw fox
cross the road and go into a hollow log
few rods away. When he reached
Forest he told Attorney w. c. Eastling,
who is an enthusiastic fox hunter Woods
got horse and buggy and returned with
The negro. He didn't find Old Lady
Fox at home, but he chopped open the hol-
!, low log and brought back three beauti-
full grey, frisky wide-a-wake and cunning
puppies with hair as soft as silk. They
VIII NC luIliCQ lOOSC III lllC WOOQS WHICH
they get little older, and add sport for
the fox hunters next winter.
A negro named Yves Brooks was cap
tured last Saturday in Forest by Mr.. Fred
Nichols. Brooks came along the railroad,
secured job of loading lumber onto the
cars at the east switch and hadn't been
working long before he was recognized
by negro teamster, who told some of the
white folks" that Brooks lived in Heidle-
berg and was wanted by the sheriff of
Il Jasper county for the murder of his mother
in-law about six months ago. Brooks was
taken to jail and at first denied his idenity,
but he afterwards confessed to the killing
By telephone communication with the Jas
per county authorities there is no doubt but
that Brooks is the right negro If he
is the statutory reward of $Ioo will be
paid for his capture He was taken on
the afternoon train to Jasper county and
turned over to the sheriff.