The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-15

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| Boil weevils operating and feeding
on several stalks Of nome raised cot
ton" in Vicksburg at the residence OF
M. W. Coles, is the latest thing in the
weevil world, and the fact of this pest
operating in the literal heart center or
| the principal cotton market city in
| the Mississippi delta, has caused I'M
| .Sual stir and general interest among
| .he cotton men and other students OF
the pest.
| The Commercial Club of Hatties-
burg arranged for three days celebra-
| ton to be held October II, Is and IA.
Mayors and boards of aldermen of all
South Mississippi towns will be the
invited guests of the city of Hates
burg during the three days, and 500
will be given for the fastest automo-
bile speeding and $50 for the prettiest
decorated machine in decoration
| contest. All the brass bands in South
Mississippi will be invited to contest
ior prize of SIS.
| Several hundred farmers Of Lincoln
| county assembled at Brookhaven I'M
der the auspices of the Lincoln Coun-
/ ty Wheat and Dat Growers Associa-
ton, to promote crop diversifcation
and insure larger acreage next year
| in cereal crops. A. number of farmers
| present gave notice of their intention
| to increase their acreage in wheat and
oats this fall Seven hundred bushels
| Of seed wheat have been ordered.
| In fit of rage and without slight.
/ est provocation, Arthur Watson of
Hattiesburg drew a revolver from his
pocket, fired three shots into the brain
o fhis 16-year-old wife, killing her in
| stantly, then turned the weapon upon
his mother-in-law, Mrs. M. B. McCul-
Tough, shooting her through the feshy
part of the left shoulder.
After the grand jury of Lincoln
county was organized and charged by
| Judge Miller recess was taken, in
order to allow Senator Leroy Percy
an opportunity to speak to the large
| crowd assembled. Senator Percy was
listened to with respectful and cour-
! teous attention throughout his address
of an hour and half. 1t was Sen
ator Percys first appearance before
a Lincoln county audience.
Suit for damages in the sum of S.
! 600 has been filed against Chief of Pc.
lice Groome of Vicksburg by Robert
Lawson, who alleges in the bill of dec
laration that he had been arrested in
Vicksburg without charge or warrant,
dragged through the streets, humili-
ated, degraded, maltreated and search
ed, and then put in Jail.
The Greenville Cotton Pickers" re.
ceived a check for 500 as third prize
for the greatest number of Elkc regis
tered at registration headquarters dur
ing the Elks' convention in Detroit in
July This prize is in addition to the
$500 prize won in the parade, giving
the Greenville lodge two prizes.
At the home of Alex Ray, near
| Crenshaw, some children were at play,
and in running through the hall, in
one corner of which stood a loaded
gun, it was accidentally knocked over,
the load going through the heart of
| the 15-year-old daughter of Alfred Ray.
When County Attorney Gordon Gill
lespie made his report to the Lefiore
! county board of supervisors at their
September session it showed many
| convictions and the determination Of
the officers of this county to eradicate
the bootlegger and the pistol toter.
The petition of d. w. Reed, chair
| man of the Shiloh Memorial Park
commissions and citizens of Alcorn
county, asking that the board of SUI.
pervisors cede to the United States
/ government such road or roads as the
| government may desire to improve as
an extension of or in the national
park, was granted by the board.
| The Natchez Packing Company will
/ begin operations about the middle of
November, but will begin to buy cattle
| a month ahead of that time. This is
the first enterprise of this character
ever attempted in the state of Missis-
sippi and it's career will be watched
with great deal of interest.
| j. e. Waggoner, M. E. A. E., profess
sor, Of agricultural engineering in the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College, has been appointed to the
|. H. G. service bureau, recently estab-
lished by the International Harvester
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