The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Mississippi News



sippi experiment station, left Philadel-
phia on the road toward Corinth to
meet the dreaded pest, the Mexican
boil weevil, and to see just how far
this way the costly insect has trav-
eled in It's easterly course. He re-
turned about o'clock, having found
the pest between Hope and Waldo.
only ten miles out from Philadelphia.
This Is the second community in this
county to be found infested with the
weevil, it having been found at Alice,
in the northern part of the county,
some days before. Mr.. Bloomfield has
a number Of specimens with him
which he secured near Hope.
The A. and M. College will be open
to students on September 10, and
work will begin on the 21st. Every.
thing indicates that there will be
larger attendance than last year. One
hundred and five rooms in the new
dormitory have just been completed
and will be ready for occupancy this
term. The new academic and admin
istration building has received thu
finishing touches and Is ready for use.
The large chapel located in this build
ing, and capable Of seating 1900, has
also been finished Four new boilers
have been installed in the power
house-three to replace old ones and
one additional.
Asserting that he has the claims
OF 5000 descendants of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians of Mississippi
who signed the Dancing Rabbit Creek
treaty of 1880, which are for prop
erty and money located in the Okla
homa reservation amounting to S12,4
500 each, or a grand total of 1914
100000, A. P. Powell, himself three
quarter Indian and one-Quarter Span
lard, and who says he is a member OF
the legal firm of Crews, Cantwell 81
Powell Of Washington, d. c., has es4
tablished a temporary office at Bay
ST. Louis for the purpose Of these red
men in Mississippi who are entitled
to the rich heritage and securing
their claims for prosecution. All the
Gulf coast is ablaze with excitement
over the matter, and Indians, or the
descendants of Indians, are bobbing
up from behind every bush and stump
and the very air seems to reverberl
ate with war whoops and pow. vows.
A farmers institute was held at
Senatobia by J. B. Mitchell of Holmes
county, Mississippi, and Prof. Grisweu
of Texas A. and M. College. A good
number of the farmers of the county.
were present and manifested much In.
terest in the addresses. Mr.. Mitchell
spoke in the morning, choosing for his
subject 1.-THE Selection of Corn and
Cotton Seed to Be Used in Planting"
Mr.. Griswell spoke in the afternoon,
his subject being Cattle Raising and
the Improvement of Soil, etc.
Gov. Noel completed his study of
the Endorsements and applications rel
alive to the chancellorships in the
Third and Sixth districts. In the for
mer he selected Hon. D. M. Kim
brough to succeed Hon. I. T. Blount,
a lawyer of ability and high charac-
ter. For the Sixth district the gov
ernor selected Hon. James McCool,
who will succeed himself. There were
but two applicants in the Second dis
trict, while there were six In Judge
McCool's district.
Chancellor A. A. Kincannon, OF the
University of Mississippi, announces
that an examination will be held at
Oxford on September rs and q for
the purpose of awarding the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship apportioned to
this state, the student making the
highest average on examination to be
given a three-year course at Oxford,
England, with tuition and all incl
dental expenses paid.
The model of new cotton picker is
being exhibited by its inventor in
Greenville. 1t is simple, light and
can be operated by driver and two
mules. While the inventor isn't dis
posed to talk much at present it is
believed that he will have a machine
here within a few weeks to be given
a test.
Congressman w. A. Dickson and
Hon. Thomas Shelton will enter the
second primary in the Seventh Mis-
sippi congressional district, according
to figures now available. The vote,
as compiled with scattering precincts
to hear from in Franklin, Jefferson
and Pike counties, is as follows: Dick
son, 3,616; Quin, 1,756; Shelton, 2,202.
Rev. w. M. Mcintosh, the noted
evangelist, is back at his Iuka home,
after ten weeks spent in Texas, Ar
kansas and Oklahoma, in evangelistic
work. He reports nearly 1000 CONVEX
sions on this trip.
w. r. Gibson, farmer at Sontag,
has rice that is estimated to yield
seventy bushels per acre, and sugar
cane that will grow much taller, and
which is now six feet of matured
cane