The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-05

| United States officer to the house to in
terview her further about her age. Thu
officer gave her to understand that sh
was liable to heavy penalty and fin
for refusing to yield the number of year
she has abided on this earth She gave il
amid much weeping Poor soul!
Many of our older citizens remem5el
Mr.. E. Watkins, a former hardware
merchant of Jackson, with whom many
from this section did business. Mr.. Wat
| kins died at 10 O'Clock Saturday after al
| illness of several weeks from strok,
Of paralysis, followed by second stroke
week before his death. He was IL year,
of age and had been confederate sol
der. One by one the grim reaper NOW.
| down the good friends of other days.
The state penitentiary now contains up
wards of near 1900. convicts. The Ran
kin farm has all the white conyicts, -anc
the others the coons.
This writer. confesses- to having beer
too lazy to get out of bed early enough
these mornings, till last Sunday, to see il
he could observe the comet and after
wards to tell of it. But we were JUS
three quarters of an hour too late Their,
was too much day light ard to many fit
| ting little clouds in the way and some
moonshine But we will tell our reader.
Prof. J. Magruder Sullivan, of Millsaps
plans for locating it-telling in our owr
way. About a o'clock, any of these fin.
mornings, look towads sunrise. You vii
at oIlce see the bright and beautiful
| morning star, Venus. This star will b.
| little south of the sunrise point. Now
! run your eye north westward, SO to speak
that is, towards the north and upward
and about as far in that direction from
| the sunrising point as Venus is south Of
| it, and about there, you will find the won
der. But the moons shining will inter.
| fere with the distinctness of the come
and its tail. Yet, closely observing thu
object for little while, the tail will ap-
pear we'll defined, and stretching away
| frcm the sun. Every day adds to it:
brightness and more length to tail, til
about the middle of May when it become
dim as it is passing to get behind the sur
and usually follows the sun, SO that it be
comes western sight after sunset and {
most brilliant object in the heavens fol
some time. Watch for it, but do not BIZ
afraid. Prof Sullivan assures us that tht
earth will prevent no disruptable ap-
pearance and its inhabitants will ex-
perience no losses or disappointment or
May 18th, as result of any contact with
Halley's comet.
We are glad to greet on our street:
last Sunday, young Hiram Flowers, Of
Magee, who is making gladstone visit
to his honored father and mother and
brother Joe.
Be it known to all our people that Mr.
Charles ]. Stubs isc an applicant fol
the place of superintendent of the state
penitentiary The governor is to appoint
a man to this position, during the year
The service begins next January, if we
are not mistaken Mr.. Stubbs's petition
is being numerously and cheerfully signed
by every one to whom he presents it
There are said to be upwards of 40
other applicants for the place. Let any
of our people who have any influence at
all at the capitol, go there and use il
for all it is worth for Mr.. Stubs. We
want cur man to have the place. Some
one man must have it, and why not cur
Charley Stubs? He is as competent as
any applying, and we warrant he is more
capable TO fill the position than many Of
the applicants
As we wendell our way from the services
at the Methodist church last Sunday noon,
we walked for a few rods by the side
of a good brother who does not reside
here. In thoughtful mood he remarked
ssIihat was splendid sermon" This
was sensible remark. 1t was better
for the good cause than to say: What q
fine preacher Bro Purcell was certainly
ain the spirit on the Lords day" when
be plainly yet tenderly discoursed on the
Christian duty of parents in behalf Of
their children's moral and religious
growth and training: II is the mind Of
this scribe that the good preacher struck
home some deep and solemn reflections