The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-19

VOL. 19
STATE ITEMS OF
LOCAL INTEREST
Nearly 900 Elks are attending their
annual convention in Natchez.
Ex-Gov. Vardaman is now on lee
turing tour in Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Mississippi Hardware Dealers As
cociation concluded its fourth annual Ses-
sion at Columbus.
Many druggists attended the annual
meeting of the State Pharmaceutical As
socistion in Natchez last week.
The Kings Daughters Hospital in Gulf
port has just been completed at a cost
of $1,000 on land worth $1,000.
The State Grand Lodge Knights OF
Pythias closed its session at Greenwood,
and will meet next year in Jackson.
The Mercantile Bank has been orga-
nized at Clarksdale with a capital stock
of $4,000. F. l. Williams is president.
The Mississippi cotton mill at Wesson
has again been closed by a receiver and
most of the labor employed there has re-
turned north.
Summer normals will begin on June
14th at Clinton, Starkvile, Oxford and
Brookhaven. The attendance should ap-
proximate 5000.
One of the mills of the Wood Lumber
Co., located at Collins, was destroyed by
fire Sunday, the loss being $4,000, only
partially covered by insurance
Only 50 of the 1872 applicants for IL
censes to practice medicine were success
full in the examination before the State
Board of Health in Jackson last week.
The Lamb-Fish Lumber Co. is to move
its main offices from Memphis, Tenn, to
Charleston, Miss, where it. is erecting a
new two-story building for the purpose.
The Mississippi delegation, consisting
of "a members, left Monday to attend the
annual meeting of the Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly at Lewisburg, w. Va,
which is now in progress.
Quarterly reports of the railroads ope-
rating in the state, covering tee quarter
ending March 31st, show marked i'm
provement in business over the cores
ponding quarter for the previous year.
Gov. Noel has declined to discuss a
rumor to the effect that he is grooming
himself to enter the race for congress in
the third district against Hon. Ben Hum
phreys of Greenville.
According to the records in the office
of Insurance Commissioner Henry, the fire
losses for 1909 were exceedingly heavy
in Mississippi, leaving little or no profit
for the insurance companies on the large
business written.
Members of the State Board of Health
allege that certain Legislators sought to
influence that, body in passing upon ex-
animation papers last week, in the interest
of certain applicants.
Indications are that there will be lively
bidding on the issue of 100000 Of 4 per
cent, 2o-year state bonds for which bids
will be opened by Gov. Noel on June
9th.
Citizens of Tylertown have asked for
special term of court to try ]. NJ. Moye
for the recent murder of his father-in-
law, w. S. Johnson, the regular term in
September begins too far eff for them.
Presden H. l. Whitfield, of the In
dustTial Institute and College, Columbus,
announces that there will be no sum-
mer normal held there this year, owing
to the failure OF the legislature to ap-
propriate funds for that pur2Gsc.
The Mississippi Press Association held
its two days annual session in New Al
bany this week, and many of those who
attended, arc spending the reina Eder Of
the week in Memphis as guests of the
local press and the Business Mems League
In the municipal election held in Jack
son Saturday, Mayor A. C. Crowder and
two of the eight members of the alder
manic body were reelected for four years
term, as were several other officials who
aspired to reelection.
The annual catalogue for the Mississippi
state fair for 1910 is being printed and
will be distributed within the next few
days. 1t bears evidence that the event
will exceed in magnitude and excel in
magni6cence all previous efforts.