The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-29
MISSISSIPPI
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Uneasiness fs felt at Vicksburg By
| the prevalence, OF pellagra and the lack
| Of facilities for caring for patients.
A sea. bass. weighing GIL pounds
and measuring feet II inches, was
caught July II by Captain F. B. Cas-
tenera, one of Ship Island pilots, and
brought to Biloxi. The huge fish was
caught with rod and reel.
Interest is beginning to be aroused in
| the special bond election to be held at
| Meridian when the electorate will pass
on $4,000 proposed bond issue by the
city administration, $4,000 of this
amount is for the furnishing of the
new city hall, the erection Of $1O,-
600 city Jail and the building Of q new
city stable.
/ The grand roundup for the candi-
dates of Choctaw County was held at
| Sherwood, four miles south OF Mathis
| ton, July 81. There we're about 500
!, people present. The entire day was
| consumed In the announcements. AT
noon big dinner was spread. There
are about 115 candidates in Choctaw
|. County.
| The twenty-first, annual session Of
| the Mississippi Chautauqua Assembly
opened at Crystal Springs July 22 un-
der auspices that betoken success as
a reward for efforts put forth to as
sure it. An unusually large opening
audience was present to hear the an
nual address of the, president, A. Lot.
terhos.
Farmers Of Eowndes county are max
ing preparations to furnish the Land
and immigration department of the
Southern Railway with comprehensive
exhibits of the agricultural resources
of the county for exhibition purposes
in the northern and western county
and state fairs. The exhibits will be
composed mainly of the grain crops.
Urfel Wright, a. civil engineer. Of
Long Beach, Is at Vinegar Bend, Ala,
| to arrange for the beginning Of the
survey of5tfie link that will connect the
Pascagoula Northern railroad with the
| Vinegar Bend road. The gap dividing
these lines is eight miles inllength and
when finished the combined length OK
the. two, roads will be nearly 100 miles.
Fifty-one houses were destroyed by
fire at Meridian July e.. OF this num-
Der, seven were occupied by white
people, one was a store owned by a.
Greek, and the remainder were negro
houses, number being double tene-
ments.. A stiff wind was blowing
from the north and sparks were scat
tered for blocks, falling on the shin
gle roofs and setting them afre. In
all, four blocks were destroyed, the
total loss being estimated at $4,000.
Willie Crisp and John Brown, aged
Is and Is, who were arrested at Rule
Vile recently on charge of counter
feiting and passing counterfeit money,
have been held for trial under a bond
Of $500 each. 1t is said that they
bought dental plaster of paris at local
drug store, and using particularly
new and unused half dollar of 1905
dateas pattern, made molds in which
| they turned out some extremely good
specimens. The marshal recently found
quite quantity of their product in the
Ruleviile calaboose, under loose
plank. The authorities are still on the
watch. for an accomplice under the the
DRY that two young men who were en-
ployed five miles from town, on farm,
would hardly be apt to originate such
a plan and succeed with it so well me-
chemically without some assistance
from an experienced person.
July % was Governors Day" with
the state troops at Camp Mcfarland,
near Biloxi. Gov. Brewer occupied
stand on the lawn of the Hotel RIVE
ma. on the beach. The review took
| place at o'clock, and an enormous
! crowd of citizens Of places all along
the coast thronged the streets, the
crowds OF local people being swelledl
by hundreds Of visitors.
At Dead Mans Bend, voting pre-
cinct In Adams County, there are only
two voters. The election commission
ers are puzzled to know how to han
die the situation, as they do not wish
TO deprive the two men there of the