The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
EVENTS IN
MISSISSIPPI

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+ The racing card to be presented at
| Lexington by the Mississippi Valley
/ Fair association soon is well filled.
/ More than one-third Of the $75,00e
/ which the Baptists of the south are ex.
/ pected to contribute toward a fund for
the use of the Mississippi Woman's
| College, In Hattiesburg,. has been col
lected and subscribed.
Charles r. Woods, J. B. Barton and
David Barton. all OF Natchezs have
| gone 10 New Orleans. where they win
embark on an English ship carrying
var horses and mules to- France.
West recently shipped O. carload OF
butter to- Chicago. It is, said this was
tAe largest amount ever shipped at
ono time from Mississippi. The car
was veil labeled "Grown.iuaMissis-
appi"
A tragedy occurred at Russell. II
miles east Of Meridian. recently, when
two little negro boys, eight and ten
years., sons of Bill Pringle, were run
over and killed by a. Southern passen-
ger train.
Work on Laurels new school build
ing to take the place of the old Gen.
tral school, began May 81. The struc-
ture must be ready for occupancy by
September 15 The new building wiu
cost $4,000.
The only negro normal school il
the state of Mississippi will be. held
at Natchez, beginning June Ia and
lasting for four weeks. The normal
will be in charge of ]. H.. OWings, SUI
perintendent of the city schools OF
Natchez. About 800 from. over the
state are expected.
James Roselle, a. citizen of Green
Vile, died as the result Of an amputa-
ton of the arm. More. than two
months ago as Mr.. Roselle was leav-
ing his store for home in the evening,
he was held up by robber and shot
In the arm. The arm was later am
putated, but the infection from the
inflamed arm reached the body With
fatal results.
Nine OF the 1915 law graduates OF
the University of Mississippi were ad'
mitted to the state bar May 26i before
Chancellor ]. G.. McGowen OF the Third
chancery court district Of Mississippi
at Oxford There are 20 graduates
and each of them is entitled TO be ad-
mitted to the bar upon the successful
completion of the final examinations
in the law department of the univer
sity.
During an electric thunder and rain
storm at Greenville May q, lightning
struck the spire of st. Joseph's church
and set fire to the building. After
heroic efforts the building was saved
with damage of $780, st. Joseph's
is one of the handsomest churches in
Methodist Church, brick structure,
was also considerably damaged by
lightning. The rainfall was more
than two inches in few hours.
John Ware, 80 years old, son of Mrs.
r. A. Ware of BeIzoni, and two ne
groes, George Anderson and Willie
Mitchell, were struck by lightning and
instantly killed May % during a hard
wind and rainstorm on the farm OF
w. C. Gillespy, on Sky Lake, about
six miles north of the town. The men
had run into cotton house when the
storm came up. Stephenson Archer,
Jr.. who was with Mr.. Ware, was
stricken down also, but soon revived.
The storm was terrific in Belzoni and
north.
Thomas Burke, negro, a resident OF
Natchez, died May 27 at the age OF
los. He is believed to have been the
Oldest men in the county.
The preliminary survey of the Va
zoo & Southwestern railway, between
Yazoo City and Carthage, has been
completed, and the surveying party has
returned to Yazoo City to make maps
and drawings from their field notes.
r. H. Douthal, secretary of the Yazoo
Commercial Club, win go to work at
once to secure deeds to the rights OF
way. II these can be secured prompt
ly, the work of actual construction OF
the road will speedily follow. The line