The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-29
EVENTS IN
MISSISSIPPI

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The Jackson District Conference will
meet at Terry, Miss, on Tuesday, May
18. The conference will be presided
over by the presiding elder, DR.. Paul
D. Hardin.
Gen. G. w. Price, Water Valley,
commander Third Brigade, Mississip-
pi Division, u C. v, has announced
the personnel of his Richmond reunion
staff.
Maj. Moses of the coast artillery
who is also attached to Inspector gen.
erals department of the United States
army, recently made inspection of the
regiment and barracks of the A. and M
college.
E. w. Denham of Quitman county.
who was confined in the county jail
at Clarksdale to await his trial on
charge of "whitecapping," has been re-
leased under bond Of 81 ,250 for his
appearance for trial.
One thousand pounds OF cotton seed
have been sent through the Hatties-
burg postoffice by w. E. Bobo, secre-
tary of the Forrest County Truckers
association, to the farmers Of Forrest
county. They will give the new seed
a test.
Houston Kelly has been Jailed at
Quitman on the charge of forgery. 1t
is alleged he forged an order on the
chancery clerk here aud secured his
grandmother's United States pension
warrant; then wrote her name across
the back of it and cashed it.
A preliminary meeting of the alfalfa
hay growers of the prairie belt of Mon
roe county was held to effect perma-
nent organization at Aberdeen. The
purpose of this organization is to es-
tablish cooperative marketing asso-
citation and build warehouses at all the
principal shipping points in the prairie
section Of the county.
Climbing down from the third story
on a blanket ladder, Johnny Pace, al.
legged hold-up man, now in the Forrest
county jail awaiting the action OF the
grand jury on five or six charges OF
highway robbery, made daring and
successful attempt to break from the
county institution April 21. He was
recaptured three hours after his es
cape.
Yazoo' City.-While City Marshal
Dalton of Louise, in the northwestern
part of Yazoo county, and Deputy Sher-
iff John Purvis were attempting to ar
rest John Montgomery, negro, the
negro fired on Purvis as he entered
the house to make the arrest, and shot
away part of his face with shotgun.
Purvis will recover, but will be badly
disfigured.
Grover c. Day, the young Coldwater
bookkeeper who had his throat cut by
J. R. Solomon, an insurance agent OF
Greenville, Miss, is steadily improv-
ing. His physicians state that If no
complications set up he will recover.
Solomon is still in jail, and his pre-
iiminary trial will not be held until
physicians are able to determine the
extent OF the injuries sustained by
Day.
The climax of series of threatening
blackhand letters received by w. C..
Meek an attorney at Columbus, was
reached when he discovered a dyna,
rain is believed to have prevented the
fuse being lighted, as several struck
matches were found nearby Mr.. Meek
during the past several months re-
ceived threatening anonymous letters,
and on one occasion he fired severa'
shots at prowler on his premises.
Formal notice has been received by
Mai. J. r. Slattery, engineer in charge,
at Vicksburg, of the recommended
amount by the Mississippi river COM
mission of funds to be used in the inn
provements, out of the recent appfo-
priation. The commission recommends
the sum of 81, ,257 900 for the Third dis
trict, the bulk of which, SO Maj. Stat
terry states, will be expended in revet-
ment extensions. This work is to be
done at Bolivar, Ashwood Neck, Pan
ther Forest, Greenville, Grand Lake
and Filters.
After being unable to reach verdicl
the jury in the DR. E. r. Cook man
slaughter case at Vicksburg was dis
charged April 20, and the case was en-
tered up as a mistrial. The jury is
said to have stood at first seven for
conviction and five for acquittal, but
later stod eight to four for conviction.
When the verdict was returned, DR..