The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-12
MISSISSIPPI
NEWS ITEMS

the colt show. This is an annual event
| here.
Natchez.-On account Of the ex-
tremely low stage Of Black river at its
mouth transportation by boat has been
discontinued.
| Gulfport.-A contract was made
with a Mobile firm by the city COM
missioners for the erection of the Gulf
port sea wall.
Natchez.-City property Of the First
Natchez Bank which failed three years
ago was offered for sale by Receiver
l.. P. Conner.
Greenwood.-The Greenwood Wom-
ans Club will act as host for the 9Th
district to the Mississippi Federation
Of Women's Clubs Nov. 14-17.
Winona-The good roads commits.
sioners sold for beat No. l $4,000
worth of bonds to build the Jefferson
Davis Highway through this beat.
| Walthall.-The Tri-County fair, en-
bracing the counties of Choctaw, Ok
| tibbeha and Webster, will open Oct.
| is at Mathiston and continue for three
days.
| Lucedale.-At a special. election
/ held In George county 1t was decided
| by a vote of three to one to issue $780,
| 900 worth of bonds for road improve
ment.
| Carthage.-On Saturday, Oct. Z, a
| large crowd was here to attend Trades
l oh nd ho
| club were in session and gala time
was had.
MERIDIAN. M. McBeath, the chair
man of the Mississippi Highway COM
mission; Cliff Williams and E. S. Bos-
tick went to Mason and met the path
finders of the Jackson Military High
way, and conducted them through
Kemper county to Meridian.
Gulfport-County Superintendent OF
Education w. H. Wood has issued a
| proclamation making Oct. 10, which is
| ground breaking day for the Missis-
| sippi centennial, a holiday for the
schools of Harrison county, In order
that teachers and children may attend
| the exercises.
Vicksburg 12-year-old Geor
| gia Chichester, whose father, mother
| and sister were killed in an automo-
| bile accident two weeks ago and her.
| self badly injured, was kept in ignor-
| ance Of the fact that she was an or
phan until Thursday. Several times
| she remarked that she couldn't under
stand why her parents had not come
| to see her. "They never did me this
way before she remarked once.
Jackson.-Eight states will be rep
resented at the Southern Tuberculo-
sis Conference to be held in Jackson
on Oct. 80 and 81. The states of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Flor
ida and Louisiana will send delegates,
! and 1t Is expected that fully 500 of the
| leading citizens Of these states will be
In attendance.
| Columbus-Fort the second time in
her history Columbus had the pleasure
OF entertaining the Jackson highway
pathfinders, the party consisting of
Emory C.. Dent of Kentucky, Walter B.
| Grimm and w. I. Brown of Indiana, Of
ficial Pathfinder H. E. Toms, a road
engineer in the employ of the federal
| government, and c. X. Gibbs, editor Of
the Motor Age, having arrived in Co.
| lumbus Tuesday afternoon. The scouts
were met at the Alabama state line by
committe of Columbians, which in
| clndod r naEn Tr 1noo1
| member of the executive committee of
the Jackson Memorial Highway Asso-
citation; Messrs. F. w. Maer, E. H.
Sherman, B. A. Weaver, ]. C. Hackle-
wan, Jr., w. H. Carter w. B. Harring-
ton, R. e. Johnston, Irwin Kaufman,
Earl Waters and Wr. ]. w. Lipscomb.
| Jackson-After devoting several
| years to experiments In an effort to
eliminate the greatest pest in the cot
| ton belt Of the south by a noted plant
er, the following advice is given:
"Puii up all the cotton stalks in all
| the cotton counties and bdcl: them, be-
| ing very careful to make a clean burn
ing so there will be none LET. to start
| duOlucI SSASI alum Aoi IAO AOI1OW1h6
year. The boil weevil has filled the
cotton stalks full of eggs now. 1t is
done by a cross-breed of insects, the
boil weevil, with sharp snout, that
| may be called elephant snout, and a
small bug about the size Of lightning
bug. He Is called the sharp-shooter.
The sharp-shooter and the boil weevil
mate together, and make the first gen.
Grafton Of the boil weevil that hatch in
the cotton stalk The first generation
will hatch out of the cotton stalk by
the first of May. That generation will
hatch out another generation OF boil
| wevil insects in fifteen days"
Columbus.-Gen. G. w. Price, COM
mander of the Third Brigade, Missis--
sippi Division, United Confederate
Veterans, has announced his official
| staff for the annual reunion, which is
to be held in this city Nov. 1, and 3.
Natchez.-About $4,000 acres of tim
Der lands in Adams county has been
sold to the Renouldet Lumber Com
pany.
! Columbus According to advices re-
ceived by the local chamber of COM
merce, the board which is to deide
/ upon locations for the several farm
loan banks which are to be establish
/ L. ~ E@l oy,&s will hn