The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-27

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June.
urg.-Programs for the 21s,
annual shooting tournament of the
Hill City Gun Club, to be held here
April 27 and %, have been issued and
show that this club, one of the Oldest
in the United States, will distribute
cash and prizes worth $500 to the
shooters who attend.
This tournament precedes the Mis-
sissippi state tournament, to be held
at Greenville, Miss, May 8, 4 and 8,
and the southern handicap, to be held
at Memphis, Tenn, May 10, II and II.
Oxford-The Presbytery Of North
Mississippi convened in the First
Presbyterian Church here and after
busy session adjourned, Rev. Morri-
son Brown of Sumner preached the
opening sermon and Rev T. w. Ray
mond OF the North Mississippi Synod
ical College preached the closing ser
mon. The relations existing between
Rev. j. E. Brown and the Oxford
church were dissolved to enable Mr..
Brown to accept the call to the First
Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Tenn
Wesson.-The Wesson Dairymen's
Association held an all day session
here on April 20. An interesting pro-
gram was the order of the day. The
Home Made Silo, l.. A. Higgins, Stark
vile; Dairy Sanitation, O. M. Cam
burn, u. S. department of agriculture,
Starkville; Herd Records and Why, J.
H. McLain, u. S. department OF agri-
culture, Washington; Forage Crops
and Pastures for Dairy Farm, T. r
Hicks, A. and NJ College.
Jackson.-Prof. j. N. Brien, instruct.
or of agriculture in the Madison Coun-
ty High School at Camden, visited
stock farm near here, bringing class
OF bows from the school for the pur-
pose of inspecting herds Of cattle,
sheep and hogs, and to give them prac-
tical pointers in the technical features
OF stock Judging. The experience thus
gained was valuable to every member
OF the class OF young men.
Jackson. Game and Fish Com
missioner Brantley, who has returned
from a short trip, said that he was
very much surprised to find that re-
port was current in the country dis
tricts that the new game and fish law
required licenses to fish.
Nothing could be further from the
TRUTH said Commissioner Brantley,
and continued, 'the new law did not
in any way change the: former laws.
and none of them required anyone tc
get license to fish,
Shannon McClare was shot
from ambush and instantly killed
while returning with party OF friends
from fishing trip on Town Creek, by
unknown parties. Two arrests have
been made. Two Pennington broth
ers. who were also fishing, but not
with the McClare party, were arrested
and carried to 1lpelo~to to await pre-
liminary hearing. These men protest
their innocence.
Columbus r. r. Spiers died
at his home here. He had been In
declining health for number of years
and final dissolution came after an
illness of several weeks. He was in
his eighty-fourth year, and In point OF
duration Of membership he was the
Oldest member OF the Odd Fellow fra
ternity In Mississippi. He was also
member Of the Knights of Pythias, be
ing q pioneer in that order also.
Indianola.- After 90 hours delibera'
ton the jury in the case OF w. M
Wood. charged with killing M. D. Fra
zier at Sunflower last January, return
cd & verdict OF guilty, but disagreed as
to punishment. Judge Everett sen
fenced Wood to life Imprisonment.