The Brandon news., 1916-08-03

Columbus.-Extensive repairs on the
buildings and grounds of the Missis-
sippi Industrial Institute and College
are now under way and will be COM
pleted by the time the next session
opens in September.
Aberdeen.-J. M. Tolbert, internal
revenue agent Of Jackson, with Dep
uty Sheriff T. Ollie Jones, raided a
whisky still and captured 40-gallon
copper still with about seven gallons
of old corn whisky in it.
McComb City.-The monument do
mated by McComb Chapter No. 1441,
United Daughters Of the Confederacy,
20 the Confederate dead of Pike coun-
ty, has arrived and is being erected in
front of the new city hall.
Gulfport.-Nath Beggs and M. De
Silva escaped from the Harrison coun-
ty jail here De Silva was held for
grand larceny. The Beggs boy was
charged with an attempt on the life
of justice of the peace at McHenry
Laurel.-H. B. Myrick, charged with
arson in connection with the burning
of a grocery store near the Marathon
Lumber Company mill, was given a
preliminary hearing before Justice OF
the Peace Evans Hall last week and
bound over to await the action Of the
grand jury.
Meridian-Vice President S. A. Ne
Vile of the Meridian & Memphis Rail-
road says the work of laying AZ car
loads of steel rail on the extension of
the road beyond Union, in Newton
county, is now in progress and that
trains will be running as far as Sc
bastopol by Sept. Is.
Grenada. - The spirit of improve
ment and progress is abroad in Gren-
ada. Just now the community Is fe-
ucitating over the fact that Grenada
Is the winner in the state contest for
the "cleanest town." This gratifying
announcement comes from DR.. Willis
WaHey, state sanitary inspector, tc
the Civic League of Grenada.
Laurel.-The cotton crop OF Jones
county is practically total loss, and
the corn crop will be cut at least in
half. It is estimated that $4,000 acres
were planted to cotton this year and
the acreage of corn is even larger. The
loss from those two crops alone will
total a half million dollars on account
Of rain every day since the disastrous
storm Of Juy 5.
Jackson. second Mississippi
cleanest town contest has ended. DR..
Valley and Mrs. Fox announce the
winners in each of the classifications,
as follows:
First Glass (cities of $4,000 inhabi-
tants and over)-Jackson.
Second Glass (cities of $500 and up
to 15,000)-BilOxi.
Third Glass (cities of from $500 to
5,00O)-Grenada.
Fourth Class (cities Of under 1000
inhabitants) s)-Clinten.
Gulfport-H. E. Blakeslee and J. T..
Connell returned from New Orleans,
where they had been on business for
the Centennial Exposition. They were
in session with the executive commit
tee Of the centennial commission.
The First National Bank of Gulf
port will be used as a depository for
the Centennial Exposition funds.
Long Beach.--A meeting OF truck
growers OF Long Beach and vicinity
was held at the town hall for the pur-
pose of organizing and incorporating
farmers cooperative association.
yicksburg.-W. w. Kellum, railway
mail clerk on southbound Y. & M. v.
train No. 35, fell from the mail car
as the train was passing Mount Hell
ena. Miss, and miraculously escaped
seriols injury.
Grenada.--Lester Canaday, the cid.
est son Of Mrs. w. A. Thompson OF
this city, was drowned in Bogue Creek
Just east OF town. He had been drill
ing company OF boy scouts. and they
had marched out to the creek for
swim. The drowned boy took tn
cramps when he went in the water.