The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-31
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Shaw.-A. B. Atkinson, AZ years OF
age, planter and former merchant OF
this place, shot himself with .32 auto
matte pistol and died in 80 minutes
after the rash act was done.
Starkville.-Prof. Hugh Critz, regis.
trar, has resiged, and he will leave
the A. & M. College the first of Sep
TENDER for Bolton College, Tenn, hay
ing been elected president there,
Biloxi.-Gov. Theodore G.. BilD0
closed deal for lot near the Beau
yoir Soldiers Home, upon which he
will erect handsome home. Work
upon the residence will not begin I'm
til spring.
Wesson.-The authorities Of Yves
son are having all bitches and holes
within the city limits oiled to prevent
mosquitoes from breeding. Wesson's
health status this summer was never
better.
Heidelberg. - Road Commissioner
T. G. Thornton in district is making
good progress on the Jackson highway
and has completed three miles of sand
clay road north of the Jones county
line.
Coldwater.- Citizens of Coldwater
and vicinity are actively engaged in
road work and all the public roads
leading from this place are receiving
more or less attention. Hills are be-
ing cut down to uniform grade.
Jackson.-It is promised that gov
eminent engineer will be in Jackson
soon to see Pearl River and learn
whether that stream is navigable. This
is in response to demand from the
board of trade and other business or
CARNATIONS of Jackson.
Senatobia-A new bank was launch
ed at Senatobia by number of prom
inent business men here. 1t is under
stood that the new bank, which is to
be called the Peoples Bank of Sena-
tobia, Miss, will be capitalized at $2O,-
600, and will be ready for business by
Oct. of this year.
Natchez.-Loosened by the momen-
tum of the train, a steel railway rail
slipped from a flat car on the line of
the Baskin Lumber Company, near
Baskin, La, and was caught between
it and a car loaded with workmen.
Propelled with terrific force, the rail
swept through the air upon the men,
killing two and seriously injuring nine
others.
Meridian.-In the circuit court here,
Alice Gordon, Kelly Marsh, E. H. Trip
1.
teachers, indicted for fraud in connec-
ton with the county school fund scan
dial, pleaded guilty. 1t is understood
the negroes may be used by the state
in prosecuting Prof. John R. Ellis for
mer county superintendent of educa-
ton, against whom the grand jury re-
turned Sc indictments, it being alleged
that there is shortage Of about $4O,-
600 in the school fund handled by Prof.
Ellis.
Jackson.-It seems as if there may
be quite long delay before anything
can be accomplished in practical way
for the final location, building and
equipment of Mississippi tuberculosis
sanitarium, according to officials Of the
state board of health, upon which body
lies the responsibility for foundation
and control of such institution. There
is not sufficient material in hand to
Justify taking definite action, but it is
hoped to have meeting in the near
future, with a view to making definite
start.
Jacksonville statement of earnings
and operations of the Southern Rail-
way Company, Memphis & Charleston,
and Alabama. Great Southern, opera
ting in Mississippi, for the June quar-
ter, 1916, reached the office of the rail
road commission. The figures show
that the system, computed on its mile
age in the state, earned total of $751;
432.S6. The cost Of operation, with
taxes added, amounted to $93,634.94,
which left net revenue balance OF
67,79792.
Chicago. B. Stirling, president of
the First National Bank of Jackson,
Miss, and former attorney-g general OF
Mississippi during the Noel admins
tration, a guest of the Chicago Beach
Hotel was struck by an automobile
truck and perhaps fatally injured while
crossing Monroe at Wabash avenue.
Biloxi-The August term of United
States court for the Southern divisions
of the Southern district convened here
with Judge H. G. Niles of Kosciusko
on the bench All business of import
opco woe disnosed of with a brief SeS-