The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-03-08
MISSISSIPPI GLEAN|NGS
News of Interest Prepared
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Special Writers
John X. Hervey, age II years, died
at his home at Water alley.
A new First Baptist church to cost
about $4,000 will be erected at Lau-
rel.
The regular spring term Of Jones
county circuit court convened in Lau-
rel.
J. M. Easton, prominent travelling
man, died at his home at Columbus
from acute Indigestion.
The Arbo farm and fruit company
Is beginning to ship its sweet potatoes
that have been kiln dried.
Plans for the state Sunday school
convention to be held in Jackson In
April are being worked out.
Work on the bridge .whichewill span
the towns of Bay st. Louis and Pass
Christian will begin within the next
few weeks.
The annual meeting of the Missis-
sippi Federation OF Women's Clubs Of
the eighth district was held in Dur
ant March 5 and 6.
Columbus Is beginning to lay plans
to entertain the annual meeting OF the
Mississippi state teachers association.
which convenes in that city May 3.
At their regular monthly meeting
held at Yazoo City, the county teach
ers' association named April 10 as the
date for the county field exercises.
Police and county officers are still
searching at Hattiesburg for some clue
that would lead to the identity of the
person who threw white infant into
Gordon's creek here.
At a special election held at Ponto-
toe to fill the vacancy Of town mar
shall, Stephen Threlkeld received LA
votes, while his only opponent, ]. FL.
Hudson, received 27.
John Hamper, aged 76, one of the
wealthiest men of the state, identi-
fled with interests at Meridian. Shu-
buta, Hattiesburg and Mobile, Ala, fs
at his home IN Meridian.
r. E. Randall. said to have died In
a Texas hospital several months ago,
and who had been mourned as dead
by his wife since that time, has re-
turned to his home in Laurel in appar-
ent good health.
The Farmers warehouse company,
located at Oxford, has given notice to
the farmers of the county that they
will guarantee market for sorghum.
sweet potatoes, fail Irish potatoes,
peanuts and soy beans.
The industry of fishing for shrimp
by means of travis has been abandon
ed by the Biloxi fishermen and there
will be no more work of that kind
until the spring shrimping fishing sea-
son opens in April.
Rev. r. L. Holcomb, pastor OF the
Pontotoc Baptist Church, announces
that the Mississippi Baptist Sunday
school and B. Y. P. U. convention Will
hold their annual sessions In Pontotoc
beginning on March Is.
The organization Of the Aberdeen
county club has been perfected and
the following officers elected: J. T.
Savage, president; w. T. Ware. vice.
president; R. D. Crenshaw. secretary;
Clopton Sykes, treasurer.
Mayor Edward Glennon and Alder
men John F. Eistetter, Charles Foster
and Ed Barq and Street Commtssiom-
er John Swanazy. all OF Biloxi lea
for Houston, Texas, to inspect street
construction.
Forrest county paid In more taxes to
the county and state in January than
ever before in its history, according
to the report of Sheriff HARRISON. IN
that month $116.286.35 was collected.
The county gets $73.577.
The largest cooperative shipment
OF hogs that has ever gone out of La
fayette county was shipped to the st.
Louis market under the direction OF
County Farm Agent L. A. Olsen and
r. M. Patterson of the A. & M. col
lege, who did the grading.
The government will not prosecute
w. A. "Sing" Coins, alleged leader OF
the Greene county moonshiners. who
was arrested the latter part of Janu.
airy by United States Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector J. A. Tucei Of Bi.
'loxi, on charge of illicit distilling.
Mrs. Ethel Winstead, ON trial at
Philadelphia, for the second time on
charges OF completely, in the murder
during January. 1919, of her husband,
Samuel Winstead. prominent farmer
and min owner, was freed by Judge
J. D. Carr of the criminal court, who
issued peremptory instructions for the
defendant after the jury announced
a disagreement
The returns are in for the last car