The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-04-05
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Happenings You
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The Virgins Service club was organ
lied recently.
Work has started ON the McComb
City postoffice building.
The AIcorn county live stock asso-
citation was organized. at Corinth.
A new record for native-grown hogs
has been established in Adams county.
Fire severely damaged the general
store of r. s. Brumfieid' at McComb
City.
The Yazoo Commercial club is or
ganizing a cooperative cattle associa-
tom
The Lincoln county jail, up until
Saturday, has been empty for six
weeks.
A Red Cross club, under the aus
pieces of the woman's section of the
navy league, has been organized in
Meridian.
The Mississippi Sunday School con-
vention will be held in Jackson April
TO- IL and. L..
CIoy county is trying to be in the
lead as the banner county of no crimes
and no. paupers.
The bank of Hazlehurt has agreed
to- finance a, pig club" in every COM
munity in the county.
President Wallace of the Crystal
Springs Manufacturing company Is
complaining of the scarcity of labor.
Corinth will entertain the next nor
NAL. The, normal will convene for
period of six weeks, beginning on Mon
day, July 8.
The unveiling ceremonies of the
$50, 200 Confederate monument at Shi-
loh National Park will take place on
Thursday, May TN
Benz E.. Lamb and assistants Of
Shreveport, La, representing the Gulf
Refining company, are in Lincoln
county prospecting for oil.
Biloxi citizens are discussing the adj
visibility of organizing a company Of
home guards to protect lives and
property i'm the event of war with
Germany.
Road enthusiasts of Artesia have
unanimously decided to build the link
Of the proposed Gulf highway which
trayerses supervisors district No.
In this; county
The health, campaign of the Missis-
sippi anti-tubsrculosis committee was
held at Biloxi. Miss Bessie Brougher,
of Jackson, state nurse, was in charge
Of the health crusade.
WhenN. r. Easterling was informed
OF the death OF his wife he collapsed
on thee street at Laurel and his raw
ings, became 50 violent he was placed
in the Jones county Jail.
When the totals were added up In
Greenwood the Presbyterian campaign
fol-; education it was found that Green
wood had exceeded the $4,000 mark
set for it. and the exact total Is
$a1,04T50.
A non-combustible roof law was
passed. by the Meridian council. Three
years ago a similar law passed by the,
council was killed by referendum vote.
and it is likely that the present one
will meet the same fate.
The largest real estate deal ever re-.
oorded I'm Jefferson Davis county was,
consummated a few days ago, when
tho Great Southern Lumber company
of Bcgalusa transferred 10000 acres
of virgin pine timber land.
NJ Duffy, Of Bogalusaa. Laa,, is In
South Mississippi infirmary. att Fiat
tiesburg suffering from, bruises, lie
Guiding a broken collar bone He
doesn't know what happened to- hfun,
but believes he was hit by q train
At a called meeting OF the board Of
aldermen at Crystal Springs II. o.
Robinson of Lexington, Tenn, was
elected superintendent Of the water
and light plant to, be rum for the eity's
interest.
With an authorized capitalization of
100000, portion Of which mas been
subscribed, a company has been or
ganized at Columbus to manufacture
machine for the determination Of
boil weeviis which was patented some
time ago by T. w. Townsend.
An order was received from Judge
II. C. Miles, by U. S. Deputy Marshal
J. D. Money Of Biloxi, instructing him
to destroy 247 casks Of beer. 10 cases
Of lager beer, five bottles of brandy
and three casks of wine at Bay St.
Louis, where the liquor has been stor.
ed after seizure on schooners bound
from New Orleans to the gulf coast.
The Southern Express office at Boil
ton has been robbed. This makes the
sixth robbery of stations along the A.