The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-03-29
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A nre destroyed S5O,OOU worth OF
property at Estill.
A dipping vat in Pearl River coun-
ty was dynamited.
Group three, Mississippi bankers,
was held in Vicksburg.
J. ). Anderson was killed by Ed
ward Short at ToccoDla.
The order of the Eastern Star was
organized at Yazoo City.
The West Point banks have on de-
post $1,O00,000 lying idle.
The Agricultural high school at Kos
suth will close Monday, April 80.
Group One of the Mississippi bank
ers' association was held in Grenada.
Fire severely damaged the general
store of R. S. Brumfield at McComb
rCity.
The Gulf refining company is the
latest oil company to enter the Pasca-
goula field.
A case Of smallpox is reported by
the county health officer five miles
east of Carthage.
Jackson has begun its annual spring
cleaning up, as a part OF the state
cleanup campaign.
The Mississippi League of Motion
Picture Exhibitors will hold its annual
session in Jackson.
Roy Rippy, aged 25, cashier at the
Illinois Central at West Point cut his
throat with a razor.
Hon. Thomas Masterson Griffin, an
old and honored resident Of Utcia, Is
dead, aged 81 years.
The March term of the Pike county
circuit court Is in session with d. M.
Miller, Judge. presiding.
Rufe Castleberry was found on the
Southern railroad trestle near Iuha
crushed and mangled to pieces.
Bishop Bratton, of the Episcopal d.
Geese Of Mississippi made his annual
visit to ST. Adams mission.
Mrs. w. S. Mcintyre of Biloxi has
been appointed grand manager of the
Woodmen Circle of Mississippi.
The Warren county board Of super.
visors advertised for bids on $4,000
worth of agricultural high school
bonds.
I. w. Eager was reelected princi-
pal of the Pickens high school and
Miss Jordan was reelected as first as
sistant.
The $4,000 bond issue for the Jack
son highway was carried by big
majority in the southeast beat Of KEN
per county.
The federation of women's clubs Of
the sixth district, composed of six
counties of North Mississippi, will
meet at Senatobia.
Columbus is preparing to do the
handsome thing by the state teachers
association, which meets in annual
session in this city May to 5.
The Gulf Cities gas company has
completed it's mammoth gas holder.
The gas holder has capacity of 200,-
0OOO cubic feet and cost $4,000.
The celebration of Field day by pub
lie schools of Lamar county at Baxter
vile was declared to be the most sue
cessful ever held in that county.
Patrons of McNair, Six-Mile, Wood
lawn and Ionic Martin schools met at
McNair to discuss ways and means OF
establishing a consolidated school.
The campaign inaugurated by the
Methodists of Brookhaven for the pur-
pose of raising the sum of $4,000 to
complete their new church building,
has closed.
Half of the men needed for the or
ganization of battery of light artil-
lery at Jackson have joined. 1t is ex.
pected that the full battery will be re.
cruited in few weeks.
Because of illness, Mrs. j. B. Law
renee, president of the mothers con.
gress and parent teachers association,
announces that the state meeting has
been indefinitely postponed.
A factory is to be established in CO.
lumbus at once, using bleaching to
prepare cotton to be manufactured into
smokeless powder, celluloid, mercer.
lied SILK and other commercial pro-
ducts.
AS a proof of the progress Of stock
raising in Kinds county, P. D. Ratlin,
who has farm near Raymond, ship
ped a carload Of steers to New Or.
leans, recently, and realized three.
fourths OF cent more per pound than
any previous record on the sale OF beef
cattle.
A conference of all business inter
ests has been called to meet In Jack