The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-24
MISSISSIPPI GLEAN|MGs
News of Interest Prepared
in Epitomized Form by
Special Writers

tt6u CTOSS Society WAS given cow Ny
the directors.
Municipal officers have been elect
ed at Ashland as follows: l.. I. Nc
Knight, mayor; DR.. Frank Terrell, K.
A. Walker and V. E. Crawford, al
dermen
Much interest is being shown in the
Red Cross work over Jefferson coun-
ty, there being two chapters and sew
eral auxiliaries with several hundred
members. .
The board of supervisors of Leflore
county has passed a law prohibiting
tho killing of deer within the boun-
daries of Leflore county for the next
four years.
1t took a jury at Greenville just 10
minutes to decide that Arthur CASTOR
was not guilty of the murder of Dan
tone Nobli an Italian, at Dunleith, in
August, 1915.
A mob of several hundred Citizens
of Hazlehurst avenged the death OF
Miss Vera by taking Sim Edwards, a
negro, from the county Jail here and
burning him.
Jefferson Davis Soldiers home at
Beauvoir has established saw mill,
which is working day and night shift
and turning out from eight to ten cords
of wood day.
John j. Mitchell, successful farm,
err who has resided for years in the
neighborhood of King postoffice, Ran
kin county, committed suicide by
shooting himself.
Through the personal and persist
ent Efforts of r. l.. Betty, secretary or
the Merchants association, West
Point has secured a government avid
tion training school -
Contrary to reports, taxpayers IN
Leake county have discovered their
assessments are about the same as
those of last year. A great many pro-
tests had been made.
The Lowndes County Lumber COM
pany of Columbus purchased several
million feet of timber two miles north
of Columbus from Mrs. F. M. Leigh and
Is now installing saw mill.
Steamboat officers and agents are
experiencing great difficulty in Sc
curing roustabouts. Negroes are de-
manding so cents an hour and do not
appear anxious to work even at that
price.
C. E. Topper, alleged labor agent,
who claimed to be representative OK
the government in inducing labor TO
leave Natchez, has been released from
Jail on bond pending his trial, which
Is set for jan 26-..s s44..- @as.
Sam B. Lowenburg, first from Match.
ez in the military service to be taken
by death, was buried at Natchez. The
deceased was stationed at the Ports
mouth navy yard, Norfolk, Va, wher
he contracted meningitis
Mrs. Mary E. Strong aged 80 years,
one of the oldest residents of Harri-
son county, died at her home in BIZ
loxi. She knew Jefferson Davis, presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy, in
timately during his lifetime.
A meeting of members of the Me-
ridian board of trade was held and
the proposition to build a handsome
charity hospital building and tender
the same to the state, to be support
ed by the state, was Endorsed.
The Lowndes board of supervisors,
which a short time ago appropriated
$4,000 for a soil pollution survey of
Lowndes county, has rescinded its or
der, having been advised by County
Attorney C.. L. Lincoln that there was
no legal authority for such action
Clay county circuit court, January
term, was pretermitted, all cases be
ing continued to the July term. Judge
It. B. Carroll was petitioned by the
board of supervisors on account of the
shortage of coal and no cases OF I'M
portance to pretermit this term OF
court.
Privates McVea M Young of Pasca-
goula and Price of Biloxi were burned
to death in a fire which destroyed the
O,Neal Hotel, church and several
residences at Harrison. The victims
were federalized national guardsmen
and had been assigned there on re-
cruiting duty.
The funeral of John Bush, the Sar-
dis sailor boy who died at the naval
hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y, was held
at Sardis. Boy Scouts and old veter-
ans acted as pallbearers. All bust
ness houses remained closed during
the service as mark of respect for
this the first Sardis boy to die In the
service of his country.
Rev. T. A. j. Beasley of Ecru has
accepted call to the pastorate of the
Baptist church at Toccopola, succeed.
ing Rev. e. L. Wesson of New Albany,
who resigned here to accept the pas.
torate of the Baptist church at Holly
Springs.
The $1,000 American-La France fire