The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-17
MISSISSIPPI
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE


Beauregard, near Alexandria, La.
The Fayette Red Cross chapter
gained one hundred and forty-five new
members in the recent membership
drive.
All labor difficulties at the emer.
gency naval station at Gulfport have
been settled and work has been re.
sumed.
Among the additions and improve
ments to be started at Natchez Is the
establishment of new plant by the
Natchez Ice company.
DR.. Jim William Cox, former ply
stefan of Columbus, has been made
chief srrgeon of the depot brigade al
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. c
At a special election at West Point
to fill the vacancy of T. Ivy Gum
who was removed from office as alder
man, N. B. Norris was elected.
Eight hundred and forty-one new
members were obtained by Biloxi
Chapter, American Red Cross, in the
recent drive for new members.
w. G. McNair and w. H. Watkins
of Jackson have purchased the DR..
Mitchell plantation, containing $4,000
acres, located near Hazlehurst.
There were ginned in Pamela coun
ty of the 1917 cotton crop 1920 bales
prior to Jan. /, 1918, as compared with
over $4,000 to same date in 1917.
The first annual convention OF the
Mussel Shoals Highway association
was held at Corinth with large and
enthusiastic crowd in attendance.
Laurel is to have two lightless
nights a week. according to the an
nouncement of B. A. Schneider, mem
Der of the local fuel administration.
The Mississippi Veterinary Medical
association held it's regular meeting
in Meridian with a representative at.
tendance from all parts of the state
Justice A. w. Evans refused to grant
bail to c. l.. Esper, who is charged
with having shot and killed James
Knox at Greenwood on the night OF
Dec. q.
AS a result of heavy wind and
rain storm which passed over Vicks-
burg, Is telephones were rendered
useless, number of trees and fences
were blown down.
The annual election of Meridian ad-
department heads by the
council resulted in only one change,
that of city attorney, B. A. Amis sue
ceeding " W. Gilbert.
Edgar G. Harris, Jones county di-
rector for the national war savings
announces that Jones
county's quota of war savings and
thrift stamps is $4,000.
Circuit court, which was to convene
in Ripley last week, was pretermitted,
fpd a special term will be called by
Judge J. l.. Bates to convene in Rip
ley on the third Monday in February.
Senator Harry S. New of Indiana,
member of the senate military com
mittee, was a recent visitor at Camp
Shelby and held long conference
with Maj. Gen. Sage, camp command
ant, and his staff.
The criminal section of the Wash
ington county circuit court is in ses-
sion, with Judge H. H. Gilmore of Lex
ington presiding. This is the first
criminal term held since last January,
the June term having been pretermit-
ted
The first Columbus boy to enter the
trenches in France was Turner C.
Jewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. w. r. S.
Jewell. Jewell left with the first in
crement of the American expedition
airy forces under the command of Gen.
eral Pershing. The young man is only
IL years of age.
Within few moments after he had
received a notice of being placed in
class No. of the selective draft, Kile
"a, farmer of Tippah coun-
ty, killed himself with shotgun. His
mother, crazed over her sons actions,
seized a butcher knife and cut her Jug
ular vein before relatives could inter
fere. She bled to death.
Rev. w. III. Thomas, who has served
the pastorate OF the Methodist church
at Summit for the past three years,
and who was returned at the last ses-
sion of the annual conference, having
applied for commission to the war
has gone to Washington,
D, c., in answer to a call to report
there at once for examination.
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Inc WASHINGTON OouHty h0uieai
society held it's first quarterly meet
ing for the year 1918 with large at
tendance. Officers were elected as
follows: DR.. Baldwin Of Lamort.
president; Or. T. B. Lewis of Green
vile, vice-president, and DR.. j. J. Fer
guson of Greenville, secretary
Private Fred O'Neil of the .13Sth
headquarters company, and Private
James Gillespie of the 151st infantry,
at Camp Shelby, will be tried in the
civil courts at Meridian for highway