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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department. of the Interior, Lane
office at Jackson, Miss, October IA
1902.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof il
support of his claim, and that sale
proof will be made before the Chan
Gerry Clerk of Rankin county, at Bran
don, M ISIS. on November %, 1902, viz
WILLIAM l.. WOMACK,
H. E. No. 367O6 for the south west
quarter northwest quarter, section 80,
township north, range 5 east of
Choctaw Meridian A. F. to southeast
quarter northwest quarter, section 80
township north, range east.
He names the following illnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
L. D. Smith, A. Hutson, w. P.
Thorn pson, w. E. Gill, all of Joe,
Missi ssippi.
FRED W. COLLINS, Register.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Coming right down to the question,
says the Cherokee (Texas) Banner,
what is, the positions oiithe delinquendt
pool tax payer? If he can pay and won't,
he is certainly dead beat; if he can't
pay, he is pauper. In either case he
should be allowed to vote. Dead-beats
have no right to assist in the govern
ment Of honest people, and pauper are
not citizens, but wards. Therefore the
adoption of the poll tax amendment
does not hurt the honest man, but is a
protection to him. 1t Gays to the voter:
IF you would invoke the protection of
the Government over your person, and
its assistance in the education of your
children, it is your duty to make this
small contribution toward defrayng the
expense. If you refuse to do this, you
forfeit your right to cast ballot, and to
assist in the election of the men who
shall hold the reins of the Government. !"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

A writer in the Boston Transcript
says that "far up in the icy northern
wastes of Canada We have heard there
lives an official of the Hudson Bay
Company to whom but once year mail
and provisions come. He is an ardent
reader of the London Times, receiving
with each annual arrival of the modern
Mayfiower sledge the complete edition
of a year. Each morning he unfolds at
breakfast copy of the Times, just one
year old upon that date. For him the
Boer war has not yet closed; for him
the Lucani's and the Kaiser Wilhelm s
doing months ago are not yet in"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

The Albany, N. Y, Argus scores
Hon. D. B. Hill for thwarting the
wishes of the democratic convention
which was favorable to Judge Parker
for governor and forcing them to nom
mate Coler. 1t says Parker could
have beaten Odell, but that his cleo
ton would have made the judge a
presidential possibility, which Hill
did not desire, as he wants that "per.
simmon' himself.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
FREE TO THE BABIES.

The Eastern Manufacturing Co., OF
Chicago, will present to every baby,
under one year of age, in this county, one
solid silver baby spoon with the baby's
given name engraved on same. You do
not have to pay one cent nor buy any,
thing to get this spoon. The Eastern
Manufacturing Co. are large manufac-
turers and jobbers of jewelry and
si1verware, and have taken this method
of advertising their goods. Instead of
spending thousands of dollars for
magazine advertising they have decided
to give it away direct to consumers.
The undersigned firm has been
made distributing agent for this
locality. Bring your baby to their
store and give its name and age and
you will receive one of these beautiful
silver spoons all engraved free of cost.
This is not a cheap article, but solid
silver Of elegant design. Don't fail
to look over the elegant line Of The
Eastern Manufacturing Co. IS goods on
display at
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

township 6, range 2. Lots II and IA
in section %, township 5, range 8.
Lots Is, IS and 10, Spencer survey in
east half of southwest quarter and
west half Of southeast quarter of sec
tion 10, township 5, range 3, also
that part of section %, township s.,
range 8, between said Lot 10 and the
old line of the v and M. r. r., also
a small plat lying between said Lot
10 and the OLD line of said r. r.
w. S. CROOK, Commissioner.
October Goth, 1902.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
J. Wesley johnson,

No. 1899, VS..
w. H. Wilson and W. D. Wilson.
In Chancery Court of Rankin County,
Mississippi. Decree for $470. II.
By virtue Of the decree of the
Chancery Court of said county, rem.
dered at the March term, 1902, / the
undersigned Special Commissioner,
duly appointed by said Court, will on
the 18th day of November, 1902, pro-
coed to sell at public cutlery, to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, in
front of the court house door in the
town of Brandon, Miss, within legal
hours ofssale, the following described
lands, situated in the county of Ran
kin, and state of Mississippi, towit
The northwest quarter, less 20 acre:
off the east side thereof, and the nortl
half of southwest quarter, all N sec
tion II, township 6, range east.
The above lands will be sold tx
satisfy the above mentioned decree
with interest he rate of 10 pei
MT from the date thereof, and al
SITS. G. W. W HITE,
Special Commissioner
Brandon, Miss. Oct1. 6, 1902.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Hon. Jas. G. Cannon, of Illinois,
will likely be speaker OF the house,
in the 5Sth congress. He has been
for years chairman of the appropria-
tion committee of the house; is an
able / legislator, an ardent protect
ionist, and an intense partisan.
''Uncle Joe" will have to modify his
views on the tariff to square himself
with the western demand for revision
He is an ADLER man than the present
speaker.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

The little daughter of Mr.. J. N. Powell
jumped on an Inverted rake made of ten
penny nails, and thrust one nail entirely
through her foot and second half way
through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was
promptly applied and five minutes later
the pain had disappeared and no more
suffering was experienced. In three days
the child was wearing her shoes as usual
and with absolutely no discomfort. Mr..
Powell is we'll known merchant OF
Portland, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic
and heals such injuries without matura-
tion and in one third the time required
by the usal treatment. For sale by A.
q. Thornton. Brandon, "A. L. d. Rhodes.
Pelahatchie.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
To The Public.

Allow me to say few words in praise of
Chamberlain's Cough Remady, l had
very severe cough and cold and feared
| would get pneumonia but after take
ing the second dose of this medicine |
felt better, three bottls of it cured nv
cold and the pains in my chest disapper-
ed entirely. | am most respectfully yours
for health, RALPH S. MEYERS, 64-Thirty-
seventh st, Wheeling, w. Va. For sale
by A. G. Thornton, Brandon, A. l.. d.
Rhodes, Pelahatchie.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
SUPPRESSI Nc THE AGENTS.
Canvassers For Foreign Firms Mus
Pay License.

Steps have been taken to suppress
the army of agents and can vassers o.
Northern department stores and sup
ply houses who have invaded Mississ
ippi and are underselling the local men
on all commodities, making contracts
and taking orders for almost everything
salable, from PAPER OF pins to a
piano.
A few days since two agents of a
Memphis house started to unload two
carloads of provisions sold to farmers
living near Magnolia, in Pike county
The work was stopped by Sheriff Leg
gette, who demanded the payment OF
the $50 privilege license fixed by law
for transient vendors of merchandise
The agents protested, claiming that
they were not liable. and a telegram
was sent to Auditor Cole, asking for a
ruling on the subject. The auditor re-
piled that the agents were clearly liable
in the sum of $50 each, and he instructed
the sheriff to enforce the payment
of the license.
As the county license is one-half OF
the state license, this means that the
transient vendors must pay $75 in teach
county visited, which means that there
will probably be radical reduction in
the number of canva ssers who are now
scattered quite thickly over the state.
The auditor urges all sheriffs to keep a
close lookout for the transient vendors
and enforce prompt payment Of the
license.
Local merchants and dealers have
been deprived of thousands Of dollars
worth OF trade by these agents. and they
will heartily endorse the action al the
auditor in directing that the privilege Ii
cense be exacted, thus giving them a
fighting chance for competition
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Who is the president for, anyway !?
He downs the lilly whites in Ala
bama, and the negro in Mississippi.
He stands by Senator Prichard, of
North Carolina, and condemns Bling
ham of Alabama; both shut out negro
delegations from their respective con-
ventions. 1t may be dawning on him
that it is impossible toeget a respec-
table republican party in the south.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Ii there is any state in the United
States that can show better record
than the State of Mississippi than the
following statement from a we'll posted
writer let the facts be known. The wri.
ter says: Mississippi is prospecting amaz-
ingly. Auditor Cole estimates that the
assessment recently taken and now in
process of tabulation. will show an
enhanced Variation of between $4,000,
000and 100000. This means ofcourse,
that taxes will not be increased, if il
ooes not promise, in fact, decrease OF
taxation, Notwithstanding the fact that
the state levy was decreased from 6 l<2
mills to mills when the present state
administration came in. In the face OF
this reduction the public schools appro-
priations for the white and Ablack child
rem of Mississippi have been largely in
creased, and $500, 900. of interest bearing
bonds were called in and paid long be-
fore they were due. Not cent of the
million dollars of bonds authorized to
build new state house has been sold,
albeit that magnificent structure is
nearing completion. The Estate pension
appropriation has been increased from
$4,000 to 100000. Largely increased
appropriations have been made for every
college in Mississippi, white and black;
and additional buildings have been made
constructed for each of them
Decrease taxation increased appro-
priatiou for schools and for war pensions
and capitol building constructed without
issuing OF levying tax. What All excel
lentSrecord. No state in the United
States, it may be said, can equal it.
Mississippi not only deservs, but has
won unbounded praise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
LEGAL NOTICES.
BRIDGE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received at the Chancery Clerk g
Office up to II o'clock noon, on the first
Monday in Dec, 1902, for building a
bridge 68 it. long on Campbell's Creek,
near Ellis Patrickp lace according to the
specifications nowon file. The board re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids.
g. w. WHITE, Clerk.
Brandon, Miss, Nov. 5, 1902.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

LAS winter an infant child of mine
had Group in violent form" says Elder
John w. Rogers, Christian Evangelist
Of Filley, Mo. Il gave her few doses Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and in a
short time all danger was past and the
child recovered" This remedy not only
cures Group, bnt when given as soon as
the first symptoms appear, will prevent
the attact. 1t contains no opium or other
harmful substance and may be given as
confidently to baby as TO an adult Fol
sale by, A. G. Thornton. Brandon, A.
l.. ID. Rhodes, Pelahatchie.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
INDIGESTION

Is the direct cause OF most Of our ills.
such as sick headache. diarrhea, kid.
ney and bladder troubles, rheumatisms
skin diseases. nervous prostration, dc.
bility, ETC.. often causing pains all over
the body. Acidine is guaranteed to
cure Indigestion in its worst form.
at cost of less than one cent day.
Money refunded if it fails. Cali for
free sample bottle and circular. Sold
and guaranteed by
Waddel1 & Nav
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
CHAMBERLAIN'S STOMACH AND LIVER
.TABTETS.

Try the
When you feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in the
mouth.
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipated.
When you have headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite,
cleanse and invigorate your stomach
and regulate your liver and bowels. For
sale by A. q. Thornton. Brandon. A. l..
D. Rhodes, Pelahatchie.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Hot days followed by cool nights will
breed malaria in the body that is bilious
or costIve. Prickly Ash Bitters is yer
valuable at this time for keeping til
stomach, liver and bowels we'll regulated
For sale by A. @. Thornton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
DEDTAL NOTICE.

In answer to numerous inquiries
by letter would say OH account of
sickness I have been compelled to
neglect my dental business, but am all
right again. Come any day except
Saturdays Saturdays also for reliev-
ing pain. Respectfully,
w. v. RICE.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
The Brandon News,
w. S. MAY, Editor.

The bankers are having q grand
convention in New Orleans. We may
now look for Important financial
legislation to be brought before con-
ress-legislation suggested by the
bankers, for the gooa p of the coun
try.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

1t seems that Senators Platt and
Spooner have failed to get the presi-
dent to modify his first views. These
worthy senators need not be worried
about this, as they control legislation,
the country is more concerned to learn
of their views being modified just
now
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

II. T. Mcintyre, st. Paul, Mimi, who
has ben troubled with disordered
stomach. says, "Chamberlain's Stom-
ache and Liver Tablets do me more good
than anything have ever TAKEN" For
by A. G. Thornton, Brandon, a. l.. d.
Rhodes, Pelahatce.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

The kidneys are small but important
organs. They need help occasionally.
Prickley Ash Bitters is successful kid
ney tonic and system regulator. A. G.
Thornton,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Typical south African Store.

o. r. Larson, Of Bay Villa, Sundays
River. Cape Colony, conducts store
typical OF South Africa, at which can be
purchased anything from the proverbial
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Waddell & MAY.

A bottle of Prickly Ash Bitters kept
in the house and used occasionally
m cans good health to the whole house.
hold. A. g. Thornton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Jackson, Miss, Nov. 5, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice of
her intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Chancery Clerk
Rankin county, at Brandon, Miss, on
December l6, 1902, viz:
MILTON WALTERS,
Homestead Entry No. 1854, for the
east half north east quarter and north
west quarter north east quarter section
8, township 3, north range 5 East of
Choctaw Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF said land. viz: S.. l..
Jones, J. M. Jones, E. B. Storey, j. G.
Purvis all, of Mayton, Mississippi.
FRED w. COLLINS, Register.
The colored American., 1902-01-11

While the North has not done for them
all it should have done, 1t has done
enough to establish and protect the
principle of the political eqlality OF
all its citizans
The cOlored voters in the Northern
States are active and alive to their
rights and interests and we believe him
to be poor prophet who predicts that
because there is no longer one of their
race in Congress these free voters Will
Go away back and sit down.
In the article in QUESTION Col Nc
Clure gets cff the stock argument about
the mass of colOred voters being venal
and purchasab'e However, he trips
himse f up In one place he says they
have uniformly yoted the republican
ticket Evidently both these state
ments cannot stand. II they are re-
pu bIlcans, the republican managers are
not Rig enough fools to go out and buy
what is already theirs Either Col.
McClu g has been 'buncoed by some
tricky, unprincipalled Negro or he
thiuks money paid for legitimate cam
paign work goes to buy votes The
Colonel need not be told that the Aus
tralisn ballot makes the purchase of
votes useless
The colored American., 1902-01-11

The relative speed of truth and false
hood is shown IN bold relief by re-
cent incident. About two weeks ago
an associated press dispatch from Al.
toona, Pa. lit up the wires with the
statement that Senator Hanna and
Secretary George B. CorteIyou had
provided a place in the United States
Senate as special messenger for james
B. Parker the hero of the Buffalo trag.
edy. 1t was printed in nearly every
daily and W. ekly newspaper in the
United States. Three days after the
dispatch had been sent out Senator
Hanna denied any knowledge of the
appointment to an associated press re-
porter. The Sergeant'at'Arms of the
United States Senate made a similar
denial. But the colored press with its
usual tendency to drowsineas continue
to announce in large head lines the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Parker to a good
federal portion.
The colored American., 1902-01-11
col. McLURE's RANDOM REccLLEcTIoNS

co., MCLURE'S RANDOM REccLLEcTI0hS
In an article in the Washington
Pest OF the 9th inst the veteran jOurn-
alIst, Col. A. z. Mcclure expressed
the opinion that the Negro has passed
out of national politics for good He
bases this opinion on what be calls his
Random Recollections OF Half a Cen
tury," in which he says the colored
people have never received any poll
tical recognition in the northern states
as he can recall but one instance of a
cOlOred man bling elected to a state
office, and only two instances where
persons of that race have been elected
to a state legislature AS Mr.. Thomas
81 Clark so admirably showed in his
letter to the Post, Col. Mcclure, like
most white men who discu 80 freely
the Negro and his progress, knows
very little about the progress of the
colOred people As matter of fact COL
ored men have received considera le
political recognition in the North con
sidering their number, both in elective
and appolntive Offices At the present
time there are col Dred men In the leg
islatures of Ohio, Michigan, Massa-
chussetts and Illinois. There has scarce
ly been time in the last twenty five
years that coIored men have not been
mrmbers of the Ohio Legislature. Col
Ored men have been elected and a =
pointed to all sorts of officers in the
North, from township clerk to mayor,
sheriff, state auditor, governors coun'
Gil, judge and others too numerous to
mention. AS q rule they have run even
with al d often ahead of their tickets
The colored American., 1902-01-11

to save one third of their salaries for
one year their would be at the end OF
the year an average amou't OF S3OO
in the hands Of each, or an aggregated
capital among them of $60O.000! II
we should deduct twothirds of this
amount for the understandable extrav'
agance of the dudes and dudines. there
would still remain a ved.up capital
of 100000 at the end Of the yesr-to
start a department store on the plan OF
the Boston House.
If ten per cent of the remaining
81 100000 IN salaries received by Ne
groes here were spent In such an en-
enterprise, there would be no doubt of
its success for it would be assured of
volume of business equal to $3.50 600
der annum. What plumber Of High
and Normal School graduates who
fail to secure teacherships or govern
meDt positions, would find suitable EN-
Iloyment in such q commercial enter
prises!
One thing is certain, namely, that
the savants Of the race must either be
gin to devise some means of suitable
employment r our educated boys and
girls who are idle because the avenues
of educated toll controlled by white
men are closed against them, or theV
must expect the cursees rather than
the blessings of the rising generation
for bringing them into the world and
assisting them to become educated and
then refusing to do their part in pro-
viding them the means of using their
education
Another wise resolve would be that
each and every colored person her
who shall need the services of a doc
tor, lawyer or mechanic shall enddeav'
or to employ those of colored men, 9th
er things being equal, for if our own
professional men and craftsmen are
Will supported, it will encourage other
men of the race to venture upon mer-
camille I.ursu ts and it enter into gen.
esal commerce with the assured hope
of succ, ss.
The colored American., 1902-01-11
A SOUTHERN LEADER,

We notice that an effort is making
to have Col. John 81. Deveaux, COL
lectOr OF Customs at Savannah, Ga,
superseded at the expiration of his pre-
sent term by white man. The only
objection urged against Col. Devaux Is
that he is colored man; and this OBJ.
lection comes too from a class of men
who claim to be re ublicans, and who
profess to be able to build up a strong
republican organization in Georgia,
provided only about four offices held by
colored men by presidential appoint
ment. are filled by white men The
contention is at once silly and refec-
ton on the integrity and cbivalry of
Southern white men. We do not believe
that by displacing the colored men in
Office, and filling their places with
white men, any considera bic number of
white men in the South will join the re-
publican party.
But to return to Col Devaux. He
is loyal, veteran republican. grown
gray III the service OF his party in the
state He has the confidence and e.
spect of ali the people who know him,
regardless Ci race, or color, or politics.
FOR twenty three years he has been
connected with the military organiza.
ton of the state Of Georgia, during
which time he has reflected credit on
himself, and rendered lasting service to
The state militia. He has an enyiable
record as a public official of the United
states, possessing experience, admins.
trative ability and incorruptible integ.
rity. He measures up to all the re-.
qulrements of the merit system He
meets z esiCent Roosevelt's standard
OF efficiency. This being the case, and
it is the case, it is to be sincerely hoped
that tie President will not be swerved
by the cry of color, nor mislead By the
ignis tatuus of a white mans repubIi.
can party in the south.
The colored American., 1902-01-11

The "local in the last issue of The
Co'ored American to the effect that
Mr.. Dancy. tie new Recorder, would
make clean sweep" of the Office wheL
he took charge was without foundation
Mr.. Dancy is a veteran federal office
holder and has flied many high places
with great credit to himself and to his
country. Merit will be the test in his
office which will be conducted on the
highest business lines.
The colored American., 1902-01-11

Speaking about Cabinet making re-
minds US that most excellent piece of
cabinet work-a violin guitar has been
sent us from New Orleans to present
to President Roosevelt for his daugh 'er,
Miss Alice, on making her debut. The
instrument is a wonder and is as full
of music as honey with sweetness The
maker and sender is Mr.. Samuel E.
Davis a most successful colored cabinet
maker of the Crescent City. He pre-
sented the late President Mckinley
with an electric launch and has sent
Hon. D r. Francis, chairman of the
World Fair Purchasing Exposition at
st. Louis. Mo, with a many wooded
gavil. There is mahogany in the Cab
met.