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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-31
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

Pursuant to notice, the school board
of Rankin county, Miss, met at the
office of G. r. Cook, county super
intendent, of said county, in the
town of Brandon, July 25th, A. D.,
1902, all the members of said board
being present, were called to order by
the superintendent, and the following
proceedings were had and done, to.
. wit:
CHANGE OF LOCATION. On
aotion the "Currie'' school now 10.
ated on section Is, township 5, range
east, be changed to the north part of
Khe northeast quarter of section II,
ownship Is, range 2, provided a
school house is erected at said place,
on land decided to the township trus-
tees for school purposes.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet at 10 o'clock tomorrw morning.
SATURDAY, JULY 2e, 1902.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, same present as yesterday, when
the following proceedings were had
and done, towit:
DISTRICT ASSIGNED. 1t ap-
pearing to the board that section J.,
township 8, range 2, was not included
in any public school district, it was
N motion decided that the north half
ofsssaid section be assigned to the Dry
Greek school district and the south
half to the Star school district.
EXAMINERS ELECTED. = Mrs.
Kate Barksdale being the only appli-
cant for the position of examiner of
teachers for the ensuing year. COM
mencing 1st September, 1902, and end
ing 1st September, 1908, she was elec-
ted by acclamation to fill said posi-
tion.
TIME OF SCHOOL TERMS. On
motion, it was ordered that the winter
terms Of the public schools for the en-
suing scholastic year shall commence
on the 1st, End or 3rd Mondays in No
yember, 1902. and the summer terms
on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Mondays in
June, 1908.
Ordered that tho board now adjourn
to meet on the 4th day Of August,
1902.
J. @. BERRY,
A. g. BAKER,
w. B. WORLEY,
w. d. ROBBINS,
]. 9. BRUCE, Secretary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-31

] The congressional candidates spoke
at Brandon last Friday to good sized
audience. All the candidates were
we'll applauded and each had his
friends in the audience. From what
we had heard of the candidates before
the canvass opened we had expected
that Mr.. Williams would be SO far
ahead of the other candidates Fin de-
bate that there would be no use for
them to speak, but when the speaking
was over we were bound to agree with
the vast majority of the crowd that
the speech Of Judge Henry was much
the best speech made. He presented
national issues in such clear, lucid,
and convincing manner that all who
were present at once recognized him
as one of the best posted men in the
state on questions Of national impor-
tance. We realize more than ever
that the best way to judge of public
men is to hear them in joint debate
and not to judge by printed speeches
sent out all over the country.
A special from Brandon, dated yes
terday, to the vicksburg American,
says: The week just passed has been
a great one for old Rankin from an
oratorical standpoint. The several
candidates for congress from this dis
trict have made speeches at several
points in the county and United States
Senator .Anselm J. McLaurin addressed
his fellow citizens at Moore's store
on Friday. A goodly crowd greeted
'Old Anse, as he is fondly termed
by the people in that section Of the
free state of Rankin and his utterances
brought forth generous applause.
Senator MoLaurin in masterly man
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
NOT GOOD FRIENDS.
The SalIorman and the Shark Cannot
Come ToSether.

Sailors certainly hate sharks" said
man who has returned from his va.
cation over the lake. 1T was off the
pilot boat, on the bay side of Ship
Island. Tony, one of the sailors, had
rowed two amateur fishermen near
lot of old piling where Spanish mack
erel were supposed to bite at the rate
Of sixty an hour, but where, as a
matter of fact, only lady fish were
anxious to snap up the bait and where
big sharks broke hooks, snapped lines
and shattered poles. Tony had been
gradually working himself up into
fine rage against these dogs Of the
Deep Time and time again his hooks
and lines had been taken. He had
began to execrate the sharks in
broken English, but finding this made
quate a choice flow Of Italian pro-
family was directed at the shovel
nosed maurauders. Tony is sailor,
and oil sailors hate shark; but In
this instance Tony's natural hatred
was intensified by the discomfort and
annoyance of having to rig up new
lines for himself and the amateurs.
In desperation he dived into small
locker in the boat and produced line
| as big as young rope, with q hook
that would have done for the hanging
up of meat in butcher stall. Tony
then cut a big lady fish in two and
fixed the tail to the hook. When he
threw the line into the water he re-
marked with frills, that he intended to
do up one of the leather-skinned devils
of the deep or die. Having thus fixed
trap for the sharks, Tony relaxed
himself and went to pulling in lady
fish for the sport Of the thing, leav-
Ing one end of his shark line tied to
the boat.
ooh, da old devil" cried Tony sud-
denly. The big line had gone out like
lightning. Tony threw down his pole,
grabbed the line and began to pull
with all his might. Soon the ugly
nose of fve-foot shark was seen near
the side Of the sklff. Its wicked little
eyes were glaring with rage. AS Tony
drew it near the boat it turned over
and crushed it's teeth against the gun
vale. The amateurs wanted to shoot
with a revolver, but Tony prevented
them. He was now as mad as the
shark. He was standing in the boat,
cursing at the writhing fish and at
tempting to get a grip on Its head
Finally the strong right hand of Tony
had seized the shark with grip Of
steel, and pulling with his left hand
by the line and raising with his right.
managed to get the shark partly over
the side of the boat. He then reached
down quickly and with his left hand
caught the shark by its tail. Tony's
teeth gritted with anger. He batted
the head of the shark against the side
of the boat, causing the fish to make
frantic endeavors to escape, while the
| blood ran from its jaws. Tony was
asked by one Of the amateurs to let
the shark go, but he was not finished.
1t was only after the shark had been
ripped open with knife that Tony,
with final Italian denunciation, cast
him overheard. Even then the sea
devil swan on top Of the water for a
long time before giving up the ghost"
New Orleans TimesDemocrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
PENNIES on THE CEILING.
Novel Way of Collecting Money for Char
ftub,e I'urpoSeS,

Novel Way of Collecting Money for Char
liable Purposes.
The landlords of some Of the public
houses in the poorest districts in the
Last End have invented new method
of collecting money for the hospitals,
says tie London Graphic. They recog-
nize the fact that the average man is
usually cnaritably disposed when he
is in public house. and so they give
him a chance to do some good with
his money. Incidentally, they also fur
nish him with a little innocent amuse-
ment. While the man is slipping his
drink the landlord ostentatiously takes
a penny from mis- till. He next produ-
ces thin slice from cork with
tin-tack run through the centre. He
then places The piece Of cork on the
top Of the penny and wraps them in a
piece CT thin colored paper. The paper
is screwed up tightly, so that the point
of the tin-tack pierces 1t, and is twist
ed in the form of tail" When the
landlord has completed these mysteri-
Gus preparations he throws the penny
wrapped in the paper up to the CELL
ing. The tack goes into the ceiling
and the penny in the colored paper re-
mains up there. Sometimes the tail"
is cut into ribbons, and sometimes
two or three pieces of paper of differ
ent colors are used. In any case the
customer wants ito have try" The
landlord furnises the cork and the tin
tack and the colorcd paper. The Gus
toner finds the penny; with a very
little practice anyone can make a
penny stick on to the ceiling. and
so in course of time. the ceiling be-
comes gay with colored streamers of
paper. When the ceiling is full the
pennies arc pulled down and sent to
a hospital-and the fun begins all over
ouoi.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
cow PUNCHING BY ELECTRICITY.
Novel Use of "Magic Touch" by West.

Novel Use of "Magic Touch" by West.
ern Cowboys to Drive Cattle.
Cow punching by cowboys under the
picturesque conditions of wild west
ern life will soon be lost art. Elec-
tricity is taking the cowboys place,
and reports of it's success In this
novel field credit the new agency with
remarkable success. One OF the larg-
est packing firms in Kansas City en-
ploys electricity to drive cattle into the
beef beds, instead of shouts, clubs,
whips and prods.
The electricity is applied by means
of two insulated wires, connected with
the light wires over the catching and
knocking pens. The current passes
through stick and connects with two
brass points on the end. "Punchers"
is the name given the sticks. There
are two punchers, each six feet long,
in the catch pen, and five, four feet
long, in the knocking pens. The insul-
ated wires are about twenty feet long,
thus covering a distance in the pens
of about thirty feet each. One hun
dred and twenty-five volts of electric
ity are turned on, enough to make
sharp, stinging sensation, without
leaving mark or bruise on the beef.
The work OF punching is done in one
half the time and with half the exer-
tion. The effect of The magic touch
on the steer is amusing to see.
A steer touched on the left hip i'm
mediately throws his hindquarters as
far as he can to the right. Then he
cocks one ear straight ahead and one
straight back, switches his tail and
starts straight ahead. He don't care
for a second attack. The electricity
speaks to him in language he doesn't
understand. There is a look Of sur
Prise in his eyes, and lie seems to
knew that all the trouble lies In the
end ee that stick. He doesn't stop to
get mad or howl. He has urgent busi
ness at tire other end of the pen. That.
is exactly where the drivers and
knockers want him. The new method
completely Ioes away with all back
rushes and dragging in with chains,
for just as long as the puncher Is be-
hind the steer is just as far as he can
get in front. The saving of time and
bruised meat are also items to be
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
a Mlssourlan Romance.

The story of the reunion OF the
Roach brothers Of Excelsior Springs
and Kearney, after separation of
forty-one years, would make a good
foundation for a romance. In 1861
the fathS7 and two sons Of the Roach
family, the laster named George and
Lewis, left their Illinois home in
prairie schooner for the West. Will
liam Roach, the third son, remained.
Two years after his father and bro
Tiers left he heard they had been kill
ed in fight with Indians. He after
ward moved West and located at FIX
celsior Springs. A short time ago W.
B. Arnold of that place asked him II
he had any brothers living, AID told
him of two men named Roach who
lived near Kearney. He did not think
it possible they could be akin to him,
but he opened correspondence with
them. 1t turned out that they are his
brothers. The three have for years
been living in the same county, with
out happening to see or hear OF each
other.-Chicago Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Better the feet slip than the tongue.
There are more men threatened
than stricken.
Friends unjustly gotten are seldom
comfortably enjoyed.
The best little difference is betwixt
good deferred and evil done.
A good many people would be more
charitable if charity was more fash
ionable.
To measure a mans worth by his
success is square often false, al
ways uncertain.
The spoke in the wheel which creak-
eth most doth not bear the greatest
burden in the cart.
Some have sluices in the conscien-
ces, and can keep them open or shut,
as occasion requireth.
Every fool knows what Is worst to
be done, but what is best to be done
is known only to the wise.
Determining to win that which was
lost instead of pondering the past,
las kept many men out of asylums for
the insane.
There is something divine in march
ing straight to death for the sake of
people of the future whom we have
never seen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON.
A Letter From the Executive Oflce of Oregon.

Pe-ru-na is known from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Letters of congratulation and
commendation testifying to the merits OF
Pe-ru-na as a catarrh remedy are pouring
in from every State in the Union. DR.
Hartman is receiving hundreds of such let
ters daily I'll classes write these letters
from the highest to the lowest.
The outdoor laborer, the indoor artisan
the clerk, the editor the statesman, the
preacher-all agree that Pe-ru-na is the ca
tarrh remedy OF the age The stage and
rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their great
est enemy, are especially enthusiastic in
their praise and testimony.
Any man who wishes perfect health must
be entirely free from catarrh. Ca.arrh is
wcll-nish universal; almost omniprcscnt
Pc-ru-na is the only absolute safeguard
known. A cold is the beginning OF ca.
tarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is
to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Peru.
M not only cures catarrh, but prevents
Every household should be supplied with
this great remedy for coughs, colds and SO
forth.
The Governor of Oregon is al ardent ad
mirer OF Pe-ru-na. lie keeps it continually
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
ALLIGATOR Extinct in The South.

The alligator is said to be practi'
cally extinct in the South. To Dame
Fashion may be attributed his passing
away. The demand for shoes, satcheis
and pocketbooks of alligator skin has
been such within the last ten years
that we will probably soon be COM
PEELED to visit our museums and ZOOS
to hunt up the creature, which has un-
justly earned an evil reputation as
the terror of Southern swamps. Mr..
]. knight Perkins, Of Kalamazoo, thor
oughly searched the southern portions
of the country for 14-foot alligators.
In all New Orleans he could find but
one alligator 10 feet long. He discoF.
cred that even little allisators from
four to eight inches long had disap-
to the census reports in The Insurance
American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
ACCIDENTAL INJURIES.
MIshaps From Which Little Children
Are Wont to Suffer.

Aside from the defects which are
born with the child, by far the great
est number are the result of accidents
and injuries. Owing to the softness
and elasticity of the childs frame he
escapes much that would prove seri-
Gus to adults. Yet the greater part Of
the serious Affections of childhood,
aside from the contagious fevers, are
the outcome of injuries to the bones
and joints. In children's wards in the
hospitals the majority of the little pa
tients are suffering from the dis
eases which make deformities. These
are the different infammations of the
spinal column, which cause the vari-
Gus curvitatures of the spine; the in
fammatory conditions that, occur
ring In the hip, give rise to hip joint
disease, and the malformations which
occur in the foot, giving rise to the
shortening of leg, causing the child
to limp. Many of these conditions are
due to an accident, such as fall or
bruise; some are present from birth.
A child's frame Is much like that Of
the young tree or sapling. 1t can be
trained and shaped while young and
pliable, but after 1t is full grown this
Is not possible. Parents should use
every means in their power to relieve
and overcome the deformities which
will be such burden to their children
all their lives. Mothers should con-
stantly inspect their children to dis
cover any Of these troubles which re-
suit 40 disastrously When the child
to curve the spine, which makes the
little projections Of each vertebra
stand out in relief. See that they
make no dev!atlons toward one side or
the other. See that the shoulder blades
are in like position and not project
ing too much. Look also ct the ribs,
especially where they are attached
in front.
1t is we'll to have the seemingly
healthy childrc- gone over by the
family physician once in awhile to see
that growth is progressing as it
should. If the spinal curvatures and
the hip joint troubles are discovered
early great suffering and the attend
ant deformlty can be avoided. These
diseases, which cause the greatest
part of the defoTmity of childhood,
are insidious in their approach and
are often not detected until their
ravages have progressed to such a
degree that their remedy Is difficult,
even if possible Philadelphia In
quirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19

II might have knoWn!' sue crled'
ooh, what I have been saved! Every
fresh face"
$50 few faces are fresh" he said;
and that was really unkind, for she
had a sallow complexion.
81 am not going to argue it any
more" she declared, having talked the
subject bare. "Go!"
And he went. But he was gentle
man, and previous to going he had
tried his best to soothe her annoy
ance, even to frankly owning that
from her point of view-she had cause
for it. He had tried to close his ears to
the echoing voice, his eyes to the
laughing face, of the girl he had left
under tie apple trees. He did all he
could to shut out the sweet, sudden
vision of freedom, of release from a
captivity which had always irked him.
1t was rot his fault in the present
that his past faults were accounted
unpardonable. He only went when
= he was certain that he was powerless
to rerivet his chains.
He was not poetical young mar.
but some verses the lady who had
relinquished him was fond of quoting
came to him as he wandered back 10
where the cause of the mischief $50
he devoutly hoped) still awaited him.
!Ie waited, on his part, until he was
quite certain that she was there, until
he stood in front of her, and then he
repeated a verso out loud:
Where tie apple tree reddens never
pry--
Lest we lose our Eden, Eve and l."
so, she has sent you adrift?" said
the girl, seated under the apple tree.
"But Ewes all right"
He flung himself beside her.
Ewes all right" he echoed. God
bless her, You haven't finished the
applcs?"
"No--ycu're just in time. Here's
2 whole one left" and she passed it
to him. That's the prettiest side" ="
she said, pointing; "you may bite it
there"
"Really?"
at seems a ceremony beftting the
OCCASION" she said.
There" he said as he handed the
bitten apple back to her. But knew
what was good for me the moment
saw it, before ate of the fruit"
You are not keeping very close to
the original" she said.
Eve is all right" he repeated.
Dear love you! Am II"
He bent towards her. They were
so close under the shelter of the old
apple tree that she could hear his
heart beat; he could hear hers.
Her cheeks were redder than the
apples, and there was a strange new
note in her clear voice. Wait" she
said; II thought could deceive you,
but l cant. ! saw her there before
l let you-seiZe me-"
He did not speak.
Il know she does not love you; she
almost said so. She said things about
you to me she never could have said
if she truly loved you. believe she
loves someone else better. l must
not tell you why think it, but do"
Still he did not speak.
Il knew-I felt sure-that you did
not properly love her"
She waited a moment. Can you
forgive me?" she asked, very softly.
"If love prompted you?"
81 suppose that was it," she admit
ted. Love and apples. The Sketch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
800 Reward. S1oO,

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease. requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhCure Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The propretors ve so much faith IN
its curative powers that thcy offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fai!s to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials. Address
T.. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Rnll,s Family Pills nre tho best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
NOT so BAD AFTER ALL.

"Ah, it's a sad old world sighed
the man who had been cheated out Of
$40.
YES" assented his neighbor; lone
Of my horses got his head fast In the
hayrack last night anu broke his neck
was offered $500 for him less than
a month ago."
"Pshaw! That's zoo bail. Looks
as though it was goin' to brighten up,
don't it?" And he went on his way
whistling cheerfully.--Chicago Record
Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
,mcr,can Reindeer Thriving,

Good reports come of the results OF
the governmental experiment in intro
lucing the reindeer into Alaska. 1t is
said there are now over 1000 of the ami.
mails in the territory. that the increase
is about 80 percent year. and that the
American-born are larger and strong
er than the imported stock. In fact. il
is predicted that within few years
tho Laplanders will be sending to Alas
ka to get reindeer to bred from to i'm.
prove their own animals.-San Fran.
cisco, Cal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
HER SAVING WAY.

Mrs. calc-Downie>-I will have to
get another girl, though only tenn
porarily, perhaps month or so.
Mr.. e-Downie-Three dollars
more q week and board! What dc
you want en- extra girl for?
Mrs. Scale-Downie-I have found out
how to make just the loveliest little
hanging cabinet you ever say, at
cost Of only 81, but it will take me
several weeks to do it.-New York
Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
A FAULTY APPRAISEMENT.

"S!r. Sprigsins prides himself on
understanding the value OF money.
And that's where Mr.. Sprlgsins
makes a mistake" said the liberal
man. "He expects a dollar to buy
two or three times as much as it has
any right to and is continually being
annoyed and disappointed"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
CURES RAEuMATIsn AND cATARRH
b. B. Cures Deep-Seated Cases Especial-'
ly-To Provo It Z. 3. b. Sent Free.

ly-To Provo It Z. 3. b. Sent Free.
These diseases, with aches and pains in
bones, joints and back, agonizing pains in
shoulder blades, hands, fingers, arms and
legs crippled by rheumatism, lumbago, SCI
atica, or neuralgia; hawking, splitting, nose
bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach,
deafness, noises in the head, bad teeth thin
hot blood. all run down feeling of catarrh
are sure signs of an awful poisoned condi-
tion OF The bleed. Take Botanic Blood
Balm. (B.B.B.) Soon all aches and pains
stop, the poison is destroyed and q. real
permanent cure is made of the worst rheu-
matism OF foulest catarrh. Thousands of
cases cured by taking BIB. 1t strength
ems weak kidneys and improves digestion.
Druggists, 81 per large bottle. Sample free
by writing BLOOD BALM Co, IA Mitchell
ST., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free
medical advice sent in scaled letter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
HER LIMIT.

"Mrs. Storm is a great advocate OF
woman's rights. Have you ever heard
her discourse on the subject?"
mo. I've never heard her get any
further than woman's wrongs
Brooklyn Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-11-19
THE MESSAGE CT THE DAY.
THE PEssIMIsT.

THE PESSIMIST.
Each day but dawns to bring US
Some newer kind OF care,
To add another wrinkle
Or leave whitened hair,
Each sunset finds US nearer
Graves that they'll dig somewhere.
THE OPTIMIST.
look out in the morning
And see the brown leaves play,
Across the lawn. and gludness
Comes urging me to say,
"Thank God, nc leaves are blowing
Across MY grave today"
Chicago Record-Herald.