The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-19
favors shown him will / be duly ap-
preciated by the management.

John Gayden has just returned from
an extended trip through Illinois and
Indiana. He reports splendid time,
and promises to give us write up of
his trip for next week.
Senator A. J. McLaurin and private
secretary, J. S. Mccarthy, left Sun
day night for Washington. Senator
McLaurin's family will not go to
| Washington before February.
The Brandon Pressing Club is nav
institution for our town, with rooms
over Gayden and Co.'S store. The
membership fee is ST. per month,
which includes all the clothes clean
ing and pressing the members desire.
Prof. SCOTT and Justice elect Allis-
ton, of Monterey, were pleasant call
ers or The News Saturday. Prof.
Scott reports that he has an excellent
school, and is we'll pleased with the
community.
E. H. Ohleyer, who has been in
the employ of the Alabama and Vicks-
burg railway service at Vicksburg, is
at home. He will leave in few days
to accept more lucrative position at
Gulfport.
Capt r. f. Grimes was here Mon
day. He has sold his magnificent
plantation near Fannin, and will
probably move to Hattiesburg. Capt
Grimes is one of our best citizens,
and we trsst that he will net leave
the county permanently.
J. w. Pace, of Moseley, reports
that or one acre of new ground this
year he grew fifty-one bushels of corn.
The corn was planted on the 9th day
of : May. In addition to the corn,
Mr.. Pace will gathered about five
bushels of peas from the same land.
J. J. Stokes, who recently assumed
charge of the telephone exhange, is
making many improvements around
the office and otherwise improving the
service, and is adding new subscribers
each week. There are at present Al
| telephones in use in the town.
Rankin county is in better shape
than it has been in many years. Our
farmers made plenty of corn, peas,
| o0fotooc opd ,ooIoccoe op1 n Cow oo+
ton crop, and with the present good
price for cotton, they are paying out
of debt and having money to their
credit.
Ed McMaster, who was born and
reared in this town, was in charge of
the train that was wrecked at Kent.
wood, La, Sunday. There were
thirty negroes and one white man
killed Mr.. McMaster escaped with
out injury. A full account of the ILL
fated train will be found in this issue
of The News.
All citizens interested in trying to
get change of the railroad back to
it's old and original lines, through
Brandon, will meet at the court house
at p. m, on Friday the goth inst.
Let everyb body attend and see what
W can do. 1t is business and strictly
for the public good.
1t is very gratifying to our peo-
pei to note the material progress be-
ing made by our bank. By reference
to the statement published in another
column, it will be seen that this in.
stitution now has over on deposit.
This is an excellent showing, and
demonstrates that the bank is being
ably managed.
Genial John Cox, of Lucknow, was
here, shaking hands with his many
friends Monday. It's genuine
pleasure to meet Mr.. Cox. He takes
life easy, never worries and is always
in perfectly good humor. He says
that Brandon is the best cotton mar
ket in the state, and he finds that
goods can be bought much cheaper
here than in our sister city.
E. Ell. Cook, of Mayton, was here
Tuesday to attend the case wherein
DR.. S. HI. Stapleton had attached the
household effects Of g. r. Cook for
rent. The amount involved nineteen
months rent, as claimed by DR.. Sta
pleton. On account of the illness of
the plaintiff, the case was postponed.
Judge Mayors is counsel for the plain.
tiff and Bee King for the defendant.
J. M. Cooper, of Florence, was in
town Tuesday and reports that he cap
tured an insane colored man on his
place last week. The negro was dis
covered about O'Clock in the morn
ing in vacant house near Mr..
Cooper's. He was perfectly nude and
was making the community hideous
| bv hic fr,c1,ffrl coraoy,c Mr. Tn>rox