The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-08

/ A great many of our people have
been attending the campmeeting this
week. Revs. Harmon and Dawson
are doing some very able preaching.
and much good is expected to result.
Brandon Knights of .Pythias lodge
met Monday night and conferred the
degree of page on Robert Warren.
Several new applications for member
ship are now in hand, and the lodge
is in a very prosperous condition.
Holmes Brothers, the new and pro-
! gressive dry goods men of Jackson,
have new advertisement today.
They are going to give away free Of
charge, a 800 buggy and harness.
Read their ad. for full particulars.
J. E. Worthington arrived Wednes-
day. He Will accompany his wife
and little daughter Eunice to Birm-
ingham before going to their home in
New Orleans. Mrs. Worthington and
little Eunice have host of friends
who regret their departure very much.
Lieutenant J. L. Jayne, of Bran
don, has successfully passed his exam
ination and has been promoted to the
rank of lieutenant commander. Mr.
Jayne still has the desk of wireless
telegraphy in the navy department in
| Washington.
The board of mayor and aldermen
declined to grant the petition present.
ed by W. W. Robson ct al, asking
that the dog law pc repealed or mod.
flied. Instead of repeating the law,
the board instructed the marshal to
enforce the law more fully than here
tofore.
The News was mistaken last week
about James McCaskill's injury. 1t
was more serious than we knew at the
time we wrote the item. Tt was the
radius that was fractured. We were
also mistaken as to who dressed it,
DR.. Berry performed the work instead
| of DR.. McLaurin.
P. Ell. Weimer, of King, was here
Monday. The board of supervisors
have ordered another justice of the
peace to be elected in district No. 1,
and Mr.. Weimer has announced that
he is an applicant for the place and
i has filed his petition with the cleo
ton commissioners.
Bishop T. D. Bratton, the newly
consecrated bishop of the Episcopal
church for Mississippi, will visit this
parish on Thursday, the 18th inst
The bishop will preach at st. Luke's
church that night, at 80 O'Clock. AS
this is the first visit of this distin-
guished divine, we trust our people gen
orally will turn out to hear him.
Brown Brothers, of Jackson, who
sell more buggies and horses than any
other firm in the state, have new
advertisement today. They are agents
for the celebrated Columbus buggies,
and have just received fresh car
load. Their Rankin county friends
| are respectfully invited to call and
| inspect their new arrivals
John j. McGuffee, an old and hon.
ored resident Of this county, died Fri
day night at the state farm. His
death occurred very suddenly, he be-
ing on duty as guard at the time
MI. McGuffee resided in Brandon un-
til last summer when he secured
position with Capt. Pickett. He had
many friends all over the county who
will be panied to learn of his death.
His remains were inferred in che Shi-
lob cemetery Saturday afternoon.
The election comm issioners are in
session, and will be glad to correct
any errors that have been made in the
registration. Several names were
omitted from the poll books in the
late primaries, but this was the fault
of the transcribing clerk and not of
| the ommission, as some seem to
think. The commission, however,
| is empowered to re-instate all who
are legally entitled to registration,
and will take pleasure in doing SO if
they will appear in person or write
| the chairman.
One of the finest lines of cutlery,
hardware, ctc., ever displayed in this
town was that of Stauffer, Eshleman
and company, represented by Messrs.
O. T. Temple and Carl Potter, who
were here last Thursday. 1t was real
ly treat to look through their line,
which embraced every thing from a
penknife to bowie knives of the most
wicked kind. One article that attrac-
tive no little attention was their cele-
brated knives containing 36 blades,