The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-30

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Miss Lille Thomas, of jackson
Mrs. j. M. Bullock, Misses sud-
Thomas and Virginia Bullock spent
Sunday with homefolk atThomasville
The union service at the Methodist
church Sunday night was very inter
esting. Short addresses were made
by Revs. Mr.. Noteworthy and Mr..
Melvin.
DR.. E. E. Bullock is expected hom,
next Tuesday to spend few days will
his parents before going to Oklahoma
Territory, where he will make his fu
ture home.
Preston Rauch, after visit to his
aunt, Mrs. A. j. 'McLaurin, left Sun
day for Pittsburg, Pa, to attend the
annual convention of the Chi Psi
fraternity.
Miss Kate EKersh, who with her
mother has been boarding at j.. A.
Morris for the past few weeks, will
leave today for Natchez to take les
sons in nursing.
At the first colored teachers ex-
animation about forty applied for
license. We are informed by the
superintendent that out of that num-
Der only three passed.
All obituary notices, over 100 words,
other than those prepared by the
editor, will be charged for at the rate
of / cent per word. There will posi-
lively be no deviation from this rule.
j. Il Baker, member board of sup
ervisors, was here Monday, after an
organ he had ordered, and plantation
supplies. Mr.. Baker reports things
dry and farmers very much in need
of rain.
Jake Lindsay, a well-known color
ed blacksmith of this place, died
Friday and was buried Saturday.
He was member of the 'Jakes, !"
and was buried with the honors of
that fraternity. {.
D. d. Webb, of Monterey, was
shaking hands with His Brandon
friends Tuesday. Mr.. Webb is very
blue over the present prospects for a
crop, believing that most of the stuff
planted will have to be replanted, as
the stands are so bad
Superintendent Cook made a trip
down the Gulf and Ship Island road
last week, and reports that Callie
Mangum, son of Bob Mangum, was
seriously injured at Mendenhall We'd
nesday by train on the new road.
At last reports very little hopes were
entertained fol his recovery.
The News has received, with the
compliments of Mrs. Weathersby,
liberal samples of strawberries grown
by her on her fathers place south of
town. They are of good size and very
sweet and delicious. Mrs. Weathersby
informs us that the crop suffered very
badly for rain, which reduced the
quantity.
Wilson P. Stevens, the we'll known
lumber and mill man of near Cato,
spent Monday in town, and informed
us that he is thinking of investing in
three or four desirable vacant lots in
Brandon and building modern cottages
on them for rent. He is putting in
the latest machinery for saving and
dressing lumber, and having an al.
most inexhaustible supply of the finest
long leaf yellow pine in the world,
we believe that he could carry out the
project with much profit 1t is some.
thing that the old town needs badly,
and it is to be hoped that he will
succeed in buying the lots.
James Nicely, a prosperous and
prominent citizen of Plain, was in
Brandon Monday. Mr.. Nicely came
by way of the state farm, and is ve1y
enthusiastic in his praise of the man
ner inswhich the affairs of the farm
are conducted. He says that it re.
minds him very much of slavery time,
| when every briar and brush was re.
moved before the crops were started.
| Every farmer who admires business
principles applied to the occupation OF
farming should visit this place and
note the manner in which Capt.
Pickett has things done. As a far.
mer, manager and fnancier, Capt.
Pickett has very few equals, and il
| would be difficult for the state te
secure another as we'll equipped fol
the position as he is. AS Mr.. Nicely
said, he is certainly the right man in
the right place.
CAPT. M. A. Kramer, state organ
izer for the knights of Pytllias, &C
cording to previous engagement, came
over from Bolton Thursday for tin