The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

SoNJ AoA WIG 0utAulAS VI q LOW ucpOt,
is progressing nicely, and few days
more the building will be in course
of construction.
Paint must be high, very high,
from the looks of the buildings in this
town, SO said we'll known shoe
drummer the other day. They are
the people who know.
Rev. J. r. Carter preached two
very interesting sermons at ssthe Bap-
tist church last Sunday. Rev. Mr..
Simmons. the new pastor, is expected
to take charge about June 1.
Mr.. Melvin is away this week, at
Forest, holding a meeting in his
church there. He announces that he
will return Saturday and hold tile
usual services here on Sunday.
Our highly esteemed fellow towns
man, J. C.Bruce, is confined to his
home by illness. Brother Bruce is in
his Saith year, but is still as young as
many of 40. May his shadow never
grow.
Col. McCaskill Yand daughter, Miss
Bessie. and Miss Mary White, were
among the Brandon people who wit
messed the Rivals at the Century
Tuesday night, as played by Joe jeff.
erson.
Heating stoves have been placed in
the back gallery and the man of the
house is putting up screen doors and
screening the Windows. The man of
the hosue very often wears a Mother
Hubbard
City Marshal J. A. Morris requests
The News to state that from this date
all horses, dogs, etc., running at large
on the streets will be taken in charge
and the owners required to pay all
damages before they are released.
W.. Polotto, of Star, was in town
Monday, and reports that he lost his
house and it's entire contents by fire
Thursday night. The origin of the
fire is unknown. He estimates his loss
at $400 without any insurance.
Mrs. R. F. Brown went to Vicks-
burg Tuesday to visit her brother,
Chester Afford, who is in a very
precarious condition at the hospital.
Mr.. Afford was seriously injured some
months ago by being run over by a
hand car.
W. G. Runge has moved his family
to his mothers home, up town. Mr..
and Mrs. Omar Kersh are occupying
the section house at the depot vacated
by Mr.. Runge. The contractor will
begin work on Mr.. Rungs's new resi-
dence in the near future.
Capt. James Glass, Perry Baker
and Eli Franklin have a $40 lawsuit
over Accent hog in Esquire Robe
sons court today. The verdict should
be in favor of he hog and should read
that he be turned out until such time
as Richard Porter sees fit to take him
up.
We have not been able to publish a
list of veterans applying for crosses
of honor. These crosses will be dis.
tributed on decoration day, April
30th. All who have applied should
be on hand, as this is a personal
honor. We hope to publish the list
next week.
d. J. LesselJ, Of Pelahatohie,
spent few hours in Brandon Mon
day. Mr.. Lessell has just installed a
gasoline engine and lot of other i'm
proved machinery in his shop, and
now has Zone of the best equipped
establishments of it's kind in the
country.
AS the railway company could not
move the railroad to town. let the
town build an Fair line roadway to the
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yards. it is. pow 2,06o. Properly
graveled and graded it would be
seven minutes drive, and merchants
could haul three times the quantity of
freight in day.
Forest Register: The preliminary
trial of James Fitzhugh, who was i'm
plicated with Walter McDuff in the
killing of Capt. O. E. Young at Lud-
low last week. was held before JUS
tices Sherman and Wallace in beat 4
last Saturday. A large crowd of rel
atives and other interested spectators
were in attendance to hear the evil
dence, which was SO strong against
Fitzhugh that he was held without
bail and he was placed in the county
Jail early Sunday morning.
A merchant in neighboring town
states that his advertising last year
cost him 40 cents for every 500 worth