The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-13

have been some tdoins. - The color
ed people around Florence are the
most orderly and peaceful we have
ever seen and they strongly condemn
all such characters.
Rev. A. L. O'Briant. who has
served the Baptists of Florence as
pastor for the past several years,
has accepted a call to the Baptist
church at Magee, and Rev. Wayne
Sutton has been called to the Flor
ence church in his stead.
DR.. O. A. Thomas arrived Saturday
from his home in Oklahoma, and is
visiting his mother, Mrs. A. J. Thorn
as, at Thomasville. DR.. Thomas
was accompanied home by his aunt,
Mrs. Lizzie Sutton, of Florence, who
has been visiting relatives in Okla
homa.
Miles White, of Baltimore, Md,
one of the heirs of Francis M. White
estate. was here Friday and made a
trip through the county to look at
his real estate. He has several hun
dred acres of land in this county, and
has placed it in the hands of Henry
& May, who will sell it for him.
Attend the tacky party given Fri
day night, October Ia, by the
ladies of the Baptist church, at
johnson Hall. Everybody welcome.
Admission free. Prizes given the
tackiest grown couple and the tacki-
est little couple. Ice cream and can.
dy for sale. Doors open 2 p. m.
The News inadvertently failed to
mention last week the marriage of
Tom Lilies and Miss Ellen San
derson, two popular young people of
Langford. The couple eloped Friday
night and were married at Col.
Ropeson's residence, the colonel per-
forming the ceremony.
At a meeting of the democratic
voters, held at Florence, October s,
for the purpose of organizing Par
ker and Davis Democratic club, Judge
A. G. Norrell was elected president,
J. W. Tay lor, first vice president, P.
B. Berry, second vice president; and
Jno. F. Williams, secretary. Forty
| five members were enrolled. The
club adjourned subjet to call Of the
president.
The Florence base ball team cross
ed bats October 8. with the Brandon
club, on the Brandon diamond, nd
won one-sided game by score OF
43 to O. The Brandon team will
present stronger line up next time
and will try to prevent another white.
wash. Batteries-For Brandon
Enochs and White; for Florence:
I'igler and Therrell. Feature of the
game being home-run by Bilbro.
Last Friday a negro by the name
of Henry Chapman was killed about
four miles from Pelahatchie, and or
Monday Robert Grimes, jr, and Will
T. Knight were tried before Justice
w. D. Heslep, at Pelahatchie, on th'
charge of killing him. The evidence
was entirely circumstantial and the
Justice did not think there wa
sufficient evidence to hold them with
out bail, or on large bond, ant
fixed the bail at five hundred dollar
each. We refrain from giving wha
we have heard to be the testimony
in as much as the grand jury ma.
be called upon to investigate it ant
we do not desire to prejudice thu
case for or against the accused.
The colored Baptist church close
its revival Sunday. There were fifty
six added to the chruch The baptiz
ing took place at Busick' pend Sun
day morning, where large crow
had assembled to witness the baptiz
| lux VI D0 1HlI Wy -SCVOu C1nu1udoCOs
was quite spectacle to see fifteel
young and old men ranging from tn
age of fourteen to sixty marching gu
into the water at the same tim +
receive the rites of baptism. Sur
day evening the church had rail-
and raised 1929 60 for the purpose c
repairing the church The chruch
now prospecting with Rev W H Jel
nagin as pastor.
As an evidence of the high class G
work done by Stems Greek Hig
school and the success it has in slim
ulating the ambition of boys an
girls, it is now represented by nine
teen of its students at the leading col
leges of the state, distributed as TO-
lows: Two at University of Missis
sippi; two at Mississippi College
! three at Millsaps Colleges four at th
t Agricultural and Mechanical College
| three at Blue Mountain Female Go