The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-13

lime degree of Master Mason. The
lodge is prospecting, and much interest
is being manifested.
In the proceedings Of the chancury
court last week 1t was stated that the
Mississippi Bank and Trust Co., vs.
j. B. Ainsworth. etc. It should
have read J. B. Armistead, instead Of
J. B. Ainsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Richardson
moved to their new home Monday.
Mr.. Richardson has very fine vine
yard and says he will supply the local
market with grapes and melons the
coming season.
Flavius Brobst will deliver his IA
nous lecture, Smiles and Laughter, "
at Masonic Hall, Monday night, April
oath. The lecture is being given for
the benefit of the Pythian lodge, and
q good attendance is earnestly desired
Newt Nash was in town yesterday,
selling cotton at 80. Mr.. Nash has
ten more bales on hand and says he
expects to sell it as rapidly as he can.
He is reducing his cotton acreage con-
siderably this year. and is not using a
pound of commercial fertilizer.
Miss Carey Bruce entertained the
W. K. KS at her home on College
street last Friday evening from 4 to 6
pm. Dainty refreshments were
served. The decorations were in
white and green. Souvenirs were
hearts tied with club colors-white
and green.
According to an exchange, the man
who went out to milk and sat down
on boulder in the middle of the
pasture and waited for the cow to
back up, was a brother to the man
who kept store and wouldn't adj
vertise, because he reasoned that the
purchasing public would back up to
his place of business when it wanted
something.
Considerable farm work was done
last week, in fact more than has been
done any week this year. The bad
weather of February and March put
the farmers very much behind in their
work. The lateness Of the planting
means that there will not be near as
much cotton planted this year as last,
for it is impossible for the planters to
get as much acreage planted.
Clarion Ledger: Sol Dobson, the
efficient chancery clerk Of Rankin, and
one of the most popular men in the old
'free state is spending a while in
Jackson, where he has many friends,
under rather gloomy circumstances.
His wife was so reduced in health that
he was advised to bring her to Jack
son and place her in the sanatorium
for treatment, where she is receiving
the best of attention, and is steadily
improving.
The only man who remained in the
town OF Westville after the county site
was removed was DR.. D. McCallum.
DR.. McCallum had faith in the liti.
CATION and he refused to follow the
crowd to the new county site. He
has kept III his solitary residence at
Westville for the term of two years,
and now that the supreme court has
ordered the court house back to West.
Vile he is feeling rather good over
the situation.
We have just turned out from this
Office nice lot of work for Sidney
McLaurin who is going to make a
complete abstract of title to all the
land in Rankin county. He com
menced this work about three years
ago and made considerable progress
on it, but owing to press of legal
work he temporarily postponed further
work on it. He has now engaged the
services of first class man to do the
clerical work who will arrive in
about two weeks and be ready for
work. The work will be carefully
supervised and compared from time to
time by Mr.. McLaurin and when COM
pleted will be accurate and reliable.
The work will be begun at the last
page of each book and run back to
the first page, and then beginning at
the first page will be run up to the
last, and then the two will be care
fully compared, corrected and made to
correspond, and in this way of double
checking it will make the abstract alb
solutely perfect and correct. Mr..
McLaurin has made q careful estimate
on the cost of the abstract complete
and places it at from 81, 900 to Sc, 900
This abstract will be of much value
to persons buying and selling lands,
and it is quite probable that it will
be a paying investment to Mr. Nc
Laurin. The price Of land is too
bSo1, NOW for ra~coxc IN bf1u 1ond