The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-04-19
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is expected to arrive next week. The
front Of the building Is also being
painted and otherwise improved in
appearance.
Rare talent will be exhibited in
when Mans Single at johnson
hall tomorrow night. None but those
possessing acknowledged histronic
ability were permitted in the role.
You'll miss treat If you fail to see
| it
Arrangements are being made to
have a telephone line from Brandon
to Johns, giving connection to the
people along the line, same as on the
Townsville route. year or two
more and every farmer in the county
will have telephone.
On account of the inclemency of the
weather the drama, when Mans
Single" was not given last Friday
night. but will be rendered tomorrow.
Friday night This clever little en-
tertainment is furnished by home
talent, and should be we'll patronized
The proceeds will be added to the
monument fund.
DR.. j. E. Carpenter, of Meridian,
will lecture at the Methodist church,
Pelahatchie, Miss Friday, April 81,
p. M, in behalf of Home Mission
society. Subject: "Whom to Marry. )"
Admission, 35 and % cents. Tickets
for sale at Mrs. Till 6 Sisters, mil
linery, and J. A. Taylor & Sons.
State Superintendent H. L. Whit
field was in town Tuesday and in
formed us that he expected to make
his formal announcement as candidate
for governor the early part of next
week. He has made a most excellent
superintendent, and will be q factor
to be reckoned with in the gnberna-
torial race.
The beat contest for beat No. will
be held at Monterey April 81, be-
ginning promptly at 1880 O'Clock
There will be dinner on the ground
| and speaking in the afternoon
Every school in the beat is allowed tc
send as many boys and girls as will
come. We will be glad to have 9
large number in the contest.
DR.. r. N. Whitfield, of Thomas.
Vile, was in town Monday. and in
formed us that he was making good
progress on his telephone lines, and
hoped to have connection with the ex-
change at Brandon within the next
ten days. Ten or fifteen parties in
the Dry Greek neighborhood have
subscribed for phones, all of whom
will have connection with Brandon.
This will prove great convenience,
both to the people there and here.
| Ed Stubblefield, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Stubbl efield, who has pc.
sition as atten dant at the lunatie
asylum at Jackson, was painfully in.
jured by an inmate named McMil.
liam from Attala county. Tuesd ay
night by being stabbed in the back.
The wound was at first thought to be
fatal, but later reports state that be
is doing we'll. Stubblefield was going
about his usual work in Mcmillan 4
room when the insane man slashed
him in two or three places in the
back with an old razor.
DIR J. W. Ellington, of New
Orleans. discoverer and manufacturer
of the celebrated Billington's Light.
ming Liniment, is in town, the guest
of his kinsman, B F. Mulhollan
DR.. Ellington has had a long and
successful career with his famous
medicine, and has been . great
benefactor to suffering humanity. He
is still offering gold watches (filled
cases as premiums to merch ants who
sell his medicine. We know from
personal experience that these watches
are all and more than the doctor
claims for them, as we know one that
has been in constant use for Is years
and is still a good time piece.
We still have one or two men in
this community who stand around on
the street corners and from morning
until night complain about the town.
their neighbors, their taxes and the
weather. Such men are mighty com.
mon clay and it is fortunate we have
SO few Of them. Such men are Of no
use to the town, their families or
their God. They seem to live but no
one can tell how. Like mosquitoes
and flies, they are not fatal but disa-
greeable to have about. It is not
necessary to publish the names Of the
two or three who infest this commun-
ity for you all know them.