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The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

Brandon, Miss, Sept 25.-To the
Editor: For about three-quarters OF
century Brandon has been good
town, noted of a very healthy place.
Now she is thinking of indulging in
waterworks and electric lights, Both
are very essential, even if not abso-
lutely necessary. Some few people
are opposed to them--others are anx-
ious if the receipts will take care OF
the expenses. A majority no doubt
are in favor Of both, believing that,
If not at first, that in short time
both will be self-sustaining, with the
possibility of yielding q profit. Un.
fortunately we have only one railroad
and cannot expect any growth in
population from factories; our country
surrounding, whose trade is tributary,
will keep up good town, but not q
young city, The fact of the master
is that Brandon's dependence for q
large increase in population is in
those attracted here on account Of it's
known healthfulness, and to take ad-
vantage. of our school, which could be
improved, although it is fairly good
now. There are no dwellings here to
TENT. At present prices Of material
and labor, even If lots were real cheap,
the prices paid for rent Of dwellings
here would not justify anyone to build
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

for renting. We must have families
move in here to make our town grow
and help pay for water works and
electric lights, and if there are no
houses for rent they must buy lots and
build. Those who have property
here. which could be divided and sold
in lots, should be reasonable in prices
and not ask figures that are in keep
ing with growing towns Of three
times the size. A few years ago real
estate, improved and unimproved, was
drug on the market at nearly any
price. Recently values have greatly
increased, but we hope the mistake
will not be made in asking fancy
figures that will not admit Of any
other homes being built.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27
Never Fails To Cure.

Or. Kings Royal Germetuer IS non
stimulating and destroys disease pro.
ducing germs In the system, and by It's
permanent building up properties imparts
permanent health and strength. It open.
up to sufferers almost a magic world
Thousands of certific ates endorse il as
being the best health restorer ever man.
ufactured. The remedy that has curee
tens of thousands of all manner Of
diseases for the past twenty years. Drug
glsts sell It at $I.oo per bottle.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

The following interesting letter
was written to DR.. s. W. Robinson,
Of Pisgah, by his little neice, Bessie
CRANBERRY:
DEAR GRANDPA: This is the first
chance have had to write to you since
left Nashville. am now in the capital
city but have not had time to visit it yet
We are going to have today and tomor.
row to rest in and then go out to view the
city.
lam just carried away with Mr.. Esh-
man. He is so very considerate of the
girls. He won't let ius buy any candy
and no fruit but peaches. Says too much
mixture is injurious; and we can have nc
ices, such as ice tea or cream, except ice
water. Several girls have been real sick
from eating fruits and ices. But we have
trained nurse with us who is very nice.
The trip is going to cost Mr.. Eshman
s., 900 more than he thought. But he
pays all the little expenses, even to cal
fare, and gets us peaches real often.
Well, l II tell you about my trip; it has
certainly been fine so far. On our way
to Cincinnati, the first stopping point, we
had to pass through Kentucky. 1t is the
prettiest country have ever seen; almost
nothing but mountains. We passed
through twelve underground tunnels.
We didn't get to stay there but two
hours and of course did not see much OF
the city. Our next stopping place was
Cleveland. We staid at the American
hotel where we created quite sensation
had our names and pictures In the pa
per. After dinner we went for trolley
ride over the city, and saw Rockefeller
house and Everett's home with 100 rooms
in it. Wewent then to Garfeld's monu.
ment, which Is in the city cemetery. The
monument was certainly fine. We saw
Garfeld's statue, and also the coffin with
his embalmed body in it. The monument
was I8o feet high, diameter of 50 feet,
cost $22s,ooo, had I54 steps and the statue
OF Garfield was I.z feet high. After
leaving there we took the boat "Citv OF
Erie" for Buffalo, arriving there at 7:3c
the next morning. was afraid that
riding so far on the water would make me
sea sick, but It didn't. Lliked 1t fine-be-
lieye I'd be sailor if was a boy. AT
Buffalo Wo only had time to 90 out to the
Delaware park before leaving. We saw
all kinds Of animalsithero; saw some sea
lions they certainly are dangerous look
|i1gl things. From Buffalo we went to
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

OuO VI Ou0 COu6pAOAOuo Amp4OvO'
ments being made to-day in the south
is that of the reliable. old firm Of
music dealers, Philip Werlein, Ltd,
of New Orleans. It is q real pleasure
to watch the growth Of such firm.
Beginning in Vicksburg, Miss, in q
small way in 1842 and afterwards in
New Orleans in 1850, this firm has for
almost two-thirds of "a century been a
conspicuous figure in the music world
To-day they are having erected the
largest and most convenient store
building devoted to the sale of music
in the southern states. Only q few
music houses in the United States
have larger or better quarters, as we
understand it Facing that great re-
tail throughfare of New Orleans.
Canal Street) this store has front
age of go feet, four stories in height
and employing more than twice the
square feet of floor space of the store
now occupied'by them.
The magnificent front, really the
width of three stores is made Of new
process enameled milk.white terra
Gotta and ornamental iron-one of the
first buildings of the entire south to
be SO constructed, and under the glare
of the thousands of incandescent
lights for which the famous carnival
city is noted, it looks more like vast
castle of deftly sculpured marble.
Mr.. Philip Werlein, the third of
the name, and the present head OF the
house, says, 'it is long cry from
our humble beginning away back
yonder until now. Then three and
four piano sales month was a big
thing. Now if we don't sell as
many hundreds as We did single in
struments then, we begin to sit up and
take notice; to see where the trouble
lies. -
''You see too," says Mr.. Werlein,
"Ours is department. store of music
In other words, music store coverin 6
every department. Of music from sheet
music at penny copy to individual
musical instruments selling at $4,000
each. 1--WE manufacture pipe organs.
We import. We export. We retail.
We wholesale. In short we do every.
thing anyone else in the trade does
and do it on pretty big scale too."
Zone Of the big features of ou1
business, says Mr.. Werlein, lis our
mail-order department. Our mail
orders alone amount to many times the
entire volume of business the house
did away back yonder.''
This is great thing to a com.
munity like ours, to have the ad.
vantage of shopping in the largest
store Of its kind in a score of states,
just as though we were there in per.
son.
It's a pleasure for The News to note
the progress Of such q time -honore6
house, ahouse which has been so long
and conspiciously identified with
the south's best commercial life.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

Irregular bowel movements breed
disease in the body. You should
purify and regulate the bowels BY
using Prickly Ash Bitters.. It ID
mildly cathartic and strengthens the
stomach, liver and kidneys.
A. G.. Thornton, Brandon Drug Go.
A. L. d. Rhodes, and Phil Didlake.
special agents.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27
HOW INTEMPERANCE HINDERs
MISSIONS.


Patton. How, in his old age, he il
pleading with Christian nations not
to undo his work by selling strong
drinks to the natives of the islands.
In one of the many addresses he says:
A savage drunk on traders rum and
armed with traders musket is a
thing of horror. Natives maddened
by American rum have turned
American rifles against little
native orphan girls of the mission
who were sporting in the tops of trees,
and shot them down with as little
compupction as if they had been
monkeys
Strong drink is running Africa.
Once when some liquor sellers from
West Africa complained to Joseph
Chamberlain of the heavy dues they
had to pay the government, the Colo
nial Secretary replied that it was the
intention of the government to dis
courage the drink traffic, as it ulti-
mately destroyed. all trade by distroy-
ing the population! A Methodist
missionary in Angola says that the
natives, coming to sell their valuable
rnbber, are made drunk and cheated
out of the price, and that the path
of their return inland is lined on
each side with many shallow graves
where the poor wretches, slain by the
fiery liquor, have been hastily
covered from sight.
Miss Shattuck, the heroine of the
Armenian massacres, declares that in
Turkey the drink curse is the heaviest
the missionaries have to contend
against. The Moslems quite uniform
ly obey the rule of the Koran for
bidding all strong drink, and when
they see so-called Christians (not Prot
estants) becoming drunk they learn to
desplse Christianity. Because of
these habits, a common Moslem name
for Christians is hogs"
Bishop Thorburn, of India, says
that "the drink sold under govern
ment license in many parts of India
is simply a curse to the poor creatures
who in their ignorance spend their
last penny in purchasing it. It il
one of the most Important questions
of the day whether the millions OF
the eastern tropics are to be debauch-
ed and crushed by a traffic which
recognizes no conscience, shows nc
mercy and is amenable only to a
gospel of financial greed.''
In India, Burmur, and China the
trade in opium, fostered by Christian
nations and forced by them on the
unwilling and bitterly protesting
heather, exceeds even the evil done by
strong drink. Hudson Taylor says
that opium in China lis doing more
harm in week than the united efforts
of'all our Christian missionaries are
doing good in a year.
These testimonies could be indef
nitely multiplied. Not one of oul
sixteen thousand missionaries but
would declare this abominable traffic
of Civilized nations to be the chief
hindrance to the progress of the king.
dom of God. What are we doing
about itf What shall we do about
it? Shall not our voices be raised
in hot protest? Shall we not put in
office men that will end this fearful
wrongf The Church is strong
enough to do it, if all Christians will
act boldly and together. Amos r.
Wells.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27
BESSIE.

Country merch ants will save money
by pricing Of me before buying else
where. You will have q large and
varied stock to select from. Yours
for a.cut rate. Fl. A. Busick.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

Wait until II. A. Busick's new line
of Fall and Winter Shoes rive, If
you are expecting to buy pair that
wears and looks we'll.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27

My line Of staple and fancy groce-
ries is now complete. They are fresh
and varied assortment. Phone or
send me your orders. Fl. A. Busick.
The Brandon news., 1906-09-27
To Stop chiIls IN One Day.

10 Stop ChiIIS N One Day.
Take Royaline Chill Cure. Money
back II IL fails. Good to take.
Great Tonic. 30 cents. For sale1by
a. G.. Thornton.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
Sevier County Man Sentenced to Be Hanged Given
 Life Sentence.
THURSDAY ANNIVERSITY OF
Crime. Was Within Two Days Of Exc
 cution Twice Before

D. T. Goddard, of Sevier County, convicted of the murder Of Edward ward at Gillham, May 10 1905, and who later killed James Meth, one of the mem- bers of a posse which tried to capture him, will not die on the galloWs at De Queen tomorrow, Acting Governor John P. Lee yesterday commuted the death sentence to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life.
 The communication came just a few hours before Goddard was to have been taken to De Queen to die. The scaffold on which he was to have been hanged is still standing. It will be torn down as soon as Sheriff J. c. Thomas returns, and it will be the second time a scaffold erect ed for the purpose of putting Godvard to death has been torn down. In both instances the communication came ? days before the execution. In each case the sheriff was in Little Rock ready to take Goddard to De Queen when the official order was issu- ed. On the former occasion the relief from death on the gallows came in the form of an appeal to the Supreme Court. At that time the date of the execution was but two days off, and the gallows had been erected in the jail yard at De Queen. It was torn down, and this week was again erected for the execution. Sheriff Thomas will order it torn down on his return to De Queen, and that city will still have the record of being a county seat in in which there has never been a laCal execution.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
News Gathered By Special Cor respondents Throughout
 The County.
CUT WORMS DAMAGING CROPS
In Many Localities Complaint of Worms
 Are Made Weather Warmer
EMMETT.

Mesdames Porter and Carruth- CTS, of Louisiana, were visiting Mrs. Weaver early in the week.
 Dr. w. H. Dickinson is attend ing the State Medical Associa- ton at Hot Springs, Mrs. Dick inson accompanied him.
 Mrs. J. s. Haltom, of Buena Vista, is visiting here.
 Grandmother Daily is still very feeble.
 Miss Dosie Allen, of Hope, is visiting Mrs. Sarah Allen.
 Miss Fife Crossland, of Pres colt, is in this vicinity soliciting book subscriptions.
 Master Douglas McSwain en- tertained some of his friends Saturday afternoon.
 There are some parties here putting in a heading mill. They will get power from the gin plant.
 Our postmaster received three new routing desks for the rural mail carriers. We have a nice office and the carriers are getting along nicely.
 Thursday evening quite. a crowd went up to Prescott to the school entertainment. They were Misses Meta Barton, Alice Marshall, Dell McGough, Fannie Hood, Bula Thompson, and Messrs. J. E. Shell, Dr. c. c. Purtle, Joe Eaves, Joe Youmans, Lemar Chamness and J. M. Garland.
 May 10.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
Commencement Exerceses Held At Opera Thursday Ev-
 ening We'll Attended
A NEW BUILDING DISCUSSED
Movement To Erect Building In City
 Park Favored

Thursday night at the opera house was an incident that will long be remembered by the Tom Allen High School pupils.
 The teachers and pupils had been busy for several weeks pre- pairing for the close ef the school, Each student did well their part and showed the keen training they had been given by their teachers.
 The exercises were opened by Rev. Mahan in prayer and then the interesting program began.
 Allen Stubblefield was the first to lead off in a splendid ad- dress My Fayorite Hero In History" then Miss Beuford in an excellent essay, Night Brings Out the Stars. /"
 Miss Berta Pittman delivered the salutatory and Respess Will son was valedictorian for the High School.
 Prof. W. J. Stone delivered the literary address and his sub- ject was Payne and Home Sweet Home" "
 Col. C. C. Hamby, president of the School Board, presented the diplomas to the graduates in a very approprate manner. His remarks were timely and to the point.
 This ended the regular pro- gram, but did not end all the good things said as Cols. c. R. Haynie, T. C. McRae and C. C. Hamby each made a speech up- on the necessity of more school room and better schools for Prescott. It was suggested that a building be erected in the city park for the primary department The question was put to to the audience as to what they thought of the project and they were al- most a unit on utilizing DOT tion of the park as a place for such a building.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
FRIENDSHIP.

Plenty of rain and the cool weather is bad on corn and cot ton.
 Health around these diggings good.
 The farmers are in the grass. We need two or three weeks of hot sunshine.
 Tom. Hicks was replanting corn Monday. We are glad to state that our grave yard sin nice shape again. The work done by Higginbotham and Tomlin is all right. The committee request all who have loved ones buried here to come and mark the graves.
 The school election will be held next Saturday week. Let all the voters please come out. This is a duty you owe not only yourself but to your children.
 Miss Lee Almand is home for a months vacation. She will re- sume her duties again in the te- l lephone office the first of June.
 Henry Edwards and Joe Clark were around a few days ago sell ing a book of the San Francisco disaster.
 Mr. Overton and family visit ed here Friday night,
 Rich Young, of WilHsville was a pleasant caller here this week.
 Mir. Hicks has Tom Hollaman helping him serve his search warrant for his corn this week,
 May 10.
 pkW1ES Relief Cures Sick Headache nf''' Neuralgia. Cramps, Cholera Morbut
 F AZ
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
Luther Laseter Seriously Wound ed by Negro In Hemp
 stead County
HAD BIG CASH CUT IN BACK
Custer Taylor, Worthless Negro Struck
 Him With An Axe

In our last issue We gave a re- port of the death of Mr. Laseter at Stroud's mill in Hampstead county. Later reports show that Mr. Laseter 5 wound will not prove fatal.
 Below We give an account of the matter which We clip from the Star of Hope:
 Luther Laseter, a well-to-do farmer living about five miles southeast of Hope. near Shower Springs, was struck with an axe by Custer Taylor, a worthless negro, Tuesday morning at Stroud's mill, between Shower Springs and Centerville, and painfully if not seriously in- jured.
 Mir. Laseter had given the negro a home on his farm during the past winter upon the eXpec- tation that he would make a crop there this year, but when the time came for farm work to be- gin the negro skipped.
 Mr. Laseter learned Monday that he was employed at Stroud's mill and went there Tuesday morning to try and induce him to rrturn to the farm. After be- ginning a conversation with the negro, Laseter's attention was attracted in another direction and while his back was turned the negro seized an axe and struck him a heavy downward blow at the base of the neck, the force of which made a fear ful gash between his spinal col umn and shoulder blade. The blow staggered Laseter and as he was falling and attempting to get beyond the negro's reach, the brute swung the axe at him twice more but missed him both times and ran for the woods.
 The first report which reach ed this city was that Laseter was dead, but after visiting the scene Dr. Martjndale reported that al- though the was large it was one which could be easily treated and unless complications set up it need not be necessarily fatal.
 A number of men hunted for the negro with hounds Tuesday afternoon and night, but failed to locate the negro.
 MT. Laseter is g or 30 years of age and has a wife and three children.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
REPUBLICAN TOWN
 SHIP MEETING
Held At The Court House In This City Thursday. Elected Delegates To
 County Convention

The Republicans met in town ship meeting at the court house Thursday and elected the follow ing persons as delegates to the County Convention which will meet on the l7th of this month:
 Jack Grayson, B. R. Oastler, Alex Vaughan and Ira Gee.
 The program now is to nomi- nate a few candidates only for county office.
 In all probability E. DeLaugh- ter will be nominated for State Senator from this district.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-05-12
Chairman Shonts Says This Is Most Important and Press
 ing Question
MAY MEAN A SERIOUS DELAY
Machinery, Which Will Be Needed Can
 not Be Contracted For

Washington May 8-In a spe- cial report to the secretary of war, made public today, I. r. Shonts. chairman of the lsthmian Cana Commission, makes a statement as to the present con- ditions on the isthmus, which he finds to be satisfactory in almost every detail, The work of pre- paration and organization, which he holds must be thoroughly done before eXcavating is begun on a large scale, is still under way. While Mir. Shonts found health conditions good, ample food and quarters for employees, a gratifying advance in the work of preparing terminal, yard and track facilities and in preparing the Culebra cut against damage during the coming rainy season, he found much work which might be done now was delayed because no decision has been reached as to the type of the canal which will be constructed.
 Summing up his Investigations on the isthmus, Mr. Shonts re- ports as follows:
 The results already obtained justify the policy decided upon during my first trip to the isth- mus, and briefly outlined in my report to the president under date of August F, 1905. In that report called attention to the fact that the serious mistake (which had been made up to that |time was in attempting to make the dirt fly in advance of a Thorough preparation, and in- formed the president that in- |structions had been issued to 'close down the work of eXcava- .fon except in 50 far as was nee .cesary to put,the cuts in proper shape for the installation of the maximum number of steam ShoveIs for economical service.
 The work of canal consuruc- ton divides itself properly into two parts, one of which must precede the other.
 First, through preparation. This includes the creation of an effective organization; the sani- tahon of the isthmus; providing suitable quarters and food for employees; constructing proper terminal, yard and railway track facilities and intermediate yards Tor the handling of the vast quantities of supplies and materi- ais; the installation of a system o1 tracks through the cuts; work Ing out of all engineering pro- olems, and the formulation of a comprehensive plan for carrying forward the work in each de- partment
 Second, the actual construction ol a gwen type of canal.
 The work of preparation is at once the more important and the more difficult of these two tasks. II II It be not done thoroughly, in- telllgently and we'll in every part the second task that of actual co,nstruction-will be handicapp- ea rom the start. The launch Ing ot every great enterprise, the creating of an organization wlth which to carry on the work, is always the most difficult part