The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-03-15

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The remains Of Walter Burney,
which were inferred at Monroe, La,
last summer, at the time Of hts death,
were exhuined last week and brought
here and re-interred in the Brandon
cemetery.
Special sermon Sunday morning at
Baptist church at III o'clock, com.
munion at close All the members
are requested to be present, and every.
body else invited Come pray ing the
Lord to grant us a great blessing G..
w. Riley, pastor.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet Monday afternoon, March
18th, at johnson Hail, as 4 p. m !.
Business of Importance wilt be dis
cussed and must be attended to at
once, SO full attendance is urged.
j. H. Richardson. our popul lar
barber. is now located in the Rankin
County Bank building, first room up
stairs. His sign is, perhaps, one of
the largest and most attractive in the
state 1t was designed and made by
E r Hendon
The ANNUAL income of teachers is
smaller than that of any like class of
workers, and yet they must spend q
portion of this in attending teachers
meetings if they would keep up with
the procession and not be drag to
the progress of education.
| Representative j. Roberts came
over from Jackson Tuesday evening
and remained until yesterday NOR
ming, returning on the early train
He was charmed with Judge Alton B
Parker's address, which was delivered
1T Century theatei Tuesday morning
O. Z McGilvra was painfully in.
jured about the head and face yester.
day in front of Jackson's jewelry
store by being thrown from his buggy,
his team becoming unmanageable in
front of Stubblefield's shop and ran
against a china tree at the above men,
toned place. He was badly bruised
up by the same team not long ago
The teachers of Mississippi are be.
coming more and more enthusiastic
in their work, as shown by the large.
ly increased att nd ance on their an
nual meetings A few years ago the
attendance on the state association
meeting was two or three hundred
Lass year it was more than one thou
sand, and it is expected that many
more than this will attend the meet
ing in May this year.
The Smith County Reformer nomi.
mates Prof. George G. Hurst, of Flor.
ence. as candidate for superintendent
of public education for the state. The
suggestion is predicted on the assump-
tion that Superintendent Whitfield,
the incumbent. will not be q candi.
date for reelection, as he is under
stood be aiming at higher stakes by
which he is ambitious to reach the
governors chair
Louis McLaurin. one of the most
| popular conductors on the Illinois
Central road, spent few DAYS this
week with Brandon friends and rel
atives. While here he purchased Mr..
Busick's home place on College street,
which will be occupied by Mrs. Ma
Ghee who is now living with Mrs.
WE'LL 1t is understood that the con-
sideration was SO 600. Mr.. Busick
and family will reside at the hotel.
The regular spring, term Of Circuit
count for Smith county began at
Raleigh Monday. The length Of the
term in Smith county, is now two
weeks, instead of one, as heretofore,
and busy session is expected, as the
fall term was pretermitted. United
States Senator A. j, McLurin. OF
Brandon, is on hand. He and Hon
~. J Stubs, of the local bar, are EN-.
ployed to defend Eustus Boykin,
charged with the murder of James
Guthrie.
Judge Norrell and Col. w. W.
Robson, are meeting with very poor
success in organizing the Rankin
county farmers. They were at
Shiloh Friday, but not soul turned
out. A very poor audience greeted
them at Pelahatchie on Saturday
Rankin county is behind every other
county in the state. in this matter,
1 which is not right. Our farmers can
never expect to accomplish the end
desired by the Southern Cotton As
ISOLATION unless they organize and put
their shoulders to the wheel.
On decoration day in May, the u.
D. C's will again present crosses Of
honor to veterans making application,
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