The Brandon news., 1906-11-22

with tin, put in 3 patented hay
carrier and sliding doors in front and
back.
Your town tax receipt is made out
and ready for delivery. The tax col
lector, T. T. Cottrell, urgently re-.
quests all to call at Brandon Bank 1t
once and ask for theirs. Go now and
avoid the rush.
DR.. Walker, who has been confined
to his bed for sover month, is i'm
proving very slowly. An operation
was performed last thursday. It will
be several days yet before he can hope
to be out again.
The code of 1906 provides that all
land sold under mortgage after Oct. /,
1906, shall be advertised in news
paper for three consecutive weeks be-
fore the sale. Failure to do this will
render the sale invalid.
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The News family is indebted to
Charlie Williams for q very liberal
supply of fine yellow yam potatoes. !.
Charles heart is in the right place
and we are glad he is moving nearer
us.
Mr.. Hollingsby, foreman for Con-
tractor Hull, is fine fellow and is
making many friends here. He is
getting along splendidly with his
work at the court house. and we be.
lieye he will give the county q rat
thing good piece of work.
Hugh l.. McCaskill and G.. o.
Robinson are candidates for mayor.
Both al fine young men and are we'll
qualified to fill the honorable position.
We will feel safe with either one of
them at the head of our town affairs.
DR.. S. Fl. Stapleton announced to
his friends this week, that he will be
candidate for chancery clerk. DR..
W. W. Kersh, Carl Stingily and J ). L.
Buchanan we understand will also be
candidates for the same office.
The News is anxious each week to
issue spicy and interesting local page.
If each of our subscribers would hand
us in one news item, what newsy
paper we could issue. Try it for few
weeks and mark the change.
A man in neighboring town who
took city paper in preference to his
county paper because he got more pa
per for the money, was attracted by
advertisement of a fire escape which
would be forwarded on receipt Of So.
He sent the cash and in few days re-
ceived copy of the New Testament.
Sheriff Buchanan reports taxes COM
ing in very slowly, which is working
hardship on the teachers of the
county. There is no money in the
treasury, and the state distribution
will not be received before January.
Teachers will either have to teach on
credit, or suspend their schools.
DR.. w. W. Kersh, who recently
sold his place to H. L. Myers, bought
j. R. Corley IS place this week and
will move to it rs soon as vacated by
Mr.. Corley. The Corley place is the
one formerly occupied by B. F. Null
hollan and owned by Mrs Sim Martin,
of Vicksburg. We understand that
Mr.. Corley is trying to find a place
for rent.
The Baptist congregation has called
Rev. Bryan Simmons to the pastorate
Of the church. Mr.. Simmons has
been supplying the church at Colum-
bia for the past two years. He is
we'll known here and his return will
be heard of with much pleasure. He
will also supply the Dry Greek Baptist
church one Sunday in each month.
As fine apples can be raised in
rsdnklu county as ever grew IN Lne
north. This fact has been clearly
proven by j NJ. Buchanan, who was
in town this week with lot Of home
grown apples which for size, flavor
and soundness, cannot be beaten.
The recent storms damaged the crop
this fall, but in spite of this, the ap-
pies are as fine as could be wished for.
The third entertainment of the
Lyceum course will be given on De-
cember 3rd, by Sunshine Hawks,
noted lecturer. Some of our peo.
pie have heard this man lecture, and
they say he is as good, If not better,
than Bob" Taylor. They say "Sun-
shine is very appropriate name for
him. The entertainment Of last week
was good, but this one will be better.
People who are charged with 3
good supply Of bad whiskey will do