The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-11-21

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was continued until next term plead
guilty to granddaughter and was given
sentence Of five years In tho peni.
Tertiary.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Carr. Of ST.
Louis, Mioh., have arrived to spend
the winter here. Mr. Carr has made
several trips south during the cold
season and shows good judgment in
selecting the ideal climate Of Brandon
to escape the rigors Of . northsn
winter.
The News thanks Mrs. John Sum-
mers, Of Lynwood, for the finest and
largest turnips seen in Brandon this
season. They were Of different va.
rieties and prove what this section
will produce. They were cultivated
in rows and we'll worked. Her turnips,
like her bronze turkeys, are the best.
It is not too early for the board of
aldermen to instruct the street COM
missioner to clean up around the
monument, and possibly remove the
shed over the cistern and get every
thing ready for the unwilling. A
good cover over the cistern and q
pitcher pump would take up less room
and be far more pleasant to look upon.
Miss Bessie MoCaskill, chairman of
the decoration committee United
Daughters of the Confederaoy, earnest
ly requests every one to decorate on
the 29th, the day of the unwilling
Flags, bunting, etc., can be found at
Fl. A. Busick Co.'S. Business men.
banks, lawyers, hotel men, county
officers and all others, show your love
for those who went to war for You by
decorating your buildings.
Thomas n. Wilson and Miss Mer.
tice Sansing, of Newton, procured a
team in jackson and drove over to
Brandon last week. A license was
quickly procured when the anxious
couple at once repaired to the resi-.
dence Of Rev. Bryan Simmons, who
said the ceremony which made them
man and wife. Parental objection 10
said TO have been the reason for the
elopement. With or without the con-
sent of the old folk, The News always
wishes the best for the contracting
parties, for call the world loves q
lover.
L. B. Matthews, who has been in
Jail here for soma months charged
with murder, and who was sentenced
for five years for manslauR liter, Fro
cured last summer while the Jail was
being fumigated, bottle of disinfec.
tant, which he said, after his sentence
had been given, he intended to end
his life with had he received 10 years.
or worse sentence. He had kept
the stolen stuff hid and possibly might
have ended his life as he said, but
more often such intentions are not
carried out, nor ever told unless
things 60 their way.
The residence on the ]. II. Whit
field place, 2 miles southeast of town
occupied by Mack Williamson, burned
Monday night at 6 o'clock. William
sons two weeks old infant perished
in the flames. which had made such
Roadway that it. was impossible to
enter the room where the child was.
The family were at supper when their
attention was attracted by the noise,
but too late to rescue the little one.
We understand that there was no in
surance on the house which makes
the loss considerable. The parents of
the wee baby have the sympathy Of
everyone in their misfortune.
The confederate monument is
erected in the centre of the square
and is admired by all who have seen
it. The soldiers of the Lost Cause
fought nobly for what they believed
to be right and willingly gave up
their lives for their country, but
while seated around the camp fire in
the Bivouac Eternal an added joy
will be theirs when they think Of the
noble efforts of Brandon Chapter Of
the u. D. @. to perpetuate their
memory in this splendid marble shaft.
It is imposing, Of fine workmanship,
located in the best place in the town,
and The News in behalf Of our citi-
zens thanks the Board Of Supervisors
for their donation Of $4,000, to the
outsiders who have generously contri-
buted, to the people Of Brandon who
have given literally and to the
daughters who have labored for years
to erect it,without whose work il
would never have been accomplished,
We desire to give full credit for their
untiring zeal which is at last crown
ed with complete success.