The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-11-14
LOCAL and PERSONAL
MENTION.
Cotton today 1917.

AOOOACGg IA OoOhcOn.
T. B. Hobson has been on visit to
Miss Katie Porter in jackson.
j. R. Webster, of Comedy, at
tended to court business here Tuesday
Dewitt Enochs, a prominent young
attorney of Pinols, is here attending
court.
G.. o. Robinson and wife are now
keeping house at the L. 0. Gayden
home.
j. r. Sneed and family returned
Monday from visit to Canton of
several days.
Miss Eva Myers, of Dobson, has
accepted a position as saleslady for
w. G. Barnes.
Miss Ruby Enoohs, student of
Whitworth College at Brookhaven,
spent Sunday at home.
John Ohleyer left Sunday for
Tchula, where he has secured a
position as bookkeeper.
G.. r. Owen, city marshal of Pela-
hatchie, spent Monday in town, on
business before the court
INCEST cakes in the world are buck
wheat cakes-self- Buckwheat
at Brandon Mercantile Co.
Rev. J. T. Bovill preached a very
interesting sermon at the Episcopal
church last Sunday afternoon.
Tom Cottrell, city marshal
wishes you to pay your town taxes in
time aud save costs. Read his notice.
j. A, Cox has rented W. D. Rag
lands place. now occupied by j R.
Corley. and will move his family to
town.
Capt G. r. Kemp, of the G. & S.
I. Railroad was here looking after the
interest of his road in the circuit
court.
W. P. Murray, of Star, Fl. d.
Tinnin, of Fannin and Capt. J. P.
Barksdale. of Goshen, were here
Tuesday.
@. E. Cunningham, owner and
editor of the Newton Record, was
shaking hands with friends here
Tuesday.
e. L. McLaurin, of Vicksburg, T.
A. McWillie and Harvey Thompson
of jackson, are interested attorneys
attending court.
Jesse Shields, agent A. & V. Rail.
road at Morton, and one of the three
successful Shields brothers of this
town, spent yesterday hero.
Rev. j. O. Rousseau, of jackson,
will preach at the Methodist church
next Sunday morning and night, in
the absence of the pastor, Rev. O. f.
Emery, who is at Meridian.
Material is being placed on the
ground for @. W. Girdlestone's new
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room cottage. T.. B. Mckay, oil
Pelahatchie, is the contractor.
Died in Shreveport, La, Nov. Bro
1907, little Ernest, infant son of II. |.
and O. B. Holden and grandson of w.
E.. and S. Ell. Johnson, of Rankin
county. Aged l year and s months.
7. T. Cottrell has charge Of W. 3.
Golfers livery stable, which he
recently purchased of o. e. Martin
The hack line to the depot formerly
operated by Mr.. Martin, has been dis.
continued by the new management.
Lamar Easterling and W. j Groom
of jackson, r. L. Dent, of Gulfport,
Eugene Howell, of Canton and W. D.
Hilton, of Mendenhall, are among the
visiting attorneys attending court
this week.
Mrs. DR.. Lee and family of Fannin
have moved to Jackson to reside
Rankin hates to give up these ex
cellent people and jackson gains {
valuable addition to her cultured
circles of society.
e. @. Selvidge, who has filled tht
position of assistant cashier at TIT
Rankin county Bank for the past twt
years, has resigned, and left last weei
for his home in Florida. Mr.
Selvidge's successor has not yet beer
selected.
Mrs. John L. Summers, O
Lynwood, sold W. D. Ragland full
blood Bronze Gobbler that weighed
38 pounds and was finer bird thar
any exhibited at the State Fair. Sh'
has plenty of the same breed for sale
but the old bachelor has no one tt
cook she big gobbler for him.
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