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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21

otner man to drive Gov. Ames from
Mississippi. He went to jackson at
the head Of band Of patriots with .
rope to hang Ames and II the carpet.
bag governor had not agreed to resign
and leave Mississippi at once, 1t 10
highly probable that Ames would
have been hanged or killed some other
way He was on the ground during
the Clinton riot and fought negroes as
long as one could be found.
When war was declared against
Spain he again took up arms for his
country's cause, raised q regiment,
was commissioned colonel and went
TO the front, but never got anv fur
tner than Florida, when the Spanish
army In Cuba surrendered.
In time Of peace, he has been one
Of the states best citizens. He is q
Christian gentleman, being member
Of the Baptist church, and takes deep
interest in religious matters. He is
one OF the states best business men
and largest land owner.
No better man could be elected for
this important and responsible posi-
tion than ". A. Montgomery.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21

and yet, We find from one end OF the
state to the other, much Of gloom and
dependency on account Of the scarcity
Of money. I hope that our farmers
who habitually buy corn and hay
have learned that there is no money to
them in cotton, even at ten cents.
II we would see prosperity in Mis-
sissippi this fall, let rs plant corn and
grasses abundantly, and then all the
cotton we can work and gather. To
every farmer ] would say, see that
your tenants plant and cultivate their
gardens we'll, and do not forget your
own. This policy will reduce very
much yo1r supply bills. II you are
buying feed, few acres in sorghum
broadcast, three bushels to the acre,
will give You supply of green feed,
by the middle Of May, which will re.
duce your feed bills.
With the most rigid economy,
"hard self denial" and good gardens,
and abundant food crops, all will be
we'll in Mississippi this fall.
WALTER CLARK.
President Miss. Div. S. O. A.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
In McmOrian1.

Whereas, it has pleased our aIl-wise
Creator to remove from our midst, by
death, on the 1st day Of March, 1907,
Mrs. W. E.. Pope, the beloved wife
OF W. e. Pope. our esteemed
Sovereign Woodmen Of the World, OF
Cato Camp. No. 500, we extend to
the husband and family our sincere
coincidence and sympathy, and bow in
submission to Him who doeth al
things we'll.
In the death Of Mrs. Pope the
husband has lost faithful and loving
companion, the children gentle and
loving mother. and the church, here,
to which she belonged, devoted and
consecrated member. Be it therefore
resolved that a copy Of the above be
sent to The Brandon News for pub
location, to the family Of the de-
ceased, and copy be spread on the
minutes. Of our camp.
b. A. CLARK,
A. O. NORMAN.
Cato, March Is, 1907. Committee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
Contest For Beat s.

The contest for beat was held at
County Line Saturday March 16. The
contestants present were al follows:
Miss Ethel Stevens, Grace Russell,
Hassie Waldrop, Aura Bott, virdue
Wallace, Matte Nolan, Annie Mize,
Gineva McLsin, Letha Gill, and
Messrs. James Watson and James T..
Nash. The two successful ones were
Miss Annie Bott and James Watson.
Afternoon we had the field sports
exercises and the following were sue
cessful;
so yard dash Willie Bott.
100 yard dash, James Ponder.
Running broad jump, James Watson,
IA feet and inches.
Standing broad jump, James Wat
son, 8 feet and 10 inches.
Runneng high jump, Ooley Polk 4
feet 10 inches
Standing high jump, Coley Polk.
3 feet II inches.
Altogether we had pleasant time
and one that will long be remember
cd. We especially desire to thank
the people Of County Line for their
hospitality.
Respectfully
J. Il. DONNELL,
MISS ROMA RUSSELL,
q. O. CHAPMAN.
C0mmiktaa
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
The Human Soul.

For months noted physicians have
been conducting q series of expert
ments to find out II the human soul
was something real, or myth" says
the Yazoo City Herald. .'The con-
clusions reached after the severest ex-
periments are that the soul is q reali-
ty. and that it has weight and is .
part Of the human system which
leaves the body Immediately at death,
and that upon leaving the body the
weight Of the body is diminished from
one to several ounces.
I'm noting their results the physio-
ians claim that through their research.
es the human soul has at last been
catalogued upon scientific principles,
just as is the heart, the kidneys. the
stomach and all vital organs of the
body, as an actual material thing, that
when this soul fits from the body it
diminishes the weight of the body by
certain measurable amount, and
that shis amount can be weighed in
actual pounds or fractions Of pounds.
EVERY known test has been made
which would be in any way likely to
disprove the facts. Instead Of doing
this, each test has added to the con-
firmation Of results which were obtained
when the first experiment. was made.
''The difference between the weight
of the live human body and the body
a moment after death, or when the
soul has quilted It, was found to be
from one-half ounce to one ounce, and
to this it is said there can be no other
possible solution than that this il the
weight Of the human soul.
I'm Cevery case loss was shown
after all known scientific deductions,
such as the loss Of respiratory air, Of
moisture and Of all excretions and Sc
cretions Of the body had been taken
into consideration.
In order that the experimenting
physicians might accurately ascertain
that this unaccountable loss was not
due to some peculiar physical charac-
teristic Of sex, both men and women
have been subjects Of the expert
ments. -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
A Mission Rally at Cato.

On the fifth Sunday in this month
there will be services at Cato church.
both morning and afternoon, for the
purpose of creating stronger mission
sentiment in the minds Of ali present.
The speakers OF the occasion are Rev.
Wayne Sutton, Of Florence; Rev.
Bryan Simmons. Of Brandon; Prof. ].
L. Cranberry, Of Braxton; and Rev.
A. v. Rowe, Of Winona. Public din
ner will be provided, and cordial
invitation is extended to all-especi.
to the pastors of our association :.
Services will begin promptly at 10 . !.
m. s.. G.. POPE.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
The Contest in Beat z.

On last Saturday, Beat No. 2, held
its preliminary contest for the county
oratorical and field contests TO be held
sometime during the latter psrt of
April. Brandon and Hebron schools
will represent this beat this year.
Miss Edna Buchanan was selected %
the representative in the oratorioAl
contest. The following will contest
In field exercises:
100 yard dash Harris Collier and
Sam Buchanan.
Standing broad jump-A. G.. Mayerl
and Henry Girdlestone.
Running broad jump G. May.
ers and Henry Girdlestone.
220 yard dash Harris Collier and
Sam Buchanan.
Running high jump-A. g. May.
ers and Henry Girdlestone.
Egg race Grace White, and Marga'
ret Buchanan.
saok race Joe Folks and Henry
Girdlestone.
Potato race Bennie wynn and
Henry GirdIestone. ].
Standing high jump 4. g. Mayerl
and Bennie Wynn. !
f1--~.~.a..-- xry--<.-8 -. @s 49, sx,Ss.~
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
Mr.. Bradshaw at Charleston.

Messrs. II. W. Bradshaw, of Moseley,
Miss, and NJ. A. Brown. Of Yazoc
City. both members Of the executive
board Of the Mississippi department Of
the Farmers Educational and Coop.
erative Union Of America, spent Mon.
day here in the interests Of the Union.
They are both pleasant and intelligent
gentlemen and report that the Union
is doing great things for the farmers
OF the country. The Union has more
than one million one hundred thousand
members in the United States, with
more than forty Thousand in Miss
issippi. -Tallahatchie Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
Crosses Of Honor to Be Awarded

Crosses of Honor to Be Awarded.
The United Daughters Of the Con.
federaoy, Of Brandon, have applied fol
CROSSES Of honor for the following
veterans, to.wit:
2. II. Boteler, John NJ. Branfield,
j. F. G. Campbell, G.. B. CLARK, O.
H. Hardy, George n. Helm, A. II.
Lacy, Simeon Lacy, Jas. W. Loveless,
T. B. Murray, O. r. Ntrman, J. NJ.
Patrick, James Purvis, ]. n. Reed,
Henry Ritohie, Columbus O. Russell,
Thomas Singletary, W. W. Steen, W.
W. Weathersby, Jas. W. Williams,
". J. Williams, Sam Wilson, John
Yost, VIM. Waldrop, P. M. Huffman.
The crosses will be bestowed or
April 26th-decoration day-and each
applicant for crosses should be present
to receive them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
Cotton Acreage for 1907.

Clarksdale, Miss, March 12.--I am
receiving letters almost daily from
New York to New Orleans, asking,
"What will be the acreage of cotton
this year," l have answered, "Our
people will, as usual, plant all the
cotton they can.' From the expert
ence of the past two years. I believe
that resolutions to reduce the acreage
have the opposite effect. Two years
ago we advocated reduction in cotton
acreage of 25 per cent; and some peo-
pie say we got it. ] believe and know
that thousandssof people did reduce
their acreage in cotton; but the re-
suits do not show that there was any
general reduction.
We had the latest spring and the
most unfavorable growing season that /
ever saw, and ali agreed that we had
q reduction of 25 per cent in fertilizers
and about 18 per cent in acreage; and
yet, we grew the second largest crop
in our history.
Again, this past year, we had q
most disastrous storm through the
very heart of the belt, and the dam
age was from 80 to 80 per cent?
and again we grew the second largest
crop in our history. Cotton alone, in
SO far as quantity is concerned. seems
to be immune from all disasters The
corn and hay crops are destroyed, and
we go to the west to supply this de-
ficiency; but there is an abundant
supply of cotton. Cheap cottonl and
the imrrovident grower thinks he has
to increase his acreage in cotton the
following season to pay his feed bill.
want to say to the people Of Mis-
sissippi. that believe, from North
Carolina to the Rio Grande, we
will have the largest acreage il oot-
ton this year we have ever had, and
she man who neglects to plant suf-
flcient aoresge in food crops will be
very foolish indeed.
We have grown little shove an
average crop Of cotton in Mississippi
this past season. and the price has
been we'll maintained above ten GENTS;
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
FARMERS UNION.
Address of II. w. Bradshaw, at
YazOO City.

Hon. Fl. W. Bradshaw, state lectu.
rer of the farmers cooperative and
educational union, spoke at the court
house. Yazoo City, Saturday morning,
IL O'Clock. There is not q farmer in
the county who would not have been
benefited by hearing this address, and
it is a pity there wero not more pres
emit.
Mr.. Bradshaw spoke of the purpose
of the farmers union and its desire to
assist the farmers. It's main purpose,
said he, was to get the farmers to CO.
operate and to intelligently and syste-
matically manage their affairs, and
urged upon them the necessity of edu-
eating their boys and girls that they
may become equally as intelligent with
all other boys and girls, and be thus
equipped to successfully compete with
them in the battle of life. The time
has long since passed, said the speak
er. when it was conceded that any
kind of man could be q farmer, and
that now it was recognized fact that
1t requires as much brains to success
fully manage farm as it did to make
a good lawyer. doctor, or professional
man In any other calling. For this
reason he urged that the farmer boys
and girls be allowed to take advantage
of the educational facilities so gener-
ously offered by the state. and advo-
GATED longer terms of the public
schools throughout the country. He
predicted that within twenty years
there would be in each county of the
state an industrial school so that
the boys could be taught how to
farm intelligently, and upon right
lines.
Mr.. Bradshaw said that the
farmers union bad no war to make
upon any one, but that it did want to
see the farmers become independent in
the management of their affairs. To
do this, said he, the union advocated
the diversity of crops, the proper cul-
tivation of the soils, withholding their
cotton from the market for fair prices,
raising their corn, hay and meat, and
to avoid going In debt, saying that he
knows Of no farmer who did this but
what was Independent and had money
to lend, while those who staked their
all upon one crop of cotton, were in
debt. Prosperity of the farming
classes meant prosperity to all others,
said the speaker, and this prosperity,
said he, could be brought about by the
farmers uniting and intelligently CO.
operating for the management of their
business.
The address was along practical
lines, and can be of vast benefit to the
farmers if they will but adopt them
Mr.. Bradshaw spoke for an hour, be.
ing introduced by Hon.. II. G. John
son, who served for four years in the
house of representatives of the state
legislature with Mr.. Bradshaw -
Yazoo City Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
Gard.

TO the voters Of Rankin County:
Greeting. By reference to the proper
place yon will see my name an
nounoed for ohancery clerk Of Rankin
county. AS am involved with the
duties Of the farmer, and also the
duties Of my present Office. it will be
impossible for me to make q house to
house convass, but hope to meet every
voter before the election; and have
no special claims Of the voters Of
Rankin county any more than any
other citizen. Having been born and
reared in Rankin county and been
identified with the people and in
terest Of our beloved county all Of my
life, ! flatter myself that I never will
betray the trust intrusted to me.
Thanking You in advance for any
consideration and support you may
give me, I remain Devotedly yours
B. A. CLARK.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-21
THE NEW SOUTH.
A Few "reminiscences Kindly Fur
nishcd BY Mrs. Stirling.


You ask for more "reminiscences OF
. long life, and I take up my pen to
write again--not Of the old south
this time. bnt Of tho new one.
All IL changed now; the south has
learned economy, fine old sentiment 10
dying ont, and the almighty dollar
prevails; il 10 mammon now, and every
man Is for himself.
The earthquake and fire In San
Francisco created no more Of y meta
morphosis in that city than did the in
vading army Of the federals in the
southern states Four million slaves
were turned loose; all horses. mules
and cattle were driven off, while
houses, barns and stores were burned.
The wild negroes soon destroyed all
hogs, sheep and poultry. Only scions
Of the great Anglo Saxon race could
have recuperated life and fortune
after, It seemed, all men held dear
was swep: away.
Many 4 sad.eyed mother saw those
ruthless soldiers drive off the last COW
which afforded her babe Its nourish-
ment. Many an old man saw his last
plow horse taken. Even the scars Of
these dreadful wounds have almost
disappeared, and our land once more
blooms like it's own roses.
Thousands of bales of cotton are
hauled to every little town, railroads
intersect each other in every direction
and the entire population seem full Of
energy and enterprise. The only idle
class now are the negroes who collect
about the towns, living in their own
colonies and refusing all visible EN-.
ployment. This class prowl all night !;
no pig pen or hen roost is safe from
their nocturnal depredstions. Their
robberies and house breakings, togeth-
er with forgeries, keep the peniten-
tiaries crowded. It would seem that
the great Aryan race ought to correct
this-I suppose 1t will.
To keep the cooks in good humor,
and have dinner prepared, at one and
and the same time. has been proved q
failue, so the daughters and grand.
daughters Of those women who glided
through the minuet. and rode to the
fox hounds In ante bellum times, now
don their checked aprons and prepare
the dinners for the men whose sires
and grand.sires played poker for
thousands, and ran horse races in the
old days. Greek and Roman men
they were then, and are now, in their
reverence and love for pure, good wo-
men, ever willing to risk and sacrifice
their lives for mother, sister, wife or
sweetheart. All honor and praise to
our brave southern men. inheriting,
as most Of them do, the traits of the
cavaliers, whose blood is in the veins
Of almost every one Of them. Let
coming generations emulate the ex-
ample of. our ancestors in rearing and
training pure, beautious daughters and
brave. heightened men, and all will be
we'll. MRS. STIRLING.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
AN OFFICIAL FARCE.
State Oil Inspector When Asked
For Test Does Some thing.

A few weeks ago the Ely High
School received from the Standard
Oil Co. considerable gasolene to be
used in the gas machine in the domes-
tic science department. The gaso-
lene did not give satisfaction it being
claimed the oil did not stand the test
required. The chemical department.
of the school tested the oil and found
it fell something like 20 points be-
low the test given by the Oil people.
The Standard Oil Company was ap-
pealed to and the appeal was prompt
ly dismissed with the understanding
the test was right.
In order to satisfy themselves Supt.
Newberry shipped samples to the
state oil inspector for tests, believing
it his duty to see that no inferior oils
were foisted on the public. Here is
where the state department did some
thing. The appended letter signed
by Deputy M. Lynch would indicate
that something was not eXacbiy FlgnG.
The question now arises. does the oil
inspector make all his own tests by
submitting the samples to the seller
of the oils? The letter follows:
Duluth. Mimi, Dec. 26, 1906
Mr.. G. L. Newberry,
Ely, MINI.
Dear Sir, = have had your gasolene
tested by Mr.. Lang, General Agent of
the Standard Oil Co., The test re-
suits were: Gravity Sc, Temperature
sc, which he says is about the stan
dard for Machine Gasolene. He
thinks that your pipe is too large He
told me to inform you that he would
give you any information in his pow
er il you wish to write him. Neither
Wisconsin or Minnesota provides any
Gasolene testing.
Very truly yours.
NJ. LYNCH.
Dep. Oil Insp
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
ELECTED OFFICERS.
To Serve the Fire Department
and Relief Association.

AT the annual meeting of the Ely
Fire Department and the Firemen's
Relief Association held Wednesday
evening officers were elected for the
ensuing year. Chief M. e. Gleason
was unanimously chosen for another
year all members present expressing
themselves in no uncertain terms Of
their choice. This makes the ninth
consecutive year Mr.. Gleason has
been chosen to lead the Ely depart
ment and that no mistake has been
made is clearly evidenced by the rec
ord of the department during his
chieftancy. The newly elected chief
is out of town and his annual address
to the department. will probably be
given at the next regular meeting.
The officers elected arc as follows,
the larger number being elected with.
out opposition:
Chief-M. E. Gleason.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04

inhabitable. Perhaps they live upon
the land for short time and then COM
mute later selling and contiding!to
their friends the proper way to make
'.stake" under the homestead laws.
They always fail to relate that it was
their neighbors who, by their hard.and
persistent work, made the country
what it is and brought to his pocket
money which he had never earned.
There are even instances of people
whe regard homestead life as beneath
them, and yet they will take unto
themselves that which really belongs
to the people whom they consider be-
meath them. This is done every time
they shirk duty they owe the
neighborhood. We could mention
other Instances, but space forbids.
Let each one do his best and both he
and the community will be richer for
the effort.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04

They show by the crops and stock
which they raise. what the country
is capable of and are the prime factors
In its development. They have full.
filled their duty to the community la
which they live as well as to the gov.
eminent.
On the other hand there are always
few easy-going individuals who file
upon the land with the single purpose
of acquiring title to the same with the
least possible expenditure of time or
money. They part reluctantly with
each dollar or days time expended up
on the claim as so much to be deduct
ed from the profits of their venture.
They live upon the claims just as little
as possible. leave their neighbors to
cut the roads and do the hundred and
one other things necessary to be &C,
complished by the community as a
whole in order to make the country
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04
1st Asst. Chief-Louis EiSenach.
I'd Asst. Chief-C. j. Mott.
Sec.-Harry A. Chinn.
rNraou Ton;S Wh;to


I'd Asst. Chief-C. j. Mott.
Sec.-Harry A. Chinn.
Treas.-Lewis J. White.
Capt. No. Peter Bergleen.
Capt. No. IF. G. Miller.
Capt. II, & L.-Rich. Hodge.
The annual reports of the secretary
and treasurer showed the department.
in excellent condition physically and
financially. The conditions are graft
flying to the members and to the citi-
zens generally. Next summer the
tournament of the Northern Mime
sofa Association takes place in this
city and the assistance of all the citi-
zens will be required to successfully
handle the same.
The Relief Association is also in
prosperous financial condition, the
report of the treasurer showing some
thing over 81. 700 on hand. This fund
is only available to properly care fer
injured and disabled firemen whose
injuries or sickness was the direct
result of duty. The Association Of
fcers elected for the ensuing year
we're:
Prest.-Peter Schaefer.
Vice Prest.-LouiS Eisenach,
Sec.-Harry A. Chinn.
Treas.-C. J. Mott.
Trustees-John J. Seraphine, f. c.
Miller and Richard Hodge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-04

short time it will become a very inn
portant industry.
Farmers and woodsmen receive a
handsome price for the useless timber
taken from their lands, being paid $3
for cord of 5000 pounds of stumps
and knots. The plant which Mr..
Gotch has established near Even, a
little place in the upper peninsula OF
Michigan. Is said to BE- in a very
thrifty condition, and the land there.
about is being rapidly cleared up.
Mr.. Gotch has in mind the estaD-
lishment of number of plants in the
states of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and will return to Duluth
next spring in the hope of being able
to interest some local capital His
plan being very simple. it is probable
that he will succeed in building up
this new industry in most of the
nothern counties of this state.