The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-17

frisn 7 are urging him to become candl-
date itr the legislature, but he Is not ye1
fully cecided about the matter.
Henry Neasy has sold his farm, south
OF town, which he purchased some time
ago OF E. H. Ohlcyer, to ]. c. Atkins
| and will probably move back to his ole
home In Minnesota. He offers his house.
hold goods for sale. See notice In another
| column.
We note with pleasure that the farms
in this county are developing into higher
stage of cultivation. The young farmers
have certainly improved upon the ole
fogy methods of their fathers, and the
more modern way of farming IS causing
mother earth to produce her largest and
best crops.
Report all items of interest to this
office. They will be appreciated and
each item will help to make the paper
that much more interesting. We cannot
get all the news but by your help we can
get the lions share and that Is what we
wish to do. We want all the news that
| news.
j. w. Harper, who lives on tho Drv
Creek road about seven miles south Of
town, has just finished making molasses,
which are very fine indeed. He kindly
remembered The News with jug full,
for which we return thanks. Mr.. Harper
has about 400 gallons of this splendid
molasses which he offers for sale.
"The Great One Man Band" at John.
son Hall last Friday night was one of the
ora fol hat icsf al fc Al
A fair sized audience was present, but the
entertainment was something fierce. The
school was given 20 per cent of the pro-
ceeds, which amounted to about 81.
Shelton Lott, whom our readers will
remember as the son of our former towns.
man, L. Lott, went to Tuscaloosa, Ala,
to see his girl, Miss Matte Foster, for
merly of Jackson. When the hour for
his leave-taking arrived, she decided to
accompany him home as Mrs. Lott. Our
congratulations and best wishes are ex-
tended to the youthful couple.
The daughters of the confederacy res.
pectfully ask that all persons who SUBJ
scribed to the Confederate monument
fund, to send in amount of their subscrip.
tons at once, as the contract for the
monument will be let within the next
week. 1t takes money to build monu-
mentS, and contributions are solicited from
all who should feel an interest In this
work.
A modern dude with narrow striped
clothes, saddle colored shoes, loud neck.
tie, hair parted over his nose, and smok-
ing cigarette, addressed his best girl
vrSA 0NA
what would you dor" She hesitatingly
said with smile: 81 would take off that
hideous tie, put that cigarette in the stove,
part my hair on one side, then pray to
God for brains.'
The board of mayor md aldermen held
a meeting Tuesday night and elected w.
D. Ragland temporary clerk, and made
arrangements with Marshal Cottrell to
workrthe streets. At their regular meet
ing on second Tuesday in February a
permanent clerk will be elected and a
regular street commissioner appointed. 1t
seems to be the desire of the new board to
have better streets and sidewalks.
When you want good job of printing
done just take you job to printer and tell
him to do you good job, and he will. If
you think you know more about the BUSH
ness than he does and select your paper
and instruct him what type to use and all
the little details, you will get botch Job.
A printer working under instructions from
one who knows nothing about the BUSH
ness, no matter if he is an expert, cannot
get out neat job.
Sam Williams and wife, of Rankin,
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district conference. After its adjournment
| they took in the city's public buildings,
| among them the insane asylum. They
visited the asylum twelve years ago and
were shown through the buildings by Mr..
Todd, as was the case Tuesday. They
| were accompanied by their niece, Miss
| Mary Bell Williams, an attractive young
lady of Rankin.
We take 1t for granted that parents are
! as much if not more interested in the ad-
vancement of their children at school as
are the teachers, and no teacher takes
delight in pupils failure. The manage
ment simply wishes to call the attention
of the parents to the facts in the case and
urgently request, no demand, that nothing
be allowed to interfere with the progress
of their children In school work.
His Honor, 9. o. Robinson, did a
pretty good business among the evil
doors Monday, the following being list
of those who appeared before him:
Easter Parker, disorderly conduct, $3.50;
Claude Butler, ldisorderly, $3.50; John
Hoard, gaming, $3.50, Clayton Nathaniel,
gaming, $3.50; Hulon Washington,
gaming, $3.50; Richard Porter, gaming,
$3.50; Alex Porter, gaming, $3.50; Annie
Lee MeLaurin, assault, $3.50.
Yes, our garden beds we rake and all
manner of pains we take, to have them
slick and nice and neat, In fact they simply
can'tbe beat. We turn our backs and
walk away and view them on the coming
day-Horrorsl those beds so span and
sphinx are clawed and wollered-W raise a
kick; our neighbours chickens running
loose and garden markings but little use,
and those old hens our garden footing,
may tempt us yet to do some shooting,
and to alleviate our wrath we'll make out
dinner on chicken broth.
Some time ago young married woman
of our town, whose name we omit, made