The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-28

don on business Monday.
/ Hon. Bee King was among tho out,
of-town attorneys who attended chan.
Gerry court here this week.
| Miss Annie Robinson and Mrs..
Nora Jones are assisting Mr.. Bruce In
the chancery clerks office.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Brown spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
Browns mother at Fannin.
J. N. Thorne, good substantial
farmer Of the Pelahatchie neighbor.
hood. was IN town Monday.
Carl Stingly,a prominent candidate
for chancery clerk. was shaking hands
with Brandon friends Monday.
f. e. Lester, state agent for the
celebrated Piedmont. Bedford Mineral
water, spent Sunday at Brandon.
Judge McCaskill's many friends are
glad to see him on the streets again
after very severe spell Of illness.
J. NJ. walrod came over from Jack.
son Sunday and spent the day with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. B. Wal
rod.
Miss Gladys Stubblefeld has re-.
turned home, having just closed Z
very successful school at Prentiss,
Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. McGhee and
children of Memphis, are visiting at
the home Of their sister. Mrs. Lee n.
Allen.
J. NJ. Evans, Of Pelahatchie,
passed through Monday enroute to Dry
Greek, where he spent tho day with
the voters.
W. B. Collier and daughter, Miss
Helen, are now in Mexico City, and
write that they are having = splendid
good time.
Mrs Robert Burns and children
were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Parham Bridges in Jackson, Saturday
and Sunday.
Notice the change in A. NJ. Shields
advertisement on first page today. He
has one Of the prettiest lines Of Easter
goods in town.
There are 1850 voters In Rankin
county and ont Of that number The
News goes into the homes Of 1900 Of
them every week.
Sidney l.. McLaurin, who has been
prospecting in Cuba and Central
America for week or two is expected
home next week.
W. G.. Barnes has greatly improved
the appearance Of tho interior Of his
store by the addition Of . half dozen
glass show cases.
Circuit CLERK Brown will 70 to
Leesburg tomorrow to register . few
voters. This will close his engage
ments for the year.
II. L. Myers has moved his stock Of
goods into the rear of the millinery
parlor, which was formerly occupied
by DR.. 8. H. Stapleton.
VT. Pate and Supt. Il. L. Whit.
feld. Of Jackson, were among the
prominent visitors to Brandon during
tho early part Of the week.
W. Waddell and Dol. W. w..
Robson were among those from here
who attended the Sunday school In.
stitute at Dry Greek Monday.
Miss Stella Ernest spent Saturday
and Sunday ut her homo at Laurel,
having been called to the bedside Of m
uncle, who has been quite i'll.
O. e. Martin, DR.. s. n. Staple
ton and W. d. Ragland were among
those from Brandon who attended the
Sunday school institute at Dry Crock
Monday.
Rev. Wayne Sutton, Of Florence,
passed through town Monday enrouts
to New Prospect where be preached
the funeral Of his old army friend,
W. D. Robbins.
Read the new advertisement Of II /.
A. Busick %. on FIRST page Of today 8
paper. They have an immense line
Of seasonable goods and their prices
will please you.
J. @. Bruce's friends are urging
him to announce for ohancery CLERK to
succeed himself. He has not yet
stated positively what he will do
about the matter.
Senator, McLaurin went to Bay
Springs yesterday where he has been
retained in some important cases In
the circuit court, which 10 now in