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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-19
Monterey.

Monterey.
The sick people are all i'm
proving.
Corn planting is now going on
rapidly.
Lets raise more corn, potatoes,
molasses and hay this year.
Watts Webb and Miss Gussie
May visited Miss Mary Williams,
OF Johns, Saturday, taking in the
debate Saturday night and the
singing at Cato Sunday.
Mrs. T. J. Smith who has been
quite sick is reported better.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Webb and
Miss Bette were shopping in
Jackson last Saturday.
Miss Harriet Bullock has
closed a very successful session
of school at Rock Hill and re-
turned home to spend the sum-
mer.
Hon. ]. r. East was visiting
friends in this community last
week.
j. |. Covington visited friends
at Johns and Rufus Saturday and
Sunday, attending the debate at
Johns while there.
Mrs. Covington visited her
parents at Thomasville, last
week.
The boys and girls are pre-
pairing for the beat contests as
we'll as the school contests.
Our boys are preparing to en-
ter the corn growing contest,
but as yet have seen no rules or
instructions. AS this under the
auspices of the county teachers
association, the president and
committees should publish some
rules. The boys are ready to
begin planting, and don't know
how much they will be expected
to plant or any of the rules. Lets
hear from the presid ent.
Suppose that instead of planting
the whole place in cotton this
year, we plant enough land in
corn to be sure to have plenty to
fatten our meat and feed our
mules. Then we won't have so
much need of reducing the cot
ton acreage. 1t will reduce
itself. AS many farmers as
there are through the country
who have made failures simply
because they tried to raise cotton
for a living ought to be a lesson
to all of us. Then while we are
planting more feed stuff let us
determine to stay out of debt.
We go and pay the merchant
from ten to hundred per cent
more for goods than we would
have to pay for them if we were
paying cash. Besides this, when
you are paying cash you don't
have to take anything shoddy
unless you want it, while every
body knows the merchants work
off these shoddy goods on the
credit customers. You are not
only bound to pay higher prices,
but to take inferior goods in
many instances, goods that you
would not.think of buying if you
had the cash. Let's govern our
prides and appetites this year,
determine to wear the clothes
we bought on a credit last year,
and then we can hold our cotton
this fall and it will be nobody's
business. Let us not be slaves
to sell our produce when another
man says we must sell, but men
who know their rights, and
knowing, dare maintain.
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For Sale.

200 bushels long staple cotton
seed, the we'll known Allen
Hybrid variety at $1.O0 per
bushel. Apply to
r. A. COOPER,
Florence, Miss.
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Notice.

| now have at my place George
Gordon, the we'll known Hamil-
tonian stallion. Service given at
any time. Pd. apr. 20.
d. M. ROBBINS.
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LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. Arthur Baker was shop
ping in Jackson Monday.
w. B. Smith, magistrate at
Fannin, was here yesterday.
Miss Helen Collier returned
Monday from a trip to Meridian
and Mobile.
Amos Kendall, post master at
Chapman, was in town Tuesday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Moore
visited Judge j. L. McCaskills
family on Tuesday.
F. P. Williams hassjoined Mrs.
Williams in visit to her mother
Mrs. Bette Wilson.
Miss Minnie Turley, of
Florence, visited her brother T.
H. Turley, last Sunday,
Wiley Brown, substantial
young man from Fannin, was
here on business this week.
Mrs. E. H. Ohleyer left Mon
day for a visit to her mother Mrs.
Louise Young, at West Point.
Mrs. R. S. Maxey has returned
from visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Tom McCaskill, at Meridian.
Mrs. John w. Moseley and
children, of Okolona, Miss,
arrived Tuesday on visit to her
mother, Mrs. Sophie Ohleyer.
Judge J. R. Enochs' many
friends regret that he is still con-
fined to his dwelling from the
effects of a recent attack of
grippe.
Messrs w. S. Crook, Lee
Robinson, Rich Robinson, R. D.
McRae and Chap Robinson, were
justice court visitors last Tues
day.
]. A. Morris received his first
shipment of ice yesterday and
will keep a supply on hand at all
times, at as low price as pos
sible.
The next meeting of the
Farmers Union will be held on
Saturday the % March. The
date having been changed from
the 21st.
Judge Corley turned over to
the county $112.50, proceeds of
fines assessed last Tuesday
against crap shooters and one
negro for $25 for carrying a
pistol.
Wesley w. Kersh lost his barn
near Johns, yesterday afternoon,
it having caught fire from log
heap. He saved his residence
through the heroic efforts of his
neighbors.
TIT. Cottrell, city marshal, de-
81 res that all interested parties
know that those who are delin-
quent for city taxes for 1907
will find their lands advertised
for sale after April LIST.
Messrs. Ollie Kersh, of Dun
leith, and E. B. Keash, of Parch-
man, arrived here Sunday to see
their father, Rev. w. w. Kersh,
who is still quite i'll with pneu-
monia at the Brandon sanitarium.
Hulon Patrick, an enterprising
young farmer, bought last week
spring tooth weeder for
his cotton and corn, determined
to see if there was not some way
to cut down cost in.raising crops.
Judge J. L. McCaskill has been
appointed by Governor Noel to
succeed himself as chancellor of
this district. He was appointed
four years ago by Governor Var
daman and had the endorsement
of almost the entire bar.
The land assessed to Rev. N.
N. Sidney advertised for taxes
was sold by him last year. He
is pastor of the M. E. colored
church at this place, and is liked
by everyone, white and black
and pays his taxes and other
debts.
Mrs. Dallas McLaurin, nee
Miss Stella Ernest, one of the
former teachers in the graded
school at this place, visited Mrs.
7. Fl. Turley last Saturday and
Sunday. She was admired by
all our citizens as a splendid
teacher and beloved by all her
pupils.
Charles Powell. white. who is
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Merchants to Close at 6:3O.

We the undersigned merchants
of Brandon, Miss, agree to close
our business at $50 p. m. every
week day except Saturday from
the first of April to the first day
of September 1908.
H. A. Busick Co.,
A. M. Shields.
Brandon Mercantile Co.
Gayden & Co.
Darnall Bros.
w. G.. Barnes.
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Lost, about March End, one
white and liver colored Pointer
pup, about 8 months old, with tag
665 on. Last seen near LynWood.
Reward will be paid for his re-
covery. M. S. Hobson, Brandon.
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The largest line Of furniture
and cook stoves carried in the
county. w. G. Barnes.
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For Sale.

Single comb choice brown
leghorn eggs Is for $1.0O.
G. A. WILLIAMS,
A weeks. Brandon, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-19

666 will cure the grippe. When
you have tried other medicines
to no other purpose get a bottle
of 666. Brandon Drug Co.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-19

Goods sold for cash is due in 80
days. If not paid in that time 10
per cent. interest will be added
and a request made to stop the
account. Fl. A. Busick Co.
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DIR. RUEL MAY,
Dentist.

will be at Florence We'd
nesday March 25th. My office
will be closed from April 1st to
"a.
Brandon Miss
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We have just received a good
supply of windows, sash and
doors, it will pay you to call on
us for cheap goods in that line.
GAYDEN & Co.
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Heinz's pickles, very fine. w.
G. Barnes.
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For Sale.

Allen Long Staple Cotton seed
81. 90 per bushel.
0. L. McGILvRA,
Brandon, Miss.
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For Sale.

For Sale.
Mammoth Bronze Turke y
eggs.
MRS. J. w. SUMMERS,
LynWood, Miss.
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If you will ever need a coat
and vest, see Taylor's.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-19

Nice, good top buggies. w. G.
Barnes.
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FOR Sale.

Several hundred stalks of fine
green cane for planting.
1t S. L. MCLAURIN.
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For Sale.

For Sale.
One 5-year-old mare, well
broke. Will sell cheap.
m19-tf ALBERT HUGHES.
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All kinds Of groceries fresh,
at w. G. Barnes.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
POVERTY AND LAW-BREAKING;
GREED'S BIG SHARE IN BOTH
Scores Of Criminals Never Felt Want, Yet They Craved Luxurie.
and Took. the Downward Course.

n u ORE than me eminent student of human nature is convinced that
w poverty is the chief cause oil crime in this country, and yet there are
the records to show that hostso of lawbrcakers nav never felt the pinch
of wan ad tina greed alone drove them to crime. They craved Iuxuries which
We're not possible to their income, they were not content with comforts.
The obituary of a bandit who recently killed himself becaus h knew that
death vas close at hand n would probably be agonhingly slow in finishing
its work., was pitfuny brief He had been a rabbit hunter in his own country,
and that served to keep body and soul together. Like thousands of Their in
educated aliens, he believed tina gold va so plentiful in this country that he
a but to stoop in thu street n pick it Up in unlimited quantities, and when
n found that dollars were te reward of hard work, as in other places, he
sought easier ways of obtaining them. lie became he most wicked, because he
killed human beings to rob them, and merited he fate which ended his brief
career.
A nan sufficiently clever to plan a raid AM carry it ut need never b. a
victim O poverty. He is capable of earning a good Living, so his wickedness
Jus nav been inborn 1 am nt denying the existence of poverty, for I met
l. often enough during three years OF charity work, but 1 found its victims gen.
orally honeste enough, honest according to their training, 1 mean. They were
not truthful nut that was because they had no cear da of the meanfng of
truth. an sure they would as soon tell the truth as dsehoods had they known
how to 10 it.
Prosperity w1r return; it is Inevitable Son of is will have learned a les
son, perhaps, but the majority will repeat their errors In the Int the
criminal courtsa are working overtime and lawyers are waxingfa fat even though
rapidly ncreasn in number. They will stoop to any kind OF a case, provided
he fee is tempting, and they do not mnd the pitch so long as gold sticks to it,
say Betty Bradeen. Wise criminals know it and submit to IN bleeding process
"ltnout a protest. The men who would whine over almos anything which
aEecfs their pocketbooks-and feeings-howl into the public ear that they are
peng heeced, after h best talent in the country has helped them to escape
IAe consequences of bad deals
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
THE EVENING STARS w PAGE MAGAZINE
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS.
I.F91FF+I.9~FF9.F+FF+9FI
Fiat MONEY.


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What is fiat money and when is it
used? Il. b. P.
Fiat money is i~nconvertiblc paper
money, not even containing a promise
to pay, but issued by the state with
the bare assertion of it's identity with
true money, although no provision is
made for it's exchange for specie. Fiat
money was issued by the American
colonies to a considerable extent, and
the history of It's rapid depreciation and
final worthlessness is well Known.
When a government is forced to his
measure, the state of it's finances Is
virtually bankruptcy. The name "fat
money was first given to unredeem-
able paper currency during the So
called greenback agitation in the United
States after the Civil War, from the
claim of the g~reenback party that the
fiat of the government could itself
give value to a circulating medium
Ed
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Sorrows Wealth Brings.
TOWNS.

frederick TOWNSEND MAR
TIN, the brilliant and original
leader of New York's society, said re-
Gently that he longed to go among the
poor n unfortunate who thought that
life a been a failure-he longed to
show these people that their sorrows
were as nothing beside the unhappiness
and woe of the rich and powerful.
A banker of Cincinnati, discussing
the matter, said the other day:
Townsend Martin was Joking. He
is fond of a delicate and elusive joke.
The last time we met 1 said:
Tell me, Townsend Martin, why
should the rich necessarily have more
sorrows than the poor?"
Townsend Martins brilliant eyes
cleaned h~umorously, and with a faint
smile he said:
Fhe poor have their griefs-I would
be the last to deny it. But the griefs of
the rich are deeper and more numerous.
rake, for example, the recent financial
panic. Think of the suffering, the
privation and the anxiety this caused
among the rich. But did you ever hear
of a financial panic in an aims
house?'"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
DOLL MANUFACTURE.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Where are most of the dolls manu-
featured? s. G.. G..
lat Weimar, Germany. Only the as
sembling of the various parts Of the
dolls, painting the bodies, arms and
legs, and sticking on the wigs, Is done
at the factory. Each figure passes
through about twenty hands before 1t
reaches completion, the raw material
being taken to the homes of the work
people n then returned to the factory.
The work is all specialized, and each
time a new process takes place in the
evolution of a doll 1t is M by certain
employees who are more or less expert.
Bodies are made mostly of paper, al
though kid Is also used extensively.
They are nodded at the homes or
stamped out In heavy iron molds at
factories devoted entirely to this fea-
ture. All sizes Of dolls are made, from
a few inches in length to more than
three feet. The hair is Angora wool
from England. which also supplies the
rubber, stretched to keep the arms and
legs in place.-Ed.1
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ROBINSON cRUsOR.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
How long was Alexander Selkfrk ma
rooned on the island of Juan Fernan-
that he was the inspiration of De Foes
Robinson Crusoe?" A. n.
alexander Selkirk was on the island
of Juan Fernandez four years and four
months, when he was rescued by Cap
tain Rogers and taken to England. Be-
You'd doubt it was in the story Of Sell
kinks adventure that De Foe found his
inspiration.-Ed.1
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Sinclair on Riches.
Upton SINCLAIR, the novels
maa To kinn ahout Maalth at La

SINCLAIR, the novelist
was talking about wealth at Lake
Placid.
1T is pleasant to be rich," he said.
Nobody can deny that. Many of the
pleasures of wealth, though, are false
and mistaken ones.
when l was making my living by
the composition of blood and thunder
tales for boys-and I could turn out
my 5000 words a day. knew a pale
~ink-stained old chap who wrote love
stories.
His stories did not pay; he was very
poor; but an aunt died Inc suddenly
the old fellow found himself a Million
aire.
HE saw me one afternoon on Broad
way. He stopped his red car and we
chatted about old times.
"'And is 1t pleasant to be rich?'
asked.
"Yes, it is he answered, as he
lighted a big, black cigar and handed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC SPIRIT.

The warm personal tributes paid by the President Of the United States to
plan games in London will be a inspiration to the aus of athletics among
American youth. This is the frstt time in our history that a President has taken
cognzance of Irrational sports, md it is significant OF the great change that has
been effected in the national habits I'M pastimes We believe that the change
is due to the Increase in the number of holidays Memorial Day and Labor Day
both of recent institution, are days for outdoor sports People too to outdoor
irresstby as soon as these holidays were created. The American
people, the hardest worked in the world, had flew holidays. Even Sunday was
made unlawful as a day of recreation, and is today. Hence the always serious
American face he usually lak form and other characteristics made familiar
to Europeans by carcature outdoor exercise is developing a splendid AmerL
can womanhood ant making a race OF young men capable of sending to the
worlds Olympian games suchm men as those who were greeted by III President
at Oyster Bay yesterday. But this nation las only just begun development of
he athletic prt Wait a few years and then witness the effect OF the disd-
pine and training our children are receiving and will receive in public play
ground, athletic ground and schoolyard.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
THE FAITHFUL u

The shortcake halts a moment on its
way,
The watermelon hath a h%enceward
trend,
The cantaloupe drops in, but not to
The prune alone is faithful to the end
Cleveland News.
The shortcake hits your p~ocketbook for
fair,
The melon strikes you near the belt,
you see,
The cantaloupe is water-mixed with
rind.
The prune, l guess, is good enough
for me. Columbus News
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IGNORANCE OF THE STATUTE Law:

Probably not per cent. of the votersf he State have rad the e prnar
election Law, and probably a less percentage of HI voters understand the law
But that is commone experience with all ley laws There is much rtuou talk
about respect for TIL law n about law observance, as if the people shoul by
subtle mental process divine what the la are without adm them I'M
without the means or information. The Legislature passes a body If new
statutes n changes old statutesa at every session. These new Law ire printed
in pamphlet form and a few people get copies thereof Ninety-nine pr cent OF
the population never see them. After a session HI seasonal laws are ninted
n a bound volume, which ges to lawyers public officials and a few other
favored ones. The great public is nt supplied. The new primary election law
as of important interest to four hundred thousand voters in New Jersey when
1t vas enacted, but the Legislature left the voters to guess ybat tbe reoute
of the Law were. 1t made 10 provision for the enlightenment of the
voters, although enlightenment vas necessary in view of the radcal chang
made b. the lay Then, again, the statutes are so phrased that often awyer
and judges cannot correctly interpret them. What, then car a Door lavnan
DO! A simple sAhi sis IF each la should be made and published for popular
Information. When the Legislature does that there will be more sense in the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
This Ones on Taft.

I'LL card the latest about Taft? p
inquired a campaign manager
mo. What is it?" the reporters
asked.
ut is cop for all of you, whether
your papers are Republican, Demo-
cratic or Prohibitionist. A true and
harmless story that will neither make
nor unmake votes.
"Mr. Taft" said the campaign man.
ager, after pausing to laugh, was GU
taking a brisk constitutional one day,
and in sharply negotiating a corner
he ran square into a peddler, upsettins
the mans tray OF shoestrings and col
lar buttons.
1.-THE peddler, as he stopped to pick
up his wares, grumbled to himself:
"'And they want to say these here
dirigible ballons is perfected"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
WHY II STRIPED BASS DISAPPEARS

The innocent New Jersey correspondent for the New York Herald saws
AZ Is feared tht m remarkable scarcity of striped bass along the Jersey
roas this ear is due to I'M fatalc contagious disease" The conjecture is
mai the stnpcd bass is affected with some parasite" And it is. The parasite
is TIT pound-net owner. The phenomenon If the sappearan OF tiss rlendid
game fsh anhdates the year 1908 by several years Time was when the strtnea
bass a plentiful in our ocean waters hat was priort to tho drawing Of the
lines of tn sreat pound nets SO lose together that a fish can neither eett ol
swallow watert to paw Oh TO capturen it's natural food wfthout being cauebt tn
he neshes of the pound nets, or get out again. IS a onseouen Of tb,sl
vandaism striped BASH ave almost disappeared. and expert 6sherrns, have
feared the species Will become extinct, as the fish is peculiar to our coast. The
pound-net owners be it observed, continuet tt dc business in +bs. s.m. a.v -
At the Old stand They have friends IN the Legislature. |
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Fitch in Critic Role.

CLYDE FITCH'S conversation, like
~ the conversation of his plays, has
an amusing sparkle. Mr.. Fitch is at
his best in criticism.
Describing at the Players Club a
tragedy that had failed, he said:
I'm bloodthirstiness at least this trag-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
MALIGNEn.

Hungry Higgins-Wot do you think7
A woman called MI a animated scare
crow this morning.
Weary Watkins-Ive knowed you
sence the early eighties. but I never
seen no animation about you yet,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-01
AMBIGUOUS.

I fear that Freddie is losing his
mind"
II hadn't noticed that much improve
ment in him."
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SUBURBAN HARVEST TIME.

Look how the bookkeeper is smil-
ing"
HAS his salary been raised?"
N o The stenographer is letting him
brag on his home grown tomatoes"
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me another. And, do you know what
is the pleasantest thing about it? You
have an opportunity to make real
friends, friends who can understand
you. You get at last to know people
capable of esteeming you for your own
qualities alone. You find, sir, hat you
are at last appreciated"
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PROBABLY.

wonder why a little nan usually
has a big wife,
III wishes to show that his heart Is
in the right place if he is SMALL
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H SPLIT SKIRT.

P~atience-I see half of the people call
them sheath skirts, and the other half
call them directoire gowns.
Patrice-Yes; 1 was sure there'd be a
split about ~it.-Cleveland News.
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HE SHRINKS.

why are the hours after IL called
the small hours Of the night?"
Because a a feels so small when
he comes home and tries to explain
to his wife why he stayed OUT
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81 2\gMtsome Mood
FRAGRANT BERMUDA.

Church-The air of Bermuda is
ladened with fragrance because the
automobile is not allowed there.
Gotham-But, how about those Ber-
muda onions?-Cleveland News.
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Taft, Clyde Fitch and Upton Sinclair
Figure In Stories of WeN-knozvn Men

edy went beyond any I have ever seen.
1t is impossible for me to tell you how
many persons were killed off in the
course of the entertainment. I noticed
hat after the third act even a good
part of the audience was missing"
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NATURAL CONSEQUENCES.

my father was poor, but honest"
Honest man, was hep"
Indeed he was"
"Then 1t is superfluous to say that
he was poor"
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TIME TO REALIZE.

"Ethers sweet feminine helplessness
seems to make her very attractive to
men,"
well, it ought to. She has beer a
long time acquiring it,"
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AN EXCEPTION.

mo one can be in two places at
once"
We'll, l have seen a lawyer in the
courtroom I'M In the air at the same
time