The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27

| j. J. Burns, one Of the best
known citizens of Smith county,
is visiting friends and relatives
lin Brandon.
Walter Dent, a prominent law
yer of Mendenhall, and former
state senator from Simpson dis
trict, was professional visitor
Saturday.
w. E Thornton is taking his
fifteen, days annual vacation and
]. L. Buchanan is acting as sub
stitute carrier on rural route
number one.
Mrs. Harry Mccartney, nee
Miss Virgie Frantz, of Crystal
Springs, and Miss Polly Frautz,
Jackson, spent Friday with Miss
Bessie McCaskill.
Fifty new, comfortable desks
have been placed in the Graded
school building and everything
will be ready September 7th for
another school year.
A. A. Weile, insurance adjus-
ter, of Vicksburg, was out this
week visiting his mother, Mrs.
E. S. Weille and looking after
the improvements on the family
residence.
Jim Myers sold the first bale of
1908 cotton to w. G.. Barnes yes
terday for which he received 9
cents per pound and one-half
barrel of finest flour as a pre-
MUM.
B. F. Mulhollan, J. A. Spann,
ST., Pelahatchie; Walter Alliston,
lof Florence; E. G. White, of
+, Whites and A. A. Smallwood, of
Pearson; were here yesterday to
hear political news.
| w. S. Hamilton, a prominent
business man of Jackson, atten-
ded the funeral of the late Col.
| VIM. Walker, who was professor
| in a Louisiana college at which
Mr.. Hamilton was az student 81
years ago.
Hon. Henry L. Whitfield, Pres
ident of the |. |. & c., at Column
bus, was a welcome visitor tt
Brandon Tuesday. Everybody
| in this, his old home county i
proud of his success, and always
glad to see him.
Didlake Kersh, son Of the late
DR.. w. w. Kersh got two of his
; fingers mashed off in cog wheels
at Jesse Kersh's saw mill las
week. The injured hand is doing
| we'll and this deserving boy''
: many friends hope he will soo1
be well.
The game of base ball between
Langford and Monterey resulted
in a score of II to 5 in Mont
! erey's favor. Batteries S. Tay
lor and A. Taylor, Rhodes AM
Wilmington. Monterey bas'
ball team is anxious for anothe
, game with Pelahatchie.
Miss Gertrude Buchanan ha
f returned to her home in Guthrie
r Oklahoma, after being with he
cousin Mrs. Minnie Wilson TO
several weeks at the Brandol
!, Sanitarium, where Mrs. Wilson
was operated on for appendicitis
but is now about able to return
, to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Robin
have returned from Stamps Ark.
, where they visited Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Robbins aunt. Mr.. Robin
says that that portion of tn
s world is a paradise for fshermel
and that he caught, with tn
help of several others, 100 pound
: of white perch in a short while
His large gain in weight impress
es one that fish diet makes flesh
fChancery Clerk John A. Gay
! den, of Rankin county, was il
the city yesterday and brough
along the assessment roll for hi
county, which he deposited will
the Auditor. The roll shows tina
. old Rankin has been improvin.
somewhat. The total valuation
of personally given by Assesso,
Atkins is 81, 434, 8O8 this yea,
, as against 81, 1884, 1868 for las
,, year, an increase of just $40, O3O
Clarion Ledger.
Miss Maud Culbertson. little
, Miss Bessie Jayne, of Jackson
Mrs. Woods Eastland, of Forest
!, Mrs. Ida Ormend, of Meridian