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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17
HIGH SCHOOLS.

Prof 4. +. Gilmore, j. {. Justice, II.
I. Whitfield, Geo. G. Hurst, j. F.
Guynes, and the present incum-
bent, Prof Walter N. Taylor. All
OF those principals were aided by
the very best assistants that could
be procured, and it stands today as
one OF the best high schools in
the state.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Florence is situated eleven
miles southwest Of jackson on the
q. e s. !. Railroad, and thirteen
miles from Brandon in as rich an
agricultural district as can be found
outside of the delta. 1t is peopIed
by persons whose religious, mo-
raj and educational standard is
erected as high and whose busi-
ness qualifications are equal to any
i'm tho state Tho odiooop+ Ionoo
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17
Sees Creek Beat SIS Resources Deooped and Undevooed

The history of Stems Creek Beats almost
co-extensive with the history Of Rankin Coun-
ty and the State of Mississippi 1t lies on the
south west border of said county, bounded on
the north by RichIand Creek, on the west by
Pearl River on the south by the Simpson
ing it from the Cato Beat line, or Supervisors
District No. 5. It's area is about fifteen miles
from north to south and about the same from
east 70 west or about 225 square miles in
round numbers.
Its population 1880 was 3,549, in 1890
1885, an increase of 786 in that decade, and
in 1900, 4,945 an increase of 61O, and the
same or an increased ratio may be expected
at the next census in 1910. This is not a Iarqe
percentage of the increase, but when we con-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17

tom until it reaches the mouth of Stems creek,
about ten miles below, where it is again sup
pIemented by the confluence of Stems creek
with the river.
Reaching up the Stems Creek valley, we
find an underground Of cane on the banks of
the main creek and its tributaries and in some
places the cane is along the bottoms. The
SWan1pS have been heavily tin1bered with hard
wood, oak, hickory, gum poplar, magnolia,
wagons, ax-handIes, furniture, etc., but since
the advent Of the G. e S. l. r. r. these lands
have somewhat been depleted, though there
is still some good timber left. The bottoms
are very rich in their virgin state for agriCuItu-
raj purposes, and even When they have be-
come in part exhausted by long and continu-
Gus cropping, they furnish fine pasture for
stock Japan clover being indigenous on
them when turned out, this clover soon covers
the ground, making, not only fine grazing, but
is one Of the best hay cIovers known. The
lands in the bottoms are rich, but the farmers
have discovered that the lands on the hills
taken one year with another are more certain
of crop, and hence a goodIy number of them
have turned their bottom land into pastures
and meadows and cultivate the hills. This is
especially true where the bottoms are Some-
what worn.
In the southern portion ofths Beat, there
was few years ago, a fine belt Of long leaf
yellow pine, and there is still good sprnkng,
but a great deal has been cutthe last feWyears
1t is sad commentary that while nature
has SO lavShy bestowed upon our people the
means OF raising every thing at home and be-
ing Independent, yet they have failed in large
measure to grasp the opportunities and still
slaves to King Cotton" and the furnishing
merchants. With proper rotation Of crops
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17

are capable Of the finest crops of corn,
cotton, sugar cane, peas and all other field
crops incident to this climate, besides all the
vegetable and truck crops.
here is a perennial stream running through
the town with volume Of water sufficient to
drive large steam cotton mill or any other
plant,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17

slider that the sum total OF tor
eign born inhabitants for the Whole
county of Rankin in the last decade
was only 33, the increase in this
part of the county makes very
Creditable showing.
AS stated above the lands are
watered on the north by RichIand
Greek and its tributaries the entire
bottoms of which in its virgin
state, are covered with thick
growth of cane furnishing fine
winter pasturage for cattle and
sheep and the nut bearing trees
furnish good range for hogs, the
year round. After its confluence
with Pearl River of which it is an
affIuent, the swamp Widens and
the range for all kinds of stock is
more abundant. The range ex-
tends all along the Pearl River bot
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17

|thas, Knights and Ladies of Honor and Wood
men Of the World
HIGH SCHOOLS.
II there is one thing more than another of
WfIch Florence is proud, it is its fine educa-
tIonal SYSTEM Its results have already beuun
to be felt in the number of young men and
girls who are graduates of this school, who
have secured good positions and are making
name in the world.
The history of this High school may be
SAID to have begun in the scholastic year of
1881 and 1882, when the first school assoca-
ton was formed, which elected Prof. Harvy, a
highly educated christian gentleman, to take
charge OF the school. He was followed later
by such men as Rev. Charles B. Freeman,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17
Stems Creek High School BuiIdinu.

for among the first things they did was to erect
houses Of worship. 1t is exceedingly fortunate
for the present generation their ancestors
were men and women Of piety, and consider
alton, for the high religious standard that has
ever been manifest in this community was
transmitted to them by their forefathers. And
then those grand old pioneers were not obv-
OuS to the advantages Of school education,
for they erected school houses as well as
churcheS and their children had as good edu-
cation as the times and circumstances would
permit.
The growth of Steen's Creek may be said
to have begun about the year 1880, when
there was only one store and one church, and
since that time the growth has been heatf1fu
and safe, without any of the mushroom pro-
clvtleS which are the bane Of any town; where
property is enhanced beyond its normal value
one day and the next have the bottom fall out.
his is not the kind Of growth Of our town,
tor property has, as rule, been rated at its as
sessed value and prospective buyers can pur-
chase at price commensurate, with the bus
mess and advantages the place offered.
The merchants of the place now, AUGUST
1908, are }. II. South, A. II. Martin, W. l. Mar
tin, Florence Mercantile Co., A. P. Dear, j. E.
Singetary e Bro, r. L. AiIIs, Mrs. A. L. Harvey
Hotel and Millinery Store, Dr.. VIM. M. Flowers
and w. |. Butler Drug Stores. F. Cook has a
store and shop also.
We have also Bank doing a good busi-
ness with J. Luther Singetay as cashier
There are two doctors viz: Drs. {. K. White
and r. N. Whitfield.
There are rural mail routes which leave
here every morning SO that the people in the
surrounding community are within easy touch
with the outside world.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-17
Other Enterprises.

W. G. Ellis has a large system Of gins with
a capacity Of 20 or 80 bales per day and one
of the cotton seed oil mills Of jackson, has also
a large plant with equal capacity.
CHURCHES
Methodist, with Rev. Wayne Sutton pastor for
the former and Rev. w. W. Morse pastor for
the latter Both have good membership and
good Sunday schools. There are also two
|other Baptist Missionaries, Rev. {. Morris and
Geo. Laird. 1880
There is Masonic Lodge, a kniohtsof Py-
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-12
ALASKA AND YUKON TERRI
 TORIES." ffr $-4's.

Under the above title Charles R Settlemier, the editor of the, Dawson News, has. written for the Alaska-Yu-. kon Magazine the ciearest and most eloquent putting Of the resources, needs and future ef this great empire that has issued ftofnrthe press in many a day:
 Alaska. ukonsis an empire. with out people. '-Daniel Guggeaheim.
 ''Is it not reasonably safe 10 take the cue for this epic theme of empire, building from one of the worlds for most diplomats of exploitation?. ..
 'Mr. Guggenheim. whose enterpris- es are in every corner of the. earth, and who daily scans the worlds prof. fered possibilities for profitable ex- ploitation, visited Alaska Y ukon two years ago and made the foregoing de- claration to the writer. The snceri- ty of his statement is attested iu the Guggenheim- Morgan investments in this field to the extent of upwards of fifty millions of dolars; mbrac ing twenty millions in Copper River cop per, coal, timber and railway proper ties: a like sum in Klondike and Att | lin gold fields: and the remainder in steamship lines running to the north.
 "The motto of the virie brother hood having for it's field Alaska and Yukon is No Boundary Line Here. , No more aptiy does it apply in any re. spect than in the welfare and exploi- tation of these two territories. Thei interlacing interests make their des- tiny identical. Hence, this may b dealt with as the domain of Alaska Yukon.
 "The tactical advantage of central location was nature's first favor to this region. The shores of the Orient and the Occident bend above the Pa. cihc Ocean in an arch, spanning the worlds most momentous future thea. tre. Wedged at the top is the Key. stone, Alaska Yukon.
 TO the west block on block from Cape Horn northward, pregnant with population and portentious.
 ''To the east, sweeping from New Zealand upward, are the ambitious Antipodes and awakening Asiatic na tions, with SOc, 100000 human creat UT 5. seized W ith a hunge ist fam ing into a passion for Western pro ducts.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-12

nome JOIDOFfOW, oioci SPohoibE two months of their vacation with US. They have made many friends and we regret thau they must leave us. The doctor says he is not ready to go yet and that.he would like to spend an- other month hunting and fishing, but duty calls him. They expect to return again next year and bring a number of their friends with them to enjoy their vacation with us. They will spend few days in Los Angeles on the way south.
 The City of Seattle is not due south bound until tomoarrow at noon.
 The bark Guy c. Goss which reach ed Seattle last Saturday after seven teen days run from Boring Sea, brought from Nushagak the largest shipment of fish brought down in years. The cargo was worth a quarter of a million dollars and contained 49, GOO cases of canned salmon.
 The Firemen's Relief Association had buusiness meeting Saturday last and elected officers for the ensuing year. The following are the new officers: w. T. James. president; F. H. Bold, vice president; E. F. Pull ard, secre tary and D. W. Hunt, treasurer. Tie organization is plann- ing to give ball for the benefit of the association on Thanksgiving eve.
 Forest Ranger H. w. Babbitt with his wife and father, w. H. Babbitt, who have been stationed here for some time past, left yesterday for Lancaster Cove on Chollnondely Sound, near Sunny Point. The government is'in- ,talling new ranger station at this place. The Gedney is now surveying n the vicinity of Lancaster Cove. :
 The reception to the new teachers
 f the Ketchikan school, given last night at the Methodist parsonage on Main street was a social success. Despite the storm, tn. parlors were crowded from eight to ten with a brilliant company who came to pay their respects to the guests of honor, Prof. August Grimm and Mrs. Grimm, Miss Alice Van Houton, Mir. and Mrs. Charles Taylor and Miss Harriet Ros- liter. Mrs. J. w. Stedman, Mrs. H. c. Strong, Mrs. D. H. Delzelle, Mrs. ]. J. Doyle and Mrs. F. V. Fisher re- ceived the guests and introduced them 70 the teachers while Miss Anna Hale md Miss Laura Young presided over the refreshment room where they served fruit frappe and wafers. Among the guests were the Rev. Thomas Jenkins, Dr. and Mrs. Turn er, Mir. J. k. Kyus, Mir. and Mrs. Rounsefeai, Dr. .nd Mrs$J. L. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. McWifiiams, Mir. apd Mrs. w. A. Bryant, Mir. Frederic M. Loomis, Mir. and Mrs. Forest J. Hunt, Mrs. Fremont King, Mrs. Charles Deppe, Mr. Newell, Mrs. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Capp. Mr. 4. E. crane, Ms. Wm. Conner, Mrs. B. G. Mitchell and many others. as. ?. e
 Cpnrations at the Jessie property at Dolomi. which have been going ahead steadily for some time have been con. :. siderably impeded by water lately,, and it is not likely that the present. moist atmosphere will improve con-, ditions. The Jessie shaft is now down 20 feet, in good ore, and will be car. jed down to the 500 foot level if water conditions are not toofrigorous.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

tunnel. but other improvements
are suspended.
Thirty miles of the Savannah
Augusta and Northern have
been graded.
The contract for construction
Savannah 10 & Chattanooga Iaf0r
So, 900, 900.
The Tidewater developments
in Virginia. the Elagler and
other systems IN Florida. and
numerous enterprises IN Louisi-
aua and Mississippi have been
very active IN the year just
completed. There are numer-
Gus coal lines minor branch sys-
TENS of different railroads
which have been started and
completed during 1907.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

N.v York. Iau fI-H. e.
nun N Co.'s M.ekN Review oI
Trade daN saws Sentiment
la- improved u r-r0u-. 3D..
tn. nr.rhi.r outlook. o0mm.r.
ria loans being malD vItN
moro freedom flan nt anN rO
Gent iaf. A.. mach projected
business wa- uult hel back on
account of tUe inability Oh. raI-.
funds. ine ou-I.I money mar
k.t enc.uul.- expectations
chat postponed contracts vil
NOW D.. u.a.el IIe percent
a.e 90 Itle mlcMuer. haas u.r-
ccUnnIN decreased
Ath...h f..r.l-n. GENERAL
.rr,ff, Nm fI.. pr,m.r, market
f,rt.Nrl.- f.rimur,..u..fI ~
nn,....I.. ln MANY teusrf
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

meuts is given by the estimates
which show that a big New
York Daily, one Of those with
various morning and evening
editions which are said 20 have
an aggregate daily circulation
Of nearly. a million copies, used
u. 1873. SIS pounds OF white new s.
paper last year This is an av
erage OF oil .S73 pounds a day
The large Sunday edition rs
estimated 10 require 800 per cent
of the paper used each week
while the week day edition take
up the remaining 40 per cent.
Figuring @ e. composition of
f this paper at so per cent o 4
ground wood and 2o per cent of
sulphite fiber. the average sun
.day edition of this paper rec
|ouires the cut from 29.7 acres
+ of land. and a single weekday
edition requires Approximately
|ll5 acres.
These figures allow "a stand of
mine cords OF wood to the acre.
which is considered the average
for a large area although cer-
tain small stands cam be found
where the yield is much heavier.
1.-THE amount of wood pulp used
|hv this ONE New York paper
seems to afford % good excuse
for the whitepapc scare. which
'is making publishers cut down
the size of their papers. or take
the other alternative and raise
the price Experts say how
lover. chat tho hna. solution o.
|the wood pulp question will
have to come from the adoption
.of 3D. system of forest manage
= ment by ml owners togethe
with the adoption of less vast,
ful methods iu working up thei
. products and the study of th
a utilization off woods other tha
n spruce for thc manufacture ,
pulp
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15
REMARKABLE RECORD
MADE IN NORTHWEST
Young Man with New Theory Is AstOnisll-
ingly Successful in Minneapolis.

burg during the thirty days Mr. Coop
er spent in that city.
During Che pas. twenty-five days
Air. Cooper has boon ir Minneapolis.
the sale Of his preparation has aver
AGED about two thousand bottles n day.
Whom tho amount of medicine disposed
of throughout the state is added %
this. the amount win bc doubled.
Therefore. the y0ung man has sold .a
twenty-five days oiChtv-cight thousand
bottles off his medicine in The state o.
Minnesota alone. hich is o. truly ro-
morkahic record
During Che past week 60 Is S. hume
frod- of NinnelroI people I.t. N..r
calling to thank Cooper Tor thc roo.
he BIAS accomplished with bis medic
elmo. chat it is safe 20 say trrt h.r
visit VIII long he rcmcmbercl ly Che
SICK OF Che CIfv
$500 sem .he famous Cooper prepare.
zion which lne made 'rr recon
10 the above wherever Introduce
f $751; N..H
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

Chattanooga. Dec I'D soy
eral hundred miles of railroad
have been constructed u the
South during 1909. aud it is cS-
timated thatmor, than $4,000. -
900 have been spent bN the rai
roads of th, South 300 improving
She systems during thr past
twelve months
Tho largest contract given
during the year WAS u South
western Virginia. where the
South and Western is being
constructed. This work haas
been from different points in
the iron and coal section of viz.
giuia ami West Virginia VIA
Bristol. 60 points in North Car
oina wl.,.c connections Wll bt
made with fhe ~Dabo1r3 aud
kindred lines. Iti~ said to %,
"a part of the great Iidewatel
sytem. When completed Jhis
line will bee over l5N miles it
length and viii cost nearly
SloO.ooe.oo0 10 Is through a
very rough section and th,
3i or 3o miles completed duriu.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15
LOOK FORWARD.
Don't Burden Your Friends With Your
Hard-luck Stories

Do not tell your troubles this
wear. because the fewer people
who know of the things that
have handicapped YOU the bet
ter is for YOU. You viii then
be spared the influence of tine
unfortunate suggestions which
your hard luck stories make up
ON other peoples minds.
Then. again, every time YOU
repeat the story of your mis-
fortunes. your troubles, your
trials. your failures. you etch
the dark picture q little deeper
Inn YOUR own mind, make "a little
more real Do YOU what you ought
leo erase forever. what cannot be
cured should b d. erased for-
ever. What cannot help a S..
what cam only hinder, should
Doe forgotten. discarded once for
au
Many people hang on 90 their
old troubles. they cling to their
old sorrovs and misfortunes.
and their failures. their past
suUerinrs. until they become "a
terrible drag % clog. % fearful
handicap to ther progress.
TIn.nr1N thing fn do with a
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

John What Kind of tea do
Won like BEST, Priscllla-"G Go
tees. some. but Rocky Mountain
Tea best John WhN HoI-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea
bcst," Pri~cilla-"lt speaks
for itself. John " Makes love-
Is complexion lIanhlen Bros
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re-
quesicd 90 observe the date
printed on their address slips.
which viii keep them no AN
times posted as 90 the date
of the expiration of 'heir SUBJ
sCriplion. Prompt and timely
attention to this request viii
saveall parties "a great deal of
ANNOYANCE
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

BOX No. ,, 4oadow View, ga.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-01-15

axe Asu's Family Plls ior constipation
, 1908-06-13
A Square Deal

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GlIcsrine plays an important part in
the cure Of indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended BY sour risings,
heartburn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnAwiug feeling in stom.
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ailments, the Golden Medical Discovery
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membranes - catarrh, whether Of the
nasal passages or Of the stomaeh. bowels
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Medical Discovery. y . most omcaens r1ur-
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, 1908-06-13
WEIGHT INCREASED.
Larger Packages Admitted to Mails
for Great Britain.

Washington, D. c., June 13.-In or
der to increase our commercial rela-
tons with Great Britain and Ireland
by facilitating the sending Of parcel
post packages of merchandise to those
countries, Postmaster General Meyer
has increased the weight limit to elev-
en- pounds, effective July 1 next. At
the present time a package weighing
in excess of four pounds six ounces
cannot be sent in the mails to the
United Kingdom. There are now thir-
ty-three foreign countries with which
we have parcel post conventions; with
nine the weight limit is four pounds
six ounces, and with twenty-four 1t is
eleven pounds. 1t is the intention to
make the maximum weight eleven
pounds in all instances.
, 1908-06-13
PEOPLE We KNOW
They Are Laramie People, and What
They Say Is Of Local Interest.

When an incident like the following
occurs right here at home, Vt is bound
to carry weight with our readers. So
many strange occurrences go the
rounds of the press; are published as
facts, people become skeptical. On
one subject skepticism is rapidly dis
appearing. This is due TO the actual
experience OF our citizens, and their
public utterances regarding them.
The doubter must doubt no more in
the face of such evidence as this. The
public statement of a reputable citi-
zen living right at home, one whom
you can see every day, leaves no
ground for the skeptic to stand on.
Mrs. E. D. Carter, 406 Fourth street,
Laramie. Wyo., says: 81 can with
pleasure and confidence recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone suffer.
ing from the effects Of inactive or de-
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value Of this preparation four years
ago, when its use saved me a great
deal of suffering from kidney com
plant and bladder trouble Whenever
1 appeal to Doan's Kidney Pills, I and
relief"
For sale by all Dealers. Price SO
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New York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
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