The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-16

week. 9
Mrs. R. F. Brown and children
returned Tuesday from a visit to
Fannin.
Glenn Jones and family are
visiting the family of Mrs. Jones'
father, H. A. Busick.
Mrs. H. G. Washburn and Miss
Bessie Mangum are enjoying the
Gulf breezes at Biloxi.
A. G. and Miss Nan Mayors
returned Sunday from a visit to
L. M. McLaurine's family at
New Orleans.
Mrs. HI. A. Harris, relict of
the late w. S. Harris, of Meri-
dian, and Mrs. Jennie Miller
Rice, of Jefferson, Texas, are
visiting the family of ]. C. Bruce
and other relatives.
The citizens of Dry Creek will
assemble on August the 9Th and
clean up the graveyard at that
place. Everybody is requested
to come prepared with nipple
ments that work can be done.
AS no action was taken by the
board of supervisorsin the matter
of making a levy for an agricult-
ural high school, the county
school board will not receive any
bids for the location of such a
school.
The negro Baptist Sunday
school convention, composed of
delegates from several counties
in this section, held it's annual
meeting here last week. The
delegates seemed to be we'll fed
and behaved themselves nicely.
Supt. S. R. Myers is sending
out blanks to the school trustees
of this county, SO that when they
hold their elections on first Sat-
urday in August, for trustees to
serve the ensuing term; they can
fill them out and return promptly
by the following Saturday.
S. H. Williams is building a
store house at the depot; the
Planters Gin Company is nearly
through installing the gin ma
chinery at it's plant there, and
with W. H. Berryhill operating
the Pollock saw mill, north Bran
don has a prosperous look.
Biloxi Herald:Mrs. H.C. Wash
burn, Miss Bessie Mangum of
Brandon and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Roberts of New Orleans
are visiting Biloxi at the resi-
dence of w. T. Coleman. Mr..
Roberts is general manager of
the w. T. Reeves Lone Star
Paint Co.
Mrs. C. w. Girdlestone has
collected and sent $13.25 for the
battleship to Mrs. Eunice Lock
wood, state collector, which is a
small amount for Brandon to
contribute; but as the subscrip-
ton list is not closed it is to be
hoped that others will swell the
fund with other contributions.
Rev. J. L. Finley, of Gulfport,
passed through here Monday to
visit DR.. S. w. Robinson, at
Pisgah. He has many friends
in this county who love and
admire this one armed preacher,
who is fighting the Lords battles
now as bravely as he did the
yankee armies during the war
and the Confederacy had no
more gallant son.
The last legislature made pro-
vision for each county to have an
Agricultural High School"
somewhere within it's borders.
There will be a meeting this
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
office of the Rankin County
Bank of all the business men of
the town and those interested in
the upbuilding of the community
for the purpose of taking some
steps looking to the securing of
this school in this community.
Other places in the county are
trying to get it. Why not we
make the effort? Come prompt
ly.
The News this week is in
stalling the largest press that
will be found in any weekly pa
per office in the state. 1t was
made by the old reliable firm of
R. Hoe & Co., of New York, and
weighs some ID. 900 hounds. with