The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-06-18

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right.
G. w. Ferguson, of Thomas
ton, Texas, gave The, News a
pleasant call Monday. He moved
from this county to Texas 40
years ago.
| c. E. Cunningham, who was
born and reared in Brandon, and
who is now editor of the Newton
Record, was married yesterday
at San Antonio, Texas, to Miss
Nan Macarthur.
Mrs. Bette Wilson went to
Vicksburg Tuesday to attend the
marriage of her daughter, Nan
D., to Randall eastman, which
happy event took place yester-
day afternoon.
The trustees of the Pelahatchie
MISS Graded School are de-
sirous of securing a competent
teacher for the 4th and 9Th
grades. Address Secretary of.
Board of Trustees, Pelahatchie,
Miss.
DR.. R. H. Whitfield and Miss
Annie Belle South were happily
married at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. South, at Florence, last
Sunday. The News joins their
many friends in extending con-
gratulations and best wishes.
Marion Wilson, one of The
News force, attended the mar
riage of his sister, Miss Nan D.
Wilson to Randall eastman,
Tuesday, in Vicksburg, and will
leave tonight for Washington to
visit another sister, Mrs. Allie
Stewart, for a month.
Miss Gene McLaurin left today
for South Carolina where she
will visit her friend, Mrs. j. E.
Ellerbee, wife of one of the
Palmetto states most prominent
congressman, and will also be
a guest in the home of her
relative, ex-United States Sena-
tor John L. McLaurin, of the
same state.
T p Gov monument and
SUBSTANTIAL business man of Brax-
ton, and Miss Ida Givens, an &C
complished lady, were happily
married at the home of the
brides parents, in Georgetown,
on Tuesday, Rev. c.. E. Welch
performing the ceremony. The
News joins their many friends in
wishing them the blessings of
life.
Work on the plant of the
Planters Gin-Compress CO. is
progressing nicely, and Mr..
Walters, the manager, hopes to
have everything in readiness for
this years crop in due time.
Three of the buildings are await
ing the metal roofing, the large
pond is finished and the sidetrack
grading completed. Much of the
machinery is on the road.
Miss Clyde East, who has been
a popular member of the Pela-
hatchie High School faculty, was
married today to A. B. Kelly, of
Sartartia. Her former pupils
and patrons, together with her
numerous friends extend con-
gratulations to the groom on
having won SO estimable wife
and are sure that the husband
is a worthy man or he could not
have succeeded in winning her.
The red ticket won in the
election for president of the
Jackson board of trade-defeat-
ing the blue by 10 votes which
shows that progressive Jackson
will not stand for the blue in
anything, and then President
Franscioli is very popular, as
we'll as a worker, with the broad
minded intelligence to sift the
chaf from the grain when con-
sidering the best interests of the
city.
| Bessie Mangum, young negro
woman, was tried before ex-of-
fcio justice of the peace, G. O..
Robinson, Tuesday, for assault
on Jeff Robinson, another negro,
and given go days on the county
farm for carrying a razor. She
was fined SIS and costs for as
sault and S. and costs for dis
orderly conduct. Her sister,
Posey Mangum, was fined by
| Mayor Robinson SIS and costs for
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