The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

whites subject to street tax In
Brandon. The total Of 103 was
correct, but whites should have
been SO and blacks "a.
j. P. Moore, who married Miss
Fannie Fox, of this place, about
20 years ago, died last week in
Bernice, La, after a lingering
ILLNESS.
Camp meeting at Shiloh was
well attended Sunday by repre-
sentatives- from every denomina-
ton in Brondon and many who
were not members.
C. c.. Horne is now in charge
of Garvers Gin near Andrew
Chapel, and customers are GER
tain of having well ginned, neat
ly wrapped cotton.
Mrs. w. E. Ramsey and child
rem, of Sandersville, returned
Monday after a visit to Mes
DANES A. M. Shields and Cam
ME Walker.
Miss Mary E. Kline, who has
been attending the Teachers In
stitue in Meridian, for the past
several weeks, returned home
Sunday to spend a few days be-
fore taking charge Of a school in
the Delta.
Miss Meddie Robinson will
leave Saturday for Hattiesburg,
where she will take up her duties
as principal of one of the large
city schools of that hustling
piney woods metropolis.
D. b. Ward County Treasurer,
was on hand with his monthly
report showing the condition of
the county funds to the board of
supervisors. Cash in the treas
ury is at a low ebb, but extra
ordinary and unusual expenses
caused it.
Forest fires have been raging
in Minnesota for the past week.
Snow storms rage up there in
the winter. Even with plenty of
good flour and a good governor,
the only two good things up
there, it is surprising that the
sensible people of that state
don't move south.
Among Brandon visitors to
Labor Day celebration in Jackson
Monday were: Lee Robinson,
J. j. Daniels, A. T. Miller, H.
Powell, the McGilvras, the
Owens, c.. L. Martin and Miss
Josie Martin, Allen Atkins, Will
Fox, Fred McRae, S. L. Nc
Laurin, ]. H. Richardson. Major
Henry and J. D. McCaskill.
Dave Wilson who has been
firing on the Illinois Central Rail
road for 81 years, stood his ex-
animation last week, which he
passed with credit, and is now a
| full engineer on that road. Dave
is a steady, bright young man
and nothing short of full success
was predicted by those who
| knew him.
/ Mrs, O. E. Martin was pain
| fully injured by jumping out OF
the buggy during a runaway
Monday. The horse became
frightened by some of the har-
ness breaking letting the buggy
run down on him at the hill near
Judge McCaskill's. Mrs. R. F.
Brown, who was with her, was
not injured, neither were the
two children who were with
their mothers at the time Of the
accident.
| Brandon Graded School open
ed Monday with 145 pupils in at
| tendance. Senator A. ]. Nc
Laurin, Superintendent of Ed
ucation S. R. Myers and Rev.
Bryan Simmons all madevery in
teresting talks. With the splen-
did faculty, sustained in their eff
forts by the community, Bran
don is confident that the ensuing
term will be the best since the
Graded school was established.
The Jasper County Agricultu-
raj High School opened at Bay
ISprings Monday, in connection
with the graded school at that
place, with an enrolment of 196
pupils. Among the number of
teachers in the graded school are
May Hadden and Mrs. Stella Nc
Laurin (nee Miss Stella Ernest)
formerly of the faculty of the
Brandon Graded School. If Agri-
cultural high schools are sue
cess, and its certain they will be,
Rankin will be ready to have one