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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-22
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
LIST of Officers Appointed By
the Election Commissioners.

We, the undersigned commission
ers of election of Rankin Coun-
lty, Miss. hereby appoint the fol-
lowing named persons as managers,
clerks, etc.. to hold the general
election on November srd, 1908.
The first named person of each pre-
cinct. is designated as returning Off
Ger, and is expected to come after
the box and return the same.
BEAT j.
Stems Creek-Bill Taylor, Al
bert Ellis, Pink Burns, managers.
c. w. Alliston, j. H. South, clerks;
T. E. Therrell, bailiff.
Mountain Creek-John Miller,
Enoch Weathersby, j. B. Harrison,
managers; Walter Laird, J. B.
Ainsworth, clerks; w. j. Butler,
bailiff.
/ Whites-Emanuel White, George
Sebrun, John Tucker. managers;
j. d. Sandifer, w. w. Barlow,
clerks; S. Q. McCaskill, bailiff.
Plain-Edgar Misterfeldt, Pink
Ford, Bill Quinn, managers; j. H.
Nicely, J. D. Sdarsbrough, clerks;
w. L. Lane, baiiiff.
Cleary-J. M. Hemphill, Will
Burk, Aaron Price, managers; w.
M. Renno, w. C. Johnson, clerks;
j. l.. Alliston, bailiff.
Star-John Loflin, Benton Muir
ray, John Clark, managers; w. A.
Ainsworth, S. S. Butler, clerks; w.
B. Price, hailiff.
BEAT 2.
Oakdale-C. O. Rouse, j.. E.
Kersh, G. B. Miller, managers; j..
}. Daniels, Louis Fitzhugh, clerks;
A. T. Miller, bailiff.
Holbrooks-J. F. Jones, J. G..
Mirty, @. w. Hawkins, managers;
P. h. Jones, John Redfearn, clerks;
Henry Jones, bailiff.
/ Pearson-A. M. Smallwood, Viii
liam Payne, j. E. Fisher, mana
gers; j. G. Cox, H. D. Mendum,
clerks; J. R. Payne, bailiff.
! Brandon--W. D. Ragland, John
McLaurin, R. w. Wilson, managers;
L. c. Robinson, Dave Gayden,
clerks; VIM. Watson, bailiff.
BEAT 8.
FAMINE. L. Furgeson, H. D.
Tlnnin, w. H. Nicholson, managers;
w. H. Slaughter, H. T. Ellis, clerks;
~. H. Stevenson, bailiff.
Pisgah-T. E. Mosley, w. D.
benson, Joseph Kersh, managers;
j, F. Baker, E. G. Davis, clerks;
lsom Holmes, baiIiff.
BEAT 4.
Pelahatchie-J. A. Spann,s ST..
IC. X, Jones, L. E. Burnham.
managers; j. A. Lindsey, S. c.,
Ammons, clerks; George Owens,
baiIiff.
Shiloh-Gle Ragsdale, R. D.
Roberts, Mason Carter, managers:
A. N. Martin, ]. T. Knight, clerks;
y. -. N0UDInS, DaiilII.
BEAT s.
Dry Creek-Chas. CRANE, Tai
/ Garrett, Bob Pierce, managers; Joe
/ Neal, knox McNair, clerks; John
Pierce, bailiff.
i Cato-Bradley Sowell, w. D.
Tucker, J. B. Barnett, managers;
| Oils Pope, @. J. Mcintyre, clerks,
IC. M. G. Shots, bailiff.
/ Clear Greek M. G. Mcintyre.
Jerry McLain, Lee OVERLY, mana
lgers; High Jones, G. v. Bott.
clerks, w. G. Anderson, bailiff.
| AntiochJohfl Franklin. John
Upton; J. w. Summers, managers;
II. Z, Knight, il, E. N. Russ,
1clerks; ]. 9. Patrick, bailiff.
Dobson-J. w. lsby, Dock Gray,
Waiter Barnett, managers; !. n.
Russell, Henry Brown, clerks; Jno.
cDonald, bailiff.
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-22

Some men, after being married a
few years, imagine that all a wife
needs is a home and three meals a
day, with now and then some new
clothes. And yet during the pro-
cess of winning the love of that
wife he told her he could not live
without her. What is more, he
believed it at the time.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-22
Some children are forced to be-
lieve that home is the place where
all the growing is done.

Women have criticised for organ
ling social and literary clubs; but
the club, instead of hurting the
home, has often saved It BY eIeva-
ting it intellectually. Club life in
developing woman gives them the
only beauty that cannot fade.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-22

Many men have gone broke try
ing to support sealskin wife on a
muSkrat income.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
TIMES CHANGE

The skies are blue. the sun is bright,
And bracing is the autumn air;
But don't grow crazy with delight
The weather won't stay always fair.
Pray mitigate the smile you wear;
Such foolish gladness do not show.
You'll soon be wailing in despair
When comes the time to shovel snow.
She smilesi Why. yes. of course, she will
She's very loving, sweet, and kind;
But there will come a sudden chill
And you'll be frozen, you Will find.
It's well to keep cheerful mind,
But. all the same. 1 would not crow.
You'll hear the bitter winter wind
Soon comes the time to shovel snow.
It's coming pretty good with you;
You find you're making money fast.
You may be. 1T is very true,
But don't make sure that it will last
Don't think that all hard times are past
And feel a comfortable glow.
The sky will soon be overcast
Then comes the time to shovel snow.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
AYHAWKER JOTS

Something in the way of bar Is
| being built on the Horville estate
near lola Its dimensions are 12O by
! IS feet.
A flour bin is the latest place of
concealment for whisky and beer
that has been unearthed by the peace
officers at Independence
Dad Egglseton, of Kfngman, is
down in the mouth and with good
reason. He has lost a cuff button that
he has worn for thirty years.
There is apparently plenty of work
for truant officers at Mcpherson. The
school enrolment is 704 and the aver
age daily attendance is only 619.
The citizenship of Cherryvale was
recently increased by three Spaniards
who faced a court, renowned their
allegiance to Alphonso, and declared
their intentions of becoming Amer
leans.
A driver of a Standard OIL wagon
at Manhattan had one of his ears bit
ten off recently by an over-playful
horse. This probably increases the
enemies of the Standard Oil company
by one.
Homer Austin's big eagle, that was
strong enough to carry off jack rab-
bits, pigs, lambs. chickens, turkeys,
and once in awhile a small boy, is
soaring a1oft in the alpine regions,
having gotten out of his wire cage.
GOoo Dye. AAheIACdH 6dSle. IoVlt
look out for your kids or it might
swoop down and carry off a bunch
Just to show what it can DOLL
Dorado Republican.
According to reports from Hutchin-
son, the catfish in the Arkansas river
have all left that stream and are
making for the headwaters of Cow
creek. The fish are so thick in the
creek that they can hardly crowd I'M
der the bridge at Main street, and
their tails become so stiff from the
cold that they are obliged to crawl by
means of their fins. The small boys
of the town are having the time of
their lives catching fish with their
hands.-As related by Lew Smucker
in the Wichita Eagle.
A Hiawatha paper relates that
when case No. 40 was called for trial
in the district court T. A. Moxcey, an
attorney from Atchison county,
handed him $25, then turning to
Judge w. I. Stuart, made an apology
before the open court. Eight years
ago, when Judge Stuart had just been
elected in the district court at Troy
he overruled an objection made by
Moxcey. Moxcey became angry and
made a motion for new trial, stating
that Judge Stuart had interfered with
the choosing of a jury and giving his
client the worst of the bargain. Judge
Stuart stated the law in the case and
fined Moxcey $25 for contempt of
court, also demanding an apology be-
fore he would let Moxcey appear for
another client in the court of this dis
trict. Moxcey escaped paying the fine
and this is the first case in which he
has appeared in this district since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07

under these circumstances which
ought to be patent to everyone, for
the legislature to treat the state fair
as an Individual proposition when the
time comes to make an appropriation
for it? If the 100000 that is COM
ing from the government were de-
voted merely TO purchase of a site and
the beginning of the erection of
memorial hall and also to the con-
struction of a sanitarium for the care
of tubercular patients, an excellent
start to the elimination of these
worthy undertakings could be made.
But if it is to be divided up among
these two plans and also for a state
fair fund, none of the three projects
will get much of a lift, and par
ticularly- the state fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
MIR. DoLLEY's SUGGESTIONS.

| AS. Mr.. DolIey, Representatives. elect
! from Wabaunsee county, will in all
likelihood be the next speaker Of the
Kansas house of representatives, his
ideas on what should be done with
the 100000, which has been
awarded to the state by the federal
government in payment of a debt long
since due. are worthy of more than
passing notice. OF course the speaker
of the Kansas house of representatives
does not have anything like the power
in the directing and shaping of legisla-
ton that is enjoyed by the speaker of
the national house of representatives.
Still his voice is potent one as he
has the appointment of the com
mittees and can form them of men
who coincide with his views on
things And it is>the committees that
do the real work in framing up
legislation.
Mr.. Dolley believes that this money
should be divided up into NEST eggs
for three undertakings of immediate
moment; the establishment of a
state fair; the erection of a suitable
home for the State Historical society
and other state departments which are
not now properly housed in the
capitol; and the building of a state
sanitarium for the treatment of per-
sons seriously afflicted with tuber-
culosis.
There will be few who will disagree
with Mr.. Dolley on the need of any of
these projects. Each of them is of the
utmost Importance and certainly the
money which is coming to the state
from the national government could
not be put to better purposes. But,
as Mr.. Dolley admits, the 100000
will be far from being enough to pay
the ultimate cost and expenses of
these plans. Far from it. The first
appropriation that the state makes
for a state fair ought to be at least
as much as this. If Kansas is to have
state fair it must have a real one
one that will be commensurate with
it's Importance in the country as an
agricultural community. Even $780,
600 would be hardly enough to launch
a fair of this sort with adequate fair
grounds thrown in as they will be if
the fair is located in Topeka. or pos
sibly some other place. It will be
little less than folly for the state to
be skinny with it's state fair project.
All of the agricultural states in the
vicinity of Kansas have had state
fairs for many years and If the KAN
sas state fair is to be able to compete
with them it must start off on a large
scale. If only small sum is to be
devoted to it's creation from year to
year. or once every two years when
the legislature meets, its developments
to proper proportions will be so slow
that those who are entrusted with its
management will become discouraged
and the fairs will be a failure without
them ever having had proper chance
to become successes.
Wouldn't it be far better plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
TARIFF REVISION HEARINGS.

| Announcement is made by the ways
and means committee of the house OF
representatives that the tariff hearings
will be discontinued today for the
time being and until authority Is given
| the committee by congress to sub
poena witnesses who can be made to
give certain testimony on tariff pro-
tected things which the members of
the committee seem eager to ascer-
tain. No doubt congress will readily
grant the committee this power, but
when the tariff hearings are resumed
appearances before them should not
be limited to the witnesses that the
committee desires to hear. Anybody.
who has anything to say on the sub
ject of tariff revision, ought to be CIV
en- the opportunity to be heard.
And among this number who will
likely ask for a hearing are gentle
men who will represent the consumers
and who should have some interest
ing facts and figures to present to the
committee which will give good and
adequate reasons why the tariff on
certain things should be reduced. That
there is a tremendous public senti-
ment in favor of lower tariff duties,
there can be no doubt. but this senti-
ment has not made itself effectively
felt in the hearings before the COM
mittee.- Practically only two interests
have showed up so far at the commit
tee hearings, those who want increas-
ed duties and those who want them
to remain as they are.
There is good reason for this. There
are no organizations among the con-
sumers, or, at least, until very re-
soI,
were prepared to take the matter up.
And the average consumer who be-
Iieves that the tariff is responsible for
the fact that he has to pay more now
for certain things than he once did
il not in position to get at the
facts and figures necessary to substan-
tiate his beliefs, and IL he could he
would not have the time and the
money to spare to go to Washington
and present his findings to the COM
mittee. However, some organizations
have been perfected recently in various
business centers throughout the coun-
try which are going to do this very
thing if they have the time and
chance, and the future hearings of
the ways and means committee should
be open to them. This committee
hasn't spent any too much time in in
vestigating this great subject and
there might better be little delay in
the matter of tariff revision with the
prospects of it's being an adequate one.
than in hurrying along with it and
passing a defective tariff measure
which will be open to criticism from
all sides. and especially from those
who did not get a chance to express
their views to congress on the sub
ject through the ways and means
committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07

Dan appealingiy. and her friend star
ca at the. two in astonishment.
on don't mean that you-of. how
romantic! I'll never say another word
against that crazy socialistic scheme
OF yours, Elsie. She's writing a the
SIS, as suppose you know, Dan. on
what is It on, Elsie never could re-
member"
1t doesn't matter,"s laughed Elsie
We almost forgotten myself"
:, Then you aren't going back to that
dfngy little town any more? ''
Elsie's eyes met Dams in a flash of
mutual comprehension.
oh, can't promise that-because
you see, the overseer thinks a Iot 81
me, and think he's going to promote
me-"
you bet he isl" came from Dan en-
explosively that the secret was out in
minute. ia
ooh. Elsie, you fraudi" exclaimed
her chum. THE idea of your havino
such perfectly original romance ana
never" ~
1T was only second hand one"
laughed Elsie.
But only she and Dan understood
squeezing hands on the sly, as EIsiess
chum went in to break the news N
the -(Copyrighted. 1908. by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
KANSAS COAMENT
PEoPLE LIKE ABUSE.

| People like abuse too we'll And this
Is true OF some people who pose as very
| good, If not the best. DR.. Forbes, a
| noted Methodist divine, recently gave
an address in Topeka, in which he said:
| scoundrel''
That is more wholesale than the most
popular form of abuse, which usually
attacks some individual, because of his
prominence, or success. But the state
ment of the Methodist preacher was
certainly as unjust as the ordinary
forms of abuse, although not neces-
sar1ly more SO. About all that can be
said for DIR. Forbes is that he was adj
Vertising vitriolic tongue, rather than
playing for popularity. There is really
great deal of good In the average
man, and he behaves himself Wen
enough to make this pretty decent
country to live in; for the average man
IS large majority in the land. If the
average man were an unmitlgated
scoundre1, this country would not last
month; anarchy, violence, raplne ana
ROBBERY would enjoy such a carnival as
history has never recorded. But the
average man has, of late years, shown
a tendency toward one fault in COM
mon with this pessimistic preacher;
fondness for abuse. When this abuse
is turned toward him by great
preacher, who assumes the world is
much more wicked than it really is, the
average man isn't slow to teel the
falsity of his statement, and to feel
wronged and abused. This being the
case, he should remember that the
abuse of men who have gone above the
average, is likely to be marked with |
the same unfairneSs and bias. There
are bad men and good men among the |
big and little, but the better element |
predominates. This professional abuse |
of noted men and institutions, for |
which the average man has been pay |
ing and applauding,~ would be turned |
toward him with as much vigor and |
viciouSneSS, and with as little regard |
for facts, If it offered the same returns. |
The pastime of abuse is being overdone |
in this country, where so many pleas
anter pursuits are possible.-Atchison |
Globe.
FARMER GROWING COBLESS CORN
And now it is the cobless corn. A |
year ago H. ]. Sconce and Taylor Gar
Tough, of Vermilion county, purchased |
a quantity of seed corn in Indiana. In
the shipment was a freak ear, which.
instead of the ordinary cob, had a core |
of husk, the grains being neatly wrap
ped on the soft foundation like peas
in a pod. Mr.. Sconce was impressed |
with the novelty of the find, and de-
cided to plant all the kernels found on
the freak ear. To his surprise, the ears
produced this fall were found to be
exact reproductions of the single ear.
He has decided to plant more of the
corn next year, and will endeavor to
improve it. 49,
The ears produced this year yielded
as much corn as those provided with
cobs, while the kernels were large and
solid. The ears were we'll filled, kerr
nels even growing among the silk. The
freak ears were placed on exhibition at
a county fair at SideH last week, and
attracted much observation-disclosures
(1ll.) Dispatch to New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From tho Atchison Globe

Iron the Atchison Globe.
Not one joke in a thousand makes
people laugh.
In Kansas, we always live we'll in
the present, and howl about the fu-
ture.
One of the most difficult things in
the world is to learn to take hint
easily.
Speaking of singing: If it isn't in
you. no amount of cultivation will get
it out.
A woman believes she should do her
Christmas shopping early, and also
late.
When a mans house burns down,
seven men out of ten believe he set
it on fire.
II you wait to laugh until some
thing really funny is said, you will
seldom smile.
Occasionally it occurs to a man
that it wouldn't be SO bad to die, and
have kind words said about him.
There is a man in town who thor
oughly understands the tariff situa-
ton, but he doesn't know anything
else.
Get any woman in reminiscent
mood, and she will tell all about the
lovers she had before she met the
man who became her husband.
There used to be an old-fashioned
man, who, when he met man carry
ing a va1ise, inquired: Are you trav-
cling. or going some placer" What
has become of him?
When woman supports her fam
lily by keeping boarders, her husband
gets a manager air to him that is
very funny. He stalks around like
prime minister giving advice to his
wife, and trying to make the boarders
feel at home.
Every woman who Jaws a man is
a fool. Women cannot control men
in that way. An Atchison woman
took a wreck of a man and made a
good citizen out of him. She never
spoke a cross word to him. We know
another Atchison Wife whose husband
was drifting Off She set about to save
him. She did it. and he loves her now
as he should. She never spoke a cross
word to him. 1t is easy to be
backyard, but it takes a genius to
always be lady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Groundless rumors-Wireless mes
sages.
Pride may go before a fall even
when a fellow falls in love.
An egotist is merely a man who
thinks he is better than we are.
No, Maude, dear: a soldier can't ex-
pect to get a pension for being half
shot.
man never realizes how fond he
is Of blondes till he marries Drum
cite.
A man has no right to complain
that he has no pull when ne can't
even pull himself together.
BIobbs-"why do you always re-
fer to that pawnbroker as a time
keeper?'' Slobbs-"well, he's got my
watch"
Wigg-'I wonder how old Miss An
tfoue is.'' Wagg-"Well, 10 years ago
she conhded to me that she was rs,
so now 1 suppose she must be about
30"
Tommy-"Pop, would an ostrich
eat tacks?" Tommy's Pop-"So have
been told. my SON." Tommy" Then
If II would eat tacks do you suppose
it would lay a carpet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many a milIionalre's stepping stones
to success are the rocks accumu-
lated by his wise old father.
n X
A person may boast of keeping SER
wants but the chances are he doeSn
keep any of them for a lengthy period.
y y
About the most senseless proceed
ing in the world is the mourning of
man over the fact that he is getting
bald.
X X Y
Important question for decision:
Does a boy pull a cats tail or does
he merely hold it while the cat does
the pulling herself?
x X \
Maybe a judge often postpones pro-
nouncing sentence in case from one
dav to the next so that he can talk the
matter over with his wife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the ChIcago News

LF>rom the Chicago News.1
Agitation is the antidote for stagna-
ton.
You may guess what a woman is, but
that's your limit.
He isn't much Of a baker who eats all
the bread he kneads.
And 1t sometimes happens that man
is married to his boss.
Many a man with wheels thinks he
is the whole political machine.
Every notice how much happier you
are when you render others happy?
The more money a man has the more
he is abused-and the less he cares.
1t takes a wise man to write a let
ter a woman that doesn't mean any
thing.
When a woman writes letter she
puts in all the useless words she can
think of.
The average man begins to sit up and
take notice when he hears noise like
a silk skirt.
And the world would be just as well
off if some stage-struck people were hit
by automobiles.
It sometimes happens that a marriage
license furnishes a man with a good ex-
cuse for trying to drown his troubles.
The patient seldom knows anything
about the medicine the doctor gives
him-and neither does the doctor. once
in a while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07

that the possession of money in great
abundance necessarily brings happi-
ness, he says: 1.-THE very rich are just
like all of US; and if they get pleasure
from the possession of money, 1t comes
from their ability to do things which
give satisfaction to someone besides
themselves Now il Mr.. Rockefeller
does not consider himself very rich
man it would be interesting to have
his ideas on the size OF fortune a
man must have before he gets in that
class
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07

From the rather indefinite progress
which has been made in the famous
G. A. r. libel case that has been at
tracing the attention of the district
court for some days it is apparent that
the writing of the circular known as
"Coney of Kansas will, in all prob
ability. have to be charged up to John
Doe" And John" will undoubtedly
be quite able and willing to shoulder
the blame. That is his redeeming
characteristic. He never makes the
slightest objection to taking the re-
sponsibility for all the crimes that are
foisted on him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-07
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.1

A woman can always convince her.
self you are in love with her unless you
are.
A mean trick for man to play on a
girl who rejects his proposal is to take
her at her word.
A girl wants to stay in bed when she
had q. cold so that men can't see the red
nose that goes with it.
A mans idea of being popular is be-
ing allowed to buy drinks for people
who wouldn't do anything for him If
they could.
The kind of novel woman dotes
on is where the beautiful clothes and
costly Jewels of the heroine are an
adorable setting to all the heart agony
she has to suffer.