The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-30

I IOT unknown reasons, Tor surely
the confinement is not too close
for TRUSTEES and the work light.
It must have been an uncon-
trollable desire for a change of
location.
| John Calvin Douglass, who has
been connected with the Ed
wards House in Jackson for
several years, has leased Busick's
Mineral Wells Hotel and will
open up that famous resort at an
early day. The water is claimed
to work wonders. on those whose
health is run down, which to-
gether with plenty of shade and
quiet, a new commodious hotel,
with splendid cuisine, makes it
an ideal place for invalids, or
those seeking recreation.
E. B. Hollinsbee returned yes
terday from Louisville, KY, after
spending four weeks with his
brother A. O. Hollinsbee, who
had passed through a very criti-
cal operation. Mr.. Hollinsbee's
brother is a student in the
Southern baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville. jackson
Clarion-Ledger. A. O. Hollins-
bee who superintended the build
ing of the annex to the court
house, made many friends here
who are glad to know that he is
improving.
Last Fridays storm after blow
ing down several buildings in
Braxton, came over into Rankin
in a north-easterly direction.
John fuckers residence was
badly damaged and his out-build-
ings blown down. Eugene Chap
man, Jerry Chapman, Mr.. Brin-
son, Porter Cox and possibly
others all suffered damages to
dwellings and the loss of stables,
cabins and fences. All timber
in the cyclones path was leveled
to the ground and the loss is con-
siderable. This county has
cause to be thankful in that there
was no loss of human life and so
far no report has been received
of any live stock lost.
Patriotic citizens have an op-
portunity now of con tributing to
the silver service for. the new
battleship Mississippi, which
we'll to do people should embrace,
as other states always do the
handsome thing when such honors
are conferred by the navy de-
partment. A truly worthy in
stitution which should appeal to
all is the Old Ladies' Home,
which the good women of the
state are trying to build in jack
Eson, and is entitled to liberal help.
A pressing need right now is
the condition of the homeless
sufferers from the recent cyclone.
Loosen up your hearts and purses
for the pride of the state, for
the comfort of the infrm old
ladies and for the helpless
storm victims.
Amite City, La, Purvis, and
the country surrounding the city
of Natchez, suffered the greatest
loss of human lives in the recent
cyclones. The loss of dwellings,
other buildings. live stock and
timber will bring the property
loss into millions of dollars.
Thousands have been rendered
homeless, and in many instances
all stheir worldly possessions
swept away, making their con-
dition pitable in that they have
nothing for immediate necessi-
ties, without anything to go on
in the future except their own
arms, which in many cases are
weak at best. The United States
and the state governments,
charitable institutions, Red Cross
societies and others have render
ed what aid they could and will
continue to do SO. Charitably
disposed people now have an op-
portunity to assist those in dire
distress.
Capt. ]. L. Rainey, former
sergeant at Rankin prison farm,
was discharged by the mayors
court in Jackson Monday upon
trial for hitting with a buggy
whip a trusty convict on the
streets Of that city Saturday pre-
ceeding. It seems that Rainey
previously had told the convict
not to speak to him as he be-
lieved the man had made false
statements to the investigating