The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-06

renting as he wishes to move
here. He would make a good
addition to our citizenship and
property owners would do well
to write or see him.
Judge Corley had six cases in
justice court Tuesday; all were
of Ethiopian variety, A were con-
tinued on account of absent
witnesses; l dismissed and the
other, a woman, for whipping.
another female was fined $25 and
cost.
Mrs. Flossie McCabe, Miss
Nancy McCabe, H. C. and Ed
Jack, McCabe, of Vicksburg,
Miss Pearl Jack, of Hattiesburg,
and Walter Jack, Of Houston,
were here Tuesday on the sad
mission of the burial of w. P.
Jack.
James M. Ponder, ST., living
four miles south of Cato, in
South East Rankin, states that
he was mill boy u years ago
and carried the grist to a mill
run by man named Campbell.
The old mill is still kept up and
has been run for so years by the
fuckers.
Capt. T. F. Pettus, long an hon.
ored resident of Newton, but
now residing in Moran, Texas,
is here to see old friends. He
was consul at Ningpo, China,
during Cleveland's administra-
ton and ranked among the best
in the consular service as he
always has in private life.
A detail of soldiers of the
Capital Light Guards was here
Sunday looking after member
of the company who had not re-
ported for duty at Columbus
during the coming encampment
Of state troops there. He was
let off when he went to Jackson
and made his excuses. Military
life is not all pleasure.
A truthful man from north
Rankin says that while the fish
ling is good on the Madison side
of Pearl river, that the mosqui.
tos over there are large and
fierce, with such persistency,
that if they cannot get at one any
other way, they bite through the
shoe eyelets, causing much pain
and profanity.
The big mill of the Lockwood
Lumber Co., of Pelahatchie, will
commence operations in a few
weeks. The planners have been
running for some time, the store
is in operation, the deep well is
furnishing plenty of water and
a commodious hotel is going ur
for the mill operatives. Pela-
hatchie is a good town ane
growing all the time.
w. M. Smith, now in the rea
estate business in Birmingham,
is on a visit to his old home,
where he was once engaged ir
merchandising and is we'll known
to all our older citizens. His
friends are glad to see that time
has dealt kindly with him anc
that his eye is as bright and his
step as elastic as that Of many
men 80 years his junior.
Pelahatchie and Monterey
fplayed a game of baseball here
last Friday. Pelahatchie won In
a good game, Z to 0. Monterey
made a stiff fight against an
almost errorless game by the
/ East Rankin team, which so fa1
this seasonshas not been defeat
ed. Quite number Of friends,
rooters and mascot accompanied
the winning team down to see
the game and were happy over
it's success.
The Neshoba Democrat, in
mentioning the proposed reor-
ganization of the Bank of Nesho-
ba, which has heretofore been a
branch of the Merchants and
Farmers Bank of Newton, but
will soon become an Independent
bank, composed largely of local
capital, refers in complimentary
terms to r. w. Patrick, the
cashier. Mr.. Patrick is a native
Of Rankin and comes from a
family of successful men, whose
friends here knowing the stock
and the boy are gratified but not
surprised at his success.
The county school board by a
vote Of 8 to- decided against
establishing q cO11nfv o Crl.ic11 lf11ra