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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
Cdrter's Valley.

Galloway Cox has returned
home after a three weeks stay
at Hattiesburg.
Leon Walrod, Frank Brayler.
and Misses Gladys Fisher; Bessie
Harris, were the guests of Miss
Tanner.
Tom and Miss Hettie Cox.
went to Lucknow to>attend the
meeting Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Carter is visiting
her sister Mrs. Purser.
Mr.. Belart is in our neiphbor-
hood again attending to business.
Mrs. G: J. Spence is on the
sick list this week.
Miss Annie May Cox is visiting
MISS Hawkins near Lucknow.
Miss Nettie Wertz spent the
week with Miss Siddje Boyd Cox
last week.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
amin.

Last week was indeed one long
to be remembered by a party Of
young folks from Jackson, who
went out to Fannin to accept the
hospita1ty of Hemby White, that
prince of good fellows-whose
greatest pleasure is to please
others. On arriving at the de-
pot in Brandon, they were given
a hearty welcome by Hemby and
his friend Noble Brown, and
soon found that the ingenious
minds of these two young men
had been working together and
all had been arranged for the
continuance of their journey. A
wagon spread with hay and drawn
by four big mules stood ready to
convey them to their destination.
The rest of the trip was made
slowly but surely and just about
dark they reached old Fannin,
where they found the doors of
Mrs. McKinnon's hospitable
home thrown open and it's in
mates ready to make the feel as
welcome as the flowers in May"
After remaining long enough to
feel rested from their ride, they
gathered themselves together
and with a few other pleasure
seekers, wended their way to the
river--yes, again, they gathered
at the river, where SO oft they've
met before, again, they heard
tie happy voices, that echo from
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
THE VOTE IN THE DISTRICT.

"hewers of wood and drawers of
water" because of our neglect or
perhaps, misfortune? Let us
think! They are not responsible
for their existence; and since we
alone are, there is upon us res
possibility which we cannotshirk.
Let's not try to shirk it, but let
us determine to make the best
citizens possible by educating
them and teaching them to be
intelligent, and give them the
best chance in life possible by
preparing them for high forms of
labor. This little lecture is in
tended primarily for the patrons
Of Briar Hill school, but we would
like for every parent in the coun-
ty to read it and act upon its ad-
vice.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
MAJ. PAT HENRY LEADS THE RACE
practically Complete Returns Show Second Race Between
Pat Henry and Collier

Maj. Pat Henry's many friends
are happy over the splendid vote
he received in his home county
and are grateful to other counties
for support which placed him in
the leadssforl the second primary.
The three leading candidates
were right together on the final
count, J. W. Collier, of Warren,
winning over the veteran editor,
K. Il. Henry, of the Clarion Led
ger, by a narrow margin, making
him Maj. Henry's opponent in
the election to be held on the
10Th of September. Rankin S
total vote was about half of the
registered vote. of which Maj.
Henry received about 76 per
cent.
THE VOTE IN RANKIN.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
ThOmdsville.

All over this section we have
had plenty of rain and late corn
is very fine. There will be very
few corn buyers here another
year.
Cotton promises about two
thirds of a crop.
The Gin Co., here has sold their
out fit to Knox McNair and J. J.
Neal who will be ready for busi-
ness in few days.
j. J. Neal, who had an opera
ton performed sometime ago by
Drs. Berry and Todd, is getting
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27

don; Lou D. Ellis, of Greenfield:
Hemby White, Noble Brown.
Webster Dewitt Howell McLau-
rim, Otis Coleman, Miss Minnie
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.. Ellis.
and Mrs. McKinnon, of Fannin.
Saturday found the visiting
guests leaving for their respec-
tive homes with hearts full of
gratitude to their genial host.
and charming hostess, Henby
and his mother.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
shore to shore and for two days
and nights the woods did indeed

shore to shore and for two days
and nights the woods did indeed
resound with the voices of as
merry a crowd as ever tented on
the banks of the Pearl. All the
fun of camp life was indulged in.
They had music, recitations and
songs galore and last, but not
least, fairly feasted on fish, squir-
rell and fried chicken. All things
good must pass away however,
and SO their gypsy abode was
washed off in a veritable flood.
Still happy, though a little disfg-
ured they returned to Mrs. Nc
Kinnon's, where the rest of the
week was spentin a jolly house
party. Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis en-
tertained the crowd one night
and It's needless to say that in
this sweet little home with this
bright young couple, as host and
hostess all were delighted.
The week passed swiftly by,
in the language of one of the
young men, 'TWas one contin-
ual stream Of pleasure. =
Twas given in honor Of Miss
Florence May Noble and her ac-
complished guest Miss Pearl Din
ham. The party consisted of.
Misses Eula and Florence Noble,
Bessie and Annie Nelson, Ida and
Dora Lee and Pearl Dinham and
Messrs. Albert McLaurin and
Roy Noble, of Jackson; Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Washburn Of Bran
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27
Total 755 So IS 81 p 5s
Monterey.

The rains have been excessive,
doing a great deal of damage tc
crops, especially cotton.
John Hasty spent last week
visiting relatives at Collins.
Miss Leila Speer, of Rankin, is
visiting her sister Mrs. w. D.
Taylor.
Prof. J. M. Taylor and Miss
Mazda Covington, came up Fri.
day night from Comedy, and
stayed until Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Harper, OF
Thomasville, spent last Friday
with their daughter, Mrs. Gov.
ington.
John Hasty and Clarence Smith
went to Clinton Tuesday to make
arrangements for board during
the coming session of Mississippi
College.
Mrs. w. w. Williams has been
sick since Friday, but is better.
We failed to mention last week
that the stork had been to see
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Dickson and
left a girl.
Several OF our young people at
tended preaching at Wesleyana
Sunday.
School commences on Sept. 7th
Let everybody take due notice
and govern themselves accord
ingly. Every child in the COM
munity who possibly can, should
be in school the entire eight
months. We want this to be the
best session in the history of the
school. And why not? If we
parents will only make ourselves
willing to make the sacrifice ne
cessary, almost every child in the
community will be in school. In
II Cor. 1874, we read that THE
children ought not to lay up for
parents, but the parents for the
children. Let us bear in mind
the fact that we owe our children
an education; and unless we give
it to them, we have neglected a
duty, the neglect of which will
handicap them through life and
cause us to hang our heads in
shame in years to come. II we,
through bad management or
shiftlessness or extravaganza,
have made ourselves unable to do
our duty by them, are we to hold
the children responsible for our
sins and punish them by keeping
them sout Of school whiles our
neighbors' children have the best
advantages? Are we willing that
our sons and daughters become
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27

along fine and will soon be all
right.
Elias Runnels is having lumber
put on the ground, preparatory
to adding to his dwelling and also
to build a barn.
Mrs. White of Yazoo county, is
visiting friends and relatives
here.
The Methodist protracted meet
ing will commence here next
Sunday the Both. Rev. J. H.
Williams, Evangelist of Alabama
will do the preaching. Dinner
on the ground Sunday. After
that preach at II o'clock a. m.
and at night. Everybody is in
vited to come.
The Farmers Union is moving
along fine, nearly every farmer
in this community belongs to it.
Very near every farmer says
that his oats were not worth cut
ting last spring on account of not
getting real rust proof oat seed.
| planted 8 acres last spring they
were no good, except where |
planted one sack of rust proof
oats. which were good. 1t matters
not how much corn we raise, we
ought to raise a crop of oats. We
ought to order them through the
union, and get them cheaper and
know what we are getting.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-27

DR.: Miles Anti-Pain Pills relieve pain
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
THE MATHEMATICAL MIND.

A literary worker who wished to
do a large amount of reading by
proxy advertised for an assistant
capable of digesting the contents
of tremendous quantity of books
in a very short while. While weigh
ing each applicants qualifications
for rapid, assimilative reading, he
inquired carefully into his mathe-
NAUTICAL requirements. He finally
chose the man who was most skill
full at untangling arlthmetical
problems.
"On the surface, that seems an
unnecessary accomplishment" he
said, "but experience has taught
me that anybody who is expert in
figures can read any kind of liter
allure put before him with gleater
accuracy and speed than the per-
son lacking in mathematical acu-
men. New York Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
A WIDOWS SEVENTY SUITORs,

Mrs. Mollie Brown, of Brook.
lyp, a pretty young widow, cap.
tured a burglar on the last day OF
April. Her portrait was published
and her exploit described in the
newspapers of May 1st, and the
next nine days brought her seventy
letters from masculine admirers
some promptly proposing mar.
riage, others more delicately re.
questing the privilege of beginning
a correspondence. Among the
seventy are men whose letters be.
speak intelligence and standing in
their communities.
How idle was the elder Weller't
caution: "Samivel, beware of vid,
dersl" How wrong is the old no.
ton that men prefer the timid
shrinking woman, who shrinks al
a mouse, faints at word and dis,
solves III tears at every opportu.
nifty, TO the strong and courageou!
of their sex!
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

Thirty years ago one of the old
fashioned steel-wire spring wagons
was a luxury. In funeral pro-
cession a mile long you would see
perhaps two or three of them.
Everybody rode in farm wagons.
Twenty years ago a top buggy was
a rich mans good fortune, and hut
few of them were seen. Today a
top buggy with a rubber tire is as
common as a Democrat in Texas.
Anybody and everybody has them.
A farm wagon in a funeral process
sion would be a novelty. The up
per tens ride in automobiles, and
they are fast getting to be COM
mon. A newspaper printed yes
terday is stale. If a letter is
twenty-four hours travelling a
thousand miles there is kick
coming. Ten dollars don It last as
long as ten cents did with our
grandfathers. We spend more fol-
socks and suspenders than grand
father did for his Sunday clothes,
and still we wonder what is the
matter with the world that it does
not grind out as many rich bless
ings as it did a century ago.
Bethany ONO. } Clipper,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
BROOD MATCHED By A ROOSTER

st. Louis Dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer
The mollycoddle rooster of Ma
plewood, Mo-, is now a mother.
He Matched twelve Plymouth Rock
chicks out of fifteen eggs on which
he had been sitting three weeks,
and is inordinately proud of the
achievement. But he was not al
lowed to enjoy the pleasures of
motherhood. N. D. Kitchell. his
owner, was afraid he would iniure
the chickens in moving awkwardly
among them-a fear which was
increased by the rooster's desire TO
exhibit his brood to the others in
the barnyard-and took all twelve
away from him, placing them in
charge of a sitting hen.
The rooster could not be ap-
peased. Whenever Kitchell walk
ed away, the bird returned to his
attack upon the hen that had dis
posed him. Immediately Kitch-
ell struck up happy experiment..
He put out fifteen more eggs fer
the rooster to sit on. This sub
terfuge had the desired effect, and
Mr.. Mollycoddle is again on the
job.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
FEDERAL MONEY FOR GEORGIA.

The following Georgia items are
included in the public buildings
bill to be reported to the house:
For repairs, additions and en-.
largement of Federal buildings
Athens, $43, 900; Rome, $4,000;
Americas, $25, 900; Marietta, $1O,.
600; Augusta, $4,000; Gaines.
vile, $500
For new buildings, sites fol
which have already been obtained
Griffin, $50, 900; Newman, $40, 900
Waycross, $75, 900, and provision
for additional site.
For buildings and sites: La
Grange, $50, 900; Cordele, $4,000
Dublin, $4,000.
For sites for Federal buildings
Milledgeville, Triton, Bainbridge
Elberton and Cedartown, $3.50
each; site for Marine hospital a.
Savannah, $13,500.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

When Andrew D. White was
minister to Germany, he received
some queer requests from Ameri.
cans. One was contained in a let
ter from an old lady living in the
West, who enclosed in her letter
four pieces of white linen, each
some six inches square. "We are
going to have fair in our church, A."
she wrote, "and I am making an
autograph quilt. l want you to
get me the autographs of the EN-
peror, the Empress and the Crown
Prince, and tell them to be very
careful not to write too close to the
edge of the squares, as q seam has
to be allowed for putting them to.
gether. " If she had been favored
by Mr.. White, that quilt should
have sold for not less than eight
dollars.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
FLAT DUCK MILLS IN SOUTH TO
CLOSE DOWN.

ST. Louis, May 14.--Following
q conference between settling
agents and the manufacturers,
members of the Association of
Manufacturers of single-filled
duck, met here and decided to
close all cotton mills making this
grade in the United States. The
action was taken, it is said, be-
cause of recent business depres-
sions and inability to sell the pro-
duct above the cost of manufac-
ture.
Members of the Association say
that not a wheel will turn after a
week or two i'll any of the large
mills of the South. Upward Of
5000 operatives will be thrown
out CT employment until October,
when the mills will probably be
re-opened.
The mills are principally in the
Southern States. Texas, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Kansas and other States
were represented at the meeting.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
A PLEA FOR SANITY AND COMMON
SENSE.

Under the above caption William
D. Upshaw, better known as "Ear.
nest Willie" has an editorial in
his paper, the Golden Age, which
shows how the state and the peo-
pie are suffering because of unwise
legislation. Mr.. Upshaw says, in
part:
"This spirit of dishonest oppres-
sion 30 widespread among the peo-
pie is easily influenced into frantic
fanaticism in what is called rail-
road legislation. We do not deny,
nor wish TO deny, that some abuses
have c1ept into the management
of the railroads that need to be
corrected. And we are far from
charging that q dishonest spirit is
back of all corrective legislation.
Such a charge would include the
writer of these lines, for he be-
lieves In sane corrective legisla-
ton. But We do declare, in the
name of all that is just and hon.
est, that it is time to call a halt
when a company of legislators or
commissioners demand that men
who have invested their money in
railroad properties must not make
more than five per cent. on their
original investment, while the
very men who are ruling on these
cases are making-some 30, some
go and some 100 per cent. on their
own private Investments.
"This cannot be denied and if
this is fair and square and honest,
then we have been mistaken all
along as to the meaning Of these
homely terms.
Railroads are going into the
hands of receivers and other sys-
TENS are on the verge of financial
tragedy, being compelled to take
off many thousands of miles of
train service a day in order to keep
out of the hands of q receiver.
"We know one man who had
made and saved sixty thousand
dollars. He put it into railroad
stock, and today every dollar of
his little fortune has been ham,
mered out by agitation, stag
nation and almost death. We
know another man who has lost
over one hundred thousand dollars
by shrinkage of values. With his
hard earned fortune gone, he
stands with empty hands trying,
in these troublous times, to main
tain his actual living expenses.
"We can think of no other means
so horrible for a system of pohti-
cal propaganda that dries up the
savings of a lifetime in a few fren-
zied months"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

Mrs. Hetty Green now under
stands better than ever before what
is meant by the compensations of
obscurity. AS long as she lived in
a Hoboken fiat outside of business
hours she was enabled to eat ard
sleep III peace. She was not pes
tered by beggars, cranks and gold
brick men, except while she was In
the Wall street district. But as
coon as she moved to the Plaza
Hotel into o suite that cost her as
much per day as her living had
been in Hoboken for a month, she
became the victim of the attacks
of all sorts of the money-hungry.
She has been cajoled, flattered and
threatened by persons who wanted
to see the color of her cash until
it is said, she is on the point of
going into hiding again. Not even
the "Black Hands" have neglected
her, She has been threatened with
death in terrible form unless she
pays $4,000 to certain writer of
a BLACK Hand" letter within a
specified time. Mrs. Green is not
frightened by the threat, but she
is annoyed. All she desires is to
be let alone, to make her money as
she can and spend or keep it as she
pleases.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

It is estimated that not less
than 1000 columns of moral ed
itorials have been printed in the
papers of the United States, not
to mention tens of thousands of
words of highly moral sermons
preached, on the basis of the court.
ship of Nine. Anna Gould and
Prince Helle deSagan. Thus it
would appear that these two per-
sons, by presenting "horrible
example" have served the purpose
of contributing indirectly to the
moral uplift. If we were without
horrible examples" to what
should we refer by way of :llustra-
ton?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

Don't be afraid to do your duty.
A man who has opinions of his
own and courage to advocate them,
will be sure to have opposition in
this world, because he runs across
or contrary to other peoples opin-
ions, but just keep straight ahead
if your cause is right and your
conscience clear. Don't bother
yourself about what other people
say; life is too short for that
Some will abuse you through envy,
and Others for want of sense; 9th.
ers still for want of principle, and
some because they honestly differ
with you. But if you keep right
on openly, manfully, intelligently
and with proper dignity of char
acter, honesty of purpose and self
respect, those who honestly differ
with you, will respect you and
your opinion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
Mr.. Paul D, Wright, of Walker

Mr.. Paul D, Wright, of Walker
county, brother of Hon. Seaborn
Wright, of Floyd, has come out
square for Joseph M. Brown for
governor on the ground that the
question of business and financial
prosperity Is the only issue of con-
sequence in the campaign. Mr..
Wright, in an interview, asserts
that prohibition is no longer an
issue, and that disfranchlsement
is in the same category. He dep.
recates the attack which the gov
ernor has made on the railroads
and foreign capital, which, he con-
siders, was serious error, and fol
that reason will support Mr.,
Brown.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

We publish a simple cure for
small pox, kindly sent by cor
respondent: Zone ounce of cream
of tartar, dissolved in water, drunk
at intervals when cold," is the
recipe, and in recommending it the
correspondent says cit has cured
thousands, never leaves mark,
never causes blindness, and brings
speedy relief. Advocate of In
dia.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

Asa G. Gambler, the millionaire
coca-cola man, who heads the COM
pany which built the skyscraping
building bearing his name, has
been given permit for extensive
improvements in the building
known as the Moore Marsh build
ing at Edgewood avenue and North
Pryor street, Atlanta, amounting
TO $4,000. The building will be
converted into five stores.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

"a Cleveland man arrested for
beating his wife said that he did
it because she had not spoken to
him in three months. Some ex-
cuses certainly are worse than
none. "-Exchange. The idea of a
man treating mute that wayI
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21
A dispatch to the Record Herald

A dispatch to the Record-Herald
from Omaha says: SIN case VIM.
]. Bryan receives the Democratic
nomination, his daughter, Mrs.
Leavitt, will take the stump in
Colorado, Wyoming and several
other Western States, and will
campaign in her fathers interest.
Mrs. Leavitt will confine her eff
forts to the women, and will only
stump those States which have
woman suffrage laws"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

Governor Hughes declares with
positiveness that he will not ac-
cept second place on the Repub-
lican ticket. Mr.. Roosevelt made
the same assertion in 1900, even
after he had been placed in nomi-
nation on the the floor of the con-
vention.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

How is this? A small boy went
to the druggist, tip-toed SO that he
might be able to see over the coun.
ter, and said:
Il want some medicine to reduce
flesh. "
Drug Clerk-"Anti.fat?"
Small Boy-"No; Uncle. P"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-05-21

What lovely world this is to a
girl the first time she falls in love.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-06
FOR THESE MANY BLESSINGS
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

In accordance with the proclamation of the President of the United States and following tme'honored custom and usage of our country Milford B. Hoggatt Governor of the District of Alaska do hereby designate THURS DAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1908, as day of public Thanksgiving and Praise and recommend that upon that day. all the people of the District of Alaska abstain from their usual avocatons, and repairing to their respective places of worship do give thanks to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the blessings vouchsafed during the past year. not forgetting to tribute to the relief Of those who have not enjoyed the prosperity we celebrate.
 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF have hereunto set my hand
 and caused of the District to be affixed sEALl at Juneau Capital, this fourth day of November A.
 D. 9O 0 Independence of the United States, the
 One Hundred aud Thrly-Thrd
 MILFORD B. HOGGATT,
 Of Aloska. By he Governor.
 W1I Nj DIsTIN. ExOFFIcIo SECRETARY OF STATE.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-06
GETS
 FIFTEEN YEARS
(sy United Press.)

NEW YORK, Nov 6.-Charles Morse. found guilty on two counts of talsltylng the accounts of the North American bank. was this morning sentenced to fifteen years in the penitenuary. In the case of Alfred Curtis. found guilty with him. sen tence was suspended,
 Morse will be confined in the fed eral prison at Atlanta, Ga. When sentenced he showed a stoHd front The wife Of Curtis tainted with joy. They will both go to their home a little later.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-06

A. NJ. Wallick, train despatcher for the w. P. & Y., returned this morn ing on the Dolphin from three weeks visit to the Tenakee hot springs where he went to boil away a long continued attack of the grip. He says the springs are the real thing.