The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-14
Supt. of Education, S. r.

T0Slu0Hco ana moved his FAMILY
to his country home near town
to rusticate till fall; however, he
will be at his office in the court
house every Wednesday and
Saturday to attend to all official
business.
Miss Marguerite May, who
has been attending Radner Fe-
male College, Nashville, re-
turned Monday afternoon. After
leaving Nashville she made a
trip with her schoolmates through
the Carolinas, Georgia and Ala
bama.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Armstrong
and Miss Lucille Pearson, of
Jackson, Miss Anna Henry,
Victor Montgomery, John Tatom
and Milledge Evans, of Ed
wards, were out-of-town par
Elephants in the ball at Busick's
Wells Hotel Monday night.
Will Ponder is at Port Gibson
this week on business. He re-
signed his position with H. A.
Busick Co., and wherever he
locates The News wishes him
the success that an industrious
capable and honest man de-
serves.
The "Childrens' Day" exer-
cises at the Methodist church last
Sunday reflected great credit on
the ladies who trained the little
ones. The decorations were
beautiful and the wee tots, to the
largest size, acted we'll their
parts to the delight of all present.
The small boys base ball team,
of Jackson, played two games
here Saturday afternoon with
the Brandon team, resulting in
two successes for our local
players, the score being 6 to A
and 4 to 0 in favor of Brandon.
1t was very good baseball for
youngsters.
L. B. Mckay, the hustling
building contractor of Pela-
hatchie, was here Tuesday and
says while he might hunt
through a church steeple to find
a long lost bottle of good whiskey
for a waiting crowd below, he
wants it understood that he was
not a Jamaica ginger witness be-
fore the grand jury.
John P. Williams. of Jackson,
and known here to many of our
citizens as lneman for the Postal
Telegraph Co., was shot in the
thigh Tuesday afternoon in Jack
son by H. J. Sheffield. The
trouble originated over an &C
count for rent due Williams by
Sheffield. The wound is serious,
but not necessarily fatal.
Rev. Bryan Simmons left yes
terday for Hot Springs, Ark, to
attend the Southern Baptist Con-
vention, and owing to his alb
sence there will be no services
at Brandon or Rock Hill churches
next Sunday. He will preach at
both places on the 9Th Sunday.
The friends and acquaintance
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Buchanan,
of Rankin Station, deeply sympa-
thize with them in the loss of
their sweet little girl Celeste,
aged about 3 years. She died
Monday night and was buried in
New Prospect burial grounds
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Bryan
Simmons officiating.
Mrs. A. C. Walters, of
Houston, Texas, was operated on
by DR., Berry at the Sanitarium
vi luCoUdy dIlu 10 IIOW COIlN dlCo
cling nicely. Mrs. Walters is a
s!ster-in-law of R. P. Walters, of
Brandon, .'and their friends will
be glad to know that her oper-
alton was an entire success and
that she is improving rapidly.
The News has received an in
vitation to the commencement
exercises at ST. GATHERINGS
College, for young ladies, at Boil
war, Tenn. The graduates,
with two excepeptions, are from
this state, which was honored
by the still greater distinction of
Miss Atwood Thornton, of
Brandon, one of the graduates
winning the honors in Elocution.
Hon. J. D. Thames, of Vicks-
burg, made an address at the
court house Monday morning,
Judge Byrd granting him time To