The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-23
FLORENCE.


Charley Stubbs, living one mile and
a half out OF town, lis building fine
commodious pond In the valley back
of lids house, and in his large. stock
pasture. It will be worth 5000 year
to- him.
Mr.. D. r. Hayes and wife, OF Nor
field, Miss. spent several days visit
ing at w, H., Htckerson's. his brother
in Jaw, lately.
A fine remedy for sore heads ON
young chickens lis castor oil rubbed
ON and about the head, II done early
In the taking of the disease the scale
over the eye will not form. Try lit.
A lady OF our town few weeks
ago, administered one of Dicks"
liver pills to fine rooster near about
to give up the ghost ONE evening
late, from cholera; and the next
morning chanticleeN was heard lus-
lilly Growing. Try liver pills, house
wives, for cases of cholera among
your chickens.
There was a lively and we'll con-
Quoted spelling match at the High
school here last Friday night partic-
ipa,ted im by 40 boys and gir1s of the
higher grades. One rank was headed
by Miss Arlene Rogers and the other
by Miss Ruthy Pierce. Miss Ruthy's
entire crew went DOWN in one and a
half hours, leaving 6 or ON Miss
Ailene's to contest for the individual
prize. Young Miss Mary Collins IA
years old, came out final Individual
victor. The prize awarded the success
full CREW was a bunch of fine bananas
delivered at once, and they gen.
erously shared the same with the
vanquished; and a fine time they all
had pealing and eating the delicious
FRUIT. Miss Mary Collins's prize was
mot ait hand at the time, but will be
delivered here soon; and it will be a
nice affair.
Since Cook and Pearty discovered
the North Pole, the esteemed Week
ly here wishes ito know the habitat OF
the pple-cat.
The school improvement associa-
tom was called to- order after the
spelling match, last Friday might, for
business. The president, Mrs. Ed
ma Singletary, being absent. A. P.
Dear, Esq, was selected to act as
presiding Officer pro ITEM. Mrs. Grey
Ellis, the accomplished secretary, was
at heri post. New members were
called for, but only ONE responded,
thus making the membership Al, COM
posed only OF patrons and friends OF
the school. The only other matter
attended to was the appointing OF
committee of three to draft rules
for the practical work of hte assoc1a~
ttonsr
The young gentlemen and the young
ladies of the High school rse-organiz-
ed the debahing society last week
with Tom Webb, for president; Miss
Ailene Rogers, for secretary. and
Jodie Byrd, critic. A committee to
get up a question for debate next
Friday was to deliver the question
last Monday. Now people. look out
for Embryo Catos, Demosthnese, Pat
rick Henry, Henry Grady and lots of
others. This debating society DIS sure
to produce them.
Two young gentlemen from THIS
section Wiley Alliston and Carl
Crawley, have matriculated lately at
Mississippi College, Clinton Miss.
Miss Ruby Ellis, daughter of w. c.
Ellis, ESQ, of this town. left last
week ITO re-enter Whitworth College,
Brookhaven, where she will graduate
next spring.
Misses Henry Walker, of Star, AID
sey Walker, of King, SalFe Sounn,
Kate Therrell and Maggie Berryhin,
of Florence, left Monday for the |.
/. e. c., and Miss Lola Maud Rogers
left same day for Blue Mountain Col
lege. We feel pride i'm those fine
young people, and are glad they will
have such fine opportunities to pre-
pare for their future Struggle I'M Life.
J. o. Parkinson, president OF cne
local farmers union, at this place,
has charge of their warehouse near
the depot. The directors were to
meet last Saturday to select a mani
ager. but the meeting failed to MAJ
tehiallze.
We note that several OF our peo-
nile have laid in supplies of coal dur