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

Mrs. w. H. Berryhill and daughter,
Miss Hortense, have returned from
a three weeks visit to the coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis M. McLaurin
of New Orleans, are the guests of
Mrs. D. M. Mayors.
Mrs. George Horne has returned
to the capital city, accompanied by
Miss Zoula Berryhill.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Atkins and ba-
by, of Lake, spent several days this
week with Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Atkins
Mrs. r. S. McLaurin and Master
Sylvester are at home again after
visiting relatives in Hattiesburg, Miss
and several Texas points.
Miss Amanda Atkins left Monady
for Jackson to resume her duties as
matron at the Blind Asylum, after
summering in this delightful resort.
Misses Ada Clark, Nola WEIGH and
Asha WEIGH, OF Cato, left yesterday
for Whitworth College. Messrs. B.A.
Clark and H. o. Welch accompanied
the young ladies to the edpot.
Miss Clara Bond, of Louisville, KY.
lis the guest of DIR. and Mrs. G. 4.
Garaway for several weeks, when she
will join her father for the winter in
New Orleans.
r. Burns, Cole BURNS, and A. G.
Mayors left yesterday for a fishing
and hunting trip ON Pelahatchie creek
where they exepct to have some fun,
but if they have any fish or game it
will be bought from negro sportSmen.
Sixty-six applicants stood the ex-
animation here last Friday and Sat
urday for license to teach, 33 success
fully passed. Some of the other 90
Der cent will get another trial.
Supt Myers, who is a good road en-
thusiast, is watching the progress OF
work-on- the-demonstration road to The
depot that he may get some ideas
TO improve the highways to his place
south Of town.
1t may not be in keeping with old
moss back ideas for ladies' to ride
astrbde, but it is sensible, safer, more
humane in that it does not hurt
the horse as much as the side saddle
equally as modest and more graceful
John w. Lowry, wife and son, Cd
New Orleans, are the guests of Gov
Robert Lowry at the Darnall Hotel.
Screw worms are reported IL
Adams county. Stock owners keel
on the look out for the deadly worm.
Miss Lula Rogers, splendid young
lady of this town, and recent grad
uuate in trained nursing, has located
in Newton, and the News comments
her as not only a most competent
nurse, but a most excellent woman.
Col. and Mrs. Sidney L. McLarin
have returned from a trip of several
weeks in the north and Canada. En-
route home the Colonel stopped off a
Lexington and purchased 5 nice
saddle and harness horses for him
self and friends.
Prof. Leland C. Mcintosh is loud
in praise of sand-clay roads, having
Travelled over them this summer wnil
on a visit to his old home in North
Carolina and found that instead OF
a team being hardly able to draw an
empty wagon over the horrible sand
beds, that after being treated with
the sand-clay coating that it was like
driving on asphalt.
Mingo Donald, Jr., the negro in jail
here charged with rape ON his step
daughter lis suffering greatly with his
leg, which was broken by a pistol
bullet fired at him by one of the pos
see when he rum upon being found at
a stave mil near Lake. The attend
ing physician hopes to save his leg,
but the chances are not the best.
Miss Julia Walker left last Tuesday
might for Red Springs, N. c., where
she will attend the Southern Presby-
terrain College and Conservatory OF
Music. Quite a number OF young peo-
pie spent the last evening with her
very pleasantly.
Some one took Hugh Washburn's
gray pacing mare, harnessed to an