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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

DEMONSTRATION FARM.

Every one, no matter what his
calling, should be interested in
all that will bring about a better
system of farming in this county
and, ii, convenient to do so,
should attend the lecture of Prof.
B. l.. Moss, Commissioner for
South Mississippi, working under
the u. S. Department of Agri-
culture, at the court house here
on February LIST.
| He will explain the working of
demonstration farms, 5 in each
beat in the county and towards
the carrying out of the plan the
federal government gives $500. 90
annually.
He is anxious to see alfalfa
thoroughly tried, believing as he
does, that the prairies north of
here will grow it proftably,
which, if proven true on test,
will add a money crop to Rankin
county thatwill repay many times
each year the total cost of an
agricultural commissioner.
Other portions of the county
may be suitable for alfalfa, and
to have the demonstrations made
under the supervision of an ex-
pert will be a saving. The analy-
sis Of soils will show what fer
tilizer is needed for certain lands
resulting in bigger crops when
the right kind is applied, instead
of considerable loss when guess
ing is done.
1t is with the people Of Rankin
to say whether they desire a
change in the methods of farm
ing, and whether they wish the
board of supervisors to elect a
commissioner at a small salary,
supplemented, by the $4,000
from the United States govern
ment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
Numerical Strength of Educabie
Children i'm MiSsiSsiDpi.

According to figures the total
number of educable children in
the state in 1903 was 712,O44, of
of whom 3O1, 548 were white,
40, 089 negroes, and 407 Indians,
which latter class are found only
in two counties, Leake and Mesh
oba, there being only sixty-eight
in Leake to 500 in Neshoba.
According to the enumeration,
the negroes in the entire state
outnumber the white.educables
by 108, sol, while the total Of all
for 1908 exceed the last previous
enumeration by 48,742, which
was in 1906. The rate per capita
in 1906 was slightly under So be-
ing 81. 88451, while that for 1908
is 81. 1861, a decrease of so. 1900
1t is quite interesting to note
that while the number Of negroes
enumerated exceeds the white
educables by about one third, the
differentiation as to counties finds
that they are almost equal in
number, the white excess coun-
ties being 80 in number, to 40 in
the black column. The two races
are more nearly equal in Lafay-
cite, according to the table, with
only six majority, or 4, 779 whites
I to A, 773 negroes, Jasper showing
next with a difference Of 48 in
favor of the whites. Lauderdale
leads in the total number, with
%, 127, while Perry occupies Gel
lar place, with only 2, 1874 of both
races.
Issaquena is the blacklist in the
list, with only 191 whites to g..
634 negroes, while IttaWamba is
the whitest, with 1926 to 387.
All Of the river and delta coun-
ties show very heavy negro ex-
cesses, while the prairie and
southern counties generally show
slight excesses of the whites.
The compilation Of this table il
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
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SOME FIGURES.

The average annual income for
farm hands in Alabama, Louisi-
ana and Mississippi is $4,000
each, cultivating Is acres, with
91-100 of horse, using $50. 90 of
farm implements.
In Iowa, Indiana and Illinois
the average farm hand produces
1868. 90 each, cultivating I63 acres
using $1,000 worth OF farm i'm
plements and working 3 and IT.
100 Of horses. In the latter
groups figures the fact is dem
onstrated that up to date meth
DDS of working A times as much
land as we do in Mississippi. by
using improved implements,
with plenty of teams, is the way
out of debt to easy living, for
the rent of the extra land, and
the feed of extra team will not
near amount to the difference of
$474.00 in the value of products
raised.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

BY request of J. G. Atkins, asses
sor, the News publishes the follow
ing. statues of the new law, under
which he will make the assess
ment for 1909.
Section, 1864. Taxpayer to furnish
list. Non residents to be assessed
The assessor shall call unon each
person liable to taxation Of his county
for list of his taxable personal
property, either in person or by leav-
ing written notice at his usual
place of residence or business, and
each person shall, when requested
make out and deliver to the assessor
a true list Of taxable personal prop.
erty. with value Of each article, speci
flying all such property Of which he
was possessed on the first day 81
February proceeding. Ia his own RICH
or IN the right OF bis wife.on as ex
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
LangfOrd.

Mr.. Editor, as you haven't
heard anything from our COM
munity for quitea while, | guess
you think Langford is dead, but
Langford is not dead neither is
she SO sound asleep as some
might think, she is still alive and
awake to her best interests, en-
joying the ideal weather God is
sending on this land of ours.
Some of our people have al
ready planted their gardens and
are ready to go to work in the
field.
The health Of our community
is very good at present.
The many friends Of c.. A.
Sanderson, who has been con-
fined tC his bed for some time
are glad to see him out again.
The school at this place is pro-
crossing nicely under the man
agement of Prof. D. L. Walters;
the average attendance being
better than it has been for some
years past.
Misses Grace Bethune and
Georgia Baker, of Dobson, and
Messrs. Henry and Frank Be-
thune, A. V. Holmes, c.. @.
Rouse and Miss Sallie Tay Rouse,
OF Jackson, and Miss Isle Owen
Latham, of Fannin were among
the visitors in our community
Saturday and Sunday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

the result Of several months Of
close work and study Of figures
IN some instances, it being neces-
sary to carry on considerable cor
respondence with the assessors
relative to obvious errors or over
sights, which work has been done
between times by Superintendent
Powers, assisted by Deputy Aud
itor Thompson, one of.the expert
accountants of the state govern
ment, and the figures as given
out are about as nearly correct
as they could be made.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

ecutor, administrator, guardian, truss
tee, or otherwise rendering sepa-l
rat lists of the property of each.
Each list shall be verified by oath,
which the assessor is authorized and
required to administer to each per-
son, before such person makes out
the list of his assessment, as follow
ers: you do solemnly swear Cor
you are to make shall be a Just and
true account of all property you are
requested to render subject to- tax
alton in your own right, or that of
any other person for whom. you ought
to give in taxable property, SO. help
you God"
Section 1921. Assessment of lands.
Lands shall be assessed according
to it's intrinsic values, to be- Judged Of
by the owner or person having pos
session or charge thereof, taking into
consideration the improvements, the
proximity to nayigation,t to railroad,
to city, town, village or road, and
any other circumstance that tends to
enhance it's vaIue, and not at what
it might bring at forced sale, but
what the owner would be willing to
accept and expect to get for it ii
he were disposed to, sell it; and il
any person shall deliver or disclose
to an assessor, or deputy assessor, a
list, statement, or return in regard
to his land which, in the opinion of
the assessor, or deputy assessor, is
false or fraudulent, or contains any
understafement or differentiation,
the assessor or deputy assessor shall
make an assessment Of the land at
valuation equal to the highest rate
per acre for any lands adjoining that
assessment so undervalued.
Lands not given in by any person
shall be valued in the same manner
by the assessor; and should there be
a difference in the value Of differ
emit parcels Of a tract, the several
parcels shall be separately assessed.
Read the above sections carefully
and fill out the following blanks at
your convenience and have them
ready when the assessor or his
deputy calls around.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

We do not need whiskey money
to run this government, local,
state or national. Whenever we
must exist as a state or nation
with the money bought with
orphans cries and widows tears,
then as a city, state or nation,
we should cease to be. Whiskey
money is blood money every
dollar of it. Every dollar of It
is the product of vice, every
penny of it is the devils coin. =
Yazoo Sentinel.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28


Teddys strenuous ride of SO
miles in one day last week to
prove that army officers should
be equal to the task of long, fast
marches proves him, physically,
one who can stand hardship, that
he is in excellent training in
horseback riding and that he is
willing to do such stunts in bad
weather for the day was bitter
cold, with sleet and rain to con-
tend with, but the writer does
not believe that any good has
been accomplished by the presi-
dent needlessly risking health for
such q reason.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
VIM. SMITH
DOxEY TAILOR SHOP
Block, Clean and Retrim Hats.

Retrjbution is. sure to come. The
negro who was supposed to be Mack
lin, the rapist, and was killed becaus
he would not stop when halted, was
no doubt the murderer of anothe,
Rankin county in the delta, and the
negro who was arrested recently in
Columbia, Thought to be Macklin, un
der fear that he might be hung
quickly told who he was and that he
was wanted for lesser crime il
Franklin county, and was turned over
to an officer from there, when his
identity was established.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

The number of students at the
A. & M. college is so large that
individuals do not get the train
ing each should receive. Tie
recommendation of the State
Farmer, Union meeting to cut
down the appropriation, thereby
doing away with the lower grades
at that institution, and to in
crease the state offer of 81, 00C
annually, to $4,000, for Agricul-
tural High schools in each coun-
ty, is a good one and if carried
out will result in more good, for
it will be taken advantage Of by
many students who could not at
teaa the college at Starksville.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
THE BRANDON NEWS

This week rounds out Is years
of life for The News. In enter
ing upon its 18th year of useful
ness, it desires to state that the
policy of the paper will remain
the same it has ever maintained,
that 1t will keep its columns free
OF all that would be Objectionable
IN the refined home, that adver-
tlsements will not be accepted
where the business is immoral,
even if legal, and that it's endeav-
or will be to make it worthy of
the patronage of every one who
wishes clean family paper, Civ
ing the circuit and chancery
court proceedings, the proceed
ings of the Board of Supervisors
and Town Council, marriage
license and real estate transfers.
The News requests some one
at each post office in this county
to act as correspondent, each
week, giving the happenings in
their community. To such as
will agree to send a weekly letter,
stationery will be gladly furnish
eel upon request.
Hereafter it will be an all home
print.
: This Office is now we'll equipped
and is not only prepared to issue
a creditable paper, but is capaci-
tated to turn out promptly, job
work at close prices, using good
material, geographically neat
and stylish, but has the neces-
sary machines and presses to get
out q weekly the county will be
proud of.
The main press does twice the
work the old one did in half the
time, the folder saves much
labor and the patent mailing
machine made in this office. is
unequalled by any except the
most expensive kind, costing
thousands Of dollars. An up-to-
date Linotype has been installed
and each week The News will
greet its readers set in new type.
The machine is complicated, of
course, and to take it out Of the
boxes it came in, and assemble
in proper working order, was a
feat that might not have been
accomplished, had not DR.. Ruel
May freely offered to assist and
to his splendid mechanical skill
Is due the credit of quickly hav-
ing it doing, three printers work.
It's columns now as formerly are
free to its subscribers to give
their opinions on legitimate sub
.jects that are of interest to all.
The News is grateful to the
friends who have patronized if
and will always appreciate their
support.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

The police records of Vicks-
burg since the saloons closed
January z show that there has
not been a case of any sort
traceable to drink, The con-
tinued good business Of that city
also indicates that all talk of
hurting business by the closing
OF saloons is mere moonshine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
Want Your Work and NV
Money.

All parties owing me for work
last year will please come for
ward and settle. From now on
all work will be spot cash, with a
discount of 10 per cent from for
mer charges. f. B. WALRoD.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
Marriage License.
WHITE.

John Thomas Hosea and Miss
Mary Agnes Barksdale. 81
Dave Byrum and Miss Myrtle
Murray.
Douglass Briggs and Miss
Annie Burch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
For Sale.

80 bushels Worlds Wonder
Cotton seed So SO per bushel.
Address w. Fl NICHOLSON,
Fannin, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

Heinz Pickle 10cts a dozen at
w. c.. Barnes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

Seed Irish Potatoes and Onion
Sets at w. G. Barnes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

Congressman Zeke Gambler.
one Of the working members
from this state, said in Congress
q few days ago that it is much
better to buy seed for farmers
than spend $4,000 for an auto
mobile for the president to ride
in
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

List of taxable Personal Property.
Before the lst day February 1909 for the R,0zin
County, Miss $500 "
OF what
1881 Poll (between Fl and 90 years Of age )-z
1890 eare lover two cows and ealvesl valued a---
1850 Horses, valued al "
MULES, valued "
$500 Sheep and Goats lover 70 each) valued at
- Hogs cover 10 headl, valued
1850 Carriages Bicycles and other Wheeled Vehicles valued at
- Pianos Organs and Meodeons valued att
$500 Watches. valued at-----
1850 Jewelry, valued at -
Gold and Silver Plate valued at
Guns (moe than one) valued lat "
Pistols, Bowie Knives, Diks Sword Canes valued At
$500 Amount of Capital employed in merchandise
Aona Amount Unto. Of Capital employed
0 Dc, a6tss q and anss not On e
ad s' ad Silver 6 S n
which bs a % me party assessed except oaned
h as furniture ha oyer $3.50 in value
n dbd poas lsraatss warrants scrip other
city town, village board body, capable Of being debtor
held y the whose behalf if0ay
'Sl0elee ana SUBJECT 10
Amount o. all the other personal property
Total valuation of property
Where did you reside last YEAR,
Where do you this year?
Number Of exempt horse coils, COILS cattle
SHEEP, goats hogs, ass coils.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. RANKIN COUNTY:
You somy swear Tor m that the list property that YOU are
ow1 right n h sny YOU os required
whom you ought give in taxable you God p''0" 0
[sgnedl
Subscribed and ---- day Of 1000
sapLEAsE FILL OUT THIS BLANK ANDRETURN lMne pArELy
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

STATE OF
r(ora
end
Sworn and subscribed before day Of 1000
LG.AT1Ns Assessor
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28

All kinds Farm Implements at
w. c. Barnes.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

III was the genius of Dumas that gave the thing
life Without his Intervention the play would
never have been heard of again. AS finally put
on the boards it was, in the great essentials his
play. Naturally. however. young NJ GaiIlardet
could not see it in that light, and forthwith
there We're bitter controversies in private and
in public. eliminating in n duel. The tale is
long and complicated. Dumas, we dare say.
was not altogether blameiess. But the time
came when GailIardet could forgive him. and
the reader to-day certainly finds nothing but
gayety in the whole affair, Dumas handles it SO
picturesquoly and with such zest
So it is with ali the incidents that lie has to
relate: he dramatizes them for YOU ,he
printed page putting himself. his friends and
his enemies through the steps of pure comedy.
The most casual encounter is made interesting
and amusing in his report Take him. for ex-
ample. at the theatre, in the midst of his ar
ranEemcnts with Harel. Presently that indi-
vidual tells him that Mile. Georges has an
idea" and Dumas goes up to see her. He con-
tinues as follows:
She was as beautiful as the CO.. -ering Semi
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

magnGccntly his own. The life of the play
wright was not ali beer and skIttes- A few un-
toward incidents enough to fill Dumas,
temporarily at least with disgust At the mo
mcnt, too. the fascination OF history was taking
hold Of him; he eagerly sought to correct his
ignorance of the subject, and what with the ia
spiriting example of Walter Scott and the readi-
ness Of NJ. Buloz to open the pages OF the Re
Nuc dcS DeuX Mondes" to his pen, hc was abuH-
dainty ready to turn novelist. "Isabeau de
BayiCre" got itself written and printed. and,
what is more, il got itself read. Il then under
stood he says, that there was to he done for
this great and bcaute"us France what Walter
Scott had done for poor little Scotland. illus
trated, picturesque and dramatic story Of the
pasta bringing to life again of all the great
deaG-a kind of Last Judgment of all those who
had worn a crown, whether of laurcls of flowers
of gold" For a little while he seems to have
doubted his ability, but once really started moth
ing could have stopped him. Golden romance
poured forth from him in a flood. He had al
ready made one career. The Memoirs" leave
him about TO make another. 1t is hard to have
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
RUBINSTEIN THE TEACHER.
From Hofmann's Piano PIaying

From Hofmanu's Piano Playing.
"Once played q Liszt rhapsody pretty badly.
After Il few moments He said The way you
played this piece would be all right for auntle
or mamma Then, rising and coming toward
me ne would say: Now let us see how We play
such things Then would begin ali over again
but hardly had 1 played few measures when
he would interrupt and say:
Did you start? l thought I hadn't heard
right
Yes master, / certainly did l would reply
".Oh,' he would say, vaguely, J didn't no
tce.'
How do you mean | would ask
L mean this ne would answer: Before
your fingers touch the keys you must begin the
piece mentaIly-that is, you must have settled
in your mind the tempo the manner OF touch'
and above all. the attack OF the first notes, De
fore your actual playing begins
"On another occasion / asked hlm Tor the
lingering of a rather complex passage
play il with your nose he replied but make
il sound Well,
once Rubiustcin said
".Do you know why piano playing Is s" ann
emit? Because il is prone to be either affected
or else afflicted with mannerisns- and When
these two pitfalls luckily avoided then 1t IS
liable to be-dry! The truth lies between those
three mischicfs.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
LYNCH Ia W.

From Notes and Queries
The compers of the N. E. D. say that the
origin of this expression has not been deter
mined but that il refers to acts of & kind which
.frnr, 1917 onward" have been SO designated
II is somewhat remarkable that, with the anal
oqics of the words boycott and burke before
thern the coupiers do not in any way refer TO
the case of the Irishman Lynchy the date of
which was 1916. The facts of the case were as
follows: one Lynchy prosecuted tlre" men lor
i,r,i,r,, ana thav were convicted and executed
Nv, yvay of revenge on Lynchy for this prosecu-
ti0n. "a body of men, supposed to amount 70
forty and well mounted, rode up to ms dwell
single compunction at the indiscriminate de
structiOn in which they were about to involve
- Ioapy they set fire to this unfortunate mans
bo1ee a nd destroyed. in this diabolical deed, not
only IYnchy and his son-in-aW Rooney, but
his wife two children two servant maids and
-, ,,n,,nq men Annual Register, 1876
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

ramis We greeted each other cordially We
always do when meet told her the whole
story about NJ. Ciaiardet. and grieved 70 see
that she thought Harel entirely in the right
We'll all right / said. ''let US not talk any
more about II. By-the-bye, what Is this he
tells rne?'
'HareI2'
Yes"
some tomfoolery."
Exactly. He tells me lh'lt you h1u @'4
idea in your mind
.'Insolent man, - No.,
AN idea for play be IL uhoefSloou' ieS'e'
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

You have something much better than IDEAS you
have your c4prices. go
..NGt with you. I'm any case" -
..t-I,1t is lust what l complain Of
INT on INV knees before her and kissed her
lovely hands
There is much about the theatre in this vol
ume: there is much also about poliues' Dut per
haps the most notable passages are 'hose "nich
80. +be writer's emergence upon the realm
= 80 romapcer which he destined to make
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

them close. There was so much more to he told
But for what we have received we are bound to
be deeply grateful Even incomplete work
by Dumas is a work to Toe priced.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
Dumas.
His Joyous -fdrcntures tn the Paris
of the Romantic Era.

riY MEMOIRS Rv alexandra Dumas Translated
by r NJ Waller With Introduction by
Andrew Lang Vol VI lSS2 to 1883 With
fTontispieCe. I2.nU. I'D. xii. 656. The Mac
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Country Residences in Europe and America"
is the title of a forthcoming book in which Mr..
Louis Ie MOyne describes beautiful houses, pal
aces and Chateaux and their appurtenances, and
philosophers over the development Of such
architecture. Another book which Will appeal
70 readers Interested in the subject is Mr..
Francis Lenygon's Decoration and Furniture
Of English Mansions During the Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Centuries
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkinss Prisoner OF
Zenda" is still a remarkably popular book IN
this country. although II was first hrouEht out
f,,II,- fifteen wears ago. The firm 0f Holt IS
now reprinting for the fifty ninth time the edl-
tion Illustrated by NJ. c. ID Gibson humbtr
of CHEAPER editions have also been lSSueo-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
LITERARY NOTES.

statue of the poet MistraI was unvcited at
Aries. the other day, on the occasion Of the
hfteth anniversary of the publication of his
MIrelO 1t was more or less brilliant core
monial. and was graced. by the wav b.; the
presence of the French Under Secretary for the
Fine Arts, who made q ftattering speech.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

In the course of its paTaErap phs dealing with
writers and readers the London "ChrOnCIe"
says: Mrs MacaUlay, the writer of that OK
cellent American book, The Lady of the Deco
ration, has been in London on her way home
from a tour in Japan and India"
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Trans Himaiaya
uTcs In Thibet" is
iicliD'S new book.
V.mber. The two
with four hundred
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

\ translation into German e the Letters of
JuniuS is coming out in l. -iy- This is praise
worthy, but English -snentatOrS are not
Pleased with the statement of the German firm
which Is bringing out the book-the statement
ttat the aim Of its members is to rescua works
or literary value from oblivion The aforesaid
Enghshmen do not think that the lasting fame
OF an English book depends upon its tTansa-
ton into German
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

e Discoveries and ADV Mt
To be the title Of Dr. Seen
1t viii bo published next No
volumes viii be ymbcllishcd
illustrations.