The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-29


i'm town today on business.
Mrs. r. F. Brown while going til
prayer meeting last night, Slipped Oh
the side walk, sprlnging her ankle.
Mr.. Powell will have charge eff the
Georgetown Lumber Co. Saw Mill
which he is thoroughly capable q
handling.
Will Marshall, of Patrick, who ii
successful young merchant, was
looking after business matters here
yesterday.
Mrs. Cammie Smith Walker is in
Jackson to-day purchasing needed ar
ticles fer the concert during com
mencement.
A concrete walk will soon replace
the wooden one in front of the News
office, the Post office and the Bran
don Bank building.
The new cottage residence of j
H. Richardson lis receiving the finnish
ing touches and the owner will move
into it i'm a few days.
Miss Annie Henry returned Sunday
from pleasant visit to Vicksburg,
where she was a bridesmaid at the
Startling Cowan mtrriage.
w. d. Ragland is building commC'
dions barn on his fat gourd poultry
farm, Southwest of town recently
purchased of w. Waddell:
Uncle Billy Moore's many friends
are glad to see him back. after a visit
to his granddaughter, Mrs. Prichard
Alexander, in Birmingham.
Master Joseph Barnes, accompan
led by Miss Eva Myers, dined with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Darnell yesterday
a few miles South of town.
Clean up your yards so flies and
mosquitoes will cleam out. 1T is
cheaper to buy screen doors and WIN
dows than to pay doctor bills.
The Pope says tell the women to
let the men rule" which foolish talk
no married man would be guilty OF
knowing it is useless to preach such.
Rev. Bryan Simmons will preach
at Leaksville next Sunday, while Rev.
DIR. w. T. Lowrey, of Clinton, will fill
the pulpit of the Baptist church here.
Mrs. Horace Marshall, of Vicksburg
and Mrs. Mamie Yeager, of Denver,
Colorado, were the guests of Major
Pat Henry and Mrs. r. S. Maxey
Tuesday.
Miss Matte Kirkpatrick requests
The News to state that the long de
ferred recital will be given at The
Graded School hall Friday might, May
the 7th.
S. H. Williams has returned to Be
MOTT after a few days visit to his soT
C. A. Williams, and having stopped
off here after "trip to his old home
I'M Georgia.
During the electrical storm Monday
might, j. G. Atkins had three or 'foul
chickens killed in a coop near hi
dwelling and had several window
glass broken.
Miss Velma Griffin will leave fol
Jackson i'm a few days where she viii
complete a course in DraHghOn!
College, after which she will accep
position at Greenwood.
The town cow takes to the publl'
water trough all right and lis glat
she does not have to leave her ration
of waste paper and sour vegetables
to go off the square for her water
The News Linotype operator mad
mistake in last weeks issue in g1v
ing list of prizes won i'm the count.
school contest, when it stated tina
Pelahatchie won the library priz'
when it should have been Brandon
C.. J. Stubs, one of the UP to dat
farmers of beat one, and young Hal
rison of the same neighborhood, wer
here yesterday after cotton seed II
plant their demonstration farms.
Misses Ethel May and Mary Wa
ker left yesterday for New Orlean
where they will enter the draining
school for nurses ait the Touro Inf1l
mary. The young ladies were accom-
paiied by Mr.. M. M. Jayne.
Hon. V. Otis Robertson will delive
| the address Saturday, Decoration Day.
and everyone present will listen t
one of the States most gifted youn
orators. There will also be songs b
| the school children and recitations b
/, Misses Edna Buchanan and Ma
Mayors. Every one should turn out.
Prof. L. C. Mcintosh and Miss Or
Robinson left this morning accompe
nying Misses Irene Atkins and Geol
/ gia Baker, who were selected as tw
of the five scholars to represent Ran
kin i'm the State spelling contest a
NatcheZ tomorrow.
Ernest Powell, who. has been hea'
sawyer for Lacky Bros. for over tw'
years, left yesterday for Georgetown
Copiah county, Miss, on the Grea
Northern railroad-the new town be
ing located about one mile West o
old Georgetown.