The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-04

and the News predicts that he will
make splendid officer.
J. G. Atkins, county assessor, has
been in. the Monterey neighborhood
in his official capacity and reports
that there is an increase in land val
ues in that thriving community.
Mrs. w. H. Price, of Carrollton.
vice president of the Mississippi Di-
vision of the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy. is the guest of Mrs.
Daisy McLaurin Stevens.
Edgar S. Wilson, U. S. Marshall,
for the Southern District and r. s..
Wilson. prominent business man of
jackson, were the guest OF their sis
ter, Mrs. J. H. Glass Sunday.
A meeting of the Brandon chap
ter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will be held at the resi-
dence of Senator McLaurin tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. A full atten-
adnce is earnestly desired.
The readers of the News are dir
ected to Jones Bros. Co.'S page adj
vertisement in this issue where they
offer the trade everything in groce-
ries, clothing, shoes and dry goods
at close figures.
Williams Brothers Piano Compar u
are large dealers in musical instru-
ments and will treat you right. See
their advertisement and also read
description of their store in today's
issue.
Miss Mittie Johnson spent several
days in Jackson recently to see her
half sister, Mrs. Sue H. Minis, and to
attend Mrs. Minis lecture on Chris
tian Science at the centuary theatre
of that city last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Sue Minis, well remembered
here in the home of her youth, adj
dressed a large audience in Jackson
Sunday on. Christian Science. She
is an entertaining speaker and re-
tains much of the beauty that made
her famous years ago as one of the
handsomest women of the South.
1t looks strange to the inhabitants
of this good old town, although they
had been duly warned in advance tina
such would happen, to see Brandon
streets torn up to lay down the mains
for the system of water works now
being put in.
Bowers Bros, after clearing out
their mammoth store of all old stock
are now offering fresh, new goods
just received from the factories and
wholesalers, which were bought at
bargains for cash and will be sold
at astonishingly low prices.
The United States Senate passed
Senator McLaurin's bill, giving Mrs.
Chas. Fitzgerald, widow of the muir
dered postoffice inspector, amount of
one years salary, and as it had al
ready passed the house it only re-
quires the. Presidents signature for
her to receive the money.
The United States production of
paper last. year amounted to $1S8,715,-
1879, which was three times as great
as that of Germany, England being
third, producing something more than
half what the Kaisers Kingdom turn
ed out, the Italian being at the bot
tom of the list of manufacturing
countries.
William Jayne, who was here for
some days visiting his sister, Mrs.
Julia Walker, and also to be with
his brother Matt NJ Jayne, who has
been sick with pneumonia at the
Brandon sanitarium, has returned to
Tchula, as Mats condition was
much better and his FRIENDS will be
glad to learn that he is still improv-
ing.
The many friends of Maj Pat
Henry secured his consent to accept
the office OF Mayor of Brandon, whit j
was vacant owing to Mayor Oscar
Robinson removing to Crystal Springs
and after the election on the 10th,
our town will again have an official
head, who will direct municipal af-
fairs in the best channels for the
towns good.
G. O. Robinson resigned the office
of Mayor of Brandon Tuesday and
left for Crystal Springs where he will
be connected with the mammoth store
of lotteries and Huber. Mr.. Rob-
inson has lived in this county since
early childhood, and the News COM
melds him TO the good people of
his new home an an Industrious, hon