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

Germany is planning to raise a
loan of 100000 900 from the people.
If all the debt is carried at home,
would the people become preferred
creditors if the nation went bank
rupt?
President Cortez of Venezula re,
Gently transferred the executives
chair to the vice president fer eight
days. The average LatinrAmerican
president would not do that for eight
seconds.
w. N. Patrick of Covington has pro-
duced new strawberry which he calls
''Patrick's New Klondike." They say
eighteen of them will fill an ordinary
fruit basket. How big is an Ordinary
fruit basket?"
The euchre for the benefit of the
High School at Washington was Elm
terspersed with recitations, music and
dancing" This looks like vaudeville
ham with card game bread, making a
delightful aesthetic sandwich.
The mayors of Mississippi, most of
them having special meetings fortune
1st., request that the governor have
the presenta ton date at Horn Island
changed to May 81. Is the presenta-
tion of the silver service not speci-
al meeting?
Secretary of State Power has not
yet heard from Sims and Sims
Telegraph and Express Com
pany. Ncr has Sims lately heard
from the people of Natchez who used
to telegraph him at VidaIia ito express
them some liquor to Natchez. The
courts, however, will hear from both
next Monday.
DIR. j. J. Bethea, of Seminary, won
the ''oh-time spelling bee' Saturday
night. Next day cold wawe struck
the town, followed by rain and a
high wind. 1t is not evident whether
the weather was aimed at the bee or
the victor.
Tom Morrissey and the bartender on
his De Soto Island saloon, in the riv-
er between Vicksburg and Delta, beat
up some United States soldiers. Or
ders are now issued preventing the
soldiers from going to the island boo
bazaar Perhaps it would have been
better to ORDER them to go their in
bunch.
The New York postmaster has in
vited the Laplace, La, postmaster to
join the League of Postmasters
Holding Third and Fourth-ClaSs Of
fees. Some recent critie of manners
has remarked that whenever three or
mere Americans find they have any
thing in common they Immediately
form a league, society, CIR a club;
and he seems to be right
Saturday will be field day for the
Northeast Mississippi High Schools at
Columbus. Four Thousand healthy
young persons will be fed.M will take
tweny-four special coaches and them
some more to get them there. How
many car loads of food will it take?
All high school journals please copy. |
Gov. Noel has not yet approached
Gov. Sanders, of Louisiana, with his
Joint Jurisdiction over the river
project. Perhaps the settlement of the
Vidalia-N atchez and De Soto Island
interstate booze bazaar
has made it less urgent at
the moment. !
Lang Mason poured load of shot
into Bob HilPs stomach at Meridian.
Dogs fail to track him. AS Mason
had been separated from his wife and
the difficulty arose over her, perhaps
he feared more than the dogs and
the officers. All concerned, except
the officers and the dogs are negroes.
Two Republican Senators Dolliver,
and Nelson attacked the tariff in |
the Senate Tuesday, declaring various
too high. The general de-
bate resulted from consideration of
the duty on gas retorts. Possibly the
Senators use so many gas retorts in
their oratorical business that a low |
ty is insistently demanded.
Members of the East Liberty (Pa)l
Presbyterian church have decided to-
suspend all payment of pew rent, bas-!
ing their view ON the following pas
sage from Corinthians Xvi, 2: "Upon
the first day of the week let EACH
one of you lay by him i'm store as he
may prosper. that no collections be,
made when | come.
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