The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-12

man in s. p. McRGe's store I'm jack
SON, and is always glad to have Ram
kinstes call wlienl IN the city
r. E. Remington, CT the Jones'
Remington Dry Goods Store, is ON
his regular visit to- the largest
wholesale centers, buying next sea-.
SON stocks fer that large dry goods
store.
Mr.. G. w. Day, the expert truck
grower OF Crystal Springs, will de-
liver a lecture ON fruit and vegeta-
BILE growing, August 18th, 3 p. M, at
Star, Miss Everybody is cordially
invited to go and hear the lecture.
Crop conditions have greatly i'm
proved i'm this county in the last few
weeks, but with favorable weather
and a late fall nothing like a good
yield can be expected from cCttoE
and CORN
Chancery Clerk Gayden has quite
force. consisting CT Mrs.Nora Jones,
Messrs. J. C. Bruce, r. F. Brown, j.
L. Davis and A G.. Mayors, assist
ing him in making duplicates CT the
land and personal assessment rolls
Mrs. Loie Chester, of Chicago, Wis
ited friends and relatives here last
week; and to also look after inter
ests belonging to her late husband,
Mr.. Harry w. Chester, who was one
of Rankin's best sons, leaving here
I'm early youth to engage in a very
successful business career i'm the
great city ,of Chicago.
Quite PARTY CT young people in
charge OF T. H. Turley and Mrs. P.
G. Bruce spent yesterday at the
Whitfield farm p;c-nicing. 1t was
given in homer of Miss Katherine
Carr, of Clarks1a3e, and Miss Alma
Miller, of Meridian
Postmaster R. Burns is enjoying
his first vacation in many years,
which he is enjoying fishing and
hunting On FIelahatdhie creek. Mrs.
Burns, Cole, Viola, and Master Rob
ert, DeBerry Capertcn and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. T. Shields and daughters,
Misses Kate ard Harriet, make UP
the party with Cur worthy P. M.
A G. Thornton, Stanton Thorn
ton, Jim Glass, J. w. Birdsong, VIM.
Buchanan, James and VIM. Buchan-
an, jr., C. E. Martin and Col. w w.
Robson constitute a fishing party
camping on Pearl river this week.
The left early Monday morning.
L. M. Horne has forwarded to the
postcffice department at Washington
petition containing the names OF
106 heads Of families fer a rural
route from Brandon Eorth to Plum
ners' Slough bridge, thence east to
Stump bridge, then hack to Bran
dcn
Miss Lynch, of Brookhaven, gave a
recital at the Graded School hall last
night, and her recitat:ors gave evil
dence CT ability Of high order, with
the assurance that the future has
much in store fer one so gifted at
her age.
Rev. J. A. B. Jones, the venara-
bic Methodist divine, who, some yea q
ago was shattered here, suffered a
paralytic stroke last week at his
home in Magnolia, and while at first
it was feared he would lose the use
of his lower limbs, is improving as
fast as could be expected
]. w. Birdsorg, assistant cashier
Of Rankin County Bank, and Roy
Fox, who occupies the same positions
in the Brandon Bark, have each en-
joyed short vacation from hard
work this week. The former Gpert
his time in woc.rg the finry tribe
from the depths of placid Blue Lake
and the. latter in wooing pleasure
at his former home in Louisville.
Beth TO doubt were successful, and
VILE Jack proclatms 1T, Rcyss denial
will be Gisccur.ed by his looks
One Bennett, who is called Snow,
probably because he is so black, was
convicted this morning en- trial of
milking a cow that belonged to an
other, the vile deed being done while
1T was too dark for even the white
milk to be seen, let alone his black
mess, but the proof was positive and
he was charged $40 ard costs to help
out the city's Finances, with a fur
Their peralty of joining Arthur Col
lum's increasing gang of county road
workers fer 80 days. Balfcrd Herd
was assessed S. and costs and 10
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