The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-19

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In the sdae
Mr.. Wash Steen passed through
town Monady ON his way home from
a visit to his SON I'M east Rankin.
Mr.. P. H. Hale, our worthy post
master, attended the convention of
postmasters at Biloxi this week. If
ever am official cam appreciate a rest
full diversion by trip of this sort,
Mr.. Hale is that official He sticks
close to his duties every day, and
tries to please Uncle Sam i'm every
way. His attractive daughter, Miss
Mittie, assisted by her young broth
er, Earl, takes care of Thine affairs
of the office during. his absence.
When you ask for your mail now,
young Teller, remember that Cupid s
arrow has a pretty sharp point.
Two weddings took our denizens
by surprise last Thursday morning.
Mr.. Allen Holcombe marrying Miss
Dora Dear, and Sam Therren taking
Miss Inez Miller to wife. Rev. s..
P. Morris officiated. The weddings
were at the home of Mr.. Tom Their
rell. Joy to both couples.
Miss Bessie Bridges, daughter of
P. B. Bridges, of Jackson, is visit
ing her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. B. Berry.
Young Walter White, of Biloxi, is
visiting his parents here, DR.. and
Mrs. E. K. White.
We are pleased to note that Mrs.
w. A. Taylor, the mother of Prof.
w. N. Taylor, arrived home Monday
after a long visit to relatives i'm
Memphis and elsewhere. All are glad
TO see her back again.
Florence now has as good streets
welt and properly worked-as any
town i'm the state, if not better Pains
were taken that the work be i'm no
slip Shod fashion; and this lis due
to the personal supervision and en-
ergy displayed by Mr.. Thomas Their
rell, uncle of the street commission
er Tom Therrell, who was necessa-
rily occupied elsewhere.
Rev. Wayne A1liston preached Sum-
ady i'm Vicksburg, in Rev. Sam Nor
ris' pulpit. Count on Rankin boys
holding their own anywhere.
Quite a party of ladies and gentle
men went to Pearl river, near By
ram, to fish Tuesday.
One day last week a party of 8
ladies visited the river and joined
crew of young men from town in
fish fry tina ady. All enjoyed
themselves hugely.
Having hear dof some road work
ing unedr way on the Bramond road
and near town, your correspondent
walked out there Monday MORNING
to see whats up" We we're agree
ably surprised to find a big job I'M
dertaken by our .membef of the
board, Capt P. B. Berry, and a much
needed and gladly welcomed job al
that, when completed Capt Berry
has ii double teamss at work drag
ging clean dirt up ON to about 13C
yards of road east of the bridge over
INDIAN creek, which road overflows
during heavy showers sufficient tic
stop travel for a day or two. Now
this dirt he gets from canal he is
digging across the road, 120 yards
from the bridge, from straight leg
of the creek above the road and
down. across w. C. Ellis land for 100
yards to straight shoot down the
creek. This is a remarkable piece
of engineering for a man who lis net
a railroad builder. The canal lis tot
be II feet wide at top and feet at
the bottom-the bottom to be near
1y as low as the bottom of the old
creek. This work when finished
straightens the creek, cutting out a
a bend about 400 yards long. The
work was begun on last Thursday,
and by Tuesday at p. m. (today)
the road bed was raised 31s feet,
and the canal lowered feet. We
noticed that the work was being per-
formed by all the force, with the ut
most harmony, system and smart
ness. No drones, no inharmonious
sounds during the busy ten hours
a-day working Capt. Berry's friends
tell him he will be getting onto a
contract to build miles of railroad
some of these days, provided he cam
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