The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-15


boats cruise up and down its waters
but what sort Of a race could there
be with steamer whistles THAT sound
like the grunting Of pig and bunch
of negro roustabouts that don't know
the tune of "Old Black Joe."
A Pittsburg husband has filed sudt
for divorce against his wife, a choir
mistress and manned a preacher as
the meddler. This ought to- refute
the idea dnat you have to- be a MIL
FOnare to go wrong in Pittsburg-
O.
Half million dollars DIS to be spen0
to restore the saloon I'M Alabama.
Nav not cost this much Appears that
the Here we rest" State ISN'T par
tdcularly fond of the zoo OF blind tir
gers Matched since prohibition went
into theoretical effect.
Our old friend, Leon Ling, is said
to be hanging around Philadelphia,
where he has a white wife. In all
fairness. isn't 1T time the towns OF
this nation quit using poor Ling as al
advertising medium.
After years of experience, Thought
and investigation, the president of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
proposes that the emancipation OF
the, cotton farmer from adverse mar
keting conditions be completed by
the erection of a central warehouse
under the control of the dock board.
A horse belonging to E. B. Shanks
of Crowley, La, went mad Sunday,
broke out of the pasture and mead
ed northeast. Mr.. Shanks, who loves
1.-THE Sabbath, but o you horse! fol
lowed for eight miles. We presume
that horse was vexed by the prospect
of more rice statistics, as the new
crop is beginning to show up
Two negroes of Magnolia, MISS,
visited Kentwood, La, made a mis-
take about which track the train was
coming ON. One is dead; the other
will recover.
/ One hundred and thirty mem from
will spend ten days at Camp Sam
ple. We know not how far Camp
SAMPLE lis from DeSoto Island, but Ii
is very far.
| Each day the world lis BORN anew
for him who takes it RIGHTLY
4 Might add, to him the world ne'ea
dies who takes the odd globe night
Ily.-With bashful apologies to J. X
Lowell, in Tuesdays Daily Thought
If the geutlemanly solons who are
capering down the home stretch 1--WE
hope) i'm Washington, can't see ano
Is+hyme or reason I'M the Progressive
Unions appeal against an increase
i'm the import duty ON netting, we
volunteer to head delegation that
shall go to Washington, sufficiently
supplied with mosquitoes whose bus
mess ends are remarkably developed
and call on these lawmakers who
can't ,sse logic in the argument as
it stands.
Wen we've found Leon Ling a
gain; this time in the cooks gaaler,
of am oriental steamship. Icons
Igot more lives than an Algiers cat
Il A ysoung couple con their honeymoo'
tended the nightmare by rowing ove'
La dam In an Indiana river. Nevea
been cn the firing lime, but according
EI to the conclusions arrived at duriras
cub days in divorce courts the!
lwereast so foolish as might appear al
Ipnekmlinary blush.
II
Sagnsll corps officers have become
'.exasp Grated" at the 3'leisurely
s rnanner i'm which the Wright brother!
Jare conducting their aeroplane TRIALS
Probably dit doesn't occer to- the sig
lnal corps men that THE Wrights have
been UP lin the air enough to reas
ize the ,Sirtuee in Aesop's admon.
tom that it's we'll to look befor
leaping.
Senator Newlands told the senaf
ON Wednesday that its work on tn
tariff bill HAS been barren of re-
suits. Whether or not this us true
it lis certain, that a number OF sc
Ions have been sowing seeds ON rock
Il which they'll he unable to drawers
ON the return trip about a year fron
this golden autumn.
Sizzling times are forcasted in Tex