The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24

nesday with 487 passengers. ST.
Tammany may now have a market
for the surplus milk prohibition milk
for the ladies' and babies, and wet
milk for the gents"
A review of the crop news from
over the State indicates that Louis
lana will raise a larger crop of corn
this year than ever before. The sam,
is true of Mississippi, where the farm
erS are now making calculations on
the comparative economy Of selling
the grain or feeding it to hogs.
The possibilities of corn whiskey
have not yet been discussed.
1t would appear that the Russian
sailors have materially improved then
craftsmanship since the Japanese
war In firing upon the British mer-
chairman near the rendezvous of the
German emperor and the Slav ear
The Russians wounded one man
This ought to be sufficient predicate
for a days celebration throughout
the empire.
1t is true that we are to expect
nothing of the usual in genius; but
if the Brothers Wright had taken
day off while their townsmen in
Dayton were celebrating their ae-
Movements, the inventors would have
appeared a whole lot more human.
"Woe be to society," walls Cardinal
Gibbons, IF lit had to depend ON the
male sex alone. The world would GO
to- the devil" The cardinal is un-
duly exercised Inasmuch as society
depends largely ON the female sex
and owing to the fact that the devil
is a chivaIrous old boy, he saves us
as much trouble as possible by COM
ing to the world.
The high priests ordained to the
Un&ted States senate by the trust:
have already put up a howl over
President Taft's proposal to tax the
incomes of corporations. 1t is plain
that among other little. things Mr..
Taft had in mind when he framed his
special message, was plan to sepa
rate the sheep from the goats, and the
scheme is working like sticky fly
paper ON a hot day.
Charles w. Morse, former ice-king
steamboat king and king of a few
other things, is out of jail on bond
and he declares he's going to pay UP
every dollar he owes. Turn him 1oos'
among the lambs awhile and he'll
make good on his debts. Sort OF
a borrow -fromP eter-to- pay-Pau prop
csition.
An Arkansas town was offered fol
sale for taxes, but nobody would bic
for it, and it reverted to the State
This isn't neighborly, but it would be
interesting to know how many towns
i'm Arkansas are worth bidding for.
James l.. Gillespie, proprietor ant
editor of the Greenwood Common
wealth, was named State Land Com
missioner to succeed the late E. H
Mill h., Covornor N0o1 1yh111,cr1 q Y
afternoon. Shortly before the ap
pointment was made, a delegation
composed of nearly all the State Off
Gals in the capitol, called ON the gov
erncr in a body, and asked that Over
ton Nall, son of E. H. Nall, be ap
pointed Young Nall is twenty-fon
years old. We have no personal
knowledge of the respective merit:
of the two gentlemen, but ON genera
principles we carry, Three cheers TO
Noel"
Mamie Bradford, a schoolgirl, O
Biloxi, is suing for $4,000 damages
D0SduSC Size WdC VAPCA4O0 N OAAA 0NAAOO'
Reasons for the expulsion are no
given.
Charlton has appeared among the
stock in the neighborhood Of Nfchol
SON. 1t is causing great deal of
alarm.
Henry Bull, of Rayme, was refuset
admission into the United States
Navy because of stiff middle finger
Whereupon he requested the surgeoa
to take off the finger at once. which
was donewas done, and he was en-
listed as one of Uncle Sans tars.
Word of new gusher in tn
Anse.C- Butte oil field has excite'
New iberia. which is heavily inter
ested in the venture.
Nine carloads of cattle from Texa