The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-11

| Col. Sidney McLaErin reached home
Friday after few weeks pleasantly
spent in Cuba and santo Domingo,
Miss Mary White, who lis Sc
Nor at the IIillman Institute, Clin-
ten, spent Sunday and Monday with
her parents.
7. J. Ross, John kersh, S. w. and
FL. ID. Tinnin prominent farmers In
their respective neighborhoods, were
transacting business in Brandon yes
day.
Violent storms ragged through por-
tons of Arkansas Monday doing
great damage to buildings, fences and
timber, with the loss of 20 lives
at Brinkley.
Those who are fortunate enough to
be patrons of Brandon Water Works
Co. have only to turn the faucet
to get the purest of spring water.
Call at Key-Price Hardware Co.
Jackson, and get book valuable on
poultry diseases and sample of the
best lice powder on earth free
for the asking.
The News is glad to state that NJ
M. Jayne, Lutte Lawrence and r. p.
Walters are all improving after I'M
dergoing operations at the Brandon
Sanitarium
Mrs. w. T. Pate is the guest of
her parents, Senator and Mrs. A. J.
M'Laurin, and her many friends will
be glad to know that her health is
improving.
United States Senator A. J..
McLaurin arrived Tuesday from
Washington to spend the
time at home until official duties call
him to Washington when the special
session opens on March the 18th.
The real estate transfers in Ran
kin county for January and Febru-
airy, 1908, required 1873 pages in the
book of records to record them-for
the same two months in 1909, 139
pages.
/ The trial of the Coopers and Elk
Sheriff Sharpe for killing Ex-senator
Carmack is nearly over, the attorneys
making brilliant speeches and the
jury will soon have the case to decide
but no one cansay what the jury's
verdict will be.
Lumber is on the ground for an
annex to Busick's Mineral Wells Ho-
tel which when completed. as it will
be in time for summer visitors, will
enable this popular resort to enter
tain much larger numbers of pleasure
and health seekers
1 The young ladies of Brandon will
! play game of basket ball with The
r girls Of the High School at O'Clock
7 next Saturday afternoon. An admis-
sion of 10 cents will be charged. The
proceeds to be devoted to the confed-
Z crate monument fund. The cause a
good one and the game will be fast
and skillfully played.
Sheriff g. w. White is advertising
lands for sale in this issue on which
State and county taxes are past due
and unpaid. 1t speaks well for tht
condition of the people of this count!
i. as well as for the business like meth
DDS of the Sheriff, that the list il
much smaller this year than usual.
Congressman J. W. Collier went tt
!, Washington to the inaugural on tn,
governors special, but has returne
home to spend the time until tn
Of special session begins on the 18th
when he will be in his seat ard tn
i News predicts will be a CONGRESSMAN
the district and state will be prou
of.
e,
, Rise at day break any mornin
now and see the star of Bethlehem
Astronomers tell us that this star /
= visible at the present time for III
first time in 500 years and that i
won't be coming along this way agai
n for the next 500 years and it is prob
N able that most of us will not be her,
then. The star is visible in the Eas
g every morning at day break. 1t i
very bright and can be easily distin
guished from the other stars.
). w. W. Jordan, of Pelahatchie, wal
IL a caller at the News office Saturday
He had recently returned from Ham
mond, La, near which place, his I'm
Gle Chas i. Jordan, the keeper O.
MT. Hennen game preserver, was ASST
mated short time ago. The man
d Legrue, who was arrested, is still ii
r jail, but evidence against him is pur