The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-27

EN- June 1st, 1909.
Miss velma Griffin spent Sunday
with the home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Pollock were
visitors here Sunday.
Sam Buchanan came over from
jackson to the concert
| Albert Hobson, OF Forest, spent the
Sabbath here with relatives.
Miss Lucille Buchanan, of jackson,
| is the guest of relatives here.
Misses Bert Lee Johnson and Sallie
! Cole Shields went to Natchez to see
the battleship Mississippi.
Ltttle J. A. Morris, Jr., underwent
slight operation at the Brandon
Sanitarium and is doing we'll
Miss Matte Walker, of King, was
the guest of Mrs. Cammie Smith Wal
ker during the commencement.
Go to Jackson today, tomorrow or
Saturday and see the battleship sill
YER service at s. ]. Johnson's Style
| Store"
Joe Hughes. Jr., who Is engaged
i'm work for the Y. & NJ. v. railroad
ISouthlso Vicksburg. Is here ON avis
1t to- his parents.
The rains this week have almost
stopped travelling, which accounts for
the few arrivals and departures no
ticed in this issue.
| Cole Burns, who is Freshman at
Mississippi College, was at home a
| few days lately suffering with an at
tack of chills and fever.
w. B. Collier left yesterday for Col
umbia to be present at the marriage
of his daughter, Miss Marie, to r. H
Scruggs, of Meridian
Your attention is directed to the
advertisement of the Imperial Res
taurant which is now serving regu
lar dinners for 25 cents, with white
mattresses to attend to your wants
The rains this week have caused
creeks to overflow, damaged crops
made dirt roads almost impossible
in places and interferred with railroa
schedules.
Miss Sophie Langly, of Jackson
attended the graduating exercise o.
the Brandon High School when ONE
of her former pupils, Miss Carey
Bruce, received her diploma.
Harris Collier stopped off here Mon
day for few days, on his way to his
home at Columbia, from Davidson, N
c.. where he has been attending col
Iege.
w. ". Watkins, Esq, Capt. j. L
Rainey and others from Jackson. anf
Earl Rainey, from Greenfield, were
here Tuesday to attend Commission
ers sale of lands in, the Western par
/ of this county.
Rev. w. G. Hardin is conliuctins
a revival at the Methodist church
here. His sermons go straight to tht
hearts of his hearers and are wei
ATTENDED by members and minister
of other churches.
MIR. and Mrs. j. c. Atkins, the hap
lpy grandparents, accompanied by
Misses Linda Atkins and Muriel Sim
mons and Master Leroy Atkins, wen
to Lake Sunday to visit John, Polite
vent, Atkins, infant son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. James Atkins
Miss Ora Robinson is spending tht
week in Hattiesburg, attending tbs
commencement exercises of the High
School, where she will doubtless have
a most pleasant time, as she was fer
merly a worthy member of the facult
of the splendid school of that city.
Hon. A. j. McLaurin reached home
Monday and expected to fill an ell
gagement to address the DLo Higl
School yesterday but was unable tt
get there on account Of waShoutS or
the railroad stopping trains. He viii
returns to his Senatorial duties in
Washington in a few days. He lis il
splendid health.
If you desire to move to a good
town, peopled with citizens of more
than ordinary intelligence, where yol
can send your children to a splendid
school come to Brandon, where prop
Eerty values are reasonable, building
material cheap, and where all right
kind of folks will receive a hearty
welcome. Brandon Is known far and
wide as a health resort.
! w. B. Collier is making consider
able improvements ON the large body
of land he recently purchased, siz
miles South of here, having erected
a commodious dwelling, and built
quite a, deal of fencing besides getting
some land ready for crop this
year. However, his friends are glad
that he takes day off occasionally
to come to town to see what the rest
of the world is doing.
Travelling Sergeant Marshal came
over from Jackson Friday and carried
| to the Oakly State Farm Robert Sim
clair, the negro convicted and given
a life sentence at the recent term
of Circuit court in this county, for
the killing of Exc Love, another ne
gro during. Christmas HOLIDAYS An