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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

/, c. ]. Walters, trustee, under the pro-
visions of and by virtue Of authority con-
fered upon me in a deed of trust made by
Rena Terry, to Henry Lacy, on the 2Ist
day of December, 1906, to secure a certain
Indebtedness to Henry Lacy, which said
deed of trust is recorded in deed book
6s, page sos, in the Chancery clerks
Office, of Rankin county, Mississippi.
will on Saturday, March 12th, 1910, offer
for sale and will sell at public auction
for cash to the highest and best
bidder, at Pelahatchie, during legal hours,
the following described property, to-wit:
Commencing at point 70 yards east
from south west corner of north west quar-
ter of north east quarter, section SO, town
ship 6, range 5 east, running north 10
yards thence east 1872 feet, thence south
70 yards, thence west I82 feet, to point
of beginning, also beginning at south west
corner of north west quarter of north east
quarter, section SO, township S, range s
east, and running north 70 yards, thence
east 70 yards, thence south 70 yards, thence
west 70 yards, to point of beginning, to-
gether with all houses and improvements
thereon.
c. J. WALTERS, Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.

The state of Mississippi.
To Ella Moore Lewis: You are here
by commanded to appear before the Chan
Gerry court of Rankin county, in said state,
on the fourth Monday in March, 1910,
to defend the suit in said court of Jno.
Lewis, wherein you are defendant.
This the grid day of March, 1910.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
A. J.. McLaurin solicitor for compt
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE
CREDITORS

Letters Of administration having been
granted on the 3rd day Of March, 1910,
by the Chancery court of the county Of
Rankin, state Of Mississippi, to the under
signed, upon the estate of Anselm ]. Nc
Laurin, deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims against said
estate to present same to the clerk Of said
court for probate and registration, accord
ing to law, within one year from this
date, or they will be forever barred.
This the srd day of March, 1910.
LAURA E. McLAURIN, Admx.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.

Nc. 1889. State of Mississippi, Ran
kin county
w. B. Long complainant, VS.. E. w.
Murray, ct al.
To E. w. Murray, his wife and their
children, or heirs and all persons claim
ing or having legal or equitable in
terest in the lands herein after described,
in Rankin county, to-wit:
North east quarter of south west quarter
section S., township 4, range east.
Defendants, you are hereby commanded
to appear at rules second Monday in
May, 1910, before the Chancery clerk,
of said county and state, at Brandon,
Miss, then and there to plead answer or
demur to the suit filed by w. B. Long,
complainant, against all the above named
parties. Said suit is to quiet and confirm the
title of said complainant to said land
and unless said suit is successfully de-
Tended complaintants title to said land
will be confirmed and all other persons
will be forever barred of all claims or
title thereto.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Chancery clerk.
Brandon, Miss, Feb. 18th, 1870
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

BY the authroity vested in me as Trus-
tee in a certain deed of trust, executed by
John T. Nicely, on the 3Ist day of Oc-
tober, 1907, to secure certain Indebtedness
to w. B. Collier and J. R. Enochs, exc
cutors of the estate of 7. D. Harris, de-
ceased. Said deed of trust is Of record in
the Chancery Clerks Office of Rankin coun-
ty, Mississippi, in Brandon, Mississippi in
book number 66, and on page I55 of the
records of trust deeds of said county Said
Indebtedness was assigned to Mrs. NJ. c.
Scruggs, by the executor of said Harris
debtedness is now past due and unpaid,
and by the provisions of said deed of
trust, and whereas, Mrs NJ. c. Scruggs has
requested me to do so, l will, on Saturday,
the 10th day of March, 1870, between the
hours Of 10 a. m. andd D. m, at front
door of the court house, in Brandon, Ran
kin county, Mississippi, offer for sale and
sell TO the highest bidder for cash the
following described land in Rankin county,
and state of Mississippi:
The north east quarter of the north west
quarter, IN. E. IA N. w. 1-4) and west
half of north west quarter CIV. II n. w.
1-4) less ten (Io) acres the. east side in
section sixteen, (I6) and ten (Io) acres
- +ba o,c+ edo of 4ha co,,th eaSt ma rter
of north east quarter, IS. E. IA n. E. IA
in section seventeen, (I7), all said land
being in township five, 50 and range
two (2) east. Title to said land is be-
lieved to be good, but | will convey only
such title as is vested in me as Trustee.
Witness my signature, this the sd day
of March, 1910
T. T. COTTRELL, Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.
The State Of Mississippi.

The State Of Mississippi
To Eliza Evans: You are h.:reby COM
mandcd to appear before the Chancery
Court of Rankin county, in said state,
On the fourth Monday in March, 1910,
to defend the suit in said court Of Law
renee Evans, wherein you are defendant.
This the 25th day of January, 1910.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
A. G. NoRRELL, Solicitor for Complainant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
this date, or they will be forever barred.
This the asrd day Of February, 1910.
]. NJ. WILLIAMS, Administrator
EXECUTRIX NOTICE TO CREDI
TORS.

Letters testamentary having been grant
ed on the 18th day of February, A. D.
1910, by the Chancery court Of Rankin
county, Mississippi, to the undersigned, up
on the estate of William Levi Butler, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to all per-
sons having claims against said estate,
to present the same to the clerk of said
court for probate and registration accord
ing to law within one year from this
date, or they will be forever barred.
This the aSth day Of February, A. D.
1910.
MRS. MARTHA BUTLER, Executrix.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.

The state of Mississippi
To George Morgan: You are hereby
commanded to appear before the Chan
Gerry court of Rankin county, in said state,
on the fourth Monday in March, 1910,
to defend suit in said court of Matte
Morgan, wherein you are defendant.
This the 3rd day of March, 1910.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
A. J. McLaurin, solicitor for compt.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.

The state of Mississippi.
To Grace Mcintyre: You are hereby
commanded to appear before the Chan
Gerry court of Rankin county, in said state
on the fourth Monday in March, 1910
to defend the suit in said court of John
Mcintyre, wherein you are defendant.
This srd day of March, 1910.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
A. ]. McLaurir, solicitor for compt
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.

Letters of administration having been
granted on the 2srd day Of February,
1910, by the Chancrey Court of the county
of Rankin, state of Mississippi, to the
undersigned, upon the estate of James
A. Williams, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims against
said estate to present same to the clerk
of said court for probate and registration,
according to law. within one year from
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
BRIDGE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received at the Chancery clerks
Office up to II o'clock noon or the first
Monday in March, 1910, for building
a steel cable or new cable bridge on the
Stems Creek and Kings road, near Flor
ence, as per specifications on file in the
Chancerys clerks Office. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids
Brandon, Miss, Feb. 1o,i91o.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
Hard to Kill.

The '1ife tree" of Jamaica is
harder to kill than any other spe-
cies OF vegetable growth known.
It continues to grow and thrive
for months after being uprooted
and exposed to the sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
SHIPPING CUT FLOWERS.
H1w They Are Kept fresh While n
Transit Over Long lis
ta1ces.


Ii properly packed, cut flowers
can be safely shipped to consid-
cradle distances. For compara-
lively short distances the stems
Of the flowers are wrapped by
florists in wet tissue paper, for
greater distances in wet moss,
while for very long distances
the flower stems are inserted in
slender little bottles designed
for the purpose, and filled with
water, through rubber patches
fitting snugly in the neck of the
bottle and around the plants
stem, to prevent the water in
the bottle from leaking out. In
such ways cut flowers may be
shipped, as they sometimes are,
from SEQ to 1000 miles, to ar
rive in good condition, says, the
New York Sun.
1t might be supposed that per-
sons desiring to send flowers to
friends in more or less distant
places would leave their order
with their florists here and that
he would have the order execut-
ed by a florist in the home city
of the recipient, and such in fact
is a method commonly employed.
The chief New York florists have
correspondents in large cities
and towns everywhere, with
whom they communicate by
code.
But flowers are sent from this
city to points where there are
no florists, and then it may be
also that they are sent from here
to points where there are florists
who could supply anything.
Such last named shipments
would be made on order from
persons desiring to select the
flowers sent, and desiring that
the flowers thus personally Sc
lected should reach the recipi-
ent in the box and wrappings of
the New York florist.
Private persons have tried
with success sending cut flowers
for short distances by mail, with
special delivery stamp at
tached to the package in addi-
ton to the required postage, but
florists send cut flowers by eX-
press for prompt delivery as a
perishable commodity rather
than take the risk of the pack
ages being crushed in trans
portation in mail bags.
The sending of flowers to
friends on departing steamers
has long been a familiar custom.
One Of the later wrinkles in this
came in with modern facilities
for cold storage. 1t consists in
sending flowers to be delivered
fresh daily on the voyage. Such
flowers are placed here in charge
Of the steward, who sees that
they are properly kept, and every
day delivers to the persons for
whom they are intended a fresh
bouquet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.

The state Of Mississippi,
To Dora Mcintyre: You are hereby
commanded to appear before the Chan
Gerry court Of Rankin county, in said state,
on the fourth Monday in March, 1910,
to defend the suit in said court of Amos
Mcintyre, wherein you are defendant.
This the 3rd day CT March, 1910.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
A. j. McLaurin, solicitor for compt.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
An Old Custom.
settled it.

The tolling of church bells on
the occasion of a burial is said
to have originated in the old
pagan custom Of banging gongs
when a body was to be inferred,
in order to scare away evil spir-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
BUFFALO SEEN BY coRTEz
Former DeniEen Of the Plains De-
scribed by an Early Ex-
plorer.


Although authorities differ on
this subject, the buffalo was first
seen by white men in Anahuac,
the Aztec capital of Mexico, in
1921, when Cortez and his men
paid their first visit to the
menagerie of King Montezuma.
Nine years later the animal was
first seen in a wild state in
southern Texas by shipwrecked
Spanish sailor, who had little to
say about it beyond remarking
that he had eaten the flesh,
which in his judgment was finer
and sweeter than the meat to be
had in Spain.
The next explorer to penetrate
the buffalo country was Corona
do, who crossed Arizona and
New Mexico and the southern
part of the panhandle of Texas.
In 1912 the expedition was cross
ing the plans, which were de-
scribed as being las full of
crooked backed oxen as the
mountaine Serena in Spain of
sheepe." 1t is from some Of
Coronado's men that we get our
first published descriptions of
buffalo. One Of these. that Of
Gomara, | will give here, not so
much because it is an early one
as because it is remarkably ac-
curate, particularly when we
consider. that it was written
more than $50 years ago, by a
man who was not a trained nat
uralist. The only serious mis-
take he makes is the one con-
corning the tail of the animal,
which is very short compared
with that of the domestic OK, for
example.
''All the way the PLANES are
as full of croOked-backed oxen,
as the mountaine Serena in
Spaine is of sheepe. These oxen
are of the bigness and color of
our bulls, but their horns are
not so great. They have a great
bunch upon their fore shoulders
and more hair on their fore part
than on their hinder part, and it
is like wool. They have as it
were an hOrse-mane upon their
backbone and much hair and
very long from the knees downe
their for foreheads and it seem
eth that they have beardes, be-
cause of the great store of hair
hanging doWne at their chimes
and thr0ates. The males have
very long TALES and great
knobbe or focke at the end, so
that IN some respect they resem-
bic the lion, and in some other
the camell. They push with
their hornes, they rune, they
overtake and kill an horse when
in their rage and anger. Final
~, it is a foule and fierce beast
of countenance and forme Of
bodie. The horses fedde from
them, either because of their de-
formed shape, or else because
they had never scene them.
Their masters have no other sub
stance. of them they eat, they
drink, they apparel, they shooe
themselves"
How many buffaloes there
were at this time no one knows
and probably no one ever will
know, but we know that there
must have been many, many mil
lions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
Dream Producers.

Dreams are said to be pro-
NOTED by warmth and chilled by
the cold; hence the Asiatics are
rich dreamers, while the Eskimo
sleep soundly without dreaming
at all.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
A Long I ence.

The longest fence in the world
is one of wire netting in Austria
liza, 1,236 miles long. It's object
is to keep the rabbits from the
cultivated fields.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE.

The state Of Mississippi, Rankin coun-
ty,
To Amos McMullen: You are hereby
commanded to appear before the Chan
Gerry court of Rankin county, in said state,
On the 9Th Monday III March, 1910, to
defend the suit in said court Of Florence
wherein you are defendant.
This the 10th day of March, 1910
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
Learn to Shoot.

After selecting your target in
life it is up to you to become a
crack shot.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
CITATION NOTICE,

State of Mississippi, county of Rankin.
To w. Y. Cook You are commanded
70 appear before the Chancery court Of
Rankin county, Miss, On the 9Th Monday
in March, 1870, to defend the suit in said
court of Mrs. Eva Cook, wherein you are
defendant
JNO. A. GAYDEN.
Clerk.
This end day of Feb, 1910.
J. c. Ward, solicitor.
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L EG Al N Q &c E S


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FOR SALE.

Full I!ocd Plymouth Rock eggs, $I.cc
for IS. w. 1. GRAIN. !.
Brandon, r. F. D. No. ?, box 81
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
Noted in Two Lines.

Sir Ford North is an enfomolo-
gist as well as a famous lawyer,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
FOR SORE EYES.

Get bottle of DR.. Agneus Eye Water
For sale at
WATSoNS JEWELRY STORE.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10
bouquet

'Scribbles wrote a play once en-
titled "A Pot Of Coffee
WAS. it a success? ?"
Yes, in way. A few raw eggs
settled it,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10

Heavy Actor-Stor, there's some
mistake here.
Audience (excitediyl You're d mis-
take What's the matter?
Heavy Actor There's some grew
Gus error. That last egg was perfectly
fresh.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-10

c. ]. WALTERS, Trustee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
FIRE LEAPS FROM
ALASKAN VOLCANO
Great Column of Flame Stands
Hundreds OF Feet Above
Sfishaldin's Crater

SEATTLE, July 16.-Mount Shishal-
din, Alaska, on the eastern end of Uni
max island, has lighted its gigantic
torch again. according to news brought
{ by the steamer Montara, which arrived
from Nome today
The Montara first sighted the burn
ing mountain on the morning of July 9.
when the steamer entered Unimak pass.
The sea was turbulent, as if disturbed
by some seismic movement
A clear column of fis me hundreds of
feet high, without smoke, blazed from
the volcanoes crater.
After passing through Unimak pass
Captain j.. O. Farria turned the Mon
tara east SO as to pass along to the
south side of the island When so
miles from the volcano the officers of
the ship could see through tile glasses
that there was snow to within few
feet of the edge of the flames and that
torrents of water made by the rapidly
melting snow were cutting channels in
the steep sides of the mountain.
Later in the day smoke began to
belch forth with the flames. The snow
became blackened from the deposit.
Aside from few Indian fishermen
the only men on Unimak island are
two lighthouse, keepers at Scotch cap.
The lighthouse tender America will not
bring news from them for month.
Mount Shisbaldin is a snow capped
mountain, more than 5000 feet high.
On the other end of the island is Po
gromni mountain, which is usually in
partial eruption. The Montara saw no
activity on Pogronni.
cable dispatch from Valdez Alaska.
to the Associated Press says that VOL
canic sand island has arisen in the
lagoon formed last year. when the
Aleutian volcano Pogoslof threw up
reef inclosing a portion of the sea.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
MORE FAMILIES;
fewer Children
Lads and Lassies OF School Age
Number but l.57 to Each
~
Home
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO, July 16.-There are
460,23S school children in California, di-
vided among 2S9,465 families, according
to figures given out today by Statisti-
clan Wood of the office of public in
struction. This is an average of about
1.57 children of school age to a family.
One of the interesting things shown
by. the figures is the remarkable de-
crease in the number of children in San
Francisco county. and also the decrease
in the number of families. According to
Woods figures San Francisco has 1899
less children of school age this year
than last year, and 3.SSS fewer families.
There are 4,17S more families having
children of school age in California.
this year than last year. but this year
there are 1924 less children in the state
of school age than last year. Los An
geles county has 60,742 families; San
Francisco county, 1866; Alameda
county, S3,055 Santa Clara county. TO-
635 Fresno county, 1O,169. and Sacra-
mento county. 1917. Los Angeles coun-
ty has SS,173 school children; San Fran
cisco, 1929; Alameda county, 51,S90;
Santa Clara county. 1898; Fresno
county, 1886, and Sacramento county,
11,177.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
RIDICULE DRIVES
man TO SUICIDE
Neighbors Laughed Because He
Suffered and Eugene Da-
voet Killed Himself

FRESNO. July 16--Despondent be-
cause he suffered and the residents of
his town made fun of him. Eugene Da-
voet, aged 30, and living at Fowler,
killed himself this morning about 4:15
by shooting himself in the head with a
shotgun. His body was found in his
bed by his. mother.
Davoet was well known character
around Fowler. where he has lived with
his mother and brother for several
years.
The suicide was aff1icted with the
suffering habit and he imagined that
every one was laughing at him when
ever he talked. He had frequent fits of
dependency and, according to wit
nesses. would often be seized with
laughing spells from which it was very
difficult for him to recover.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
LAGAN TRAGEDY
WRITER'S THEME
Convicted Police Captain Orig
inal of Sergeant Mccarthy"
Says Actor Friend

The disastrous end of the career OF
Michael Joseph Conboy, former captain
of police, who was sentenced to seven
Barnard Lagan, is to be the basis for
the tragic conclusion of a series of
magazine articles being written by the
Rev. p. c. Macfarlane, actor, clergyman
and author, Of Kansas City, Mo-, and
formerly of Alameda, who is staying at
the st. Francis hotel while on brief
visit among his old friends.
The clergyman, while in Alameda,
came into prominence for the part he
played in several political campaigns.
On going east he devoted half his time
to literature and his short stories are
appearing in several of the eastern
magazines. Apart from his literary at
tainments he is general secretary of the
Brotherhood of the Disciples of Christ,
a sect which has great strength in the
middle west
For some time past" said he, Il
have been writing a series of stories
for an eastern magazine entitled Ser
geant Mccarthy the main character
being none other than Sergeant Conboy,
whom I knew well in the old days. and
who impressed me as being one Of the
shrewdest men 1 have met.
Our friendship sprang up in a Pc
liar way. Shortly after the Spanish
American war 1, who was at that time
an actor, was playing in one of the
local playhouses, taking the part of the
villain. 1t was some sort of military
play and my uniform had a brilliant
yellow front The color so excited a
collection of hoodlums in the audience
that at the conclusion of the show they
made concerted attack on me. Con-
boy appeared on the scene, rescued me
and from that moment we became fast
friends
Later during the course OF my. writ
ings l took him as character. The
episodes of Sergeant Mccarthy as they
appeared in fiction were little different
from those sof Sergeant Conboy as he
related them to me.
In the midst of the writing OF the
series came the news of his arrest and
on the charge of manslaugh-
ter. The strange part was that prior
to this had been considering the ad-
visibility of concluding the series in
some tragic manner, such, to my mind
being a itting end to the character /
had drawn.
"On coming to San Francisco a few
days ago among my first acts was to
Continued ON Page 80. Column
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
NORTHERN TO
INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK
Work to Begin Immediately on
Bridge in Sacramento

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
VALLEJO. July 16.-Attorney Thomas
T. c. Gregory of Suisun. president of
the Vallejo and Northern electric rail-
road. has returned from six weeks
visit in the east in the interests OF
his road.
& Gregory said: Work will begin at
once upon the Vallejo and Northern and
Northern Electric combination bridge,
at the foot of NJ street in Sacramento.
and also upon the construction of the
Yolo basin division of the Vallejo and
Northern Work will be completed In
a comparatively short time. We intend
to push and bring to an end all con-
demnation suits in Yolo county.
At meeting of the directors of
the road to be held in Vallejo on July
Is the capital stock will be increased
from s2.5e0,000 to sfo.00o.o00.''
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
BATHERS PELT EACH
OTHER WITH SARDINES
Great School of Fish Turns
Surf Black

SANTA CRUZ. July 1S.-Here is a
fish story to which at least 100 people
are willing to make affidavit.
While scores of bathers were in the
water at the beach here today they
were suddenly surrounded by thou
sands of sardines. The water ap-
peared black, so numerous were the
fish.
Some practical joker grabbed a
handful of sardines and pelted a friend
who stood on the beach Other bathers
soon took the tip and in a few mo-
ments sightseers on the sand were
busy lodging flying fish and returning
the bathers' fire.
Fishermen hurriedly put out boats
and reaped some enormous catches.
Many nets were filed so full when
deep hauls were made that their own
ers could not pull them into the boats.