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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13


farm IS
R. w. Harp, 100 feet timber for
road beat 4 90
John May, 80 feet timber for road
beat ). 90
w Taylor mdse for county
farm !. :. ). :. ;. :. SO 80
Tom Cox, 1000 feet oak. timber
for bridge beat p. >. IS 90
J. E. Moore, IL lbs. peas for coun-
ty farm :. :. 10
Mid Mckay, repairs to bridge beat
80. 3 so
T. H. Williams, building bridge
beat 4 ..~.. 81 SO
R. P. Stegall, moving convict cage,
beat 4 IS 90
w. R. Walker, repairs to road
tools :. -. ;. 49,. 90
J. b. Robbins, work on road tools
beat 4 :. ). so
w. B. Sowell, work on road tools,
beat go
Lackey Bros, 500 feet lumber for
beat 81
]. N. Slaughter, lumber for road
beat 4 :. :. :. 90
g. T. Kinard, hauling cage, beat
10 90
]. F. Afford, shovels for road,
heat - s 90
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 9Th.
TINE OF FILING ROLLS EXTEND
ED.-Be it ordered by the Board that
whereas the assessor has not yet completed
and returned his assessment rolls for per-
sonalty and realty for the year 1911, and
having given good reason for said delay
and it is manifest to the board that the
assessor is capable and that the assess
ment will be completed by the assessor
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE DANIEL STUDIO
CAPITOL STREET, NEAR BRIDGE
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Alabama & vicl<sbure
RAILWAY
TIME TABLE

west BUE.z1.
No. ), Vicksburg Local. :. :. 6:sr p. m.
No. s, Vicksburg Local. !. ). o:49 a. m.
No. II, to Birmingham 8 Atlanta, 7 AS pm.
East Bound.
No. i, Meridian Local: o:a7 a. m
No. s, Meridian Local. 7:oo p. m.
No. II, Shreveport and Texas 500 p. m.
Fast train carries Pullman Sleeping Car
between Shreveport and Chattanooga
connecting with through sleepers to New
York and Cincinnati, Also dining Cars
The Shreveport B'ham train carries
through coaches and Sleeping Car be-
tween Shreveport and Atlanta, and DIM
ing Car.
For rates and detailed information, ap-
ply to Ticket Agent or address
GEO. II. SMITH, Gen. Pass. Agent
New Orleans. La.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13

A lame back or shoulder puts man
on the retired list temporarily. The
time will be short if BALLARD'S SNOW
IMMINENT is rubbed in. 1t relaxes the
muscles, relieves pain and restores strength
and elasticity in the points. Price 2sc
soc and $r.oo per bottle. For sale by
Vim. NJ. Flowers, Florence, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13

The greatest enemy of childhood IS
the tape worm. It destroys health and
undermines the constitution. The great
est enemy of intestinal worms is Whites
CREAM VERMIFUGE. 1t removes the
worms and helps the child back to
strength, vigor and cheerfulness. Price
a5c per bottle. For sale by VIM. M.
Flowers, Florence, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13

Constipation brings many ailments IN IFS
train and is the primary cause of much
sickness. Keep your bowels regular mad
am, and you will escape many Of the all
ments to which women are subject. Con-
stipation is a very simple thing, but like
many simple things it may lead to serious
consequences. Nature often needs little
assistance and when Chamberlain's Tab
lets are given at the first indication, much
distress and suffering may be avoided
Sold by all dealers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13

Foley Kidney Pills are composed of
ingredients specially selected for their
corrective, healing, tonic, and stimulating
effect upon the kidneW, bladder and
urinary passages. They are antiseptic,
antilithic and uric acid solvent
For sale by all druggists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13
FARM FLOR SALE.

An improved farm, containing 240
acres, within two miles of Florence.
One good residence and two tenant
houses. 100 acres 10 cultivation,
balance pasture. Terms cash. Adj
dress
L. o. MULLICAN.
Florence, MISS. 22j4t.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13

PITY the MAJ who never makes high
resolves
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Brandon News is authorized
to announce the following subject
to the action of the Democratic
primaries:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-13

For Supervisor Beat 4:
]. w. SHIVERS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
Tradition of the MistletOe

year $50, although it's institution is at
tributed to Telesphorus in 13S A. II.
But it is certain that Christmas
| carols, trees, feasts and presents, like
the mistletoe, are many centuries old,
| inaugurated by the early church to
combat and purify the heather Gus
toms of the great Yule- feast, reaching
from December 25 to January 6. The
Puritan Parliament in England abol-
ished Christmas altogether. proclaim
ing ivy, holly, and mistletoe to be
seditious badges, but after the Res
toratfon the Christmas festivities
were renewed.
Of the gifts offered by the three east
ern kings to the infant Christ.
In the early days there were some
curious superstitions regarding the
days Of the week Christmas should
happen on. If it fell on a Sunday,
there would be a good winter, with
plenty for all; the summer following
would be fair and dry; all lands were
to have peace; and any boy born on
that day would be great lord. But,
If Christmas happened on a Saturday.
the winter would be very hard, with
violent storms and tempests, which
would kill many people: fruit and corn
should fail; many old folks would die;
the succeeding summer would be cold
and wet, and children born on that
day would not live six months.
OF the intermediate days not much
is said. At the Christmas dinner Of
long ago the first dish brought to the
table was the head of a wild boar,
with a lemon in its mouth, a rose
mary, with other sweet herbs, in it's
ears and nostrils. The one selected
to carry in the head saying the follow
ing to an old tune. The words were
written by Sir Wynkyn de Worde in
1921:
Caput apri defero,
Reddens laudes Domino.
The Bore'S Head in hands bring /,
With garlands gay and rosemary;
I pray you all synge merely
Qui estis in convivio.
The Bore's Head, I understands,
Is the chefe servyce in this lande,
Look wherever it be fands,
Seryete cum Cantico.
Be glade, Lords, both more and Jesse,
For this hath ordayned our stewarde
To cheer you all this Christmasse:
The Bores Head with mustarde.
Following the boar's head came the
peacock. This royal bird was carefully
skinned without disturbing the plum
age and, after having been cooked.
was sewed up in the skin again, and
placed on huge platter in a standing
position, it's gilded beak holding piece
of cotton, which had been saturated
with spirits and set on fire as it was
carried in. Geese, capons, pheasants.
drenched with ambergrease, and pies
of carps' tongues" helped to furnish
the table, but the most important
dish, which was never omitted, was
the furmety.
The old formula for its preparation
is in these words:
Take clean wheat and bray it in
a mortar, SO as to get all the bulls,
seethe till it burst, let it cool, then
add fresh broth, sweet milk of kline,
and the yolks of eggs; boil it little
and mess it forth with fat venison or
mutton Plum porridge was another
of the chief dishes and, with the bag
pudding, was served first of all. 1t was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Although the mistletoe- bough is
chiefly associated in the young Amer
lean mind with stolen kisses, there is
scarcely a flower or bush in the world
so hallowed by tradition. Everybody
knows that the nistlet1e is a parasite,
a waxen bush which generally grows
high in other tres !; IS neither re-
markable for It's bs2 =, ror its utility.
The wonte, g.; II - iiow it achieved
its eminence. -" .'s'c~et of this. like
the origin ~ 40 s..aT%~famihar institu-
lions, is ssc1'io"s =, the dim past,
going back 10 tnes4 priests of our Gel
tic ancestors, The, Drusds.
The cathedral 2rcl$-s under which
the Celts worshiped were the spread
ing branches of the oak, the roof a
dense foliage of greanery. and the
mistletoe, the mystical parasite of the
tree, was a symbol full of meaning,
for it was believed to renew its life
by some agency differing from that
which propagated all other plants, and
to exist by divine power. Here, I'M
der the oak, the favorite tree of Celtic
sun god, at the period of the winter
solstice, priests and people sacrificed
white bulls and human victims. The
mistletoe was gathered and dispensed
in small sprays, to be hung by the
worshipers over their doors as amulets
against evil and preparation to the
sylvan deities.
The Scandinavian legend of the
miStletoe, which tells the story how
Loki the god of fire, made the mis-
tletoe the agent of the death of Balder,
most glorious of Odin's children, is IA
miliar to all students of Morse Sagas.
The mistletoe continues to be specially
cultivated in England for the sale,
which is always large at Christmas
ho 70 hn
place of the oak, as the soil on which
the plant feeds the most generously.
In France practically all the mistle
toe offered for sale at this time of the
year comes from the poplar trees. 1t
grows so abundantly that there is no
need of cultivating it. In fact, the
thrifty peasants are only too glad to
have some itinerant mistletoe mer-
chant come and carry it away.
The kissing privilege connected with
the mistletoe during the days of Yule
is probably the most familiar relic of
the mistletoe were of old believed to
have special virtue as safeguards
against the powers of evil, yet, when
they became thoroughly embodied in
the Christian legend it was not so
much this as their suggestion of the
divine power which, at Christmas, kept
the Prince of Darkness and his satel-
lites in abject submission, that gave
them their value.
All readers of Shakespeare will re-
member the legend and it's associa-
ton with the growing of the cock, as
put in the mouth of Marcellus, in
Hamlet:
1t faded on the Growing of the cock
Some say, that ever 'aginst that sea-
son comes
Wherein our Savior's birth is cele-
brated,
The bird Of dawning singeth all night
abroad
The nights are wholesome; then no
planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hattie power
to charm,
So hallowed and SO gracious is the
time.
Christmas Day was first celebrated
as the birthday of Christ about the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

PUTTING THE WREATH old, fat len
on TEE GOOSE. shook her head.
They met big. old, fat guinea hen.
"Are you the Christmas goose?" ask
ed the little boy.
The big, old, fat guinea hen shock
her head.
They met a big, old, fat white goose.
! Are you the Christmas gooseg' ask
ed the little girl.
And the big, old, fat white goose
nodded her head and nuffed her fezth-
ers and stepped proudly with her Eat,
yellow, webbed feet.
"oh. goodyF' shouted the little boy.
We've found our Christmas goose al
ready"
''oh, oh, oh. I know something
said the little girl. and she ran 10 the
house just as fast as she could 20.
And when she came back she had a
lovely little holly wreath tied with
beautiful long red and green ribbons.
They put the wreath over the head
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

raised her head every few minutes to
shake her holly wreath.
Papa and mamma came out to see
them.
"Heigh-ho! What's this?" said papa.
Mercy. What's all this?" said
mamma.
This is the Christmas goose"
shouted the little boy.
And the Christmas goose's Christ
mas treeI" said the little girl.
And the Christmas goose's friendsv'
said the little boy.
yes. and it is quite true, papa"
said the little girl. "a Christmas
goose is the best thing there is! Why,
Christmas goose Is just lots Of fun!'
Yes. mamma" said the little boy,
"a Christmas goose is the best-fun of
ALL -ss.- - -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

busily engaged in solving a scientific
problem when the nurse hastily opened
the door Of his library and announced
a great family event:
THE little stranger has arrived, pro-
fessor.'
"Eh?' said the professor.
1T is a little boy" said the nurse.
Little boy. little boy" unused the
professor. We'll, ask him what he
wants."-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

made of mutton broth thickened
with brown bread, and, when half
boiled, currants, raisins, prunes, cloves
mace and ginger were added. boiled
we'll and served hot
Mince pies were baked in coffin
shaped crust to represent the cratch
or manager in which the infant Savior
lay.
In CromwelPs time the Puritans
were not allowed to eat mince pie
the following quotation showing how
they regarded it:
The chiefest food they found most
good in
Was musty bacon and bag-puddin'.
Plum broth was popish; and mince
pie
oh, that was fiat idolatry!
Then, once again, after the Restora-
ton, the world succumbed to the idola-
try-"fat" but sweet withal-of mince
pie and mistletoe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
Iinhtninn Kills Few

In 1895 lightning killed only 169 peo-
PIE In this whole country. Ones
chances of death by lightning are less
than two in a million. The chance of
death from liver, kidney or stomach
trouble is vastly greater, but not if
Electric Bitters be used, as Robert
Madsen, OF West Burlington, Ia,
proved. Four doctors gave him up
after eight months of suffering from
virulent liver trouble and yellow
jaundice. He was then completely
cured by Electric -Bitters. They're the
best stomach, liver, nerve and kidney
remedy and blood purifier on earth
Only soc. at w. A. DAlemberte's.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
THE RICH DON'T OWN 1T ALL.

Wonderful country in shade shine,
And the rich don't it ALL
An and Honey mine
And I'm happy from spring fall!
After the toilin' there's wait
With love eyes at a twilight gate.
Wonderful country wonderful way
To walk in the world know;
With a heart sing S toll all
And who loves so!
To know you'll find meath the twilight skies,
The wealth o. the world in a woman's byes
FRANK l. STANTON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Of the Christmas
goose, and each
he'd one Of the
rib b o n s. The
Christmas goose
waddled al on g
proudly.
The gum e a
hens Riped, the
ducks quacked
and the hens
CLICKED he n
they saw this
fine sight.
The little boy
and the little girl
led and drove
the proud Christ
mas goose out of
the barnyard to
the green grove
where all the lit
tie Christmas
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

What are your husbands hobbies?"
We'll, in the summer he goes fishing
and in the winter he wishes he could
go."-Detroit Free Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

trees grow. Mas eoosE'
eve must have Christmas tree for
our Christmas goose" said the little
girl.
Eyes, yes, Christmas goose" said the
little boy, you wait right here for us.
Don't you muss your holly wreath,
and don't you muss your ribbons"
The proud Christmas goose waddled
gently to show how careful she would
be. The little boy and the little girl
ran away fast to get the things for the
Christmas tree.
The little girl brought back some
ears Of red and yellow corn and a
bunch Of wheat and barley heads and
n pocketful Of oats.
The little boy brought back two cab
bages and q yellow pumpkin and some
grain. The Christmas goose became
SO excited when she saw these things
that she waddled too fast.
"Wait a minute, Christmas goosew
cried the little boy, and he placed his
things on the ground near the tree.
ct isn't quite time, Christmas
goose" cried the little girl, and she
fastened her things on the tree.
"Now, Christmas goose" said the lit
tie girl, I'VE win go and invite all your
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Hokus-Do you expect to spend q
pleasant Christmas?
Pokus-I ought to. That's about all
I have left to spend.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

It's foolish to be extravagant at
Christmas. If you really wish your
friends to remember it, give them a
cheap present.-Lippincott
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
CHRISTMAS AND
The WHITE GOOSE
By ELLA NJ. PLArr.

copyright. ,<s by American Press Asse-
ciation.l
"HE little boy and the little girl
sat at the breakfast table eat.
ing oatmeal and milk.
Their papa said to their nam.
ma: "a Christmas goose is the best
thing there is. This year we must
have a Christmas goose"
The little girl looked up at the little
boy and smiled, and the little boy
smiled back.
After breakfast the little girl and
the little boy put on their caps and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

and around after the little girl and the
little boy driving their Christmas goose.
The little boy and the little girl
scattered corn and wheat and oats
all over the ground around their
Christmas tree. The chickens and the
ducks and the guinea hens ate and
ate and ate. The Christmas goose
ate, too, but she ate very proudly and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

coats and nit
tens and started
or for the barn
yard.
They met a
big, old, IA t
duck.
Are you the
O b r 1 s t m a s
goose?' a S K e d
the little girl.
The big, old,
fat duck shook
her head.
They met a
big, old, fat hen.
"Are you the
G b r / s { m a s
gooseT' a s Ike d
the little boy.
But the big,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

"Have you a fire1ess cooker?" NO
but I've got a cookless fire. ''-Balti-
more American.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Wiley, to the question, What is
mince meat? Behold my enemies."-
Boston Transcript.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

An Absent Minded Professor.
A very absent minded professor wa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

friends to come
and see our beau
tiful tree"
So the little
girl picked up
her ribbon, and
the little boy
picked up his rib
bon, and they led
and drove the
Christmas goose
back to the barn
yard. But It was
hard work, for
the Christmas
goose wanted to
turn her head all
the time to look
at the Christmas
tree. At the barn
ard all the
chickens and all
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

~1II1ISIAAs IFhE! the ducks and al
the guinea hens stood still to admire
the fine Christmas goose in her holly
wreath and ribbons.
"Oh. chickens!'' said the little boy.
"Oh. ducksr' said the little girl.
"oh, guinea hens!" said the little boy.
"Come. see our Christmas tree" said
The lite girl.
= Tbs chickens clucked, and the ducks
auacked, and the guinea hens piped,
and they all spread themselves out in
J long row and ran around and around
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-07
Local News.
Our telephone mum Der is 242.

A piano for sale for $25. Ap- ply at this office.
 M. w. Greeson spent yester- day in Little Rock.
 Rev c. E. Waddle, of Delight, arrived in the city this morning. The government thermometer at this place registered 99 yes terday
 ". F. Osborne returned this morning from a business trip to GurdOn.
 Jas. G. Clark, of Philadelphia, was business visitor to Pres colt today.
 Attorney Jas. H. McCollum, of Hope, attended chancery court here today
 Weather-Generally f a i'r Thursday, not much change in temperature.
 Attorney J. Il. Arnold, of Hope. was a business visitor to Prescott today.
 Edison E. Mum, of Willisville, passed through Prescott today en route to his home from Hope, Arkansas.
 Number , was run in two sec tions today, and the first section was on time; the other following ten minutes later.
 Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Webb, of DeQueen, are spending a few days visiting relatives and friends in Prescott.
 Mrs. J. D. Cornish and daugh- ter, little Miss Ailene Cornish, are spending today in Cur don with relatives and friends.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-07

w. R. Burton, of Lubwick, Texas, after spending few days in Prescott, with relatives and friends, left this morning for Mt. Pleasant, Texas, where he will speud week before return. ing to his home.
 H. c. Kirk, Of Tennessee, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Kirk is contemplating buying land in this vicinity.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-07
TF1OS. C. McRAE, JR., Cashier
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S EXPERIENCE

How you may profit by it. Take Foley Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. G. whiting, 360 Willow St. Akron, O., says: For some time had a very serious case of kidney trouble and 1 suffered with backaches and dizzy headaches, I had speeks floating before my eyes and I felt all tired out and miserable 1 saw Foley Kidney Pills advertised and got a bottle and took them according to directions and results showed almost at once. The pain and dizzy headaches left me, my epe-sight became clear and to-day 1 can say am well woman, thanks to Foley Kidney Pills. Hes terly Drug Stote.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-07
WORK WILL SOON START
ID, { Residence PIP Phones Office 73

after you take Dr. Kings New Life Pills, and you'll quickly enjoy thelr ilne results. Constipation and indigestion vanish and fine appetite returns. They regulate stomache, liver and boweis and impart new strength and energy to the whole system. Try them. oniy 25c at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-07

F. s. Rexford, 615 Few York Life Bldg, Kansas City, Mo, says: "I had a severe attack of cold which settled in my back and kidneys and 1 was in great pain from my trouble. A friend recommended Foley Kidney Pills and used two bottles of them and they have done me a world of good.
 H Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-07

Dr. and Mrs. A. $. Buchanan will leave tonight for Boswell, New Mexico, where they will spend some time. pr. Buch- anan'S health has failed him and he goes to New Mexico to take a much needed rest. During his absence his brother, Dr. Gill Buchanan, of Little Rock, will have charge of his practice and upon his return, a partnership will be formed by these two gen. tlemen. pr. and Mrs. Buchanan will be accompanied by Mrs Buchanan's father w. V. Tomp- kins.
 o. H. Green and Mir. and Mrs. Norman were up from Hope yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Norman are from Germany and have been in the states only nine weeks. They contemplate buy. ing land in this section of the state. They returned to Hope yesterday afternoon.
 Mr. and Mrs. Rider, who re- gently purchased the farm of z. T. Stone at Deaneyville. sta tion situated on the Prescott & Northwestern By, were in the city today. This land sale was made through the real estate firm of Green X Milwee.
 pr. A. $. Buchanan is leaving fora few months stay in New Mexico for the benefit of his health. pr. Gill Buchanan. of Little Rock, will have charge of his practice until his return, when they will form a partner ship.
 Rolf and Colen Wylie left this morning for Nashville, Arkansas, at which place Rolf has accepted a position with the Stevenson Lumber Company. Colen will return to this place tomorrow.
 J. B. Stone is at home from French Lick Springs, Indiana, where he has been spending the past few weeks for his health. Mir. Stone, we are glad to state, is much improved.
 MT, and Mrs. c. k. Miller after spending few days in Prescott, returned to their home in Hugo, Oklahoma, this morn. ing.