The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
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zen of Cato, was a Brandon Wis
itor Tuesday.
w. H. Harris, of Pearson, was
a pleasant caller at The News
Office Monday.
w. H. Barnes many friends
are glad to see him out again af
ter a few days. illness.
A few of the Legislative cam
didates, with a small audience,
assembled at Bethel Saturday
night and exuded hot air until a
late hour.
D'Lo has been selected by the
Green Bay Lumber Co. as a 10
cation for the large sawmill that
is to be built by that concern this
summer.
Let every man, woman and
child in Rankin county go to Sun
day school next Sunday. If you
fail to go you ARE leaving I'M
done those things you should do,
and doing those things you
should not do" How can we
escape if we neglect so great a
salvation?
The many friends of little
DR.. Currie'' were distressed be-
yond words at an accident which
resulted in his being painfully
burned on last Thursday. But
his foot is doing nicely at this
time and he is bearing the mis-
fortune with patience that is
characteristic of the brave little
fellow that he is.
Joe M. Smith, a native Ran
kinite who left here 81 years ago
and located in Texas, spent a
couple of days in Brandon this
week, visiting friends of his
younger days. He was en- route
home from the Richmond reun-
ion, and desiring to make stop
overs at two of the most inter-
esting points on his homeward
trip, naturally he selected Bran
don and Washington. His old
time friends were delighted to
see him again.
In a letter to the editor of The
News, Rev. w. S. Allen, one OF
the prominent ministers of the
state who is now located at
Shaw, says: II left Florence and
Rankin county the first of last
September and have missed both
every day since. The delta is a
great country to make money
but a mighty poor country in
which to live. The people of
your country have more than
they realize or appreciate now.
If they will take my advice they
will stay on their farms and
keep them. I hope to buy me a
little place somewhere in Rankin
county and spend my last days
there. "
Prof. L. C. Jones, principal of
the Piney Woods Industrial
School for colored boys and girls,
located near Braxton, is in town
today en- route home from a
months visit to Iowa, where he
had been to accept contributions
from northern friends for the
benefit of the great work that he
is accomplishing in training the
Young people of his race the
scientific methods of agricul-
ture. His trip was very success
full, Judging from the number OF
checks he exhibited, ranging
from So to $100, aggregating
over 81, 500.
A series of meetings will be-
gin at the Baptist church on
Wednesday night, June 23rd, to
which everybody is cordially in
vited to attend. The male quar-
tette of Clarke Memorial College
at Newton, has been invited to
be present and assist in the mu-
sic. A special request has been
made for the earnest prayers of
every christian in Brandon for a
great outpouring of the Holy
Spirit in this meeting. and that
all the churches of this town
NAV be strengthened and their
influence broadened. Rev, M.
o. Patterson, the Baptist pastor,
will do the preaching. Come
out and help, for truly the har-
vest is great and the laborers
are few
Mr.. Joseph M. Smith, Of Han
ley, Texas. called on us on his
return from the reunion at Rich