The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

where he has been fairly sue
cessful. His youngest daughter,
Miss Ethel Smith, was the Spon-
sor for the 4th Texas Brigade at
the reunion last week. Mr..
Smith promises to visit us again
after the Birmingham reunion
next year. We wish him a safe
trip home, and will be glad to
welcome him again in 1916.
L. S. May, representing the
American Tobacco Co. in this
territory, was made glad Satur-
day when he received a letter
from Mr.. Dan Hall, vice-presi-
dent and general manager OF the
company, informing him that
his persistent and successful ef-
forts in selling the company's
products was satisfactory, and
to show their appreciation of
the gains he had made, he had
been given a trip to New York,
including an inspection Of the
factories in the Carolinas, New
Jersey and other States. Mr..
Hall, who is now practically at
the head of this, the biggest cor
poration in the country, was
fifteen years ago, making the
same territory now covered by
Mr.. May, coming to Brandon
every sixty days, and Mr.. May,
who was then president of the
Brandon Mercantile Co., was
one of his best customers. Be-
ing man of exceptional bust
ness ability and delicate moral
perceptions, the company soon
recognized his worth, and his
promotions came thick and fast
until the highest office in the ex-
ecutive department of the con-
Germ was reached. His selection
as the head of this great COM
pany has proven a wise one, as
the capacity of the factories had
to be increased in order to. sup
ply the demand for the popular
products that are being manu-
featured, this demand being
created by Mr.. Hall and his we'll
trained corps of statesmen. The
wonderful success achieved by
Mr.. Hall shows the possibilities
of a young man who has the
ability, grit and determination
to win. Mr.. May will leave
next month for his trip, and is
anticipating a great time.
A delegation of prominent citi-
zens of Braxton all of whom
are liberal taxpayers of Rankin
county came up Monday morn
ing and appeared before the
Board of Supervisors in the in
terest of good roads in that part
of Rankin adjoining Simpson
county. w. P. Mangum, presi-
dent of the Braxton Bank, acted
as spokesman for the delegation.
He statedato the Board that they
were all Rankin county taxpay-
ers, and therefore felt that they
had right to approach the
Board with reference to. a matter
that was Of so much Importance
to that section. He stated that
the contract system of working
roads prevailed in Simpson
county, and as a result the old
county has good roads. Brax-
ton is located just over the coun-
ty line, and while the roads in
Simpson are in splendid shape,
those in Rankin county are in
bad condition, and many times
almost impossible. Mr.. Man
gum said that they hardly antic-
ipated that the Board would be
able to give them the needed
relief just at this time, but they
wanted to show the good roads
sentiment that prevailed. Mr..
Patrick, member of the Board
from the district complained of,
said that his people had rejected
by their ballot the proposition of
issuing bonds for building good
roads, and that the matter was
entirely with them and he did
not propose to force the propo-
sition one way or the other. He
understood, however, that petit
tons were being circulated in
his beat asking that the Board
levy at the September meeting
direct tax-or beat ownership
for improving the roads. Mr..
Patrick will be governed entirely
by the wishes of his people with
regard to this matter. The
Braxton delegation was COM
posed of w. P. Mangum, R. F.
Everett, ]. P. Cox, Bob Man