The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-07
affairs here for several years,

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| the benefit of his health. Mrs.
Anderson and "Snookum' have
gone to Mendenhall, where they
will reside for some time with
Mrs. Anderson's parents.
The County exhibit of the To
mato and Corn Clubs will be held
at the Brandon school building,
next Saturday, October 9. Many
products for exhibit have al
ready been received, and proba-
lbly others will come in to-mor-
row. The ladies of Brandon and
community are urged to prepare
and send or bring basket din
ner for this occasion. This ex-
lhibit will no doubt prove very
Interesting, and all who can
should attend, and see what the
boys and girls are accomplishing
under the leadership of their eff
!ficient demonstration, Mrs. Webb.
Hon. w. E. Mcintyre has re-
turned from Winnsboro, La,
where he went last week to as
sist in the prosecution of one
Armstrong for the killing of Mr..
Miley, former citizen of Ran
kin county. After a hard fought
legal battle. the case was sub
Imitted to the jury, and a mis-
trial resulted, standing 6 for &C.
quittal and 6 for conviction. Hon.
Marion w. Riley, late candidate
for governor of this state, was
another prominent Mississippian
Identified with the case, being
employed for the defense. The
case will be tried again at the
next term of court.
Mr.. Heath, an expert ma
chinist from Canton, who came
here Monday to set up Yves Pat
rick's new traction engine, hap
pened to a painful accident at
the depot while trying to get
the machine out of the car. AS
| he and others were engaged III
removing the machine, a switch
engine bumped into the car in
/ which they were working, and
the sudden jar jerked heavy
piece of machinery against the
wall of the car, and Mr.. Heath's
fright thumb was completely sew
cred. The wound was dressed,
and the unfortunate man return
ed to his home, Mr.. Laird, an
other expert of New Orleans,
coming to take his place.
Yves Patrick, a progressive
young farmer of Johns neighbor-
hood, has purchased Mogul
traction engine of the Inter
national Harvester Company,
through the Brandon Machinery
| & Lumber Company, agents for
the international people at this
place. A representative of the
/ Company was here Tuesday and
lrigged the outfit up and carried
lit out to Mr.. Patrick's home to
give him the proper instructions
| for running and caring for the
implement. The machine is a 16
horse power outfit, s of which
lis required to pull the tractor,
land the other 8 available for the
plows.
| The fact is evident to all OBJ
lserving citizens of Brandon that
lit will be impracticable to main
tain our city schools longer than
| this session under the present
system. Realizing this fact the
mayor and board Of aldermen at
their meeting this week discussed
the future of the schools, and to
them the idea of a consolidated
lschool district, embracing a
larger territory, appeared to be
1.-THE logical thing-and the only
thing-to do under the circum-
lstances. This is a matter that
every citizen of Brandon is Vi
tally interested in. and the board
earnestly Graves the cooperation
of everyone in this important
matter.
| The editor of The News is the
recipient of a handsome invita-
ton from the City of Jackson,
the Jackson Board of Trade, the
Young Mems Business Club, the
State Fair Association and the
jackson Automobile Association
to attend the State Fair on
Wednesday, October n, and re-
view the largest and most elab-
crate automobile pageant ever
linaugurated in the southern
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