The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-11-30

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
School house tonight.
Pass the turkey, please.

School house tonight.
Pass the turkey, please.
Only three weeks till Christ
mas.
Mrs. E. M. Babb is visiting in
the Bruce home.
This is the day that the Amer
lean bird goes to the block.
Board of supervisors meet in
regular session next Monday.
w. J. Shots and Hulon Pat
rick were among our visitors
Monday.
w. C. Palmer and family have
moved into Mrs. Bette Wilson's S
residence.
In the meantime, the necessi-
ties of life continue to soar high
er and higher.
Don't forget to attend the bas-
ket ball game on school grounds
Saturday, beginning at 2 p. m.
On account of Thanksgiving
the Brandon school was dis
missed yesterday at noon until
Monday morning.
Union Thanksgiving services
are being held today at the
Presbyterian church, conducted
by Rev. R. P. Fixes.
Mrs. H. A. Busick returned
Mo day night from a uery pleas
ant visit to her daughters, Mes
danes Lee and Law, at F'oote,
Miss.
Don't forget that Odom's Ex-
ira Special Sale begirs at Star on
Saturday, December 9th. 1t will
pay you to go to his store during
this great sale. Money saved is
money made, you know.
There were 1894 bales of cot
ton, counting round as half bales,
ginned in Rankin county from
the crop of 1916 prior to Novem-
Der ID, 1916, as compared with
2374 bales ginned to November
! IA, 1915, according to the tabu-
lation Of the census bureau.
The News is requested to an
nounce that all-day services will
be held at Bethel church Sunday,
Dec. 3rd. The church deacons
will be ordained in the after
noon. DR.. Patterson will preach
the ordination sermon. All in
vited to attend and bring dinner.
Brandon needs live business
club. There are many things
that could be brought abou1 for
the betterment of this town and
community if organized efforts
were made. W. should have a
beat fair next fall by all means.
Let's get together and do some
thing for the old town.
J. R. East and family have
moved back to their home on the
Florence road. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fulton, who have been occupying
the East home, have moved to
the Shields cottage. while Mr..
and Mrs. Embree, who have
been residing there, have moved
to a little cottage near Mrs,
Loveless' home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Collier
have moved into their newly
purchased home on College
street, the Whitfield cottage,
which has just been vacated by
j. R. Eass and family. Mr..
Collier will thoroughly remodel
his new residence and make it
one of the most modern and
beautiful homes of the town.
Burglaries are getting to be
quite frequent ar und the depot.
| A few wes ks agoJ. H. Richard.
sons store was broken open and
several dollars worth of goods
stolen, and Monday night the
store of w. C. Harper's was Wis.
tied by the thieves and small
amount of cash and merchandise
taken. So far no clue has de-
veloped as to who the guilty par
ties are.
E. M. Odom, of Star, was q
| Brandon visitor last week, and
informed US that he was going
to make things hum in his neck
@ the woods from December 9th
to 23rd, that being the time fol-
his Extra Special Sale. He has
one of the best stocks of goods
in the county, and having en-
ioyed a very prosperous year he
| proposes to distribute his splen-
did line Of merchandise among
his friends and customers at far
lbelow wholesale cost just to
show his appreciation.
| The town election will be held
nJc,x noo,~,I I,o,. 10Th w