The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-08
]. r. EAST & v. E. MUM,
Attorneys at Law
BRANDON, MISS.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Go to Sunday school Sunday

lung MS DrOCnef, hon. y. N.
East.
| Mr.. and Mrs. O. E. Martin
have purchased a 1917 model
Ford car.
| Miss Neva Lindsey has return
ed home after pleasant visit to
friends at Collins.
The board of supervisors ad-
journed yesterday afternoon af-
ter three days busy session.
w. H. McLaurin, of Jackson,
was here yesterday en- route to
Pelahatchie where rhe will en-
gage in the logging business.
Col, S. l.. McLaurin is still con-
fined to his bed, but is improv-
ing, and hopes to be up again
within the next few hays.
Eddie Dunagin, a young man
living on the Boyld place, hav-
ing recently moved here from
Mcbride, Miss, has been very i'll
for several days.
John Enochs, who has a posi-
ton at Bassett, Ark, is here
spending a few days with his
mother, Mrs. Fannie Enochs.
He will return tomorrow.
Mrs. R. E. Gayden left Mon
day for Richton, where she
will assist in nursing her little
grandson, ]. M. Dees, jr., who
is reported to have a severe ease
of pneumonia.
Uncle" Manuel Collier, an
old and well-respected colored
citizen, who lived a few miles
east of town, died Saturday after
a short illness, and was buried
in the Brandon cemetery for the
colored Sunday afternoon.
Next Sunday has been named
as a special Sunday school day,
and everybody is urged to attend
the Sunday school of their
choice. Suppose you make q
special effort to go to Sunday
school next Sunday? You may
never have another opportunity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Robbins lost
their home at Brandon DenOt
Saturday morning by fire. Most
of the household goods were
saved. The loss is covered by
insurance. The house was the
property Of the A. & V. railroad.
The fire is supposed to have
originated from a defective fue.
Jury Burke, an old-time be-
fo' de wah" negro, who hac
lived on D. M. Mayors place for
many years, died last Saturday.
He was a devout member of the
Jerusalem Baptist church, anc
his Ifuneral services were con
Quoted at that place Sunday af.
ternoon.
The News is requested to an.
nounce that the Tupelo Cotton
! Mills again offers a prize fol
] best and second best house dress
| made of Tupelo Cheviots to be
| on exhibit at County Fields Day,
! omen to all students. The prizes
| will be 20 and 10 yards respect.
| ivek of Tupelo Cheviots.
DR.. w. H. Boone, of Pickett.
! who was here Monday in the in
teresG of a county exhibit at the
! Mississippi Centennial to be held
at Gulfport next year, stated tc
The News that his grandfather,
L. d. Williams, came to Rankin
county from North Carolina in
1919, and settled a few miles
north of Brandon. He was q
mechanic and built the first
frame residence in Brandon, and
a year or two later built within
the now corporate limits of the
town the first cotton gin ever
operated in Rankin county.
A petition containing more
than 20 per centum of the quail
fed electors of the Pelahatchie
Election Precinct being filed
against the proposed bond issue
for good roads, the board of su-
pervisors yesterday passed an
order directing the election COM
missioners to hold an election in
that precinct on the 23rd day Of
February. 1917, for the purpose
of ascertaining the wishes of the
majority Of the qualified electors
with reference to the matter.
The commissioners have appoint
ed the following-named officers
to hold the said election: R. A.
!; Stingily, E. w. Cawthorn, R. G.
King, managers; w. B. Huff
man. Ras Jones, clerks; C. K.
Jones, bailiff. Mr., Stingily is