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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
Death of Will Shelby.

News of the death of William
Harper Shelby, of St. Louis, was
received here few days since,
but there are no particulars, ex-
cept that he died suddenly in
New Mexico, where he had gone
on business for his firm. Will
Shelby will be remembered by
all of the older citizens of Bran
don. He was the sixth of the
ten children of Col. w. B. Shell
by, there being seven sons and
three daughters. Col. Shelby
went into the confederate army
as first lieutenant of a company
organized at Brandon, and later
on became colonel. After the
war he practiced law at Brandon,
and died about forty years ago,
leaving a large family. all of
whom moved to St. Louis about
1880. Here Will went to work
with the Hamilton-Brown Shoe
Company at a very small salary.
In three years he was on the
road as the Texas representative
of the house and became the best
paid shoe drummer in the west,
it is said. After ten years or
more of such service, he went
into business for himself, his
firm being the Friedman-Sh
Shoe Company. with factories at
st. Louis, Hannibal and other
places in Missouri. The firm
prospered for a few years, but
the trusts finally gobbled it up,
and Will Shelby again took to
the road. @
He was reputed a millionaire
ten or fifteen years ago, and was
one of the most popular men in
st. Louis. Physically he was
one of the finest specimens of
manhood that ever came out of
old Brandon. As a boy he was
one of natures noblemen, brave
as a lion and gentle as a woman,
true to his friends and devoted
to his mother and sisters. School
books he did not like. but did
enjoy work, and was his fathers
gardener and farmer. Those Of
his old schoolmates who are yet
on this side the great divide will
learn with sorrow of the death
of this manly man, and sympa-
thize genuinely with his widow
and children. He was married
in the early eighties to Miss Pc
gram Lindsey of Vicksburg.
Clarion-Ledg
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
For Bilious Attacks.

When you have a severe head
ache, accompanied by a coated
tongue, loathing of food, con-
stipation, torpid liver, vomiting
of partly digested food and then
bile, you may know that you
have a severe bilious : attack.
While you may be quite sick
there is much consolation IN
in knowing that relief may be
had by taking three of Chamber
lain's tablets. They are promt
and effectual. Ootaiaable every
where.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

Theie is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies, and by constant
ly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced 1t incurable. Catarrh is a
local disease, greatly influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio. is a consti-
tutional remedy. is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure falls to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J.. CHENEY 8 CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
CHANCERY SUMMONS
State Of Mississippi,

State of Mississippi,
Rankin County.
To James l.. Roach, postoffice,
Luffkin Texas, Charles Roach,
postoffice Memphis Tennessee, and
and a locomotive Engineer for
the Illinois Central R. II. Co., in
said city, Mrs Julia Holmes post
office No. SO North Dunlap Street
Memphis, Tenn, Mrs Annie Gas
ton, postoifice Sc Jores Avenue.
Memphis Tenn. and all persons
claiming any interest in the, fol-
lowing described land situated
in Rankin County, Mississippi,
to-Wit:
Lots Two and Three in Section
Thrty.one, Township Six Range
Two East.
You are hereby commanded to.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

The Rankin county board CT
supervisors gives notice of a pro-
posed bond issue for the Pelahat-
chic precinct, in the sum of $75,-
600, to be used in the construc-
ton of good roads.
Unless this bond issue is au-
thorized it will be impossible to
complete the Mississippi Trav-
eler's Highway, between Merl-
dian and Vicksburg, the route
passing directly through the
town of Pelahatchie.
1t ought not be necessary to
tell the taxpayers of Rankin
county that money expended for
good roads is the best invest
ment they can possibly make.
The roads in the vicinity of Pela-
hatchie are VIGOROUSLY bad, and
the proposed expenditure of $75,-
600 for the construction of grav-
eled highways will enhance prop
erty values in that sectio Of the
county ten times more than the
amount actually invested.
Advices from Pelahatchie state
that sentiment in behalf of the
bond issue is much stronger than
ever before, much of the oppo-
sition heretofore existing having
been removed, and it is believed
shat a large majority endorse
ment will be given.-Jackson
Daily News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
Bridge Notice.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received at
the Chancery Clerks office up
to IL o'clock noon on the first
Monday in February, 1917,
for building a bridge across
SQUIRREL Creek, in Beat |, accord
ing to plans and specifications
now on file in my Office.
The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
IA. ROBINSON, Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
BROWNSVILLE NOTES.

| wonder how often the read
ers think about what a great
country we are living in and how
we ought to appreciate the many
advantages of to-day.
The modern age is truly a pro-
gressive one-we live in such a
highly civilized time that really
there no end to the many won
lerful inventions and discoveries
If recent years.
1t is evident there never was
such an age as now unfolds it.
self to us; and the future holds
many things of marvel and sur
prise.
Only one century ago, our
fathers travelled in stage coaches;
little later, by steamboats,; but
even now trains and steamers
are not the latest ways of trav-
cling. We will eventually stop
travelling on dear old mother
earth and resort to the air. The
airships have been successfully
used, and are rapidly being a.
dopted.
Men of this age are not yet
satisfied with the present state
Of affairs and are. ever striving
to do something greater. They
are now trying to solve the prob
lem as to the way they can get
to Jupiter and Mars, possibly in
few years we may be in touch
With the inhabitants of these
planets.
Then, too, our communication
has been aided so much by the
electricians, who have zealously
worked on the problem of n
meeting this great power to so
many useful things, when one is
out on e deep blue sea, many
miles from land, communication
has been provided by the wire
less telegraphy.
Besides the many inventions,
we have so many things which
are even more beneficial to
people, generally. Arrangements
have been made to give each
child an education, even if they
be poor, deaf, dumb or blind.
They do not have to go through
this life ignoran We should by
all means be proud of all these a.
chievements and when.war does
cease, in the federation of the
| world, we shall know universal
peace.
Mr.. L. Beard has recently put
in operation another sawmill, in
addition to our little town.
Mr.. S. w. Berry and Pleas, are
now able tobe up after a spell of
measles.
Mr.. J. c.. Bullock made a bust
ness rip to Brandon last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Harper
have moved to the Greenwood
residence within the past few
days.
Master Webb Neil, accompa-
MED by one of his friends of
Johns visited relatives Saturday
and Sunday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

'Tt is understood" says the
Scott County News, that Gov.
Bilbo expects to call the legisla-
ture in session as soon as some
vacancies can be filled, the cleo
tons to be held on February 10.
Il t is said that he thinks the reg
ular session can be called now
instead of waiting until January.
If this can be done it would not
be SO bad as having a special
session and then the regular ses-
sion in January, but we still be-
lieve it would be better for the
temperance cause to enforce the
present law until January and
then make the state bone dry. /"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
In re Bond Issue Pelahatchie
Election Precinct, Rankin

In re Bond Issue Pelahatchie
Election Precinct, Rankin
County, Mississippi.
Whereas a petition is present
ed to the board of supervisors of
Rankin County, Mississippi, I'M
der Chapter 176 of the Law of
1914, being House bill No. $50,
duly signe by more than twenty
per cent of the qualified electors
of PELAHATCHIE ELECTION
PRECINCT, in said county and a
part If Supervisors District No
4, thereof. asking that said Pela-
hatchie Election Precinct be per-
mitted to come under the Provis-
ion of said act. Chapter 176 of
Laws of Mississippi of 1914, and
to issue bonds of said Election
Precinct in a sum not to exceed
S750O0.00 to construct, or con-
struct, sand maintain or maintain
public roads as provided for il
said ACT; therefore.
1t is ordered and adjudged that
NOTICE be published, in The
BRANDON NEWS, a newspaper
published in said Rankin County,
and having a general circulation
in said ELECTION PRECINCT
and said county, for three week.
next preceding the regular
February, 1917, meeting of the
board of supervisors which will
be holden on the 1st Monday in
February, 1917, IN the town OF
Brandon, that the board of SUI
pervisors propose to issue the
bonds of said PELAHATCHlE
ELECTION PRECINCT, under
Chapter 176 of the Laws of Miss
issippi of 1914 Session of the
Legislature, in the manner and
form therein provided and fol
the purposes therein named, in
sum not to exceed $4,000. 00;ano
if within that time twenty pei
centu of the qualified electors
of sad Pelahatchie Election Pre-
cinct shall petition against the
issuance of said bonds, then the
bonds shall not be issued unless
authorized by a majority IF the
electors of said Election Precint
voting in an election to be order
ed for that purpose, as provided
in said ACT.
1t is further ordered and ad-
judged that the clerk publish the
foregoing order over his sig
nature as NOTICE Of the intent.
ion and purpose herein express
ed.
Ordered and adjudged this 18th
day of January. 1917.
|, ]. A. Robinson, clerk of the
board of .supervisors hereby GER
tify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of an order
of the said board, adopted this
the 18th day of January, 1917.
j. A. ROBINSON,
Clerk of the Board of Supervis-
ors of Rankin Co., Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

appear in the Chancery Court of
said county at the March Term
thereof to be holden at the court
house in said county on the
Fourth Monnay of March 1917.
to defend the suit in said court
of w. H. Strahan ct al, the
same being a suit for partition.
J. A. ROBINSON,
Chancery Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
MONEY LOANED ON LONG
TIME.

Money to lend on improved
farm lands in Rankin County
interest rates low. Would like
to place ONE MILLION in this
imme date territory, Apply to
C. M. WENTWORTH,
Mendenhall, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01
REVISED PRO GRAM
Rankin County Fields Day, Flor
ence, March 2 and 2, 1917.

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3. Expression over IA.
4. Expression under IA.
5. Reading Contest-over Ia.
6. Reading Contest - under
IA.
Z. Declamation-over Ia.
s. Defamation under IA.
8. Best Speller out of five
from each Beat.
10. Algebra High School to
Quadratics.
II. Original Composition.
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Primary.
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intermediate.
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High School.
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termediate.
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School.
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termediate.
10. Best Booklet History
High School.
20. Best Short Story High
Sch oil.
81. Best Booklet Interior
Decoration and House planning.
%. Best Booklet (Ilustrated)
| Pictures in the Home.
The five following contests are
open to only the one and two
teacher schools; all others are
open to all:
%. Best Booklet Composition
Primary.
"a. Best Booklet Composition
intermediate.
Is. Best Booklet Maps-ln-
termediate.
26. Best Booklet History
Primary.
27. Best Booklet History-In-
termediate.
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yoke-under ID.
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ting trimmed-under IA.
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trimmed-under IA.
33. Best Pair Guest Towels,
embroidered in white -over IA.
"a. Best Hand Embroidered
Envelope combination (nain-
sook.
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Suit of Underwear (nainsook.)
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ATHLETICS.
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Boys under IA.
At. 220 yards Dash Boys
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under IA.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

The lndianola Tocsin warns its
subscribers thusly: "Those of
our friends who have been using
water for bathing purposes ex-
clusively had better be cultivat-
ing a taste for it for it will soon
be the only beverage that can
legally be used as thirst quench-
or"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

One of life's paradoxes is that
the farmers complain much less
of the fearful bad roads in mud
DIV winter than the automobiles
do of the good dusty roads in
summer, quoth the sage of the
Indianola Tocsin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-01

er.
Poetry is good reading. Try
some.
Austria has completed it's fifth
war loan which was the largest
yet raised.
We are we'll pleased with these
United States.
Some people think you can tell
a girl by her shoes.
There is considerable talk a.
bout peace at any rate.
1t you love your neighbor e.
nough, he'll lend you money.
Some triksters like to play fun
ny jokes on others.
Do you know what was hap
pening here last year this time?
An advertisement can do won
ders and you can too if you try.
The more we think of a big
navy the better we like the idea.
Billy Sunday has quit Boston.
Now what will become OF Boston.
Have you seen anybody lately
who is pleased with the weather?
The man who looks on birds as
things to be shot is in a bad way.
The ways of spending money
are some ahead of the ways of
getting it.
It's a mean man who will
sneak in the pictures before 60
ing home to his wife.
Another American marine has
been killed in fight with the
Dominicans.
Naturally every stingy man
would be against anything Gre
ating more taxes.
Just as one o the mysteries OF
life is death we suppose the
mystery of death is life.
It's a poor town that has poor
roads, poor schools, poor chur h
es and poor mouth.
With so many meetings to dis
cuss farming here and there we
ought to find good farmer.
We see where an eminent doc
tor is dead. This shows the dan
ger of being an eminent doctor.
Carranza says he will safe
guard the territory from which
our soldiers retreat. We shall see.
There were only three cabinet
crises last week. viz, one each In
Russia, Austria and Spain.
We don't see why some of the
eastern states can't get up the
nerve to vote for woman's suf-
frage.
The birth rate of the United
States is 24.6 pei 1000 popula-
tio1 and the death rate is Ia per
1000.
Very often we can find lot of
stuff that is wiser than what we
write, but we can't steal it.
The compulsory service bill
ought to be read in the house so
that the congressman can vote
on it.
The House Notifications COM
mittee reports SCI, 900, 600 for
coast defense. We are with the
committee.
Did you know-quinine is
"authoritatively" pronounced
seven ways. Almost as bad as pa
and ma.
A governor recently risked his
neck to help in the upholding of
the law. Such deeds deserve rich
praise.
The hotels rerort that 1916
was most prosperous year. 1t
took lot of travelling but some
body evidently did it.
They have bad a battle off the
coast of Holland, and this time
England beat the Germans tol
the telegraph.
You have never heard of a sal
aried man making an allowance
for the fact that February is the
shortest month.
A banker in many cases is a
poor devil lingering some money
belonging to other people, news
paper men excepted.
There will soon be no more five
and ten cent stores they are
to become five, ten and
fifteen cent stores.
December was another great
month for the hoboes. The rail-
road companies ordered 22,695
new freight cars!
mi &c %Ln A -, or;oo ~
The Tomahawk., 1917-01-11
Thief River Falls Dry
Year, Exu|ts.

Thief River Falls has been dry
under county option for year,
says the Minneapolis Journal. So
many dire predictions were. made
by supporters of licensed drinking
resorts at the outset of the dry
regime that county optionists are
finding encouragement and COM
fort in taking stock of the years
developments.
Liquor men crnteuded there
would be as much drunkenness
without saloons as there had oeen
with them. That they were mis-
The Tomahawk., 1917-01-11

Indians and reached Crow Wing.
In due time the outbreak was
quieted and all persons were re-
leased.
Major Whltehead's firm then
decided not to remain in business.
Messrs Sutherland and Rutherford
left the Indian country, but Majpr
Whitehead remained.
In 1871 the Cook family in the
vicinity of Audubon, Becker coun-
ty, were murdered 10y Kah kah-
bessie, Boin ance or Half-Sioux,
and another PiIlager Chippewa Of
the Otter Tail band. This third
Pillager did not actively engage in
the murder and afterwards gave
the information which placed the
responsibility upon Kah dab be-
she and Boin ance.
Major Whitehead was asked by
the governor of Minnesota to try
and secure the arrest of these In
dams and was given broad COM
mission in the premises. lie went
to Sandy Lake to which place he
had heard Kah-kah-be she had
gone, and then with the as>ista nee
of another man arrested the In
dian.
Enroute to Brainerd by birch
bark canoe, the Indian who saw a
clump of grass overhanging the
shore of the river jumped out of
the canoe into the river and dove
coming up under the grass.
Major Whitehead and his COM
panion made long search but in
vain, and the came to the conclu-
sion that the Indian was drowned.
Accidently Major Whitehead
happened to raise the grass over
hanging the bank of the river, and
discovered the ind,ar7 beneath
with his face above the water. He
was pulled out and into the canoe.
The Tomahawk., 1917-01-11

taken is proven by the report of
Chief of Police O. E. Berge, which
shows that in 1916 only 81 arrests
were made for intoxication as
against 22O in 1915. Thirty two
arrests we're made on charges of
disorderly conduct in 1915 while
during the last twelve months
there have been but five such cases.
According to the chief, the mum
Der of undesirable characters
warned out of town during the
year will not reach more than a
half dozen, while such proceeding
was practically an every day &C
curance when saloons we're run
ming
The police department feels that
this is a good record for the first
dry year. Thief River Falls is
as free from drunkenness as any
city in the United States, when
the fact is taken into consideration
that it is only few miles from a
licensed saloon.
1t was freely predicted by those
who favored the continuance of
the licensed saloon that abolish
ment would mean empty buildings
and business depression generally.
These prophcsles, however, have
not been fulfilled. The rooms
used for saloon purposes have been
taken over by other enterprises
and business men declare they
would not go back to the old or
der of things if they were given
opportunity to do so.-Mahnomen
Pioneer.
The Tomahawk., 1917-01-11
Incidents Of Old Grow
Wing and Northern
Minnesota.
Major James Whitehead.
(By Rev. G. II. Beaulieu.)
Concluded from last issue.)

In 1862, when the Chippewa
emeute occurred in which the Pill
lager band of Chippewas took part,
Major Whitehead and other trad
ers at Leech Lake were made cap
tives. Among the clerks of Suth.
erland, Rutherford & Co. (Majo
Whitehead's 6rm) was man
named Jarvis Howard. Jarve was
one ut the number made captive
but in order to curry favor with
the Indians he played traitor to
his own race, and showed disIoyal.
ty to his employers. He gave IN
Indian war whoop, and Selling a
club he began smashing the win
dows of his employers store, and
shouting in Chippewa: Come on
my friends let US smash every
thing"
This did not deceive the Indians
for one of them took away Jarvis
club, thrust the muzzle of lis gun
against the white mans back and
ordered him to retire and stand
with The prisoners. Major White
head Wien relating this story al
ways laughed at 'Jarve's exploit,
and said it only brought contempt
and caused him to be treated more
harshly by the Indians than any
of the other prisoners.
Sc Major Wh:tehead,e Bill Wade,
Ed. Oliver and Jarv Howard final
" succeeded in escaping from the
The Tomahawk., 1917-01-11

Subsequently he was tried, plead
guilty to the charge Of murder in
the first d. gree but before his
death warrant was signed he died,
Major Whitehead next turned
his attention to securing BOIL
anc-, but the latter was too shrewd
to come into White Earth, so after
several failures to find Boin~ance,
the Major induced G. II. Beaulleu,
ST.. to assist him to the extent of
getting Boin-ance to come t" the
Trading Post at White Earth for
& conference The condition un'
under which Mr.. Beaulieu induced
Boin ance to come in was that
Major Whitehead would not at
tempt to arrest him during the
conference. Boin ance came in,
but refused to give himself up,
and finally when it was found that
though he was not brought to trial,
no conviction could be secured,
the case was dropped.
In 1875 the Pillager Chippewas
at Leecn Lake became trouble
some, and Major Whitehead who
understood them and had great in
Huence among them, was appoint
ed United States Indian agent at
the Leech Lake agency.
The first thing he did after re-
ceiving his appointment was to
send for Charles II. Beaulieu to
become bis chief clerk. He stood
we'll with the PillagerS, and
through him Majnr Whitehead
discovered who we're the leaders
in the turbulent element, and those
we're appointed as Indian police.
men by Major Whitehead, and the
most prominent leader, Sturgeon
Man, Was made captain of police.