The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15

| One good man has handed ir
to us his back dues Of only four
months subscription to this pa
per, and at the same time paid
in advance for a year and eight
months. Let all other good men
in and around Florence do like.
wise. Considering the times the
Brandon News goes at a very
/ liberal rate-one dollar. Other
weeklies have added to their
| former subscription price.
Estus Barlow took the job of
cleaning off and putting in good
condition the Florence cemeteryy.
The work was excellently done
last week. After this a commit
tee will have charge of caring
for the cemetery grounds for the
next twelve months. The friends
of the sacred burying ground
may rest assured the Silent City
of the beloved dead will be well
cared for by this committee of
good people.
Il Christian people, remember
the date of the passing by Flor
ence and Star Of the orphanages'
free car November 28th. Have
your contributions for the or
phans promptly on time at the
two depots. Don't forget the
helpless orphans.
There has been some moving
about of families during the past
few days in Florence. Mr..
James Dear and wife have moved
from the South home to the w.
G. Ellis home. Sam Dear, for
mer street commissioner, and his
wife have moved from his home
here to D'Lo, and DR.. White and
wife now occupy this home. Mr..
Averitt has moved from Capt.
P. B. Berry's home to the South
home, and D. Taylor and wife
have moved into the Berry home.
A Mr.. Cooper from Copiah
county, passed through Floren ce
last Saturday with a drove of
over 800 grown beef cattle on
way to the Clover Deli Farm
south of Brandon.
The Five Points" store in
Florence has just been beauti-
fully whitened on roof and sides
with paint and new bright
metal roof.
The graveling of the streets
of Florence seems to have been
held up for while for lack of
gravel. The G. & S. |. railroad
seems to be very busily engaged
elsewhere so cars cannot be
spared at present to haul the
gravel to Florence. 1t is hoped
| the delay will not be for long.
We are informed that the side
walks of the town when rebuilt,
will be 'top-laid" with the very
best of gravel that can be Sc
cured. This will be nice; and
there will be no rotting or break
ing or loosening up of the wood
en- walks of the past and pres
ent, rendering it dangerous to
pedestrians. We congratulate
Brandon on her two miles of
cor crete walks. We venture the
remark that this great improve
ment and nice street appearance
will induce people to move to
that "City on the Hill." Our
affection for that old town of
clever citizenry still fingers in
the heart of this "old youth. =
The happiest days of his young
manhood were spent in, around
and nearby, Brandon. We are
saddened over the departure
from this life of so many Of its
good people.
We again call the attention of
those friends at home who have
soldier boys and soldier friends
in France, to the fact that if
they desire to send Christmas
gifts to those dear soldier boys,
in time for the gifts to reach
them by Christmas day, they
had better start them as early
Nov. Is, if they can, Send no
package by parcel post that
weighs over Z pounds. This is
1.-The limit for small P. P. pack
Pages. Be sure to mark name
land proper station clear and
plain in good ink.
Would it not be better these
hard war times to waste no
money in buying useless Christ
mas gifts to be bestowed upon
friends we'll able to do without
them, and bestoW them instead
upon the poor around us, and
|4upon the dear soldiers at home
and abroad, to make them COM
Portable and cheerful during
these times of need and of great
stress?
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