The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-25
]. r. EAST & v. L. MUM,
Attorneys at Law
BRANDON, MISS.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. H. R. Cooke, of Oklahoma
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. L. Martin.
A. D. Mckay, a prominent and
substantial citizen of Pelahatch-
lie, was among the county capital
visitors Tuesday.
John Cole, who has been here
for some time visiting his moth
er, left Saturday for his home at
Colorado Springs.
Miss Johnnie May Laird has
returned to her home at Mt.
Creek after a very pleasant visit
to her sister, Mrs. w. D. Rag
land.
J. w. Summers, one of our
good friends living in che Puck
EFT neighborhood. was Brandon
visitor Monday, and paid this Of
flee a pleasant call.
Hon. j. S. Love, bank exam
iner for this district, was here
yesterday looking over the affairs
of the Rankin County Bank, and
as usual found everything in fine
shape.
Ben Allison, a negro living
east OF town, was fined $40 in
Mayor Henry's court Monday on
a charge of being drunk and dis
orderly on the streets Saturday
afternoon.
Lee Webb and Tom Boteler,
attaches of the State Insane
Hospital at Jackson, were here
yesterday, howdying with their
many friends and looking after
business interests.
The Harry Watson building. en-
the southeast corner of the pub
lie square, has been purchased by
T. B. Dickson and others and is
being torn down and will be NOV
/ ed to the vacant lot adjoining the
Brandon Electric Co.'S. plant.
w. c.. Palmer, who has been
spending some time at Hot
Springs, Ark, in search of re-
lief from a severe case sof rheu-
matism from which he has been
suffering for several months,
writes that he is greatly i'm
proved, and expects to return
home next week.
Most of the staple stuff. in the
A, M. Shields stock of hardware
was purchased by R. R. Busick,
and the remainder of the stock
, will be disposed of at auction
sale every Saturday. Mr.. Shields
has rented the Ohleyer store
} building on the corner. and we
understand will put in a full line
of groceries in the near future.
w. S. Thornton, Jim McRae
and Ras Jones left Wednesday
morning with their dogs for Rus
ton, La, to attend the annual
, fields trials. Just before leav-
| ing Mr.. Thornton released for
publication a statement to the
effect that his dogs would win in
every trial, and he would return
to Brandon with all the prizes
and glory of this years meet.
The sidewalk across the ole
railroad crossing on College
street, which was recently built
by Commissioner Cottrell, gave
way Sunday night, caving ir
nearly all the way across. This
piece of walk has been a very
! expensive one to the town fol-
past few years, and the propos.
: ition of making it permanent
still remains unsolved by those
in charge of the work.
: Will Trasher, the young man
n who was placed in Jail here last
week to serve a sentance of sc
: days for stealing an overcoat in
north Rankin, has confessed that
! the horse that he had in his pos
: session when arrested by Consta-
BILE Baker was stolen. He says
that he found the horse on the
public road, and took charge of
it. For this crime he will prob
! ably be bound over by Justice
t Stewart to await the action of the
grand jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Cox, of
Beaumont, Texas, were Brandon
: visitors this week. the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Barnett and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Washburn.
Mr.. Cox is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Cox, and was born
,,and reared in Brandon, leaving
here about Is years ago, and To-
Gated in the. rich oil section of
1.-THE Lone Star State, where he
has prospered, being now at the