The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-03-22

Time anu Is lOOkIuS lOIWdEu VIII
great pleasure to the next meet
ing, which will be held at Vicks-
burg, which is located / mile
this side of DeSoto Island.
Ira Shields, who is spending
few days in Brandon, is consid-
ering the proposition Of opening
up moving picture shows at this
place. Pelahatchie and Morton,
showing two nights a week in
each town. Mr.. Shields has had
considerable experience in the
moving picture business, and
should he decide to make the
venture the people of the three
towns may expect nothing but
high-class shows, strictly moral,
refined and educational.
F. M. Roell and associates
have purchased a lot of pine
timber on the old Jackson road
west of town and have put in a
portable saw mill to convert into
lumber. J. w. Evans has also
put in a mill at Shelton Springs
and is saving all the timber in
that section. These two new
mills make eleven within q short
distance of town. These indus
tries have been a great help to
this community, the weekly pay
rolls amounting to several hun
dred dollars.
Several farmers met at the
court house Saturday for the
purpose of organizing a Nation
al Farmers Loan Association,
and partial organization was
effected. Completion Of the or
ganization was postponed until
Saturday March 81, at 2 ?. M.
so that others who expect to
come into the association may
be on hand to take part in the
selection Of the officers. Those
who expect to become members
of the association are urged to
be on hand promptly.
Prof. c.. I. Laseter, who has
been principal of the Brandon
High School for the past three
years, has declined the position
for nextyyear, and will probably
go to Lebanon, Tenn, and study
law. Prof. Laseter is a high
toned christian gentleman, and
ranks among the best educators
of the state. His work in Bran
don has given splendid satlsfac-
ton, and his many friends here
wish for him great succ ess in his
new field of work.
Eighty head of the finest
steers ever seen in this county
were shipped from the Brandon
depot yesterday to Meridian,
Brown & Kahn, of that city, be-
ing the purchasers. Twenty
seven head of this lot was raised
by Wiley Brown, averaging over
| l, 100 pounds each and netting
him nearly So, 800. Mr.. Stuart
Tinnin furnished 25 head which
averaged over /, 1000 pounds, and
Capt. j. C. White 28 head aver
aging 933 pounds, the three
carloads representing an invest
ment by the Meridian firm of
nearly $4,000. The steers were
uniform in size, sleek and in
the very best of condition, and
shows what can be done in Ran
kin county in stock raising when
the proper effort is made. This
lot of cattle was raised and pre-
pared for market on home grown
feed, consisting principally OF
ensilage. Stock raising is going
to be the salvation of this coun-
try, and the sooner our people
realize this fact the better off
they will be. To be sure, all can
not 90 into the business as eX-
tensively as the three gentle
men mentioned above, but the
cooperative shipment plan Of
fers an excellent opportunity to
the man with small means to be-
Uin in q business that grows and
pays well.
The News hoped to receive
report of the field day exer-
cises which were held in Florence
last Friday and Saturday, but up
| to the time of going to press it
did not show up. The event was
a great success, much more in
terest and enthusiasm being
shown this year than eyer before,
The following prizes were won
by Brandon children:
IL. History-Primary - Francis
Stingily, $1.0O.
IL. Best pair guest towels-Ag-
mes Barnett-Crochet gown
yoke.
13. 22O yard dash = Melville
Turner-$1.5 80.
| Ia, 100 yard dash - Melville
Turner-S1. so.