The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-29
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Thanksgiving. i
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IN New orleans THIS week.,
Jos. Volenteur, of Jackson,
Route a, was among our visitors
Monday.
Miss Annie Foulks, of Rose
land, La, is a visitor in the j. G.
White home this week.
Cole Burns was among the
successful boys at Leon Springs,
receiving a commission of first
lieutenant.
Mrs. H. E. Crook has returned
to her home at Greenwood. after
a pleasant visit to Brandon rela-
tives and friends.
A. M. Shields has been ap-
pointed a member of Brandon
school board in place of Carl
Stingily, resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Ward and
children came over from Jackson
Sunday and spent the day with
relatives and friends.
Union Thanksgiving services
are being held today at the Epis-
copal church, Rev. Mr.. Lafferty,
pastor of Presbyterian church,
preaching the sermon.
Prof. Freiley, of Tennessee, is
here visiting his son, A. L. Frei-
ley, who has been called into
military service and leaves today
for training at Camp Pike.
Mrs. Sidney McLaurin. Mrs.
Ira Shields, Mrs. C. E. Gayden
and Miss Annie Robinson motor
| ed over to Pearson Thursday af-
ternoon in the interest of the
Red Cross.
Mrs. Williamson, widow Of the
late Jack Williamson. died at her
home south of Brandon Saturday
night at a ripe old age. The re-
mains were inferred in Brandon
cemetery Sunday afternoon, the
last sad rites being performed by
Brother Jordan Lindsey.
Miss Annie Robinson will leave
for Washington, D. c., Friday
night where she has accepted a
position as clerk in the war de-
partment, in quartermaster's of
flee at a salary of SLIGO a year
with promotion later. Miss An
ME is one of our most popular
and useful young women and we
will miss her greatly. Her many
friends wish for her happiness
and prosperity in her new home.
The Brandon Feed & Milling
Co. has installed and is now sue
cessfully operating one OF the
| famous hammer feed mills man.
ufactured by the Williams Crush
er & Pulverizer Co.. of st. Louis.
This is the only mill of its kline
| in the county. and the only mil
made that will make commercial
meal of any kind of food stuff
that grows.
Quite a number of Brandon
people went over to Jackson tx
see Ben Hur at the Century The
atre. Among them were Mr.
and Mrs. O. E. Martin, Mrs. R
Burns and son Robert. Mrs. j
H. Glass, Mrs. w. S. May, Miss
IVesta May, T. B. and Emmett
Dickson, Mrs. w. H. Barnes,
Mrs. H. L. Shields. Mrs. j. C
White, Mrs. Daisy Stevens, Tom
Berry,, Walter May. Mr.. ant
Mrs. G. G. Sprague, Hon. W., E
Mcintyre. Miss Mary Kate But
Ter. ]. B. Darnall.
The many friends here of Lex
Clifton Roberts were shocked
lSunday morning to learn of his
death, which occurred Saturday
at Camp Beauregard, Alexandra
La, after a brief illness of pneu
monia. Mr.. Roberts was a resi-
dent Of the, Shiloh neighborhood
and was one of the most promi
nent young men of the county
being universally respected fol
his many excellent traits Of char
acter. His remains were brough
home and inferred in the family
burying grounds at Shiloh Tues
| day.
/ There will be a Red Cros
/ rally at johnson Hall next Sat
lurday evening at 8 o'clock. AL
lauxiliaries of Brandon Chapte
are urged to attend. The cleo
/ ton of chairman Of the Chapter
caused BY the resignation OF Mn
Carl Stingily, will take place
| Mrs. A. F. Watkins, of Millsaps
| College, will be the. speaker o
| the occasion, and it is hoped tina
|leverybody will come out an
|Ihear her. If you don't want I
|lioin the American Red Cross 70
n will be interested to know ab0u
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