The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-08

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

in Vicksburg this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Smith are
spending the day in town.
R. K. JAYNE. of Jackson, was
a Brandon visitor yesterday.
| c.. Fl. Grain, of Dry Creek,
was a Brandon visitor yesterday.
The bird season has opened
and the hunters are beginning to
get busy.
Ira Shields, of Jackson, spent
Monday and Tuesday with his
homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Lindsey
are the proud parents of a fine
new girl baby, born this morn
ing.
Miss Caron Laird has returned
to her home at Mt. Creek, after
a pleasant visit to her sister,
Mrs. w. D. Ragland.-
Miss Lola Harrison, of Mt.
Creek, has been pleasant visit
or this week in the home Of her
brother, G. A. Harrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Collier are
| the proud parents of a fine boy
baby Thomas Harris Collier, jr.
born Saturday morning.
The board of supervisors COM
pleted a 3-day busy session yes
terday and adjourned until the
first Monday in December.
The Parent-Teachers' Associa-
ton will meet at the school audi
torium to-mo. row afternoon at 3
O'Clock. A full attendance is
earnestly desired.
Louie Gayden and sister, Miss
Mabel Gayden, came over from
Jackson Sunday and spent the
day with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E. Gayden.
Mrs. Lee Robinson, at Bran
don Depot, has as her guest her
daughter, Mrs. Leila Childress
and two interest children, Ev-
elyn and E. B., Jr., of Flora.
The spelling contest at John
son Hall Friday evening prom
ises plenty of good amusement
and interest. Don't forget to
come. Admission 10 cents.
| c.. F. Morris arrived this week
from Camp Pike and was hearth
/ ly welcomed by his numerous
friends. Mr.. Morris was dis
charged from military service on
account of defective sight.
We always try to do more than
our part-for instance, while our
i, neighbors and friends are OBJ
serving wheatless and meatless
days, we are observing our
wheatless. meatless, syrupless
and funless months.
Arthur Barnett, an old and
highly respected colored man
living two miles east of town,
died Tuesday after a long ano
painful illness. Funeral SER
vices occurred yesterday after
noon, being attended by a large
number of friends of his race.
| Earl L. Young, who recently
moved to Brandon from Sweet.
water, Tenn, has purchased {
small farm from j. E. Martin
The farm is situated just east OF
the corporate limits, and is {
most desirable place for a home,
In order to make up the time
Host on account of diptheris
scare, the Brandon school will
hold one Saturday in each month
for four months, and one weel
will be added at the end of the
term nine days being lost or
account of the suspension.
The government report, fur
nished us by Reporter w. H
Till, of Pelahatchie, shows there
were 1,763 bales of cotton ginne(
in Rankin county, from the crol
of 1917 prior to October 18. 1917
as compared with 1888 bales
ginned to October Is, 1916.
The many friends of DR.. J. E
Noble, of Fannin, will regret t,
learn of his illness having suf
!! fered stroke of paralysis a few
days ago. His sons, DR.. Noble
of Louisiana, and Lieut.. Il. T
Noble, came home this week t.
visit him.
Geo. Rheinheimer, who was il
Jail here for several weeks
on a charge of killing two fisher
men in Pearl river swamp sever
| al months ago, and who was Ia
| ter caught in the army dragnet
knocked down two guards an
made his escape from the guar,
bn,1co Of CanoY1 Tav1nr this week