The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-02-15
J. r. EAST & v. E. MUM,
Attorneys at Law
BRANDON MISS.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

the guest last Sunday of her sis
ter, Miss Susie Blue Buchanan.
l. Hon. w. E. Mcintyre attended
the annual meeting of the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge, which con-
vened at Jackson this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Robson,
of the Beauvoir Soldiers Home,
arrived Sunday for two weeks
visit to Brandon relatives and
friends.
| Mrs. Hazel Pierson and Misses
Verna Owen and Eta Smith
left yesterday morning for New
Orleans, where they will attend
Mardi Gras.
Eddie Dunjan, the young man
residing on the Boyd place who
has been desperately for several
weeks with pneumonia, is i'm
proving rapidly.
]. A. Lindsey, clerk Of Nc
Laurin Camp w. O. W., has
been elected delegate to repre-
sent this camp at the Grand
Lodge which meets at Laurel
next month.
The body of A. P. Miller was
brought to Brandon from Hat
tiesburg yesterday and re-en-
tered in the family burying
grounds in the Brandon ceme-
terry.
Allen Atkins, who has been at
Butte, Mont, for the past sew
eral months, returned home last
week to spend a while with his
parets, Mr.. and MRS, j. C. Al
kins.
Rev. Earl Sells preached at
the Methodist church Sunday
morning, filing the regular en-
gagement of the pastor, Rev. r.
| P. Fixes, who has been indis-
posed for several days with la
grippe.
Mrs. A. G. Thornton, who has
been i'll for several days, is i'm
proving, much to the pleasure of
her many friends. During her
| illness she has had with her de-
voted daughters, Mrs. J. c..
MaXey and little daughter, of
Newton. and Miss Kathleen, stu
dent of Allsaints' College at
Vicksburg.
| The many friends of Miss
Laura Gates were panied to learn
of her death, which occurred at
the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. j. Gates, at Johns,
last week. Miss Gates lived in
| Brandon for several months, be-
ing nurse at the Brandon Sani-
tarium, and by her lovable and
sweet disposition made many
| friends.
s, Sheriff Donnell and Marshal
| Cottrell made a raid on a blind
tiger Tuesday night and captur-
ed 6 quarts of liquor. The house
raided was the one near the
Methodist church. The officers
had good reasons to believe that
whisky was being sold there,
and Tuesday they received in
formation that John Edwards, a
negro, one of the occupants of
the house, had just arrived from
Vicksburg with IL full quarts.
When the officers entered the
house they were cordially re-
ceived and invited to make a
thorough inspection. Dressers,
wardrobes, trunks, beds, and
every other place suitable for
hiding liquor were searched
without finding anything, which
apparently was highly pleasing
to the said John, who ostensibly
was doing all he could to aid the
officers. Finally a back room
was reached and Mr.. Cottrell-
Brandon's Sherlock Holmes
cast his eyes to the ceiling and
detected that a board did not ex-
actly fit, and calling Johns at
tention to that fact, John in his
usual courteous manner, replied,
"Wait jes a mint, Mr.. Cottruss,
an l step out in de yard an git
you box to stan on, = and al
though the night was cold and
dreary and John was only half
clad and barefoot, he has not
yet returned with the box, nor
can he be located. From the
loft Mr.. Cottrell handed down to
, the sheriff six full quarts, the
other six evidently having been
/, sold before their arrival. The
whisky was carried to the court
/ house and will be destroyed as
provided by law.