The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

mlSO vera T1lIOlO, VI uOIltS-
rey. is visiting Miss Marie Myers.
Misses Jessie and Ruth Owen
visited Jackson friends last week.
A fine 12-pound boy was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. lrby last
week.
w. D. Steen and son, Ernest,
of Florence, were Brandon visit
ors Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Mart in
are the proud parents of a fine
boy baby, born last week.
Little Miss Jim Brister Currie,
of Jackson, is the guest of her
little friend, Miss Lucille May.
The most unreliable set of
weather prophets this side Of
Washington make their home IN
Brandon.
Forest Stubblefeld is at home
spending his vacation with his
parents, Hon. and Mrs. A. B.
Stubblefeld.
Mrs. D..B. Crawley has re-
turned to her home at Mt. Creek,
after a visit to her sister. MIS-.
G. A. Harrison.
G.. w. Alliston, of Monterey,
was a Brandon visitor yesterday,
having business before the board
of supervisors.
Misses Mable and Bessie
Bridges have returned to their
home in Jackson, after pleas
ant visit to Miss Viola Burns.
Little Miss Isabel McMain, of
Bowie, and Harry Russell, of
Laurel, are visiting in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Gayden.
Mrs. Petway, Miss Catherine
Petway. and Mrs. Irene Mayne
and son Jeff, are visiting in the
homes of Maj. Henry and Mr..
and Mrs. r. S. Maxey.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Watson
and two interesting children mo-
tored over from Jackson yester-
Iday and spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. O. E. Martin.
Misses Nell and Ruth Roberts
and Neva Lindsey have returned
from Hattiesburg, where they
have been for some time attend
ling the summer normal.
Miss Lila Darnall is spending
a few days with relatives in
Jackson, and from there she
will go to Hot Springs to spend
some time with friends.
The Monterey ball team, in
charge of Prof. Matt Taylor,
went to Pelahatchie yesterday.
crossed bats with the team at
that place, getting cleahed up
z to l.
J. A. Lindsey's many friends
are glad to see him out again
and at his post of duty after a
severe spell of measles, which
kept him in bed for a couple Of
weeks.
w. G. Barnes has been suffer-
ling for several days with rheu-
matism, being confined to his
bed most of the time. Two years
ago he was stricken with the
same disease and spent two or
three weeks at Hot Springs, and
thought that he was entirely
free from it, but the return at
tack is worse than the first. He
will probably go back to Hot
Springs as soon as he is able to
travel.
The series of meetings at the
Baptist church closed Sunday
night, three new members being
added to the church roll by let
ters. The church and commun-
lity greatly benefited by the
able sermons preached by Rev.
Mr.. Sullivan. His pleasing man.
ner and earnestness in pointing
sinners to repentance and belief
won for him the love and conf
dence Of all his hearers. We
| feel that the town has been
made better by his coming.
The municipal bonds in the
sum of 5000, issued for the
purpose of building concrete
sidewalks, were sold Tuesday af-
ternoon by the mayor and board
of aldermen to the Rankin Coun-
ty Bank at par with accrued in
terest. Bids for building the
walks will be received by the
board up till 10 o'clock a. m. on
Saturday, July Ia, and it is
hoped that the contractors can
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