The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-14

of ear corn which they had con-
verted into meal for hog feed by
the Brandon Feed & Milling Co.
Hardin Meyers, an energetic
young farmer living on the May
plantation, on Route 3, has
planted three acres to Irish po-
tatoes, which he hopes to have
ready for cooperative shipments
to early northern markets.
For the present Tuesday is the
only meatless day of the week,
and people are not required, un-
til further notice, to observe a
meatless meal each day. A more
rigid saving of bread stuff is
requested.
The buildings for the box fac
tory at the depot are completed.
and the machinery is being in
stalled as rapidly as possible.
The plant will be a first-class one
in every respect. employing a
large number of hands with a
good weekly payroll.
There is no safer or finer in
vestment in the world than War
Savings Certificates. Buy them
now regularly while you can, for
you cannot expect to have so
good a bargain offered always.
There, Save. Lend and Hasten
Victory.
G. B. Miller, of Langford, who
was a Brandon visitor Friday,
informed The News that his son.
Farney, who was severely in
iured in a street car accident at
Memphis about six weeks ago,
is able to leave the hospital, and
is on the road to recovery.
Mr.. Cottrell has cleaned up
the cemetery and put it in good
condition. The suggestion has
been made that if parties in
cleaning off private lots will be
careful auout disposing of the
trash, the cemetery can be, kept
in good condition.
Miss Pearl Watson, who has
been at Denver, COL, for the
past year. will return home to-
day, and will be accompanied to
the tubercular institution at Ma
gee, Miss, by her brother, Will
| lie Watson, where they will be
for some time under treatment.
We hope to have the biggest
and best Field Day this year we
have ever had. Every one is
cordially invited to attend. All
families living in Brandon or in
the surrounding community are
asked to bring or send a gener-
Gus basket. The Brandon COM
munity as host to the county will
serve dinner to all.
DR.. H. J. Burnham' S new suite
of offices are about completed,
and will be ready for occupancy
next week. The steady growth
of DR.. Burnham's practice made
| it necessary for him to have
larger quarters, and his new
apartments are modern in every
respect, probably being one of
the neatest and best equipped
dental offices in the site.
The News calls special atten-
ton this week to the statement
of the Rankin County Bank,
which is the best showing ever
made by CHS institution, and re-
cords mark seldom reached nby
any small-town bank. The de-
posts have reached $428, 419.61,
which shows good healthy con-
dition for the bank and indicates
the general prosperity of the
country.
C. F. Barton, merchant and
prominent citizen Of Guide, died
very suddenly a few nights ago.
He complained of feeling badly
before retiring. and at an early
hour in the morning members of
his family were awakened by
his hard breathing, and before
medical aid could be summoned,
he expired, his death evidently
being due to heart trouble.
The News is panied to learn
of the death of Mr.. Esau Bass,
which sad event occurred at the
home of his son, ]. L. Bass, near
Cato, Tuesday of last week. Mr..
Bass had been in very feeble
health for many years, and his