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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
PelahatChie.

Mrs. N. R. Battle spent a few
days last week with her husband,
at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Miss Mary Craig, Of Jackson,
was here Saturday and Sunday
visiting relatives.
Miss Dick Wilson is with her
sister, Mrs. Allen Atkins, of For
est, who has been confined to her
bed for the past week.
Mrs. Lewis Wilson and little
daughter, Of Brandon, were the
guests of Mrs. r. V. Shields Fri
day.
Mr.. Joe Brassfeld returned
home from camp last week, he
having been honorably discharg-
ed.
Miss Rachel Sanders spent
several days in Jackson with her
sister, Mrs. Arthur Varnado.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. V. Shields,
and children, spent Sunday after
noon in Brandon.
Mesdames Nelly Raglan and
David Powell were the weekend
guests of relatives in Jackson.
We are glad to know Mrs. w
H. Till is improving, after hav-
ing been right sick the past week
Mrs. David Powell left for her
home in Alabama Monday after
several weeks spent here where
she was recuperating, being with
her aunt, Mrs. Nelly Raglan, who
has nursed her so tenderly. We
are glad to know that Mrs. Pow
ell is very much improved in her
health.
DR.. C. C. Stingily spent Sun.
day in Pelahatchie.
Miss Sidney Mize was shopping
in Jackson Saturday.
The many friends of Hardy
Myers are glad to know that he
has come home to stay awhile
He having been at work in Bran
don for the past six months or
more.
Mrs. Claude Behnke, of Slidell,
La, arrived Sunday for a visit
to her mother, Mrs. Dora McLaur-
in.
Mesdames Clifton Burnham
and T. F. Williams spent the
weekend with their mother, Mrs
Robert Grimes.
Several from here attended the
play at Shiloh Monday night, and
all report a fine time, having en-
joyed the evening and the play
very much.
Will Davis a progressive farm
er from north Rankin, was il
town Wednesday with 10 bales Of
cotton which brought him about
$1,000.
Miss Myra Lindsey, Of Bran
don, who is visiting her sister,
Miss Neva, of Shiloh, was in
town Monday for few hours.
Mrs. w. F. Tutor, of Pasca-
goula, Miss, returned home Mon
day after having spent two weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Shedd.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Letters Of administration hav-
ing been granted by the Chancery
Court Of Rankin county, Miss, to
the undersigned as administra-
trix Of the estate of Lucy Thomas,
deceased, now therefore, all per-
sons having claims against the
said estate are required to have
the same probated and register
ed by the clerk of the said court
in one year from this date, as re-
CURED by law, or they will be
forever barred.
SUSIE B. BUCHANAN,
Administrative.
This the 10th day Of April,
1919.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
STOCK

Taken upon my place, one bay
mare, star in face and X2, white
feet and weighs about $50 pounds
One bay mule 31a years old and
weighs 800 pounds. One black
mule 212 years old about zoo
pounds, with mouse olored nose
and mouth. Both horse mules.
R. A. Irby.
4 miles S. E. Brandon. R. 2.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
LOCAL NOTES

Arthur Bates, of Beat No. 3,
was here Monday.
HI. r. White, of Fannin, was
here Monday.
A. E. Brame, Of Fannin, was
among our Monday visitors.
j. A. Mcdonald was among our
prominent visitors Monday.
Mrs. S. l. Law, of Washington,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. R. R.
Busick.
w. N. Goodman, of near Pela-
hatchie, was a Brandon visitor
Saturday.
Alonzo Grantham, q prominent
citizen of Beat S, was in Brandon
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Brinson, of
Johns were Brandon visitors
Monday.
Bradley Sowell, Of near Cato,
was here looking after business
matters Monday.
Hon. H. w. Bradshaw, Of Cross
Roads, was Brandon visitor
Saturday afternoon.
'.Uncle" Dock Mulhollan, the
"'old reliable" of Pelahatchie, was
a Brandon visitor Monday.
The first string of fish Of the
season was brought in Monday
afternoon by C. F. Thompson.
Rumor has it that a number of
weddings are to occur in Bran
don: during the next few months.
Sol WEIGH, prominent citizen
and candidate for sheriff, was
here. Monday, exchanging greet
ings with his many friends.
Will Wansley, a popular citi-
zen of near Florence, was here
the early part of the week, look
ing after business interests.
Howard Smith, who is now con-
nected with the Gresset Music
House, of Jackson, was here Mon
day.
Tom Rodgers, prominent
young man of east Rankin, was
shaking hands with his many
friends Monday.
Mrs. w. D. Ragland and Mas
tiers w. E. and Sidney McLaurin
are visiting relatives at Mt
Creek this week.
]. M. Evans and G. A. Haw'
thorn, of Pelahatchie, were here
Monday, shaking hands witt
their many friends.
Mrs. Cole Burns and Master
Cole Burns, Jr. are visiting rel
asives and friends at Jackson
and Clinton this week.
Geo. Ware, q popular candi
date for Representative, was il
Brandon Saturday, hoFdyini
with his many friends.
J. A. Lindsey and daughter,
Miss Nyra, spent Monday might
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
FOR SALE

80 acres of land, Herman But
Ter place, on Homewood road, 8
miles from Brandon and 2 miles
from Guide; all we'll timbered ex-
cept 20 acres For particulars
write or apply to
MINNIE BUTLER,
Brandon, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10

There will be concert Satur-
day night April 10Th at New
Prospect School house. Every
bodyis invited.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10

We will ship a car Of hogs
from Brandon Thursday, April
18th. This will probably be the
last car this season. This car
will be made up of hogs weighing
from 80 pounds up.
S. v. Burks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10

AVA VIZ esoAAAA8 WY ~ 40 UAAAe VIZ
never say anything about George
Sprague in the paper. We re-
piled that nothing would afford
us more pleasure than to be able
to print Georges name once in a
while, but so far he had steered
clear of all matters that would
likely bring him into public print.
George is one of the best fellows
we ever knew, but we don't know
of but one incident in his life
that would make as much as three
columns Of good reading matter,
and that happened many, many
years ago, when he and work had
falling out. We've tried to
bring about q reconciliation be-
tween he and work, and work is
willing, but George is obstinate,
and still nurses the old grieve-
ance.
DR.. w. H. Watson, q prominen.
member Of the State Board Of
Health, has received from DR.. r.
w. Hall, director Of the depart
ment Of vital statistics. q very
gratifying report Of his work in
the counties constituting his dis
trict, which is composed Of Yazoo,
vvs 4
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
FOR Sale

One good mich COW, five years
old giving milk. Without calf. See
Mrs. A. J. McLaurin.
NOTICE
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-10
Thrift Report for Rankin County
Schools from January LIST. to
April LIST. 1919.

This q tabulation, of answers
received from a personal letter to
each school principal in the coun-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
Business Transacted By General a|Assenlb|y
Joint Committee on Employ ment to Report on or Be- fore March IS.
Special to The Bullet;n.)

Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 14.--There was less than one third Of the members present at Fridays session Of the gen. eral assembly. and the srsSion of the house was devoted in the main to re- ceipt of business from tht senate. which was tabled for calendar, and the rejection of several reports from the judiciary committee. There be- ing no quorum, no action was taken that would show that fact and all business on hand was aisrensed of just as if there had been a full at tendance. The federal prohibition amendment was returnel from the senate and a5led in the house
 The judiciary committee reported
 informally: Bill relating to foreign flags; concerning duration of time fo1 holding ballot boXes election of schoo visitors and abolishing minority rep resentaticn: amending charter of city l of Danbury; possession and use o1 firearms. covered in another bill: l board of equalization powers and du- | ties; salaries and expenses of cer- l tain court officers. subject matter in | eluded in another bill; concerning l trespass unfavorably reported as i was intended to cover persona | grievance; voting for town officers 1 that would take away property quail
 fications of electors.
 The prohibition resolution, whicI was rejected by the senate passed b, the house and then went aack to tn
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
SAYS ILtITERACY IS THE
 ROOT OF LABOR TROUBi FS

Washington, Feb. 14-IiliteracF was held up as the root of American in dustrial labor troubles by Secretary Lane today in appealing to the house education committee for immediate action on a pending bill to provide S12500 900 federal aid annually to states spending like sums for the edu- cation and development of illiterates. Passage of the measure at this, ses- sion was urged by the secretary as one of the most important duties of congress.
 He said destructive agitation could he coped with and American Ideals ua- derstood only when foreign-born workers understood the American lan- Guage. The recent strikes in the cop per mines in Montana, the committee was told, resulted from interference of foreign speaking I. W. W. with na- tive miners" More than half the men in some of the largest industries were foreign born, MT. Lane said. He esti- mated that by increasing their value ] 70 cents a day through education the country would realize two billion dol l lars a year
 ! He called attention to the fact that
 millions were spent by the federal | government to fight animal diseases
 compared with the $2OO0O0 spent fo- l education through the bureau of edu- l cation,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
S1 ,500,0oO WORTH OF NITRATE
 OF SODA BURNED AT SAVANNAH

Savannah, Ga, Feb. 14.-Fed by large quantities of rosin and turpen-
 tine, fire late today destroyed the plant of the Southern Fertilizer and Chemical Company and burned a swath three city blocks long and about two hundred feet wide through the terminals of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad on Hutchinson Island with a loss estimated in millions of dol lars.
 Cotton, naval stores, sugar, lum- Der and nitrate of soda added to the intensity of the flames, which were gotten under control after five hours of fighting by the combined forces of the railroad company city aided by fire tugs. The efforts of the firemen were hindered by a thick suffocating smoke arising from burning rosin and tupentine and. by a wind which reach ed almost gale proportions.
 The fire, the origin of which has not been determined, was discovered in the railroad terminal and quickly spread to the fertilizer plant Fire
 walls prevented the fire spreading to l the general docks but the flames leap ! ed over the walls on the naval stores and lumber Wharyes.
 l Railroad officials were unable to, night to to estimate the loss to the | terminals and materials stored. Witt 1 the fertilizer plant more than thirty frienght cars loaded with nitrate 0 i soda and other fertilizer material
 were destroyed. The nitrate of sodi burned was valued at $500, 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
Spectacl,...s ''.,,.d-Ups ip .s,er New York
Paymaster Robbed of $12,O0O
 in Brooklyn-Madison Av-
 enue Jewelry Store Robbed

New York Feb. 1.-Two spectacu- lar hold-ups, combining 'all the ele- ments of wild west Scenario-a tax icab getaway; chase through a crowded thoroughfares; flourishing guns, one of which dealt probably fatal wound to a pedestrian and the felling of one of the bandits by q wrench hurling chauffeur-occurre1 within an hour here today.
 In Manhattan, one bandit held up a Madison Avenue jewelry store, at the point of a revolver while a con- dollars worth of jewelry and fled Pursued through the busiest sections of Madison and Fifth Avenue by ever increasing crowd, one of the bandits
 turned and fired into the crowd probably mortally wounding John Me Govern, a bookkeeper. As he fired, 8 chauffeur hurled a wrench from his machine and knocked him unconscious
 The other bandit escaped with { $4, 900 layalier.
 A United States shipping board paymaster and two assistants, enter i ing a taXicab at the sub -treasur! with $12,OOO to pay off the shil workers in Brooklyn were held III
 soon after they had crossed the rive from Manhattan. The bandits back elled pistols and drove off in the tax icab, the driver of which, the polio
 says, was an accomplice.
 1 Alarms were flashed to every polio precinct in the city but tonight in ad
 dition to the bandit, seriously injured
 who was felled by the chaueur, tn
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15

senate where it was met iy q vote of adherence came back 70 the house on Friday. On motion of Mir. King the matter was tabled.
 MT. Rogers, Of Manchestar, asked if the committee on joint rules were SC riCus in the matter of giving hearing to the resolution regard nsy smoking at sessions of the senate aG1 representa- lives.
 AIr. Higgins replied that he sub mitted the hill and that he was se- rious enough in the proposition to come to the capitol as a member of the committee to be at the hearing.
 Mir. Day. If the committee. declared that the resolution was not Classed as joke.
 MT. Rogers said as the resolution had no endorsement he supposed the matter was not of a serious nature.
 Mr. Higgins replied that he hG< of fered his John Hancock on the back of that resolution. and believed it q good one from a health standpoint However, unless the other members of the committee insisted, he would not urge its operation at the presen' l session of the general assembly. i A bill amending an act establishing i the town court of SOuthington wa: l taken from the calendar and passed | The salary of the judge was fixed a l 540O the deputy judge $50. the prose cutting attorney $40O ard assEtan i prosecuting attorney $50,
 Nominees of the qovsrnor wer elected as follows: Samuel E. Hoy 1 and Jacob Caplan to be judges of tn
 city court of New Haven.
 On motion of MT. King the hous adjourned to next Tuesday mornin l at t12O
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
STATEMENT BY GRANDMOTHER
 OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Washington, Feb. 14.-Catherine BreshkOvsky, "Grandmothe- of the Russian Revolution" stood before the Senate Propaganda Inquiry Commit tee today and pleaded earnestly that America send machinery and other materials to Russia at once to aid in an industrial reconstruction which she said would result in ridding the nation of the Bolshevk burden. AL lied troops, she said, would be effective against the "brigand Bolshevik" only if augmented and sent on the of fensive.
 'Woud allied troops be welcomed by all Russians except the BolsheviH? ?" questioned Senator Sterling of South Dakota.
 Certainly, certainly" replied the aged woman earnestly.
 Our people are so tired of the Bol- | shevil6i, so tired. They have asked aid from you for a year. Come and beat the Bolshevilli. The Russian l people will be glad, very glad. Throughout most of her testimony | Madam Breshkovsky spuned the witness chair, despite her 75 years and stood stolidly before the senators The story of Russia's revolt against l Czardom, of the turmoil which came out of revolution, of the "Bolshevil disaster and of present poverty was told fervently in broken English by the woman who was imprisoned anC eXiled in Siberia for 32 years fol | preaching revolution to Russian peas ants, and who recently hid herself fo months in Moscow and Petrograd i, evade from the Bolshevik. by whom she was regarded as too conservative
 We ask you in America for ever. trif1e,' she entrated groping now ant then for an English word which he interpreter supplied.
 We are naked. We have no fac tories, no banks, no shops, no trans portation, no goods. Our schools hay no furniture, no pencils, no pens Tn
 Bolsheviki have destroyed all. The
 have torn down. We need leather fo
 boots, iron, machinery scissors, ship.
 tea-eVerything we need from you. W cannot put back together an organiza
 tion without your help
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
LEADERS IN CONGRESS READ
 LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN

Washington Feb 14.--.naders in congress read the plan fo- a League of Nations in press dispatches from Paris today without formal comment and most of lhem were most guarded in their observations even in cloak room and cfficc discussions Their silence was prompted by a desire for careful study of the lea que g propos- cd constitution. not hy Iisinterested, and there were evidences that much of the little c1-7 ming time of the present session @> 'uld b2 given over to speeches rU nc subject beginning in the next day or two
 In neither senate no~ touse was there any comment today, although the press desnatches were sought and | read with keen interes; Uy members of both bod'cs The articles dealing with arbitration and disarmament were read on the floor of the house during 1 consideration of the army 2ppropria- ! ton bll by Representative Harrison i of Mississippi democrat, and were greeted with scattering applause. but without any marked demons; ration or subsequent debate. | Several senators said they expected soon to speak on the plan. Opposition
 was regarded as certain 10 come from | some members of both houses who op- ] pose any Kind of international organ | iZation.
 From the animated private discus
 sion it appeared that the question of | enforcement of the leayue's decrees
 was of principal interest From g cursory reading of the draft severa of those who have been following the proceedings in Paris most closely
 thought the provision for economic pressure by league members the prin.
 cipal force as a war preventive.
 Wide difference of opinion regardins
 the disarmament provisions seemed
 prevalent, with doubt existing regard
 ing the extent to which q 1isarma
 ment policy could be dictated or en forced.
 The complete text of the plan iden
 tical with the text as carried in Asso
 citation Press dispatches was mad , public late in the day by the State De partment.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
GIRL CHARGED WITH
 BREAKING AND ENTERING

Boston, Feb. 14-Six additional charges of breaking and entering and larce"y were preferred today in the RoXbury district court against Mabel E. Norris, who was arrested last week charged with the theft of jewelry and clothing from several women's edu- cational institutions and clubs in the Back Bay district. Through counsel she pleaded not guilty to the latest accusations and was held for the
 grand jury. At the request of the
 police, bail was increased from 5000
 to $6,000 and she was sent to jail in default of bonds. When arraigned a week ago the girl pleaded guilty to three charges and not guilty to three
 others.
 Police officers from Wellesley and Arlington were in court today with warrants charging the young wonld n, ! who is but 19 years of age, with lar i cenies in those towns. The B2st0n police also held another warranr. 1 Officers have been able to learn lit ! tie regarding the girl since her arrest l She has told the police that she came l to Boston from Little Rock. Ark. to
 study music and that her allowance was not sufficient to permit her to | dress as well as she wished
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
STRIKE OF FISHERMEN ON
 BIG SCALE IS IMMINENT

Boston, Feb. 14.-A strike of fisher men involving the entire Atlantic coast fisheries was said today by leaders of the Fishermen's union to be a possi- bility unless resolutions promulgated by the union and submitted to pro ducing companies and wholesalers were adopted before March 15.
 The resolutions call for a minimum standard of prices for various kinds and grades of fish, reduction in wharf age rates and in charges for use of scales, and increased pay for men em- pIoyed on steam traWlers. These men now receive $40 per month with a bonus of $7 on each $1OOO worth of fish stocked. They ask that the bonus
 be increased to $10 per s1,00O. The fishermen contend that they cannot afford to fish at prices that have obtained within the past two weeks and that the only way to pro tect themselves and the owners is to | fix the price of fish so that even at times when the market is glutted it will be kept at price that will give
 them enough to pay for bringing it to market
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
PRESIDENT WILSON SAILS
 FROM BREST TODAY

Brest, Feb II (By the A. PD.-Ar- engagements were complete this even ing for the departure of President Wilson tomorrow. The steamer George Washington moved into the outer har- bor this afternoon and all on board were awaiting the arrival of the pres ident. The members of the Fifth en- gineers and the 18th machine gun battalion looked over the railings of the vessel all day in the expectation that President Wilson might show up. 4 gift of china, presented by the city of Brest and it's environs, was re- cetved aboard the vessel this after noon.
 Admiral Wilson's flagship. the New Mexico, lies ready for the voyage close to the George Washington. President Wilson's reception at Brest will be in the hands of the French naval authorities, who will receive him
 at the Brest arsenal. The president and his immediate party will then he transported on gunboat to the 1 George Washington amid a salute ot i twenty one guns.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15

work of right and justice and knew TO distinction between great and small states.
 Later, he said, this beginning must be extended by a limitation of arma- Inents. One of the chief results of the victory was in permitting tic dis armament ot the barbarous nation that had stood in the way of world disarmament
 Dangers to states were not all equal, NJ Bourgeois said. Some states. like France and Belgium, were especially exposed and required additional guar antees, He CSged a system of perna- nent inspection of existing arnGHlerts and forces as one means of avoiding a renewal of warfare
 Baron Makino of Japan, after ap- proving the high purposes of the league, added that a proposal would | be submitted later which 1t was hoped would receive favorable attention. The nature of this proposal he did not make known, but it is supposed to re- | fer to an amendment abolishing racial | distinctions in international affairs. i George NicOll Barnes, the British minister of labor, and Premier Veni- 1 2eios of Greece also spoke apprCvingly | Of the League of Nations. Dr. V. K. i Wellington Roo, the Chinese delegate l gave China's adherence to the league | The Arabian delegate pointed out | that the constitution of the league recognized the right of self deterInina- ticn, but said certain secret treaties were in existence which would pre-
 vent this self determination. He there fore hoped that such treaties as af- fected Asiatic Turkey would be de- ciared by the powers null and void. IprgO1ipr HuCbac of Australia ii full opportunity was to be given fol discussion of the proposed league, ant
 when Premier Clemenceau replied tha
 President Wilson had presented tho document with the expectation tha | there would he the fullest opportunit!
 for discussion, but when this wouI(
 occur would be deterrs med later
 The conference adjourned at sever
 o'clock this evening. and Presidan
 Wilson hastened homeward to rrepar
 for his journey to the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15
RESIGNATION OF WILLIAM
 GRAVES SHARP ACCEPTED

Washington, Feb. IA. - President Wilson has accepted the resignation of William Graves Sharp as amh.2s- sador to France to take Effect when a successor qualities.
 This was revealed by correspond ence between the president and the ambassador. made public tonight at the White House without comment. There was no information in off cial circles tonight as 10 whom the president had in mind fur the Paris post, but at the time the resignation of Vance Mccormick as chairman oe 1 the Democratic National committee
 was known ty the Associated Press | last month, 1t was said that MT. Mo Cormick would become ambassador to ! France.