The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-12-23
worth College, are expected honnes
today for the holidays.

worth College, are expected honne!!
today for the holidays.
The mail carriers are having 81
rough old time Of It these d5ys.
The recent heavy rains have made
the roads SO muddy that II Il i'm,
possible for the riders to make the
daily trips in their automobile, !
and the old horse and buggy meth
DDS have been resorted TO with the
result. that they are late II getting
in every night.
Our friend, G.. w. Traxler, was
Brandon visitor Tuesday, shak-
ing hands with his numerous
friends. Mr.. TRAILER has been
laid up for ten weeks with q bad
foot, which he injured while cut
ting wood. It has sufficiently
healed to permit him to get -
round again.
G. A. Draffen, Of Gilbertsville,I
KY, came down a few days ago to|
look over his farm near Langford.
Mr.. Draffen is delighted with this
country, and says that many farm
ers in his section are, going to-
come this way for homes just as
soon as they can dispose Of their
holdings in Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Maxey. Jr.,
who have been spending some
time with their parents, Capt. and
Mrs. r. S. Maxey, on College
street, left a few days for Hop
kinsville, KY. to spend the Christ
mas holidays with Mrs. Maxey's,
parents. From Hopkinsville they
will go to their home in Chicago
The installation of telephone
in the chancery clerks Office fills.
a long felt want. The clerks Of
flee is called upon to answer
many calls daily, and under the
old system it was necessary for
the clerk or deputy to be called to
the sheriff's Office to answer the
phone, and this was not only an
inconvenience to the sheriff and
clerk, but also interferred with
business in both offices.
The sheriff's office is a very
busy place. Sheriff Harrison and
Deputy Lindsey are kept busy
from early morning to late in the
night making out receipts and
mailing statements to taxpayers.
Mr.. Harrison, however, has 50 !
systematized the work of the Office
that it is dispatched with much
more ease and rapidity than in
former years. Every detail Of the
office is kept right up to date, and
it is no trouble to get any inform
alton desired on short notice
Walter Stewart Of Pelahatchie,,
Miss. was accepted for enlistment
in the United States Army Del
cember 18th, 1920 at Jackson,
Miss. for a year period for the
purpose Of receiving a course Of
instruction in Auto Mechanics.
Young Stewart left for Camp
jackson, S. G.. in company with
S other Mississippi boys to join
the 18th, U. S. infantry, Miss
issippi's Own" which is a part Of
the famous Red Diamond the 9th
Division.
The News is glad to learn that
w. H. Hodges and family haye re-
turned to Rankin county to mske3
it their permanent home, after 81
years stay at Flora. In writing
to have the News Changed to their
new address, Mr.. Hodges say
1--WE are moving back to solej
Rankin the very best county yet.
Send to new address, brandon,
Route No. l." Mr.. Hedges is =
valued citizen, and we gladly well
come him and his splendid fa1hfIy
back home.
Carl Corley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
o. F. Corley, Of near. Brandon, Was
killed in the oil fields htsr Ho-l
mer, La, last Friday night. The
FIRST information received here Of
the tragedy was message from
the sheriff Of the parish in which
the killing occurred, to Sheriff
Harrison, but no definite particu-|
lars were given, except that young
Corley was shot to death near the
oil fields, and that his remains
would be sent to. Brandon. Carl