The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-27

Of Miss Susie Blue Buchanan.
Miss Myrtle May is at the SAM
barium in jackson recovering
from an operation for appended
tbs, which she underwent few
days ago.
Brandon Machinery & Lumber
Co., is installing Fairbanks
Morse lighting outfit, which viii
be used for the machine shop anG
the Owen home.
Miss Kate Shields, who has
been teaching at Natchez, has re-
turned home for few days visit
after which she will attend the
Normal at Tulane, New Orleans.
| w. H. Barnes returned yester-
day from Biloxi and Gulfport,
where he attended the annual
meeting of the Mississippi Bank
ers. He reports a great time.
| Mike Christopher left with his
show Sunday for Bolton and Clin-
ton. He had good crowds here
every night, and promises to make
return engagement soon.
Roy Robinson, who has been at
tending school at Marks, passed
through town yesterday en- route
to his fathers home, at Sandhill,
where he will spend the remand
er of the summer.
Miss Dorothy Zeller entertained
a few friends Saturday night at a
dance at the home Of Miss Susie
Blue Buchanan, complimentary to
her sister, Miss Margaret Zeller,
of Yazoo City.
DIR. McLaurin's many friends
are glad to see him at home again
after spending two or three weeks
at the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
He is greatly improved and looks
better since his return.
Rudd Sprague, who has been at
tending school at Ladoga, Ind,
and Walter May, of the Mississi-
ppi A. & M. College, are expected
home this week, their schools hav-
ing closed.
| Henry Shields, who is now
| travelling for q st. Louis house,
was at home Sunday, enroute to
Mobile. He says that he is get
ting along nicely in his new line,
and is we'll pleased with the road
| Contractor Mckay has received
| a good lot of the material to be
J used in repairing and covering the
! court house, and has started to
work on the job. The shingles are
asbestos, said to make the best
and most durable roof known.
Jim Berry, Albert Berry and
B. Mcintosh, colored citizens OF
the southern part Of the county
were in Brandon today, and each
, enrolled as subscribers to the
Brandon News. They report that
Their crops are worked out and
looking fine.
4 Misses Clara Baur Johnston
and Beatrice Summer, two of Pc
lahatchie's most charming young
ladies, were Brandon visitors
Tuesday afternoon. Miss John.
ston is music teacher in the high
school at that place and Miss
Summer member Of the teaching
faculty.
Il w. H. Hodges, who moved from
this county to Flora about eigh
teen months ago, was a Brandon
visitor this week. He is now en-
2 gagged in writing insurance for thu
i Modren Woodmen, and is having
e fairly good success. He says his
| father, w. w. Hodges, is well
! pleased with his new home and j:
) getting along nicely.
81 DR.. ]. E. Noble, one Of thu
county's most prominent citizens
) and physicians, died at his home
; at Fannin last Sunday. DR.. Noble
had been in very feeble health fol
| a long time, and his death was no
unexpected by those who knew
his condition. The News will haV'
more to say Of the passing OF Thu
good man next week.
Aunt" Lou Byrd, wife of Shet
Byrd, one Of our respected color
ed citizens, has returned from
Leake county, whore she went
some time ago for treatment un
der doctor Of that county who is
said to be q specialist in cancer
.. treatment. She believes that she
. has been benefited.
Mrs. Knox McNair is now at the
home of her sister. Mrs. w. D.
Thomas, and is getting along az
I we'll as could be expected. She
has had q long spell Of severe ill
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