The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-12

Robert Walker, of Laurel is Wis
iting the A. M. Shields family.
Miss Edna Cox, of Lake, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs.T. A.Cox.
Mrs. John Boyd of Canton is the
guest OF Mrs. O. C. Billingslea.
| Mrs. Bessie Cooke, of Antlers.
Okla, is visiting Brandon rela-
tives.
Misses Edith and Lydia Russell.
of Daniel are the attractive guests
OF their sister, Mrs. w. H. Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Runge, OF
jackson came over Tuesday and
spent the day as guests of Mrs.
Katie Stapleton.
Rev. and Mrs. Chisholm and
children, Of Forest, were here this
week, visiting friends and attend
ing District Conference.
Judge w. E. Pope, of Cato, was
in town the early part of the week.
He is just recovering from an ill
ness of five weeks duration, and
his friends were glad to know that
he is improving, and on the road
to recovery.
! Carl Pope, who is prospecting in
the oil fields at West Columbia,
Texas, has been spending few
days with his father, Judge w. E.
Pope, at Cato. Judge Pope also
had the pleasure of a visit from
his son, Rev. S. G.. Pope, of Belzo-
ma, Miss.
Columbus G. Horne, our official
weather prophet, has made his
first prediction for our readers,
and we believe it is about as re-
liable as Hicks, or any of the other
celebrities. Mr.. Horne says !:
Warm in July, followed by cooler
weather in January"
DR.. w. H. Watson returned last
night from Laurel, where he has
been attending the State Medical
Association, of which he is prom
inent and active member. He
made the trip through the country
in his car, being joined at Fink
bine by DR.. G. C. Russell. He re-
ports a pleasant and profitable
meeting.
w. H. Barnes, active vice-presi-
dent of the Rankin County Bank,
returned yesterday from Vicks-
burg, where he has been attending
the annual meeting Of the State
Bankers. Mr.. Barnes enjoyed the
trip and his stay in the Hill City,
but one can see from the express
sion he carries that Vicksburg is
not what it used to be.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. May and lit
tie son, John Hemby, will leave
Monday for Greenwood to attend
the annual meeting of the Miss
lissippi State Press Association,
which convenes in that city Tues
day morning. During our absence
1.-THE Office will be in charge of the
office cat and the proverbial print
er's devil.
James Ramsey, for thirty-five
years conductor on the Alabama
land Vicksburg railway, died at his
home in Meridian Tuesday and
was buried in Greenwood ceme-
terry at Jackson yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Ramsey was one of the
most popular men in the employ
Of the company, land had many
friends who will be panied to
know of his death.
The News calls your special at
tention this week to the financial
statement Of the Peoples Bank, at
Pelahatchie, published in another
column of this paper. This insti-
tuition has only been operation for
a few months, but this statement
would be credit to an old bank
in 4 much larger town than Pc
lahatchie. The bank is well Of
ficer and managed, and the people
appreciate it and are cordially
|'supporting it.
!! We note from Saturdays Com
| mercial Appeal that v. E. Mum,
while extending the Teachers As
ISOLATION in Meridian last week,
was arrested and fine 800 and
sentenced to 50 days on the coun-
| ty roads on charge of entering
j another mans room and, it is
I said, attempting to purloin his
only pair Of pants and incidentally
This purse. Mr.. Mum stoutly main
4 tained his innocence Of any wrong
4 doing, claiming that he had &C
! cidentally gotten into the wrong
lroom. MI. Mum was born and
4 reared in the northern part Of
this county, and we regret to know
! that he has gotten ii bad a& Me-
! ridian, and hope that be may vet
/ prove his innocence and be exhon-
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