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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-07-28

is ". Burks, salary for June15O.OO
is ". Burks, expense June 5000
G. A. Harrison, salary ----333. .33
]. A. Lindsey, same, deputy166.66
S. D. Donnell, salary ------312.5O
H. H. Bullock, same, deputy156.25
D. P--Gayden, salary and
postage ------ --- --23O. 16
DR.. G. c. Russell, 1-2 statuI
tory county health officer15O. 90
D L. Bilbro, 10 days riding
Iand inspecting -------- 1000
Pelahatchie Hardware Co.,
nails, etc. ------ 2O.68
E. S. Barksdale, 1858 #. lbr. 1926
W. E. Mcintyre, salary End
quarter ----- 1900
d. B. Ward, salary assessor2O8. .33
The board of supervisors having
examined the rolls filed by D. B.
Ward, the assessor, of said county,
of assessments as of the first day
of February, 1921, of real and per-
sonal property in said county and
having made such changes and
corrections in said rolls as were
found necessary to fix the assess
ments Of real and personal prop
erty to it's owners and at it's act
ual value so as to establish an.
equality and uniformity of taxa
tom among the taxpayers of said
county according to the value Of
their property does hereby approve.
the said assessment roll as so fix
ed; and it is further ordered that;
the following notices be posted in
the court house and be published.
in the Brandon News, a newspa-
per published at Brandon, Miss.
and having a circulation in said
county, to-wit:
To The Taxpayers Of Rankin
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There being no further business
the board adjourned until the first
Monday in August.
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REALLY GENIAL OLD FRAUD
South Sea Native Proud Of Useless
knowledge Of English and Equally
Useless Fountain Pen.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

Huarai, the native constable of a
lonely South Sea atoll, was the only
one who made any heavy social de-
mands upon me. He had c7ce made a
Journey from Papeete to San Francis
co as a stoker on one of the mail
boats, and was immensely proud OF
the few English phrases which he had
picked up during the voyage.
He didn't know the meaning OF
them, but that made no difference. he
could put on "side" before the others,
make them believe that he was carry.
Ing on an intelligent conversation.
whats the matter?" ION, yes"
"Never mind" were among his favor
tie expressions-unusually mild ones,
1T seemed to me, for one who had
been associated with a gang of cock
ney stokers-and he brought them
out apropos of nothing.
He was an exasperating old hypo'
critic, but a genial one, and | couldn't
help replying to some of his feints at
conversation. Once, out Of curiosity,
wondering what his reply would be,
| | said, "Huarai, you're the worst old
four-husher In the seventy-two islands,
aren't your" He smiled and nodded
and came back with the most telling
Of all his phrases, "You 60 to H.
mel" On that occasion 1t was de-
livered with what seemed something
more than mere parrotlike aptness Of
reply.
Clipped to his undershirt he wore
a fountain pen, which was as mucf
part of his costume on these dress
occasions as his dungaree trousers
and pandanus hat. 1t had broker
point, was always dry, and Huara
could hardly write his own name
No matter. He would no more hav'
forgotten his pen than a French Sol
der his croix de guerre.-James Nor
man Hall in Harper's Magazine.
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gathered into a cuff. Either OF these
dresses might be made Of other ma
terials than satin or crepe-as SOFT
wool or dress velvet. Color comhl'
nations that are fashionable include
blue in strong tones with black. gray
with black, brown with fame or henna,
green and black, and always black and
white. The livelier colors are used for
facings and introduced in girdles; a
dark blue may have a gfdle lined with
red, or a black be relieved by one made
If clusters of velvet cherries In thell
own vivid color.
Little journey among any rep
resentative displays of new fal
blouses reveals that few of then
complete their good work at the waist
line The styles include the tle-bacK
with girdIe and ties widened. the pep
lum blouse and the costume blouse, II
which the peplum is heightened, be
coming panel at the back and at tn
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MAGNIFICENT ENGLISH Seal.

The high-water mark for English
official seals wasFreached in the mag
nificent seal Of Henry ", which was
also used by his two successors. The
matrix is of gold and is a marvel. OF
the goldsmith's art. Not only does
this seal take pre-eminence amongst
seals, but 1t is also often pointed to
as illustrating the zenith Of English
art Of this period. 1t was made in
14OS. A Gothic framework on the o.
verse side divides with inches and
canopies the space into numerous Sec
lions enshrining no less than q fig
ures, besides the charges on the
shields and banners. Herein is reflect
ed the perpendicular style Of archl
lecture just beginning to assert 1t
self. The figures all have a politica
significance to convey.
Alan Wyon. one Of the most carefu
writer's on the Great Seals Of England
discovers in the work the desire o
impressing upon the people the CLAIM
Of Henry V to the English throne.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Last Fight.


1t was early in the morning, and
rBill Dale had just sent for Ben Little
ford. The hillman hurried to the Of
fee, for he believed he knew what
was in the air. He had already gone
to work at the mine, and his thick
beard, his face and his hands were
black with the dust of coal.
"Sit down, Ben," said the general
manager. "We're going to hold a
council of war;"
Littleford took a chair and crossed
his legs.
SIS it the Ball outfit?' he drawled.
."Yes," answered the younger man.
and forthwith he told: the other of the
news that BY Heck had brought him
few days before; he had not given
the matter really serious cOnsidera'
ton until that morning. Now he
finished II want to know whether you
think there's any danger?"
Littleford tugged at his blackened
beard and frowned.
"Bill," he said soberly, do you
| rickollect what John Moreland told
YOU oncet about them Balls? He told
We at you wasn't safe, and at he
wasn't safe, ontel they was dead and
buried, didn't he? I believe he did,
BY Heck says the's a whole big passed.
O them Nawth Ca'liner Turner's; he's
| shore them and the Balls'll outnum'
Der us more'n two to one. Yes, the's
danger, Bill, and specially to you
They think 1t was you killed Adam
and they don't think the law handed
'em a square deal at the trial.
"Then listen to this PLAN" sale
Dale.
"rll keep By Heck up the rive1
watching for them. He will have
three sticks of dynamite tied together
and capped and fitted with a fuse. 1
he sees them coming this way in any
thing like a force, he will fire off tn
dynamite as a signal to us. Our mel
will gather here in the upstairs of Thu
building, and bar the DOORS
ooh, Bill" moaned the old fighter
"you shorely don't think we'd ever lie
'em git to the doors!"
II hope they don't, certainly,
smiled Dale. "Where are your rifles
Bill"
"At the NINE" said Littleford. ~
see, Bill, we've been a-lookin' #
trouble
Dale went on: AT BY Heck's SIG
nal, I'll get on my horse and ride t
the lowlands for the Morelands. ! ca
get them a lot quicker than can &c
competent help from the law. VIVA
do you think Of it,"
"It's good plan, reckon,
growled Ben Littleford, "only l don
cotton very easy to the idee o Y
a.runnin from the mine to this her
, buildin'. / never did like to run frol
any man woxh q durn, BILL"
i aBut that wouldn't be c0wardly
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Of georgette sleeves in frocks Of crepe
or satin, with a happy choice Of trim
ming, has resulted in practical and
pretty models that are not too simple
to be interesting. The Slip-Over style
that was such a success in late sum-
mer has been carried over and appears
in the straight chemise dress, at the
left. It has wide sleeves Of georgette,
finished with rows of figured ribbon,
and the same ribbon, appears in rows
about the dress, below the waistline. A
narrow belt, made of satin like the
dress, is an important detail, with It's
buckle and eyelets. The model as
pictured is black and white, but'there
are many color combinations in which
It would be effective.
The dress at the right Is also a
straight-line model, with its front pan
ell heightened into points that fall be-
low the hem line at the sides. Its
short sleeves are heightened by long,
full undersleeves Of georgette that are
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IN SPITE. of the slim silhouette-or
because of its success and popular
ity--frockS for afternoon wear are
addicted to panels, draperics, plalt-
ingS and other embellishments that res
cue them from too meager simplicity.
Or, if they have none Of these, they
max look to sleeves for help. The sea-
son puts such emphasis on sleeves,
presents them in SO many styles and
goes to such extremes in their decora-
ton, that they may we'll assume all the
responsibility of providing the only
decorative features in even an impor-
tant model.
In the two dresses for informal af-
ternoon wear, shown below, the use
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TheClan Call
By Hapsburg Liebe
gtbyDo h yParAcc
BY Hapsburg Liebe

was a den o rattlers, and the very
least one was as big around as my left
hind laig! Then / hears q turrible
sr0Wl right ahind O me. looks keen.
Thar stands big old she-bear with
her teeth a.shOWin', and two cross
eyed cubs! Then | hears a whine at
my left. | looks keen. Thar stands a
sile-panther as big as a boss, with her
eyes jest a-blazin'! Then | hears
splttin' sound out to my right. looks
keen. Thar was seven full-grOwn wild
cats, and all of 'em had been bit by a
mad dawg. Some fix to be in? Yeuh;
some fix!
well, thinks to myself. Eff l
shoots the rattlers, ! thinks to myself,
the bear and the panther and the wild
cats'll git me. And eff | shoots the
bear, the panther and the wildcats
and the rattlers'll git me. And EFF |
shoots the panther, the wildcats and
the rattlers and the bear'll git me.
And eff / shoots the wildcats, NE rat
tiers and the bear and the ,panther'll
git me. And eff | don't shoot none Of
em, they'll all git me! Some ongodly
fix wasn't 1t, Bill? Now, how do We
reckon got out Of it,"
Bill Dale only smiled. 81 can't i'm
agine, By he said.
II CANT imagine, neither" grinned
Heck. But anyhow, I'm alive today.
Well, now that ye're in good humor
one time more, I'll tell We some news
hated to ruttle We up like a yaller
goose a-hyin' back ards whilst We was
so cussed, DANCED blue. Bill, old boy
it amt but five days Ontel Christmas
A lot O. them Nawth Ca'liner Turner's
from Turner'S Laurel is a-visitin' theil
kinfolks, the Balls, and they'll ever!
dadslatted one of 'em git drunk or
white lightnin' Ticker fo' Christmas
and-they'll shore think O Blacl
Adam. The Morelands amt with "
no more, Bill, rickollect; only the Lit
tlefOrds is here now"
Bill Dale rose and stood there star
ing at BY Heck with eyes so brigh
, that they sparkled.
IF they came down on us looking TO
trouble, I'd be sort of clan chief
wouldn't II" he asked. Without wait
ing for an answer: II wouldn't mine
that, y'know. I've got letter here
BY, that l want you to put aboard tn
next southbound train that passes tn
: Halfway switch. You've got about Al
hour; can you make it,"
"Ef the world was made in six days
= by God, it shorely looks like BY Hec
could make six miles In a hour, don
it,?
The tall hillman left the Morelan
Coal company's office with the letter |
one hand, his rifle in the other, an
. tears of Joy in his eyes.
For Bill Dale had laughed, actual
, laughed.
BY Heck put the letter on the trail
The train carried it to Bill Dale's HON
y city, and the postman carried 1t to tn
= stately mansion of Old Coal King Jon
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rich the somewhat quiet hues that pr(s
vail in blouses. Brown, taupe or
smoke color, beige, black gray and
dark blue are livened by the introduce
ton of fame henna and blue in strong
shades. Combinations Of two cOlOrS
in materials indicate the attention
given to color, and we wake up to tho
fact that costume blouses, and even
peplum blouses. are in a position to
rival frocks, and may be substituted
for them; the same skirt doing service
with several hlouses.
The peplum blouse pictured Is made
in dark satin and trimmed with imita-
ton krimmer fur in bands. The bands
end at the bust line in front, with
rows Of cl0se.set satin.cOvered buttons
below them; they border the deep
cuffs into which the full upper sleeves
are gathered. The girdle is narrow and
made of the satin; 1t extends about the
side and back and ends in ties at the
right side. These krlmmer bands are
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AS | told you. Jimmy, | DON'T
He interrupted almost sharply: Il
knc'Y you don't love me. But you'll
learn to-after you've seen how much
| shall adore you
He made a move as though to take
her into his arms, and she shrank
from him; he had done that same
thing, and she had done that same
thing, dozens of times before. L.
With unSeeing eyes Elizabeth watched
Mrs. Dale step from her motor at the
portecochere and 90 into the house.
Jimmy Fayne. too, saw Mrs. Dale.
but he was wholly unaffected by the
sight Of her; Mrs. Dale, somehow, did
not object to his seeing the girl quite
as much as she had once objected.
Jimmy" after a long silence had
passed between them, "l--l'm afraid |
amt the right woman for you. .
If you knew, for sure, that | once took
a rifle gun and killed man with it,
would you--wOuld you still want me?'
Fayne laughed as though at good
joke
"You kill a man? Why, | couldn't
believe it. But if you had killed a man.
or dozen men, tit could hardly
make any difference to me. If you did
do it, you did it because there was
nothing else to do; I'm sure of that
We won't mention it again, if you're
willing. | neither criticize nor attempt
to understand your hill codes. Marry
me, won't you, Elizabeth"
IF | did," asked Ben LittlefOrd's
daughter, would you help my people
back in the hlls?'
Educate 'em? Yes! Every blessed
one of EN-
Freely"
"Yes" Z
Once more Elizabeth LittlefOrd trie(
to decide. Fayne's eyes grew more ant
more hopeful as he watched her lips
He became impatient.
'Tell me-" he begged.
The girl took up the letter she hat
just received from Bill Dale.
e "As soon as | read this she mur
INJURED, "Tl tell you, Jimmy. If yo
don't mind, please look the other wa
for minute"
She tore off one end Of the envelope
, drew out the single sheet and unfolde
it. Her eyes narrowed; her fac
2 flushed, and then became just littl
pale. Her underlip Quiyered as sh
folded the sheet and put it back int
, the envelope.
81 can't marry you, Jimmy" she tol
t him.
Without another word she arose an
l left him. She fastened to the hous
4 fastened upstairs, and went to he
i room.
Half an hour later Mrs. Dale fOun
Y her lying face downward on her be-
and beside her lay a crumpled she'
of paper. Mrs. Dale picked up tt
|. sheet, Strengthened it out, and rea
e this, in the bold handwriting Of HI
e son:
n Believe me, l am very appreciate
of your invitation. But | am havil
Christmas with your mother, here
7 my own country"
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Dale protested. 1T would be purely
a strategic move, and it would save
lives for US. For, when the Balls and
their kinsmen come, you'll have to de-
liver me into their hands or you'll
have to fight like the very devil, that's
sure; and, according to BY Heck's fig
ures, they outnumber you more than
two to one
"All right" Littleford replied, with
a shrug of his huge shoulders. "What-
ever you say. that same We'll do"
So BY Heck was sent for, and short
~ afterward he sneaked into the lau.
rels and went off toward the settle
ment of the Balls. In the crook of his
arm he carried his rifle, and inside his
shirt he carried three pieces Of dyna
mite all ready for the match-and he
chose every step with great care fol-
fear Of jarring the explosive too much
He had not been gone an hour whel
Bill Dale heard a dull, SmOthered rOal
from somewhere to the northWard
Dale sprang up from his desk, ran t
his ready and waiting horse, mounted
and rode like streak toward thu
loWland.
Dale arrived at John Moreland's big
white farmhouse a little before thu
middle of the day, and halloed lustil!
at the gate. John MOreland and hi
two sons hurried out in response t
the call. Dale waved aside all greet
ings and inquiries after his health
and told that which he had come t.
tell. The elder Moreland turned quick
| Iy to his two stalWart sons
"Guns and bosses, boys! It'll b
our last fight, and les be at it an
make it good fight
Less than five minutes later tn
three erstWhile mOuntaineerS rode on
at the barnyard gate with full belts O
cartridges around their waists an
with repeating rifles across the pom
mels Of their saddles, and joine
Dale. The four FASTENED to the home
of the other Morelands; and not Ion
afterward the old clan. in fu
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"You Scared Me, JIMMY" Laueheo
Miss Elizabeth, a Trifle Nervous'y.

"You scared NE, S'W'"y'
Miss Elizabeth, a 1rihe Nervous'y.
K. Dale, and black Isha1n, the servant
carried 1t to Miss Elizabeth Littleford.
Miss Elizabeth Littleford was sitting
alone on an iron settee among bushes
Of lilac and cape jessamine; the wealth
or had made another Of its remarkably
sudden changes, and the day was SUM-
nv and pleasant. She was about to
tear open the envelope when the TALL
straight figure Of Jimmy Fayne ap-
reared before her. He had on rlqlng
clothes, and there was a rawhide qulrt
in his hand.
aYou scared me, JIMMY" laughed
Miss Elizabeth, a trife nervously. ,
didn't know you were anywhere
around"
"Beg pardon" Jimmy smiled. May
| sit down beside you!"
/
Eyes"
He sat down beside her and began
thougftfully to flick the toe OF one OF
his shining boots with the tip OF MS
ouirt, She knew what he had come to
| say, before he said 1t:
"Once more" looking peadingly mto
her eyes-"won't you marry me ano
make me happy forever afterward!'
She turned the letter over in her lap
IN order that Fayne might not see, &C.
cidentally or otherwise, the address.
Jimmy" she finally said, I'D like
n have little more time to thins
about It. Things like this oughtn't t
be decided in a hurry"
.You'ye already had months! o.
we're they years-or ages! Why d
you keep putting me of like this, Eliz
i ahAfh1"
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strength, rOue lOWdTu tne VIZ, uIlu'
blue hills with Bill Dale acting as its
leader. 1t was to be the clans last
fight, and a fight for a good cause,
and every man Of it was eager for
the fray.
Bill Dale bore himself proudly, and
he rode like a man born to the sad.
die. He found queer joy-a JOY
that frightened his steel.grey eyes
and flushed his sunburned cheeks, a
JOY that he didn't even attempt to
Understandable the thought:
"For this one day am clan chief;
l am leading my own people against
a foe, in my own country"
And 50 overwhelmingly did the idea
take hold Of him that he wished. even
then, for the repeater that awaited
him at his office back in the heart Of
the mountains. Once his conscience
asked him a question-and he an
swered it with another question. Was
he doing that which was right? Might
not the LittlefOrds all be killed by
those drunken cutthroats while he
was waiting for the arrival of COM
pany of militia from a city miles dis
tant?
Anyway, the militia would fight. His
clan would do no more than that. lie
satisfied his conscience quickly.
When they had reached the lower
end of the cleared valley, there came
to them the sounds of slow firing, the
firing of snipers. Each man kicked
his horses TANKS aud rode faster.
When they came in sight Of the be-
sieged building, they saw puffs of pow
der.smoke rising lazily from the upper
windows and from the mountain side
above and to the right. Again they
kicked the TANKS of their horses and
rode faster.
AT John Moreland's old cabin the!
dismounted hastily and turned theil
horses into the drab meadow. Will
Dale still leading, they hurried on foo
l. to the rivers nearest bank and wen
rapidly, under cover Of the thickly
standing sycamores, to point within
seventy yards Of the office and sup
plies building. Then they made dasl
across the open space. and Ben Lit
tleford, with one arm bound up in
red.stained blue bandana, opened tn
door for them.
"Who else is hurt?" painted Dale.
"Little Tom" answered Littlefori
"and Saul. Little Tom, he got a bu
LET onder the shoulder. Saul, he 60
one in might nigh the same place
THEY'VE riddled the whole t'othe
side O the house to splinters. They'r
a.callin' TO you"
} they'll get all they want ct me-
Dale growled.
He turned and ran up the roug
. stairway, and Ben Littletord and tn
. Morelands followed close upon n
, heels. At the front and side window
t behind anything they had been ab
I to find that would stop a bullet, kne
Littlefords with rifles in their hand
y patiently watching for human targ
: to appear on the mountainside abov
: Saul and Little Tom lay In a corne
e where they were fairly safe fro
! chance bullets. Hayes had bound
their wounds as we'll as he could wi
. the materia. ct hand They we
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TWO INFORMAL FROCKS;
BLOUSES GROW LONGER

front which may reach nearly to the
bottom Of the skirt.
This lcngthcning Of blouseS indi-
Gates that they have become even more
important in the wardrobe than they
have been. They follow the lead OK
dresses in their sleeves and neck lines
sleeves are longer and often elabo-
rated and neck lines are higher. There
are some thrce-Quarter-length sleeves
and many full length, either tlaring or
gathered into a cuff at the wrist. Inc
haring sleeves require trimming ana
are trimming over with 1t. Beads.
yarn and silk embrolderies and ap-
pIique work all make opportunity for
the use of contrasting colors that en-