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The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
A. II. S. Opens
Sept. 5 With A
Capacity Roll

The Rankin County Agricultural
High School, George III. Sheriff.
superintendent, will open early in
September under the most favorable
circumstances. More students than
ever before have expressed their III
tention of enrolling and the indica-
tions are that the dormitories VIII
be filled TO their capacity.
In the selection of Prof. George II.
Sheriff. to head the institution, with
the assistance Of his capable wife
as head of commercial branches,
this is one of the best equipped and
thorough county agricultural high
schools In Mississippi. and Johns,
the community in which II Is located,
AS we'll as the entire county, Is
proud of what it is. what 1t is doing
and the entire faculty that has
charge of it.
The faculty is as follows:
George H. Sheriff., Supt.; G. T..
Goldman, Agriculture and Education;
e. c. Moore, Agriculture and Ath-
letics Miss Frances Henley, Home
Economics Miss Sarah Robinson,
Mathematics Miss Vera May Laird,
English; Mrs. Kate w. Barksdale,
History and Science; Miss Aline
Neal, Music; Miss Nettye Boiling,
Expression; Mrs. G. H. Sheriff.,
Commercial Branches; Mrs. ]. Med.
Shaw, Matron; DR.. G. c. Russell,
Physician.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31

The meantime the old one will be
used. School is being started later
this year on account of the necessity
of using the old building for some
time, a,so an account OF the fact
that the school children may be IN
some danger Of getting hurt as the
brick work on the outside walls OF
the new building is in progress. The
new building, when complete, how
ever, will be one of the most up-to-
date anywhere The equipment too,
will be of the best although 1t VIII
not be entirely new Immediately.
The T. II. A. expects to do quite
IA lot of work on the campus just
as soon as the new building is up.
This will put the whole thing in a
first class condition.
The school activities of the Bran
don Consolidated School are one OF
the things in which this is ahead
OF many other schools. The Literary
Club, organized several years ago,
gives the pupils a self confidence
from the debating and other speak
ing they do at the meetings, While
in the Hi-Y, organized last session,
they find not only good influences,
but also means of being entertained.
The Brandon Consolidated School
always holds high place in the
contests at Field Day and they in
tend to do so again this session.
With the cooperation of parents,
teachers and students, the school
will have a more successful session
this year than ever before.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
PineD Woods
COZOYed School
ToOpen Oct. II

On October 18th the Piney Woods
School will open it's doors for the
thirteenth annual session.
During the past two years the
school has erected two substantial
brick buildings, dormitory and a
school building. The student boys
helped to erect these structures and
made all the brick for them as a
part of their training. In addition
to these buildings they are putting
up a fine large frame structure to
house the community school. This
is built to accommodate $50 students
and is so arranged, in addition TO
cloak and industrial training rooms
that three teachers may be employ
ed.
Piney Woods School owns their
own farms and gardens and provide
most of their own food. The corn
is raised on their own land and
ground in their own mill. The
school has the largest grist mill in
Rankin County. They also have a
fine herd of cattle and hogs which
ply of the boarding department. In
the truck gardens they have not only
raised what vegetables they needed
for summer use, but they have now
more than five thousand quarts
canned for winter. A part of these
are wild blackberries from the
woods, vegetables from the gardens
and fruit from their orchards. A
large grove of pecan and other trees
have been set out this summer
The "Cotton Blossom Singers. Il
sextette of students from Piney
Woods School have been touring in
the North all the summer under the
direction of Professor and Mrs
Jones, singing to raise funds for the
carrying on of the school. This
sextette consists of Jasper McAfee,
Francis Jackson, and Claudia
Clemmons, of Kinds County, Daniel
Rankin, of Simpson County and
Ella Carter, of Covington County.
They have been singing the old
spirituals and melodies which are
familiar to all of us in the South.
but which are a novelty to northern
people, In the past few months the
workers of the school have raised
more than $11,000.00, which has
gone into the buildings and equip
ment
The coming year should be the
best in the history of the school.
This summer they have secured a
new piano and with Miss Ella
Carter and Miss Edna Jones from
Iowa as teachers in this department,
The school hopes to be able to
furnish musical instruction to all
who care for it.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
BRANDON WINS VICTORY
OVER FANNIN IN
BASEBALL GAME

Saturday afternoon, the Brandon
and Fannin teams played a closely
contested game of baseball on the
Brandon diamond.
After the eighth inning the score
was found to be to s. during the
ninth it remained tie, hence 1t was
necessary to play another inning,
which brought no change-both
ninth and tenth innings being shut
outs" thus the two teams struggled
Tor the victory in an eleventh one.
Both worked hard and did splendid
playing, however. Brandon came
out victorious, with the score stand
ing to 5 in favor of the local
team.
We are not able to give the Fan
min lineup. Brandon's line-up was
as follows: McWhorter, pitcher
Agard, catcher, Martin first, Jackson
second, Craig third, Moore short,
Ferguson, Corley, and Crawford,
field Later Mayors relieved jack
son on second.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
URGING RANKIN PEOPLE
TO GO TO POLLS ON
TUESDAY AND VOTE

Every person in Rankin County
who is eligible to vote should
deem it not only his or her privi-
lege but duty to go to the polls
on next Tuesday, Sept. 5, and
vote.
This, we say, is a free country
no taxation without represen
tation". You are represented by
your vote, SO if you don't go next
Tuesday and vote, then never let
anybody hear you grumbling
about anything that goes wrong
with governmental affairs be
cause you didn't help to get them
in first class condition.
Go to the polls and vote
every citizen-Tuesday, Sept. 5,
1922
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
Brandon Cons.
School ToOpen
Late; 18th


The Brandon Consolidated School
will open Monday Sept. 18th, with
Prof. Knox M. Broom as the able
superintendent. The other members
of the faculty are: Miss Mary
Ryburn Hutton, of Jackson English
and assistant in other high school
work, Miss Josephine Cooke, of
Brandon, Music and assistant in
high school, Miss Ora Lee Breland,
of Leaksville, and Miss Berta Pope,
of DIO, grammar school, Miss
Emma Buchanan, of Brandon.
primary.
1t is expected that there will be a
considerably larger number of
students enrolled this year than last,
or any year formerly.
The new school building will not
be completed before November. In
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
LAST WARNING REGARDING
COTTON WORMS

A. & M. College, Miss. Aug. 30
The second generation of cotton
worms or leaf caterpillars will ap-
pear in Mississippi during the next
few days and the worms will
probably be numerous enough to
completely defoliate large areas OF
cotton, is the statement made today
by Professor r. w. Harmed, State
Entomologist. He urges every cot
ton grower to be prepared to fight
the worms promptly wherever the
cotton is still blossOming and there
is any prospect of maturing more
cotton in spite of the boil weevil
Professor Harmed states that large
quantities of arsenical poisons have
been shipped into the states during
the past two weeks so that there is
little excuse for cotton growers not
being prepared to apply the poison
as soon as the worms appear. There
are many places, however, where
the boil weeyils are SO abundant that
it will probably not pay to apply
poison for the cotton worms. This
is matter that each grower must
decide for himself.
The cotton worms or leaf cater
pillars appeared in many counties
throughout Mississippi late in. July
and early in August and caused con
siderable uneasiness among cotton
growers Although the outbreaks
were rather scattered, numerous re.
ports were received of fields being
partially or completely defoliated
Many other fields would have beer
damaged had it not been for thu
prompt application of arsenicals
The worms of this first generation
have now completed their trans
formations and the adult moths have
laid their eggs for the next genera
tion of worms. There will probably
be two more generations of then
before the end Of the season.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
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COURT HOUSE NOTES

Ned Parrish. OF Pearson, was at
the court house Wednesday on busl-
ness Ned claims that Pearson Is
the place from which tne whole
world radiates."
X
Prof Dadds, of Star, was trans
acting business with the county
Superintendent of Education Tues
day.
H. c.. Lackey and w. l.. Shultz,
of Pearl, spent Wednesday at the
court house.
Lem White, j. L. Grain and Prof.
Osborne Ross, of Clear Branch, We're
here on business with Superinten-
dent of Education, Barksdale, Tues
day.
X X
Judge J. II. Nealy, from Rankin
Pike, was a business visitor at the
court house Wednesday.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
Mrs. BegIy II.
Md1eD 1dSSes
TOHerReLDQrd

Mrs. Bette Henry MaXey, wife
of Mr. r. S. Maxey, died Sunday
evening at $3.50 o'clock, at her
home in Brandon, Mississippi. She
was in the 10th year of her age.
Mrs. Maxey was born in Madison
County. the home of her parents,
General Patrick Henry and Bette
Claiborne West, on June the Sth.
1852, and removed with her parents
to Brandon in 1868.
In 1877, she was united in mar
riage to Mr.. X. 5. MaXey, of Bran
don, and leaves surviving her, be-
sides her husband, two sons, Robert
s. Maxey, Jr., of Chicago, H., and
L. c. Maxey. of Richmond, Va, and
four daughters, Mrs. II. A. McCas-
kill. of Selma, Ala, Mrs. j. F..
Robinson, of Tunica, Miss, and
Misses Margie Henry and Beatrice.
of Brandon, and grandson, William
Taylor, of Shreveport, La, whom
she reared from infancy.
Besides her immediate family
she leaves one brother, Maj Patrick
Henry, of Brandon, and a sister,
L L
both well advanced in years.
Mrs. Maxey had been a great
sufferer for several years, always
bearing her suffering with patience
and fortitude, sustained by an abid-
ing faith in her Savior. At an early
age, she became a member of St.
Luke's Episcopal Church at Brandon,
and was a true and consistent fol-
lower of her Master, upon whom she
relied faithfully and truly.
In her family relations, she was
true and devoted and was never
happier than when surrounded by
her children, to whom she was not
only a monitor, but a loving com
panion.
Mrs Maxey was a great reader,
a woman of culture, of rare intell1-
gence. and magnetic personality
One of her most pronounced
characteristics was her loyalty, love,
interest, and sympathy to her
friends. and a wonderful charity to
human frailties
Verify our town has lost one of
its leading citizens, true Christian,
and her family its presiding genius
May God guide them to emulate her
splendid example and give them
strength to bear their bereavement
with Christian fortitude. We COM
mend them to an All-wise Provi-
dence, who doeth all things well,
and tender to them our sympathy.
The largely attended funeral
services were held at the home, con
Quoted by Bishop William Mercer
Green, assisted by Rev. Val ii.
Sessions. The beautiful floral offer
ings bespoke the sympathy and
love of her many friends.
The out of town friends and rela-
tiyes in attendance at Mrs. MaXey's
funeral We're: Col. and Mrs. w. A.
Montgomery, of Edwards, Mr..
Maxey Mckee, Mrs. Florence Nc
Alpin, Mrs. Mary Williams, Miss
Ida Raines. Mrs. Clara Lott, Mrs.
Felix Whiting and daughter, Mrs.
Emma Babb.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
YOUNG PEOPLE OF
RANKIN LEAVE FOR
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Rankin County will very soon be
stripped of large per cent of its
population-that is, for eight or
nine months, AS all the "old maids"
who teach will be leaving for their
schools, as well as the college boys
and girls.
Most of these schools open be-
tween the first and twentieth of
September After that things will
be pretty quiet until Christmas
time, when all, or most of these
young people, will flock home for
the holidays.
The News hopes all the boys and
girls who are leaving will have a
most successful school year
Roses are beautiful and sweet,
but they are discounted by the
~, =, ,+r;+;on 0f fho cnI1d
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
THE CEMETERY AS
A SPOONING PLACE

The cemetery as a spooning place I!
A cold chill runs down your spine.
Nobody, you say, would ever think
of going to the cemetery, Of all
places, to spoon" Yes, this is what
you say, nevertheless the Bethlehem,
(Pa.) Globe recently carried a
story of men and women smoking
cigarettes and becoming absolute
nuisances i'm the city cemetery.
In small town, where there are
none or few places of amusement
and no parks, the cemetery might
be more likely to be used for spoon
ing than in a larger place. Your
town is small one; then find out
what your cemetery is being used
for besides it's intended purpose.
Maybe you'll be pretty much sur
prised.
Do not pretend virtue you do
not possess. Others see the faults
-
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
ELECTION NOTICEi

Attention is called to the fact
that all managers, clerks and
bailiffs who served in the first
primary will be expected to act
in the same capacity in the second
primary, September 9Th.
Democratic Executive Committee.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31

The fellow who knows it all has
one thing yet to learn-what
others think of him.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
OF RANKIN DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

On Monday afternoon, Mr.. Tom
j. Rodgers, ST., died after an illness
of many months. He was buried
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 at New
Prospect Cemetery.
Mr.. Rodgers was man well
known and Influential in this
county. He had lived for many
years near New Prospect and was
highly esteemed by all there.
He leaves a wife and several
sons and daughters.
The Brandon news., 1922-08-31

Every head is filled with some
thing or other-a few of them
with brains.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
FLORIDA GATORS
WILL BE- GIVEN
ROYAL WELCOME
Members of University Squad
viii Be Taken on Boat Ride
and Trip to Station and Forts.

Plans have been made to give the Flor
ida Gators royal entertainment when
they arrive here early Sunday morning
after their game with Tulane.
Members Of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and other Pensacolians will
meet the train Sunday morning. Autono-
blleS are needed to show the university
nave cars and will cooperate in enter
tanning the Gator squad are asked to
phone William Johnson at SS6.
After breakfast, the players will enjoy
boat ride on the Martha, through the
courtesy Of Captain Dan Sheppard, which
VIII include trip to the Beach and other
points of interest.
In the afternoon, an auto trip will be
made to the Naval Air Station, Fort
Barrancas and in and around immediate
Pensacola
Pensacolians intend to make the day
such an interesting one for the Caters
that they will want TO return. One of
the most important games on the Florida
schedule will be played in Pensacola next
year and will be a big drawing card.
The Gators are looking forward to their
planning to give a work cut at Maxent
Park Sunday afternoon so that Pensa-
coLans may see what brand OF ball, the
university boys play.
The Gators have a splendid team this
year and have lost but two games. The
breaks" have been against them for two
OF their best players, Norton and Ccle-
man. were injured and kept from nearly
every game this year. Several other men,
ners OF the team have been out of games
because Of sickness.
The great fight put up against Harvard
ny the Florida eleven gave them quite
name all over the south and they are
considered one OF the best teams Florida
has put out and a strong opponent for
most Of the southern teams. Head Coach
Kline and Assistant Coach Van Fleet
have built up real football team that the
state is proud of.
All memebrs of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce who will be on hand Sunday
to help entertain the boys are asked to
get in touch with the secretary at phone
SS6 today.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
CURED HIS
RHEUMATISM

1 am eighty-three years old and I
doctored for rheumatism ever since 7
came out Of the army, over so years
ago. Like many others, I spent money
freely for so-called cures and 1 have
read about Uric Acid until could al
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or walk without pain: my hands were so
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But now l am again in active business
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the change" You might just as well
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posed to drive Uric Acid out of your
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recover his strength from The Inner
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simply send a post card or letter to H
=. Clearwater, No. 471-G Street Halo
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II not a sufferer, cut out this notice and
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The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
MRS. SWINK WAS
Blue OVER Her
HEALTH

Among the Thousands of North Caro-
lima people who have realized the ract
that Tanlac brings health, strength and
happiness is Mrs. jamie SWink' Myers
Mills, South Gastonia, n. c.. Mrs. Sw1nK
says:
''Before I took Tanlac could not
work half my time, and when did work
night would hnd me completely ex-
hausted. I could hardly eat enough to
keep. me alive, and night after night !
would toss and roll with an awful head
acba A. times felt so discouraged and
blue I could hardly stand it.
IF 1t had not been for Taniae I would
still be a sick woman, for nothing else
ever did me a bit Of good. / have taken
four bottles now and haven't a trouble
in the world. eat anything l want
eIaer soo6 every night and don't know
what a headache is any more"
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
Former Members
of Greek Cabinet
Are Being Tried

ATHENS, Nov. 17-Witnesses for the
prosecution continued their testimony to-
day at the trial of former cabinet mem
bers and army officers who are charged
with treason in connection with the re-
cent Greek military failures in Asia
Minor.
Mater Spais- testified the army was in
no condition to undertake the Angora
campaign and was kept together by false
assurances of early demobili5ation. He
declared the chief purpose of the cam
paign was to enhance the prestige of
former King Constantine.
A British move in favor CT ciemency
for the accused, it is said, was not in
spired by sympathy for the politicians,
but only in the interest of Greece as It
was feared that the carrying out IT a
death sentence would create a bad i'm
preston abroad.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
Three Pleas Heard
In Court of Record

Three pleas were heard in the court
Of record yesterday. Sim Watts, negro,
pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was
sentenced to pay costs of court or serve
Is days in the county Jail. The second
count against Watts, that OF receiving
stolen property, was dropped after he
pleaded guilty to stealing a revolver.
Joe Ezell and Florence Bilbray plead
ed guilty to- possessing liquor and were
each sentenced to pay $50 and costs or
serve so days in the county Jail. The
latter was arrested recently on West
Hill after a little child had guided the
authorities to the hiding place Of ne
liquor, according to the officers.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18

After having waited for so years on
his fathers war claim for $4,000, Rob-
ert Barr Lawrence S, 1000 North Pala-
fox street of this city, has written to
President Harding asking that the mat
ter be investigated. Mr.. Lawrence states
that his father was one Of the largest
sugar planters in Louisiana and lost
100000 during the Civil war.
Following is the letter:
Hon. Warren G. Harding,
President of the United States,
Washington. D. c.
''Honored Sir:
II beg to write a few lines to inform
you that l am after congress for money
due US for our fathers war claim for
$50, ,0o0 He was a loyal citizen OF the
United States during the Civil war and
lost 100000 worth of property by the
war. He was one OF the largest sugar
planters in louisiana.
HE and his father -in-law did all they
could to prevent Louisiana from seced-
ing from the u. S. flag.
MY father was u. S. amba ssador to
Mexico City, Mexico. in 1912 and on an.
important business by President Tyler
in 1912. He was a native of New York
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
Seeks to Recover $52, 900
War Claim After so Years

city and a son Of the late Judge Effing-
ham Lawrence, who was one Of the most
successful farmers in the United States
as we'll as being the father of the sheep
industry in the United States.
THE famous great war chains put
across the Hudson river at West Point,
N. Y, to prevent the gunboats from
going Up the river during the Revolu-
tionary war were manufactured by Capt.
Peter Townsend in his ironworks at
Chester, n. Y, IS miles from West
Point President Washington gave him
a contract for 100000 to make the
above chains.
The above captain was near. kin
to my fathers mother. Ny father and
Hon. Horace Greeley, the editor of the
New York Tribune, were intimate
chums.
Our congressman, Hon. Charles H
Brand, from the Sth district of Georgia
Is in charge of the above claim. Will
you be 80 kind as to help him secure
money for the above claim? We have
been waiting for justice for so years.
with kind regards,
Most respectfully yours
ROBERT BARR LAWRENCE, Sr."
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
School
Defeats Clubbs
By $40 Score

Jockey school football team won from
the C1ubbs eleven by 81 to o yesterday
afternoon at Maxent Park. The winners
scored only one touchdown in the first
half but piled up four more in the final
periods.
Han and Forsyth played a good
game for Icckey Hall made two touch
downs while Forsyth also crossed the
goal line twice. Cherry contributed the
final touchdown. Klein completed for
ward pass for point after touchdown,
Clubbs school completed 10 out Of II
forward passes for a gain Of IS yards
but their line could not hold against their
heavier opponents. Once the Clubbs team
had the ball on the Jockey 5-yard line
but q. forward pass was grounded and
the chance to score was lost.
The Line.ups
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18

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The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
Snappy Meetings
Of Scout Tr0nns

Basketball and indoor baseball will be
INDUCED in by the Boy Scouts of Troop
during the coming season. The troop
met at the Armory Hall last night and
heId an enthusiastic meeting with Scout
master Huxley Carter
Troop held a well-attended and in
teresting meeting at the Y. NJ C. A.
with Scoutmaster Brierley.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-11-18
FIVE CASES HEARD.

Yesterday was a quiet day in the po-
lice court. Only five cases were brought
up. Three OF these were for alleged
drunkenness and the defendants were
each required to pay SO and costs.
J. E. Bareford, a dairyman, paid IS
and costs on charge of fighting, while
w. e. Noonan was given the same fine
for alleged speeding.
Very few arrests were made yesterday
by the police.