Brandon Visitors and Local Happenings Chart Week
G B Coward Beach Brandon visited Monday. Mrs Sam Buchanan visiting J L Buchanan. Holbrook backs bond issue with 21 rolled. Linda Atkins spent weekend in Meridian with sister Mrs Williams. L M Darnall Jackson Easter with Brandon relatives. B Crook Jackson Brandon visitor Tuesday. Mrs Jennie Sims Jackson Easter at W E and Mrs Darnall. Walter Alliston and John Berry Florence citizens Brandon visitors Monday. Harvey Bullock learned to drive new Ford. Ten new subscribers added this week. Board of Supervisors adjourned Thursday afternoon too late for this week. Mr and Mrs T Brickson Jackson visited Brandon friends yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Buchanan
J. L.buchanan
Holbrook
Linda Atkins
Meridian
Williams
L. M. Darnall
Jackson
Brandon
B. Crook
Jennie Sims
W. E. Darnall
Walter Alliston
John Berry
Florence
Harvey Bullock
Board of Supervisors
T. Brickson
Easter Home Weather Notes And Local Court Case
Litter Miss Nell Smoot spends Easter at home. Arkansas visitor Louie Gayden returns to his parents R Gayden. Weather forecast promises rain tonight and tomorrow. George Howie case continued to August term in Newton county circuit court. Sheriff Harrison reports busy sale of delinquent tax warrants. Pelahatchie official E N Ross discusses road matters. Local anecdotes include a drink offer and a crowd at a bond vote. Beat 2 voters endorse a $70,000 road bond. 28 in favor, 17 opposed. W W Roberson of Beauvoir attends funeral of Wad dell. Irby family moves to the coast and buys a Long Beach truck farm. Residents call for a landing field for aeroplanes amid automobile enthusiasm. New car owners listed. Legislature raises Board of Supervisors pay to seven dollars a day. May 1 beat election to decide $70,000 road bonds for Beat 1. A colored man, Meril and Mikel, arrested for illicit still near town. Maj Pat Henry Jr. wins $12,000 insurance suit in Arkansas supreme court. Brandon votes 43 to 2 to issue $6,000 for gravel road to depot. T B Dickson and Sallie Cole Shields wed in Jackson. honeymoon in New Orleans before settling in Jackson. Prickly Ash Bitters promoted for stomach-related heart symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Smoot
Louie Gayden
Arkansas
R. Gayden
George Howie
Newton County
Harrison
E.N. Ross
Pelahatchie
Pasing
Brandon
W. W. Roberson
Beauvoir
Waddell
Roberson
R. A. Irby
Mr. Irby
Long Beach
Meril and
Mikel
Maj
Henry
Hon
Pat Henry, Jr
Monticello
Ark
Supreme Court
Pat
Death of a Good Man Mr Wellington Waddell
The community mourns the passing of Mr Wellington Waddell at age 76 or 77 after a brief illness. He died at 4 30 am Wednesday while seated by his fireside following a last moment request to rest upright. A devout Christian, he is remembered for kindness, prayer, and a life of virtue, with family noting his consistent effort to live by biblical principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Waddell
Albert Shields Promotes Delicia Canned Meats and June Roses Flour
Albert Shields urges customers to try his Delicia canned meats made from choice cuts and canned daily by a reputable firm. He invites shoppers to tour his pure food department and promises fair prices on ginghams and percales bought last October, noting he may surprise them with what he has.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Food Department
Florence Fire Destroys Steen Home In High Wind
SPECIAL FROM FLORENCE the home of W D Steen was a total loss within an hour after a fire started by chimney soot during Tuesday’s high wind. No insurance, rebuilding costly, some household effects saved. Mrs Wayne Sutton’s barn also burned briefly but was extinguished. Gratitude extended to all who aided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Steen
Steen
Wayne Sutton
Sutton
White
Blak
Cotton seed price notice from Henry Busick
Henry Busick of Brandon Mississippi advertises good planting cotton seed at two dollars per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Busick
Brandon
Miss
Chancery Summons to Williams Heirs in Mississippi
Chancery summons directed to H Morris Williams and listed heirs of Henry Williams of Ola Texas for Rankin County Mississippi May Rule 1920. Defendants ordered to appear May 2 before Chancery Court per Miss M C Williams suit. April 8 1920 Chancery Clerk W E McIntyre solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Morris Williams
P. O.oilla
Texas
Ethel Walles Nee Williams
P. O. Oilla
Thornton Williams
Mattie Beile Walles Nee Williams
Wilber Williams
Henry Williams
P. O. Re
Chancery Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
M. C. Williams
D. Donnell
Chancery
W. E. McIntyre
Call for Rankin County Republicans meeting
Brandon Mississippi April 7 1920 call directs Rankin County Republicans Electors to meet in county precincts and city wards on April 21 1920 at 10 AM to choose delegates for the county convention in Brandon April 22 1920 and to elect delegates to the Eighth Congressional District Convention in Vicksburg May 4 1920 and to the State Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Mississippi
Republican National Committee
State Executive Committee
Rankin County
Miss
Vickeburg
State Rep Ex Committee Advertisement April 7 1920
The notice lists M. Daily as Chairman and D. W. Sherrod as Secretary of the State Representative Executive Committee. An official advertisement appears dated April 7 1920, outlining committee leadership and call details for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Daily
D. W. Sherrod
State Rep
Commissioners Sale of Land in Rankin County Mississippi
Special commissioner O H Bilbro will sell at Brandon Court House door on May 3 1920 to the highest cash bidder the SW quarter and SW quarter of the SE quarter of Section 15 Township 7 Range 5 East Rankin County Mississippi for partition under a 1919 chancery decree. Title purportedly good, conveyance only of commissioner’s vested interest. H L McCaskill, Solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Holmes
Chancery Court of
Bartkin County
Mississippi
Brandon
Court House
Rankin County
Towit
O. H. Bilbro
H. L. McCaskill
C. Steward
Chancery Court
North East
Sale of Real Estate in Rankin County on May 3 1920
Special Commissioner in the chancery suit No 2424 in Rankin County Mississippi will expose for sale at Brandon courthouse steps the south half of the northeast quarter and 10 acres plus 5 acres in the northeast quarter of section 32 township 8 range 4 east for cash to partition the property among heirs per decree. The commissioner guarantees title only as vested in him.
Notice of election for bond issue in Shiloh School District
Notice announces a May 1 1920 election at the Tabernacle Shiloh Camp Ground Rankin County Mississippi to issue 2500 in bonds for repairs erections and equipment of school buildings under 1918 laws with bonds bearing up to six percent interest payable semi annually and maturing serially Election Commissioners Marvin Carter Irvin Warren T W Brown seal the notice Also an ad for Prickly Ash Bitters claims bowel relief and daily energy with price 1.25 per bottle by A G Thornton Special Agent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Thornton
Tabernacle
Shiloh Camp Ground
Shiloh
Rankin County
Mississippi
Marvin Carter
Irvin Warren
T. W. Brown
Said
A.G. Thornton
Election Notice in Rankin County District One May 1920
By order of the Rankin County Board of Supervisors an election is set for Saturday May 1 1920 at all precincts in Supervisor District No 1 to decide if road bonds may be issued for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Mississippi
Road Bond Election Details in Rankin County Mississippi
The notice outlines a semi annual bond retirement plan with one thirtieth maturities each year. Qualified electors in the Supervisor's District No. One may vote on May 1st. Ballots instruct voters to mark For Bonds or Against Bonds. Bonds require a majority vote and the election is held under Rankin County election commissioners per Mississippi Code 1906. Dated April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County
Mississippi
S. D. Donnell
Board of Supervisors
Notice of Commissioner Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
Notice of commissioner sale under a 1920 Rankin County chancery decree. H. H. Bullock as special commissioner will sell land at public auction at Brandon courthouse for cash to satisfy the cause. Sealed bids for county home feed, road district needs, mule purchases, and bridge projects will be received by the county clerk until noon on the first Monday in May 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Will Steen
W. H. Baskerville Place
Scott County
Wildcat Creek
Joe Williams
Clear Creek
G. W. Coward
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C. R. v. Seatter
Century Building
Jackson, Miss
Harry Watson
Pythian Castle Building
T. B. Doxey
P. A. Teat
Millsaps
Capital City Floral CO
Cap. St., Jackson, Miss
Misses Cabaniss
Green House
G. B. Coward
Beach
Brandon Vistor
R. R. Busick
Buick
W. B. Collier
Ford
H. H. Bullock
W. S. Thornton
J. S. Roberts
Chevrolet
Dodge
W. H. Waddell
Edna Waddell
Walter May
A. & M. College
Willie Waddell
Oliver Billingslea
Thomasville
W. Waddell
Beat i
T. B. Dickson
Sallie Cole Shields
H. M. King
Second Baptist Church
Mrs. Dickson
New
Oxfords
Grace
Albert Shields
Eata
Chancery Summons
Jno
A. McKay
Owencboro
W. G. Barnes
First National Bank
J. B. Stirling
R. F. When
O. J. Waite
FF. J. Julienne
Jackson, Mississippi
Fisk
Black and White
Best’. C
W. H. Strahan, Et al
Jams L. Roach
Rankin’ County
Chancery Clerk
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