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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
3
Every resident within the district is urged to attend the school building next Tuesday at 10 o clock. The trustees want to meet all people, inspect the building, and discuss matters vital to the school’s future. This is your business.
I L Butler of Florence Route 2 visited Tuesday. A fine baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Myers at their Dry Creek home yesterday morning. Edna Waddell and Walter May returned to Starksville to resume work at A M College. Electrical pumping equipment settles Brandon water meters dust. G G Lindsey and daughter Eva of Clarksburg visited J A Lindsey’s home Sunday and Monday. Mrs Molly May and Mrs Pettigrew of Wesson attended the funeral of Mr Wellington Waddell. Weather prediction notes miss two of three forecasts last week. News from Mrs Knox McNair at Jackson sanitarium says she is very ill and serious. Verna Owen improving steadily after long ill health. Col and Mrs W W Robeson returned to the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir after funeral of Mrs Robeson’s brother Wad Dell. The Jollies of 1920 minstrel will present at the school house tomorrow night, proceeds to go.
Complimenting notice profiles Lieut. Barksdale and Lieut. Roberts, both American aviators attached to British forces, celebrated as aces for downing enemy planes in World War I. The piece details Barksdale’s heroism, a machine gun wound, and their wartime partnership and friendship.
The Washington Street Church pastor Rev C S Lewis visited Tuesday afternoon, shaking hands with friends and leaving a warm impression as he served here four years. Rankin County sets yearly salaries for officers under the new law including Sheriff 3750, deputy 1875, chancery clerk 3250, deputy 1625, circuit clerk 2000, education head 2500, assessor 2500, and supervisors at 7.00 per day.
The mayor appeals to Bran Don and vicinity residents to repair neglect at the cemetery. He urges action by meeting at the Court House on Monday the 19th at 10 AM to discuss cleanup, a new North and East fence, and founding an association or care provisions, inviting all residents including whites and colored.
Albert Shields touts a new phone line and vows timely deliveries for orders, while urging support for a $70,000 road bond. He promotes a single brand of lard and varnishes, warns about winter road wear, and outlines planned gravel work to improve winter mobility across the beat with fair distribution among communities.
J C Maxey named agent of the American Express Company in Meridian to succeed W L Alman. Maxey, now in charge of the Meridian office, moved from Newton, with a decade of service and prior role as local agent at Vicksburg. The Meridian office is the division’s largest aside from Mobile, overseeing nearly one hundred assistants. The Newton Record lauds his steady rise and notes his wife’s illness improving, planning to join him in Meridian.
MISS B. M. STOFFEL offers the newest ready to wear hats for inspection. Customers praise the reasonable prices while visiting the store at 176 East Capital Street, Jackson, Mississippi.
The speaker argues for selective bond sales under the act, enabling partial selling now and potential future sales. He proposes building roads this summer with farmer participation to fund tax obligations tied to the bond issue, signed by R. N. Whitfield M.D.
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