Rankin court opens with grand jury list and cases
The Rankin circuit court convened, naming Hon. J. R. Enochs as presiding judge and detailing the grand jury including foreman John Lane and members such as C. E. Stuckey and R. A. Kennedy. Several civil and railroad damage cases against Gulf and Ship Island are listed with verdicts and costs, and county board actions follow, including road work and tax adjustments. A local letter from StarMiss. editor discusses a political endorsement dispute involving Rev. J. B. Lawrence and Vardaman.
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Rankin
J. R. Enochs
W.G. Steer
W. S. Crook
Mr Little Thanks Friends From Cato Mississippi
Mr Little thanks friends in a brief Mississippi note from Cato dated August 12, conveyed through Editor Brandon News. The fragment indicates gratitude expressed via newspaper columns, with the writer acknowledging the paper’s assistance.
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Cato
Miss
Brandon News
Acknowledgments From a Defeated Candidate in 1903
Felix W. Little thanks friends and supporters after a fair loss in the last primary and aims to run again in four years. The Democratic Executive Committee for the 5th Senatorial District met at Brandon on August 10, 1903 to declare Major Patrick Henry the nominee with 885 votes to 504 for Bee King. The Rankin County school board met August 3, 1903, electing W. D. Robbins president pro tem and naming Sue Patrick as teacher examiner for 1903 04, with petitions regarding Corley and Henry Grady schools approved and adjournment set for September 1903.
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Board of Supervisors of
Rankin County
Chancery Clerk
J. R. East
E. B. Steen
Butler and Hudnall
Felix W. Little
Brandon
Miss
Democratic Executive Committee
Patrick Henry
Bee King
Rainkin County
Smith County
A. G. Norrell
R. S. McLaurin
Court House
Said County
W. D. Robbins
Corley
Eb, B. Steen
Sue Patrick
Henry Grady
Primary Ballot Advice from A G Norrell 1903
A. G. Norrell urges voters in the coming primary on August 27 to exercise full suffrage and cast ballots for as many eligible candidates as the law allows rather than using single shot ballots.
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A. G. Norrell
Colored Institute to be Held at Florence
Mendenhall Miss August 10 letter corrects an error in Rankin county notice. The colored institute will take place in Florence instead of Brandon, starting August 17 and lasting two weeks. Signed by B L Stringer.
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Nutt
Vardaman
Vicksburg Herald
Lawrence
Mississippi
J. R. Nutt
Mendenhall, Miss
Colored Institute
Rankin County
Florence
Brandon
L. Stringer
For Sale Properties Listed Near Depot and Town Square
Classified notice offers a house and lot near the depot in section 9 percent, another house and lot in Brandon known as the school building in section 15, and a blacksmith shop with lot at the southeast corner of the public square in section 15. Apply to W. E. Craig for prices and terms.
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Depot
Brandon
Public Square
W. E. Craig
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Exto Press
H. OC. Patrick
Lon Barrow
H. Patrick
G. F. Kersh
Joe Wynn
J.J. Liles
W. B. Price
M. S. Hobson
W. L. Compere
G. W. Pollock
J. T. Bell
8. E. Burnham
E. Slade, OC
A. Williams
R. Saunders
J. M. Williamson
J. McBaker
O. GC. Billingslea
J. A. Cox
J. H. Brown
H. L. McCaskill
B. C. Homer
Enos Corley
S. S. Butler
Col
J. L. McCaskill
Alfred Bibbs
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
George Spell
Moses Wells
D. G. Hicks
J. G. Jones
Myers
Archie
J. N. Grantham
R. G. Berry
R. G.berry
W. T. Holliday
J. B. Singletary
L. H. Wilson
L. H. Singletary
N. Thorn
J. C
T. P. Chapman
M. A. Williams
Will Dent Gaming
L. L. Myers
Luke Walters
Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad Company
G. ©. Howell
Gulf and
Ship Island Railroad Company
T. M. Burgess
Apj
Percy Gibson
W. M Renne
J. and
B. McClenahan
E. H. Johnson, Jr
W. G. Dye
Crook
Gulf and Shi [Sland Railroad Company
L. E. Buchanan
W. W. Kersh
J. P. Burn
John P. Berry
W. A. Smith
A. Baldwin and Company
W.D. Thomas
B. M. Heffendorfer and Company
Imas Homes
Holliday Et al
Jennie Taylor
Joe Warren
B. Hart
J. B. Harrison
Henry Fields
Tom Boteler
S. W. Berry
J. W. Williams
Charles Polotta
Philip Didlake
M. O. Donald
J. W. Johnson
T. E. Therrell
Jones Brothers
W. W. Weathersby
W. L. Heflin
Phil
E. M. Didlake
Town of
Ed Simmons
Jesse Thomas
Guf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Eliza Graves
W. J. Ligon
A. T. Daniel
R. V. Turner
P. M. Martin
Tobe Heslip
W. J. Graves
Mary McBride
J. L. Singletary
G. Berry
Pelahatchie Creek
Brandon and Fannin Road
A. B. Stubblefield
G. W. White
H. K. Hardy
George Robinson
J. D. Massey
W. B. Easterling
W. S. May
A. G. McLaurin
Kid Hall
S. W. Steen
French Creek Bridge
R. M
O. L. Laird
Hominy Creek
Mountain Creek
J. W. Payne
D. F. Love
Gray
Kosciusko
L. A. Comfort
Bethune Bros
County Farm
J. F Baker
B. ©. Holmes
J. D. Sandifer
J. E. Noble
H. A. Busick
Ed Maxey
Waddell and May
A. A. Burnham
Dry Creek
Tucker’s Mill
Kade Jones
A. Howell
W. G. Barnes
C. E. Howell
H. S. Cole
Board of Supervisors
S. A. Buchanan
Institute Fund
Saia
Auditor of Public Accounts
J. O. Atkins
Jack‘son
W. E. Kelly
G. D. Franklin
J. B. Lowther
U. Crain
J. A. Spann
J. B. Lawrence
Mr. Nutt
Brandon Baptist Church
Mr. Lawrence
Rankin‘county
Goshen Springs
Greenwood
May
MR. Little
Friends
Ames
United States
Albert M. Shields
Maj. Henry
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