Brandon Briefs and Local News Highlights
Local and personal notices fill Brandon pages with visits, illness, attendance at protracted meetings, and family travel. Mentions include T H Torley visiting Clarksdale, Dr J E Noble of Fannin in Brandon, and many Brandon residents hosting relatives from diverse areas. Election second primary set for August 22 with a busy social and civic scene surrounding schools, meetings, and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Steen
Cleary
Brandon
Local notices and ads mix in Brandon area page
Items for sale, rent, and notices dominate the page with promotions for millinery stores, groceries, fresh bread and cakes, a bond mention, land for sale, livestock, coffins, and requests for oxen. Several merchants advertise bargains and contact details. real estate and farm equipment offerings appear alongside service reminders and a court health remark.
Weather warms as candidates and events fill town life
Neighborhood notes report rising temperatures and local activity. Protracted meetings at Johns last Sunday Hurrah for Brewer for governor. singing school planned in Cato with Geo S Ware beginning next Thursday. Visits, preaching, and social visits scatter through Dry Creek Caseyville and Jackson. Weather and rain interruptions noted with many small town items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
Brewer
Pisgah
Goshen
Cato
Geo. S. Ware
Ola Chandler
J. W. Chandler
Braxton
Mieses Pearl
Irma Pope
May Stevens
Gaston
Vera Mae
W. E. Pope
Rebel Clement
Alex Saunders
Tom Saunders
Bogue Chitto
Etta Donaldson
Bill Puckett
Miss Mary
E. Timmerman
Jackson
Edward Saunders
Dan Puckett
Rufus Payne
James
Clerks Fair in Supervisors Vote Tabulation
A statement says rumors claim the executive committee clerks manipulated votes in beat 1 to boost P. B. Berry over Mr. Cooper. The note asserts an initial arithmetic error affected all candidates equally and denies any bias or improper conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
Executive Committee
Cooper
P. B. Berry
Berry
Rankin County election managers deny delay in Pelahatchie
In a public message the Rankin County election managers Barrow Burnham and Spann assert that no delay occurred in counting the chancery clerk vote at Pelahatchie. They state votes were released over the telephone from top to bottom of the ticket and call any contrary claim a wilful lie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelahatchie
Chancery
W. L. Barrow
L. E. Burnham
T. B. Spann
Colored Teachers Institute at Brandon Mississippi
The Colored Institute met promptly last Monday with Prof. Hall as conductor. A few attendees found it greatly beneficial as the instructor addressed complex topics. Visitors included the board of supervisors and Sheriff, and Prof. Chapman spoke with enthusiasm. The institute re organized its teachers association and called for aid in the work. Also notice 140 acres of land 214 miles north of Brandon depot on Brandon and Fannin road with a residence and water. contact J. T. Shields for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Institute
Brandon
Miss
Colored
Hall
Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors, the Sheriff and Others. Prof. Chapman
South Rankin
Teachers’ Association
D. D. Ford
Brandon Depot
Brandon and
Fannin Road
J.T. Shields
Brandon, Miss
Letter From Texas Detailing Crops Economy and Schools
A Texas letter from Timpson dated August 10, 1907 reports good overall health after rain, cotton prospects poor in eastern areas due to boll weevils, but western regions and land prices improving. Stock markets strong, horse and mule interests rising, land cheap with many farms for sale, schools and churches good, Texas public schools praised for funding per scholar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timpson
Texas
Brandon News
Waco
South
Austin Webb
Iowa prison at Anamosa shows reforms and costs
J Harvey Donnell notes Anamosa State Prison built by convicts for 618800, valued at 1646000, offering training in cooperage blacksmithing carpentry tailoring baking and more. Inmates earn 4 to 5 dollars daily cutting stone. over 150000 has accrued for the state in two years. Prison life includes academic instruction a 6700 volume library and magazines. Volunteer League and Christian Endeavor groups operate there. Upon discharge inmates receive clothing a ticket home and five dollars. The writer urges broader state reform including female trustees, humane treatment, and reform measures for Mississippi criminals. The note references a Brandon News critique and urges actions on criminal justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State
Anamosa
Prisoners’ Volunteer League
Society of Christian Endeavor
Mississippi
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. H. Ohleyer
Brandon Bank
A.J. M'Laurin, JR
J. R. Enochs
S. L. McLaurin
M’laurin & Enochs
Attorneys At Law
Patrick Henry
E. T. Henry Henry & Henry, Attorneys At Law
Brandon, ‘Miss
Court House
Hugh L. M.caskill
W. B. Dobson
Ruel May
Rankin County Bank
Brandon Miss
Institutes
T. H. Torley
Clarksdale
J. E. Noble
Fannin
Guy Buchanan
Leon Buchanan
Hattiesburg
J. B. Burns
Burns
W. H. Berryhill
Steve Lee
L. D. Gayden
Greenville
Horne
R. L. Horne
Lake Como
Jasper County
L. M. Horne
R. F. Brown
Lucile McCarty
A. G
Nan Dantzler
Mayers
Memphis, Tenn
Marion Martin
Birmingham
Ala
Russell May
The
Gulf and Ship Railroad
Dobson
Edna Myers
Margaret May
J. W. Taylor
M. O. Stubblefield
J.B. Cornell
Forest
R. E B. Knight
Beat 4
Maj. J. O. Berry
Florence
H. A. Busick
Omar Kersh
Yokona
Della Kersh
J. E. Martin
Grapeland
Prichard Alford
J. A. Cox
Valley, Flora and Jackson
H Stapleton
Olende Buchanan
Redding
J. A. Taylor & Son
Dry Creek
Bryan Simmons
Rich Robinson
J. T. Nickle
Mrs. L. S. May
Oliver Billingslea
May
H. O. Washburn
J. L. Davis, Jr
G. O. Robinson
Foot Hughes
Clover Dell Plantation
H. D. Heslop
H. M. Quinn
Hinds County
Brandon Friends
Quinn
J. M. Taylor
Taylor
Sbaeas
Oato
Miss Pearl Pope
Miss Ola Chandler
Pope
Eighth Judicial District
J. R. East
R. 8. McLaurin
Mr. East
Jasper
Annie Weathersby
Ed Basick
North Carolina
W. N. Taylor
Steen’s Creek High School
Hemby May
J. B. Lawrence
First Baptist Church
New Orleans
Phil Didlake
Star
Clinton
Whittaker
G. R. Owen
Pola
Katchie
Mr. Owen
Joe Gates
Justice Clark
H. L. McCaskill
MoOsskill
Mr. Gates
EH. L. Washburn
W. G. Barnes
J. T. B. Berry
Berkshire
D. G. Breland
J. R. Corley
F. Legett
Eureka
Pearson
Rankin County
Mary Allen
Chancery Court
Range County
Mississee
Swi
Range 5
Chattanooga
Cook’s
Owenscore
Charter Oak
W. B
Barnes
Darnall Bros
Pelahatchie Graded School
John Rundle
Pelahatchie, Miss
Aleecata Eee — Johns High School
J. Harvey Donnell
Model Prison
Iowa
O. W. Owen & Son
Darnall Broa
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