Florence Notes on Local Life and Cotton Industry
Florence community news covers Rev. W. S. Allen’s sermons and possible pastor call, Rev. W. W. Morse health, a ginning disruption and repair at the ginnery, syrup business prospects in Rankin County, and a Miss Natchez spelling winner. It notes molasses shipment from Brookhaven to Aurora and advocates organized syrup production with a regional head man. Also reports on Thanksgiving, local farming push, and public weighing. Bales weighed and ginned figures through December 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. “Allen
Baptist Church
Brother Allen
W. W. Morse
Bro. Morse
Tylertown
Miss
J. F. Barnes
Jackson
Rankin County
Rankin
Pelahatchie
Natchez
D’lo
C. R. Norman
Priddy
Gulfport
Brookhaven
Aurrora
Ill
Lincoln County
Dr. White
Chicago
I. C
Genteman
Florence
Sheldon
Jesus
Brandon
Harison County
Jack Lowther
Rain Fears, School Drive Mark Leesburg Life
In Leesburg the community worries about rain for cattle water as cotton picking winds down. A concert was postponed due to Professor Stewart’s illness, while Miss Eula McLemore and others return from Pulaski. The School Improvement Association forms with 45 members, Laura Moore president, Ola Walsh secretary, aiming for four months of progress. A hunting trip to Pearl River swamp yields many squirrels. Annie Martin joins the local school from Sand Hill. A school hall box supper to aid the library is a success, with horses sold swiftly and buyers pleased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Eula McLemore
Lee
Lou Noel
Pulaski
School Improvement Association
Pisgah
Stuart
Laura Moore
Association
Ola Walsh
Willie ‘Walsh
Pearl River Swamp
Henry Measles
Annie Martin
Sandhill
GOSHEN SPRINGS VISITORS AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Miss Kate Robbins plans a move to Jackson with preparations underway. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Williamson spent time in Canton. Mrs. T. J. Hosea, formerly Agnes Barksdale, visits relatives in Jackson. Bro. Grice preached here at 12 a m and may return next year. A Thanksgiving nutting trip via Pearl River swamp entertained local youths. a large dinner followed. J. B. Williamson lost a valuable acre last week. Misses Faulkenberry shopped in Canton. Miss Anna Bell Kersh visits Mrs. Rogers in Stokes. Men battled recent fires causing damage. Mrs. J. F. Hosea and Miss Jennette won feet week. Little Shirley Peck visits J. P. Barksdale. Weather remains beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Robbins
Jackson
J. B. Williamson
Canton
T. J. Hosea
Agnes Barksdale
Bro
Grice
Pearl River
Stokes
J. F. Hosea
Jennette
Shirley Peck
Iba
J. P. Barksdale
School and Social News from Pisgah and Nearby
Progress at the Pisgah school under Miss Jeanette Buchanan inspires improvements to buildings and grounds. Weddings, gatherings, and visits fill the week with reminders of community and church, while local notes recount health updates, travels, burials, and thinning boll weevil fears as farmers prepare for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Buchanan
Graham
School Improvement Association
Pisgah
Eddie Barksdale
Estella Faulkenberry
Bro. Grice
Fannin
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Bowers
Wros
Pearl
President Streets
City Hall
State
Capital
Laura Weathersby
Bowers , Bros
Sts
South State St
Pearl St
the Smith Company
Jackson, Miss
C. H. Bethune
Roach St
Capitol St
West
Royal Salstaff
Depot
The
Jackson Loan & Trust CO
West Capitol St
Jackson, Mississippi
Leesburg
Goshen Springs
C. A. Richardson Co
Jefvelers
East Capitol Street
Iik
J. E. Moore
Pelahatchie, Miss
W. H. Barnes
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph CO
Pearson
A. E. Clements
Jennie Nelson
Chas. Dudley
J. E. Fisher Thure
Chas. Tatum
Lake
A. A. Smallwood
Burke
Millsaps
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Mee Cox
Carter's Valley
Monterey
Cleary
Kathlen Russell
Newton
Charley
Porter
Burtie Russell
Porter Russell
Walter Smith
Miss Hanks Price
Susan
W. L. Tohnson Vise
N. Ty Smith
Henry Smith
Hickory Ridge
Pastor Tutton
Memphis
Mempiis
Mobile
Grimes
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