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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
8
A vintage ad lists cook stoves and Elite and Charter Oak ranges with prices from five to fifty dollars. It promises a Hagiland China Set giveaway on Christmas Eve and urges not to miss the opportunity, noting price uniqueness.
A local report lists students achieving honor roll for perfect daily attendance and behavior over five days in various grades. Names include Mary Allen Helen Tinnin Ada Worley Katherine Alford Perry Starr Tinnin John Slaughter Willie Allen Mamie Slaughter Bessie Ferguson Robert Ferguson George Peek Allie May Latham Rufus Latham Joseph Walker Ella Worley Kate Slaughter Adolphus Peek and Champ Clark prophesying victory and a set date for travelers.
A car load of 630 bushels of corn was shipped to aid farmers who lack feed. The year was hard for corn, but boys in the corn club produced yield gains from 60 bu per acre. The car sold for about 80 cents a bushel, around 500 dollars. Transport costs and road taxes show a potential saving if roads and yields improve.
Starkville Mississippi December 11 The Farmers Union of Oktibbeha county met with a large crowd at Bradley lodge. Dr Tait Butler editor of the Southern Farmer s Gazette and Prof R M Lloyd spoke on Better Plowing One Great Agricultural Need of Mississippi. Butler argued modern plows save labor and humus by turning crop residues under, noting the inefficiency of small plows. He cited furrow widths and distances: seven inch furrow four teen miles per acre nine point nine miles with ten inch furrow and seven miles with fourteen inch furrow. He urged replacing men with horses or mules for efficiency.
Prof. E R Lloyd urges farmers to boost work stock to raise plowing efficiency and seedbed quality. He compares one horse farms with multi horse farms, stressing deeper breaking, winter preparation, and proper land conditioning to improve yields and profits. He warns against partial or careless prep and urges active winter labor to secure next year’s crops.
Millsaps College becomes the second Mississippi educational institution to adopt an honor system for its student government. Each student is regarded as a gentleman until proven otherwise, with no faculty surveillance during exams or personal conduct as long as students follow the honor committee rules. The change followed full student consideration.
Millsaps College enacts an honor system led by a eight member committee drawn from all classes and the student body. C E Johnson chairs, J M Guinn is secretary, J M Broom clerk. Originated at Virginia and spread to institutions like University of Mississippi, now in Millsaps with 300 students and strong support. Dr A A Kern drafted its Millsaps version after studying other schools.
William B. Bradbury the eccentric millionaire serving a year in San Quentin for perjury ordered full settlement of debts. He told two agents to pay every claimant, including a $4,000 judgment to the man who jailed him. Since then over $20,000 has been paid and several old judgments resolved.
Sheriff Taylor has satisfied $6,000 in judgments and Dr. J. S. McCue’s $4,000 award in the Bradbury land deal perjury case. E. B. Young handled payments as Bradbury’s creditors, once hopeful, now face converted fortunes. At seventy four, he has six months of confinement, embraced religion, studies the Bible, and chants hymns in his cell, shedding violent pretrial language. Bradbury remains eccentric with vast yet untouchable wealth tied to the Bradbury Investment Company.
Amid approaching holidays, Sidney Smith urges family gatherings with children and grandchildren, sharing Christmas scenes and Bethlehem lessons. He advises reconciliation, peace, and goodwill, noting distant loved ones will think of the home even if away.
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