Marriage License Ads in Colored Community
A newspaper item lists numerous couples for marriage licenses including Prentis E. Walker with Nannie May Myers and many others such as James Mimms with Jessie Irvin and Paul Walker with Pearlie Proctor. The note ends with a complete line of caskets and robes priced reasonably by W. G. Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentis E. Walker
Nannie May Myers
Irvin A. Rhodes
Bessie M. Singletary
J.b.garrett
Webbie Webb
G. W. Brassfield
Lillie
Neal
E. Boone
Nola Cook
James Mimms
Jessie Irvin
Jess Bibb
Prenetta Berry
Will Little
Bessie Hopkins
Lee Owen
Minnie Anna William Boyd
Lula Wallace
Leany Hubbart
Pearlie Easterling
Eddie Young
Alma Butler
Albert
Ernest Wilson
Josephine Banister
Isaac White
Josie Spann
James Jack
Lela G May
Purvis
Paul Walker
Pearlie Proctor
Roy Gibson
Golda City
Elbert Daniels
Emma Taylor
Jeff Taylor
Minnie Taylor
Garfield Moore
Adaline Legett
Roy Warren
Mabel Cammell
Willie Donnells
Nola Rodgers
Alex Norwood
Reacy Dudley
Sandy Williams
Eunice Wright
Tom Kid
Lucinda Burlin
Geo. Grisby
Eunice Gwines
Renus Holden
Lizzie Quick Columbus McLine
Isabella Samples
W. G. Barnes
Brandon Local Time Table and News Roundup
Brandon briefs report passenger trains schedule and local news. Notables include visits by Mrs. Gayden Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Birdsong, transfers in commerce and church events, indictments and court actions, bank annual meeting results, a cotton theft recovered, a $3500 railroad injury verdict, a grand fox chase near Brandon, and praise for H C Washburn’s hound pack. The piece blends travel timetable with community happenings and sports enthusiasms.
Rankin County High School grows in Johns area
The Rankin County Agricultural High School in Johns reports an enrollment exceeding 100 students with a near equal gender split. The campus spans three buildings on forty acres, features a dormitory, domestic science facilities, a two story school block, and plans waterworks for hot and cold water. Principal Prof. St N Noble leads a staff including D L Williams Miss Eva Jones 8 M Allen Miss Evelyn Hammett and Mrs Kate Barksdale. The board operates on a cooperative plan charging six dollars monthly per student with most work done by students. The consolidated school combines Central Corley and Johns with a 150 student capacity under H P Taylor Miss Carrie Price and Miss Pauline Russell, Trustees Joe Chapman O O Donnell L P Burnham. Rev C H Strait preaches at Johns Shiloh and Puckett churches. Johns hosts four mercantile firms J D Chapman T J Gates O O Donnel Joe Neal and remains a thriving community.
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Clarion-Ledger
Johns
Rankin County Agricultural High School
St. N. Noble
D. L. Williams
Eva Jones
M. Allen
Evelyn Hammett
Kate Barksdale
Agricural
Consolidated
Rankin County
Col. R. Henry
Ford
Consolidated School
Central
Corley
H.P. Taylor
Carrie Price
C. H. Strait
Puckett
Shiloh
J. D. Chapman
T. J. Gates
O. O. Donnel
Joe Neal
Virgil Neighbors Celebrate Schools and Industry in Rankin
In Virgil Mississippi the local farming community describes strong crops including hogs potatoes and molasses despite storms and pests. The Virgil graded school led by Prof Carl Shows and Miss Amice Thornton, with trustees Ross Gill and Vinson, is highlighted alongside Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Col R H Henry delivered the Ford Peace lecture to a large crowd in the Methodist church, praising the orderly and industrious residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil
Mississippi
Free
Rankin
Virgil Graded School
Carl
Amice Thorton
John Ross
W. DP. Gill
C.T. Vinson
Col
R. H. Henry
Death notice for Mrs. Barnett of Cato Baptist Church
On January 5 at 7:30 God called away a devoted wife mother grandmother and friend born January 16 1840. A faithful Cato Baptist Church member she lived a true Christian life and left a valued example to her family. Survived by husband one daughter Mrs Ella Crook and two sons W L Barnett and R E Barnett.
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Cato Baptist Church
Kingdom of God
Ella Crook
W. L
R. E. Barnett
Agricultural High School news and local notes
Col R H Henry lectured on the Ford Peace Party at the school auditorium Thursday night to a grateful audience. E M Allen of Pearl River County was selected to join the Agricultural school faculty. Mrs Allen and two sons will move from Jackson. Classes in Pedagogy and Bookkeeping organized under Prof Noble. H L Myers of the R A S ad family moved near Brandon. Rosa Mae Ella Reed and Forest Myers in the dormitory since the holidays. J F Purvis and family moved back to Mayton. The former home now the Methodist Parsonage with Rev GC Strait and family. Principal C J Laseter visited the dormitory. campus getting cleaner and better. chapel singing soon. Gates store closed for stock inventory. Gates improving in health in Jackson. Tank tower over the flowing well completed and water works engine being installed. Bread Mondays and Thursdays. The Habit of Taking Cold advises cold sponge bath around 90 degrees F and sleeping with window up. For colds use Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Baled hay and all kinds of feed stuff offered by W G Barnes. Those who dine late often suffer indigestion. five hours between meals advised and Chamberlains Tablet recommended. Birmingham Ala Jan 1917 letter from Sheriff S D Donnell of Rankin County certifying no U S Internal Revenue licenses issued to the county in six months ending Jan 1 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Henry
Jackson Clarion Ledger
E. M. Allen
Pearl River County
Agricultural School
Allen
Jackson
Noble
C. J. Laseter
Brandon High School
T. J. Gate
Gates
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Reader
A user from Lost Valley Go claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures hacking coughs and colds after every bottle. The testimonial notes the cough disappears after taking it and states the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J.r.moore
Lost Valley
Stolen Red Cow From Greenfield Plantation
A red cow, described as a short horn, was taken from Greenfield plantation near Greenfield Mississippi around December 20, 1916. A $100 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of the guilty party. LesLe Comps, Greenfield, Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield Plantation
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R. E. Gayden
M. E. Ward
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R. R. Busick
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Memphis
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Edwards
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Hot Springs
Ark
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Brandon Depot
Rankin County Bank
S. L. McLaurin
W. H. Barnes
W. B. Collier
G. W. White
E. N. Ross
Walter Wansley
Mattie Belle McDonald
G. & S. I. Railroad
Joe Patrick
H. C. Washburn
G. W. Barnett
Charter Oaks
Owensboro
H. L. Shields
Agricultural High School
G. Barnes
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Birmingham
Ala
S. D. Donnell
Collector of Internal Revenue
Sam P. Jones
R. RE. Busick
Lesle
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