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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
10
In Leesburg the community greets new residents Joe Holmes and John Jerkens and notes measles affecting school attendance. The column reports on local health, church appointments, a death of a baby, school activity, ongoing road concerns, and welcome moves of several families as the town grows.
Fannin reports several residents leaving for Madison County and Jackson while others move into vacated homes. Dr. Simmons returns from holidays and impresses locals, Prof. Ratliff resigns from teaching, Dr. Noble moves toward Jackson, Mollie Brown begins postal training, and various visits connect families in the area.
Special to The Morning World from Hattiesburg Mississippi reports prizes awarded for a Saturday teachers institute contest. Meddie Robinson won the first prize Webster’s unabridged dictionary while two valuable books went to Blewy Gay of Brookhaven and Draughn of Petal for solving a fifteen question exam on land measures from Ferguson’s Lessons on Land Numbers.
The ordinance directs the town marshal to inspect all premises in Brandon Mississippi and notify owners to maintain sanitary conditions with monthly visits. If owners or tenants neglect after three days of notification a fine up to twenty five dollars may be imposed. Violations include throwing unsanitary matter on streets with fines up to ten dollars. In force thirty days from usage. January 7 1908.
The town of Brandon passes a dog tax of one dollar per dog to fund tagging with brass, tin, or leather collars and state metal tags issued free to taxpayers. Dogs must be muzzled off owner premises and may be killed if found running at large without proper collar and tag, with exemptions for dogs entering from the county.
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