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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
4
Prof J J Covington principal of Monterey graded school announces today for superintendent of education. He is a well known county educator who ran four years ago and was defeated by about 300 votes. If elected he will serve to the best of his ability as a Christian gentleman and leader.
A. A. Ponder yields to friends and announces today for supervisor in beat 5. He is known by nearly every man in the beat and regarded as honest and straightforward. Having always lived in beat 5, he has never before sought office. Any consideration shown him will be appreciated.
Col. Robeson, the present justice of the peace for this beat and Bran don cotton weigher, formally announces his candidacy for Rankin county treasurer. He appeals for a full review of his public and private life and qualifications, noting his Confederate service, character, and reliability to faithfully discharge duties. He requests consideration and thanks voters in advance.
The veteran public servant, four years as sheriff and four as chancery clerk, earned universal satisfaction in both offices. His obliging nature and personal magnetism won him the friendship of nearly every voter in the county and his reputation as a careful administrator endures.
Mr. Ward of Beat 4 announces his candidacy for treasurer of Rankin County this week. An ex cellent gentleman, he invites voters to judge his community standing and fitness for the office. Neighbors know him as just and upright, trusted in honesty and fidelity. If elected, he will discharge duties as an honest and painstaking official.
CAPT. J. P. BARKSDALE announces candidacy for Rankin County treasurer in the Democratic primary. The veteran former supervisor leader is praised for bravery in the war and his Reconstruction era stance, with claims of integrity, loyalty, and commitment to white supremacy and southern restoration.
G. W. White announces candidacy for Rankin County sheriff in the Democratic primaries. He pledges full time effort and faithful discharge of duties, aiming for conduct that voters won t regret their action.
A vivid exchange between Ingersoll and Dr Buckley extols whiskey as enlightenment and ruin. Ingersoll promises joyous visions and summer light, while Buckley counters with visions of skeletons, lust, blood, and torment. The letters frame alcohol as a moral and existential battle with shadows and demons.
The passage warns that forty years of toxic liquid lies between staves and oak, harm as water, sent to place an enemy in your mouth to steal your brains, while the speaker calls themselves a friend.
An exhortation urges personal growth over worrying about others morality. It advocates cultivating self discipline, inner light, and cheerful resilience to become a compelling example. Also notes backache as Bright's Disease warning and promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as kidney remedy.
A dated humorous list questions social norms and everyday quirks, noting beliefs about gender, work, love, fashion, and modern life with playful aphorisms. It critiques stereotypes while delivering a string of one-liner observations about marriage, advertising, science satire, and public life.
A new law in October makes it illegal to practice law without license, with a misdemeanor penalty up to 500 dollars. The code also sets fines from twenty to two hundred dollars or thirty days in jail for practicing as various professionals without a license. A humorous anecdote follows about a young man proposing, whose questions reveal gaps in virtue and lead to a rejected courtship.
A chancery sale by a special commissioner is set for February 4 1907 at Rankin County Court House between 11 am and 4 pm. The property is described as corner section 28 township 5 range 4 east Rankin County Mississippi. Sale is to the highest cash bidder under a vacation decree dated January 4 1907.
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