Local and Personal News From Rankin County
Local brief covers visits by John Mc Baker and W. E. Ross, returns of Antone Searum and A. R. Hussey, bank director re-elections, and Frank Payne selling steers. Reports include a 20 year cold snap with snow, new Brandon plant plans, and first cooperative hog shipment led by County Agent Burks to northern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County
Antone Searum
Holmes Place
A. R. Hussey
Indiana
Sanderson Place
Langford
Mr. Hussey
Rankin County Bank
J. R. Payne
Jake Ehrman
Mr. Payne
Mississippi Circuit Court Dismissals and Jury Verdicts 1918
Proceedings list several case outcomes including dismissal at defendant or plaintiff costs, verdicts for amounts such as 50, 1250, 175, and 25 dollars, and fines remitted for defaulting witnesses. Names include Berry Sorenson McKay Jones Mitchel Gammill Lance and Broadwater, with actions against A V Railroad Co and American Annuity Insurance Co. The grand jury report from January 1918 details 11 indictments from 35 witnesses over five days, bond releases for Roger Kincaid, and praise for highway improvements and the paupers home condition in Rankin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Berry
C Sorenson
W. N. McKay
C. B. Jones
Plantiff
Henry Mitchel
Gammill Lumber Co
L. R. Armstrong
I. Lance
Willie Chum
Maggie Chum
Wl Broadwater
American Annuity Insurance Co
Sim Davis
O. S. Renfro
J. D. Carr
Eighth Circuit District of
Mississippi
Circuit J Cpurt
Roger Kincaid
Rankin County
Rankin County gets new County Agent to boost farming
S. W. Burks, County Agent, joins Rankin County with Board of Supervisors and U S Government to help farmers raise home and export crops and improve marketing. He invites locals to share ideas, exchange experience, and meet at the Brandon courthouse every Saturday for practical, profit making guidance with Owensboro Wagons advertised by W G Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
United States
Jana
Brandon
Sam
S. W. Burks
Letter From E B Kersh Camp Beauregard 1917
E B Kersh writes from Camp Beauregard Louisiana on December 31 1917 to his father and mother. He hopes for home visits before or after crossing, mentions allotments for mother and bond payments, quarantine for meningitis confines him to the Company Street, notes Christmas activities and gifts from family and friends, and expresses gratitude for Red Cross parcels and boxes from Desoto Parish Mansfield and his aunt Mrs D A Kersh. He plans to return a better man and asks his father not to worry if he crosses.
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Camp Beauregard
Papa
Mother
Uncle Sam
Company F
Tom Collier
Hamer
Bennie
A.Q. Everett
Charlie Martin
Mississippi
Desoto Parish
Mans‘field
D. A. Kersh
I am Carelessne a warning from a moral crusade
A distorted anti alcohol or social evil warning portrays carelessness as the nation’s worst enemy. It claims carelessness costs 300 million dollars yearly in the United States and harms rich and poor alike in work, travel, and home life. The piece calls for action to destroy this unseen force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Letter From Sergeant David O Clark
An early World War I letter from Sergeant David O Clark describes his enlistment after President Wilson called for volunteers in April and his intention to share his wartime experiences with friends in Rankin County. The message conveys patriotism and personal connection to home while in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David O. Clark
Rankin
Wilson
Par
Loyal recruits vow to fight Kaiser and save Belgium
The writer recounts enlistment at Jackson Barracks New Orleans and transfer to Chickamauga Park Georgia. He details promotions from Private to Sergeant, praise for Columbia South Carolina’s patriotism and soldier welcome, and urges Rankin County Mississippi readers to support the war effort and conserve resources. He signs as Getgeiart Tigran O. Clark of Company H 322 Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lish
West Carroll
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Chickamauga Park
J. B
Camp Jackson S. C
Columbia
S.C
Camp Jackson
Atlantic
France
Italy
United States
Belgium
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon News
Lenemig
Getgeiart Tigran O. Clark
H. 322 Infantry
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Brandon, Miss
L. McLaurin
Presid
Enw
White
W. H. Barnes
Active
Roy L. Fox
Dent Ca
Ier
Pelahatchie Bank
Z. D. Davis
A. G. Purvis
Ford
Goodyear
Brandon Machinery & Lumber Co
Guaranty
Barnes & Fox
Hoover
John Mc Baker
Pisgah
W. E. Ross
Pelahatchie
J. M. Ross
S. R. Myers
Bob Warren
Mary Pope
Miss Mittie Johnson
R. A. Longmire
S. I. Law
Foote
Miss
Thos
Ons
Burks
Northen
Circuit Court
Grand Jury Report
Uubuilt
Owensboro
W. G. Barnes
E. B. Kersh
Satétu-Lyss
Barnes
John White & CO
Louisville, KY
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