Pelahatchie grows as town eyes water works and roads
Pelahatchie reports growth with new mercantile partnership Ross Brothers and Summers, new homes and construction by Bob Longmire and Dr. Stingily, and plans for deep well water. Citizens debate electric lights, telephone service woes, and road conditions across Rankin County as work proceeds on school fencing and a girls basketball program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Lessel
Lee Myers
J. A. Spann
Bob
C. R. Stingily
Grimes
Grimes Street
Stingily
A. J. Glaze
Trenton
Miss
W. J. Beil
W. E. Kelly
Bob Polk
J. C. Kelly
Clear Branch
Scott County
J.L. Tanner
Kelly
Lockwood Lumber Co
Hanna
Pelahatchie
Lumber Company
Lockwood Ross
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Local notes from Monterey and surrounding area
Monterey residents share who’s visiting, moving, and attending events from Christmas to early spring. Farmers discuss cotton prices and urge holding for fair value amid speculator pressure, praising cash buyers and advising patience. Community news highlights include church sermons, school trips, and local business moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie May
Dry Creek
J. A. Dickson
Farmers’ Union
Star
H. C. Bullock
Braxton
Harriett Bullock
Frank Cooper
Draughon
Jackson
Lee Webb
Florence
Brandon
Lee
J. W. Taylor
T. J. Boteler
John Hasty
Albert Taylor
Clifton Taylor
South Bankin
Fred Williams
Wayne Alliston
Baptist Church
W. W. Morse
Delta
Road condition debate faces tough questions
A reader welcomes last week's road question and urges direct, sustained action to fix deteriorating highways. He notes widespread damage, with gullies in the middle of the road and missing ditches, arguing the contract system may be at fault and requires thorough examination.
County road reform Depends on law’s enforcement
The article argues that good roads depend on law enforcement and diligent work by overseers. It notes many laws exist to improve roads if overseers commit full time, and that everyone benefits from better roads, even those who currently oppose progress. It urges reform to save time and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tem
Read Before Steen's Creek Baptist Sunday School
A lecture by Mrs. M. W. White emphasizes that Sunday school work is a divine commission. It stresses teachers must know Christ, be saved, and receive heavenly vision. The teacher evangelizes, disciplines, and must avoid unfit conduct while modeling gospel truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steen’s
Jesus Christ
Christ
Paul
God
Babes
Earth
How to Teach Bible Students for Living Faith
The speaker urges teachers to seek how to convey scripture to pupils, stressing contact points, directing attention, drawing out thinking, and continuous review. Faithful teaching requires love for students, loyalty to the Master, and an overflowing supply of vital truth to achieve a harvest of transformed lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jacob’s Well
Rankin County Chancery Court land suit notice
State of Mississippi Rankin County Chancery Court summons all persons claiming interest in land described as a parcel in section 9 township 3 range 3 Rankin County Mississippi to appear at the next regular term in Brandon on the fourth Monday in March to defend Dennis Beverly's suit to confirm title witness my hand and seal of office January 23 MO A Gayden Chancery Clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Mississippi
Rankin County
Chancery Court
Mississippi
Brandon
Dennis Beverly
MO. A. Gayden
Chacery
Land title suit notice in Rankin County Mississippi
To all persons with interests in the west half of the southeast quarter and east half of the southwest quarter and east half of the northeast quarter in section 30 township 3 range 3, with a 100 foot wide railroad strip. Commanded to appear before Rankin County chancery court on the fourth Monday of March 1908 to defend Indiana and Mississippi Stone and Timber Company’s suit for confirmation of title. Witness dated January 22, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Rankin County
Mississippi
Chancery Court
Rankin
State of
Indiana
Mississippi Stone and Timber Company
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Monterey
W. G. Barnes
Lee G. Webb
J. H. Richardson, Barber
Brandon Mercantile
Brandon, Miss
Rankinite
HL. A. Busick Co
F. A. Morris
W. B. Collier
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