Local notes and visitors include many Brandon arrivals
Local column records visitors and residents around Brandon. J A Edwards of Morton and C C Horn of Goshen Springs stop by. Miss Myrtle May visits Pelahatchie and Jackson. Mrs Stella Berry and Laura McLaurin host in Brandon. Treasurer topics, tax payment deadlines and a groundhog day forecast accompany town news. Civil and business updates include Adams Lumber Co. and Miss Margaret Foulks shifting jobs, I W Shields resigning in Jackson, and John Darnall's car fire. The town’s pride in its image and a local proverb about hometown growth are cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Edwards
Morton
Brandon
C. C. Horn
Goshen Springs
G. F. Kersh
Near
Pelahatchie
John Redfearn
Jackson Route 4
Board of Supervisors
Myrtle May
Jackson
Stella Berry
E. J. Robinson
W. H. Till
Beat 4
Sol Welch
Puckett
Florence Florence Department Note Containing Local News
Florence department note reports on a National Heatless Day observance, church services, and weather. It mentions J Ed Singletary resuming mercantile business, John Lowther's fruit tree shipment wreck, and Mrs. J V Therrell winning a Studebaker automobile in a Jackson contest. It urges fuel and food conservation for WWI and discusses waste reduction and charity amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Post Office
Citizens Bank
Drug Store
Baptist Church
S. T Courtney
J. Ed Singletary
A. H. Martin
Martin
John Lowther
Bessemer
Ala
Jack
Clarion-Ledger
Jackson
J. V. Therrell
Studebaker
Atlantic
Europe
Cooperative hogs sale boosts Rankin County price prospects
County Agent S. V. Burks reports 56 hogs from Brandon nearly topped the national market, showing Rankin County hogs can compete with Iowa. He encourages corn club participation to lift yields, notes a corn patch could add about 15000 dollars in value, and urges farmers to plan seed orders and early planting while promoting boy involvement and farm supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Rankin County
United States
Iowa
Corn Club
S. V. Burks
Rankin Club Applauds Farm Demonstrator Support and Spring Exhibit
County Home Demonstration and Club members thank the Board of Supervisors for hiring a Farm Demonstrator. Mrs H B Cannon demonstrates cottage cheese making in Florence on January 22. County Teachers plan a Spring Exhibit on March 16 with prizes and a Field Day, urging clubs to form a Spring Exhibit Committee and members to contribute items. Fresh vegetables will be in-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin
H. B. Cannon
Florence
County Teachers Association
Home Demonstration Meeting Notes and Livestock Loss
Attendee spoke at the State meeting for Home Demonstration Agents on January 8 1918. She presented her annual report and discussed Community Short Courses and Cooperative Egg Clubs. Lost: a black mare mule five years old about 1200 pounds and a mouse colored mare male one and a half years old about 1300 pounds. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Also bids invited for February supplies for Rankin County Mississippi including oats corn and feed delivered to Brandon Florence and Pela hatchie and for the county home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelahatchie
Yale
Henry Myers
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Miss
Rankin
Towit
Brandon
Florence
J.a.robinson
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Mississippi
Bankin County Bank
Brandon, Miss
Sidney L. McLaurin
G. W. White
V-Pi
W. H. Barnes
Active
Roy L. Fox
Pelahatchie Bank
Z. D. Davis
A. G. Purvis
Brandon Machinery & Lumber Co
Jim
J. L. & O. Buchanan General Merchants
Pelahatchie, Miss
I. W. Shields
Vicksburg
Margaret Foulks
Meridian High School
Insurance Department
Government
Washington
R. F. .Brown
Clarion Ledger
John Darnall
Max Stapleton
R. A. Whitfield
W. G. Barnes
Taylor Furniture & Carpet CO
South State ST
Jackson, Miss
Pelahatchie Hardware CO
John Deere
Coles Corn
Guaranty
Barnes & Fox
Ward-Gayden Drug CO
State Sts
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