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Rankin County Board Proceedings July 3 1916
Rankin County Board of Supervisors meets in regular session on July 3 1916 with full attendance. Bids under S B 230 for county printing continued until August. bids re advertised. Awards given for ferryman contract at John’s Ferry and multiple road supply contracts. Elections to fill constable vacancy. numerous appropriations and payrolls approved. Bonds for Supervisors District 1 proposed. road route appointments and public road petitions considered. Pension board appointed from Confederate veterans camp. Bridge project bids and seal bids for mule sale announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors of
Rankin County
Walter Steverson
Pearl River
Johnson’s Ferry
R. H. Green
T. L. Alliston
W. G. Barnes
L. T. Lawrence
Hardy Patrick
Murry & Brown
W. A. Cunningham
Supervisors’ District No. 4
W. E. Laird
R. A. Kennedy
Jennie Gray
Lettie Lewis
Patience McLaurin
Célia McAfee
Fannie Myers
M. E. Lewis
Misa Li
Jease Femphill
John Whittington
W. H. Watson
Bethune
A. A. Laird
H. Laird
A. B. Stubblefield
J. P. Barksdale
O. A. Rhodes
J. D. Chapman
Township 4
Briar Hill School
Ane 7
Range
Kate W. Barksdale
Goshen Springs
Township 5
Range 2
W. G. Hurst
Pearl School
Bell
Board of Supervisors
Mississippi
Dogany
Supervisors
W. H. Till
W. P. Mangum
R. R. Busiek
G. H. Sherrill
Pelahatchie Hardware Co
W. W. Walker
General County Fund
Agricultural High School
Briar Hill
Clear Creek
Johns Consolidated
Fannin Separate School
Richland
Steen’s Creek
Hickory Ridge
Pearl
Ludlow
M. H. Moody
Jackson Hardware Co
W. V. Loveless
E. Q. White
W. C. Palmer
H. C. Washburn
Dr. J. E. Noble
A. B. Collum
J. S. Cawthon
R. L
L. D. Smith’s Place
Cato and Boone’s ‘Bridge Road
Jesse Hemphill
Cross Roads School
State Superintendent of Education
J. L. Bass