Local News Notes From Rankin and Nearby Areas
Local items report fever cases and illnesses among residents including Gooooooooooood L. S. May and Mrs. W. W. Robeson. Movements include Rev and Mrs Marcon preparing to move north and Governor Longino with James K. Vardaman slated to speak Monday. School board meeting adjourned due to Mr. Cook's absence. Meridian visitors, local arrests over a Plain store robbery, and a fatality in Virgil are noted along with a large brown snake exhibit and shoe ads by J. A. Taylor and Son.
Fruit orchard notes and local social scenes in town
Testimony in the court of claims reflects wartime cotton and stock seizures at Miller plantation. The News reports on Judge Enoch’s orchard managed by D A Shaw with premium stock fruit varieties. Mrs. Walker hosts a social for Miss Camp and Miss Kennon with prizes, lanterned lawn, games, and refreshments. The Clark family’s Clover Dell Farm is praised as a model of modern farming practices and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Walker
Kennon Jayne
Jackson
Margaret Camp
Groesback
Texas
Mary Kennon
Scooba
Morris
Plain
Court of Claims
Washington, D.C
Judge Enoch
D. A. Shaw
Clark
Mapega
Funeral Notice for Jessie Smith in Langford area
Florence the 460s August report shows P P Walker announcing July 26 at 3 am near Langford Miss Jessie Smith wife of Will Smith passed away. She was a devoted mother and Christian, interred at Oakdale cemetery, funeral led by her pastor. She leaves a husband five children and many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langford
Jessie Smith
Will Smith
Jessie
Oakdale
For Sale Walter A Wood mower and rake
For sale a Walter A Wood ball bearing mower and rake in good condition offered by H A Busick. Bargain price and ready for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Wood
H. A. Busick
Rankin County School Board Adjourns to Aug 3 1903
Rankin county school board met at the office of county superintendent C R Cook on Thursday July 30 1903. With the superintendent absent the board adjourned to meet again August 3 1903 to consider business for the public free schools for 1903 1904 terms. A G Baker J C Bruce J C Berry W D Robbins and W B Worley signed. Prickly Ash Bitters advertised by A G Thornton as a tonic for digestion and liver health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County
C. R. Cook
J. C. Bruce
J. C. Berry
A. G. Baker
W. D.robbins
W. B. Worley
Rankin County Teachers Institute to Meet in Florence
The Rankin County Teachers Institute will meet in Florence on August 17 for two weeks. Prof. J L Johnson of Hillman College and Miss Sallie Knochs of the Jackson schools lead the program with plans to lengthen terms, raise pay, and boost educational efforts. Florence hosts two top instructors and aims to engage all county teachers on opening day with lectures and entertaining sessions to provide rest and profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Rankin County Teachers Institute
Florence
J. L. Johnson
Hillman College
Sallie Knochs
Jackson
County Teachers Association aims to level rural schools
A Mississippi letter urges formation of a county Teachers Association to grade county schools and raise country schools to town standards. It calls August 17 as a key date and signs GEO. G. HURST of Florence.
Call for county school reports in Rankin County list
Hugh L. McOaskill appeals to superintendents and secretaries to submit county school statistics for the state report. He notes 8619 white children ages five to twenty and 30 Sunday schools with 1547 pupils, urging completion to exceed 2,000 total with unreported schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelahatchie
Bandron
Union
Rankin County
McCarthy backs Money for Senate in Mississippi interview
Batesville Mississippi July 18 1903 James S McCarthy private secretary to Senator A J McLaurin and state democratic official from the second district endorses Hernando DeSoto Money for re election to the United States Senate He condemns Governor Longinos stance on Confederate issues and Roosevelt era race policy and notes Money s wartime Confederate service and public life. The Vicksburg Herald editorializes that McCarthy reflects popular sentiment supporting Money and opposing Longino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Miss
James S. McCarthy
United States
A. J. McLaurin
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Second
H. D. Money
United States Senate
McCarthy
Senator Money
Democratic Party
American Congress
Congress
Senate
Mississippi
Washington
Guv. Longino
Congress of the United States
Longino
Adelbert Ames
Vicksburg Herald
Herald Today
Jas. S. McCarthy
Money
Roosevelt
Edgar
Wilson
Teddy
Wilson-Longinos
Georgia
Cross Roads Sunday School Details Sought in County
A writer requests a countywide compilation of Sunday school details including name, denomination, beat, superintendent, address, officers, teachers, pupils, and average attendance. The note also mentions the need for contact and punctual monthly or yearly data, amid a request to publish addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads
M. E. Brandon
Castoria Ad Revives Energy and Strength Claims
An early 20th century catalog style ad touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a system regulator to restore vim and energy. It frames the product as reviving strength and increasing work capacity for the body.
Through line to Gulfport and coast connections
Through trains from Jackson connect with Gulfport and Mobile coast points and continue to eastern and northern cities. Through departures include 9:00 a.m. to Laurel arriving 1:50 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. to Lumberton and Columbia arriving 10:35 a.m. and 12:40 noon respectively. Tickets: twenty five dollars for a 1000 mile pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Newport
Jackson
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Lauril
Lumberton
Columbia
Hattiesburg
Memphis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Maxie
Saratoga
Laurel
Limited Fast Vestibule Night Train Service
Fine Passenger Service will be maintained as a fast vestibule night train named the Limited with Through Sleeping Cars, Through Buffet Library Car, Through Reclining Car, and Dining Car Service en route. It will serve patrons of Illinois Central lines in northern Illinois and eastern Iowa, especially those from south of Chicago, connecting at the Chicago station with lines from the south. A descriptive folder and full particulars are available from Illinois Central agents and connecting lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Illinois
Iowa
Chicgo
Chicago
Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alma
Harry Watson
L. S. May
W. W. Robeson
P.B. Bridges
Brandon
Willie Kennon
Col. Walker
George Miller
Walter Burney
Brown's Wells
Hinds County
James K. Vardaman
Cook
Harris
Hattie Lowry
Meridian
Leon Gayden
Greenville
Thos
Leonora
Ellie Floweree
Vicksburg
Annie Hinton Wilson
National Military Park Commission
Manchester
Ruth Rigby
I. B. Welch
Virgil
Welch
Mr. Mashburn
Gray
Ednarag
Kosciusko
J. A. Taylor and Son
Hamilton-Brown
Milner Hobson
P. P. Walker
A. G. Thornton
Institute AT
Geo. G. Hurst
A. G.thornton
W. G. Steen
Hugh L. McOaskill
Caletoria
Jim McCarthy
Nance
Yazoo County
Aag. Thornton
W.G. Barnes
Seon
Melvin
E. W. Groves
Castoria
M C Stubblefield
Blacksmith and Woodshop
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Gulf
Hattiesubrg
Thomas
Hale
Illinois Central R. R. Co
Minneapolis
Rockford
Freeport
Dubuque
Waterloo
Albert Lea
TOEN
Business’ College
New Orleans
Business College
GEO. Soule & Sons
Alabama & Vicksburg
Janderson
A H. Smith
G. P
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