Local News Roundup From Brandon and Vicinity
Numerous brief notes from Brandon Mississippi recount visits and travels of residents from D Lo Canton and Water Valley to Brandon, including Dr Ruel May and Senator McLaurin. School term begins September 7 at Brandon Graded. county boards consider Agricultural High School. Police and prison news include a white convict killed by a guard in Rankin and another slightly wounded. Local commerce notes mention sales at Brandon Mercantile and Taylor’s sale, fresh bread, and casket stock at the News Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker and Harris
G. B.harris
J. D. Lewis
Simpson County
Rankin Prison
McBride
Lewis
W. M. Clipper
Brandon
Death of Mrs Sallie D Aills in Florence
Mrs Sallie D Aills dies last Monday morning at 20 o clock at her daughter Mrs W M Phillips home in Jackson. She was about 67, widow of Dr William Aills a Florence physician. Survived by children Mesdames J H South C J Stubbs Florence W M Phillips Jackson Mrs Martha Durham Clarksdale Miss Fannie Belle Aills Robert and William Aills Florence. Burial in Florence cemetery.
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Sallie D. Aills
W. M. Phillips
Jackson
Florence
Wm. Aills
Mesdames J. H. South
C. J. Stubbs
Martha Durham
Clarksdale
Fannie Belle Aills
Robert
William Aills
Stark and Jones wed in Lucknow amid school ties
Prof W B Stark married Miss Arlene Jones at Filmore Jones home in Lucknow county with Dr W T Yarborough officiating. Bride from Jackson taught there, Stark a former assistant superintendent, to live in Magnolia where he is chosen principal. Also a Brandon Mercantile Co notice sells Amber sorghum seed at 1.85 per bushel and Clay peas at 2.50 per bushel cash.
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Viola Cole
Henry Barnes
Sophie Langley
Monteagle
Tenn
Matt Jayne
Leland C. McIntosh
Louisville
Oxford
Sisax Saxon
Brandon
van Watts
Sherlock Holmes
State Insurance Department
Filmore Jones
Lucknow
W. B. Stark
Arlene Jones
W T. Yarborough
First Baptist Church
Jackson
Stark
Magnolia
Brandon Mercantile Co
Pansy Flour Now Sold By H A Busick Co
H A Busick Co offers the preferred flour while selling Diston's hand saws at 1.25 dollars, undercutting the 1.50 dollar price shown elsewhere. Jackson Hardware promotes the same deal alongside its usual hardware lineup.
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H. A. Busick Co
Diston
Jackson Hardware
Brandon Mercantile offers top buggies and wagons at cash prices
An advertisement notes Mississippians may buy top and open buggies and Old Hickory wagons cheap for cash from Brandon Mercantile Co. It also promotes new furniture and cook stoves, a Pansy flour claim, and a call for Mississippi Battleship Fund contributions, citing Mrs Eunice M Lock and balanced local support.
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Brandon Mercantile Co
Marriage Licenses for July Listed for Local Residents
July marriage licenses include White J W Vermillion with Miss L V Davis Colie Polk with Miss Mattie Mize Homer Gray with Miss Mary Oizelle Stegall Dan L Stevens with Miss Letha Ponder W B Stark with Miss Lucy Arlene Jones Plus Negroes Handy Davis Bettie Ann Taylor James Bragg Jenainkie Gaffney James Henry Brown Henrietta Lowe Note list reflects local officiants and couples. names appear in pairing format as recorded.
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J. W. Vermillion
L. V. Davis
Colie Polk
Mattie Mize
Homer Gray
Mary Oizelle Stegall
Dan_L. Stevens
Letha Ponder
W. B. Stark
Lucy Arlene Jones
Handy_ Davis
Bettie Ann Taylor
James Bragg Jenainkie Gaffney
James Henry Brown
Henrietta Lowe
Rankin County School Board July 27 1908 Actions
Rankin County Mississippi school board met at the county superintendent office in Brandon on July 27 1908 with all members present. They elected J C Bruce secretary and granted a petition to establish a separate school district covering portions of T 7 R 3 and T 7 R 4 and T 6 R 3 and T 6 R 4. Next meeting August 3 will consider establishing an agricultural high school per 1908 acts. Signed J C Berry J C Bruce J C Robinson W L Barrow G B Harris. Unauthorized ads follow.
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Afton Riddle
J. J. Neal
Brandon Sanitarium
Fannin
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
J. C. Bruce
J. N. Slaughter
J. C. Berry
J.C. Robinson
W. L. Barrow
G. B. Harris
Agricultural High Schools Develop Across Counties
Holmes county considers offers for an agricultural high school site with land and cash gifts from Lexington and Durant, while more applications await review. The Woodville Democrat urges Wilkinson County to join the effort to educate local youth at home through a homegrown agricultural high school.
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Holmes County
Lexington
Durant
Holmes
Wilkinson
Woodville
Bridge Bid Notice for Conway Slough Crossing
Sealed bids will be received at the Chancery Clerk's office until 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday in August for constructing a bridge across Conway slough on the turnpike near Jackson in Beat No 2. The Board may reject any or all bids. MO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
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Chancery Clerk
Conway Slough
Turnpike
Jackson
MO. A. Gayden
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. Ruel May
C. F. Sly-Hart
Hart Building
Oppo
Postoffice
Jackson, Miss
J. W. Jelks
Wm. Kennedy
D’lo
J. W. Birdsong
Chattanooga
Charlie Herry
Water Valley
Dave Wilson
Home Folls
Ato
Cato
Nina Woods
Canton
F. P. Wiliams
Marion Martin
Birmingham
Bryan Simmons
Kentucky
Ruel May
Enoch May
Silver Creek
James M. Myers
S. R Myers
Brandon Graded School
J. A. Morris
W. H. Bell
Vicksburg
Emma Barnes Fox
W. H. Barnes
Frank Gayden
West Point
R. E. Gayden
H. L. Shields
Anna Barwick McRaney
Collins
Lucile Ellett
Nell Gayden
Will Ponder
Minnie Watson
Mounds
J. A. Stephens
Louisiana
S. R. Myers
Stubblefield
John Ross
Pelahatchie
J. A. McLain
Rankin
Mabel Bridges
Robert Burns
Gertrude McLaurin
Bolton
Senator McLaurin
College Street
W. H. Berryhill
Herbert
Guy
Gulfport
Sallie Fauquier
Col. Wm. Walker
Jim Crain
Crystal Springs
Gulf Coast
W. E. Cofer
Sue Downs
Waco
Texas
Lee Davis
W. S. Wood
Brunswick
Miss
Busick’s
Mineral Wells
Sidney L. McLaurin
Tennessee
Tom Brown
J. C. White
Memphis
J. G. Foulkes
T. J. Gates
Johns
James D. Thames
Hallam
Goshen
Maj
Pat Henry
Board of Supervisors
R. D. McRae
McLaurin
Sidney McLaurin
Hemby May
Marion Wilson
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Louis Ohleyer
Mr. Ohleyer
St. Louis
God’s Acre
W.G. Barnes
W. G. Barnes
Taylor’s
Taylor
Owensboro
Gayden & Co
W- G. Smith & Son
Gayden
Stark—Jones
Snellenburg
Ferguson- McKinney
W. G. Barnes Randon
J. W. Webb
Mississippi Battleship Fund
C. W. Girdlestone
Ender
Eunice M. Lock
Jackson Hardware Co
Agricultural High Schools
Jackson Lumber CO
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