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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
3
A Rankin County education superintendent candidate, TOM RHEA PHILLIPS, addresses circulating accusations. He denies claims about residency, boarding at Star, and wartime legal help, asserts his service and community work, and urges voters to recall his school record at the polls.
Local notes report H E Turcott of Magee visiting Brandon Friday. Mr and Mrs Sam Darnall of Jackson vacationing with Brandon relatives. L P Gayden of Arkansas visiting his parents R E and Mrs Gayden. Eloise Thomas left for Perkins Oklahoma after a visit with W D and Mrs Thomas. W G Barnes and son Joseph returned from Hot Springs seeking health. T M Purvis of Crowville visiting his daughter Mrs J H Moyers Dry Creek area en route home. Ballot boxes for Tuesday's primary ready for delivery. officials urged to return promptly Wednesday. G M Denham, former Rankinite, died at Beauvoir after a spell at the soldiers home. K W Wynn, top potato grower, sends a sample of large, good potatoes.
Local notes report residents at Cross Roads Cato and Dry Creek, political campaigning in Pelahatchie, and a family reunion in Lovelady Texas. Roy L Noble returns from overseas and heads to Camp Shelby for discharge. Clifton Cox wounded at Argonne Forest receives discharge and returns home. J W Downs dies in Brandon. Gov Longino speaks at court house amid crowd leanings. Sidney Stapleton discharged at Fort Mills after year in Europe. letters from France shared.
The only Confederate soldier holding a state office in Mississippi today is Col. W A Montgomery, President of the Prison Board. He is worthy and well qualified, has made a faithful officer and should be re elected. Advertisement. Don’t suffer indigestion with Prickly Ash Bitters relief from pain and bad digestion. One dose does the work. Try it price 1.25 per bottle A G Thornton Special Agent.
A political advertisement urges voting for W A Montgomery for Trustee of the Penitentiary. It claims humane treatment of convicts under his administration and notes the state of Mississippi has made a net profit of nearly six million dollars.
Classified items include a 1918 Ford Speedster for sale with 5 31 x 4 tires and contact T B Dickson. Additional listings feature sheep for sale by H C Welch of Mendenhall Mississippi. The News declares neutrality in politics with paid ad content and a call to re elect W A Montgomery as district trustee amid strong support.
A Newport Citizen note comments on extreme heat and the idea of bottling heat to sell next winter. The writer describes stripping clothing from coat to collar as the day grows hotter, humorously lamenting the blazing conditions. The piece reads as a light weather and mood observation rather than a formal report.
A high class nine month old Thoroughbred Jersey bull, large for age, listed by W B Mayers of Brandon Route 3.
Florence notes report McIntosh and Massengale awarded the Florence school contract will start next week to build a brick and tile facility. Ernest Laird returns from army service. Briar Hill Baptist protracted meeting begins Sunday with Rev. W A Hewitt preaching. Briar Hill pastor Wayne Arliston to move to Houston church, will preach at Briar Hill monthly. Earle Hale arrives in New York en route home. W S Butler continues Saturday theatre show with Paramount pictures. Shiloh camp meeting executive committee to meet August 7 to plan cemetery cleanup.
Advertisement by Amos Kendall of Brandon Mississippi as agent for Columbus Marble Works offering high quality granite and marble memorials. Promises to call, show samples and prices with guarantee of satisfaction.
Trustee sale advertised for the Gertrude E Williamson debt secured by Solomon Dreyfus in Jackson Mississippi. Sale to occur August 18 1919 at Brandon Rankin County Courthouse for cash with an undivided one half interest in the west half of section 82 township 6 range 3 east except two acres and twelve acres in specified corners. Also estray report of a sunburnt brown horse mule aged 10 to 12 with ear slit by barb wire.
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