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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
5
Local items note banking closures for a legal holiday on Saturday June 3rd. Brief society and travel snippets include Miss Mary White from Norfield at home, Frank Robinson and Sam Hobson in Jackson, Dr Berry and Miss Ora Robinson visiting Florence, W H Barnes of Meridian visiting, Eva Myers and Mary Berry at Jackson, Irma Crook returning from Clinton, Susie Blue Buchanan to Pelahatchie, and Miss Meddie Robinson at home from Norfield for the summer.
A new residence is rising on the Turley lot. Eees Burnham traveled through Brandon Tuesday en route to Jackson. Jeff Sandifer of Whites visited the county capital Monday.
Beginning today Thursday June 4 the Brandon Mercantile Co will start the big cornerstone sale. The entire force has worked days preparing for opening with extra clerks and prompt attentive service promised. The sale runs ten days and is expected to be a great success with the attractive offers.
Residents return home in Marion Alabama from visits with relatives in Brandon and Clarksdale. Rev O J Rainey travels through Brandon to Forest Hill for Sunday service. Minnie Watson leaves for El Reno Oklahoma to work as a stenographer for Rock Island railroad president. Miss Nell Gayden visits relatives in Indianola. A missionary meeting raises 5.65 for missions. Mr and Mrs W G Barnes visit Jackson. Mrs J H Whitfield injures herself and uses crutches. Fannie Holbrook dies in Jackson. remains buried there. Judge W M Corley opens new stock of merchandise after selling to F M Palmer. Dr S F Carr, now Chancery Clerk of Coahoma, recovering on crutches and seeking reelection. Protracted Baptist meeting under Dr L J Low with Rev C S Lewis assisting. Public invited to attend. Ballard’s Snow Liniment advertised as pain remedy.
Call and see those mowers reapers and lenders at Walrod's shop and get prices on Deering machines before buying whether you have grain or hay to cut F B Walrod.
A New York theatrical manager famed for stage beauty fusses over a moon scene. He decries brightness dullness and color, halts twenty minutes, then tears out to arrange the moon himself. During the pause the leading lady quips the boss is fetching a real moon.
Monkeys known as crab eating macaques live across Burma, Siam, and Malay land. They forage among tidal creek trees and rely on seeds and insects, with crabs forming a chief food source. To catch crabs they enter water and are said to swim well as a natural skill.
The revival at the Baptist Church began Tuesday night with Rev. Roberts preaching and Rev. L J Low of Ellisville assisting. The Methodist pastor Rev O S Lewis leads singing as the weeklong or ten day protracted meeting continues. The Tuesday sermon cited Matthew Chapter 20 verse 7 about going into the vineyard. An ad for McGees Baby Elixir promotes a harmless remedy for teething and stomach issues, sold by Wm Flowers in Florence, Miss, with price 25 and 50 cents. B W Barnes notes fresh bread to be ordered by 1 o'clock PM.
In Brandon Mississippi the town voted $30,000 for road improvements and $5,000 for street upgrades. The letter notes Brandon Beat’s growth and mentions prior federal aid, new water works, planned electric lights, and cement sidewalks. It also covers local demographics, land investment appeal, and a heated Democratic primary featuring Leroy Percy James K Vardaman and attorney Alexander with ongoing senatorial debate.
An ex president argues presidents can renominate themselves via Federal patronage across post offices, justice, and tax departments. He says the vast civil service, totaling over 348,000 employees, serves the president’s will and controls party machinery. The piece contends conventions ignore the people, rely on wealth and patronage, and threaten free government.
A drammer asks a soda fountain girl how the quilkmaid is, receives a sharp correction that milk comes from cows. The exchange turns into a terse note about reconciliation impossible. A deposed rider remarks that a horse returning is meaningless, asking to tell him it is useless.
A tanner once paid an expert high wages to estimate hide con tents when sold. Today an unskilled worker uses a jar shaped device resembling a table with a double top. The machine measures square contents quickly and with precision, functioning in both metric systems.
A physician driving his horse spooked. The horse bolted, he was thrown to the sidewalk and knocked unconscious. He regained some consciousness, asked the crowd if anyone was hurt, and offered aid as Dr. B. with medical intent.
Miss May Daniels strolls with a white poodle into a Broadway drug store near Thirty-ninth Street. She orders two ice creams, one for herself and one for the dog, who sits on a silver plate set from her handbag. A clerk cites rules but Miss Daniels supplies a bib and napkin as the poodle enjoys the feast at the counter.
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