Special Term Circuit Court Called for Rankin County
Judge J R Byrd orders a special term of the Circuit court to convene June 21 1909 in Brandon Mississippi Will Mack to be tried. Jurors for the term to be drawn next Saturday with lists published in the News. Call signed by J R Byrd judge and R F Brown circuit clerk.
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Byrd
Will Mack
J. R. Byrd
Mack
Grand and Petit
Circuit Court
Rankin County
Mississippi
Brandon
8Th Judicial District
R. F. Brown
Rankin County Sunday School Convention Highlights
The Rankin County Sunday School Convention met in Cato Mississippi on July 14 and 15 1909. Sessions featured devotional periods addresses by S G Pope J F M Clellan Bryan Simmons C E Bass J Harvey Commwell J R East A M Shields and J P Barksdale with discussions led by P Didlake Hugh P Barksdale and W W Mors. Topics included how to get best results from county conventions the duties of superintendents and making Sunday schools attractive with music and a dinner recess and an election of officers for next year. The program outlined teaching missions and the role of teachers as soul winners with sessions on requirements for teachers and general Sunday school progress.
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S. G. Pope
Obbie Gill
Wayne C. Alliston
W. W. Mors
P. Didlake
J. R. East
Hugh P. Barksdale
J. F. M.clellan
A. G. Norrell
C. E. Bass
Bryan Simmons
J. Harvey Commwell
John, Rundle
Bessie McCaskill
J. C. Grice
iMusic
A. M. Shields
J. F. McClellan
J. P. Barksdale
Christ
Julia Jayne Walker
Bryam
Town Council Proceedings June 1 1909
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen met in a regular session with all present. Accounts were allowed for street work and school janitorial services. The board ordered an engineer’s superintendence for a model road from town to the depot and requested cost estimates from civil engineers. A letter from N H Nash of Dodson, Miss. urged better roads, road taxes and possible contract work to improve county roads during the coming season.
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A. G Thornton
White
George Hobson
Oer
United States Office of Public Roads
Board of Supervisors
Brandon
N. H. Nash
Dodson
Mississippi
Sale of Dry Goods and Hardware in Clean Up Sale
A Mississippi hardware and dry goods store announces a sweep sale with reduced prices on dry goods shoes hats and more. New National Retail Hardware Association membership promises extensive stock and guarantees satisfaction. The ad invites customers to visit the store to save money and highlights readiness to order any needed item.
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National Retail Hardware Association
Mississippi
Weevil Swarm Touts Light Test In Rayne Field
A Rayne Louisiana item notes a curious sight last night as migratory boll weevils swarmed around electric lanterns, killing or stunned by lights. A man collected a large envelope full of them, suggesting lights may reveal if this method helps fend off the pest, echoing a past cotton worm experiment.
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Times-Democrat
Rayne
Carey
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Brandon Bank
Miss
Sidney L. McLaurin
Roy L. Fox
W. H. Barnes
Rankin County Bank
Pelahatchie, Miss
J. A. Spann, Sr
P. B. Summer
J. G. Patrick
C. W. Taylor
S. 5. Rhodes
R. W. Patrick
J. W. Shields
Brandon Sanitaria, & Training School For Nurses
J. T. B. Berry
Cato
General Fund
T. T. Cottrell
Stret
Brandon Mer. Co
Albert M. Shields
Brandon, Miss
Jackson
Union Depot
P. Wie Rae
West Capitol St
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