Leading wage earner in America a mining engineer
The piece profiles John Hayes Hammond, a mining engineer and top paid worker whose earnings rival presidents and monarchs. It traces Hammond’s career from Germany to California, Africa, and South Africa with the Guggenheims, noting a five year contract at 500000 a year, and humorously cites his time valued at five dollars a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sAhl
Hammond
Europe
America
Guggenheims
Rockies
Mr. Hammond
Sac
Freiburg
Germany
United States
Sonora
Mexico
California
South Africa
Barnato Bros
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Dom Paul
Johannesburg
Dr. Jameson
Baptist Protracted Meeting Closes with Church Organized
Weather fair draws farmers to field as Pearson reports good conditions. Frank Roell and wife visited Jackson overnight, returning Sunday. Mrs. Allen Bridgers of Raymond spent the day with the Fisher family. Mr. and Mrs. Bonner and Mrs. Stovall and son Henry Allen of Jackson were guests. Mrs. Meachum hosted a full house Sunday. The Baptist meeting ended with a large dinner on the grounds. Rev. Wayne Sutton of Florence organized the Baptist church here. H D Meachum and W B Stacy elected deacons, J R Payne clerk, Wayne Allison pastor. Five additions occurred, four by experience and one by letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. R. J. Bonner
H. A. Stovall
Henry Allen
Jackson
Bettie Saunders
Baptist Church
Wayne Sutton
Florence
H.D. Meachum
W. B. F. Stacy
J.R. Payne
Wayne Allison
Pelahatchie Graded School closes its most successful session
The Pelahatchie Graded School wraps a standout year led by Principal John Rundle and a strong team. Teachers Miss Bailey Miss East Miss Graham and Miss Woodard received praise for progress in grades six through music. Commencement May 20 to 24 included a sermon a concert a valedictory address by James D Thames and diplomas for Miss Fannie May Craig and Miss Mary Maude Mashburne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelahatchie Graded School
John Rundle
Miss East
Miss Graham
Woodard
Fannie May Craig
Mary Maude Mashburne
Rundle
Mt Creek Sunday School Attendance Grows
Sunday school at Mt Creek reports strong turnout with a large regular attendance. Several locals including Mrs. J. S. Laird and Mrs. A. P. Dear of Florence visit or assist. Visitors come from Pearl Star and Florence with notes of family illness and a social ice cream supper at D. H. Loflin’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Dear
Florence
J. S. Laird
D. H. Loflin
Local social notes from East Mississippi region
Walter Didlake returns home from A and M College. Thiers Harper visited Jackson last Saturday. Miss Carrie Ball finished her first year at East Mississippi Female College and is back home. Miss Leslie May Harper returns from Prentiss to spend the summer here after teaching in the high school. Byram Harper, finishing Vanderbilt medical course, passed state board exams in Jackson and heads to Isola to practice with a leading physician. Alma Webb returns Tuesday from Whitworth College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Didlake
A. & M. College
Thiers Harper
Jackson
Carrie Ball
East Mississippi Female College
Leslie May Harper
Prentiss, Miss
Leslie
Byram B. Harper
Vanderbilt University
State Board
Little City
Isola
Delta
Alma Webb
Whitworthollege
Monterey Shower Sparks Grass Growth After Rains
A Monterey note reports a refreshing shower that will boost grass and crop growth. The community notes abundant grass and mentions prior cutting after the big rains, with signs of rapid recovery and ongoing growth.
Local Notices and Social Updates Mention Town Life
A Reynolds area bulletin notes residents visiting relatives and traveling for schooling and work. Shelby Williams returns from Meridian Male College. Miss Harriett Bullock visits Boston. Mrs J R East and Miss Mary Webb visited D Lo. Profs J M Taylor and P F Williams attended Johns commencment. Miss Mary Williams stays home for summer. Annie Cooper visits sister in Lorena. Walter Smith heads out on A W tuning pianos. Church revival conducted by Bro Wayne Alliston at Pearson drew a crowd. Oscar Boteler buys Levy Matthews place for fall move. Monterey seeks buyers for remaining productive land with good water and pasture. a strong community and school appeal remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Williams
Meridian Male College
Harriett Bullock
Boston
J. R. East
Mary Webb
D’lo
Mary Williams
the Johns
Annie Cooper
Mrs. Wicher
Lorena
Pearson
Wayne Alliston
Oscar Boteler
Levy Matthews
Monterey
Commencement Week Highlights At Local School
The community recalls May commencement events with gold medal contests won by Ned and Augusta Donnell. Rev Bryan Simmons preached the commencement sermon, Judge A G Norrell gave the medals and address, and Dr Swartz of Millsaps College delivered a key address. The pantomime Nearer My God To Thee drew notice. Principal J H Donnell resigns. Prof G R Cook to take over, with Miss Mary Williams retained and Miss Ethel Cox returning for next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Donnell
Augusta Donnell
Bryan Simmons
Brandon
A. G. Norrell
Swartz
Millsaps College
J. H. Donnell
G. R. Cook
Donnell
Mary Williams
Williams
Ethel Cox
Madison
Incomplete list of attendees and speakers cited
A fragmentary citation names Monterey Professor Lyles and Mr Sherrell Langford Jno Gayden Rev Bryan Simmons and Mr Morris of Brandon Judge A G Norrell of Plain Dr M Swartz of Jackson Miss Ida Rhodes Mr Albritton and a sister of D Lo among others whose names cannot be recalled at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Lyles
Sherrell
Langford
Jno
A. Gayden
Bryan Simmons
Morris
Brandon
A. G. Norrell
Plain
M. Swartz
Jackson
A Sermon to Husbands on Evening Home Life
A preacher-narrator urges husbands to spend evenings at home with wives and children. The piece contrasts a peaceful, affectionate home with a lonely wife awaiting her husband’s return, urging gentleness, attention, and rekindling marital happiness.
Lonely Wife at the Fireside After Hard Marital Strain
A distant husband retreats from his wife as tears stream down her pale cheeks. She recalls happier years and the old homestead, feeling homesick and bitter. The narrator quips that local husbands would not act thus, urging wives to read the sermon.
Submerged Presbyterian Delights Congregation Joke
A Chapman Alexander revival ends in Philadelphia as a minister greets a stranger who admits he is submerged Presbyterian. He explains his family attends multiple denominations, and he contributes to all of them, which he says submerges him.
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Philadelphia
Kansas City Star
Trustee's Sale in Rankin County Mississippi 1908
Trust sale conducted by GEO B. Hilton as trustee under a 1905 deed of trust of J D Dear and E J Dear transferred to T G James, selling land in Rankin County described as NE of the SW and the SE of the NW of the SW in section 26 township 3 range 2 east, on May 16, 1908, at Star Mississippi. The title is believed good but conveyed as trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Dear
E. J. Dear
B. F. Berry
Rankin County
Crone
T. G. James
L.will
Philip Didlake
Star
Mississippi
Geo. B. Hilton
Tobacco's reach and costiled across the world
A reverent balance laments two humanly sustained evils, focusing on tobacco. The piece notes the vast spread with millions of acres grown and tons produced annually, costing humanity trillions of dollars, and asks why such expenditure persists when no one gains from tobacco use.
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Harris Business University
Jackson, Miss
John Hayes Hammond
Frank Roell
Allen Bridgers
Raymond
J. E. Fisher
H D. Menchum
the Baptist
Pelahatchie
Mt. Creek
Robert Steen
Pearl
Mamie Harper
Wells Webb
W W. B. Bridges
J. E. Harrison
O. F. Laird
Willis Harrison
J. M. Taylor
P. F. Williams
Johns
Walter Smith
Walter
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