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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
5
Local items list residents at home or visiting relatives in Jackson Florence and nearby towns. The column covers social calls, travels, weddings, school news, church events, and brief notices of births and illnesses, with multiple named individuals and small community happenings.
Jackson special reports the Mississippi populist party reviving after six years with Chairman R Brewer issuing a call for a June 25 meeting in Jackson to nominate a Watson and Williams electoral ticket. Brewer, from Chickasaw County, previously worked closely with Frank Burkitt as his right hand. The last populist ticket in Mississippi earned just over 30,600 votes before disintegration followed Burkitt’s defection.
Noah Webster defined true friendship as a noble virtuous attachment arising from respect for worth or amiable qualities. He contrasted it with false friendship, which he described as a temporary, self serving bond among bad men that can quickly turn to enmity and rancor.
A fragmentary sale notice mentions items available for purchase and references individuals Bryan Senna and Han. The readable text is sparse and does not provide clear lot details, dates, or locations.
Out of town guests arrived on afternoon trains for a six o'clock dinner that upheld Doug lass's catering reputation. The ball drew stylish attendees from Brandon and Jackson with music, pleasant weather, and the host's successful, fashionable entertainment.
General Stephen D. Lee, commander of the Confederate veterans, died at age 75 and was laid to rest in Columbus after services at Col. W. T. Rigby’s home in Vicksburg. Born in South Carolina of revolutionary stock, he led the A and M College for years and served on the Vicksburg park commission. Mississippians mourn his loss as an illustrious adopted son.
Brandon Mississippi May 21 Superintendent Myers writes to The News refuting a Florence Weekly claim of 3500 dollars in the school fund. He explains there was no surplus and that debts and warrants meant the treasury showed less than the reported balance of 3320.21, with no intended insult to the school board.
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