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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
2
A Mississippi reader from Pearson argues the Dixie Highway should be routed to minimize taxpayer costs. He urges built where feasible and beneficial to the county, not where votes favor a route, noting past road funds and urging publication of sensible road policy.
Rankin County must fix its poor roads says the Smith County Reformer noting drivers must improvise with motor boats and oxen when rain cripples travel. The piece argues substantial funding and action will unlock prosperity and wake the county to road needs. It ends with a reflective verse on human reluctance to advertise effort.
Reader letter from Editor Brandon News cites frustration over a delayed edition and criticizes the Dixie Highway route as a bottomless pit. It references a May 24 Clarion Ledger article about a recommended Jackson Plain Highway and claims the engineer’s survey favored a Pearson route under mistaken assumptions.
The Brandon News announces candidates for the August Primary across offices including State Revenue Agent Stokes W Robertson District Attorney D M Anderson reelection Representative W H Boone George W Ware S R Myers R F Brown R H Watts Edgar Misterfeldt Sheriff John E Ross O Buchanan Leslie M Stingily R C Taylor Scott D Donnell Circuit Clerk J E Kersh Dave P Gayden Surveyor Jos Wynn Supervisor Beat One R G Berry W L Martin Beat Two C H Bethune C C Rouse B Stubblefield W M Corley.
A poem extols honesty and purity as a timeless dress made not of fabric but truth. It urges wearing integrity, with beads of perspiration symbolizing honest labor, and promises inner virtue reflects in appearance.
Miss Mona Wilson and Leona Jerkins left Saturday for Clinton normal. Oley Cable and Will Step of Jackson visited Sunday. Alma Murray spends days in Jackson. Ellis Murray did business in Jackson Saturday. Mr. and Mrs J P Allman visited Sunday. Eric McKay spent the weekend at home. A D Holmes returned from Alabama work. Bill Turner spent Saturday night in Brandon. Ollie Holmes called home to sick mother C E McKay. Otis Wilson makes regular Rehobeth calls. C C McKay of Leesburg visited Nannie McKay’s home. Ruby Jones and children of Pelahatchie visited George King. Hick O Neal returned to Old Soldiers Home after visiting Mrs Ruby Holmes. Several attended prayer meeting at Rehobeth Saturday night. Jack Bates and S L Allman of Leesburg attended preaching Sunday night.
The Thomasville column reports fine weather with cotton near last year's progress, early boll weevils, late corn planting, and active real estate. Local farmers plan tomatoes shipments, and a July 14 all day picnic will host candidates for August 2 speaking dates. Residents note road work delays and visits by Mrs B J Bullock and Miss Mary Alexander to relatives.
Canton Miss May 31 Speaker Sennett Conner, leading gubernatorial candidate, cites an April 12 1922 Commercial Appeal account of Henry Whitfield’s Jackson speech to defend his tax record. He argues four measures for economical state government and notes Mississippi’s eight mill state levy funds schools health and veterans while urging voters to judge by records, not rhetoric.
Claude, the brother, made a flying trip to Dobson Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Knox McNair visited her sister in Brandon Sunday. J. A. Jackson passed through our community one day last week.
Hastings Co offers about two million free seed packets of popular Southern flowers this spring. Readers can request the 1923 Catalog to learn how to obtain Shirley Poppies Everlasting Flowers Zinnias Cosmos and Mexican Burning Bush free. Catalog includes 100 pages of photos descriptions of seeds bulbs plants and gardening tips.
Jim Robertson and Prof Sherrill visit Brandon while residents attend to daily business in Jackson. Farmers report King grass cutting oats amid a dry spell as Leota Long heads to Clinton normal school and many locals shop, visit, and attend church. Tacky party at the Roberson home featured prizes for the tackiest pair andRefreshments provided by Leota Long Clyde Jones and Winnie Mae Roberson.
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