Rankin County Supervisors Meet June 4 1917 Actions
The Rankin County Board of Supervisors met June 4 1917 with all members present. They released timber from deed of trust after sale for 200 dollars, awarded bridges to Tucker Brinson and J H Steverson, and set June feed contracts. Several road and school payments were approved along with payrolls and various claims. The board opened bids for bridges and county supplies, updated depository bonds, and authorized sale of a road machine for 50 dollars to District No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
J. M. D. Steverson
W. M. Swilley
Dabbs Creek
Tucker & Brinson
Conway Slough
J. H. Steverson
R. H. Green
Taylor-Wills Grocery Co
R. R. Busick
L. H. Mashburn
G. H. Sherrill
Enos Corley
I. L. Corley
O. F. Corley
Chancery
Will E. Wansley
Henry Dear
W. E. Wansley
Jesse Tuberville
J. H. Whitfield Stock Law District
Kate Barksdale
Goshen
J.J. Daniel
L. C. Cooper
W. E. Laird
J. J. Daniel
A. M. Davis
C. A. Bates
C. H. Bethune
Lettie Lewis
Patience McLaurin
Celia McAfee
Mack Crain
S. D. Domnell
Cumberland Telephone Co
W. G. Barnes
Mdise
G. Barnes
W. Hubbard Franklin
Barnett
Pelahatchie Bank
Pelahatchie
Mississippi
Rankin
Indiana Road Machine Company
Road maintenance accounts and repairs across Beat districts
A ledger style report lists payments for road work, mdse, shop labor, and per diem across Beat Nos. 1 through 5, including names such as Roy Pattie, A P Dear, J D Adams & Co, and W G Barnes. Amounts cover materials, culverts, digging, and freight. a separate line notes a bid for a ferryman at Johnson's Ferry and a request for grant of funds for Slyvarena School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Bilis
Bethune
C. T. Vinson
Able Patrick
É. Vv. Pennington
H C. Lackey
Star Lumber Co
Tucker Priting Co
Msscovers
6 Pi Printing Co
Mdse
Vinsbach Plumbing Co
Ridge
J. E. Noble
Jackson Veterinary Hospital
Hardy Patrick's
Smith Taylor
Cross
Same
W. H. Watson
G. A. Parker
Laura McAfee
H. A. Laird
Charlie Purnell
G. W. Smith
C. C. McKay
Bo Jonas Holmes
Hillie Stapleton
Aaron Purvis
Bo Dick McRae
Bo J. R. Payne
J. P. Harris
Geo. Rhienheimer Brandon Water Co
J. A. Lindsey
E. Fisher
Edmund Donee
E. R. Schuman
Bowman
Morrison Coal Co
S. D. Donnell
Attkinson & Bauer
J. P. Franklin
M. Evans
Tom Gray
Work Court House
Bell
Nee Finch
Wis
Donnell
W. J. Wansley
W. B. Smith
P. L. Pace
B. Bell
L. H. Mashburn
Pelahatchie Hdw. Co
Irvin Knight
Roy Harrell
Luther Gray
W. LL. Barrow
Jeff Burgess
Elmore Rhodes
J. C. Shepperd
B. Spann
Ed Scott
Ne Knight
J. B. Williamson
Busick
Moise Farm
M. Shields
J. W. Wade
W. J. Graves
J. H. Walters
D. B. Jones
J. Grantham
E. L. Jones
A. G. King
T. G. Lawrence
Y. C. Shepperd
T. M. Harrell
T. J. Jones
W.H. Till
A. E. Johnson
Walter Gray
Claude McKay
Branden
J.J. Daniel
J. Daniel
W. H. Till
W. E. Laird
Kennedy
ROWE
A. Robinson
Palmer & McIntyre
A. Kennedy
H. Bethune
H. H. Bullock
Barnes
Coffin
Luke Wyoung
KA . Butler
Alahew Watts
Didige
Walsh
Jesse Walker
G. E. Bates
J. H. Boyd
Dulf Manning
Bob Williams
D. Donnell
Sandifer
Dan Allen
Taylor-Wills Grocery Co
J. D. Adams & Go
Blade
Southern Sewer Pipe Co
Bk. M. Odom
R. Busick
McDonald
Rankin County Bank
H.S. Garrett
Mdise
W. R. Walker
T. J. Rogers
Pelahatchie How. Co
W.G. Barnes
J. H. Brown
E. B. Story
E. N. Ross
R. R. Busick
J. A. Jackson
Walter Burnham
J.H. Jackson
J. W. Pace
AE Caete
J. C. Howell
Trustees Township 3
Slyvarena School
H. S. Garrett
Johnson’s Ferry
Indian missionary credits remedy for bowel issues in India
A missionary speaking in Des Moines churches recounted a bout in interior India where he fell sick and carried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which he believed saved his life. He said the remedy works as preventive and cure for cholera and milder bowel complaints, and is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moins
Iowa
India
Chamberlain
Florence items recount tragic rail car strike in Rankin County
A Jackson area tragedy described in Flor ence items recounts Mr. J T Sessum his wife and two young daughters struck by an A V train at the A and W track. The car stalled on the embankment as the westbound train approached. Mrs Sessum and one child were hurled, the car pushed, and Mr Sessum dragged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin County
A. V
Jackson
Brandon News
J.T. Sessum
Sessum
Dave Neely
Tragic Railroad Crash Leaves Family Dead and Wounded
A four year old girl died instantly in a railroad accident that also killed the mother and left the father unconscious. The baby sustained facial bruises while the father died hours later. Passengers moved all four victims to safety and hospitals, with funeral services held the next day for the deceased. Neighbors and friends offered support as the community mourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sessum
Baptist Hospital
Jackson
Plain
W. G. Henry
Galloway Memorial Church
Dave Neely
Jesus Crist
Sutton
Wayne Allison
Texas
Briar Hill
Bro
Allison
Fort Worth
W. E. Dear
Atlanta
A. P. Dear
Dear
Forethought saves expense with Chamberlain's remedy
E W Archer of Cald Well Ohio writes that his family has used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and never travel without it. The remedy is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Archer
Cald Well
Ohio
Chamberlain
Reward for Return of Buster Brown Fox Terrier
An up to date line of ARROW brand shirts and collars offered by W. G. Barnes. A. M. Hosford of Jackson R. 4 offers five dollars for the return of his fox terrier Buster Brown who is on a collar named Hosford. Also offering two dollars for the return of a collar and pants of ant ers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Brown
Hosford
A. M. Hosford
Jackson
ARROW
W. G. Barnes
Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted as internal treatment
The advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood acting remedy, with tonics and purifiers, endorsed by a noted physician and sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. and all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo, CO
Public Auction of H. L. Shields Stock of Merchandise
Mrs C E Riley of Illion New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion in a testimonial while W H Barnes as Assignee announces a public auction of H L Shields stock of merchandise at eleven o clock in the morning on Thursday June 21 1917. The notice notes Chamberlains Tablets are obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Shields
W. H. Barnes
Trustee's Notice of Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
Trustee H V Watkins cites a deed of trust from Harriet Hill and Rufus Hill to Solomon Dreyfus dated 1911 and records in Rankin County. Sale to satisfy the debt will occur at Brandon courthouse front door between 11 am and 4 pm with described lands including sections of Township 5 Range 4 East and related parcels. The notice includes details of prior conveyances and specifies the property as trust security with conveyance only of trustee's title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Hill
Rufus Hill
Solomon Dreyfus
Rankin County
Mississippi
Said
Brandon
State of
Dan Butler
Anderson Butler
Jim Abram Et al
Chancery Clerk
Said County
Daniel Butler
A. D
H. V. Watkins
J.T. Murrah
Anna W. H. Thompson
Rankin
Sessenons
James Murrah
Said McNeill
Ida Dunn Howard
H.V. Watkins
Notice for Public Sale of Timber Land at Jackson Mississippi
Public notice from the Department of the Interior Jackson Mississippi dated May 14 1917 states Roy L Hogue of aeme Mississippi filed a sworn statement and application No 07504 on December 1 1916 to purchase timber and land Lot 2 Section 24 Township 7 North Range 2 East Choctaw Meridian timber and land valued at 2081 and 148 respectively. The sale will be offered July 28 before the Receiver U S Land Office Jackson Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U.S
Jackson
Mississsippi
Roy L. Hogue
Aeme
U. S. Land Office
Manere
Crete
Pcummins
Register
Notice to Bidders for July 1917 County Supplies
Notice to bidders requires bids by noon on the first Monday of July 1917 for July supplies including oats corn mixed feed and other feeds for teams across the Supervisors Districts of the county delivered at Brandon Florence and Pelahatchie with county home supplies delivered to Brandon Depot plus 2 mules for the county farm each at least 700 pounds. bids may be rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrish Slough Bridge
Jackson and Brandon Public Road
Eg Snt
Pelahatchie Creek
Florence and Pelahatchie
County
Brandon
Opi
R. A. Kennedy
W. H. Till
Jackson
Gulfport
Florence
Star
Board of
Sores
Fay Hurst
Webb
Supt. of Education
Ludlow
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Mississippi
Board For Supervisors
Ludlow Consolidated
J. A. Robinson
Miss
Johnson’s Ferry
Rankin, Towit
Said County
Pelahatchie
Said
Brandon Depot
County Farm
Fee bids due by noon on July first panel
Fee bids will be area by noon on the first panel of July 1917, the same being the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Miss
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Brandon, Miss
W. S. May
Milter
Dr. Webb
QR. A. Kennedy
Capital National Bank of
E. Q. White
J.D. Dickson
Sam Harper
H. C. Washburn
BE. S. Barksdale
A. B. Collum
J.J. Whittington
C. Cooper
A. M. Shields
Erate Veterans
Ueg R. E. Willingham
Dist
Meridian
C. E. Riley
Illion, N.Y
A.D
Tor
Farish Slough
Jackson-Brandon Public Road
J. A. Rosinson
Cato Consolidated Schol
H. N. Echols
Braxton
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