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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
2
The Brandon News lists advertising rates and placement rules including 3 cents per word for first insertion and 1 cent per word for subsequent insertions. Obituaries and cards of thanks priced at 1 cent per word. No time to maintain accounts. foreign rep via The American Press Association.
A sharp, satirical look at race and law in the Deep South details harsher penalties for white and Black offenders, describing marriage, property, and guardrails of justice. It credits negroes with loyalty and notes white protectionist views while skewering legal double standards.
The piece critiques a letter on Sabbath keeping and Lords day claims. It argues the seventh day remains Sabbath per Genesis and Exodus, notes Christ as Lord of the Sabbath, and questions Sunday as Lords day, citing Daniel 7:25 and Mark 2:28. It mentions Sunday laws circa AD 331 and urges tithes/offerings tracking on the first day.
A letter quotes Bible passages arguing the seventh day Sabbath remains God's rest and condemns changing it to Sunday. It asserts Christ’s coming will find some still keeping the commandments, cites Revelation 14:12, and ends with editor notes about reception of Christ letters and lack of space for further discussion.
Miss Silks of Delhi visits Mrs. Williams for two weeks. Mrs Hodges of Clarksburg visits her brother Will Hodges. W H Whately hosts an ice cream supper for local youth. Miss Blanche Thomas travels to Clinton for normal. Roy and Mrs Robbins visit relatives in Guide. Several Guide visitors and local residents are noted with illnesses and social visits. Community events include a Saturday show and a growing B Y P A.
The rain blessed the district last Friday and crops look well. Health remains good as whooping cough wanes with hopes it ends before school starts. Frank Bardwell returned from Yazoo City visit. R Denson from Andrew Chapel visited. Beanice Baker has taken a Yazoo City job. Schoolhouse entertainment drew a small crowd due to rain. A box supper and social planned Thursday night at the hall.
Cobb County farmer G W Slayton praises Taniac after decades of stomach trouble. He recounts vast medical expenses and failed diets before the remedy allegedly transformed his father, restoring appetite and vitality, and declares he would not trade Taniac for any other medicine or health resort.
Banister A Clark died at Pineview Hospital D Lo Miss June 6 1921 after a serious gall stones operation on June 3 aged 64 years 11 months and two days He leaves a wife seven daughters and two sons Funeral services were held at M E church D Bo conducted by Rev J L Smith and the Baptist pastor and burial followed at D Lo cemetery awaiting the Lord's coming.
For2 good a cows. E B Alford Value Miss I Pat Henry substituted trustee in place of Doug Lass Ward as shown in Deed Book 84 page 553. By virtue of deed of trust from Able Thompson to Robert S Miller & Co dated Oct 25 1920 to secure indebtedness. Sale July 9 1921 at front door of County Court House Brandon Mississippi during legal hours for cash to highest bidder land described as about 10 acres in southeast corner of northeast quarter section 15 township 5 range 2 east. Land detached from main body by a road now little used. trusteePAT HENRY will convey only such title as is vested in the trustee.
A Coming program at Happy Hollow School features the up to date Laughing event A Day with a staged two act comedy. It includes named cast members such as Annabell Adams Mrea Bessy Bolizky and many others with a city automobile party plot and a lunch scene. Admission is 15 and 30 cents.
One Poland China male hog marked smooth crop off left ear and a 66 pound yaent about 150 pounds. Reasonable reward. Write Joe E. Anderson, Finkbine, Mississippi.
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