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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
4
The Brandon News Hazlehurst reports plans to receive bids on July 1 for fifteen thousand dollars in water and school bonds. Also noted are Mississippi developments including court licenses, rail and port activity, and upcoming maneuvers at Chickamauga.
Mississippi sues five large inter-insurance firms to collect back license fees totaling about 60000 dollars. The State Board of Health campaigns against the house fly, calling it a major health menace. Crop prospects are good. boll weevil control gains, and school book costs may drop with modest changes. Census figures spark city rankings drama. Representative White faces weapon charges in Jackson. Prohibition on near beer relaxes in many towns, and Louisiana passes a miscegenation bill. An Iowa editor must explain unpaid subscriptions to federal authorities, amid mounting dunning notices.
Last fall Brandon built a sand and clay road from the town square to the depot under a National Government Road Expert and Civil Engineer. After nearly a year of use it supports heavier loads, with one horse now pulling more than two or three older roads. Town authorities have kept improving principal streets, ensuring a lasting, well maintained thoroughfare system.
Street activity marks progress as Marshal Cottrell and road hands are praised for improving town roads. The text notes the poor condition has opened eyes, and citizens will demand extended repairs across the beat, division, and eventually the entire Free State.
Section 1 authorizes county boards to tax one dollar per male dog and three dollars per female dog over six months old. Tax proceeds fund school house improvements and are distributed by county authorities. Section 2 allows a petition to trigger a county-wide vote if levy is not adopted. Section 3 requires collars with owner names. killing uncollared dogs at large is lawful. Section 4 imposes ownership penalties for collarless dogs after 16 days. Section 5 penalties for running loose without collar or paying tax. funds go to the school improvement fund.
The text outlines fines ranging from 5 to 50 dollars for offenses related to unpaid dog taxes and for failing to disclose the number or sex of dogs owned. It states fines are to go into a designated fund and notes the act takes effect upon passage, approved April 15, 1910.
The Woodville Republican reports the recent dog tax law will likely be adopted by the Wilkinson board of supervisors. Taxed dogs must wear a collar with a metal plate bearing the owner’s name, and a dog without the collar may be killed. Assessments will occur during annual rounds, with fines from $5 to $50 for noncompliance. funds go to school-house improvements under the superintendent of education.
D D Crane and wife transfer 80 acres to R N Warren. Mortris and wife convey timber on 80 acres to C S Dobson. Seay et al to F M Roell timber on lands for 200000 dollars. Williams Jr and wife to Lackey Bros timber in section 22 6 3 for 100 dollars. Bradley to M L McLoughlin undivided 40 acres sec 20 0 35 0 wife W N Taylor and wife to R M Laird lots in Florence SS 40s OST. Stevens to R M Laird 10 acres sec 31 4 2 75 00. Sheppard to W H Thomas 1 9 interest in M H Sheppard and 1 7 in J C Sheppard estates sec 25 36 6 4 137 00. Minnie Sheppard to W H Thomas 1 7 in J C Sheppard estate sec 36 6 4 36 00. Spann to E W Daniels lot Pelahatchie 45 co l W Loveless to Peter Fairly Loveless 160 acres sec 36 600 00. Taylor et al to Pelahatchie Bank quit claim of Pelahatchie lot. J C Graham and wife to J C Thomas 160 acres sec 33 3 - 200 0 0. J A Morris to Mrs F C Burney 212 acre lot Brandon sec 21 5 3300. Cal Glenn P Jones to C K Jones 1 3 in E K Jones estate 1 300 00.
On the morning of March 28 1910 at eight o clock God sent two chosen angels to the Warren home and gently bore away the spirit of their little daughter Mildred Netalia aged ten months.
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