Fire Burns Through Brandon Business Block Five Stores Lost
A Friday morning blaze destroyed the Gayden Company store and four adjacent shops in Brandon, including Darnall Brothers J W Taylor Brandon Drug Co and W W Corley. The Cumberland telephone exchange and offices of Wm Buchanan and Dr A G McLaurin also burned. The block, oldest in town, suffered a total loss with uninsured firms facing heavy damage.
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Gayden Company
Darnall Brothers
J. W. Taylor
Brandon Drug Company
W. W. Corley
Cumberland Telephone Exchange
Wm. Buchanan
A. G. McLaurin
W. G. Barnes
Barnes
G. O. Robinson
Brandon
Cumberland Telephone Co. Sets Up New Exchange After Fire
The Cumberland Telephone Co. lost its exchange office in a recent fire but quickly restored service. Manager Cardwell cut away burnt wires and set up a temporary office in the Palmer store, connecting to Jackson by Friday morning. Temporary repairs by Cumberland crews and a plan to locate the new exchange on the second floor of Hugh Washburn’s building proceeded, with Sunday work and ongoing progress toward a functioning exchange.
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Cumberland Telephone Co
Brandon
Mr. Cardwell
Palmer Store
Palmer
Jackson
Cumberland
Hugh Washburn
Exchange
Rebuilding Plans Emerged For Burned Block
Mr. Wm. Buchanan owns the burned block from last Friday. He is undecided on rebuilding but leaning yes as contractors price the work. If rebuilt, the new houses would be twenty five feet wide and extend to the south block, replacing the former twenty foot wide structures.
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Wm. Buchanan
Mail Order Victim Urges Local Merchants Revival
A letter to Sears Roebuck complains of poor goods from a mail order house. The writer, mocking a junk shop persona, compares experiences with scams and warns that home merchants benefit cities by spending locally. Moral urges support of local retailers over distant catalogs.
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The
Merchants’ Trade Journal
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Monkey, Roebuck and Company
Munnekogo
Kansas
Santa Fe
Keeley Cure
Young Havemeyer Eyes Breakup of Sugar Trust
Young Havemeyer, newly succeeding his father in the sugar trust, testifies before the house committee seeking control of the National Sugar Refining Company. He forecasts fierce competition with the American Sugar Refining trust but hints at forming his own trust to burst the daddy trust and then fix prices to the benefit of the combine.
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Mr. Havemeyer
Sugar
House
National Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Combine
The Money Trust Fight and Public Control
The piece attacks a money trust linked to Morgan entities dominating banks and insurers. It asserts extensive control over loans and major industries and questions why authorities tolerate such influence. It contrasts investigations under Roosevelt with Taft era secrecy and asks for transparency in governmental actions.
Democrats Fulfill Pledges in 6th District Era
The Democratic house, after two and a half months in session, passed major public benefit measures, endorsed reciprocity, promoted direct senatorial elections, and pushed for campaign finance transparency. It put life necessities on the free list, cut public service costs, and pursued extensive trust investigations, signaling impact for the coming presidential campaign.
Prices Reduced On Gin Work And Plumbing Propositions
Discount of ten percent on all gin work paid in cash before August 1st 19114. Specialities include gin saw filing guming brush work and balancing. Agents for A B Farquahar machinery saw mills engines boilers threshing machines Sharples tubular cream separator Keystone gasoline engines McCormick Champion mowing machinery Walter A Wood Deering Buckeye mower and rake repairs in stock. Rainy weather worsens flies and mosquitoes.
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A. B. Farquaher
Sharples
Keystone
McCormick & Champion
Walter A. Wood Deering
Buckeye
Letter from Sid ney McLaurin on Hebron speech at Florence
Brandon Miss June 22 Editor Brandon News. Sidney L McLaurin writes to defend Senator McLaurin's memory and oppose attacks by Hebron and Vardaman. He cites Percy’s conciliatory stance and stresses loyalty of McLaurin’s family to Percy, arguing friends should not be urged to oppose Percy over past criticisms. He urges public fairness and preservation of McLaurin’s allies.
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Brandon
Miss
Rerz
Brandon News
Hebron
Florence
Senator McLaurin
Legislative
McLaurin
Vardaman
Hebken
Percy
Urjn
Mississippi
LeRoy Percy
Jas. K. Varda
Mr. Vardaman
Anselm J. McLaurin, Jr
Flies Avoid Blue Walls Says Science In Brief
Scientists report flies avoid blue paint and will not stay near blue walls. The note suggests color blindness as a reason for the behavior. Also mentioned is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough and its past epidemic use. Sold by Brandon Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
Brandon Drug Co
Improvement in W G Barnes Store Water Works
W G Barnes recently completed a self funded water works system for his store. A large tank on the roof supplies water via internal piping and hydrants throughout the store and there is a rear toilet for ladies and children. The system helped control a recent fire and likely saved much of the main business district.
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W. G. Barnes
Meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee in Rankin
The Democratic Executive Committee of Rankin County is respectfully requested to meet at the courthouse in Brandon on Saturday, the 1st day of July next, at 4 11 o'clock a.m., for the transaction of such business as may come before it. All members urged to be present. Also contains an unrelated ad for Herb ine remedy with local distributor.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Rankin County
Court House
Brandon
Bal
Gratitude for Fire Efforts and Regret for Losses
A respectful note from W. G. Barnes thanks those who worked during a severe fire and acknowledges the destruction to many friends and citizens while expressing sorrow for the town's losses and pride in saving properties from the blaze. An advertisement promotes McGEE S BABY ELIXIR as a safe aid for teething and stomach care in infants, priced at 25 and 50 cents, sold by Wm Flowers in Florence Mississippi.
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W. G. Barnes
Wm. Flowers
Florence
Miss
Patron notice on laundry service by Baxter Wilson
A brief notice from the proprietor informs patrons that due to health reasons they must be away for a few days. The laundry business will continue under Baxter Wilson who is urged to receive continued patronage and thanks are extended for past favors.
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Baxter Wilson
Leading California Druggist Ad Shows Foley’s Honey and Tar
A Pasadena drug firm endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non narcotic expectorant suitable for children. The letter from C H Ward and L Parsons praises its safety and digestive compatibility, urging trust in the yellow package branding. The clipping also mentions a Justice Department expenditure on special counsel related to time trusts and notes Brandon News from Florence.
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California
Pasadena
Cal
Foley and Co
Foley
C. H. Ward
C. H. Ward, Drug Co., €. L. Parsons, Sec'y
Treas
Foley’s
Brandon Drug Co
Department of Justice
Announcements for Democratic primaries by county and office
The Branden News announces candidates subject to Democratic primaries. State Senator H W Bradshaw and D M Mayers. Representative G S Ware and others including Edgar Misterfeldt H H Watts Dr A G C Norman A B Stubbsfield J C Robinson. District Attorney J R East. County Attorney W E McIntyre Tally Heslep. Superintendent of Education Harvey H Bullock J H O Neal Steve Webb Oscar G Jones. Chancery Clerk B A Clark L S May Mo A Gayden H Stapleton D B Ward. Circuit Clerk R D McRae Scott D Donnell James A Cox J A Lindsey R E Barnett R F Brown W C Ponder. County Treasurer D M Robbins R A Warwick Delmont Myers G W Denson. Sheriff Geo R Owen H O Welch M N O Atkins G D Franklin G O Robinson. Tax Assessor Robt L Chapman L W Ellis G W White I P Russell. Supervisors Beat 1 T E Therrell P B Berry W L Martin. Beat 2 J J Daniels J L Waller W S Crook. Beat 3 CG FitzHugh J B Worley J B Williamson. Beat 4 J W Shivers. Beat 5 H C Patrick N H H Rand y. Justice of the Peace Beat 1 Mo F Williams J O Parkison. Justice Peace Beat 1 Dist 2 J D McDonald. Constable Beat 1 W A McDonald Hiram Smith. Justice of the Peace Beat 3 J J Holmes J B Tisdale. Justice Beat 2 Wm M Watson. Beat 3 D A Collum C % Walsh.
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Woodrow Wilson
Morgan-Standard Oil Combination
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Bankers’ Trust Company
Morgan Equitable Assurance Company
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Morgan
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Tobacco Trust
Star Chamber
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Taft
Brandon Machinery & Lumber CO
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Sidney M'Laurin
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Sidney L. McLaurin
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J. H. O'Neal
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Oscar G. Jones
B. A. Clark
A. Gayden
H. Stapleton
D. B. Ward
R. D. McRae
Scott D. Donnell
James A. Cox
J. A. Lindsey
R. E. Barnett
R. F. Brown
W. C. Ponder
D. M. Robbins
R. A. Warwick
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G. W. Denson
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H. O. Welch
C. Atkins
G. D. Franklin
Robt
L. Chapman
L. W. Ellis
G. W. White
I. P. Russell
T. E. Therrell
P. B. Berry
W. L Martin
J. J. Daniels
J. L. Waller
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Fitzhugh
J. B. Worley
J. B. Williamson
J. W. Shivers
H. C. Patrick
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Justice of the Peace
MO. F. Williams
J. O. Parkison
Justice Peace
J. D. M’donald
Constable
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Hiram Smith
J. J. Holmes
Tisdale
Tay Na
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