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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
4
A collage of local ticket lines and endorsements lists for beat officers, with quotes urging competency and opposition to incompetence. The text includes references to West Point Press and governor Vardaman, notes on meeting schedules with Mr Williams, and editorials criticizing demagogues and stressing honesty and capability for county offices.
A call to voters to back only candidates who are clearly capable of handling public duties. The speaker warns against supporting those lacking proven competence and experience.
County News notes widespread sickness including typhoid fever and measles with several families affected. Weather brings rain and wet ground delaying plowing, cotton planting resumes as warmth returns, and local residents report school trips, visits, and political candidacy chatter amid a flurry of social and religious events. Figures and places include Pelahatchie D Lo Magee Braxton Vicksburg and King with areal mentions of J. J. Mize J. B. Tucker and Miss Dora Ponder among others.
Mrs. Sue Pierce returned from Louisiana, and Hulon Hines of Dry Creek visited W. J. French. Carl Stingily, a chancery clerk candidate, campaigned locally. Tommie Ross of Whites was buried at Clear Branch after a sad illness. pastor B. E. Tatton led services with about four hundred attendees. Sunday school, Childrens Day, a Whites Whites private line subscription, and post route debates feature local life.
Farmers plant cotton and sawmill progress noted by Horne. Clara Boyd visits from Goshen. school meeting at Pisgah. Mrs Lee from Jackson visiting relatives. I O Brown travels to Jackson. children’s day in Brandon. gatherings in Canton and Brandon. Rev Orville Embree preaches. strawberry supper at W B Alford. Community mourns Mrs Frank Jones nee Miles Sallie Coleman of Lucknow. Mattings and lace curtains advertised by W G Barnes.
Florence and Plain clashed in a Saturday baseball game at this place with a lively contest. They plan another game soon at Florence. The piece also notes local social events, visits, marriages, and community updates including a wedding on May 24, 1907, and plans for a J. L. P telephone meeting to organize business.
A quip from Dreary about paying half if the doctor finds the ailment. The exchange features Fair Enough offering a careful examination for ten dollars and Weary Dreary humorously proposing a split if a diagnosis is made.
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