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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
5
Eastbound trains bound for Cincinnati Atlanta and New York appear in timetable notes. Meridian and Cincinnati are listed with times such as 3:05 p.m. and 9:01 a.m. Meridian Local shows 322 p.m. with unclear context. The fragment suggests a regional rail schedule snippet.
The Brandon area reports a Tuesday adjournment of the board of supervisors many local social notes. Miss Mary Busick returns to Judson College. Henry Myers now manages the local telephone exchange. Miss Annie Crook of Hillman College visited homefolks. Dr. R. H. Spriggs of Meridian visits Brandon. Rev. Mr. Bovill to preach at 4 pm Sunday. Capt. John A. Webb, railroad commissioner candidate, visited Brandon. Clifton Cole recovering from illness. Mrs. W. H. Barnes returns from New Orleans improved. Dr. H. J. Burnham opens a dental office. Earl Brewer and governor race events noted with May 18 dates in Brandon and Langford. Senator E. F. Noel to speak at Florence May 10 and Star that night. Local bar association participants at Vicksburg. bankers Ward and Barnes attend Gulfport meeting. Heavy rain Monday night caused overflow and crop damage. Second quarterly conference at Methodist church next Saturday. Dr. A. B. Watkins to preach Sunday. W. EB. Darnall buys H. L. Myers’s ios business.
Local Brandon items report oratorical contest and field day on Saturday with ground dinner and baskets. Visits include Misses Washburn and McLaurin at state Daughters of the Confederacy in Jackson. Grand Lecturer Saddler in town. Rev S P Morris to receive Royal Arch degrees.
A playful fragment shows a fly and a flea in a fine bind trapped by a flue in Town Topica style. The text also includes a garbled line about a wife and husband and a misquoted request for blue flame oil stoves from W. G. Barnes.
Closing exercises of Briar Hill High were held over Wednesday and Thursday with a large attendance despite bad weather. Dr W B Murrah of Jackson preached a sermon on Timothy. Hon John Sharp Williams spoke on national issues and the local negro question, praising democracy and the 15th amendment’s relevance to the region. The concertWednesday night drew a large crowd.
The program lists events from May 15 to May 17 including musical recital, commencement sermon by Rev. J. B. Hatton, declamation and recitation contests, graduating exercises, annual address by Rev. W. T. Lowrey, D. D., L. L. D, and an annual concert. Admission charges for the concert are 25 and 15 cents. Principal W. N. Taylor invites all to attend. Also notices: wagons and buggies for sale by W. G. Barnes and upcoming registration tours by R. F. Brown in Pelahatchie May 17 and Florence May 16, 1907.
A physician recounts a patient who could not pay his bill after weeks of illness. The man had to cover a life insurance assessment that morning, leaving him penniless. He told his wife to ensure the doctor was paid once the policy payout arrived, prompting the doctor to remark he might have collected sooner. Fresh groceries and prompt service. -W. G. Barnes.
The program featured well arranged exercises by the children with Miss Katie Boteler winning the gold medal and Alice Aliston the prize. Fifteen new members joined the school association, now totaling thirty two. The session was prosperous with record enrollment and eight to ten pupils achieving first grade licenses in county exams. Professors Covington and Miss May were re elected for another term.
The principal’s salary is raised to 85 dollars monthly and the assistant’s to 60 dollars. A good music teacher is needed for next session as Mrs. Buckley has resigned. For sale, a blacksmith and woodshop with tools and materials plus a large house and a 24 by 80 foot lot on West Main Street, all for 900 dollars. Seek J W Cooper for bargains.
For sale a grist mill and gin with 25 H. P. boiler and 20 H. P. engine, a comparatively new gin and a brand new press, pair wagon scales, and a good location. J W Kersh Brandon Miss R F D No 1.
My place eight miles north of Pelahatchie on 200 acres with good dwelling and water. Includes two horses twelve cattle one yoke of oven 43 head of sheep wagon and buggy. Terms through J D Mashburn R F D No 1 Pelahatchie Mississippi. Also blacksmith shop house and lot with tools stock and more belonging to F B Walrod.
O. W Owen and Son announce they will take cattle to pasture, ensuring good feed and ample water.
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