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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
1
East bound and west bound schedules published for the A. and V. R. R. timetable with Isenxer trains serving Brandon. The notice lists east bound No and west bound services, reflecting the line's timetable details.
Northern residents visit Brandon in search of homes amid a frost, with many locals and visitors from Johns community Star and Thom asville stopping by. Reports cover church events, Red Cross plans, teaching and military service, farming outlooks, and cemetery decorations for Confederate and federal veterans.
The Boy Scouts of Brandon reorganize and will wear proper uniforms and begin drilling in preparation to serve. Patrols named include Patrol Leader Dan Mayers and Corporal Melville Turner with six others and mascots Rupert Barnett and Earle Jones. Black Bear patrol lists Robert Burns and Willie Runge with Rudd Sprague Lewis Mayers and Gus Morris as mascot.
Mr and Mrs Daniel McLaurin Mayers of Brandon announce the engagement of Nan Dantzier Mayers to Mr Madison Johnson Lee of Danville Kentucky. The couple plans a forthcoming wedding at the Presbyterian church in Brandon Mississippi.
June 27, 1917, at eight o'clock out. Miss Mayers, long a beloved instructor at the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Jackson, leaves for her new home in Kentucky. She now holds a chair at the Florida Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in St. Augustine. Mr. Lee, a Danville, Kentucky business man and cousin of Miss Slara and Miss Louise Lee, accompanies the couple. Jackson friends plan to travel for the ceremony, which promises to be a beautiful event.
Rankin County issues strict order to dip all cattle every two weeks in arsenical solution, regardless of tick presence. Quarantine halves trigger requirement. report noncompliant cattle to Dr C E Morris, U S Veterinary Inspector, to help free the county of ticks.
Atlanta, Ga. Special reports quotes H. G. Hastings, president of the Southeastern Fair Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, warning 1917 as a danger year for the south. He urges farmers not to increase cotton acreage, arguing high prices tempt overplanting and that expanding food crops and live stock sustains prosperity. Hastings recalls 1914's cotton glut and emphasizes self-sufficiency with bread, meat, and home gardens to avoid distress.
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