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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
2
The Brandon News is issued weekly on Thursdays with L. G. Agard as manager and W. Winn serving as editor. It is registered as second class mail matter in Brandon Mississippi.
The Laurel Leader explains that a local paper is a community institution, not a personal venture. It must serve the town and rely on broad support from readers and businesses, with editors and publishers working for public good rather than personal gain.
Frederick Ko Rupprecht warns that world cotton could be consumed by September if no new crop arrives. South holds early advantage. foreign crops lag. Jackson Daily News endorses sizable Rankin County plantings this spring to capitalize on rising prices despite boll weevil damage. Farmers urged to act and ignore doomsters.
The Brandon News publishes candidate announcements for the August Primary. State Revenue Agent Stokes W Robertson, District Attorney D. M. Anderson (re-election), Representative candidates W H Boone George 8 Ware Ss. R Myers R F Brown R H Watts Edgar Misterfeldt, Sheriff candidates John Be, Ross O, Buchanan Leslie M Stingily R C Taylor Scott D Donnell.
The document outlines R H Watts urging voters to back fiscal responsibility and limited government. He defends past salaries for officials, calls for a six member state trusteeship, condemns excessive laws, and warns against centralization of power. He urges roll back of taxation, supports better roads, and argues for safeguarding public funds while stressing personal integrity.
The candidate outlines past efforts and future aims for Rankin County Mississippi, urging cold storage plant at Rankin State Farm, local shoe repair for inmates, a cloth factory, state produced school books, lower government expenses, and limits on bonds. He argues to reduce taxes, consolidate printing, and improve public schools and higher education while opposing private hospital funding and wasteful spending.
The piece argues monuments honor the dead but warns that leaning or neglected memorials degrade sentiment and judgment. It criticizes middlemen in business, urging direct dealings with first class firms. It cites A. J. Martin Marble & Granite Works in Jackson Mississippi for reliable work.
About 600 Mississippi farmers join the Mississippi Farm Bureau Cotton Association weekly. The message urges readers to join to support family, community, county, and state development, and to participate rather than stay idle.
An old patent remedy claims rapid relief from constipation Billiousness headaches colds and la grippe. The brief notes that the formula 666 targets multiple ailments and was marketed for general health support.
Jake Goforth died Monday evening at 8 30 o clock at his Pelahatchie home after a lingering illness. His father W N Goforth was an early settler. He was buried Tuesday afternoon. He is survived by one sister and an uncle Jordan Goforth of Texas.
Burial services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Pelahatchie Cemetery. FOR SALE Residence and 10 acres of land in Brandon near the school with cistern and improvements, offered at a bargain. Terms addressed to Lock Box 209 Brandon. 7 Apr. 12 ft.
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