Local notes on visits births and events in Brandon
Cotton today at 11 cents. Joel Johnson Jr from Jackson visits. births announced for Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Miller. Various residents travel to Jackson Kansas City and Memphis. Public notices include June 3 lunch in courthouse yard and June 2 medical society meeting. Confederate reunion fare to Birmingham listed. life insurance ad. Memorials, marriages, and school updates fill the Brandon scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Johnson, Jr
Jackson
E. H. Ohleyer
A. P. Miller
J. D. McCaskill
Kansas City
L. E. Hawkins
Gulfport
Virgie Maxey
Zollie Stevens
Hattiesburg
Bryan Simmons
Muriel
Clinton
Birmingham
Ala
Mayers’ Lawn
Carrie Esterling
R. Burns
J. L. Roberts
Rock Bluff High School
Daniel
Opening Ball Set For Monday Night June First
Crawford Collins and Mrs G C Vandergriff of Vicksburg Sidney McLaurin Jr and L E Washburn of Brandon appear in a notice announcing an opening ball on Monday night June 1st Children under 15 are not invited this invitation lists local residents and a social event detail.
State Normals for White Teachers Planned at Four Cities
S. R. Myrrs states June and July normals for white teachers will be held in Oxford Starkville Hattiesburgh and Brookhaven. Every county teacher should attend at least two weeks. Young teachers and those preparing for exams should especially participate. Interested parties should send their names by postal to receive circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Starkville
Hattiesburgh
Brookhaven
S. R. Myrrs
Lamar Life Pays O R Kersh Policy Benefit In Mississippi
The Lamar Life Insurance Company has paid 2000 to the administrator of the late O R Kersh eight months after his death. The piece notes the company as a Home institution aiding Mississippians to keep premiums local, with about four million dollars annually draining to Eastern states. Company representatives J A Bishop L C Robinson and W D Heslop tour Rankin county to present policy contracts. Additional local items mention farmers planting early cotton, livestock losses, and visits among residents in Florence Terry and Jackson areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Life
O. R. Kersh
Kersh
Lamar Life Insurance Company
Mississippi
J. A. Bishop
L. ,C. Robinson
Brandon
W. D. Heslop
Pelahatchie
Rankin County
Tamar Life Insurance CO
Jackson
Miss
W. Q. Cole
Uncle Bill Smith Visits Friends as Holcomb Recovers
Holcomb remains indisposed but improving after a period of illness. Uncle Bill Smith has spent time visiting friends in Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Alliston visited home folks at Clear Branch on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Barr
H. K. Hardy
Jackson
Mary Boyd
Julia Cofer
Henry Cofer
Burns
Afton
Fannie Roberts
Trenton
J. S. Roberts
Alice McNeil
Newton
Robinson
Ora Robinson
Allie McNeil
A. M. Shields
Laurel
Mr. Shields
Meridian
Holcomb
Bill’ Smith
Bobbie Alliston
Clear Branch
Death of Rev W W Kersh Revered Local Minister Remembered
Rehobeth notes bright week of sun and two sermons by Bro Blackman. D G Bilbro and daughter Annie May visit Mrs J W Kersh. Alma Robinson attends church and visits Mrs J D Mashburn. Rev Carl O Nea l returns from missionary training in Louisville. J B Mashburn and Julia Kersh home from school for vacation. Pelahatchie Graded School commence ment exercises attract many locals. Community mourns the death of Rev W W Kersh, noted minister and father. Sympathy extended to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Barnett
Dobson
George Barnett
Ella Crook
Walter
Wayne Sutton
A. J. McLaurin Jr
Busicks Wells Hotel
Helen Collier
Jean
Laurie McLaurin
Mary Busick
Enola Stamps
W. F. Stevens
Anse McLaurin
Ed Henry
Henry
Bob Busick
Ruel
Hemby May
Brandon
T. J. Harris
L. C. McIntosh
Mattie Leverett
Ora Robinson
Cammie Walker
Brandon High School
Bro
Blackman
D. G. Bilbro
Annie May
J. W. Kersh
Alma_ Robinson
J. D. Mashburn
Alma
Carl O’neal
Louisville
J. B. Mashburn
Julia Kersh
Pelahatchie
W. W. Kersh
Couple United In Matrimony At Clear Branch
Miss Maryleen White and Alex Harper of this community wed Sunday evening by Justice McDonald. Rev B E Tutton led services at Clear Branch with Sunday school praised. W C Parkison and family visited relatives and attended church. Phil Garrett's store was broken into and meat and other items were stolen but recovered in an old out house. thief unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryleen White
Alex Harper
Justice McDonald
B.E. Tutton
Clear Branch
W. C. Parkison
Phil Garrett
Dobson Community Health and School Travel Notes
Dobson residents report very good health. Miss Georgia Baker and Miss Juanita Russell return from Brandon Graded School. John Turcott and Will Watson visit relatives. Miss Minnie Russell returns from Green County where she taught nine months. Miss Ford accompanies her home near Holly Springs. Misses Josie Martin Ola Owen and Victor Martin visit J P Russell. Sadie and Sara Craip return from Florence after attending school. Several locals attend commencements at Brandon and Steen's Creek. Edna Buchanan and Sam attend Forest Hill preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Russell
Sadie
Sara Craip
Florence
Brandon
Steen’s Creek
Edna Buchanan
Sam
Forest Hill
Veterans notice for 100th Jefferson Davis anniversary event
Special order calls Rankin Camp No 365 to meet in Brandon on June 3 at 11 am to participate in United Daughters services marking Jefferson Davis birth anniversary. Lt Commander A G Norrell to speak. crosses of honor to be awarded. Also sale notice for a 378 acre stock farm near Jackson with railroad line access. bargain if bought within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. von Scutter
Jackson
Court House
Davis
Rankin Camp
Brandon
Miss
United Daughters
Jefferson Davis
A. G. Norrell
Pat Henry
R.r. S. Maxey
Canton
Local Names Mentioned in Door-Winning Notice
Fragmentary OCR note lists individuals Ales Harper Mary Low colored Ardy Newsom Mary Bell Jones King Sallie Ann Bar r Sam Guess Alma Hill and suggests visitors view a door prize at W Barnes. The text is garbled and lacks clear event or date details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardy Newsom
Mary Bell Jones
Ee King
Sallie Ann Barr
Alma Hill
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Ruel May
C. F. Sly-Hart
Hart Building
Oppo
Postoffice Jackson
W. P. Harper
Plain
Bessie Mangum
Greenfield
H. C. Washburn
Jerry Chapman
Ella French
The
County Medical Society
Scott County
Rankin
Dr. Lee
Miss Dora Lee
R. F. Brown
J. A. Spannsr
Mary White
Mary Attwood Thornton
St. Katherine’s Bolivar, Tenn
Scott-Rankin County Medical Society
Mabel Tanner
Gladys Fisher
Pearson
N. B. Walrod
Edgar Wilson Jr
Mr. Herndon
Chester Thompson
Pelahatchie Creek
Busick Place
Medical Society
Scott and
Rankin Counties
Lucy
Georgie Connerly
Houma
Belhaven College
Wm. Buchanan
College Street
Rankin and Scott Medical Society
Baptist Church
Jeanette Buchanan
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Rankin Station
Lambuth Robinson
Lamar Mutual Life
Mr. Robinson
Georgie Ray MacMillan
Citronelle
T. A. Chapman
Vanderbilt
Stephen D. Lee
Vicksburg
Confederacy
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Alex P. Stewart
Watts Webb
Monterey
Fay Hurst
Pulaski
Lee Webb
Wiley Alliston
B. F. Mulhollan
Doc
J. S. Downing
Downing
Henry McGilvra
W. P. Darnall
Wm. Corley
California
W. G. Barnes
Supt. Myers
R. D. McKay
R. E. KN
P. B. Berry
Edna Buchan
Cole Burns
Miss Sri Cote
Court House Yard
Belgium
Sanitarium
R. P. Walters
Dr. Burnham
Morton
Dr. Berry
S. L., McLaurin
Nina M. Weller
Daughters of the Confederacy
O. K
W.garnes
Busick
Mineral Wells Hotel
J. F. Burke
Lawrence
Indiana
J. D. Reed
North Carolina
E. H. Nall
J. M. Smoot
E. W. Kraft
New York
Tolbert Stevens
W. T
Jackson, Miss
Cleary
W. P. Alliston
Colic
Sue Pierce
Silas Pierce
George
Pat
P. C. French
Emmitt Ewing
Mrs. Nelson
Terry
L.H. Mashburn
Pelahatchie, Miss
Rehobeth
Ales Harper
Mary Low
W. Barnes
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