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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
2
A large gathering of progressive publishers attended the Mississippi Press Association meeting in Hattiesburg last week. The event featured numerous planned entertainments directed by Howard B Williams editor of the Hattiesburg American, earning high praise from attendees.
The first business session featured a noon banquet and an afternoon pageant at Mississippi Normal College titled Neka Camon, praised for its writing and staging. Editors toured Camp Shelby with Col. Caldwell, saw Browning guns, and marveled at hospital and X ray facilities. The group praised Hattiesburg residents for hospitalities, noted low death rates at Camp Shelby, and planned next meetings in Gulfport in 1920 with Ed Blakeslee handling arrangements.
The item highlights campaigns for railroad commissioner Geo R Edwards and Icy W Day, a Salvation Army drive in Rankin County, a potential Panama Canal rename to Roosevelt Canal, Scott County’s drive with totals 1750, and recognition for draft boards. It urges newspaper workers to plan for the next press association meeting in Gulfport and coastal preparations to host journalists.
The Hattiesburg American profile highlights Hon. Howard S. Williams as a leading daily in Mississippi. It also congratulates the Greenville Chamber of Commerce on its capable secretary, mentions Claude Cunningham’s quality weekly, and notes The Record’s second prize in a state contest. W. J. Bryan plans a June 30 address in Jackson on prohibition and woman’s suffrage, while The News party enjoyed visits to The Woman's College of Mississippi, praised as a well managed Baptist institution deserving broad support.
A Forest News Register editorial urges voters to ignore friendship and prejudice and vote for the most qualified candidate. It stresses the stakes of choosing a supervisor and the need for careful judgment in all elections.
In an unusual move the paper declares strong support for a single candidate for Representative. It calls him the best fitted for the body, a man of good fellowship and deserving public service.
In Torest County residents vote for Hon Howard in August while recalling the Hat tiesburg entertainment. The Mississippi Normal College is praised for its work under Prof Joe Cook and urged to receive more liberal support from Mississippians.
The Lexington Advertiser condemns a man who sees no good in others as a cowardly, soured figure. He is described as degraded, untrustworthy, and unworthy, a source of discord and misery likened to a gad fly haunting society.
A local newspaper advocates for daily home reading as essential to childhood education. The piece argues that reading about familiar people and places builds interest, habit, and lifelong intelligence, contrasting it with foreign papers that omit local context.
The Mississippi State Memorial to honor soldiers and sailors will be a Memorial Hall featuring Court of Honor War Museum and Reunion Hall. It will rise after a memorial fund is raised locally and a site chosen by a state committee of county chairmen. Taft chairs the National Memorial Association advising on architecture.
The Court of Honor will hold a bronze panel for each Mississippi County listing every man who entered the Army or Navy from that county with his record. Memorial Tablets honor Confederate Veterans Spanish-American War Veterans Mothers of Mississippi and other groups. Permanent records will include every Mississippi War Organization member and Memorial Fund subscribers.
A historical appeal from Mississippi outlines the Memorial Hall with a War Museum and Hall of Reunion. It promises a large modern venue for reunions and public gatherings and urges support for the Mississippi Memorial Fund Campaign running June 26th to July 5th, 1919.
An early health note advocates drinking a glass of real hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the digestive tract. It claims this purges poisons from stomach and liver, improving breath, complexion, and overall vitality, with repeated use easing headaches and constipation.
A load of Kentucky saddle horses and mares offered for sale by S A Brown and A J Luther. They claim the animals will beat Brandon by Monday the 26th and invite interested buyers to call to see them.
Farmers report relief as rainfall eases after a period of heavy moisture, reducing field flooding and allowing delayed planting to resume gradually. Authorities advise continued caution with soil conditions and forecast unsettled skies ahead.
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