Rankin County notes on fairs and community events
The column records the State Fair opening on the 17th, notes on local officials including County Assessor D. B. Ward in Brandon, a home redecoration by Eunice Washburn, a newborn girl to Mr. and Mrs. Gladney, and Col. Sidney McLaurin's eye treatment in New Orleans. It covers church and school activities, a Rankin County Baptist Association session in Richland, a speech by Percy Bell, and local social visits. It also mentions cotton crop declines, Parent Teachers Association plans, engagements, a M. E. revival, a 74th birthday, and local social events in Brandon and surrounding areas.
Life and work in town urge a stronger spirit
In a reflection on labor and education, the piece contrasts diligent workers with shirkers and stresses holistic life development. It urges grouping pupils by age and capacity, evaluating child recreation for physical, mental, and moral growth, and cites a minister and a quote about enduring work through faith to inspire communal effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carling
Dinah
Community Center Plea and Cattle Quarantine Notices
Reading of minutes and committee reports at the P T Association session notes the school as a community center with Mrs I W Shields and a plea for organized play. A Rankin to Hinds county cattle movement without an inspector permit triggers a Hinds quarantine and potential $500 fine. Cinema in Smith and Simpson counties halted. embargo on cattle movements from those counties by the Mississippi Live Stock Sanitary Board. Rankin county animals found there may be seized and owners prosecuted. Poem ends with a reflection on neighborly sight and a broken gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Yesmon
Messrs. Martin, Walters
Bilbro
Rankin County Baptist Association
Plain
P. T. Association
I. W. Shields
Annie Robinson
Hinds County
Rankin County
Clarion Ledger
Hinds
Smith and Simpson
Mississippi Live Stock Sanitary Board
Rankin
A. Harrison
Beat Five Fair Prize Events and Exhibits Summary
A Beat Five Fair outlines prize awards including blue ribbons for firsts and a cash $1090 prize for the largest number of blue ribbons per department. Exhibits cover women and men entries of dried fruit, vegetables, breads, cakes, canning, pecans, apples, pears, hay, and various farm produce. The program lists events from 10 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. with a spelling bee, singing contest, pie eating, basket game, mule race, fiddling, straw bettors, and basketball games plus an old fashioned spinning wheel and a 7:30 P.M. peers show admission one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
beat—Grammar
Large Mail Order House Reads A Gunntry
A Seary Roebuck advertising manager notes that a nationwide bureau reads country newspapers weekly. When local merchants fail to advertise, the firm floods that town with literature, yielding markedly better results than using local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rosenfield
Seary, Roebuck and Co
Rattle Snakes in the Cumberlandes of Tennessee
A rugged tale recounts encounters with rattlesnakes in the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee. A man and companions confront two large Shearon variety snakes using improvised methods, including clever traps and a fatal hanging device. The narrative blends humor and peril with rustic observations on danger and superstition in the hills.
Foot Note of a First Person Gun Encounter with a Rat
A narrator describes a violent encounter with a large rat. He jumps at the creature's head catching its fangs in his leather leggings. After stamping the rat loose he shoots it, severing its head and tearing it into pieces, expressing momentary begrudging sentiment about the incident.
Rubbabkache and Lumbago Right Out
Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe medical complaints and a request for relief. No clear dates names places or organizations are readable. The item seems to be a garbled health ad or note with uncertain meaning.
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Seutter
Century Bldg
Jackson, Miss
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Webb C. Ball Watch Co
Cleveland, Ohio
J. L. Albriton
Jeweler
East Capitol Street
Harry Watson
Pythian Castle
Jackson
J. D. Graves,d'lo
Miss
C. Estes
Brandon, Miss
D. B. Ward
Brandon
Rankin County Bank
Everthing
Cole Burns
W. C
Clinton
H. L. Shields
5S. P. McRae Department Store
Wes Holden
Jim Glass
Langford
Edna Waddell
A. and M. College
Starkville
Mrs. Gladney
Laura McLaurin
R. L. McLaurin
Vicksburg
Sidney McLaurin
New Orleans
Richland
Percy Bell
Greenville
O. Patterson
the Baptist Church
M. Ward
Mabie Gayden
R. E. Gay
J. R. Webster
Pearson
Union Church
Parent-Teachers Association
G. A. Harrison
O.E. Martin
W. H. Barnes
Jim Shields
Collier
W. C. Harper
Parent Teachers Association
Johnson Hall
Robert Lee Dunn
Brentwood
Long Island
N. Y
Laura Lee
Eugene Hoy Barksdale
Air Service
U.S. A
Goshen Springs
Mississippi
Barksdale
Mitchel Field
M. E. Shee
Ie Cottrel
Yazoo City
E. D. Myers
W. H. Till
United States
Rankin Care
Holly Bush
Parent- Teachers Association
D. L. Williams
Mrs. Williams
Cornel University
Wilson
Specia
Northwest
Roger Wilson
Radcliffe Chautauqua
H. W. Atkins
Solitaire
Texas Oil Co
Port Arthur
Texas
J. C. Atkins
Mr. Atkins
Dan Atkins
Viva Spinks
Meridian
Virgie Maxey
Frank Robinson
Cora Ratliff
Edwards
T. H. Collier
Junior Louis
High Heels
Albert Shields
A. M. Shields
Ohlever
Brandon Miss
Hambone
Flavus Weaver
Rankincoun
Rankin County Agricotta High
J Johns
Snellenburg
W.G. Barnes
First National Bank
J. B. Stirling
R. F. Young
O. J. Waite
J. Julienne
Jackson, Mic
Cumberlands
Tennessee
Cumberland Mountain
Jim
Buddie
Cumberland
Nick
Fiddler
Rattler
Mr. Shearon
Ces
Ema
Cally
Dr. Hall
Hall
Hall’s Drug Store
J. E. Deakin
Thedford’s
Hamburg
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