New Game Law Creates State Property of Wildlife
The new act designates all wild game, birds and animals in the state as property of the state effective October 1. It lists seasons and penalties, bans shipping game out of state, requires licenses for non residents, and empowers a four year warden with deputies to enforce the act and seize contraband game.
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Secretary of State
Forest and Games Protective Fund
Boards of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Cards of Thanks and Marriage Notices
Brandon Miss Oct 5 editor readers letter praises notices for services and cautions against overlong wedding announcements in country weeklies. Calls for simple reporting of marriages without sermonizing or fawning phrases. Publicance should stick to factual statements of union and involved names.
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Brandon
Smith County
John Smith
Clara Jones
John
Miss Olara
Clara
D W. M
Clare Smith
Lee Jones
Hull Awarded Contract For 26 Foot Court House Annex
The board of supervisors awarded the $7,111 contract for a 26 foot annex to the courthouse to H O Hull of Jackson as the lowest bidder. Plans by Payne of Jackson will supervise the building, fireproofing county books rooms, with completion aimed in 12 to 15 weeks.
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Court House
Board of Supervisors
J. P. Barksdale
Barksdale
John W. Taylor Wall
W. J. McGee
Jackson
Jno
F. Barnes
Greenville
H. O. Hall
Canton
H. O. Hull
Hull
Payne
Hall
Rail order cuts Mississippi rail stops and sets new rates
The Mississippi railroad commission adopted an order allowing the Alabama and Vicksburg railway to remove several stops including Forest, Brandon, Mehan Junction, Chunkey, Lawrence, and South State street in Jackson with the new schedule. It also issues a maximum rate of 389 cents per 100 pounds for machinery from Hattiesburg to local points and 67 cents per 100 for less than carload shipments, with similar rates from all Mississippi points to Hattiesburg. Secondhand machinery to be shipped at two thirds of the above rate. The piece also notes health claims about kidneys and liver, a prize advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters, and mentions Geo. S. Aldrich of St. Louis investing in Rankin county timber lands.
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Mississippi Railroad Commission
Alabama & Vicksburg Railway
Forest
Brandon
Mehan Junction
Chunkey
Lawrence
South State Street
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Parable of the Dance in a Rural Tale
A whimsical tale follows William and Mary going to a dance after William boasts of embezzled coupons. They observe dancers, including actions of missteps when Mary glances back, causing comic embarrassment. The scene ends with Mary shunning him thereafter.
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Mary
William
Assessments Levied by the Cotton Association
Mississippi division counts state and national support dues from Sep 1 1906 to Sep 1 1907 by county. Secretary Woods notes assessments reflect individual dues and county payments grant members access to all benefits. Royaline Pitts Save Doctors Bills. Why do you scratch Royaline Tetter Ointment stops skin irritation.
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Mississippi
Southern Cotton Association
Woods
Royaline Pitts
Royaline Tetter
Osata
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New Orleans
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Vicksburg
Shreveport
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Queen and Crescent
A. G. Thornton
Brandon Drug Co
Led. Rhodes
Phil Didlake
Oae Agents
Aldrich
St. Louis
Miah
Rankin County
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Benton Montgomery
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Newton
Pearl River
Clarke
Perry
Coshoma
Prentiss Covington
Quitman
de Soto
Rankin
Franklin
Scott Meee
Greene
Sharkey
Grenada
Simpson Hinds
Smith
Holmes
Tesaquena
Tallahatchie
Itawamba
Tate Jasper
Tippah Jefferson
Tishomingo
Jones
Tunica
Kemper
Union
Warren
Lafayette
Lamara
Washington
Lauderdale
Wayne
Webster
Leakeeeene
Wilkingon
Lee
Winston
Leflore
Yalobusha
Lincoln
Yazoo
Lowndes
New York
Shield
A. M. Shields
Brandon Mercantile Co
Brandon, Mississippi
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