Brandon Road Day Invitation Promises Fun and Advance Buying
An October 26 event in Brandon invites residents to see a model sand clay road, hear experts Dodge and Perwine explain the process, and enjoy auctions, races, and contests. The day blends practical demonstrations with entertainment as couples marry near the Confederate monument and receive a free auto ride on the new road.
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Dodge
United States
Perwine
Tynes
Arkansas
Sallie Goodin
Richardson
Angelina
Evelyn
Brown
Confederate Monument
Brandon
Southland
J H McGILVRA Died in Long Beach California
J H McGilvra who left Brandon in 1908 for health died last Saturday in Long Beach California after cancer of the bowels. Born in Illinois in 1856 he moved to Iowa in 1872 where he married Annie Rankin in 1885. He later lived in California and Brandon returning to the Golden State after health declined. He leaves a wife and one child, a brother O L McGilvra of Brandon, and four sisters Mrs Will Owen Mrs DeWitt of Brandon Mrs Croater of Saskatchewan Canada and Mrs Balch of Galva Iowa. He was industrious and well thought of by all who knew him. News extends condolence to his grieving relatives.
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J. H. McGillvra
Long Beach
California
Illinois
Iowa
Annie Rankn
Jim
Brandon
Golden State
O. L. McGilvra
Will Owen
DeWitt
Croater
Saskatchewan
Canada
West
Balch
Galva
Burn Your Cotton Stalks and Plow Your Field
Government experts urge burning cotton stalks and plowing under to fight weevils and boost next year’s crop. Merchants bankers and planters support the measure and say no advances will be given to those who do not comply. Public meeting notices reinforce the policy.
Convocation at St Luke s Church notices
A death notice for a 23 year old, noted as well educated and a fine musician, with funeral conducted by Rev C F Emery and Bryan Simmons at the Methodist church. Remains interred beside her mother in the family lot, a statement of condolences from the community follows. Also an Episcopal convocation at St Luke s Bramdon on November 17 18 led by Bishop Theodore Du Bose Bratton with ten ministers and broader denominational participation invited.
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Christian Church
St. Luke’s Church
Bramdon
Episcopal Church
Theodore DuBose Bratton
Diocess
Mississippi
P. Henry, Sr
Miss Helen Collier No More
Miss Helen Collier, a young woman known in the community for her bright spirits and civic involvement, has passed away after a brief illness. Friends recall her kindness and energy in local events, leaving a gap in social circles she enriched.
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Helen Collier
McRae brothers sell cattle for Brown at Hickory sale
The McRae brothers sold 240 head of range cattle all 2 1 4, and 30 head of young steers to Brown at Hickory for 3 cents. Brown bought more fat steers from others, with about $6,000 spent recently on cattle in the area. The piece urges raising more cattle and less cotton to starve the boll weevil.
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McRae Brothers
Brown
Hickory
A Tribute and Calls for Action Amid Cocaine Violence
The text mourns a loss as a divine vigil and urges justice against cocaine sellers. It discusses death, heaven, and nature, then shifts to public anger over cocaine trafficking and calls for hanging or legal punishment to protect innocent people. It mentions Mrs Harris and a shooter, a suspect taken to Rankin State Farm, then Bramdon jail.
Horrific Crime Strikes Jackson Hotel Worker Shootings
Sunday night in Jackson at the Lawrence Hotel a black employee shot a woman and another worker as a violent spree chased down Mill Street. Two bullets hit a bystander near Brown's drug store, killing Mrs. George Hanis that night. her husband and relatives mourn a wife described as good and pure.
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Lawrence Hotel
Jackson
Mill Street
George Hanis
Convict Labor and Land Sales Proposed to Fix State Farms
A Mississippi editorial argues state convicts should work roads, but if impossible, proposes selling small, cultivable state farms to white buyers at market value and buying wooded or overflow lands for convict labor to cultivate and sell. The plan aims to end convict competition in cotton, feed and fatten convicts, and increase land value while timber sales plus cotton profits balance out. Manie and Carey Brice repent Monday in Jackson.
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Brandon Bank
Miss
Sidney L. McLaurin
Roy L. Fox
W. H. Barnes
Rankin County Bank
Brandon, Miss
H. A. Busick
G. W. White
M. BE. Ward
J. W. Birdsong
H. A. Busick, M. E. Ward, G. W. White
Mm. Buchanan
J. T. B. Berry
W. L. Barrow
D. B. Wilson, H. C. Patrick, W. B. Collier
J. E. Martin
Civery
Seed
Dale
Martin
Peni, Sabie
J. H. McGilvra
T. Lukes Church
M. Shields
Associated Stores of America
Rankin State Farm
Viendors
Migsea’ Manie
Carey Brice
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