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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
2
Attorney general outlines that taxes must be paid by December 15 to avoid a 10 percent penalty. The 1916 salary law shifts commissions to county officers and directs public notice, but advises against distress actions for now. Ross A. Collins signs the opinion, warning of changes effective January 5, 1920.
Campaign workers W B Collier J R Hast and H P Morris assist in organizing Victory Week events at Bethel Sunday afternoon. Music prayer and songs will honor an honor roll call with service flags flowers and decorations. all World War veterans are urged to attend in uniform.
The third Red Cross Roll Call will soon begin from November 2 to 11. The campaign aims to show Americanism in every county community as Red Cross follows the army and navy. Our servicemen remain overseas and require Red Cross support for themselves and families. About thirty thousand men are in hospitals, many crippled for life. Thousands have been discharged and are disabled.
A vintage ad promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore natural color to faded or gray hair. It claims quick, even darkening with a sponge or brush, delaying gray and giving hair a glossy look. The remedy is marketed as a simple, inexpensive toilet essential.
Rankin County chapter outlines home service for 2500 Gulf Division tubercular veterans and broader welfare aims. It urges public health nursing training, community centers, and disaster relief with past gifts showing the program’s scope. Publicity chair Mrs. Ira Shields calls for support and enrollment in the Peace Program for America.
A. G. Carpenter announces the seventh annual Trade Trip of the Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers Bureau of the Association of Commerce. The party travels November 4 to 8 and will stop in 76 cities along the route with receptions, parades, and concerts. E C Upton expects strong hospitality in Brandon on November 6 with speeches, bands, and souvenirs.
In the South, youths raise pigs poultry eggs and tomatoes to earn cash for Thrift and Savings Stamps. Experiments like Marie Bradfish Eula Trantham Ernest Johnson and Willard Attaway show profits from gardens poultry and hogs, with stamps earning 4 percent interest. The plan blends saving with earning to fund desires.
A health note advocates morning hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach and liver. It warns skin pores don’t absorb impurities but bowel pores do and promises relief from headaches bad breath bilious symptoms and constipation. The remedy is inexpensive and widely endorses internal cleansing.
A fragrant antiseptic cream promises instant relief from head colds and catarrh by applying a small amount in the nostrils. It claims to open blocked air passages, reduce swelling, and end snuffling and headaches, with relief starting quickly.
A Sunday visit by Lester Penn caused startled moments as a school official stood nearby. An observer recalled Penn’s head held high and the near collision witnessed late Sunday, highlighting the uneasy interaction at a local gathering.
State of Mississippi Rankin County issues a chancery summons to R W Bowling of Vernon Texas to appear December 8, 1919 for the suit of G B Thrash in Rankin County Chancery Court. Clerk J A Robinson notes the writ dated October 21, 1919.
Red Oak shows visible progress with cattle on sloping hillsides corn fields and hay meadows yielding big harvests. Neva Russian directs a successful school session as J C Joyner travels to Tennessee, John Webb seen near the school and a local cane patch incident hinted. A Saturday and Sunday singing is open to all with Messrs Sam Davis and Henry involved.
Sealed bids are invited at the chancery clerk's office until noon on the first Monday in November 1919 for county home supplies and road district needs. Auctions will sell the jail fence and Steen's Creek schoolhouse to the highest bidder. Bids also cover bridges on Brandon Shiloh and Brandon Raleigh roads, Wilsons Lane bridge, Pearl River iron bridge at Meeks Ferry, eight mules, road machine components, dynamite supply, and bridges near Jeff Butler and Bank Morgan.
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