25 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
1
A timetable entry lists passenger trainer Brandon schedules CAST bound west bound with A and V rail references. The note records route timing and station order for the timetable segment.
A brief fragment notes a time stamp and postal notation for The Brandon News in Brandon, Mississippi. It mentions entry at the Brandon post office as a second class matter with a 6 50 p m time reference.
News notes report visits by W B Allen and J C Atkins, announce the death of John Scarborough in Plain, and invite Pat Harrison to speak in Pelahatchie. Mississippi Baptist State Convention plans Brookhaven meeting November 12–16, 1917 with attendee lists requested. Local commerce news notes Williams Stingily sale, Camp Pike recruits from Mississippi, Brandon Feed buys a Williams Hammer Mill, and rural ads promote bread, molasses barrels, sewing machines, and meat price changes.
The Beat One Fair unfolded on Thursday and Friday to warm, dusty then pleasant weather with a night shower. Large, orderly crowds praised diverse exhibits from gardens, sewing circles, and canning departments, while livestock and poultry impressed judges. Organizers A. H. Martin and Captain P. B. Berry steered a well run event, and a Red Cross lunch tent aided charity. Senator Vardaman spoke Friday on wartime stance, praising farmers and noting a missed call to buy Liberty Bonds. The mood was upbeat with plans for another beat fair in 1918.
Mr and Mrs Greenwood celebrated their golden wedding at home on Creek in Rankin County, Miss. They married October 22 1867 after moving from Iowa 21 years ago. He served in the Civil War. The event drew 75 to 100 friends who shared a six course feast with turkey ham chicken and possum. A 10 pound cake from Iowa and many gifts were given, with entertainment by Mrs Knox McNair and words from E M Odom.
Colored couples and others named include C. M. Smith with Annie Renfrow, W. B. Bates with Minnie Allen, Henry Love with Della Hill, Wm. Hardy with Lucy Hopkins, Calvin Jackson with Edna Taylor, Will Pratt with Beatrice Martin, Elton Sims with Lillian Foote, Ellis Buchanan with Hattie Steele.
Mrs John Cox and Miss El lene Boteler spent Sunday here while Miss Florence Smith returns from Jackson High School for a short visit. Blue ribbons earned by locals at the Beat Fair in Florence. Matt Pringle of Alexandria La visiting friends and relatives. 25 years since moving to Louisiana for business. Local families attended the Johnson Fair. Miss Alice Alliston Neye retired from Millsaps College due to illness. wishes for recovery. Brandon residents spent Sunday visiting. Wayne Sutton unable to fill appointment at the Baptist Church day. Notice that the town aldermen will meet at their regular seat.
The notice invites residents to a November meeting at the mayor's office at 4 p m to help equalize municipality property valuations for the current fiscal year. A. M. Shields, Clerk. Also, promotional copy urges readers to visit Brandon Feed mill to see clean corn meal and promotes cooperative marketing for farmers to gain better prices and reduce risk.
Water Valley Tremizer extols the local paper as vital to a community. It serves city advertising and notoriety, praising editors for boosting town enterprise and reputation, though their praise often goes unrecognized.
The piece extols the home newspaper as the true advocate and friend of the reader, arguing it handles community issues with direct businesslike focus. It contrasts local papers with city magazines, praising the home editor’s openness to progressive ideas and new enterprises, and asks how often readers use this channel for public venting.
Trustee T T Cottrell will sell at public auction on November 23 1917 in Brandon Mississippi the South Half of Lot 2 Section 1 South West Quarter South West Quarter and East Half of North East Quarter of Section 11 Township 6 Range 5 East Rankin County to satisfy indebtedness under a deed of trust originally signed by J D Massey and Emma Massey and later transferred to T H Collier with W B Collier as Executor.
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