Bran Brandon News Notes Editor and Postal Entry
The Bran Brandon News notes editor W. S. May and records its post office entry as second class matter in Brandon Mississippi.
06 Sep 1917
Page 1
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
1
The Bran Brandon News notes editor W. S. May and records its post office entry as second class matter in Brandon Mississippi.
Brandon and Rankin County residents share gatherings visits and health updates. Notables include Dr. Y D Butler's death in Jackson, school openings with Miss Meddie Robinson as principal, and five young men summoned for 5 percent military service.
Brandon Machinery and Lumber Co advertises a Ford powered plowing and hauling demonstration on Saturday September 8 at Chattanooga Cane Mills and Cook Evaporators. W G Barnes.
Local notices advertise Owensboro Wagons by W G Barnes and various merchants. Penny for flour shipments, cane mills, cook stoves, and general goods mix with services from optometrist Warren W Holmes in Jackson Mississippi. Platform scales offered for sale and repair services are noted.
Billy Sunday declared during a Boston revival that sixty eight percent of the men of the South attend church and asserted that the South contains the purest, finest Americans. He argued the Mason and Dixon line marks religious and moral dominance, claiming more blooded Americans south of the line and praising Southern Christians despite family ties to the North.
Advertisement lists numerous grocery bargains including 23 pound Blue D. Meal at 1.35, 24 pound White on Self Rising Flour at 1.65, Karo Syrup gallon prices, Argo starch, Arm & Hammer soda, Snow King baking powder, mustards, sardines, salmon, tuna, beef, sausages, lard, soap, coffee brands, produce priced per pound, and a note about a furniture and hardware purchase. Local business claims remodel of office and new location over Busick's store until work completes.
Florence notes describe a refreshing Sunday shower and the opening of Steens Creek High School under Prof. John Gunn on Monday the 3rd. The simple exercises featured a prayer by J B King and a lecture by Prof J T Wallace of Mississippi College. The audience, patrons, friends, and pupils, filled the auditorium as Gunn discussed shaping children like steel into refined railroad track. He outlined daily session plans while prices and ads for local supplies followed in the notice.
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