Local Notes Share Visits and Elections Headlines
Leon Buchanan from Hattiesburg visits. several locals announce moves and visits to Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez, Guthrie, and Jackson. Upcoming primary election urged for Tuesday September 15 for congressman. News office hosts visitors including Capt. Barksdale and Dr. Webb, with social and business updates throughout Brandon and nearby towns.
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Leon Buchanan
Hattiesburg
Willie Walker
Tchula
Miss
F. P. Williams
Memphis
D. H. Loflin
Dry Creek
Fannie Jack
Vicksburg
Mary .K. Dunbar
Natchez
G. W. White
Pearl Be
A. P. Watson
Guthrie
Oklo
J. W. Webb
Florence
J. P. Barksdale
North Rankin
Oats
Lelia Cox
Delta
G. A. Cox
H. D. Tinnin
Sara T. McDowell
Fannin
Olin Green
Sara Douglass Green
D. M. Mayers
Famiy
A.D. Harvey
Will Ainsworth
Star
Brandon
Randall Cashman
Cashman
Bettie Wilson
B. Goodman
Carey
Real Estate Transfers and Local Notices
Real estate transfers list J Waite trustee selling 310.08 acres in Rankin county and Jackson lots for 6678 dollars, S G Carter selling to Ross Bro Summer and Shields survey lots, R A Parks selling 180 acres for 2350 dollars. Also groceries at W G Barnes and a marriage license for Eugene Huff and Miss Nannie Bowman. Local notices include names James Murray and Sissie Mason Lee Virgie and Sadie Howell. T D May able to be uptown after sickness.
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Brandon Graded School
A. J. McLaurin
S. R. Myers
Bryan Simmons
Brandon
Jasper County Agricultural High School
Bay Springs
May Hadden
Stella McLaurin
Stella Ernest
Brandon, Graded School
Rankin
J. Waite
M. Brame
Rankin County
Jackson
S. G. Carter
Ross Bro & Summer
Sone
Shields
R.A. Parks
Fo Russ Sell
W. G. Barnes
James Murray
Sissie
Mason
Lee Virgie
Sadie Howell
A Trip to Brandon by the Light Guards
Capt. Robert Miller plans to move the Capital Light Guards from Jackson toward Brandon next week, likely Friday, to drill in bayonet usage for charges on enemy breastworks. Brandon residents hope he confines practice to fences and trees to avoid disturbing the quiet town.
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Robert Miller
Jackson
Brandon
Clarion Ledger
Miller
W K McLaurin as Labor Day Creator and Labor Advocate
Judge W K McLaurin secured Labor Day as a legal holiday and championed labor rights. He backed separate representation for county residents outside cities and supported Old Ladies Home funding. A Senate leader, he pushed for Child Labor Law and anti blacklisting measures while aiding common schools and ex Confederates. He was praised as a highly able and logical legislator.
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W. K. McLaurin
Senate
Old Ladies Home
Judiciary
Judge McLaurin
Education official strict on in person teacher contracts
Sept 1908 notice from S R Meyers, Mississippi, demands teachers sign contracts in person, show license and subject, with a fall Teachers Association meeting planned for Oct. 2 or 3. Also lists promises regarding exam aid and wage timing. Rankin County School Board meets Sept 7 1908 approves Ophelia white school name and continues Pair View, relocates Mt Area colored school, and redlines a district boundary description.
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Teachers Association
S. R. Meyers
T. 8
R. 5
Ophelia
Board On Motion
Mt. Area
Fannin
Pelahatchie Creek
Pearl River
J.C. Berry
J. C. Bruce
J. C. Robinson
W. L. Barrow
In Memoriam for Marguerite May at Rock Hill Baptist Church
A moving In Memoriam notes the August passing of Marguerite May, a young Christian woman from Rock Hill Baptist Church. It recalls her faith, patience during illness, and desire to comfort others, urging her family to trust in God as they await reunion in heaven.
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Henry Whitfield
I. I. and C
Columbus
Whitfield
W. N. Taylor
Clarion Ledger
Marguerite
Rock Hill
Baptist Church
Bargain Farm Wagons Available for Cash Purchases
Brandon Mercantile Co offers top and open buggies and Old Hickory wagons at cheap cash prices. Local buyers can select from a small stock with immediate payment.
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Brandon Mercantile Co
Decline in Beer Sales Aired by Brewers
A historical snippet notes a drop in beer sales despite temperance and Sunday closing. Brewers link the fall to weather, offset by more bottle beer orders, while others joke that prosperity, cigars, or even death are behind the shift in drink trends.
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Sunshine Quartette
For Sale A Good Second Hand Piano Bargain
A neat second hand piano is offered at a great bargain by J. T. B. Burry along with a second hand survey. Interested buyers are invited to come and see for themselves.
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J. T. B. Burry
Brandon Council Posts $500 Reward for Arson Suspect Arrest
The Brandon Town Council unanimously voted today to offer a reward of 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who dynamited the house occupied by Alex Porter, in a meeting held Wednesday.
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Brandon
Alex Porter
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Oppo
Postoffice
Jackson, Miss
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Tom Steen
Johns
Sam Hobson
Jesse P. Maxey
Pelahatchie
Daisy McLaurin, Stevens
W. B. Collier
Kentucky
Tennessee
E. E. Jackson
Parchman
C. L. Martin
Jnc. W. Mosley
Oklahoma
Lamar Easterling
Mary Willie Easterling
Ohio
Carl J. von Scutter
Mesdames S. L
Annie McLaurin
H. J
Mrs. McLaurin
Rolling Fork
Daisy Cammack
Ellen Wilson
H. Glass
Lottie Goodman
Robbie
Rex
J. P. Moore
Fannie Fox
Tablcca
Shiloh
C. C. Horne
Garvers Ginn
Andrew Chapel
W. E. Ramsey
Sandersville
Mesdames
A. M. Shields
Cammie Walker
Mary E. Kline
Meridian
Meddie Robinson
Piney Woods
D. B
Ward
Board of Supervisors
Minnesota
Lee Robinson
J. J. Daniels
A. T. Miller
H. Powell
the McGilvras
the Owens
C. L.martin
Josie Martin
Allen Atkins
Will Fox
Fred McRae
S. L. MacLaurin
J. H. Richardson
Major Henry
J. D. McCaskill
Dave Wilson
Illinois Central Railroad
Dave
O. E. Martin
Judge
Brandon Baptists Church
As. Simmons
J.H. Whitfield
L.C
Gayden
Cole Burns
Central Association
Clinton
Owensboro
Jim
Eugene Huff
Nannie Bowman
T. D. May
St. Louis
W.G. Barnes
Mississippi
Yor
On Drug Co
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