Brookhaven News Briefs From Town And County
Local notes report Ernest Parsons spending Sunday in New Orleans Bennett Chandler returning from Alabama Mrs J R Starling visiting Brookhaven Dr T Y Nelson visiting Hazlehurst Emile Cohn enjoying Brown's Wells Miss Mamie Brister back from Bogue Chitto Mrs B T Hobbs and Henry Ware trip to Clinton Two houses and four lots for sale at a bargain terms to J C Casnahan Mrs Blom returning from northern cities Longview Alabama to lay 1400 brick Att B Perkins Mardware Store Parsons May Oberschmidt Co Ed Magee and Cabe Loftin now salesmen Protracted meeting at Friendship closed six new church members Miss Frazier Matthews returning to Hattiesburg with Miss Mattie McKinley New West Congress street bridge praised Seed cotton to Brookhaven Steam ginnery Seed cotton not hauled back home unless desired Misses Ida and Felice Lyell visitors to Cassedy household Bro. Billy visiting Brookhaven for stock law meeting Marriage license issued Tillman Smith and Miss Katie Touchstone Percy Buie returned from the fall Ralph Ripley visiting Chicago John Ham Parsons visiting from Smithdale Valley tin price cut on lumber C B Perkins Hardware Store School to open soon College preparations underway Episcopal services scheduled Harris College scholarships offered by Harris Business College Delta Baseball League to close Sept 3 Oil company gun crew active at Brookhaven led by Hugh Smith Mrs Josie Bolton to head Whitworth department Little Alice Ray and Ella Higdon operate a pop stand Caseyville pond area Appendix fragment ends with an advertising note about a prospectus or pitch.
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Kohlman
Ernest Parsons
New Orleans
Bennett Chandler
Alabama
J. R. Starling
Brookhaven
T. Y. Nelson
Hazlehurst
Emile Cohn
Brown’s Wells
Mamie Brister
Bogue Chitto
B. T. Hobbs
Henry Ware
Clinton
J. C. Casnahan
Blom
Longview
B. Perkins
Parsons
May
Oberschmidt Co
Ed. Magee
Cabe Loftin
Friendship
Frazier Matthews
Hattiesburg
Mattie McKinley
West Congress Street
Tillman Smith
Katie Touchstone
Percy Buie
Ralph Ripley
Chicago
John Ham Parsons
Smithdale
W. F. Parsons
C. B. Perkins
Billy
Local schools prepare for term with new staff and events
Principal changes at Grange Hall and Mount Pleasant High School are noted. Brueck at Grange Hall adds a first assistant and a music teacher. board is offered at $8 monthly. Beulah Anding will head Mount Pleasant High with Octavia Gage assisting. a music instructor is yet to be hired. Johnson Station school gains Prof. Girault with a forthcoming faculty. Johnson Academy hosts an all day event August 27 to test grade efficiency among Johnson Academy Guim Grove R E Lee Pleasant Grove Byrd Friendship Edwards and Beaver Creek. Auburn High opens September 21 under Superintendent W B Hogg with Hallie Buie Florence Flowers Velora Summers leading literature and Virgie Marshall directing music and elocution.
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Nt Air Ig
Ot Ee
Ary Curran
L Brueck
Grange Hall
Port Gibson
Brueck
Nate
Beulah Anding
Summit
Blue Mountain College
Mount Pleasant
Octavia Gage
I. I
J. M. Girault
Johnson Station
Johnson Academy
Brookhaven
Guim Grove
R. E. Lee
Pleasant Grove
Byrd
Friendship
Edwards
Beaver Creek
Auburn High School
W. B. Hogg
Hallie Buie
Florence Flowers
Velora Summers
Virgie Marshall
Brookhaven Woodmen Picnic and Public Meeting Highlights
The Brookhaven Camp Woodmen of the World picnic at Oliver Ark in Brookhaven features music, addresses by S P Oliver and Senator J H McGehee, a piano duet, and performances by local students. In Lincoln County a mass meeting discussed stock law to curb open range, with officials urging confinement of livestock to improve property values.
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Brookhaven Camp
Woodmen of the World
Lincoln County
Brookhaven
Lincoln
Clarion-Ledger
T. C. Ratcliffe Opens Meat Market in Brookhaven
The “old reliable” T. C. Ratcliffe announces a new meat market in Brookhaven beside the express office. He pledges better fresh meats than previously available and invites local patrons to favor his shop for business.
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T. C. Ratcliff
Brookhaven
T. C
Ratclife
Cases Disposed of by the Mayor
Mayor Lanier tried cases last week in Brookhaven court. Henry Moore charged with disturbing the peace fined 2.50 and costs. Harry Scott vagrancy imprisoned in county jail and fined all costs. Mississippi v. Denton Gordon vagrancy discharged.
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Lanier
City of
Brookhaven
Henry Moore
Costa
Missinaippine
Harry Scott
State of Mississippi
Denton Gordon
Bogue Chitto’s First Bale of New Crop Ruined
Bogue Chitto received the season’s first bale on Thursday but it was ruined by the Welch Bros. The bale weighed 870 pounds and was reportedly eaten. Coney Bolian asserts the incident as a setback but keeps a premium view of the quality.
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Welch Bros
Four Contest at Acuna Camp Ground Auburn Batordiy
Divers will be one of four contests in Muain, Prize and declamation at Acuna Camp Ground in Auburn on August 20. All students invited. Dinner on the ground.
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Muain
Acuna Camp Ground
Auburn
Batordiy
Dance at Norfield and a county mass meeting page
A dance at Norfield in the new schoolhouse features Misses Bessie Van Hook Fannie Dennett and others with Brookhaven band Erwin's providing music and enjoyment reported. Magnolia hosts a Pike County ministers union mass meeting Sept 5 with dignitaries and subjects on civil government crime and public schooling. Georgia lynchings and regional unrest are discussed, plus brief notes from Biloxi on strict discipline in a camp and a product notice for a cough remedy.
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Norfield
Brookhaven
New School House
Bessie van Hook
Fannie Dennett
and Blackwell
Dpliette Chamberlain
Anne Brennan
Ws Iage
Mollie McClendon
Marie Watts
Helen Bleecker
Susie Cox
Lizzie Cot
Gill
Lodille
Messrs
Geo. Williamson
Dink McCormick
Isaac Seherck
Walter Magee
Will Higdon
Willie Causedy
Mack McCormick
Dane McCormick
Warren McNair
Henry Nulty
Ben Penn
Gordon Penn
Aby Cohn
Chas Sherman
Louis Zwirn
Harry Watts
Erwin
Poem of Comfort for Pearl Pelle's Death Dated Aug 5 1904
A heartfelt funeral verse consoles Pearl Pelle's mourners. It speaks of angels, faith, and reunion beyond the mortal veil, urging solace through Christian hope. The text blends scripture, elegy, and a baptism of healing images to ease grief.
Fine Lincoln County Tomatoes Show Local Horticultural Skill
Local city businessman J. M. Wood receives regular shipments of premier tomatoes from T. Alexander a Thayer horticulturist. Alexander reportedly grows three crops from the same vines and aims to rival Crystal Springs markets. Also included is a testimonial for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure praising digestive health improvements.
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J. M. Wood
T. Alexander
Thayer
Toanty
United States
Crystal Springs
Lincoln County
Wood
Alexander
Meeting of County Pension Commissioners
The Board of County Pension Commissioners will meet at the Court House on the first Monday in September to revise the Confederate pension roll and pass on new applications filed before that date. The board members are Beat 1 J M May Beat 2 A W Smith Beat 3 A M Summers Beat 4 A J Martin Beat 5 W W Davis. A Perfect Pulnness Pill is touted as cleansing the system and improving health. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are recommended by Hob Moore of Lafayette Ind and sold by Price Drug Co.
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Mary S. Crick
White Plains
Price Drug Co
Board of County Pension Commissioners
Court House
J. M. May
A. W. Smith
A. M. Summers
A. J. Martin
W. W. Davis
DeWitt
Hob Moore
Lafayette
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Price Drag Co
Revival Tent Services Announced in Brookhayes Area
Revival services will be held under a tent in Boweo Abilition Street, Brookhayes, Mian, starting Saturday night, September, with services expected to draw attendees from the Boweo Abilition district and neighboring communities.
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Brookhayes
Mian
Boweo Abilition Street
Dapot
De Wite's White to Market Beauty Aid
Fragmentary OCR text references a product called De Wite's White with claims of a pure cadulbora formula for skin issues and beauty use. It suggests the salve treats burns bruises and other conditions and notes its various purities and market presence.
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Bay
Makup de Wits
DeWite
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