Proceedings of Lincoln County Board October 1905 report
The Lincoln County Board of Supervisors meets in Brookhaven on October 2 1905. The superintendent reports September inmate counts and earnings for paupers and prisoners, detailing days worked, cash received, and total $839.11. Also noted are road petition withdrawals and a case on taxation reduction for Sands In sections 26 township 8 range 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Lincoln County
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Brookhaven
Miss
J. C. Bryant
C. M. Brister
Edward Smith
John Walker
R. C. Applewhite
R. W. McNair
Z. P. Jones
Ellis Sartin
Sam Thompson
Henry Jackson
Dallas Brown
Jim Grifffin
Jess Polk
Jdns
Will Thrasher
Nettie Nations
Lizzie Black
Geo. Short
Bill Jacobs
Wall Duckworth
Hamp Swearingen
Lige Perkins
Mat Moses
German Magee
Thom, Banls
Charley Banks
Malissie Bolds
Mattie Sartin
Lucile Macelas
Cora Bryant
Angel Nellie Slade
Minder Arnold
Jessie Polk
Dal Brown
Carta
JG II
Joal Finch Jana
Silas Garner
Topisaw
Southern Farm and Orchard Co
Ivy, Pennington & Guess
B. E. Brister Saw Mill Co
John McGrath & Sons
County Farm
Walker, Evans, Cogswell Co
Justice
Felix May
Pearl River Lumber Co
Chancery
J. C. Osborn
J. P
E. H. Herring
Heuck
Wesson Road
J. M
Crawford
A. C. Arrington & Sons
Willie Knapp
B. E. Brister
Geo. H. Vernon
Jim Griffin
B. W. O'Neal
T. M. Childen
Geo. Coleman
Abedney Smith
Will Smith
Tom Smith
Fred Chisholm
Geo. Bowsky
RK. C. Applewhite
Honorable
Tax corrections and county disbursements documented
Lincoln county officials authorize corrections to insolvent tax assessments for 1904 and approve a long list of county farm and bridge expenses. The health officer reports on quarantine status amid smallpox concerns, detailing guards on roads, interstate coordination, and eight county lines under enforcement with local response encouraged.
Frost Predictions and Jury Duty Encounters
The piece cites a weather omen about frost following summer fogs and notes unsettled conditions in Mississippi amid yellow fever concerns. It also comments on jury lists and qualifications, warning against bias toward certain professions and stressing civic responsibility for eligible voters.
Fever Situation and Yellow Fever Quarantine in Mississippi
Quarantine orders issued by the Mississippi State Board of Health on Oct 8 1905 bar entry from several counties due to yellow fever. Reports from Oct 1–3 show new cases in Vicksburg Natchez Scranton Gulfport Mississippi City Hamburg Rosetta and Port Gibson with several deaths and ongoing fumigation efforts. Officer assignments are noted for infection control and limited movement.
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Franklin
Jefferson
Messrs
Wentworth and Houck Peet
Mr. Montgomery
Orate
Jefferson and
Brookhaven Corporation
Hazlehurst
Summit
Magnolix
McComb City
Little Springs
Natchez
Claiborne
Moss Point
Scranton
Gulf Coast
Franklin County
Jackson
State Board of Health
Fairs River
Lawrence County
John Maxwell
Ike Stevens
G. Wilson
Mississippi State Board of Health
Miss
Warren
Adams and
Wilkinson
Mississippi
J. F. Hunter
M. D
J. R. Tackett
Brookaven
Vicksburg
Gulfport
Mississippi City
Hamburg
Rosetta
Handsboro
Port Gibson
Harrison
Roxie
New Orleans
United States
Public Heart and Marinentar Service
Canal Street
New
Algiers
Jules Ursin, Jr
St. Anthony Street
Petronelle Nigel
Mary Edith
Convent of Perpetual Adoration
Harriston
Franklincoun
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Walden
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Cherokee
Brookhaven, Miss
KODAK
East
Unlon Lumber & Mfg. CO
Jackson News
Pal Priehwed
State Board
Walter Moseitt
Ditekson
Yar
Che McGrath
McGrath
McGrath's
McGrath & Sons
Cotton Oil CO
Ississippi
EEC PF
Norfield Brick Company
Ars
Bryther Puemidines
Norfield