The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
BOARD BUYS A
ROAD MACHINE
Interesting Synopsis Of Septembef
Session Of Rankin County
Supervisors.

Supervisors.
The Board Of Supervisors of Ran.
kin county met in regular session
Monday, September 5, 1904. AL
members, the sheriff and ohancery
clerk present.
| 1t was ordered that I. R. MoAllis.
ter be allowed $25. 90 for teaching
township school at Rplliston school
house.
| The clerk authorized to issue war
rant to L. B. Mckay for ST.. rs for re-
pairing two bridges in beat 3.
Ordered that clerk advertise for
bids up to 10 m. on first Monday in
October for building bridge on Clear
Creek, at Burnham's, beat 5, and one
in Jones Lane on Rehoboth road,
beat 4.
W. A. Wallace and Guss Bate,
commissioners to lay out new road re-
ported said road necessary and desira-
bio, and recommended it be opened
for public travel. Report Of said
commissioners approved and they al
lowed 81 each.
TUESDAY.
In the matter of the purchase Of
the road machine furnished Rankin
county by the Cliff Williams Co Of
Meridian, the board after full con-
sideration of the subject. decided to
purchase the same and the clerk was
authorized to issue warrant to the
Williams Go. for $3.50 less per cent
for cash in payment for same.
1t was ordered that the road hands
on J P. Stevens and Ellis places as
signed to road No. 1, beat 2, be and
are hereby distributed as follows:
To road No. 29-Sam Stevens gin to
Chris Thompson's. = John,, Eb and
Emmett Sparkman, Alex Seals, Jesse
Norman, Joe Ebert, Henry Ebert
and j. P. Stevens, jr. To Brandon
and Jackson road-W. j., Z. NJ, nd
@. O. Horne, Jim Pemberton, Wade
Jones, Perry Garter, Hicks Reed and
j. D. Newsom. To Fannin road,
Wash, Henry and Jesse Reed, Gus
Carter, Boze White, and Anderson
Barker.
ALLOWANCES.
Jackson Hardware Co., road plow,
beat 2, Sill 90
! j. @. Atkins, assessor, making per.
.onal assessment 1854 10.
Sol Dobscn, clerk, making two cop
les assessment roll 500 80
Sol Dobson, postage sc
G. D. Barnard, stationery for chan
Gerry clerk 65c
B. Nero. Co., mdse. for Jail, h,
and roads 26 55
J. l.. Buchanan, sheriff, victualing
prisoners SIP 20
News, envelopes and note heads
superintendent So so
Prince King, causeway for road IA,
beat 4, So SO.
L. A. Comfort, wages as manager,
s22 SO
Jim Currie, wages as laborer, less
10 1.2 days, So 40.
A. F. Chapman, lumber and repairs
Wild Cat creek bridge S.
J. R. benson, lumber and spikes
for bridge, beat 8, 81 70.
| J. A. Spann and Co., six Ames
shovels for road No. 4, So 90.
| O. W. Taylor, lumber for bridge,
beat 4, 81 65.
| j. Fl. Lewis, 900 feet lumber for
Meek's ferry, beat 3, So 10.
| A. A. Gates, making and putting
up eight mile boards, 81 90.
A. Hutson, nails for bridge, beat
25c.
| Hulon Burnnam, 600 feet lumber
beat 5 $5 70.
| S. V. Bott and Son, nails for road,
beat 5, 25c.
| J. L. Mcdonnell, Is feet lumber
for road beat 1, $50.
Dan Allen, Il mile boards, beat /.
81 90.
Stevens and Butler. four shovels,
beat 1, 81 90.
\ j. D. Sandifer, lumber and spikes
for beat l., SO 81.
Dorsen Johnson, lumber and work
on bridge, beat l, So so.
\ Gayden and Co., two double .plows
for beat 2, $13 60
| W. G. Barnes, mdse, for poor
house, and shovels for beat 2, So 80.
W. f. Miller, lumber and repairs
to two bridges, beat 2, $40 co.
Petition of Nelson Webb to annex
his lands to stock law district was