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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
1
O L Simmons County Agent urges farmers to select and save good planting seed this fall. mark desirable corn ears by tying or breaking tops, then separate at gathering. encourages cotton seed purity and careful picking. notes molasses can cans pooling orders for car lot rate. invites meetings or individual requests AT ONCE.
Mississippi state entomologist R W Harned warns farmers haying in Mississippi to watch for grasshoppers that attack adjacent corn fields after mowing meadows. Near Starkville and other areas, corn suffered when meadows were cut. To prevent damage, broadcast poisoned bran mash bait along field edges next to meadows, using Paris Green or white arsenic with bran.
County Supt. of Education H. P. Barksdale spent Tuesday at Pearl meeting a committee on district school business. A. E. Harper of Thomasville was a court house visitor. W. H. Walters from Beat 3, Board of Supervisors, conducted business at the court house Tuesday and Wednesday. The week remains quiet with no committees or unusual matters. Marshall Tom Berry made a brief trip to Sand Hill Tuesday.
Monday morning a party of twelve headed to Three Prong for a fishing trip. The group includes Kate Shields Johnson Juanita Cunningham Enola Stamps W V Loveless Anse Sidney Sylvester McLaurin Lane Henry Busick and the Choates chaperones Mr and Mrs W E McIntyre. They plan to spend one to two days with the party and the rest of the week at Three Prong. A bait mix of two quarts molasses into two gallons water with oranges or lemons and chopped pulp is prepared to attract grasshoppers, enough to treat three acres, to be applied after sundown to keep the bait effective.
The school board schedules September 11 as the opening for free county schools with earlier starts possible for consolidated schools. Colored schools start October 2. White teachers hold contract day September 9 with a Brandon meeting September 11 to organize the county association. New buildings rise at Star, Brandon, Bee Bush, Dry Creek, and Briar Hill as bonds and contracts proceed. a banner year for county schoolhouses.
Sunday afternoon at two o clock in Florence Mr M M Walton and Miss Grace Taylor wed with W M McClendon as best man Eva Miller maid of honor Lucille Averitt played the wedding arch and Dr W A Hewitt officiated The couple will honeymoon in New Orleans and Gulf Coast before settling in Decatur The bride known as a popular Florence young lady and the groom a Decatur grocer leave for their new home after the ceremony
Dr J S Plaskett of the Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria British Columbia reports measuring two sunlike objects named Plasket ett. The pair are far larger than any known celestial body with one sun 1000 times the mass and 15000 times as bright, and the other 68 times heavier and 12000 times as bright.
The atk News revises circulation books and will drop all names in arrears. If your date opposite your name shows arrears, send a check or money order to settle, or we will discontinue your paper.
Dr J C Cole formerly a Brandon resident and prominent New Orleans physician was called to Eldorado Arkansas last week to aid C H Murphree vice president of the First National Bank who was very ill. The Brandon native was chosen for his skill over nearer doctors.
Last Friday afternoon a small girl named Gladys Butte about three was run over at the foot of Cole's hill by Sam Shultz’s large automobile. The car could not be stopped before both wheels passed over her body. She sustained only minor bruises with no broken bones.
Evening services held Sundays at 5:00 with Rev Val H Sessions in charge, all are invited to attend these core rites at St Luke's Episcopal Church.
Gypsy Smith plans Jackson headquarters soon after his revival last spring. He will spend part of the year there and influence nearby towns, including Rankin County, as his son studies at Millsaps College and follows in his revivalist footsteps. He will also conduct revivals at Laurel and Pickens.
Sunday afternoon James Dow of Braxton a Finkbine Lumber Co. employee died after a high railroad dump and a freight train collision while returning from Mendenhall in a large car. His sister suffered a broken leg and is recovering Miss Thornton escaped injury.
Miss Pollie Bethune visited McComb City as the Baptist meeting closed with Rev. Hewitt of Jackson delivering fine sermons for the 118. Several locals share visits and travels including Pauline McLaird from Mendenhall, Mrs. Birch Jones from Louisiana, and others visiting relatives, attending services, or planning jobs in Greenville.
Michel Collins, key leader of the Irish Free State and commander in chief of national forces, was shot to death Tuesday in Cork county after an ovation in Cork city. The report notes his rise in prominence since Arthur Griffiths' death ten days earlier and includes an accompanying photo.
Star Mr. T. A. Ainsworth is examined at hospital in Rankin County with good news. Free gin offer by M. Odom to the first bale of cotton from any Rankin farmer. Mrs. Maude Webb returns to Jackson work after vacation. Star Baptist meeting praised as best ever. Rev Rey Bryan Simmons praised as a top Southern preacher at Star. Local visits and greetings among residents including Mr Henry Rogers of Feeetiee. Eastern Star chapter instituted with Mrs Lillie M. McCullough as worthy matron. chapter named in her honor. Community thanks to Brandon residents for protection of a wandering boy. anecdote about his mother and old song. Final proverb lines remark on paths of honor and righteous stones.
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