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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
3
A regional note urges farmers to store and maintain equipment. Many machines seen idle in fields and yards suggest neglect. The piece praises diligent farmers and urges others to inspect, repair, and shelter machinery to improve farming efficiency and returns.
Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia is identified as head of the congressional set s largest family with ten children. He argues both parents must share duties, noting mothers spoil boys while fathers discipline girls and stressing home training before adulthood. He warns against maternal withdrawal into public roles diverting from home.
J H Devens of Norfolk, longtime Hampton Roads Paper Co. employee, credits Tanlac with easing severe indigestion and fatigue after four decades in the mill. He reports renewed appetite, better sleep, and readiness for a full workday. Also mentions a rat poisoning ad and a lost life insurance policy note from Penn Mutual Life.
County Agent C. L. Simmons urges early preparation for fall fairs to showcase best exhibits, stressing shade‑cured produce, diverse fruit and vegetable displays, and cross‑community cooperation. He shares a Mississippi tale of five small schools forming a cooperative that funded a successful fair, shipping cattle to market and boosting local progress. He ends with a call for leadership and civic effort, plus an ad note for white oak and sap pine ties and a monument firm in Jackson.
The boll weevil threat is tied to timing in final stages of infestation. Department of Entomology notes late poisoning harms farmers more than the pest as many fail to act early. Coad warns health of crops depends on constant attention to squares and bolls and ongoing control efforts.
A rural note warns cotton planters to avoid late season poisoning due to costly failures and unpredictable conditions. Delta Laboratory of Tallulah LA offers guidance on when and how to poison. Social items report Lou Crate’s business trip to Tinkbine, family visits, and local illnesses.
Weather notes say crops have been thriving with recent rains. Local visits include Cecil Ford and wife to Annie S. Myers, Spidey, Mrs. J. R., May and daughters. J. R. Dickson keeps visiting Finkbine Camps frequently, suggesting local interest.
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