The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-24

progress already made in til
cause Of broader public education
/. in the county, instapcing an ar
I rangement effected with Presiden
! Hardy, of the A. & M. College
to have farmers institute hell
: in every beat Of the county yearI,
by members of the faculty of th(
A. & NJ. College, and beat exblb
its Of agricultural and horticuItu
raj products in connection there.
with, thus increasing the store oI
valuable knowledge and a greater
spirit Of emulation among farmers
along these lines. Supt. Green
referred to the digging Of The
Panama Canal, the numerous rail
roads being bulit 10 South Missis-
slppl, and the great natural possi-
biIities of this section OF the
State, and declared that the pe0-
pie of Lincoln county must edu-
cate and exert themselves to be
prepared to take advantage Of the
great opportunities material and
otherwise, that the ne&r future
will bring.
Incidentally Sapt. Green had
Prof. A. Green to give q class Of
farmers a practical lesson IN graft
ing during his talk, and of this
class, Farmer W. j Barry won
the prize OF one of Col. NeWman's
mammoth apples for being the
most expeft member Of the class
in the practical test made.
The committees appointed to
pass upon the school and agricul-
tural exhibits, announced The fol
lowing awards:
Best art exhibit-dfawings,
etc., Pearlhaven School.
kindergarten and best school
gardening, Heuck's Retreat
School.
Bahala Agricultural and Horti
cultural Exhibit-Finest collards,
to Mrs. NJ. J. Swinney; largest
pumpkin, Wash Smith; finest
sweet potatoes, Lee Furr; finest
home-raised moIasses, L. M.
Furr.
Heuek's Retreat 4 gricultural
and Horticultural Exhibit-Larg-
est turnips, w. p. Smith; finest
corn, Will Oberschmidt; finest
Japan persimmons, II. Harring-
ton; best display Of cotton, W. p.
Smith.
Goodwater won the h0nors for
the finest display of ribbon cane,
the stalks measuring from 81 to-
8 feet, with long joints. Il was
grown on Bear creek by +. L.
Moore.
The awards for agricultqoral
and horticultural products were
made by two experienced farmers, |
Messrs. z. B. Raulins, of Union
Hall, and I. S. Hoggatt, Of Good
water.
By misunderstanding, Pearl
haven and Heuck's Retreat were
the only schools Of the district
which sent exhibits.
The introduction of school dec
Oration and school GARDENING and |
the teaching of the elements of
agriculture in Our public schools,
cannot do otherwise than bring
the most gratifying results in due
season.
The teachers Of district No 2.
who were present at the meeting
in addition to the ones already |
named were as follows: Misses
Fannie Renfroe, Hassie Smith,
Pearl WoodIeigh, Laura Pannel,
Nellie Sasser, EsteIle Furr, Mat
tie Furr, and Prof. Claud Bennett.
The next meeting Of the teach
ers of district No. 2 will be held
with the Centreville school en-
Saturday, Dec. 18th.
In addition to being highly en-
tertained> and feeling far more
than repaid fer our trip, before
we left for home our esteemed !
friend Mr.. Marion Furr present
ed us a large bottle Of the fine
molasses which had been awarded
the prize, and Mr.. q. w. Smith,
another exhibitor, generously
placed in our buggy some fine
specimens of pumpkin yams and
mess of nice Triumph Irish pota-
toes from his fall crop, which
Of course was greatly
appreciated.
In a buggy ride from Brookha
ven to Little BahaIa now, one has
10 cross three railroads the |. c.
Gravel Pit Branch, the Brookha-
ven and Pearl River and the Mrs.
slssippi Central. The two latter
nave to be crossed SO many times
traveller grows a little nervous
for fear Of knocking a flying train
off the track at some OF these
and causing an aWfalI
wreck The country has been
developed maryelously since our
asst trip over this road few
years ago, and improved farms
md nice, thrifty looking farm
houses are seen nearly the whole
way. Verify, 1t is a country that
las a promising future ahead Of it.
Another c. 0. D. Decision.
Telegranas received here this