The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-06-14
.PorteryiIle Potpourri.

toward p change for the better.
Anyone who will come and over
look carefully this section OF the
county, cannot but rrealize that
there is a bright futdre ahead for
this little town and the surround
ing country.
Our school, which has been
taught the past year by Prot. r..
@. Binford and which closed a
few days ago, was considered a
brilliant success. We hope to
secure the services OF Prof. Bin
ford for another year; he expects
to spend the summer with US
Our prospect Tor a good school
another year is brighter than it
has ever been, owing to the
industries we hope to have estab-
lished here this year.
The Parrys Victor Machine Co.
are putting up a nice business in
the way OF q saw-mili with broom
handle and cabbage crate factory
attachment. Some OF this ma.
chinery is in operation the rest
has been bought, and is on the
road. Besides this mill outfit,
this Company has d lot OF aspar:-
agus planted, ten thousand grape
vines and thousands OF peach.
plum and other fruit trees set out
near the mill plant. In course
OF time the Company expects to
add to this plant a canning
factory to put up for market the
fruit and blaekberries. The fact
of the mill adding the latter plant
will cause others to raise fruit, as
they will have a home market
tor the crop.
There are also two other saw
mills to be put up here-one by
the Rogers Lumber Co., which
they expect to be running in the
next thirty days; the other will
be put up and owned by j.. w.
Farmer, and he expects to have
it in operation within the next
sixty days.
G.. w. Cochran, of Meridian.
has bought a lot of timber in this
vicinity, and expects to put in q
large saw-mill and planer some
time in the near future.
are badly in need of alivery
stable here, and now is the time
tor some one who likes this bust
ness to pnt one in. We believe
such q blu siness will pay reasona,
bly, well now, and very well in
the future.
The prospect for a good crop
around. here is fine. Quite 9 LOT
OF beans have been Shipped from
here this season. The bean crop
was short, however, owing to the
extremely bad weather in May. !:
It lie expected that there viii
be a big time at the Masonic din.
ner Oh the 26th. I noticed in
the HERALD that tine Enondale
ball team would play Porterville.
which no doubt will be a fine
game as both clubs claim to be
up-to-d date players.
The moonlight picnic given al
the College last Saturday night.
conducted and managed by Miss
Blanche Farmer and for the pur-
pose of raising funds to purchase
an organ for Chapel Hill Church
was a decided success. A prize
was offered to the prettiest young
lady, and one to the best looking
young man, and Miss Myrtle Ro
gers and Mr.. Nose jonas were
the winners. OF course, we were
not surprised at Nose getting the
prize, as it was lett to a vote Of
the ladies.
Misses Kate Gross and Louis
Killingsworth returned home 9
few days ago from Shuqualak.
where. they had spent several
weeks with Mr.. Henry Gross,
DIR. j. I'll. Wood, wife and baby,
OF Tuscaloosa, Ala, are guests
this week eli Mr.. j. w Stone, the
father of Mrs. Wood.
w are sorry to state that Yrs
u. g. Bailey has been nuite ilFthe
past week ; altn, Mr.. M. Rush
has been on the puny list fol
some time. Hope they will soor
be well again.
Mr.. Rush's family, who have
been in Meridial4 during the
school term, returned home last
Saturday. We gladly welcome
them home.
Misses Aida and Della; Boyd
are visiting friends and relatives
at Minden this week.
Willie Rogers has returned
home to take a position with the
Rogers Lumber Co.
+. D. Perry and w. C. Twins,