The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-26

once 4 month. 'Ifey would often
spend 70 cents II more for cheese.
Crackers, canned stuff, etc. The
Igirls thought the gentlemen would
lprefer nice hot dinner. The
masons have building and meet
In the upper part; the lower part is
Irented by q merchant and used as
lstore-room for furniture. There
were counters in the room that
would do very nicely for tables.
1.-The merchant readily gave his con-
sent to their spreading dinner in
this room. The girls each brought
ia dish Of something and had din
liner fit for the gods. Every
mason's mouth ought to water
leven now. They brought turnips,
hot coffee, bread, biscuits, pickles,
ham, sausage cake, custards, sweet
potatoes with honey dripping out
ete. They offered a big lunch for.
Is cents and dinner for 25 cents.
One girl brought a nice white
table-cloth and all things were
ready. Then a message came,
saying the masons objected to their
spreading dinner in the building.
The club went out to little
room opposite the mason hail and
spread the dinner, using cotton
bales as tables.
The same influence THAT Of a
very elderly man, out Of sympathy
with Progressive young people,
prevented the men coming over for
their dinners. The boys, the old
|reliables, eraciousIy came in and
| took dinner with their rivals. Some
nearby neighbors ate with the girls
and the plan ended with a good
deal OF merriment and overall dol
lars.
Moral: Never give up for dis
couraeenents. You will surely
meet them, but make the best Of
circumstances and Try again.
The girls planned i yaIel tine
entertainment short play, feaa-
ings, drills, games, etc. Only )
few days before Valentine day
some who were to take part got
sick; the admission fee was reduced
to 10 cents but about $500 was
made.
| A little girl whose father had
merchants license ordered some
valentines, sold them, and gave
the proceeds to the club. They
made enough on these to buy some
for distribution at the entertainment
and little sum besides.
The boys prepared a concert.
They gave The Destricl< Skule
with variations. BY donning fe-
male attire they Became the
"giggling girl, the crying girl, =
etc. They cleared about SIS. 90.
The girls made $500 BY getting %
subscribers to the Mothers Maya
zine, and besides this, had the sat
lisfaction Of knowing they had.
placed a most helpful magazine in.
25 homes.
A notice was put in the county
paper, stating that books donated.
by friends would be appreciated.
Several people donated books from
their own shelves.
Closets, shelves and gullies were
ransacked for bottles. The little
girls washed them, our local
physician bought them, and in this
way made 50. %.
SUBSCRIPTIONS and renewals were.
! sent in to The Golden age, and
Willie D. Upshaw, the editor, sent
three books to the library.
The time, April lst, was almost
up. Ways of making money
seemed almost exhausted. The
boys and girls agreed then to do
the janitor's work till school closed.
They were paid in advance for
this, thus adding 81. 40 to the fund.
Two new. stoves andnew piping
were bought. A new flue was
built, Believing. it would prevent
our being disturbed by smoke.
7 his had been a serious draw
back in one room. Some. patrons
made braces and fixed pipe to pre-
went their falling. The stoves and
piping were bought With an Incl
dental fund of 10 cents per month
levied on each pupil.
A LundStrom sectional bookcase
"a shelves, top and base, was pur-
| chased for SLIPS. The rest of the
money was put in carefully Sc
lected list of books. This was all
| that we think of now that was
done by the club up to April 1st.
We received the $50 General Inn
provement Prize, offered by Miss
Nunce, OF South Carolina. We
have added about $75 to this to
lcrnrd for new dnSkc