The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-10-15

the Buttahatchie Baptist Association
met at Ethelville church last Satur-
day and Sunday. the 9Th and 10th.
The Introductory sermon was preach
ed by Elder ]. B. Dean, of MilIport.
An intermission of one hour was had,
after which the delegates met in the
house. Prayer by Elder ]. B. Dean.
! Opening song, Jesus, lover of my
SOUL Called the names of churches
and enrolled delegates names. The
association was organized by elect
ing Elder A. J. Egger, of Crews, Ala,
moderator; ]. G.. Mattox, of Vernon,
Ala, secretary and treasurer. Ser
mon at two o'clock by Elder D. T.
Moon. The moderator announced
that the body was ready to attend to
business, inviting ministers and Wis
iting brethren to seats. The reading
of letters from the different churches
and the adoption of the same. The
general routine of business was then
taken up and disposed of in regular
form. Elder Egger has been moder-
years. The meeting adjourned till
nine O'Clock Sunday morning. After
attending to unfinished business, Ell
der S. J. Norris was appointed to
preached at eleven o'clock. Brother
Norris preached to a large and atten-
tive congregation, and to the comfort
and edification of the children of
God. His text can be found in the
11th chapter and Sth verse of He
brews After preaching the modera-
which the vast congregation joined
in singing that grand and good old
song, Parting Is Hard and the
right hand of brotherly and Christian
love was taken. The congregation
was then dismissed The Primitive
Baptists is one of the old pioneer
churches of the county, and Elbethel
is one of the oldest churches in our
community, and in years gone by had
quite large membership, as nearly
all of the old settlers of this county
belonged to that church, but those
good old people are all fast passing
away, and the time and place which
know them now will soon know them
no more on this earth.
Our farmers are hustling early and
late gathering corn, picking cotton
and peas, and hauling cotton to the
gins, which are all crowded. The
farmers OF this, thes garden spot of
the county, seem to be in the highest
of spirits, for they are making a
bumper corn crop, and they have all
their barns and out houses full of
the very best Of hay, and the sweet
potato crop is the best that has been
in years. Most any of our Beat One
farmers can supply the county with
seed corn next spring, for our farm
ers are hustlers: they do not sit
around the stores during crop times
whiting white pine goods boxes,
criticising his neighbors, and talking
about how to save tie country from
eternal ruin, for they are out in the
field at work by daylight and work
till the setting Of the sun.
We spent part of last week in the
beautiful city of Aberdeen on bus
mess, and we found the farmers all
busy along the road leading from
Caledonia to Aberdeen, gathering the
crops. The corn crop is fine; cotton
not so good by half as it was last
year, and but very little selling in
We noticed at Mr.. J. c.
Crosby's gin forty or fifty bales of
cotton on the yard, and quite num-
Der of wagons loaded with cotton
to be ginned. We also no.
ticed that most of the farmers along |
the road are doing more or less i'm
proving in the way of beautifying |
heir homes, repainting, building new
houses and new barns. The county |
seems to be in a prosperous condi-
ion. There seems to be a general /
wave of prosperity spreading all over
he country in the way of improve
nents and the building up of farms.
While in Monroe county the writer
md his wife were royalty entertained
n the hospitable home CT Mr.. VIII
lam Noah, one OF the most prosper
,us farmers OF old Monroe.
The writer and his wife spent last
friday night in the beautiful little
illage of Hamilton in the home of |