The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-23
Monterey.

WO1IlGIEys
Misses Annie Stubblefield and
Mamie Peoples are visiting Mrs.
W. D. webb.
Mr.. Montgomery, of Braxton, is
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Com
pere.
Melton, Bertram and Alex Will
liams and Dock Boyle have all re-
turned to their homes.
Mrs. w. D. Chandler has ty-
phoid fever.
Miss Jessie Harper is spending
the week with her sister, Mrs. J. |.
Covington.
Miss EstelIa Cooper now has
charge of music class in Scott
county.
Jackson and Monterey crossed
bats here Monday, the game re-
sulting in score of two to one in
favor of Jackson.
Crops are suffering badly now
from drought.
The angel of death entered the
home of J. G. Williams last Satur-
day and bore away the spirit of
his fifteen-year- son, Frank.
He was taken three weeks ago with
typhoid fever. His physician
seemed at one time to have gotten
the disease under control, but COM
plioations set up and no earthly
power could reach him. Every
thing that could be done was done,
but all to no avail. He professed
religion and joined the Methodist
church at twelve years of age, and
has. ever since lived a consistent
Christian life. He was better
versed in the Scriptures than many
of his elders. Before he died he
had his pastor with him several
times to read and pray with him.
He was entirely satisfied, and not
long before he breathed his last,
while he was still rational, he saw
in the room three men whom he
recognized to be Jesus, Moses and
Elias, just as they appeared on the
Mount of TRANSPORTATION. His
parting words were an admonition
to righteous living that his family
and friends should meet him in the
glory-land. He leaves a father and
mother, seven brothers and four
sisters, besides a number of near
relatives and a host of friends to
mourn his loss. We are not able
to comfort them, but point them to
the Healer of all broken hearts who
alone can comfort them.
Well, the picnic has come and
gone; the crowd was estimated at
from 100 to 800. The day was hot,
but that didn't keep people from
enjoying themselves. Mr.. Me-
harg,, the agriculturist, was sick
and not able to be present. but
President Hightower and Mr.. Will
son were here. At 1920 President
HightoWer was introduced and for
two hours he talked common-sense
to the farmer. His subject was
the marketing of cotton. He
showed what has been dome and
what is being done; that last year
from fourteen to nineteen dollars
/ per bale was made by those in the
Memphis district who shipped their
cotton to England and sold direct
to the spinners. He reviewed the
history and management of the New
York Exchange; showed how the
price of cotton is fixed by the gam
blers on the exchange, how the
south is annually being robbed of
millions, and then gave us the
remedy. He, with the national
president and other state presi-
dents, have arranged to market this
crop at a price to be agreed upon,
and by the concentrating of the
cotton in the warehouses we can
borrow money on it at eight per
cent per annum and sell direct to
the manufacturers, thus cutting out
the exchange altogether. Arrange
ments have already been made to
that effect He showed how our
local merchants and cotton buyers
lare themselves at the mercy of the
cotton exchange and that no man
Ican afford to blame the merchant