The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
FLORENCE.

Hliiu temperature anu CIOudl1SS.
The ginnery here had the cotton press
so damaged Tuesday morning that there
was suspension Of ginning until We'd
nesday morning, when the press was nicely
repaired and ginning resumed.
Rev. w. S. Allen, present pastor Of
the Baptist church, preached two very
fine sermons here Sunday to quite a
congregation assembled to greet him. Up
to this writing brother Allen had not de-
cided which to accept the call to be
pastor here for next year. 1t is thought
very likely he will. The only hinderance
to his decision is the failure so far to get
another church to fill up his full time
Tn case he accepts he will move here
and occupy the parsonage
Rev. w. w Morse is still an invalid
at the Methodist parsonage but is inn
proving slowly. Bro Morse thinks he
will be placed on the superannuated roll
until he gets well enough to enter the
pulpit again. He will retire from the
parsonage here, and make his temporary
home near his son at Tylertown, Miss
Every one here regrets his condition very
much. He is personally popular with ev-
cry man, woman and child who has
the pleasure of his acquaintance.
If the J. F. Barnes, who stood the last
on his side of the spelling bee at Jackson
the other night, is the same man who was
years ago a student from Rankin county, we
feel justly proud of our schools that can
pit such former pupils of her schools against
other sections of the state A Rankin
young lady, of Pelahatchie, carried off the
palm of victory in a state wide spelling
be at Natchez the early part of this year.
In one article of last we inadvertently
in the rush of writing failed to note the
fact that we paid visit, when D'Lo
Sunday before last, to DIR. c. r. Norman,
who had been i'll for two months. We
found the doctor sitting up in his chair
reading the newspapers. He seems to
be improving and looking natural. His
illness had rendered him rather deaf for
the time being, but he conversed as
freely as of yore His drug store interest
is looked after by his son-in-law, DR..
Priddy, of Gulfport, until the doctor is
able to attend to the business himself
Mrs Norman carries herself we'll and
looks as natural as ever
We note in a daily paper that car
load of molasses was shipped from Brook
haven about the 25th of November, to
Aurora, I'll. Evidently this "long
sweetness"was the collection from various
small farms in different neighborhoods,
in the Lincoln county. AT least $1,000
will flow back to the pocket books of
the contributors of this syrup. 1t will
prove test to see II money can be made
from this one article which will compete
with boil weevil cotton. We have re-
peatedly called for camples of syrup made
in Rankin county, and well handled to be
brought here and placed in charge of
DR.. White, who freely and kindly offers
to divide these samples up into smaller
packages for shipment to Chicago to parties
who have promised him to give the
same trial and in the end find a mar
ket for it in the west. Now, will our
farmers who have soil suitably adapted
to the raising of cane and manufacturing
nice and attractive molasses, take the
hint in time, and prepare for his new in
dustry that will eventually prove money
maker to thousands? We met gentleman
from a western state, on the l. c. railroad
train several days ago, who told us that
out in his section the people who raised
one ARTICLES sugar beet for example
organized themselves into an association,
with head man to manage -hc VIII lie,
advise the members along nsstesl lines
of cultivation, harvesting and lrarksting.
This head man did nothing else but
| watch the interest of the members OF the as
ISOLATION, and every member was MAX
ing money. Those not members were not
in the swim. They were not entitled to
any of the benefits of the cooperation.
This gentleman stated that their leader re-
ceived salary of $500 per monh. He
was competent man for the job, and fol-
lowing his lead and instructions, they
were fattening their pocket books.
Now, why not organize here and hire a
head man of experience and have such
man to lead. the way in making the syrup
as it should be made, and he find a pay
ing market for it? Think of this farmers,
small and great; and think of boil weevil
too, in your cotton fields and decide
the matter.
Florence had Sunday of it on Thanks
giving day-all but the religious services
very little business was done. We ask
everybody who sat down to table groan-
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