The Brandon news., 1910-03-31
BROWNSVILLE, MISS.

McNair) is visiting her mother this week
Miss Lille Thomas of Jackson, spent
Sunday with her mother.
D. NJ. Mayors and Rev. c. E. Comfort
spent Sunday with Squire w. D. Thomas.
Oscar Bullock, of Jackson, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Bullock, Sum
day.
Mr. and Mrs S. w. Berry attended the
funeral of Mr. Berry's sister, Mrs. ]. R.
Johnston, at D'Lo, last Thursday.
Miss Ruth Hadden, saleslady for Will
liams Piano Co., of Jackson, spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs
w. D. Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Myers, of the Shady
Dell community, spent Saturday night with
their son, Green Myers.
A number of our citizens will go to
Monterey Friday to hear Earl Brewers
speech on patriotic citizenship.
We are panied to hear of the death of
Representative Heslep. The writer knew
him personally, and believes that Rankin
county has lost on of her purest men
and most patriotic citizen.
Some of our neighobrs have gone into
the cattle business quite extensively this
spring. We understand that J. ]. Neal
and S. w. Berry each has a nice bunch
which they are adding to daily. Any one
having cattle for sale might do well to
let these gentlemen know it.
Farming is we'll under way. More land
is broken and more corn planted than we
have seen at this season of the year fer
some time. Oats are looking far better
than at this time last year, and corn is
up to a good stand where it has been
planted long enough to be up. The ground
breaks better than usual on account of the
freezes ard lack of heavy rain. So if
there is anything in present indications we
will get bumper crop this year.
We are needing rain now which to
day bids fair to bring The ground where
il has not been broken is getting rather
hard, and gardens are beginning to show
signs of drouth.
1t is our opinion that Senator Bilbro has
made a serious mistake in the course he
has persued in regard to the brbe offered
him for his vote in the senatorial caucus.
The writer heard him make speech at
DLo during his campaign for the state
senate, and formed the opinion that Bill
bo was the peoples fraud. But it is said
that the love of money is the root of all
evil. Guess he must not love it quite as
well as he did when he accepted that
$645. 1t is to be hoped that the whole
disgraceful affair will be ferreted out and
the guilty ones punished. If Bilbo is
simply working political scheme to be
used in the next senatorial race h ought
to be sent to the penitentiary where he
will not be able to enjoy it; and if he is
honest and didn't have sense enough to
use the advantage he had at the proper
time he ought to be confined in a ward
kept for dangerous lunatics.
The little folks of the community en-
joyed an Easter egg hunt Saturday even
irg at the home of Prof and Mrs. J.>L
Covington. After the eggs were found
they engaged in games until time to go
home
There were exactly thirty children at
the egg hunt Saturday evening, every one
of whom ought to be in Sunday school
every Sunday. Yet we noticed carefully
Sunday at both schools and of those thirty
little fellows not more than eight or ten
were there This is a condition of affairs
which our parents ought to remedy. Train
child up In the way he should 60 ana
when he is old he will not depart from ii, !"
said Solomon. If we teach our children to
love the Sunday school and its work they
will grow up to love that kind of work,
and will naturally become workers in the
Sunday school and church. If on the other
hand we allow them to neglect these
things they in all probability will care
nothing for them when they are old, and
their parents though already passed to
their reward, must answer for their care-
lessness. Life is serious thing after all.
Let us begin to think of these things and
put our children in Sunday school. They
are the men and women of tomorrow.
Their minds are feeding upon the food
with which they are surrounded, and will
become like their surroundings. The re-
sponsibility is on US and we cannot shirk
it.