The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-01-13
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Makes VaiHable Suggestions TO Farmers
as to the Manner of Preparing tie Soil
for their Crop for the Year r9Io-Other
Notes of interest.
Notes of interest.

There are several cases of pneumonia
in this section of the county. Some people
are innately imprudent as regards their
physical care during cold spells of wealth
the writer few years ago of the case
of a negro living at the time three miles
from D'Lo, who went out on very cold
day to cut down timber. He cut vigor-
ously, became very warm, and even per-
spired He sat down on fallen log to
rest without putting on his coat 1t was
not many minutes before the negro was
taken into his house sick. Dr.. Norman
was sent fer, bul on looking at tie case he
found he was too late. The poor negro
died in few hours. Ignorance of the
laws of health and imprudence in practice
Law behind this. And such is not con-
fined to negroes either. White people and
their children need to be taught the
laws of health as we'll as to cut wood.
Rev. ]. S. Purcell, Methodist pastor,
filled his appointment Sunday forenoon
and afternoon at Richland and Sinai, re-
spectively. He with his excellent little
family are now citizens of our town, oc
cupying the parsonage
Rev. w. S. Allen, pastor, occupied his
pulpit at the Baptist church Saturday, at
II a. m. and Sunday at II a. m. and 7
p. m. The sermons were just fine and
fully appreciated, catching the spirit of
the pious in the audiences. AT the close
of the Sunday morning sermon, the or
dinance of the Lords Supper was admin
istered to the membership. In spite of the
cold weather the attendance at the SER
vices was fine. AT the end of the Sum
day night sermon the congregation was
treated to a song by Mrs. Eckhardt's
quartette of fine young men. These young
men are our Florence boys, and their
voice training is in the hands of most
excellent teacher. The services of this
fine singing quartette are highly appre-
ciated and enjoyed.
Rev. w. S. Allen came to town with
his furniture on Friday. His good lady
came in on Saturday afternoon, and upon
taking possession of the parsonage they
found that the good sisters of the church
had their new home nicely and comfor
tally fitted up and their larder well
filled in advance, which took these two
good people by most welcome surprise.
When churches give such greetings as
this to their incoming pastor they can
hardly realize what weight of care is
lifted off the pastors minds at once, and
make them feel at home in their peoples
hearts, and their labors are made less
burdensome among them and the sermons
full of warmth and zest.
Farmer friends, try and not get it into
your craniums that because cotton sells
high and that you can cast for larger
crop on your farm this year. You very
we'll know what a large yield means.
You have already learned what
a short crop implies in the way of price.
Suppose you and every other man make a
large crop of cotton, will you obtain as
much cash per bale for it as for small
crop? Raise fed stuff for his mules
and hogs first, and see how that will
work for full satisfaction for stomach,
body and mind by the end of the year.
What shall be done about the good wife's
poultry and egg crop that is really more
valuable than all your cotton at last?
Scrambled eggs from your lot is worth
more to your stomach than a"chunk of
western meat at present prices. If you
are in debt few hens and a good cow or
two are more to your profit than costly
barrel of dear pork from the north. We
once knew man in Rankin who paid in
full a Dutch merchant all his cotton crop
for the supplies he had bought one year.
He had nothing left out of little corn
and few bushels of field peas. He asked
the same Dutchman in January after, for
credit again as he wanted some meat.
Dutchly told him ''twas too soon for cred
it. My friend pleaded for meat. Dutchy
refused, telling him to eat his bread and
drink the liquor from his boiled peas
till April, and then he will begin to fur
nish him again. Acting on the Dutch
mans advice, that man had three bales
cotton surplus that fall, and knocked
about the country in spankin' new buggy
such thing he never owned before
and was doing well-raising feed stuff,
and stock to feed to-. dressed well and lived
well himself and family after that
People who, can find copy Of the
Clarion-Ledger Of January 9th, and part
should carefully read John Sharp Will