The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-06-16
COAST STRAWBERRY
ASSOCIATION FORMED
- Acres to be Devoted to
Strawberry Culture
WHEAT AND TOBACCO BEING GROWN
GOOD Roads Apostle" Gives Adj
dresses. Live Wire Injuries Line
man. $4,000 Foundry Will
be Erected.

AAASopo OOAlC6 SAOSCu dI OoShooA'
Hattiesburg checked the effort to
Kcense near-beer.
The successor of Bishop w. B.
Murrah as president of Millsaps Col
lege will be selected June 20.
The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany may install a direct line be-
tween Natchez and Hattiesburg.
1t is said that the Mississippi
100000 bond issue will be disposed
of in small blocks.
Henry Moss had both legs cut off
close to the trunk by train at Mt.
Olive, dying in two hours.
A series of forgeries said to i'm
plicate boys were unearthed in jack
son.
The corner stone of the city hall
and public library, recently erected
was laid at Brookhaven.
The Jackson city council has one
hundred and ten thousand dollars on
hand for municipal paving.
Natchez licensed the sale of near
beer, fixing $1,000 per year as the
privilege for key dealers.
Cotton shipments will be made
this month from Grlfport for Bre-
men
Fire at Meridian caused 100000
damage to the wholesale grocery of
Tom Lyle.
John Hilton, charged with crimi-
nal assault, was held to the grand
jury at Brookhayen.
B. T. Tolbert resigned as principal
of the Columbia High School to be-
come head of tle Lamar County Ag-
ricultural School,
w. D. Bullard and associates will
build an electric line over the new
automobile speedway from Scranton
to the Alabama line.
Mayor Crowder, of Jackson, named
a committee to prepare for the dele
gates to the statewide immigration
convention.
Senator Percy declined to appear
at the Lauderdale Springs political
meeting July 1 because Senator
Theo G. Bilbo is to appear.
Speaker H. NJ Street issued a
statement regarding the disposition
of the Meridian cyclone fund, de-
claring that every dollar turned over
to the subcommittee was properly
and satisfactorily accounted for, and
that no funds were deposited to the
individual account of anyone.
Truck Growers Association Formed.
The Gulf Coast Strawberry and
Truckers Association of Hancock
County was formed at Bay ST. Louis
with a membership of eighteen, rep
resenting seventy-two acres of land
to be devoted exclusively to the
growth of the Columbia Klondyke
Strawberry. The acreage represents
only portion of that which will be
planted Prominent strawberry cultu-
rists formerly from Hammond and
independence, La, have located there
because of climatic conditions, which
produces a berry from two to three
weeks earlier Than points mentioned.
Another attraction is that the soil
is more easily cultivated and retains
moisture much better and the clay
subsoil is more porous. The system
of producing berries in this section
varies from that of points further
north The first berries for the market
are ready and move about March /,
and TIL crop is practically marketed
by April 20, after which new plants
are made and are sufficiently devel-
oped to be reset in new fields by
June Is. The planter prepares his
grounds and plants his field from
June Is to July Is or even to Aug.
/ with these new plants.
This association has the assurance
of railroad officials at this point that
the facilities for shipping will be I'M
surpassed.