The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-14


hopes being entertained for her recovery.
She has been attended by Drs. Todd, of
Florence, Gibson, of Braxton, and Fairly,
of Jackson. 1t was thought for while
that she probably had pellagra, but DR..
Fairly decided Monday that it is not.
MIR. and Mrs. J. |. Coyington attended
the beat Sunday convention at Cato last
Sunday. They report that notwithstand-
ing the rain and mud, large crowd was
present, bounteous dinner was spread.
and the exercises were good The day
was a success.
On account of the rain last Sunday
there was no preaching at Dry Creek.
Rev. O. ]. Rainy, pastor of the Meth
odist church, spent a few days this week
visiting among his members in this COM
munity.
Mesdames Leonard Berry, of Pinola,
and Luther Boyd and L. S. Stringer, of
Louin, are at the bedside of their sister,
Miss Bulah McNair.
We are sorry to give up Rev. Bryan
Simmons as pastor of the Baptist church
at Dry Creek. 1t will be hard to secure
the services of another such preacher A
committee has been appointed to CORES
pond with otner preachers with a view to
getting pastor. 1t is hoped that one
will be secured by the first of September
when Brother Simmons resignation takes
effect
The fourth was spent very quietly here
until late in the afternoon about or
O'Clock the young people gathered in o.
]. Ragland's pasture where he had hive
of bees. few stings and lots of fun A
nice lot of honey was taken from the keg
and everybody had as much as they could
eat with a quantity left. All went home,
and after supper gathered at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. ]. |. Covington, where
they spent the evening in social CONVEX
sation and in playing such games as forty
two, finch, authors, nand erok6n9fe"' At
about 1890 everybody returned to their
homes. ~ h97.
Several Of our citizens went to Bran-
don Monday and came back with praises
for our new circuit judge I'D
We have not had any rain to amount
to anything since last Thursday, and,
while the ground is still wet, people are
Corn is as fine as was even known
in this section. rat present, the prospects
are good for bumper crop Cotton has
| a large weed and is growing rapidly, but
| we haven't much faith in the cotton crop
this year. The limbs are long and
squares scattering. Besides the squares
are already dropping off. A small worm
or grub is in almost every, square that
-alls off. Just what these grubs will make
we do not know. Many think they are
/ young boil weevils, but we can't tell yet.
! Your correspondent gathered number
of these. squares and put them away to
! see wnat would come of them; but all
t.-e grubs died.
Miss Bulah McNair who has been very
| sick for several weeks, is still very low,
there biting httleachange in her condition
Tor the last week.
c BsoF. Wilkins spent last week with his
mother at Leuin, Miss.
! . Ed Robbins, of Brandon, spent last
/ Sunday with his sister, Mrs. J. w. Har-
l. Per.uqsd seisoo 20
| Misses Leonard Berry, of Pinola, and
/ Luther Boyd and L. s. Stringer, of Louin,
are with their family of Mrs Bette Nc
Nair, this week on account of the illness
of Miss Bulah.
1 Among those attending quarterly con-
terence here last Friday were Messrs
! S. r. Williams, representing Mt. Car
mel church, and 0. F. Corley and w. H.
Purvis, representing Greenfield.
! ]. D. Martin, of Florence, who has
i been visiting relatives in this commun-
ity for a week or two, returned home
last Thursday.
We are sorry our letter get off too late
last week to get in the paper We will
try not to be so late hereafter.