The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-03-11
Girls Home Improvement Clubs.


were offered for embroidery, drawn
work. designing. hand sewing. mending
and darning and cooking. Exhibits were
made in connectio ion with county educa-
tional rally on March Goth. with I49
contestants. The work in all the yari.
ous lines was excellent. A good show
of the prizes went to the rural schools
In cooking the prize was offered for
the best exhibit Of dishes cooked from
corn and its products. and was awarded
TO Miss Leila Thornton for an exhibit
of twenty-siN dishes. \ feature of the
girls work was the chrysanthemum con
test. The exhibits were made in No
veml'er. and the showing was simply fine
We will Try to make the 1910 show
an advance in all of the work. Yours
truly, GEO. Il. PARKER
Agricultural Legislation.
At the time this il written the Mis.
sissippi Legislature has been in session
five weeks. While great deal of legi--
lation has been proposed and referred
to the committees. not so very much
has been considered as vet
Several measures Of general import.
anee to the agricultural interests have
been introduced. and some Of them have
been acted upon by the committees. The
general school fund which is Of especial
Importance 20 the masses. was introduced
by Representative Frank Burkitt Of
Chiekasaw, and the amount asked for
81 100000 for each year. This amount
passed the house without reduction. but
.s-az ottf a.. Z l. a.
ate. II now comes back to the house
for consideration again. II 10 TO be
hoped that il will not be reduced on IL.
final passage. This amount only give.
approximately two dollars per year each
for the education of the boys and girls
of the state, and that ia certainly small
enough 10 please the most ardent stick
Ter for economy.
The appropriation for tick work and
Abe eradication Of diseases in live stock
has been introduced in both houses and
recommended for passage 10y the finance
committee in the senate. 4 Joint sos
sion of the house was held. and Prof
Smith. secretary Of the Live Stock San.
itarv Board; DIR. Herman. veierinaria n
in charge Of the United States govern.
mcnt, aud Mr.. !. NJ TAYLOR. ex.presi.
dent Of the Live Stock and Dairy Asso-
citation. made addresses and explane
the work proposed TO be done. I. il
believed that this measure will become
= law, a. u has the endorsement Of all
live stock and agricultural associations
in the state. a. well as number Of
commercial bodies n is q measure for
the relief Of the people in an hour n
trouble brought on by the advent 81 the
boil weeyi
Several bills have been introduced
looking To encouragement ~ farmers in
growing agricultural. horticultural and
live stock products, that ii they become
lave, will 70 doubt have strong ten.
dency in the right direction While none
Of these measures have ~ vet received
the enforcement Of the legislators. some
have passed one house and some the
other. Some have been recommended for
passage by the committees aud others
are pending. " j. safe 10 assume that
some will become laws and assist in
the development work under way in the
State.
The road laws. acknowledged az very
there will undoubtedly be- some rene
dial legislation along the proper lines
This great need should be supplied. and
it does appear that the legislator who
Fan and will put through a measure AZ
fording relief l. deserving Of praise.
Many other bills have been introduced
and are being considered. and a. this il
strictly an agricultural state. the men
who compose the law-making body viii
hardly fail To give the agricultural PEG.
pie the relief needed and called for
Buy your ~cd corn in the ear and
then You know better what you are get
ting. Tho seed being offered j getting
better from year to year.
The bows who are in the corn clubs
In Mississippi today will in a few years
be in charge Of the affairs Of state. II
u a preparation for life that their faith.
ers generally did not have They will be
much better fitted for this work and
cspacitated 10 fight the battles of life.
It il ar education that viii repay IN.
cost many times over IN lbe 1hthifs } nc
money spent now is nothing more than
an Investment. and the returns will BE-
thoroughly satisfactory 10 those who arc
.uyosting in such securities.
The farmers. a. we'll a. others in the
weo.il territory Of Mississippi, are 10
sore straits and deserving Of every help
| that the legislative bodies can give them.
| A few dollars spent now would be re-
turned MANIFOLD in tho future. Help
/ chem in their time Of sore distress.
| There is good demand for Mosby
seed corn and Triumph and Cleveland
/ big boil cotton seed.
Live stock offers the best means for
.iversifcatiSn and combating the boil
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