The Jones County news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1909-1924, 1913-09-11
OUR MOSELLE LETTER.

County News: Have been away for
the past nine days visiting several
points in Texas hence have no news
items worth mentioning, just few
little happenings my good wife re-
calls. Somehow my wife is poor
hand to hold news, while j just abb
sorb it like sponge soaking up
water.
| would not take up any of your
valuable space this week only want
to tell your readers that old Jones
county has the part of Texas | have
been in, skinned forty different
ways" They have had no rain for
months, the corn, hay and pastures
are burned to nice brown; there is
no water any where, and it is SO hot
day and night, that one can scarce
ly breathe. The cotton is about one
foot high with three to five bolls to
each stalk, all open. They are offer
ing dollar per hundred pounds for
picking, and can't get hands for that.
No sir, give me South Mississippi
for mine. The only good looking
feature, is the fact that their people
are all boosters and hustlers. They
have to be to live. l am constrained
to fear that the very fact of our hav
ing SO many advantages deters our
development and progress. If that
Texas land is worth from $500 to
$500 per acre and it is bringing those
figures, Jones county land will be
bringing the same ere many years
have come and gone. Ours is
section that has simply been over
looked and scarcely advertised.
Sorry to learn that couple of our
citizens resorted 10 physical combat
over some business matter while we
were away. Mr.. Cleveland Johnson
and Mr.. George Smith were the COM
batants, and we understand that quite
little damage was the result. Furt-
her understand that the matter was
compromised in open Court yester-
day Tug Campbell was refree of the
scrap, otherwise it is said that much
greater damage might have resulted.
E. M. Jinkins, who is to be princi-
pal of our school the coming session,
was in town Saturday night.
We regret to know that Mrs N. r.
Reeves is quite sick.
Miss Ghita MCGEE motered to log
town and back last Sunday in comp
any with her sister and brother-in
law, Mr.. MCGOWAN and wife.
One very important news item
escaped our butterfly net last week.
1t has just come to our knowledge
that number OF our young people
adapted a unique plan for recreati-
on by walking to Eastabutchie ana
returning on the train, one night
recently. Those who took the treat
ment we're Mrs. and Mr.. McChesna,
Misses Ethel Shows, Ghita McGee,
Hattie Collins and Oscar Shows.
Quite crowd also walked to the
river Saturday night where they en-
gagged for a while at innocent games
and ate supper near the ripping
waters of the Leaf. Those taking
part in this red-bug hunt we're: Mr..
and Mrs w. W. Hood, Mrs Hales,
Mrs. Kitrell, Mr. and Mrs. McChesna,
Mrs. Hearn, Misses Winnie Hood,
Alice-Maude Hearn, Ethel Shows,
Hattie Collins, Olive Goodman, Mrs.
Grantham and number Of others too
numerous to mention and Mr.. E. E,
Read. Mrs. Hood and Hearn
chaperoned a small crowd of young
people last Thursday on picnic
near the home OF Mr.. w. K. Gray
son, and enjoyed themselves hugely.
on accounted the inclemency of the
weather they spread their dinner on
Mrs. Grayson's gallery. Mrs. Gray
son supplemented their feast by kind.
ly serving iced drinks and cream
Those attended were: Misses Winnie
Hood, Alice Maude Hearn, Fay Gray
son and Messers Earine Reeves
Clemant Campbell, Van and Virgil
Hood, together with the children o
the Hearn and Grayson families
The Methodist Ladies' Aid me
with Mrs. G. E. Hales last Monday
Miss Alice-Maude and brother Hill
ton Hearn left for their home a