The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
THE TOWN AND COUNTY
Local News in a Nutshell.

and will then enlarge and improve
the jones' County News.
1t is believed that il wells are sunk
oil can be found around Ellisville.
There are many oil signs here.
Prof. Hutcheson has some very
fine profitable corn on the. A. 81. 5.
farm, and the late rains made 1t.
The Georgia State Building and
Loan Association will again begin
loaning money on Laurel real estate
Our young friend Waldo DuBose
has nice moter car left him by his
late uncle. Waldo Is learning fast to
run it.
We never saw cotton frulting bet
ter, and if our farmers can only get
the upper hand of the boil weeyil they
win make fine crop.
Don't be disconsolate. Everything
points now to abundant crops and
prosperous times next fall. We never
knew a brighter outlook.
Her many friends are glad to know
that Mrs. Henry Brooke and family
are delighted with Meridian and have
nice home there.
That is surely a fine stretch of
farming land between Ellisyille and
Moselle and every acre ought TO be
brought under cultivation.
Mr.. Mckenzie, on the Ridge Road,
has a beautiful pair of mules that he
paid S75 each for them when small
colts. They were dropped in Jones
county.
Mr.. Jesse w Walters has large pair
of mules, both raised in Jones county.
They weigh 1900 each. Our far,uers
ought to raise their own mules.
The hoe on the summit of Buffalo
Hill. said to be caused by buffalo
wallowing there, is nothing but a
wash-out by rains in our opinion.
On the conclusion of his address at
Providence, r. l., Col. Roosevelt,
he artily shook hands with our friend
Mr.. b. F. Fridge and congratul ated
him.
The people of our county are en-
thusiastic about holding fair mex
fall midway between Laurel and Ellis
Vile, at the Pendorf school house
on our trolly line.
decided improvements in their bust
ness office. Well Judge Kelly il
Justly entitled to the best of ever,
thing going
The drains In town ought to b.
cleaned out so that there will be M
staguant water. We have one OF Tn
beaithiest towns in the South and lie
us keep it so.
1t is now said that the Pascagol
- d orthern railroad will not pas
H through Laurel, but via Hattiesburg
\ This will be quite u disappointment
Z to that live young city
= Our friend Capt. Pack has an extri
fine patch of corn In fact there are
number OF corn patches around tow
that viii make something like on
hundred bushels per acre.
There is not cattle tick to be seel
on animals that have been dipped
Heretofore you saw cattle with hide
spotted with ticks and weakened wit
wolve in their back.
1t is a glorious sight, from the to-
of Buffalo Hill to see the broad ex
panse of rolling country and the field
OF waving corn. This certa inly
a beautiful country OF ours
Our Ellisville merchants are pu
ting on some big mid summer slaughi
er sales, and If you want barg ain
in first class goods you would dc
we'll to visit our town right away.
Ore of our largest farmers has no
picked up squares, but runs plov
through his cotton every week, cover
ing no the punctured squares, whe
they soon rot and the weeyil dies
What our friend MacEach ern, tn
popular kllisville jeweller, don
know about making a watch go
not worth learning. He is undeni
ably the finest watch repairer in th
land
Our Ellisville people had bette
begin to arrange for that big cels
bration on the completion of th
trolly line. 1t will not be long h
fore the electric cars are running i
to our town.
Mr. Wyatt Collins, who sowe
down patch of popcorn, says
looks like he will have to rent an
other farm to stack his forage on. H
has his barn full, and only pai
of the crop has been cut.
Mr.. Walters, of near Pine Grove
saws farmer near him has the fines
corn he ever saw, and which he mad
by breaking the land deep, runnin
one two mule furrow into another
Deep blowing is what this countI
needs.
Mrs S. L. Ellis and children hav
returned from four weeks visit t
relatives and friends in Hattiesbure
Moselle and Ellisville. - Poplarvill
Free Press.