The Semi-weekly leader., 1913-02-26
NORFIELD NEWS
HAPPENINGS
Breezy Lines From South
Lincoln's Saw Mill
Center.

in town Saturday. Hon. Jack re-
ports citizens Of bis city enthusiasts
tic over the coming automobile
show there.
Miss Zenna. Of the Crescent City,
has been the attractive guest Of
Mrs. Fred Miller.
Sawyer Harry McCann will spend
this week end in the Crescent City.
The illness Of Mrs. w. b. High
lands is q source Of regret to
friends and relatives here.
Mrs. w. Fl. Havers and daugh-
ter. Of McComb. have been visiting
Mr.. Havers. manager Of the brick
plant here.
Accountant Fl. L. Hayes. of the
Norield Mercantile Co.. is back at
his duties, after an extensive
grippe vacation.
Two Of our prominent citizens
rode whiz.wag through town last
week. Results of the joy ride were
disastrous, though funny.
Mrs. Duncan Jones visited her
mother in West Lincoln.
Stenographer William Piuckney
Cassidy made a curious find on his
weekly hunting trip. Willie calls
the pink animal captured. a wam-
roosh. He made the capture with
out serious injury to himself or the
animal. The strange creature will
be the property of the NorfieIo ZOO.
Mrs. w. E. Montgomery is very
busy with Irish potato planting.
Mr.. j. A. Moak, our best known
gardener, had freak product. He
planted cabbage and Irish potatoes
in same plot. When he went out
to gather his cabbage, he found
them peculiar looking. On investi:-
cation. lie found that the cabbage
head had encased the potato eye, so
MIR. Moak had to 90 on the blind
side to pluck his cabbage. Next
time Mr.. Moak will plant glass
eyed potatoes.
Joe BardweIl has just returned
from Panama Canal. He states tits
the longest. deepest and widest
ditch he has ever seen. He states
the purpose of the canal is to drain
the Atlantic into the Pacific, and to
transfer dug outs.
Our basket ball team of school
boys. managed by Miss Oliver,
played the Gum Grove second team,
of which Prof. Barney Grice is
manager. The teams Of both
schools showed themselves well
trained. Norfield boys were beat
en- by the visiting team.
Mr.. Barney Grice visited his
brother here.
In order that living in the homes
shall be made cheaper and better,
and that the girls shall earn money
for themselves, Tomato Club has
been organized. Miss Grace Moore
began the movement. Miss Powell
came down from Jackson and by
her address increased the interest.
Butterfield Lumber Company gener-
ously donated two acres of ground
and hog proof fence for same.
Woman's Club will furnish neces-
sary fertilizers. Being thus aided,
the girls are going to get busy and
class with the best Of Tomato Club
workers.
Miss Ola Smith has been in Me-
Comb for several days.
At last meeting of Woman's Club
the following officers were elected:
Mrs. d. P. Jones, president; Mrs.
E. E. Cosnahan, vice president:
Miss Rowena Bowman, secretary
Mrs. T. j. Rawls. treasurer. Mrs.
w. E. Montgomery, Misses Moore
and Oliver will represent the club
at Federation meeting in April.
Wishing to increase its funds, |
the Woman's club Of our city sold
oysters on ''pay day." This pay
day falling on Feb. %. allowed the |
artistic taste of club members to |
express itself in music, decoration
and service Of patriotic kind. |
Mrs. Waiter Drane. Mrs. Geo.
Blake, Misses Nell McCann, Grace
Moore and Wessie Oliver, in
Martha Washington costumes made
such attractive walters that re-
ceipts fer orders taken and filled by |
them. amounted to about fifty dol
lars.
TOM. DICK & HARRY.