The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM FLORENCE

LII was oil duJOlIlOUllCs CLIl0
time, that brought the would-be
bride to the Minister'S front gate
to be pronounced wife to the
happy man' that steered. the ma
chine, instead of a buggy which
over Is years ago carried the
father and mother of this bride
elect before the front gate of
the same Preacher to be then
and there ''spliced" as husband
and wife. Both couples kept
their seats in the respective. We
hicles while the solemn words
were being pronounced.
On Thanksgiving day at II a.
M, Mr.. julius Johnson Adams,
of Holmes county, and Miss Will.
lie Taylor Boteler, daughter of a
former citizen of Rankin county,
and now the manager of a dairy
at the asylum for the insane at
Jackson, Z. ]. Boteler, accompa-
MED by the sister of Miss Bote-
Ter and her escort, drove up and
stepped in front Of Rev. Wayne
Sutton's residence here and be-
sought the good parson to speak
the words that would make Mr..
Adams and Miss Willie Boteler
one. The good man readily and
cheerfully complied-the princi-
pals to the affair. remaining seat
ed in their auto. The happy GER
emory over both machines turn
ed around and left on the return
journey. a.
TWenty-seven, years ago, while
Rev. Sutton was living in anoth-
er part s.of Rankin county, the
father of the bride, Mr.. T. j..
Boteler, drove up in buggy,
with his bride-elect, to the par
sons front gate and sought his
good offices in making them man
and Wife-both remaining seated
in the buggy during the cere-i
mony. 1t is quite unusual to see
a /. father and, afterwards, his
daughter, married to their re-
spectiye life-partners by the
same good man. The curious
now may want to guess what the
other couple will do and when.
They will have to keep guessing.
Just as1<the above mentioned
affair ended. Mr.. Sutton, DR..
White and his good lady and this
scribe, went out, by previous lin
vitation, to the Baptist orphan
age farf1ii located one mile from
Florence, to join the young folks
and ttheir superintendent, Mr..
Taylor Strong and wife, in par
taking of IAN excellent Thanks
giving dinner. This dinner was
one among the best that any well
TODD family could prepare for
such a day. Four girls assisted
Mrs. Strong in preparing the ex-
cellent neal. Three-fourths of
the food placed before us was
raised on the farm; such things
as flour, coffee, sugar, etc., were
procured at the store. Besides
the four invited guests and the
superintendent, there were II
boys and girls at the large table.
Every one enjoyed the. feast to
fullest extent. The hour spent,
there was a most pleasant one.
After the dinner, Mrs. White en-
tertained the girls with very
pretty stories for an hour much
to their pleasure and profit. The
kindly act on Mrs. Whites part
deeply endeared her to- the hearts
of these penniless and parentless
girls. They. will long remember
the good lady while they live.
Three short talks were made at
the table by the visiting men. It
does the orphan boys and girls
hearts good to see that they are
kindly thought of by friends
around who show them any So
cial attention.
This scribe. need not burden
space, in The News by giving an
itemized statement of the results
Of this farm work by s boys DUR
ing the past season. Suffice it to
say that a splendid crop of va
rious necessary products was
harvested and garnered. If the
friends of the orphanage and Of
the parentless boys and girls will
just visit the farm, they will give
praise to the industry of these
youths from Is to 18 years of
age. All but three of the boys
and girls are regular attendants
of the high school here, and all
of them are members of the
Sunday school, too. They are q
gentle folk, = Well-behaved, and