The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-01
CLARKSBURG HAS
A GREAT PICNIC

people of Clarksburg and vicini-
| ty, had a picnic last Saturday.
which was largely attended by
! the citizens of Scott and Rankin
Counties. and Candidates galore,
the latter vieing with each other
in getting their names on the
quilts" to belmade by the Ladies.
and sold for the purpose of rails
| ing funds for the completion OF
the new Methodist church being
built in that community by the
efforts of the young pastor }. w.
Evans, and the devoted people of
that community. In fact the
picnic was cotton up by the La
dies Aid Society, who are indie
fatigable in their efforts to COM
plete the church, and furnish
the same. Here as elsewhere
the good women are assuming
the bulk of the work, tho they
are ably and intelligently assis-
ted in this good work by the
pastor and citizens. Ice cream
and soft drinks were dispensed,
and we learn a goodly sum was
realized, which will go to the
purpose set forth above. We
could but mark the zeal and fix
ed purpose of those good people,
under the intelligent lead of
their pastor to build for God, not
only a house of worship, but in
His name to improve the morals,
as we'll as the lives of the citi-
zenship. In this they are to be
commended.
The crowd having gathered,
the Candidates for the Legisla-
ture, e from Scott County, were
introduced by the master of GER
emonies, the Rev. Mr.. Evans,
who stated that the people were
anxious to hear from each Can
didate from Rankin, 'how he
stood. on the new County move
ment, how he would vote on the
question in case he was elected,
and the matter should come be-
fore the House.; we were graft
fled to hear each Candidate for
the Legislature from, Rankin,
land all were present. unhesita-
tingly, and unequivocally declare
himself opposed to the new
County, or any division of Ran
kin whatever, and pledged him
self to fight any such movement
to the bitter end. The speeches
of the Candidates were we'll re-
ceived by the people, and each
seemed to have friends in the
audience. About IL o'clock a
hard rain compelled the audi
ence to seek shelter in near by
houses; this interruption was
only temporarily, as the clouds
soon passed away, and the La
dies.spread a magnificent dinner
which was greatly enjoyed; there
was an abundance of delightful
yiands left after the large crowd
had eaten. Dinner being over
the master of ceremonies again
put the program in force, and
those Candidates who had not
spoken before dinner were in
PRODUCED. After all of the Can
didates had finished, Miss Sims
recited beautifully, a poem pred
icated upon a very thrilling IN
cident of the Revolution. 1t was
a fine poem, we'll and feelingly
rendered, showing the fine elo-
cutionary powers of the young
Lady. About A o'clock Maj. Pat
Henry, who had been invited to
make an address on the upllft
of humanity, and the progress OF
the Country" was introduced
and most kindly received by the
audience. After referring brief
" to the origin of the American
people, to their early barbaric
environments, to their mate love
of liberty, contrasting the early
conditions, then, and now, set
ting forth the many late i'm
proyements for the betterment
of civilization, and the uplift OF
humanity; he dWelt on the duty
of the citizen, on civic righteous
ness and the ''uplift of our coun-
try His plea was for putting
honorable, God fearing men in
office, invoking the Jeffersonian
standard, rs he honest. is he
faithful, is he capable?" He re-
GREETED that factionalism, rather
than fitness and qualification in
the Candidate, often times in
fluenced the voter, and that par
tizanship rather than reason,
lined up the people to vote for the
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