The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-28
RANKIN SHORT COURSE.
An Interesting Meeting Held at
Johns Last Week.

course nelQ at johns MISS. June
10 to % under the direction Of
Mr.. D. l.. Williams, Principal
A. HI. S. Johns, Miss, Mrs.
Webb. County Agent, Miss Fay
cite Webb Canning specialist
and Mrs. Lula Burnham, mat
ron was meeting full of inter-
est and enthusiasm. At every
meeting the one thought so up
permost in the minds Of our
leaders that of food production,
conservation and economic use
was brought out.
The short course, with its
earnest body of club members
endeavored in every way posi-
BILE to carry out that appeal of
the president of our Common
wealth, that we must all speak,
act and serve together.
1t was our good fortune to
have with us during this meet
ing some of the best talent our
state, southland and nation at
ford. Among these may be men
toned, Mr.. H. P. Cannon, Dairy
Division, u. S. D. A. Washing
ton. D. C. who made talks
ard demonstrations in making
cottage cheese. This cheese is a
delightful dish, and a splendid
substitute for meat and eggs.
1t is also by product of milk,
one of our most popular foods,
which if used more extensively
will reduce our grocery bills and
90 toward making our people
healthier and more efficient.
Mr.. R. H. Pate. a man with a
wide experience in travel, prac-
teal experience in his line OF
work, a man with a natural gift
of wit and oratory brought to
us at Johns, the strongest appeal
ever heard, in his magnificent
address Tuesday morning on
food production, conservation,
and economic use.
On Wednesday morning from
1890 to IL he again addressed
us on Soil Fertility" the big
gest subject in the world, as he
termed it. Notwithstanding the
busy farming season many far
mers in and around Johns came
out to hear Mr.. Pate in this dis
cussion when he so clearly and
forcefully told and demonstrated
with sketches, that familiar
story of how overlands may be
kept. fertile, how they may be
made to withstand the drought,
and how we as a people may
deal with them so that they
will give forth abundant harry
est.
Prof. G. G. Hurst, Miss. Nor
NAL College, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Mr.. Hurst came to us not as a
stranger. In his Introductory
remarks he said that in all his
trips over the state, he had look
ed forward to none with fonder
anticipation. He was delighted
to be with pupils of former lays,
to be with friends and co-work-
ers. He made a most magnll-
cent address on education. In
this he nitiably told of how our
former educational systems had
led our boys and girls into ave-
nues away from home, but how
the tide has now turned, and is
leading them into greater use
fulness. With his wit and oroto-
ry, Mr.. Hurst urged us to carry
industrial education to a more
perfect standard.
We are indebted to D.. W. Il.
Watson, of Brandon, a member
of the state board of health, who
secured for our Health Program
Friday, two speakers of extern
sive travel and varied experience
in their profession, DR.. Boswell,
former County Health Officer,
Prentiss County, and Superin-
tendent of Mississippi Tubercu-
losis Hospital, DR.. Curry, Supt.
of the Blind Institute, Jackson,
Mississippi. DR.. Boswell most
wonderfully led his audience
thru the shadows and sunshine
of Public Health Work, speaking
particularly of tuberculosis,
with his striking personality, his
unselfsh interest in people, his
pathetic stories of human life,
all were made better at his
having been with us. DR.. Curry
being associated with those be-
reft of eyesight knows the sor-
row, the heart aches they suffer,
the burden of his message was
that the eye, the most precious
of the senses should receive the
proper attention. Especially
is it due that carelessness in
early infancy and youth causes
the majority of blindness. He
urged that every precautlon
be taken to lessen the number
of patients in our state. Thanks
to DIR. Curry for his splendid
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