The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-29

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William G. Cooper, aged 65,
whose farm home is four miles
east of Florence, was found ly.
ing upon the ground unconscious
last Sunday morning, near his
hog pen. He had gone out te
the pen to feed his swine. AS
his friends were carrying him to
the house he breathed his last.
His death was due to heart fail
ure. He was an Industrious
farmer of the Briar Hill neigh
borhood. He leaves his wife,
four sons and seven daughters
to sorrow over his demise. The
burial services took place Mon
dap afternoon, Rev. J. B. King,
his pasto1, in conjunction with
the Masonic fraternity, officiated
at the services.
j. Ed Singletary, of the firm of
Singletary s& Hale, engaged in
merchandising in Florence, has
disposed of his interest in the
business to his brother, J. Henry
Singletary, who enters at once
upon the business. Ed has been
a splendid business man, polite,
pleasant and obliging on all oc-
casions towards his customers.
Henry Singletary himself is no
novice in such business. His
customers will find him pleasant
to deal with at all hours.
Business in Florence has been
on the boom all this fall. The
stores are we'll supplied with
goods Tand crowded with cash
customers the better parts of the
weeks.
Mr.. McAdoo, secretary of the
United States treasury, when
speaking throughout the country,
selling Liberty Bonds. asked this
pointed question: ''Shall we be
more tender with our dollars
than with the lives of our sons?'''
What is your spirit in this mat
ter, Mr.. Tightwad? !
Pastor Courtney delivered a
fine telling sermon last Sunday
in Florence on the line of work
being done by the Young Mems
Christian Association for the mo-
raj. spiritual and physical well
fare of our army boys in the va
rious camps. The right-thinking
part of the congregation who
heard the sermon will not soon
forget it. Contributions were
called for, after the sermon, and
many good dollars were raised
at once before the audience was
dismissed. The sum was not
learned up to this writing. Flor
ence people will do their bit in
such important matters.
Mr.. A. S. Woodruff, of Bates
vile, Miss, won out over 300
contestants entered IN the Miss
issippi Corn Improvement Asso-
cations 5-acre. contest for 1917,
and won first prize, a farm light
plant which is now installed in
his home. Several contestants
also made fine yields of corn.
Mr.. Woodruff's crop was made
at the least expense-16 11-13
cents per bushel. The cost of
making this 5-acre crop of corn
is, as follows: Rent of land SIS
per acre. $25; preparing of seed
bed, breaking, narrowing, disk
ing, SO. 10; cost Of seed q bushel
special field selected) SIS; cost Of
planning 75c;; cost of manure
$50; cost of cultivation So; cost
of gathering $40; total cost,
S87.85 Receipts: Total num-
Der of bushels, 521. 40; total val
ue of crop at market price,
81, O42. SO, less expense ($87.85)
net profit 1855. 13; net cost per
bushel, Is 11-13 cents. Is there
a farmer in Beat l that can
equal this? If not, why not?
Mr.. Woodruff had been sowing
peas or beans for the last Is
years and crimson clover for the
past five years, and thus en-
riched his soil and made a hand
some profit each year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Steen,
popular citizens and prominent
farmers of near Florence, great
ly enjoyed by their presence,
the 5Oth, or golden, wedding an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs, Alex
Little, of Rockport, Copiah coun.
| ty, on last Thursday, 22nd inst:
This honored old couple Of good
people are the parents of Mrs
Steen. There was quite a CROWD
| of old friends and relatives pres.
lent on the happy occasion, be
sides their five married children
three daughters and two SONS
and eleven grandchildre DR.
Pugh, Of Hazlehurst, being one
Of the pleasant guests, delivered
| . fender and touching address