The Brandon news., 1918-02-07


the u. S. army from Florence
and the surrounding county,
to wit;
That we raise enough cash
money to enable us to send the
Brandon News, weekly for 6
months, or for IL months, tc
those young men in camp, train
ing for the battleline, and who
will in times be ordered to the
firing line over the sea. These
dear sons away from their dear
homes would certainly appreciate
and enjoy reading the News"
as often as they can get it.
Further, propose that the home
folks and friends with cheering
items of news from home and
from the surrounding country
and send these letters to this
home editor to bunch" into one
letter to those boys that they
may get news from home once a.
week. Let the news be a cheering
nature, encouraging the boys to
"endure hardness as a soldier
to perform their duties as patriots
and to so act as to win honors, to
the pride of the loved ones back
home. Write nothing that tends
to cast any gloomy, disheartening
feeling in the breast of any of
them. | shall find out from Editor
May his subscription price in
such a case. (Take note, Brother
May, and let us hear from you.
If this proposal meets with
favorable consideration from
the families of the boys, send
me at once $1.O0 for each boy,
ard his P. O. address. If Mr.. May
askes less than $1.00 the differ
ence shall be returned.
The following is the January
Honor Roll of the Steen Creek,
High School:
Seventh Grade,A.
Audrey Afford, Lucy strunk.
Mary Lee Muilican. =
Sixth Grade.
Gladys Perkinson, Willie But
ler.
Fifth Grade.
Phil Berry, Robert Holcombe,
Hazel Singletary.
Fourth Grade.
Mabel Renno, Edna Dear,
Alton Afford, John Byrd, Henry
Long.
Third Grade.
Lois Perkinson, Annie Lowth-
err, Wilma Long, Lola Maude
Holcombe, Erskine Holcombe,
Alexander Rogeres.
Second Grade.
Minnie Baker, Florence Allen,
Wilma Steen, Leslie Ellis, James
Taylor, Rodney Berry.
First Grade.
Mamie Parkison, Nedva Rus
sell.
Mr.. Ground Hog certainly miss
ed seeing his shadow, in this
section, on last Saturday-Ground
Hog Day. Now will any one
versed in the mystic lore tell us
whether we shall run the gauntlet
of six weeks more of wintry
weather.? At any rate, we don't
propose to 60 into any watch
full waiting" to know, AS wet
as the clay soil is in our little
vegetable garden, we have ven-
tured a few seeds of hardy veg
etables, and feel quite
sure barring freezes that we
have made a start for success:
We used no tool except a hand
axe, a teacup and a spoon. To
make sure of success we shall
use some frames, 3 feet by 6 feet
set over some rich soil, and to be
covered carefully with cloth in
case of severe weather. In the
frames the seed of tender plants
will be planted and nursed as
they germinate and grow, and
will be transplanted in settled
warm conditions later on. The
late freezes destroyed the young
cabbage and collard plants, and
the fully grown collards and all
the mustard plants, even the
turnips were killed, only young
onions and a few young stalks
of spinach were spared. We
fortunately had cleaned up the
garden good last summer and
fall and manured it well, and
ridged it trying. at the time, to
raise fall and winter stuff. Hence
we have no preparations to make
now, only .plant the seeds as
best we may to get early salads,
etc.
Home-keepers will do well to
take pains and pride in gardening
this year. 1t is real war times
now; and a good and bountifu'
garden will be worth all the time
and music work that can be de
voted to its planting land cult
walton, seed are said to be scarce,
! Later on they will be scarcer. One