The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-23

Mrs. Russell, and son Howard.
left yesterday for Avera, Miss,
for weeks visit. They made the
trip in an automobile.
! Mrs. J.. C. White has as her
guest, her sister, Mrs. T. w. MUIR
ray of Austin, Texas. Mrs. O. L.
Keen, another sister, will arrive
Saturday from Macon, Ca, to join
this home coming.
Remember the entertainment at
Johnson Hall tomorrow night. It
is given for the benefit of the par
sonage fund of the Methodist
church, and is we'll worth your
attendance.
The, young men of Brandon are
giving a dance tonight over Wash
burns store in honor of the witt
ing young ladies of the town. Mu-
sic for the occasion will be fur
nished by 'Lena's orchestra, of
Jackson.
The News is requested to an
nounce that people of the Dry
Creek neighborhood will entertain
their friends at a big Sunday
school picnic on Saturday, July 2.
Speakers have been secured for
the occasion, and a great day is
expected. Everybody living in
that vicinity is requested to bring
well filled baskets.
Many farmers. around Brandon
are enthused over the trucking
possibilities of this section, and
are making plans already for a
small acreage next year. The
County Agent writes very sensi-
BILE article on the subject this
week, which appears in another
column, and we hope every one
will read it.
From the Shiloh notes it will be
seen that the good people Of that
community are going to have a
big picnic at that place on July
l, and extend cordial invitation
to everyone to attend. Good
speakers have been secured, and
a .bounteous dinner will be served
on the ground, with plenty of cold
drinks and ice cream. A good time
awaits all who go to Shiloh on that
day.
A good farmer friend told us
a few days ago that we would
make a great mistake if we en-
couraged the farmers here to en-
gage in trucking. Naturally we
supposed he had make a great sue
cess with some other crop and
asked him to tell us about it. This
is his story: He bought $72
worth of fertilizer and made one
bale of cotton weighing $50
pounds which he sold for $3.50.
The Boy Scouts held a very in
teresting meeting at the court
Ihouse this morning, and definite
plans were made for a trip to Crys-
tai Springs for an outing at an
early date. The boys feel that
they are not receiving the cordial
support and cooperation of many
Of our citizens, and they are anx-
ious that the purpose and tenets
Of their organization be better
understood. They are all manly
little men, and should receive our
encouragement and support Speak
a good word for them whenever
you can; they will appreciate it.
The News prints in another COLI
umn today a communication from
Hon. G. S. Ware relative to truck
growing in this section. Mr.. Ware
spent six years in the business at
Crystal Springs, and ought to UNI
derstahd the business thoroughly.
The News does not believe that it
is the intention of any of our far
mers to engage in trucking on an
extensive scale the first year or
two. They propose to truck on .
sane basis, that is by planting on
" few acres to vegetables and
plant the usual amount Of corn,
peas, potatoes, etc., so that n case
they fall down on the trucking
proposition they will not be down
and out, as is the case some
times over at Crystal Springs.
Nobody here expects to desert all
other crops for an experiment IN
q new business. Conditions de-
mand that we find some other
money crop besides cotton, and as
we said last week, we believe that
trucking on sane basis will
eventually solve the problem.
R0RERTG R0BERTS