The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-09-15

THE kisses that women give
each other are not the kind the
moving picture censors cut out.
It's the little things that annoy
| the most. III al man was being led
to the gallows and a mosquito
should light ON his nose, he'd slap
at it.
Mrs. Cleveland Wilson and
! children have returned to their
home at Greenwood. after a pleas
ant visit to Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Morris.
r. A. Pierce, prominent busi-
ness man and citizen of Star, was
a Brandon visitor Monday, and re-
ported everything in good shape in
that part of the country.
Miss Miriam Shields. one of
our most attractive and accomp-
lished young ladies. left this week
for Jackson, where she will attend
Belhaven College.
Miss Dovie Vickers, of Clarks-
burg, was here this week, visiting
her sister. Mrs. J.. A. Lindsey.
She was enroute to Grenada,
where she will teach this session.
Judge w. E. Pope passed through
towns Tuesday EN- route to Jackson.
to visit his relative. Mrs. T. j.
Smith, of Monterey, who is at the
hospital in that city undergoing
medical treatment.
st. Luke's Episcopal Church,
Val H., Sessions in charge, Ser
vices next Sunday are as follows.
Sunday School, and adult Bible
Glass at 10 o'clock. Evening pray
er and Serm Il at 7.45. All are cor
daily invited to all services.
Judge J. r. East performed his
first marriage ceremony Tuesday
afternoon. when he Joined in we'd
lock am ebony-hued couple from
the southern part of the county.
Quite a crowd gathered ON the
front gallery of The News Office to
witness the affair. and His Honor
received the CONGRATULATIONS OF the
crowd upon the happy and easy
manner in which the knot was
| tied.
E. M. Odom, the well-known and
popular merchant of Star, has just
returned from the Eastern markets
where he was lucky in purchasing
one of the largest stocks of mer-
chandise ever brought to that
town while prices were at the very
lowest. Mr.. Odom brings back
most encouraging news of the COM
dition of the country. and the out
look for this fall. He is expecting
20 or 25-cent cotton. which will
put the people I'M splendid shape
for next year. Read his card in
another column of todav's paper.
J. C.. Hurst and HI. G.. Lackey, of
near Jackson, were Brandon visit
ors Tuesday.
In response to call made by
Prof, Knox Broom for every pat
rem of the school to meet at the
school building Friday. to ofgan-
ize Parent-Teachers Association
quite a crowd gathered and after
a few we'll chosen words by Mr..
Broom. nominations for officers
was I'm order. and the following
were elected: Mrs. d. M. Mayors,
President: Mrs. A. M. Shields,
ce-president; Miss Cunningham.
secretary and Miss Breeland,
Treasurer: Mrs. Y. H. Barnes,
Chairman executive commute.
Thirty two names were enrolled,
and every one is enthusiastic and
gone to work to accomplish the
best results possible. 1t is ear
| nestly desired that those who
have not already done SO will
align themselves with this or
ganization and help in the good
work
u. B. Hines, who lives near Dry
Creek. has been growing long
staple cotton for many. years, and
has demonstrated the fact beyond
doubt that it pays better than the
ordinary short staple. This year
he has 20 acres In Weber 49, the
same as planted in the delta and
from the 20 acres he will get z
bales of cotton. The price of long
staple cotton is about double that
| of the short staple, which will
| make the 20 acres produce equal
| in value to IA bales of the 0rdin-
airy kind. There is practically no
local market for long Staple cot
ton, and those who grow it usual
ly sell it in Vicksburg or Green
wood, where it is graded by ex-
pert cotton clasSers.
| Mr.. G.. G. Lindsey, who lives on
the Shields place. just north of
town, was exhibiting new kind
of cotton here Saturday. 1t is
known as wool cotton, and has
every appearance of being a very
fine lint. Mr.. Lindsey only had
one lock of the cotton last spring,
land he planted it in his garden.
Three stalks of it grew, and from
this number of stalks he counted
over 80 matured hollis, many of
them already. open. He watched
the growth Of the cotton very
carefully, and the best thing of it
all he observed that it was alb
solutely immune to boil weevil
infestation. The News under
stands that the reason this. va
riety of cotton has never been
propagated very extensively In
this section was due to the fact
that it did not produce as much
to the acre as the old kind of cot
ton, but since the advent of the
boil weevil we believe that it will
1 49, o%Ln~> Mr. ind