Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1918 — A Few Notes From The Sunny South [ARTICLE]

A Few Notes From The Sunny South

Gloster, Miss. Feb. 20, 1918. Wm. H. Berry, formerly of Pleasant Ridge, and his son, Roy, arrived here yesterday with two car loads of goods and stock, after being on the road nearly a week. The stock was in good shape, except one horse, which was slightly lame from a kick received in the car. Their families will join them soon. The elder Berry will live in town and Ray will occupy one of the farms near here and a colored family will occupy the other one. E. F. Younger, of the Chicago Herald staff, who owns a plantation here, left for home Saturday after spending twq weeks here on his place. Mr. Younger is making extensive improvements on his farm and expects to retire from newspaper work some day and make his home here. While here he gathered much material for future magazine articles. A letter was received by the. writer from B. S. Fendig this morning, who is now with his family in New Orleans. He states that he has been under the weather since reaching there. He expects to remain in the South and engage in buying produce for the Northern markets. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron returned to Liberty yesterday from New Orleans, and after spending the day there, left for home. It is possible that Mr. Milliron may open a moving picture show in that town some time in the future, but if he does do this, we understand the Star at Rensselaer will be continued by him as at present. / The second quota of drafted men from Amite county left Liberty for Texas this morning. ,A reception was held for them there yesterday by the citizens, at which an automobile parade, speeches and a big dinner were the features. Many colored boys were in the draft.

Joseph A.' Reid, of Chicago, who recently bought a 100 acre farm two miles from here, is now here making arrangements to put a man on his place and is trying to get a Rensselaer man to move here and run it for him. Mr. Redd is an employe of Sprague, Warner & 00., wholesale grocers, of Chicago. Like many others from the big cities, he has the fever to try rural life and expects •ome day to become a real farmer. The contract for the Prentice Highway has been let, and the bonds sold and work will be commenced at an early day. In this county the work will begin at the same time at Liberty and Gloster, the two road crews working toward each other, completing this section of the road crews working toward each other, completing this section of the road half way between the two towns. It is hoped to have the road completed as far as McComb east of here yet this year. It is not known yet when work on wdst from here to Natchez will begin. This highway passes alongside the W. H. Calwell plantation and through the plantation of the writer. Liberty has already began 1 making plans for a big county fair next fall, which is expected to eclipse their first fair, which was held last year. Liberty has awakened from a hundred year’s sleep and is expected boom from now on with the assistance of her new newspaper, which was started last week. .

LESLIE CLARK.