Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-10-18
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. Is.

CHATTANOOGA, Oct. IS
One of the institutions of the South is
the Mail Order department of d. b.
Loveman & Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
aided by their excellent illustrated cata.
iogue, the only one published by o
Southern dry goods house. They do 9
wonderful business. receiving orders BY
The hundred from every state South Of
the Ohio. from Virginia to California.
Their dress making department is
meeting with wonderful Success; good
work, good fit, stylish in design and
moderate IN price. Now is the time to
send your orders, also remember cloaks
ladies'. misses and children's hats,
bonnets and gloves to match your dres.
SEES.
Express charges are prepaid on all
cash orders over IS with some restric-
tons. 1t will pay to correspond with
D. B. Loveman & Co., if you are not
going to Chattanooga.
The young ladies OF q Western town,
st recent meeting passed the follow
ing resolution: "That we will not
marry anyone who is not patron OF q
home newspaper. for il Is not only .
strong evidence Of the want of lntelli.
gence, but proves that he will be too
stlngy to provide for his family, educate
his children or encourage institutions of
learning in his community" A greater
truth than this was never spoken. Now
Is the time to subscribe.
Everybody who have horses to keep
shod, we'll know that bad shoeing makes
unpleasant travelling horses; and dis
eased feet in some form or other. Now
don't tri6e with man who don t know
the first principal of shoelng horses;
but come to my shop and try me once
and you will be convinced that do
know my business. Ask any one that l
have been shoeing tor. and see it they
don't say so l make q specially Of
horse snoeing and buggy repairing.
JAS. D. RICE.
The Atlanta Constitution says; Those
cities that hope to make reputation for
health by escaping the fever through
strict quarantine should remember that
the very urgency and swiftness of their
quarantine measures advertises to the
world that they are dreading and ex-
pecting the deadly guest and that their
soil IS favorable and fruitful, If the
winds should blow 1t in! The Consti>
tstion is about correct in Its views on
this subject. Our "CitY Dads" should
see that Iuka is cleaned up and put In
good sanitary condition during cold
weather and carly spring. then there
would be no necessity for getting fever
ish during an epidemic.
BY glancing at our market report
you wall see that almost everything IN
the provision line is on the advance
Flour has advanced more than one dol.
lar per barrel during the past two weeks.
Flour. however, is not yet high. Good
flour is yet sold in the retail market
from $3.50 to s7.5 per barrel. Meat
has also advanced. Clear side bulk
pork is now sold BY retail dealers 81 II
to IL cents per pound. This is an adj
monition to every farmer to raise his
own meat. Cotton at 1.2 cents will
not pay for meat at IL cents. Lard =
worth IL 1-2 cents per pound.
Sugar is high, being controlled by q
trust. The best clarified sugars are
worth by the wholesale about 8 cents
per Id. The retail dealers can not sell
it for less than 10 cents.
Coffee is cheaper than it was last year
but it ts still high. Good coffee is sold
now at from 16 1-2 to 20 cents per ID.
by the retail.
We give the staple article purchased
by the farmers. Tho prices of these
necessaries will hardly drop for several
months. So it now looks - il -four,
meat, sugar and coffee will all be high
during the next twelve months.