Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-03-17

man IN luka VINO does not realize the
fact that the continuation of the old
ways that have pertained here, the de-
pendance upon a McCawber like hope
that something will turn up, and that
eventually there will naturally come
to us prosperity and development in
good time, is fallacy and delusion.
We believe that there are now mono
so short sighted as to expect that
prosperity is coming OF its own accord
to build up our town, increase its
trade, wealth and population, unless
the right effort is put forth by those
most Interested.
1t is snare and delusion to talk of
our location, healthy as it is, our mo-
rality, city Of churches" fine miner
al springs, of building up city. Oh
you McCaw bers! how long have you
Rugged this delusion to find that you
are still in the quagmire of despondsn-
cy.
1t is precious time wasted to talk of
luka's becoming business center, or
even city of any Importance, unless
we put forth our energies to make it
so, by offering inducements to small
factories of various kinds to locate
here.
Can you point oat any great city
that was ever built up alone by mer-
chandising from a local trade? Indus
trial works, factories and merchandise
| ing go hand in hand in building up
towns and communities.
| 1t has been pretty clearly demon
strated, that reliance upon the cot
ton crop as heretofore, is altogether
fallacious, even if the price of the sta
pie were 124 cents per pound instead
OF five and six cents, as a means of
building up considerable city, and
he who builds his hopes upon the cot
| ton crop alone, is either content with
stagnation or else blind to the future.
In word, all reasoning thinking
people must conclude that stagnation
is coming, if not already arrived, if
we do not change our business policy
and awake, as community, to the ne
cessity of pursuing some other method.
We consider our Prescription De-
partment the most important part Of
our business, and dispense nothing but
Drugs and Chemicals OF absolute puri-
ty and full strength. j. II. Moore.
There was quite skirmi5h east of
town Saturday night, if one can judge
by the number of shots fred in that
vicinity. Pity they do not hurt them
selves in their wild orgies. then per-
haps we could get rid of the "soiled
doves. " Why viii a community toler-
ate such a nuisance. is question cas-
lily asked, but rather hard to answer.
AS this rendezvous east of town is out
side the corporate limits, our city Of
ficias are powerless to act in the mat
ter, but there has been, in times gone
by, way OF getting rid of such peo-
pie, and it may be resorted to in this
case.
In last week mention of the Nor
NAL exercises, We had an error in the
program. 'Inhuence of Song" was
the theme handled by Miss Norah Ken /
drick, and ''Inhuence of Christianity"
by Miss Louise Mitchell. The error
Was an oversight, and we regret that
1T occurred, for the themes were grace |
fully handled by the young ladies. and
fully merted the encouragement and |
hearty applause which was bestowed I
by their auditors.
Several of our young ladies and gen
tlemen were serenading last Saturday
night, and their singing was very
good, judging from a distance. The
ladies who do not wish for their names t
to be known should not sing quite so
loud. Their most excellent voices
could be distinguished at a distance of
three blocks. Have care, ladies,
your voices are too we'll known to
sing louder than awhisper.
There will be an election held in
Iuka in April for Mayo, Marshal and
Aldermen of the town. Under the new
election law it requires man to have
a petition of twenty names before his
name can go on the ticket. In order /
that mono but the names of good men
go on the ticket, be careful of your
names when signing petitions for can
didates.
We met s. M. Weatherford on the !
streets Tuesday, his first trip since
Xmas. He has been confined TO his
room since January from broken
limb. He met with the accident while I
cutting some timber for repairs on his
house. We are pleased to see his re-
c0verv an far advanced IA IN admit M .