Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-12

Dhe gold medal, they were successful
in winning golden opinions from the
and appreciative audience.
The judges awarded the coveted prize
to Miss Mittie Smith. of Lexington.
Immediately after the contest, Miss
Griffin, of Ala, arose and in most
pleasing and forcible manner held the
attention of the audience throughout
her interesting and instructive address.
She spoke upon topics which relate to
woman and her work. Her speech
was "a fair and logical exposition of
her liberal ideas on the subject. Miss
Griffin, on Sunday morning again APP
peared upon the rostrum, this time to
address the assembled Sunday Schools.
We listened with absorbing interest to
the sensible and eloquent expressions
which fell from the lips of this gifted
daughter OF our Southland. At eleven
O'Clock Mrs. Smell preached very
fine sermon. She based her discourse
on 10th chapter OF LIST Kings. She
was clear, logical, powerful and SEEM
ed imbued with power from on high.
Her talk that evening to the Y MICA.
went straight to the hearts of her
audience. Mrs. Smell is consecrated
worker in the Masters vineyard.
The court house was again filled to
overlooking on Sunday night to hear
Mrs. Smell. She discoursed more di-
rectly on the history and work of the
w. c. +. U. On, this night resolutions
of courtesy were read, expressing in
graceful language the grateful appre-
citation which all felt toward the
warm-hearted, generous, courteous,
and hospitable citizens of Corinth.
The convention proper adjourned
Saturday night to reassemble next
year at Greenville. The officers for
the ensuing year are. Miss Mounts,
President, and Miss Montgomery, Sec
Rotary; Miss Anna Ford was elected
State Superintendent of Flower De-
partment. The US elected Miss Grace
Cox. a most estimable young lady, OF
Columbus, as successor to Miss Kear-
ney.
There were thirty-one delegates to
the w. c. L. U. and eleven to the US.
The number of visitors has been esti-
mated at about sixty. nearly half the
number being from Iuka The dele
gates and visitors were treated so
kindly by the excellent people of Cor
NTH that they seemed 10th to leave a
place that had been made so pleasant,
and about which clustered so MANY
grateful memories. The delegates de-
parted with fresh zeal in their hearts
and all the more determined ''to con-
quer or to die" Among those sent as
delegates from Iuka w. C. T. U. were
Mrs. Seay, Mrs. Neblett and Mrs.
Dean, who, in mastery address. ad-
vanced the cause of Scientific temper
ance. The US delegates from this
place were, Misses Innis Alexander,
Mae Seay and Mabel William.
The man or woman who attends one
OF these conventions cultivates everv
element in his nature; the physical in
walking or riding to places of meet
ing; the social, in mingling with ele-
giant and courteous ladies and gentle
men whom he will find there; the
by following the speakers
in their logical Thoughts; the moral.
In listening to the beautiful and ex-
allied christian sentiments which were
expressed on every side.
All honor to this consecrated band
OF workers. 1t is no child's play in
which they have engaged. They are
in earnest, and the cause which thew
advocate is holy and righteous one,
and will succeed.
Monday evening we left Corinth,
grateful in our hearts to our hospit.
able entertainers, and with deep
feeling OF pride that we lived in state
and in nation that could boast so
many modest, refined, cultured, noble,
godly women--sans peur ct sans re-
proche--the most perfect being this
side OF Heaven. A VISITOR.
Merit Wins.
we desire TO say to our citizens, that for