Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-01-05


Pauline X. V.ckery, aged SO years.
Having purchased the drug stock
from j. N. Wood, | will be pleased o
furnish the former customers of the
business anything they may want.
II. M. FAIRLEss.
Mr.. Fletcher Neblett has resigned
his position in the store of Z. b.
McRae. and will leave soon for Clarks-
dale, Miss ;, where he will engage in
farming. We wish him success in his
new enterprise.
The Rev. Mr.. Shackelford. pastor OF
the Baptist church fat this place,
preached his farewell sermon on Sun
day, the 25th of December. His sue
cessor chosen for the association year
is the Rev. Mr.. Burrows.
We have a full Scholarship, unlimi-
ted. in the New York College of Com
merce, Birmingham, Ala n Scholar
ship which will entitle the holder to a
combined coucse in this unequaled In
siitute. Which will be disposed OF to
any one wishing to attend. Apply to
| this office
| Miss Walker and brother Charles,
who have leased the Iuka Hotel for
the next season, took charge one day
last week. Mr.. Walker has MANY
friends throughout the country. and
has largo acquaintance among tho
commercial travellers, who do doubt
will assist him in his new enterprise.
| Monroe Turner, formerly citizen
| of Pennywinkle creek, has removed
to Bear river, on DIR. Tankersley s
farm. He notifies Capt. Watson that
he can no longer take tho responsi-
bility of keeping him posted in regard
to the depth and course of the current
OF that turbulent slittle stream known
| as Pennywinkle.
Everybody should plant out few
fruit treos of q good variety. and as
the season OF the year will soon be
here for planting, w. ID. Hill-is pre-
pared to furnish you with good young
trees, shrubs. plants, flowers, roses,
etc, from the Excelsior Nurseries,
Rome. Ca, one Of the best houses in
the Sonth. For samples of fruit trees,
shrubs, etc, call on W. D. Hill. Iuka,
Miss.
Will Carpenter and Miss Cora Hall.
both of Iuka, were united in marriage
one day last week. The parents OF the
contracting parties failed to give their
consent to the union. But the young
couple being determined that parental
restraint should not be an obstacle to
the uniting Of
"Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
employed conveyance to Sulphur
Springs, in Hardin county, Tenn. the
Gretna Green of this county, and were
there tied hard and fast. The bride
and groom left for Texas Immediately
after they were married.
1t is said ito the victor belong the
spoils. But all signs and sayings
fill in love and war; So this is the
way with country newspapers and the
county printing. A few plain facts in
regard to the county printing is nee
| essary at the present time. At an ex-
pense OF several hundred dollars we
equipped our Office with new type and
paper stock to do the work for the va
rous offices OF the county. This fact
was made known to the clerk Of the
Chancery Court and the sheriff, who
have the placing of this work at their
! disposal. and they have chosen to give
it to foreign houses outside Of the
State, at prices in advance OF our
charges here. We admit the fact that
people have a perfect right to have
their work done by those whom they
see proper to employ. As citizen,
as BEN flctor, as a taxi payer OF the
coanty, we enter our protest and ask
tnat this work be kept at home, where
1t properly belongs. II we were not
prepared to do Il is VOL k, we would not
offer any protest, but as it now stands,
there has been an injustice done US,
whether II is Intentional or not. There
IS enough county patronage, if it was
not withheld and given out to other
printing establishments who have no
interest in the county and State. to
support a paper here and enable it to
iv,.
a New Years Greeting.