Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-12-07
springfeId, Tenn

Dec. 2, 1898
EDITOR KEPoRTER:--Seeing letters
In your paper from various points ol
the compass reminds me that 1 said I
would write you from here.
Ihis Is a hog and hominy" country.
1t would sound strange to Mississip-
pi children to hear bows in the 9Th
grade ask, when the word ginning"
Is written on the board as a ..copy. +"
what is ginningp" But this occur
red the other day, and not a pupil of
the room, some fifty or more, had ever
seen gin. Some had the notion that
ginning was making the cotton into
cioth' Others that it was getting it out
OF the boil. But they all know horses.
hogs and cows. for almost every one
in town keeps some, or all of these.
and OF good breeds. The JERSEY seems
to "stand head" among the cows
the spotted Jersy. Some of these cows
sell $l0OO-one from this county did at
Chicago-and give six gallons of milk
day, and butter in propo. ton. III
Mr.. Gambler does not believe this I
VIII call on the dairyman and get the
exact figures.) Pigs sell at 500 a
pair, and when Sam Jones was here in
September. he paid $3.50 for pony
horse. These people raise corn, oats,
wheat. clover and grasses. The soil
is no richer than in North Mississippi,
but is much better cultivated.
This is region of hills and mineral
springs and wells. The public well in
the town is very fine sulphur water
and there are many similar private
wells-in fact all the well water is
mineral--the prevailing kinds being
sulphur and lime. This gives very
healthful com bination, and there is no
need any ones drinking anything here
but water and Jersy milk.
Springfield is good town of 1000
Inhabitants. Most of the residences are
new and handsome, and all business
houses are brick; so are all Churches
and many private residences. Several
OF the latter are concrete, very sub
stantial aud easily built house-and
any farmer could build him one with
the time lost in single year. They
are made of lime and dirt.
Notwithstanding this is a healthful
country-no malaria-one is Dstruck
with the number in mourning seen at
all gatherings. Robertson county
whiskey must have something to do
with this. Like all other brands it
kills when adhered to. There is quite
sentiment here against the liquor
business. and it was thought that had
Sam Jones remained here another
week he would have broken into the
retail business to some extent Since
he went away there has been organ
lied W. G. t. U. of 40 or so mem
bers, and these women here seem to
be determined to do something IN the
midst of the evil. Sam Jones struck
whiskey here with his usual energy.
A very pleasing incident was that an
old distiler from the country, who left
the tabernacle the first Sunday very
mad. was before the next Sunday con-
verified from his whiskey ways, and
paying Sam Jones for the hard things
he had said. in hard money. Sam
made 1000 men stand up on the propo-
sition that ''all who believe Rube Bur-
rouss a christian gentleman as COM
pared with the liquor dealer stand up.'
This letter doubtless is too long al
ready. and will save some for next
time. We have nice grade school of
two hundred pupils, and though this
is tobacco country no pupil is allow
ed to use that weed in any form on
the school grounds, and of course is
advised not use it at all.
G. +. HowERToN.