The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-08

OASIS line Oh tne new ROAD. IL Will DC
extended three miles at each end, con-
Meeting Moss Point with Scranton, ON
the Louisville and Nashville, and Ev
anston with the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City Railroad.
A. w. Whatley, of Coahoma county,
has made for himself an enviable rec
ord for cotton raising, unequaled by any
tiller of the soil perhaps in the South.
Mr.. Whatley, by the scientific applica-
ton of fertilizers, judiciously mixed
with a good, practical knowledge of the
modus operandi of farming generally,
succeeded last year in producing fifteen
bales of the staple from eight acres Of
land. This year, with even more inten.
sive methods, he purposes to bring q
yield of twenty bales from ten acres.
The farmers institute, conducted by
Professor Tracy, under the auspices of
the normal at South Mississippi College,
was held at Hattiesburg, with large
attendance of farmers from the country
around the city. Superintendent Smith,
of Holmes county, originator of the
corn club idea, addressed the institute
relative to the establishment of corn
clubs. State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Powers address the teachers at tho
normal.
Chief of the Fire Department ]. j.
Powell, of Meridian, was badly burned
with white vitriol acid. The jar of acid
was standing against the wall, close to
the pole down which the firemen slide
from their sleeping apartments when an
alarm is sounded. AS the chief started
to descend his foot struck the jar and
it was overturned, and the contents
poured out over him before he could
reach the bottom.
Hon. R. L. Dullard, judge of the Thir
tenth judicial district, in response to
numerous petitions from the taxpayers
and citizens of Covington county, has
ordered the July term of the circuit
court pretermitted till the next regular
term, which is in January.
Hannah, the 13-year-old daughter OF
D. McAuthon, was burned to death at
Bond, through the explosion of gallon
can of alcohol She was ironing with a
patent iron and forgot to put out the
light when she filled the tank.
Judge w. A. Roane today pretermitted
the July term of the circuit court of
Tippah county, in response to represent
atoms made to him in regard to wealth
er condition and the serious crop situa
ton.
AS an illustration of the military en-
thusiasm that is being aroused over the
State by the approaching annual encamp'
ment of the Mississippi National Guard,
to be held at Jackson, the governor has
been requested to authorize the forma-
ton of new company at Newton.
Promise has been given that the COM
pany will be thoroughly organized,
drilled into first-class shape, and be in
readiness to take part in the encamp.
ment by July ~.
The East Tennessee Nursery Company
w. B. Robbins & Co., and large mum.
Der of fruit growers made their first
shipment of peaches from the New Al.
bany section last week, shipping points
being to Mobile, Memphis, New Orleans
mi p1,,n Mountain nd n roodlxr
Der of crates were sold to local dealers
at 81 per crate. The peach crop is fine,
and several carloads of crates have re.
Gently been received by the shippers.
Because, as she alleges, James Cum
ningham gave her husband, William
Green, drink of whisky, Mrs. Green met
the two men on the street at Meridian
and whipped both with buggy whip
which she procured from a vehicle
standing near. After ehastising Cum
ningham, she gave her baby, which she
was holding in her arms, to her hus.
band, and whipped him. The two men
jumped into buggy and hurried away.
The whipping created considerable ex-
element.
The enrolment at the A. and NJ. Nor.
NAL has reached $50 The work is NOV
ing on smoothly and the teachers are
doing good work. Director d. G. Hull
had the instructors to dispense with
their regular work from IL to IL am,
and all assembled with the teachers in
the chapel to meet with the Oktibbeha
County Farmer Boys Corn Club and
listen to talks along the line of corn
raising by Professors Lloyd and Perkins.
Prof. Archibald Smith at the same time
made short talk to the boys on What
to Do With Your Corn" imprcssing
upon them the Importance Of feeding