The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-02-25
Mississippi
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The grand lodge in session at Merid-
ian elected Columbus as the next place
of meeting. Officers were elected as
follows: Wiley II. Clifton, Aberdeen,
burg, senior warden, and John S. Brooks,
Robinsonville, junior grand warden;
Rev. Robert A. Clark, grand chaplain;
b. V. White, Meridian, grand treasurer;
Frederick Speed, Vicksburg, grand sec
rotary; Allen NJ. Hicks, Myrtleville,
grand lecturer, and julius Yaretzsky,
Shuqulak, grand tyler. o. J.. Mckay,
Meridian, was chosen as trustee of the
Widows and Orphans Home at Meridian
for five years.
A large number of business men and
farmers gathered at New Albany and
were addressed by Prof. +. E. White,
agricultural and horticultural commits
sioner, and Prof. Lloyd, both of the
Frisco Railroad, who came with a spe-
cial exhibition car. In the afternoon
the boys and girls of the New Albany
High School were allowed to attend the
special lecture for them. Much good is
being done by these instructors in teach.
ing the people to make two blades of
grass grow where only one grew before"
In the death of negro brakeman who
was discovered in a cornfeld near New
Albany, there may be some light shed
on the recent disastrous wreck which oc-
CURED at Coldwater, few days ago On
the negro's person was found an Illinois
Central Railroad switch key No. A 1892
and S. r. r. key No. 67s553, also
train order of the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad of date Jan. IA, 1909.
mass meeting of the business in.
terests of South Mississippi was held
at Hattiesburg to protect against the
proposed removal of the tariff on lum-
Der. Members of the Mississippi dele.
cation at Washington are being flooded
with letters, petitions, memorials and
kilograms from the lumber, railroad and
banking interests, urging them to oppose
the removal of the duty.
Capt. w. I. Rigby, chairman of the
Nicksburg National Military Park Com
mission, who has just returned from
Washington, brings encouraging news
of the early construction of the Great
Naval Memorial in the national park
The House appropriations committee
gave him hearing on the 100000 pro.
ject. Capt. Rigby is certain that $50.
600 of this sum will be made available
In the Forthcoming appropriations bill.
The Cumberland Telephone and Tele.
graph Company is preparing to take up
another large piece of construction work
in the country tributary to Jackson, that
of building new line along the Ala
bama and Vieksburg railroad, between
Meridian and the capital city. 1t is the
intention of the company to carry on its
business over its own pole route.
Some of the citizens of Starkville are
forming stock company for the pur-
pose of erecting Il $4,000 hotel. 1t is
to be of brick three stories high, with
all modern fixtures, and up to date in
every respect. They have already an
offer by an experienced hotel man to
lease it for five years at a rent of 10
per cent on cost annually.
The grand chapter of Mississippi,
Royal Arch Masons, convened it's sixty
first grand annual convocation at the
Masonic Temple at Meridian, with the
grand officers present A resolution was
adoped indorsing the action of the
grand lodge of Mississippi in the with
drawal OF fraternal correspondence and
utilization with the grand Jurisdiction of
New Jersey.
In all parts of the commonwealth the
farmers are getting busy with their crop
Acreage plans are being
devised, orders placed for seeds and fer
tilizers, new work animals purchased
and the farmers hope to get started on
the actual work of pitching the crop
somewhat earlier than usual
An enthusiastic Boys Corn club was
organized at Carrollton, by County SUI
perlntendent Neal and tho county, +ooal
ers. Addresses were made by Prof f.
r. Lloyd, of the A. and NJ. college, and
Superintendent w. II. Smith, of Holmes
county.
Circuit Court is in session at Acker-
man with Judge G. A. Mclean on tho
bench and District Attorney 7. L. Lamb
looking after the interests of the State.
Judge Mclean delivered strong charge