The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-22

| FORMING the flItn DIVISION, mas there
been such genuine and pure enthusiasm
in the life of the historic town of Pom
totoc and of Pontotocans as was ex-
hihted last week, when her citizens and
all business men laid aside their business
cares and spent the day entertaining the
"Home Comers," and attended en- masse
the laying of the cornerstone of their
new public school building.
Little Willie Henderson was struck
and instantly killed by lightning in the
country near Water Valley during a
thunderstorm. General Henderson,
farmer, the father of the little boy, was
sitting near the mantelpiece. Lightning
| struck the telephone wire some twenty
five feet from the house, came down the
chimney, struck the little boy and
shocking the father so that he was UNI
conscious for about five minutes. When
he recovered consciousness he found his
little boy black from the stroke of
lightning dead at his feet.
Ollie Williams, the 2O-year-old son Of
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his home near Stonewall last week, is in
the Clarke county Jail at Quitman, hav-
ing, it is said, confessed to the commits
sion of the deed. The elder Williams
was shot down in his home, the muir
derer firing through an open door, four
bullets having taken effect, producing
death almost instantly.
The fifteenth annual session of the
Mississippi Chautauqua assembly opened
Thursday to continue until the end of
the month. The program is regarded as
the best ever arranged for a meeting of
the assembly. Included among the prom
inent speakers to be heard are ex-Gov-
ernor Yates, of Illinois; Ex-Governor
Vardaman, of Mississippi; Prof. J. N.
Powers, State superintendent of Educa-
ton of Mississippi, and ]. B. Aswell,
former superintendent of education in
Louisiana.
Hon. Walter Weaver and Gov. James
T. Harrison each received letters from
Hon. j. M. Dickinson, secretary of war,
stating that President Taft had prom
ised him Columbus would be visited
during the trip the president and sew
eral members of the cabinet would take
through the Southwest and South in
September or October. Columbus is the
boyhood home of Judge Dickinson.
A quartette of elders of the Church OF
Latter Day Saints are campaigning
around Clarksdale. They are making 8
house-to-house canvass of the city, dis
tributing literature, and they will fur
Their the work of propagation by street
preaching if crowd can be secured.
Two large tomatoes of the Uncle
Toms Cabin variety, weighing IL
pounds, one measuring Is "a inches in
circumference and The other IA "a inches
were exhibited in Starkville. They were
grown in the garden of Capt. w. R. La
nier.
The news butcher on train No. 10 OF
} the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City rail
road was arrested at Houston by w. II
Curry, the railroad detective, on q
charge of retailing whisky. This is the
, second arrest of this nature in the last
week. The whisky is put up in small
bottles and sold in sack containing,
besides the whisky, bananas.
The Union County Summer Norma
has closed its summer session after sew.
eral weeks successful term at Sherman
The battle of ballots in Lawrence coun
ty on the question of the county issuing
$4,000 of thirty year per cent bonds
for the purpose of building courthouse
resulted in defeat for the bonds. TIL,
opposition was mainly caused by the
fight for a division of the county TIRES
years ago, when the new county of JET
ferson Davis was formed out of part
of Lawrence and Covington.
The normal at the University of Mis-
sissippi closed with the largest attend
ance in its history. Over 400 teachers
have been in attendance and good work
has been done during the entire term
There was feeling of qualification no
ticeable among the throng of teacher
because of the ease and comfort witt
! -whieh the crowd has been lodged and fee
at the university.
, As result of the earnest solicitation
of Representatives Sisson, three experts
have been assigned to duty in tn
+ Fourth Mississippi district, beginning
q August 30. There will be one man tt
. lecture on plant industry, one ON goot
J roads and one on the boil weevil ant
a crop Investigation.
q According to a statement by the cit,
|. clerk forty persons have been convicted
+ for operating blind tigers in Gulfper
:. during the past six months.
The Oktibbeha County Fair Associa
J. ton is offering handsome prizes this yea
in all departments. A grand enterpris
cast range will be given as first priz