The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-08-26
Mississippi
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Hon. E. S. Gambler, Jr, who is a mem
Der of the committee on territories in
Congress, left last week for Chicago to
join congressional party of twenty-four
other members. From Chicago they 60
to San Francisco; they will be the
guests of the Chamber of Commerce on
the 22d and 23d. On the gath they sail
on the steamer Siberia for Honolulu,
Hawaii.
At the clase of services at the Baptist
church in Buckatuma, difficulty &C.
Cured between j. w. Mills, Jr., and G.
r. Thames and Cleve Thames, in which
Cleve Thames was beaten over the head
with pistol in the hands of Mills and
Mills was cut in several places and Sc
verely wounded by c. r. Thames, father
of Cleve Thames.
Mayor John w. Parker, of Meridian,
in letter to Circuit Judge John L.
Buckley, who ordered the sheriff recently
to enforce the Sunday law, stated to
the Judge that if his order was not
modified he would enforce the statute to
the letter. The enforcement of this law
will prohibit the newspapers from doing
business after IL o'clock Saturday night,
hamper the work of railroad employees,
stop ice and milk wagons and possibly
the street cars.
The first bale of new cotton to be re-
ceived in Vicksburg this season sold for
81 cents pound. The cotton was raised
by L. G. Dulaney of Grace. 1t was sold
at auction in front of the Vicksburg
Cotton Exchange, and was bought by
that organization. The bale weighed
500 pounds and classed as strict mid
ding, and the staple is 11-16 inch long.
The farmers short course in agricul-
ture opened at A. & M. College, with
Prof. E. R. Lloyd in charge and a full
corps of assistants. There was goodly
number of farmers in attendance from
different sections of the State. This
school will continue at least two weeks.
G. V. Reese, grocery merchant, was
arrested at Meridian for riding through
the streets in a hack with negro
woman, and was fined 5000 and 80 days
ON the streets. He made bond in the
sum of 5000 pending an appeal.
The fourth annual Baptist Young Peo-
pies Encampment and Evangelistic
Bible Conference has just closed at Blue
Mountain. The attendance was large
and enthusiastic.
The executive board of the Freedmen's
Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in session at Cincinnati, has
elected Rev. J. T. Docking president of
Rust University at Holly Springs.
The assessment of Greenville, just
completed, shows an increase of $29,.
3S9.9S over the assessment of last year,
the total this year being $5,9s0.252.50,
the asse ssment last year being $780,
419.52.
Capt. William L. Ray, one of the old.
est citizens of Carroll county, died at
his home in Carrollton at the advanced
age of "a years. Capt. Ray had been in
failing health for some years. He had
lived in Carroll county from boyhood. In
his younger days he engaged in the mer-
camille business in the town of Carroll
ton, and continued until failing health.
The joint committee announces that
the Sunday School Superintendent In
stitute, to be held under the auspices of
the Sunday school boards of the North
Mississippi and the Mississippi confer
ences of the NJ. E. Church, South, will
be held at Meridian, beginning Wednes-
day night, Sept. %, and closing Friday
noon, Sept. "a.
The reunion at Louisville closed with
an eloquent address by Col. Sam Cooke
declared successful, and resolutions of
thanks were adopted to Hon. j. P. eagle
for the barbecue and for his untiring eff
forts on behalf of the management.
Chief of Police Groome of Vicksburg
was the recipient of black hand letter,
containing threats against the life of
himself and Patrolman George Fades,
who killed a negro musician, Henry Mi
nor, the early part of last week, and
was acquitted in a preliminary trial, and
this is used as the grounds of the ven.
geance threatened.
Brick work has begun on the $150,000
roundhouse of the New Orleans and
Northeastern shops at Meridian. The
concrete foundation cost 100000. The
viii accommodate forty-four
locomotives when completed.
A party of United States engineers of
the Mobile district have concluded an
inspection Of the Leaf and Pascagoula