The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-07-15
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of citizens of all classes from all parts
of the state, with pageantry, music, ora
tory, the boom of cannon, the blowing OF
whistles and the applause of the people
Yazoo's monument to the Confederate
veterans and to the women of the Con.
| federacy was uncovered at o'clock this
evening, when Mrs. Margaret Kinkead
Thompson, president of the Jefferson
Davis Chapter, U. ID. c., pulled the cord
that held the enveloping flag and ex
posed this splendid piece of sculpture
to the admiration of the beholders.
This simple incident of the unwilling
was the climax of days program re-
plete with events that made this one Of
the greatest days in the history of this
metropolis of the delta. From morning
till night the city was given over to the
celebration of the unwilling ceremonies
and while the places of business were
kept open, those in charge made little at
tempt to do business, but joined with
the visitors who came on every morn
ing train entering the city, crowded the
highways leading into town and filled
the streets as they were never filled be
fore. 1t was general holiday for YaZoo
City and Yazoo county. The weather
was all that could be desired. The sun
beat down brazenly, but there was a
breeze stirring throughout the day, and
around the monument where the exer.
cises were held large canopy was
fa1 .Nf ha,,
acre for the protection of the crowd.
Inquiries received at the war depart
ment with reference to the proposed
plans of the Tallahatchie drainage com
mission in Mississippi indicate that seri-
Gus opposition may develop on the part
of those who live along lower reaches of
the Sunflower river 1t is alleged that
the drainage commission has in CON
temptation a plan to turn the Coldwater
river into the Sunhower somewhere be-
low Clarksdale, and this is what is
threatening the trouble. The Sunhower
is a delta stream flowing its full length
through the great alluvial valley, with
no tributaries coming out of the hills,
and for this reason it is clear stream
and entirely free from the silt which
characterizes the streams which rise in
the red sand hills of North Mississippi
Below the Southern railroad bridge the
Sunfower is wide and deep, in many
places the depth being more than so
feet and the width from 600 to 1000
feet. From this section protests are
coming in. 1t is claimed that what is
now a beautiful stream is threatened
with pollution from the muddy waters
of the Coldwater, which, in addition to
its muddy and murky appearance, is
laden with silt, which in time will fill up
the shoal places and seriously hamper
the navigation of the Sunfower.
State Geologist E. N. Lowe has about
completed the arrangements for the CO.
operation of the state and national de-
partments in the soil survey soon to be
undertaken in Adams county. On &C
count of the seriousness of the boil
weevil situation in that section, DR..
Crider determined upon this survey, and
getting the cooperation of the bureau
of soils, putting a double force into the
field and facilitating the work.
Collins Williams, a prominent and
well-to-do farmer, residing near Stone
wall, fourteen miles south of Meridian,
while seated at the supper table, was
shot four times by an unknown assas-
opI nj lys1Ia1 ba g,
one of the most horrifying that has been
committed in that section in many years,
and the cold-blooded manner in which il
was committed has astounded the people
of the surrounding country.
F. c. Bolton, associate professor of
physics, and c. E. Ard, professor of
electrical engineering in the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, have resigned
their positions to go elsewhere.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor pic
mic at Weir on yesterday was most
delightful. There were visitors present
from all neighboring towns between Du-
rant and Aberdeen.
Bob Barlow, wealthy citizen of Bar
low, sixteen miles west of Hazlehurst,
was shot and killed by Will Freeman
the town marshal, who was trying to
arrest Barlow.
According to statement by the city
clerk forty persons have been convicted
for operating blind tigers in Gulfport
during the past six months.
The board of directors of the Missis-
sippi State Fair formally decided not to
change the dates for the annual event on
account of the promised visit of Presi-
dent w. H. Taft, who is expected at
Jackson on November 10 and Ia. The
original date named for the commence
ment of the fair is October 25, the event