The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14
Mississippi
Aews


The eighth annual fair of the Oktib-
beha County Fair Association was the
grandest success in the history of the
The exhibits were more nu-
merous and diversified than ever before.
The department of women's work was
extremely well represented both in the
line of culinary and needlework. The
exhibit of poultry by the a. and M.
College deserves special mention; also
the exhibit of corn by the Farmer Boys
Corn Club.
A celebration was rendered the Con-
federate veterans of Tishomingo county
by the local chapter of United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, and Confederate
camp of veterans of Iuka. The local
chapters furnished large spread for
all veterans and sold dinners to visitors,
of whom there were about 1000 in at
tendance.
The thirtieth annual session OF the
Oktibbeha Baptist Association held the
with Ocobla Church, Neshoba
county, six miles east of Philadelphia.
This association represents 30 churches
of East Mississippi, with more than y
500 members, all churches being repre-
scented by delegates. The attendance
was extremely large. Dinner was served
on the ground each day and the host
went away rejoicing.
For several years past unmistakable
evidences of crude oil beneath the earth
have existed in certain sections OF JET
ferson county, and 30 plain are these
indications to oil experts who have Wis
tied these sections that contract has
been duly signed up, whereby deep bor-
ing will begin as soon as the necessary
machinery can be installed upon the
premises.
Garner Smith, of Madison county,
planted little patch of three-quarters
of an acre in beets and gathered 500
bushels of beets from it. In June he
planted the same three-quarters of an
acre in corn and has gathered seventy
five bushels of corn, all within eight
months. The gross proceeds OF the two
crops from this small piece of land
amount to about $3.50.
The board of Mississippi levee COM
missioners met to receive the report OF
the secretary and treasurer for the fiscal
year ended Sept. 80, at Greenville. The
report shows that after deducting for
estimates of levee work done during the
month of September, amounting to $780,
900. the cash on hand amounts to $780,
1897. Contracts for levee work
amounting to 900 are yet to be
completed, but the tax collecting session
is at hand and the board will be able
to meet the estimates for work as COM
pleted without borrowing money.
1t is now a certainty that Montgomery
county will have an agricultural high
school, and that it will be located at
Kilmichael.
The assessment rolls of Marshall coun
ty show the following valuations: Real
ty. S2.359,179. which is an increase over
last assessment of $27o,693; personality
S1.271.4sS, which is an increase OF $36,
632 in the personal valuation.
In response to request from Sheriff
Prowell, Gov Noel called out three com
panies of the state national guard Il
protect Henry Belts and Reese Belts
two negroes who are in Jail charged with
the killing of j. w. Smith, who was
mysteriously murdered in swamp IL
the southeastern portion of Loundei
county Sept. 16.
J. R. Anderson has just finished gath
ering his corn crop, and the best acre
measured up by County Superintendent
of Education Claude Bennett, produced
1913 bushels. Had it not been for
wind and rain storm which struck it II
July, when it was in full silk and tassel
it would have gone up to 100 bushels
per acre.
Two thousand people assembled il
Rosehill, Jasper county, and held an en-
thusiastic meeting in the interest of th'
building of the Mississippi Western rail
way, which is proposed to run from
Meridian to Natchez.
A large meeting of the farmers an'
business men of Lincoln county was hell
at Brookhaven to discuss methods TO
fighting the boil weevil and for crol
diversifcation. Resolutions were adopted
calling on the board of supervisors t.
appropriate 5000 to be supplemented b,
5000 from the government to employ tive
demonstrators in this county to induce
the farmers to more generally adopt TIN
methods of crop diversifcation and com
batting the boil weeyil which the govern