The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-09

Congressman T. U. Sisson, with his
corps of agricultural experts and educa-
tional speakers, invaded the Second Dis
trict of Yalobusha county, and if the
attendance by farmers and the interest
manifested by them is criterion, the
young congressman should be highly
elated over the smiles of approval and
hearty handshakes and the ovation which
he received from the producers of wealth
of this county. The leading farmers and
business men of Water Valley and vi
entity planned a barbecue at Copeland's
pasture, two miles west of town, which
was attended by three thousand people,
and the visit of these gentlemen marks
an epoch in the agricultural history of
this county.
Completion of the details for the con-
struction of the Shaw & Southwestern
railway will be consummated on the re-
turn of Hon. j. G. Walker, president Of
the enterprise, who is now in the East.
This railroad will be of great benefit both
to the town of Shaw and the counties it
will traverse, opening up as it does q
vast timber and farming section, and put
ting Shaw in direct communication with
Greenville, and at the same time greatly
reducing freight rates.
The A. & NJ College will begin the
term of 1909-10 on Wednesday, Septem-
Der Is. The secretary states there have
been an unusual number of inquiries this
year from all sections of the State, and
he has sent out 800 more catalogues
than ever before. This increased in
quiry and investigation means an in
creased number of students.
Along the Mississippi coast prepara-
tions are actively under way for the
opening of the oyster season, the date
for which is fixed by statute for Septem-
Der Is. Fishermen are overhauling their
schooners, packing establishments are
getting their plants in readiness, and raw
shippers are booking orders for deliveries
during the next sixty days.
An earnest appeal in behalf of the res
cue home, to be established by the Kings
Daughters of Mississippi has been is
sued by that organization, and an active
canvass for subscriptions will be imme-
diately commenced by the local circle
Originating from an unknown cause,
fire devastated several blocks of build
ings at Clafksdale, reducing eight resi-
dences to ashes, running seven more and
damaging more or less many others,
causing total loss of many thousand
dollars.
Over three thousand people lined the
banks of the Cottonpool, situated seven
miles from Starkville, to witness the
baptism of forty candidates, men, women
and boys and girls. During the week
great religious revival has been in pro-
gress at the Baptist church. The aged
minister, who has but one arm, strangled
three girls, but not badly. The bal
ance went through the ordeal without
any mishap. Rev. DIR. Adams, the pas
tor, is seventy, Confederate veteran,
and was recently elected to the Legis-
lature to represent oktibbeha county.
A charter has been issued to the Mis-
sissippi Western Town Site Company,
one of the most unique corporations ever
organized in this State, domiciled at
Hazlehurst and capitalized at 100000.
The purpose of the corporation is to
promote the building of towns along
the line of the proposed Mississippi
River Western railroad, after uniform
plans, with uniform width streets and
according to regular scale, embracing
landscape gardening, park sites, etc.