The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-08-05
Wississippi
News


quested several officials of the State of
Mississippi to accompany him on his
contemplated tour of his district with
three experts from the Department of
Agriculture, who will discuss topics Of
special interest to the farmers, has been
advised of the acceptance of his invita-
ton. The State officials who will ac-
company Mr.. Sisson are j. N. Powers,
State superintendent; II. L. Blakeslee,
commissioner of agriculture, and Prof.
Smith of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College. The first meeting in Mr..
Sisson's district will be held at Ponto-
toe on August 23, and the itinerary will
conclude at Alderman on Septembr 8.
There was considerable excitement in
Greenville over the appearance of bug.
The bug was believed to be a regular
Mexican boil weevil by several gentle
men who examined it. Prof. w. L.
Hutchinson of the Mississippi Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, being in
the city, with Prof. J. w. Fox of the
Delta experiment station, these two gen.
tlemen were called in, and after exam
ination declared that the bug was not
the boil weevil. Their decision gave
much relief to planters and business men,
as the crop is late and the appearance
of the boil weevil now would do great
damage this year, aside from damage
for the future
Prof. A. B. Mckay. of the A. and M.
College, assisted by Jesse NJ. Jones, held
farmers institute at Ripley. The
meeting was the most largely attended
and most enthusiastic of the kind ever
held in the county. More than ordinary
interest was taken from first to last,
and judging by the questions asked and
the interest manifested, it can Re safely
said that Tippah is making progress in
her farming and stock raising.
Prof. E. B. Lloyd, director of the
farmers institute work in Mississippi,
announces that three Institutes will be
held in Lowndes county, the time and
places at which the Institutes are to be
held being as follows: Hamilton, Mon
day, August 16; Dowdle Schoolhouse,
Tuesday, August II; Steens, Wednes.
day, August 10.
Two well developed cases of the new
disease, pellagra, have made their ap
pearance in Laurel and are the source Of
much interest to the medical fraternity
hereabouts. Fortunately the disease is
known to be non-transmissible, and no
alarm is occasioned on that score, but
people are getting more particular about
eating bread made from Western corn
and seeing that their bread is cooked
thoroughly.
Before Chautauqua audience, the
Hon. B. G. Hightower delivered an ad.
dress at Crystal Springs on the subject
of the revolution now going on in agri.
culture in the South. Mr.. Hightower ID
president of the Farmers Cooperative
Educational Union, and is doing active
field work in this and adjoining States
At a recent meeting of the Farmers
Union of Jasper county, cotton baggina
was adopted by unanimous vote, the
members pledging themselves to use no
other.
The Meridian Waterworks Company
during the three years that the city has
owned and operated the system, has paid
all operating expenses and interest on
outstanding bonds, and has net profit
of $59,451.S0.
E. ]. Bonner, president of the Board
of Trade, received a letter from Secrc.
tary of War Dickinson, saying that
President Taft would leave st. Louis
about October &c for his Mississippi
river trip, and probably stop off At
Vicksburg.
A special meeting of the Yazoo-Mis.
sissippi Delta Board of Levee Commits.
sioners has been called to meet at
Clarksdale for the purpose of ratifying
the sale of the refunding bond issue in
the sum of $325,O0o.
Under the decision of the Board OF
Education, the U. D. c., Mississippi Di.
vision, the scholarship to be given in
teachers colleges at Columbia Univer-
sity, New York, was awarded to Miss
Elise Timberlake, of Clinton.
Prof. E. R. Lloyd of the Mississippi
and Mechanical College,
held farmers institute at Heuck's Re-
treat, five miles east of Brookhaven. The
value of these institutes, which are un-
der the immediate supervision of the gov.
eminent, are only limited by the attend
ance on them.
Much attention was attracted by the
exhibition on the streets of Holly
Springs of two genuine Mexican boil
weevils, captured by w. 7. Palmer, of
Marshall county, in his field.
This established beyond doubt the start
ling fact that this pestiferous insect has
extended its ravages to this territory,
though no serious damage will likely
snsue this year.