The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-05-02
luka At Aberdeen Field Day

at 2:45 p m the following party
from Iuka boarded IS for Corinth
en- route to the North East Miss.
Field Day Meet to be held at Aber-
deem on Friday Lallie Graves.
William Carmichael, Robt Lyle
Mcknight, Malcolm Massey, Whit
field Massey, Hall Simpson, VIM.
Mcknight, Charles Riley, Sam
Traylor, Charley Dawes, Gallo
way Graves, Reid Moseley, Har
cid, Mcdonald, John Storment,
John Adams, Philip Patterson Jr.,
Gambler Carter, Miss Frances Nc
Connville, o E Atkinson, a young
commercial advertiser who boosted
for us in a way which is worthy
of any Iukian, and Webster Ad-
ans.
We arrived in Corinth where
Miss McConnville was met by her
relatives but promised to meet the
party at the train the next morn
ing. The boys after leaving their
bag gage at the Waldron spent the
time ip making acquaintance and
making such changes in apparel
as warranted the best appearance
on the morrow.
We soon found Mr. Caldwell,
Superintendent of Alccrn county,
of Corinth school and also an Of
fetal of the Aberdeen meet.
Prof Caldwell gave us a most
cordial welcome Gas did all the
Corinthians) introduced us to
many of the Corinth delegation,
which numbered two or three hun
bred, and invited us to go down on
the first section of the special train
along with the Corinth party,
which invitation was accepted.
After supper we attended the Elite
theater, it being the only amuse-
ment to be found. We next re-
tired to Room IS for caucus and
on calling roll found in Literary
Department both our Music and
Elocution representatives missing
with only John Adams remaining
in Defamation, In Athletic
Sports we found ODE Graves our
man for the heavy feats, hammer
throwing and shot putting, as well
is relay runner missing; VIM
Akers, our high jumper and hur-
lie racer missing: Lallie Graves,
'ur mile runner and broad jumper
With an improving toenail in such
ondition as to render him unable
, run; Galloway Graves, one of =
ur relay men on the spot without
nough to make out the relay team
Thus we found ourselves in a
ontest of seventeen events with
My two representatives. But we {
IS loyal Iukians determined to /;
make up ESQ far as possible) by
cheering, yells and boosting, vim
FIRE and energy coupled with gen
erosity ant courtesy what we lack
ed in numbers and strength. We
accordingly set to work and Sc
lected 5 snappy yells and after
some study retired with some of
our Corinth friends (who were
always ready to aid and an army
recruiting officer to practice them.
We practiced an hour and a half
hard practice with the result that
cries of Go on Iuka," You're all
right, Iuka" etc. were heard from
all surrounding quarters. When
we quit we were welldrilled boost
ing team of 20, thoroughly filled
with the spirit and determined to
hold Iuka in high position in
this concert of Mississippi towns.
We now retired but not to sleep
much if the reports of the drum
mers are true who said we must |
be good boosters as we put in both |
day and night
The next morning we reached |
the train in the best possible con-
dition. As the train rapidly filled
we went in body from car to car
Marching to the middle of a car
we would give some two or three
yells for Iuka with a snap and vim
e.