The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-07-29

James H Faircloth, who was
/ president of the Tishomingo
Banking Co., which failed here
in August. 1912, has returned to
/ Tupelo and mide bond for his APP
4 pearance at the circuit court which
I c onvenes in August.
Mess rs Jas L Sickle and inc
L Hughs ton, of Florence, Ala,
spent Sunday at the Mineral
Springs Hotel with Mrs Sickle
and Mrs Hughston, who are spend
ing week at the springs.
Mrs 6 D Hall, daughter, Mrs
Boiling, and Mrs. Pearl Gachet,
of Memphis. left Monday for a
visit of a few days to friends and
relatives in Cherokee. Ala. Mrs
Bolding will go from there 10
Birmingham to visit friends and
Mrs Gachet TO Monteagle to visit
her mother.
The largest tomato we have
seen or heard of this season was
grown by Mr. c b l. Maggie, of
luka. Ii weighed two and one
half pounds, and was, we think,
of the Ponderosa variety. We
thank Mr. Maggie for this fine to-
matato, which he left at our office
Saturday,
Messrs G w Glenn, Of STAN
ford, Texas, and T d Davis, of
Plains, Texas, are visiting friends
near luka. Mr. Glenn made
pleasant cali at this Office Satur-
day. He reports fine crop pros
poets in his section.
DR. and Mrs Rogers and Miss
Rogers, of New Albany. who have
been visiting Mrs Rogers sister,
Mrs E A Payne, left Monday for
home. They went by the way of
Shiloh, making the trip in the
doctor S auto.
TO Mr. r N Dean, of Iuka. r.
4, we tender thanks for a number
of Rocky Ford canteloupes left at
our Office Saturday. They were
delicious and very much appreci-
ated. Mr. Dean knows that news
paper, like people generally, are
fond of good things. hence the
cantaloupes.
The finest tomatoes we have
seen were grown by Nj NJ c.
Bishop, of Iuka, r. a. He left
three at our office Saturday which
wei ghed pounds 9 ounces. The
largest weighed / pound 10 ounces
They were not on ly large but
of excellent flavor and quality.
Thanks.
Mr. Ben Ellis happened to a very
serious accident on July goth. He
was working at Martins Mill and
attempting to move a piece Of tim
Der near the saw, had two
knuckles on his left hand cut out.
At this writing he is getting along
as we'll as could be expected.
Oar young friend, Walter Smith,
Of Route 4. has enlisted his aid
in keeping our II inch butcher
knife in working order. Tues
day morning he presented us with
the finest watermelon we have
tasted this year, for which we ex-
tend our most sincere thanks.
Whenever you see a butcher knife
think of the Vidette force.
Mrs Sallie Hughes, mother of
Mrs S w Shockley, had the mis-
fortune to fall and break a bone
in her wrist last Monday. Doc
tors Whitehurst and Brown were
called and Mrs Hu ghes is getting
along very nicely. She is eighty
one years old.
DIR and Mrs r l. Montgomery
and Mr. w S Brown went to
Memphis last Thursday morning
in the latter's car. They left here
at five in the morning and arrived
in Memphis at one, stopping quite
while en- route. DIR Montgomery
will make his home in Memphis
in the future, having accepted
position as examiner for a life in
surance company. We regret very
much that he did not see it to his
interest to remain in old Tisho-
mingo.
A colored woman Olivia French
who lived near the Spring Park,
was shot by her husband, Bob
French, Sunday night about $50
o'clock. Two shots we're fired,
one of which penetrated her lungs
and the other grazed her cheek.
A 81 calibre pistol was the weapon
used, and while the wounds are
very serious they are not neces-
sarily fatal Bob French is now
at large.
Messrs r M Fairless, Jimmy"
Hodgkins, Chief Clerk Of the So.
Ry, and Albert Kesser, Chief
Yard Clerk of the So. Ry., all of