Courtesy of the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society

Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Odom were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McComsey of Birmingham
and Mrs. C. E. Minehardt of Decatur.
Hiram Jones, son, Emory and daughter-in-law and children arrived in Iuka on Sunday night.
Mr. Jones and Emory spent ten days in New York and other places enroute. Mrs. Jones and
children will reside in Iuka with Mr. Jones.
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Burt Smith and Ona, Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Smith, Danny and Debra spent Sunday in Memphis
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lowery and sons, Lynn and Carey Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Smith and family spent the weekend in Iuka visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Pannell and family.
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SEPT. BUSINESS IN IUKA DECREASED NINE PER CENT
The monthly publication of the Business Research Station at Mississippi State University shows
that activity throughout the district varied from a four percent increase at Corinth to a nine
percent decrease at Iuka. Other towns were Booneville, three percent decrease; and Ripley, one
percent increase.
General business activity in the Corinth District during the month of September showed a two
percent increase over the corresponding month a year ago, according to the recent issue of “The
Mississippi Business Review.”
The district as a whole stood at 152 percent of the 1947-49 average recorded by the station. By
the same index, Corinth stood at 140 percent; Booneville, 199 percent; Iuka, 190 percent and
Ripley, 193 percent.
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