Show woman enters politics hester mcgee smith the first wo man candidate for illinois state super In of instruction is a native of pulaski county in which she has served efficiently in the capacity of school superintendent for five con terms she has directed the schools of the county with the best results and her friends believe she would make an excellent state officer mrs smith s father judge hugh me gee was one of the earliest pioneers of southern illinois and became one of the foremost citizens of he served his country in the civil war and two of his sons died on the bat mrs smith was educated at the old southern illinois college at carbondale and on leaving that ansti aution entered the profession of teach ing her husband lewis smith a law yer of pulaski died in and the widow o 0 afterward resumed the profession in which she has been so brilliantly successful the biggest hole ever dug in solid rock is the second wheel pit ot the niagara falls company which is feet 8 inches long inches deep and 18 feet wide the rock changes in character four times from top to bottom |