@Copied from the History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County. All rights reserved. For information on your copy, please e-mail mikell@virginia.edu July 23, 1891 E. L. Martin of the Jackson Mississippian and Miss Emma Thigpen of the Hazlehurst Graded School were married in Chicago last week while enroute to the National Editorial Association. We extend congratualations. Richmond has been selected by Mrs. Jefferson Davis as the final resting place of the remains of her immortal husband. Mississippi claimed that honor, but the reasons advanced by Mrs. Davis for selecting Richmond are not without consideration. There is talk of a match game of chess between Brookhaven and Monticello players when the weather gets cooler. it will be a good fight. - Lincoln County Times. Slightly in error, Bro. Bowen 'Twill be no fight at all. Monticello, always victorious in everything, will, in this instance, come out on top. Brookhaven won't be in it. Messrs. Bruce Tyrone of near Blountville and J. L. Griffith of White Sand passed through town last Tuesday en route to Hazlehurst, where the former goes to Hazlehurst, where the later to accept a position as night operator. HOOKER NOTES The topics of the day seem to be picnics and politics. The farmers are rejoicing over the beautiful rains which were gladly received last week. The crops are looking some better now, with the exception of a little damage done by the wind. We had a grand meeting of days at Crooked creek church, commencing on Friday, and the first Sunday in this month and continuing nine days. Many thanks to visiting brethren, J. L. Finley and John Williamson, for their noble work. Our population is increasing. We welcome in our midst the young Miss Daughdrill, daughter of Mr. J. W. Daughdrill. A happy man is he. We are glad to say that we have quite a number of young men who are candidates for the office of matrimony, whose names are as follows: A. C. Buckley, W. W. Buckley, J. S. Stringer, and W. L. Stringer, F. E. Patterson, C. C. Culpepper and S. C. Culpepper. We hope they will meet with success. Go it, boys: you are now young. We have several visitors in our neighborhood - Mr. Masengil and wife, and T. S. Stringer of Copiah county. Elder T. D. Bush of Louisiana is visiting relatives and friends and attending protracted meetings in our midst. He is attending the meeting at Calvary church this week. Having the weather for the farmers to kill grass if they have any. Little Jennie, Hooker, Miss, July 15th, 1891 MARRIED Hutchins - Berry - Near Hebron, Miss, on Sunday July 19th, Mr J. F. Hutchins to Miss Ella Berry, both of Lawrence County. RILEY- LEIGH - In Clinton, Miss., Wednesday, July 15th, Mr. F. L. Riley, jr., principal of Hebron High School, to Miss Fannie Leigh of Grenada. BUTLER - HICKMAN - at the residence of the bride's father last night, by supervisor Z. P. Jones, Dr. T. H. Butler to Miss Sallie Hickman, both of Lawrence County Messrs Bruce Tyrone of near Blountville and J. L. Griffith of White Sand passed through town last Tuesday en route to Hazlehurst, where the former goes to learn telegraphy, the latter to accept a position as night operator. Prof. C. B. G. Rose was elected principal of Monticello Academy last Saturday. Let all now pull together and make the school a grand success.

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I have an Anna Wilson, b 11 Nov 1801, who married Robert Prestridge on 23 Mar 1819 in Lawrence Co. She had a brother named Benjamin, but I have no other info on him. I also have a Lott Wilson of Amite Co. who married Amielia (Millie) Denman and had a son named John D., but he was born in 1827. I don't know if these families connect or not. Barbara www2.netdoor.com/~bprest/ (in the process of moving my genealogy site) ----- Original Message ----- Hello folks. I've been stumped for years. Here is what I have. A John Wilson suddenly appears in Lawrence co. Mississippi. He marries Mary Jane Jenny Norman, in 1827. Her 2nd marriage. She has at least two children. A John Wilson had been on tax list in the 1820's but I can't prove he is the same. I did find where a John Wilson joined the Fair River Baptist church in the 1820's. My thoughts are that John had a brother named Benjamin Wilson, who was a wealthy man in Lawrence County, Who married a Nancy..probably Phillips. All of this was in the 1820's. John is exec. of Benjamin Wilson's will in the 1820's, and 1830's. John and his wife Mary Jane, had a child in 1938, named Rodolphus. The only one I can prove. By 1840 Mary Jane is head of household, I never found John again. Also Benjamin Wilson was a member of the Fair River Baptist church. I can't find a will of John's, or where Mary Jane sold any land in Lawrence County. In 1860 she is living with her son Rodolphus in Pike co. Ms. On by the way John Wilson is my gggrandfather. Thanks. John Wilson b. 1950.

All: I apologize to every about the delays in the books. As I may have mentioned, I was in Atlanta for a couple of weeks, and it through everything behind. In addition, from the reports I have gotten, the new hard back binding for the books cannot handle the number of pages that the book has expanded to. So, unless it is a problem for those that ordered a hard back copy, I am refunding the $7.00 difference on hard back and spiral bound, and sending the spiral bound copy, as I just don't have a good feel for the new binder. Please, if you ordered a hard back copy, and prefer not to have a spiral bound, let me know, and I will either destroy your check or mail it back. Again, I aplogize for the trouble, and hope to have everyone's material out by end of next week. I have not cashed the checks for the books that haven't been sent yet. Regards, Eddie Mikell

July 17, 1890 Quite a lively justice court here last Saturday. Mr. C. E. Watts has returned. He reports a pleasant and profitable trip. Mr. L. Cohn is having a bed chamber added onto the back part of his store. Mrs. W. H. Butler and daughter, Miss Bessie, visited our city last week. Rev. R. W. Hall will preach in the Baptist church next Saturday and Sunday. For the past week the extreme heat in this region has been almost unprecendented. We stuck to our word. Every subscriber who was in arrears received a statement last week. Mesdames Teunisson and Lampkin of Summit, are visiting the family of Dr. Teunisson near this place. The flat boat, built at Jackson and loaded with material for our iron bridge, left that point last Friday morning. We hear rumors of another store being opened in our town at an early date. Who says Monticello does not boom? Mrs. D. M. Lee visited the bedside of her cousin, Mrs. H. C. Yawn, in Williamsburg, this week, who is quite dangerously ill. Mr. J. Q. Martin was quite ill for several days this and last week, but we are glad to state his is now able to be upon our streets again. "Owen's Pink Mixture" is pleasant to take, contains no opium and does not check the bowels too suddenly. For sale by H. S. Scherek. Prof O. R. French, the great musician, is assisting Rev. J. H. Lane in a protracted meeting at Salem Baptist church, in Covington county, this week. In a letter to the editor of this paper, he promises to visit our town at an early date. There will be a picnic at Fair river bridge on the Rockport road, today, to which the editor acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to be present. Buzzings from Bismark. Rain every day now. Crops in this section are like the old Negroes tobacco "good and gooder." Prof Green and wife, of Silver Creek, visited Bismarck a few days ago in the interest of Lawrence County High School. Bismarck is being thoroughly drummed up now, as we have had four drummers this week. Mrs. T. C. May has been quite ill the past week, but we are happy to state she is improving at present. Tomorrow is 4th of July and we hear of picnics all over the county. We hope every one who attends them will have a good time and not be interrupted by pistol shots, fights, etc. Bismarck is kinder thinking about building a high school, although she is not saying much about the matter. But le me tell you, if the citizens of this neighborhood take a notion to build it and will put their shoulders to the wheel, you'll see the mud fly and the next thing you notice will be a good school house and a fine school. There is not a single neighborhood in the county that is more able to build up a good school than beat 3. Not only have we the material for a school, but the farmers of this neighborhood are in good circumstances financially and all of them want to educate their children, and if they will come together and build a good school house they can get an experienced teacher and educate their children at home instead of boarding them away at other schools. Homestead Notice Frank Norwood: wit; Jerry McLaurin, Sandy Griffith, Handy Powell, all of Gwinville.

Hello folks. I've been stumped for years. Here is what I have. A John Wilson suddenly appears in Lawrence co. Mississippi. He marries Mary Jane Jenny Norman, in 1827. Her 2nd marriage. She has at least two children. A John Wilson had been on tax list in the 1820's but I can't prove he is the same. I did find where a John Wilson joined the Fair River Baptist church in the 1820's. My thoughts are that John had a brother named Benjamin Wilson, who was a wealthy man in Lawrence County, Who married a Nancy..probably Phillips. All of this was in the 1820's. John is exec. of Benjamin Wilson's will in the 1820's, and 1830's. John and his wife Mary Jane, had a child in 1938, named Rodolphus. The only one I can prove. By 1840 Mary Jane is head of household, I never found John again. Also Benjamin Wilson was a member of the Fair River Baptist church. I can't find a will of John's, or where Mary Jane sold any land in Lawrence County. In 1860 she is living with her son Rodolphus in Pike co. Ms. On by the way John Wilson is my gggrandfather. Thanks. John Wilson b. 1950.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walden, Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACI/863 Message Board Post: Was wondering if anyone knew where this church was located (specifically)? And if the cemetary was called the same thing as the church? Anyone have an index to the attached cemetery? I am looking for my g, g great grandfather and mother: Tillery Walden (born cir 1814) and Phyllisa (or Mary Felisa) Jones (maiden name). Their son William Walden born 1841. And anyone else who may be buried with them or near them at this cemetery. Thank you for your help. I can be reached at Wlfkyn@aol.com

July 16, 1891 The Hooker "dots" are unavoidable crowded out this week. There will be preaching in the Baptist church next Saturday and Sunday. Several of our town folks attended the Aliance meeting at Crooked Creek last Tuesday, among the number being "ye" editor. The County Farmers Alliance was in session at Crooked creek church last Tuesday. Maj. Barksdale and Clarke Lewis were endorsed for the U. S. Senate, Dr. G. A. Teunnisson for the State Senate and D. A. Dawson for the Legislature. The proceedings will appear in our next issue. We are pained to chronicle the death of Mr. W. R. Selman, which sad and untimely event occurred at his home near Tryus last week. Mr. Selman was one of the staunchiest citizens in the county, and a lovable Christian gentleman, the loss of whom the community will deeply feel. He leaves a wife and several children some of whom are married to mourn his departure. Peace to his ashes. D. C. TULLY AND CO. who have been here for the past tow months in the business of renovating feather beds by the latest steam process, are doing a good business and giving entire satisfaction. House keepers should attend to this at once and have their feathers renovated to prevent sickness of any kind, as they will remain here but a short while longer. You can't buy a feather in any city unless the same has undergone a process of renovation. It is condusive to good health, as any physician will tell you and as common sense will teach. The renovating process not only removes every particle of filth, but it givesto the bed a degree of comfort that is never before experienced. The feathers take on their livliest state and remain so. Some dissatisfaction is expressed in some parts of this county about the work of other companies, but Tully and Co. have been in the business for years and thoroughly understand it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cliburn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACI/862 Message Board Post: Henry O. Cliburn of Silver Creek, Lawrence County, MS married Dovie Ester Walker and had one child, Ethel Lee Cliburn. They divorced and he married Estelle ?. They had one child together, Billy Cliburn. They moved to Louisiana c. 1975. Henry died some after. Where is he buried? Where is Billy? He would be my great-uncle.I am Ethel's daughter.

July 13, 1893 A great many items crowded out. We are proud to note the return of Mr. R. M. Wellborn from Texas after a stay of several months. The laying of the sewer pipe from the jail to the river was successfully accomplished this week under the supertendence of Mr. Worley. FOR BITES AND STINGS. of insects, Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic gives quick relief. For sale by R. L. Berry, Blountville. How A. W. Cooper and family, of Magnolia, are visiting relatives a host of friends in our county this week. Mr. Cooper also attended Chancery Court. Elder S. S. Beaver, of McAllisterville, Juniatta Col, Pa, says his wife is subject to cramp in the stomach. Last summer she tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for it, and was much pleased with the speedy relief it afforded. She has since used it whenever necessary and found that it never fails. For sale by all druggists.

July 14, 1892 Pearl River is booming. Mr. H. M. Smith of Grange was a visitor yesterday. Assessor Polk is not stationed at his place, where hs is at work on the land roll. The preaching by Rev. L. J. Jones last Sunday evening was pretermitted on account of inclement weather. Messrs Z. P. Jones, T. J. Andrews and A. H. McGuffie attended the Confederate Vetereans Reunion at Jackson this week. Mr. Henry Carlisle of Wesson, accompanied by his daughter Miss Janie, and son Willie, visited relatives and friends in our town this week. Mr. Wade Polk last Monday presented us with an Irish potato weighing one pound and seven ounces. Mr. Polk is a successful farmer. There will be preaching in the Presbyterian church at this place on the 5th Sunday in this month by Rev. E. D. McDougall of Brookhaven. Everybody cordially invited. Elliot Henderson of Pass Christian was a welcome visitor to our town this week, making the acquaintance of our people and ascertaining the extent of the Stockdale sentiment. No says that Colonel Stockdale lines this county are absolutely impregnable. A TRIP TO WHITESAND. Last Saturday morning when we geared up, donned our protracted meeting's smile and turned the head of our critter eastward, we had no idea that we would finally bring up at Whitesand church not that we had aught against the church or people, but our objective spot was in another direction, and Crooked Creek churchn was that point. It will be remembered that the Pearl River Singing Association was to have met at that church last Sunday, but when we arrived there were only about fifteen or twenty persons present, and they seemed at a loss for lack of a President and other leading members. There was clearly a misunderstanding on the part of the absent ones, as they were laboring under the impression that the Association was to have met on the Saturday before. This was unfortunate and we regreat that the meeting could not have been attended with greater success. The next meeting will be held at Silver Creek church on the first Sunday in October and the Saturday before; and we hope the attendance and interst will be sufficiently large to insure its permanency. Hearing that a protracted meeting was in progress at Whitesand church, and naturally having a weakness for such affairs, we concluded to lend to the light of our countenance for one day at least. Leaving the Singing Association in the care of Mr. Wade Polk, who promised to care for it as best he could, we again started, and with Miss Cora Dale as a companion and guide, reached Mr. S. S. Dale's about sunset. We were fortunately just in time for supper and having driven a long distance, did the meal full justice. Homestead Notice John T. Elliott, wit: J. M. Roberts, D. J. Holmes, Simeon Garnet, John W. Willoughby, all of Bismarck. Allen Haynes, wit: Green Watts, W. T. Loftin, T. A. Loftin, J. I. Ward, all of Blountville.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bailey, Netherland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CKB.2ACI/857.1.2 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on Martha Bailey (we think her father was a Thomas Bailey also). She was born in Miss. in 1830 and died in La. (according to older family members) in 1875. She married Levi Netherland 1-16-1859 in Lawrence Co. If you have any info on her it would greatly appreciated. My email is pspecht@hotmail.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams,Dale, Longino, Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CKB.2ACI/861 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on John H. Williams and his wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown). John and Elizabeth was in Covington County, MS in 1850. They had two children at that time Eda age 2 and William age 1. On the Covington census they listed John as John W. Williams.It also stated that John was born in Georgia, but on the 1860 census it states that he was born in Mississippi. By 1860 they moved to Lawrence County, MS. Living in the household is John age 44, Elizabeth age 37, Eda age 12, William age 10, Susan age 8, Margaret age 6, George age 4, Sarah age 2, Catherine 6 months old. I know that Eda married William Calvin Dale, son of Seborn Culpepper Dale and Elizabeth Huey Longino. Eda and William are my gg grandparents. William married Laura Price daughter of Jonathan Price and Frances Dale. I am trying to find out who Elizabeth is and who were John's parents. Any information on the Williams and their children will be a big help. Please contact me at dtriley@bell! south.net.

July 12, 1888 Local Gleanings Subscribe to the Press. The town is pretty dull. J. D. Carlisle is on a visit to Brookhaven this week. Remember the subscription price of the Press is only $1.00, and must be paid in advance. Madame Rumor says that a stranger has appeared at the house of Mr. H. Smith. It's a girl. Mr. A. C. McNair, of Brookhaven passed through this place last Saturday en route to Williamsburg. Mr. T. A. Hickman and family have been visiting relatives and friends in Beauregard, returned home last Sunday. A kind of lung fever is prevailing among the horses near this place, and some have died. Fears are entertained of its being epidemic. Hall's creek school, after a long vacation, opened last Monday under the efficient management of that charming young lady, Miss Rhoda. Only a few county warrants have been sold, and they are 95 cents on the dollar. The general county fund is not exhausted, but a balance remains to the credit of some of the special funds. The jail now has two occupants, Harmon Hooker, charged with larceny, and George Mikell, the Negro who murdered the little Negro with an ax across the river about two months ago. Both cases will come before next weeks court. PUBLISHER'S GREETING. I greet you, my friend, as publisher of the Lawrence County Press. Six yeara ago my brother and myself were left fatherless by the memorable and disastrous cyclone of 182, with a mother and two sisters depending on us for support. After resurrecting the old Monticello Advocate and running it for a time, we removed to Columbai, and now havine lived in the latter place for over five years, I am again with you, not with the old Monticello Advocate outfit (as my brother still runs that in Columbai), but with an entirely new office. Whether I am a fixture here or not depends altogether upon the encouragement I receive at your hands. Lawrence county is able to support a small sized newspaper, and it should give that newspaper whole and undivided patronage. In conclusion, I am happy to say that I am not among strangers, and I trust that the friends of my father who so nobly stood by him will now lend me a helping hand in establishing the Press upon a firm and solid basis. Joseph Dale, publisher. The grand jury of Hinds county has indicted B. T. Hobbs, of the Brookhaven Leader, for alleded libel of Col. Jones S. Hamilton, since his trial at Brandon. As soon as Mr. Hobbs heard of the indictment he took the train and went to Jackson to answer for the charge. A bloody tragedy occurredin Leflore county last Saturday, resulting in the instant death of P. H. Ivey and Sam Austin, and the dangerous wounding of S. H. Whitworth and Bea McCarty. The difficulty originated, it is sad, in a feud between the McCarty's and Whitworth. Remember the Press office is in he handsome granite building on the corner of Broad and Commerce streets. If you don't knkow where the corner is, perhaps you will make more headway by looking at the numbers. It is No. 64. You will find the editorial rooms on the first floor. Remember that is is on Broad Street and fronts Beat 4. Sheriff Lee returned from Westville last Thursday evening with Sherman Hooker and placed him in jail again for safe keeping. Hooker, though comparatively a young Negro, is what might be termed a bad man. He has served a term in the penitentiary for attempted murder and a short while ago was place in jail here to answer for burglary commited before he was sentenced to the State prison. Being bailed out by Mr. Joshua Hickman, who carried him to work on his place, he soon took leg bail and made an escape to the Cato neighborhood in Rankin county, where Sheriff Lee got track of him, had him arrested and brought to the Westville jail and from thence returned him to the jail here LIST OF JURORS The following is a list of the jurors selected to serve during next week's court: Grand Jurors. Beat 1, W. A. Selman, W. C. Maxwell, W. W. Townsend and Charles Collins, col. Beat 2, J. H. Knight, C. H. Moore, W. N. Robertson, O. G. Jolly. Beat 3, J. M. Mullins, A. J. Powell, J. L. Lambert Beat 4, Thoas Bradle, Anthony Hutchins, Washington Oatis, col. Beat 5, E. B. Parkman, J. W. Armstrong, B. B. Stringer and Bright Buckley, col. Petit Jurors: Philip Magee, R. F. Thompson, Amos Hayes, col. W. G. William, F. M. Redmond, W. B. Stringer, C. C. Cliborne, Wad Blackman, J. H. Allen, John Bridges, J. B. Atwood, J. J. Catt, J. A. Bozeman, J. R. Boone, Richmond Edmonson, col., Joe Montgomery, col. Ranson Baggett, col., J. P. Sartin, G. W. Jones, T. . Rutland, W. J. Lee, Warrant Patterson, B. F. King, M. J. Jones, A. M. Griffith, J. J. Speights, G. W. Garrett, and A. Hutchins.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C22990.91F6DF60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: <MSLAWREN-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MSLAWREN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: MSLAWREN-D Digest V02 #129 ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C22990.91F6DF60 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="ATT00048.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ATT00048.eml" Content-Type: text/plain MSLAWREN-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 129 Today's Topics: #1 RE: Lawrence County Regional Histo [southronmann@netscape.net (PGM)] #2 Re: Lawrence County Regional Histo ["Barb P." <bprest@netdoor.com>] #3 Lawrence County Press, July 12, 18 [Eddie Mikell <mikell@virginia.edu>] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from MSLAWREN-D, send a message to MSLAWREN-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. 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To contact the list administrator, send mail to MSLAWREN-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C22990.91F6DF60 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="RE Lawrence County Regional History Museum.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="RE Lawrence County Regional History Museum.eml" X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:24:28 -0400 From: southronmann@netscape.net (PGM) To: MSLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <744B258C.7A922E86.A03E0174@netscape.net> Subject: RE: Lawrence County Regional History Museum Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit http://www.telapex.com/~donnasue/ I don't know if this is the correct one but Donna Sue Ballard has a page on the Lawrence County Regional History Museum Pam __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. 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The town is pretty dull. J. D. Carlisle is on a visit to Brookhaven this week. Remember the subscription price of the Press is only $1.00, and must be paid in advance. Madame Rumor says that a stranger has appeared at the house of Mr. H. Smith. It's a girl. Mr. A. C. McNair, of Brookhaven passed through this place last Saturday en route to Williamsburg. Mr. T. A. Hickman and family have been visiting relatives and friends in Beauregard, returned home last Sunday. A kind of lung fever is prevailing among the horses near this place, and some have died. Fears are entertained of its being epidemic. Hall's creek school, after a long vacation, opened last Monday under the efficient management of that charming young lady, Miss Rhoda. Only a few county warrants have been sold, and they are 95 cents on the dollar. The general county fund is not exhausted, but a balance remains to the credit of some of the special funds. The jail now has two occupants, Harmon Hooker, charged with larceny, and George Mikell, the Negro who murdered the little Negro with an ax across the river about two months ago. Both cases will come before next weeks court. PUBLISHER'S GREETING. I greet you, my friend, as publisher of the Lawrence County Press. Six yeara ago my brother and myself were left fatherless by the memorable and disastrous cyclone of 182, with a mother and two sisters depending on us for support. After resurrecting the old Monticello Advocate and running it for a time, we removed to Columbai, and now havine lived in the latter place for over five years, I am again with you, not with the old Monticello Advocate outfit (as my brother still runs that in Columbai), but with an entirely new office. Whether I am a fixture here or not depends altogether upon the encouragement I receive at your hands. Lawrence county is able to support a small sized newspaper, and it should give that newspaper whole and undivided patronage. In conclusion, I am happy to say that I am not among strangers, and I trust that the friends of my father who so nobly stood by him will now lend me a helping hand in establishing the Press upon a firm and solid basis. Joseph Dale, publisher. The grand jury of Hinds county has indicted B. T. Hobbs, of the Brookhaven Leader, for alleded libel of Col. Jones S. Hamilton, since his trial at Brandon. As soon as Mr. Hobbs heard of the indictment he took the train and went to Jackson to answer for the charge. A bloody tragedy occurredin Leflore county last Saturday, resulting in the instant death of P. H. Ivey and Sam Austin, and the dangerous wounding of S. H. Whitworth and Bea McCarty. The difficulty originated, it is sad, in a feud between the McCarty's and Whitworth. Remember the Press office is in he handsome granite building on the corner of Broad and Commerce streets. If you don't knkow where the corner is, perhaps you will make more headway by looking at the numbers. It is No. 64. You will find the editorial rooms on the first floor. Remember that is is on Broad Street and fronts Beat 4. Sheriff Lee returned from Westville last Thursday evening with Sherman Hooker and placed him in jail again for safe keeping. Hooker, though comparatively a young Negro, is what might be termed a bad man. He has served a term in the penitentiary for attempted murder and a short while ago was place in jail here to answer for burglary commited before he was sentenced to the State prison. Being bailed out by Mr. Joshua Hickman, who carried him to work on his place, he soon took leg bail and made an escape to the Cato neighborhood in Rankin county, where Sheriff Lee got track of him, had him arrested and brought to the Westville jail and from thence returned him to the jail here LIST OF JURORS The following is a list of the jurors selected to serve during next week's court: Grand Jurors. Beat 1, W. A. Selman, W. C. Maxwell, W. W. Townsend and Charles Collins, col. Beat 2, J. H. Knight, C. H. Moore, W. N. Robertson, O. G. Jolly. Beat 3, J. M. Mullins, A. J. Powell, J. L. Lambert Beat 4, Thoas Bradle, Anthony Hutchins, Washington Oatis, col. Beat 5, E. B. Parkman, J. W. Armstrong, B. B. Stringer and Bright Buckley, col. Petit Jurors: Philip Magee, R. F. Thompson, Amos Hayes, col. W. G. William, F. M. Redmond, W. B. Stringer, C. C. Cliborne, Wad Blackman, J. H. Allen, John Bridges, J. B. Atwood, J. J. Catt, J. A. Bozeman, J. R. Boone, Richmond Edmonson, col., Joe Montgomery, col. Ranson Baggett, col., J. P. Sartin, G. W. Jones, T. . Rutland, W. J. Lee, Warrant Patterson, B. F. King, M. J. Jones, A. M. Griffith, J. J. Speights, G. W. Garrett, and A. Hutchins. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C22990.91F6DF60--

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July 10, 1890 Lemonade and ice were great luxuries here last Friday. Mr. Farrar Huffman, of Summitt is visiting relatives and friends in our town. The Bismark locals are unavoidly crowded out this week. They will appear in our next. The voting for the prettiest young lady at the picnic last Friday didn't come off, as advertised. What was the matter? Quite a number from town and the surrounding community attended the Sunday School convention at Crooked Creek. Rev. Geo G. Woodbridge preached to good congretations in the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning and night. Owen's Pink Mixture is pleasant to take, contains no opium and does not check the bowels too suddenly. For sale by H. S. Scherck. Some watermelons are making their appearance, but every one of them contains enough fever to kill a horse. Better wait till they get ripe. Col. John Hancock, of Washington, and Mr. R. J. Elliot, of Kansas, postoffice inspectors, were in town last Thursday and Friday, to and from Hooker. Mr. Geo W. Garrett, who is attending the loading of the flat boat with bridge iron at Jackson, paid us a flying visit last week. He says he will be down with the boat about next week if nothing serious happens. Mr. Leon S Meyers, representing the Kratzenstein Clothing Co., of New York, one of the most deservedly popular dummer's on the road, and an all round jolly good fellow, was in town last Saturday and Sunday. The picnic at the school building last Friday was a grand affair and surpassed our most sanguine expectations. There were between 300 and 400 people on the grounds, and able speeches were made in the commodious new school building by Prof. Everett L. Green, the courteous principal of Lawrence County High School. Mr. C. E. Watts left last Sunday night for Hinds, Holmes and the Delta counties in the interest of the Champion Pleting Machine, and will be gone for a week or two. Mr. Pleas Jones is conducting his business here during his absence. VOLUME THIRD With this issue the Press enters upon its third volume and we cannot pass the event by unheralded with a flourish of trumpets and the waving of handkerchiefs, as it were. During this time, by the strneous efforts fo the editor and the liberal patronage of the citizens, the paper has grown from struggling infancy into resolute childhood, its teeth have been cut and it has learned to talk a little though not quite boldly yet. We have tried to make the paper a success as much as in our humble power lay, and with everything considered, think we have succeeded fairly well. We have made mistakes, but these are natural appendages to every living human being, and we know that a fair and impartial public has overlooked them, such as they are. Sunday School Convention The 3rd annual session of the Lawrence County Sunday School Convention convened at Crooked Creek church last Saturday morning the 5th inst., and was called to order by the President, Dr. G. A. Teunisson promptly at 10 o' clock. After a short while spent in devotional exercises, the business meeting was duly opened and Wade Polk was made temporary secretary. On motion W. J. Armstrong and D. A. Scarborough were appointed a committee on credentials. In accordance with the offer of the Lawrence County Press, published in a previous issue, the President appointed Rev. R. W. Hall, J. C. Buckley, J. A. Rowan, Mrs. D. M. Lee, Mrs. D. A. Scarborough and G. W. Brown as a committee to hear all essays and recitations and make report before the Convention adjourns as to who were entitled to the prizes offered. Prayer was offered by Rev. R. W. Hall, and while the committee on credentials was making up their report, it was suggested that the regular programme be carried on, which was agreed to. Rev. John Buckley delivered the address of welcome, which was responded to on behalf of the Convention by the President, Dr. G. A. Teunisson. The committee on credentials made the following report, to wit: Bahala Chapel (Methodist) - Lee Byrd and J. R. Armstrong