All: I have completed the transcription of T. S. Powell's "Five Years in South Mississippi". T. S. Powell was a Baptist minister who worked for a few years as a minister in the Lawrence county area. His descriptions of the people and the trials he had of starting churches in the area give some additional insight to the newspaper articles, and Bethany Church records. In particular to me, he describes Ira H. Mikell (my great great grandfather) work as the Sunday School commisioner, which I never knew. Also, the first night he came to the area, he spent the night with Mr. Waller, but unfortunately, his father-in-law, John Mikell (my great great great grandfather!) had died that day, and they were having a wake for him that night. He also describes to the trip to the Mikell Cemetery. Pretty cool for me! I am not sending this out to the net, as some of the passages, on the views he has of the Baptist in the area, can get tiresome reading, but am including it as a bonus on the History of Lawrence County CD, which I offer. But I will include his last paragraph, on the description of his new job in Greenwood, MS The shadow of the future lay across my soul. I never experienced so deep a sensation before. It was in the midst of such a feeling I approached the town, dreading to see the tall buildings come into view. But at length the train drew up at the long station, and about three o'clock P. M., I set foot on the pavements of the dreaded city.