Copied from the History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County, by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. Now available on CD and hard copy. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information. You can also bid for this cd on e-bay! July 9, 1891 The much needed rain has come and plenty of it. The Board of Supervisors was in session last Monday and Tuesday. The editor enjoyed a pleasant visit to Crooked Creek church last Sunday in company with Prof. R. S. Foster. Hon. Geo W. Carlisle of Jackson, Commissioner of Immigration and land agent, visited relatives and friends in our town this and last week. Mr. W. M. Ross of Silver Creek authorizes us to say that Calvary Baptist church (at the Hall) will be dedicated next Sunday. Everybody is invited to attend, as a good time is anticipated. Volume Four. With this issue the Lawrence County Press centers upon the fourth year of its existence, and the patronage, good will and esteem it has enjoyed in the three bright years of its life are made fully minifest in the evidences of a large and increasing subscription list, an extensive advertising patronage and the kindly expressions heard on every hand. Within the past 12 months some important changes have taken place, and during that time, our efforts have been crowned with greater success. Since this is our anniversary, the paper has been enlarged from a five to a six-column folio, and other improvements have been made. This was the result of increased patronage. Its pages can be still enlarged and its scope of usefulness more extended if the people will only give it their hearty and undivided support. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION The fourth annual session of the Lawrence Couny Sunday School Convention met in the court house in Monticello on Saturday, the 4th day of July, 1891 at 10:30 o'clock, a. m. On account of the lateness of the hour, the devotional exercises were dispensed with, and the Convention was opened with the song, "All hail the power of Jesus Name," after which an earnest prayer was delivered by Rev. J. W. Wellborn. Rev. G. G. Woodbridge being absent, the address of welcome was very appropriately delivered by Rev. J. W. Wellborn, and was responded to on behalf of the convention by President Brown in a neat and graceful little speech. On motion, it was decided to elect the officers of the Convention by acclamation. The following officers were elected J. J. Denson, President; E. O. Cowart, Vice President; J. E. Thomas, Secretary. The following Sunday Schools reported and the delegates enrolled: Monticello (Baptist), Mr. and Mrs. Will C. Cannon, D. M. Lee, Misses Dezzie Garrett and Maggie Edmondson. Monticello (Presbyterian) C. B. G. Ross, Mrs. B. V. Fairman, Dr. G. A. Teunisson. Bethel (Baptist) Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Maxwell, jr., Miss Mary Maxwell, Clarence Thornhill, P. Z. Jones. Bahala Chapel (Methodist) Jas F. Armstrong, Misses Fannie Hennington and Ackie Williams. Crooked Creek (Baptist) J. P. Culpepper, A. C. Buckley, J. E. Culpepper, W. L. Stringer, Misses Nannie Johnston, Cora Dale, and Lee Jolly. Smith School House (Union) J. D. May Antioch (Baptist) W. M. Lambert, E. L. Lee, jr. Oak Dale (Baptist) Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Griffith. Bethel (Methodist) Miss Alice Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Smith, G. W. Brown. Mt. Moriah (Methodist) J. J. Denson, Miss Fannie Williams, J. H. Williams, Mr. and L. E. Haynes. Calvary (Baptist) Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ross, T. D. White, John Floyd, Miss Annie Griffith, Virgil Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Burk Bennett.. Hebron (Baptist), J. D. Riley, Miss Bal Riley, Dr. J. R. Berry. SAULSBURY NOTES Watermelons and cucumbers all the go. The negros and goose necks will feel easier now, as Capt. Crab has yielded to their command. The mail days at Saulsbury have changed from Friday to Tuesday and Saturday. Profs Russell, Jolly and Conn's schools are on a boom now. We have endeavored to write a few lines this time without copying after any part of a hog and sincerely hope that we are not imposing on a helpless public so much as before. Boat Rider, Saulsbury, Miss, July 3rd, 1891. It is with feelings of much regret that we learn of the death of Capt. Wm. Oliver of Wesson, which sad and untimely event occurred last Friday night. Rumors of a cyclone west of this place last Monday have come to us, but as high water has prevented any mail from coming through this week, nothing definite can be learned.