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! May 30, 1889 The town is quite lively this week. One and two quart fruit jars at L. Cohn's. For the latest style in hats go to C. E. Watts'. Miss Hattie Cooper was a welcome visitor to our town last Sunday. Mrs. Dr. Gregory, of Silver Creek, paid our town a visit yesterday. Mr. T. M. Watts, of Silver Creek, was a visitor to our town yesterday. Mr. W. A. Byrne was in town last Monday looking as jovial as ever. Mr. Alfred Turnage is in attendance upon the Chancery Court this week. Mr. Fant, of the firm or Earns, Fant & Long, of Wesson, was in town yesterday. The Board of Supervisors will meet next Monday. It will be quite an interesting meeting. Mr. W. A. Byrne was in town last Monday looking as jovial as ever. Mr. Alfred Turnage is in attendance upon the Chancery Court this week. Mr. Fant, of the firm of Earns, Fant and Long, of Wesson, was in town yesterdayl. Rev. George Woodbridge passed through this place last Monday enroute home from Mt. Carmel. Rev. Mr. Caldwell, of Hazlehurst preached a fine sermon in the Presbyteriam church last Thursday night. Prof. R. S. Foster, of Hattiesburg was a visitor to our town last Wednesday in the interest of school matters, and gave us a pleasant call. Miss Jennie Williams, who has been spending several days in town visiting relatives, returned to her home at Silver Creek last Sunday. Miss A. E. Jolly, a charming young lady of Hooker, was a welcome visitor to our town last Tuesday. We are grately indebted to her for a plesant call. Mr. J. F. Ivy and Miss Louisa Johnson were united in the holy bonds of wedlock in this place, on last Thursday, by Rev. Geo G. Woodbridge Mr. J. L. Birdsong and son, of Hazlehurt, were visitors to our town this week. The elder Birdson, we understand, is a life insurance agent. We are indebted for him for a pleasant call. MARRIED PATTERSON-CONNELLY At the residence of the bride's step-father, Capt. H. I. Byrd, of Tryus, May 23, 1889, by Rev. Robt. B. Downer, Mr J. Ellison Patterson, of Wesson, to Miss Lillian Connerly, of Tryus. We offer our congratulations to the happy couple. Miss Rena Robertson, a former resident of this place, but now of Boguechitto, was among her many friends at this place last Sunday. We are indeed very sorry to learn that Mr. A. Cohn will soon leave us, as we learn he has rented a house in Brookhave and will likely remove his family to that place next week. Mr. Cohn has resided in this place for a number of years, and has made a good citizen. We regret very much to lose him and his family from our midst. ADVERTISEMENT Light Healthy Bread. Dr. Prices lupulin Yeast Gems. The best dry hop yeast in the world. Bread raised by this yeast is light, white and wholesome like our grandmother's delicious bread. Mr. J. F. Ivy and Miss Louisa Johnson were united in the holy bounds of wedlock in this place, on last Thursday, by Rev. Geo G. Woodbridge. Married - Patterson - Connelly, at the residence of the bride's step-father, Capt. H. I. Byrd, of Tryus, May 23, 1889, by Rev. Robert. B. Downer, Mr. J. Ellison Patterson, of Wesson, to Miss Lillian Connerly, of Tryus. We offer our congratulations to the happy couple. Commencement of Columbia High School Last Thursday morning at about 6 o'clock, we straddled a borrowed mustange, and started in the direction of Columbia. It was our intention when we first started to take in the commencement exercises of Columbia High School, and by reading on down a little further, you will see that we didn't change our mind. Well, we hadn't gone but about a mile when we came to the 1 mile post. We didn't stop here, but kept plodding on until we had passed 29 more, and then we got down. We were glad to get down. One of our big toe's was tired. The toe had plenty of company, too. We found out that we was not the only one present, but found intead a vast number from this, Pike, Covington, and Marion counties ready to "take it in." The town presented quite a lively appearance, and reminded us forcibly of old times, when we used to make that town our headquaters. We will give below the programme of the concerts for Thursday and Friday nights, as it might interest some of our readers. The concerts were the most interesting features of the exercises, hence this is the reason we give them precedure. The programme for Thursday night was as follows: Salutatory - Miss Lizzie Ford. Music - Belle Foxworth and Mattie Lloyd