Copied from the "History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County", all rights reserved. For information on ordering a copy, please e-mail mikell@virginia.edu December 15, 1892 Explanatory. On account of being burned out in the recent disastrous conflagration that visited Monticello, and the unavoidable delay occasioned in getting in new material, a regular edition will not appear until Thursday, January 5th, 1893. The Press feels duly grateful for all the kind expressions of sympathy offered in its misfortune, and promises to send forth in the future as good, if not a better paper than it has ever issued. We wish you, on and all, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Board of Supervisors, December term, 1892 At a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the following members and officers were present to wit: Z. P. Jones, S. C. Buckley, J. C. Lambert, T. H. Brinson, A. W. Stringer, D. M. Lee, Sheriff, and Will C. Cannon, Clerk. Silas Upton was allowed $28.60 for building a bridge across Green's creek on Midway road. S. J. Sills to Austin Sullivan. J. W. Miller to Samuel Hickman. James Hathorn, a prisoner in the county jail, was discharged from custody, more than three months having elapsed since the date of his confinement. The Board adjourned until Tuesday morning, 8 o'clock. Second day - Board met pursuant to adjournment; present same as yesterday. The flowing claims against the county were allowed: Joseph Dale, T. C. Maxwell, Rueben Fields, Geo D. Barnard, Parkman and Speights, S. Hickman for burial expenses of Lucy Jones, a pauper. The following returning officers of election were allowed $3.00 each. J. B. Smith, J. H. Johnston, I. L. Lambert, Joesph Price, J. B. Cothern, A. M. Griffith, R. B. Dale, O. W. Burkett, S. E. Parkman, F. J. Leonard. The following managers and returning officers of election were allowed $2.00 each: D. W. Garrett, W. W. Walden, W. M. Waller, J. J. Hutchins. The following managers, clerk and bailiffs of election were allowed $1.00 each. J. L. Gray, P. P. Garrett, Thomas Mullins, A. H. McGuiffee, P. Z. Jones, John Steen, J. E. Stephens, H. I. Bird, M. D. L. Crawford, J. J. Grice, J. B. Moore, Anderson Fortenberry, F. P. Bonner, C. H. Moore, J. H. Knight, M. Stringer, G. A. Smith, W. C. Dale, A. C. Buckley, L. E. Sills, J. D. May, John Bridges, J. W. Ballard, B. Mixon, J. Q. Hall, F. F. Roberts, Calvin Carney, E. M. Collins, J. M. Roberts, Jacob W. Willoughby, I. G. Lawrence, W. B. Foreman, T. J. Collins, W. D. Boyd, J. H. Summers, J. S. Neal, C. N. Wilson, W. W. Williams, J. M. Armstrong, W. C. Hutchins, J. P. Weathersby, W. W. Brinson, A. H. Dale, H. M. Smith, W. S. Boyanton, J. M. Payne, F. M. Mitchell, S. T. Sutton, A. Hartzog, L. W. Buckley, C. W. Nichos, J. R. Parkman, J. M. Polk, Jeff Burrow, J. H. Polk, B. B. Stringer, N. S. Buckley, Chas G. Ellzey, L. L. Polk, R. A. Daniel, Wm Lewis, F. M. Garrett, B. F. Turner. The following claims were allowed: Jasper A. Russell, J. M. Ford, T. H. Butler, M. D, J. W. Bourn, A. W. Stringer, T. M. Walker M. D., D. M. Lee, B. D. Bishop, T. J. Andres, J. D. Carlisle.