Copied from the "History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County", all rights reserved. Please do not add to your website without permission. For information on ordering a copy, which includes complete transcription for each date, please e-mail mikell@virginia.edu December 19, 1889 Where do you expect to spend Christmas? A little rain right now wouldn't be objected to. Mr. V. M. Stovall of China Grove was in town last Tuesday Mr. M. A. Griffith of Silver Creek, was in town last Tuesday All kinds of fancy candies and Christmas goods at C. E. Watts Mr. W. R. Selman and son of Tryus were visitors to our town last week. Dr. W. C. Weathersby of New York, is sick at his mother's in this county. There was a marriage up the river last night. We will say more about that next year. Mr. Buck, of Jackson, deputy internal revenue collector, spent Friday in town. Mssrs. Quit and Jim Speights, and Lipp Parkmam, of Oakvale, visited New Orleans last week. Mrs. D. M. Lee and Miss Maggie Edmondson returned from a pleasant visit to Columbia last week. Rev. R. W. Hall preached to attentive congregations in the Baptist Church last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Hall, son of Rev. R. W. Hall of Silver Creek, was in town last Saturday and paid us an appreciated call. Rev. A. A. Lomax, of Hazlehurst, preached a very fine sermon in the Baptist Church last Tuesday night to a large and attentive congregation. The publisher leaves Saturday morning for Dallas, Tex., where he goes to visit relatives. During our absence Mr. Cannon will act as our agent. Remember this. Homestead Notice William Grinstead, wit: R. S. Rester, Josiah Foster, John Bryant, Geo A. Smith, all of Hooker. Blackman R. Buckley, wit: Moses Stringer, W. C. Dale, O. G. Jolly, H. M. Batton, all of Hooker. Francis Woodward, wit: George Smith, John Bryant, G. W. Johnson, John Daughdrill, all of Hooker Riley Buckley, wit: N. S. Buckley, John C. Magee, of Oakvale, Alph Blackwell, Thomas Buckley of Bournham Francis M. Cliburn, wit: Moses Stringer, W. C. Dale of Hooker, W. J. Robinson, of Silver Creek