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. Thank you for your support! March 2, 1893 Mr. G. H. Fox visited Columbia this week. The steamer Earl is looked for tomorrow or the day after. Mr. A. W. Cooper of Magnolia visited our town last week on business. Mrs. Sarah Watts and daughter-in-law Mrs. Tom Watts, have been quite ill recently. Rev. L. A. Little of Clinton will preach in the Baptist church next Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. F. L. Riley, Sr., and W. B. Easterling of Hebron were visitors to our town yesterday, and honored us with a call. Miss Nona Denson, a charming young lady of Silver Creek, was a visitor to our town last Monday. She was accompanied by her father, Capt. J. J. Denson. Hon. A. E. Weathersby of Greenwood delighted his Monticello friends with a visit this week. Ed will be in the county two weeks visiting relatives and friends. Mrs.W. L. Garrison, recently of Piotona, is visiting her brother, the editor of the Press, for a few days prior to her departure for her future home at Lake Providence, La. Mrs. Harris of Meridian, accompanied by her son, Mr. Clarence Harris, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Butler, near this place. We are indebted to Mr. Harris for several pleasant calls. Mr. R. M. Wellborn leaves next Monday for Texas, where he goes to try his fortune. Mr. Wellborn was born and reared in this county, and his legion of friends here wish him Godspeed in whatever business he may engage. It is with sad regret this week that we announce the death of one of our county's oldest and best citizens - Mr. Thomas Maxwell, sr. - who died at his home three miles south of this place last Tuesday morning at 9:30 o' clock. Scarcely ten days had passed since the grave closed over the loved form of his aged brother when he too, was summoned to his long home. He was confined to his bed with la grippe at the time of his brother's death, but at the time his condition was not considered critical. But ah! How little do we realize the truth of the Scriptural proverb that "when in life we are in death." He was a gradual decline up to the time of dissolution, and Tuesday morning he breathed his last, surrounded by grief-stricken relatives and sorrowing friends. Volumes might be written in commemoration of his virtues, but no more fitting tribute could be paid to his memory than to say of him that "he did unto others as he would have others do unto him." Hebron Notes The pupils of Hebron High School have just finished their examinations for the 2nd term. They look as though they had been hard at work. Dr. B. D. Bishop paid us a visit last Thursday. We are always glad to see the Dr. and wish he would come often. Mrs. Amanda Hartzog died very suddenly last Tuesday evening. She came to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Thomas, and had been in the house only a few minutes when she fell dead. Heart disease was the cause of her death. We sympathize deeply with the bereaved family. Mr. Thad Sutton died last Wednesday morning of pneumonia. His death was quite a shock to his many friends here. Mrs. Wiley Maxwell and Miss Pearl Maxwell were in our village last week on a visit to their sister, Miss Fannie. Their friends were all glad to see them and trust they will come again. Delinquent Tax Sale E. H. Sistrunk, R B Hemphill, Harriet Prestidge, Spence Bridges, Amanda Carney, H H Hammen, Lillie Hall, Obediah Springfield, L W Sartin, Clint Moss, Silas Wheeler, H W Williams, Sarah Watts, Wesley Sims, Ann Sullivan, Harry Nichols, Dennis Nichols, jr., Sam Oatis estate, Joshua Golar, Steve Adams, Joshua Butler, N L King, B F & M E Turner, Wilson Oatis, L J Neal, Ben & Will Herring, Robertson & White, M J Suttles, Alfred Buckley, Robert Dampeer, Jack Fortinberry, Mary Grinstead, L D Smith