----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Taunton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: News of The Past > Article continued from last week, which was written in 1901 - This > Louisville Is In Mississippi - by news-correspondent of The Times Picayune > of New Orleans: > > A distinct moral atmosphere pervades the town, being the place of residences > of five ministers of the Gospel, Rev. J. M. McLean, Rev. J. W. Treadwell, > Rev. J. A. Hall, Rev. J. D. Newsom and Rev. J. C. Needham. There are five > good Church Buildings, the Cumberland Presbyterian, the Methodist, > Presbyterian, Baptist and Catholic. > > It has the following merchants: J. M. Bennett & Sons, Cox and Fox, H. > Kirkpatrick, W. W. Watson, G. W. Patty, R. Peavy, J. M. Harris & Co., W. J. > Newsom, L. B. Graham, J. P. McGraw & Sons, J. A. Dempsey and the Woodward > Liver Renovator Company, H. Morris is the jeweler and photographer; Miss > Kittie McMillin, the milliner. > > The blacksmiths and woodworking men are: W. H. Richardson and J. D. Shaw. > The physicians are: G. Y. Woodward, G.P. Woodward, A. S. Kirk and W. W. > Parks. The lawyers are: Jones & Hughston, L. H. Hopkins and Daniel & > Brantley. J. O. Bennett is the hotel keeper and J. N. Woodward runs a > steam, grist and saw mill, and gin. C. H. Hight is the Contractor and > Builder. > > The beautiful and modern court house is kept by G. W. E. Bennett, sheriff; > Robert L. Wood, Chancery Clerk; T. P. Metts, Circuit Clerk; L. H. Hopkins, > Supt. of Education; J. N. Clark, Treasurer; and M. H. Woodward, Tax > Assessor. The mayor is W. J. Newsom, and the Marshal is J. W. Gully. > Profs. Hall and Glenn are principals of the Louisville Normal School, with > 150 pupils. > > W. C. Hight, the editor and manager of the The Winston County Journal, with > his staff, runs a newsy and up-to-date paper. W. J. Wood is the obliging > post master. > > Louisville is not without a hope of a brilliant future. There are projected > railroad lines surveyed through the town, and the advantages that it can > offer to capital to build up the town are numerous, the most important of > which is the fact that within a space of eight to ten miles valuable > deposits of minerals have been found, including coal, iron, phosphate, > limestone, copper and traces of gold and silver. A company has been > organized to develop these minerals, and are now working on same. A shaft > is now being sunk, and if there proves to be a sufficient quantity of any of > the above minerals, the future of the town is assured and it will no longer > be compelled to beg capital to develop its hidden resources. There is every > reason to believe that the hills lying north and east of the town contain > valuable minerals, since they are but the offshoots of the Cumberland range > of mountains, and the people are anxious to have a state geologist. > > Socially and intellectually, the people of Louisville stand high. They keep > in close touch with the world, having a number of daily mails and telephone > connection with Ackerman. > > Winston County, of which Louisville is about the center, is rich in cotton > and corn lands, besides having a vast wealth of pine, poplar, and hardwood > timber. Within easy reach and near to the town are a number of fine mineral > springs, with the highest medicinal qualities, and with proper facilities > for travel, it could be made one of the best health resorts in the state. > All that is needed to develop these latent resources is capital, which, if > invested properly here, will bring good results. >