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From: Eddie Mikell <>
Subject: Lawrence County Press, January 24, 1889
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:09:39 -0500

January 24, 1889

I told you so.



We submit quietly



The Hall got the school.



Subscribe right now for the Lawrence County Press.



L.Cohn has just received a full supply of two-fold zephyr.



C. E. Watts keeps the most cigars and tobacco in town.



The railroad meeting at this place last Monday was pretty warm.



Our subscription book has several new editions this week, for which we
return many thanks.



We will publish the proceedings of the high school executive committee in
our next issue.



Rev. R. D. Hall preached a very interesting and instructed sermon in the
Presbyterian church last Sunday.



Mr. B. T. Hobbs of Brookhaven Leader, was in attendance upon court last
Monday and Tuesday. He was at looking after the "dear" delinquent.



If Mondays meeting can be taken as an index of the sentiment of the people
and we think it can Lawrence is overwhelmingly for the proposed railroad.



Mr. S. H. Dale, the handsome young editor of the Pearl River News and his
estimable lady were visitors into our town this week: The former in the
interest of the news.



It is asserted that the assets of H. B. Pope, the alliance merchant who went
to New Orleans a few weeks ago and failed to return, will not pay more than
10 on the dollar of his obligations.



The publisher of this paper leaves for McComb City this morning in company
with his brother S. H. Dale. Those wishing to pay is any thing will please
leave it with Mr. Will Cannon.



MONDAY RAILROAD MEETING

An interesting and important railroad meeting was held during the noon
recess of Court Monyda. Drs E. A. Rowan and luther Sexton of Wesson,
representing the Mississippi River and Mexican Gulf Railroad company, were
here with Mr. Mereer, an experienced civil engineer, and the two former
gentlemen addressed our peopleon the propsed new railroad from Natchez or
Vicksburg, via Wesson and thence through this county to Mobile or some other
point on the Gulf of Mexico.



HOMESTEAD NOTICE

George Smith, wit: John Bryant, Virgil Bryant, William Grinstead, Ashley
Smith, all of Hooker.

James H. Peavy, wit: T. J. Gibson, A. W. Maxwell, J. J. Renfroe, A. M.
Smith, all of Monticello.

Enoch S. Read, wit: William Wilson, N. B. Buckley, of Monticello.

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