THE MATHISTON PRESS
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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 5
FEBRUARY 18, 1910 (CONTINUED)
LOCAL MENTION - Chas. F. Brock, Local Editor: Mrs. Mary Berryhill of Eupora was in town Monday. - M. H. Fondren and Ollie McCain made a pleasure trip to Sherwood Sunday. - A. D. Shaw, of the Blythe Creek neighborhood, was in town Monday on business. - Arthur Oswalt, a popular Justice of the Peace of Beat 2 in Choctaw, was in town Tuesday. - Quite a number of our citizens went to Chester to attend court this week. - Fred Bailey and John Franklin attended the “log rolling” at Tom Thornton’s farm on Spring Creek Tuesday. - Mrs. Lula Curry and little son Tommy, of the Blythe Creek community, were in town trading on Monday.
Joe Greer, Dr. J. H. Stennis, and J. M. McCain attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Columbus Monday. - B. F. Bollis, of the Hall community, was in town Tuesday. He was on his return from Grand Lodge at Columbus. - It seems that the very best efforts are being put forth to make a good crop this year. We hope that the people will not be disappointed. - Jim Bowles, D. L. Lawrence, J. M. Shaw, and G. H. B. Allen of Mt. Pisgah, were in town Tuesday. We understand that they brought cotton to be stored in the Farmers Union Cotton Warehouse here.
Rev. E. T. Putnam of Fame was a Wednesday visitor. - A. B. Bailey made a business trip to Walthall Thursday. - A number of Mathiston people came over and took in the Quaker Quartet on Saturday night. - E. D. Tabb, of Fame, was transacting business in our town on Wednesday.
DANCY DOINGS: Brother Smith filled his regular appointment at Mt. Hope Sunday. - Owing to the bad weather the J. Z. George Literary Society had to call in its meeting for last Friday night. - Mr. Lynch, the hardware man, spent Monday night with us. - Miss Nora Holland visited home folks at Maben on Saturday and Sunday. - J. A. Williams, of Maben, spent a part of Monday with us. - Owing to an epidemic of colds and la grippe school is somewhat smaller this week. It seems to have spared neither teachers nor pupils. - Prof. Almon Cooper was up for a short while Monday. - About 4,000 cabbage plants were put out here last week. They came out from under the snow, still living and looking pretty well. - George Holland accompanied his sister back from Maben Sunday - We regret to note that Dale Burges’ little son Charley is dangerously sick of pneumonia. - Mrs. G. B. Walker is visiting her son at Newton, being accompanied by her grandson Gradon.
