Newspapers

There have been several newspapers in

Franklin County over the years. These are a few of them.

The Franklin Advocate

began publication in 1890 as a weekly paper

and is still being published today.

The Southern Progress was published in Garden City.

Articles

Mississippi Free Trader and Natchez Gazette, June 28, 1845

Meadville, June 16th, 1845

Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the democratic party of the county of

Franklin, was held in the town of Meadville, on Monday the 16th day of June,1845.

Upon motion of Thos. Lochridge, Judge James M. Jones was called to the chair,

and Wm. J. Proby appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting being explained

by the chair, Hiram Cassedy moved that the chair appoint fifteen persons as

delegates to the State Convention, to be held at Jackson on the 7th day of July

next; whereupon, the chair appointed the following persons: Thos. Havis, Hiram

Cassedy, Dr. C. C. Campbell, Wm. Calvet, Jr., Thos. Lochridge, Wm. J. Proby,

Charles Stewart, Geo. A. Cloy, J. R. Cotton, James Johnson, W. Calvetsen, D.

H. McMillan, Nathan Smith, Edmund Tucker and upon motion of Hiram Cassedy, the

chairman of the meeting was added to the list of delegates.

Upon motion of George A. Cloy, the meeting proceeded to nominate a candidate

to represent this county in the ensuing legislature, and the name of Hiram

Cassedy being suggested to the meeting by G. A. Cloy, Esq. as a suitable

candidate for that office, it was unanimously

Resolved, That Hiram Cassedy be declared the nominee of this convention to

represent this county in the next Legislature.

Upon motion of G. A. Cloy, Esq. it was

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the chairman and

secretary, and that the Mississippi Free Trader at Natchez be requested to

publish

the same.

Upon motion the meeting adjourned.

James M. Jones, Charman

Wm. J. Proby, Secretary