Perry County MsArchives History .....1912 New Augusta Phone Directory May 23, 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joe McSwain mcswain@netdoor.com December 6, 2009, 10:46 am Early Phone Directory for New Augusta, Mississippi In today’s society, all most everyone either owns or has access to a telephone. This was not the case in the early 1900’s. Only a privileged few were able to have a phone at their residence or place of business. The following is one of the earlier "phone books" which was listed in the May 23, 1912 edition of The Perry County News. Directory of New Augusta Telephone Company No. 0 Perry County News office 1 Vacant 2 F. W. Smith 3 Dr. B. T. Robinson 4 Mrs. A. E. Mills 5 J. F. Ruffin 6 F. F. Myers 7 Vacant 8 Vacant 9 Dr. H. P. Smith 10 Mrs. R. McSwain 11 Perry County Bank 12 Sheriff’s Office 13 Hairston Bros. Office 14 Kennedy Bros. Office 15 Fullilove’s Drug Store 16 Dr. H. P. Smith Office 17 Walter Myers 18 C. E. White 19 A. T. L. Watkins 20 C. C. Dearman 21 Ruffin & Company Office 22 A. J. Ikard 23 H. Myers, Old Augusta 26 C. T. Fullilove 27 J. H. Davis 31 Smith Drug Company Office 33 E. E. McCoy 34 Walter Myers farm 48 J. N. McCoy Party Lines: Wingate Line -- Young, Small, Burdine, Smith, and Morris Mahned Line -- W. H. Carpenter, Mrs. Belle Myers, R. F. D. No. 1 via New Augusta P. C. James, G. D. Draughn, J. L. McCardle, Pace & Barrow, B. S. Stevens, connection with Runnelstown and Richton. Call all parties wanted outside local exchange by name -- Toll stations at Runnelstown, Petal, Mahned, Wingate and intermediate points, and direct connection with Cumberland Telephone Company. Additional Comments: 1912 Directory of New Augusta Telephone Company Transcribed by Robert J. McSwain, Jr. Source: The Perry County News, May 23, 1912 edition File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/perry/history/other/1912newa22gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb