The following are articles found in a newspaper mailed out of Madison which combined the following newspapers from towns located in Greenwood County: Hamilton Herald, Climax Chronicle, Virgil Visitor, Utopia Union, Quincy Quill and Neal News.
“From Madison it came to our notice sometime ago that a certain Madison banker was in favor of cutting Madison and Shell Rock Township loose from Greenwood County and attaching them to Lyon County. A. Barnard says he is in favor of the proposition. He says that he has nothing against Greenwood County. Emporia is nearly ten miles nearer Madison than Eureka is and the train service from here to Emporia is much better than it is to Eureka. Those are among the main reasons for Mr. Barnard taking the position he has on the question.
