Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-09-07
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
Curtailed News Items of
Passing Interest.
CULLINGS OF THE PAST WEEK.
Something TO Interest Our Towns
People and Country Neighbors.

On September 1, 1S99 The Greene
County Herald registered one year old
| we are proud to state that the promot-
ers of this paper who launched her
| upon the journalistic waters on Sep
TENDER LIST, 1898, did not have to suffer
the humiliation of seeing her sink
into oblivion long before her first birth
day, as several of her contemporaries
who were ushered into the newspaper
world in the same wear did. She has
| surmounted difficulties that have been
hard to overcome, but perseverance has
prevailed against all odds, and as the
| wheels of time still roll on, so does she
adding longer life to her short exist
ence.
The board of supervisors of Greene
county met in regular session last Mon
| day. but little business of interest was
transacted. We publish the proceed
ings next issue.
Mr. Kolb, from Brooklyn. Perry
county, was visitor in town last
Monday
Mr. Y D. Westerfeld spent several
days in MOBILE the first of the week,
looking up his commercial interests.
On Sept. list and Sth, 1899, two
thirds of the subscriptions to the Her.
aid for the year 189S-1S99 expires, most
of these have been paid for yet few
are over due. Unless otherwise in
structed we shall continue the names
of all old subscribers on our list for the
coming year 18991900. All who are
in arrears for subscription for the past
year will confer a favor on the man
agement by settling up, and all those
who wish to renew to hand in their
dollar.
Each week we add new names to our
subscription list, those who subscribe
are not all citizens of our county, but
other counties furnish goodly number
of new subscribers. This speaks well
for paper but one year old, shows
plainly that it is getting recognition
and notoriety not only at home, but
abroad.
Mr.. l.. G. Peaster, Of State Line,
busted himself last week erecting pill
lars under Mr. Y. D. Westerfied 8
dwelling
DIR. Sam Pool contemplates erecting
new dwelling near the site of his
old place Mr.. ]. S Lackey has also
decided upon the building of resi-
dence near town
Mr.. Mac Dorsett was SO unfortunate
last week as to pierce one of his feet
with nail, and in consequence was
lame fol- some days.
Mr.. Hugh McInnis who is overseer
of the Silver Hill road, had all those
subject to duty on same out at work
last Saturday.
Mr. james G. Lowery, who has
been teaching school in this county
for the last few years, left last Friday
for his home at Blue Mountain to re-
turn no more he Informed us
EOwing to a misunderstanding the
name of James Beard, ST., has twice
appeared in our announcement column
as candidate for tax assessor since
our primary election Mr. Beard is
not in the race and his announcement
won't appear any more.
Mr.. E. J. Adam, of Pass Christian,
is no longer a part owner in this paper
having severed his connection with it
on August oath, 1899, as will be seen
by notice Of dissolution of the firm
of Adam and Faulk, which is appear
ing in this issue. 1t will also be seen
that this paper has been turned over to
myself In making my bow to my pa
irons on assuming the duties of my
new position am glad to state that l
am not wholly unknown to you as a
journalist, for have been at the helm
of the Greene County Herald lona
enough to have demonstrated my abil-
ity or inability to conduct newspaper
want to ask of each and every citizen
OF this county, your support, for this 1T
takes to make paper successful. Put
your shoulders to the wheel. pull all to-
gether and between us we will build
up newspaper in the county that will
be credit to you, one that will make
place for itself both at home and
abroad. No doubt many will ponder
How can be of any help2 Why in this
way, if you are a delinquent subscriber,
pay up your subscription, if paid up
subscriber, renew your subscription at
the expiration of your time promptly,
and if not subscriber send in your
dollar and name at once.