Greene County herald., 1900-04-06
LOCALS.

Saturday. He knows how to make
the editor smile.
Mr.. j. G. Dorsett was a State Line
visitor last week.
Mr.. Claude Westerfeld, of Hills
boro, is a recent arrival.
Mr.. @. W. Valley, of Grafton, was
greeting old friends in our midst Sat-
urday. We are always glad to see
Columbus.
Mr.. Richmond Mckay, of Leaf, but
recently returned from Montgomery,
Ala, where he has been attending
Massey's Business College, spent two
days in our town last week visiting
his sick brother, Mr.. s. r. Mckay and
family.
| Among the Lucedalites who were at
the County Seat Saturday, were !:
Messrs. J. s. Henderson, @. Fl. Glib
SOD, w. E. Thomas, w. E. Waters and
G. Helveston, justice of the peace. On
Monday Messrs. w 1. Taylor and
Asa Moss represented the same town
here.
Merrill furnished her Just pro rata
of Leakesville comers and goers last
week. Messrs. H. g. Turner, j. j.
Bexley, j. F. Sherwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Breland, Sr., being of this num-
Der.
Mr.. A. T. Ross, that well-known
hustler for Jones & Hooks, Tobac-
coists, of Mobile, was facing our mer-
chants Saturday with pencil and pad
in hand.
We are glad to announce that Mr..
S. r. Mckay is rapidly convalescing
Leakesville High School closed last
Monday.
Mr.. j. p Beard, of Long Branch,
was here last Friday signing up pa
pers giving ferry privileges to Turner
& Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Thomas, of
Merrill, both visited. their sick kins-
man, Clerk Mckay, last week.
Mr.. P. T. Humes, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., was presenting the many advan-
tages of handling DR.. Granger's Pre-
perations to our merchants, one day
last week.
Messrs. David Hewlett, A. J. Hew-
lett and Ash Mcleod, were before the
clerk Monday in support of the first
named gentleman's claim to home
stead.
Our townsmap, Mr.. ]. d. Webb, is
trying housekeeping again, he having
domiciled himself, with two daughters
and son, Saturday in the parsonage.
In speaking of hustling log buyers
the name of Mr.. Monroe Cowart, of
State Line, should never be left Off of
the list. But few weeks ago he
drove about six thousand logs down
Chickasahay for ]. Bounds. On Sat
urday last, he hove in sight with an
other big drive for same party.
Mr.. H. j. Austin, of Mobile, was
last week seeing what orders he could
| get from our merchants in the grocery
line for that staunch old Mobile firm,
Marshall Davis & Co.
Mr.. w. P. Rheinhart was in town
Monday.
Attorney W. r. Woods, OF Scran-
ton, and Mr.. J. o. Acree, of Mobile,
came out to the county seat town Mon
day, the former to sell and the latter
to buy some lands now in litigation.
Capt. E. L. Sykes, of who knows
where, was before our board Monday
checking up the account of Walker
Evans -Cogswell & Co. OF course
nothing but an allowance would make
him happy.
Messrs. r. A. Turner, Cal. Byrd,
A. Merritt and Justice J. b. Turner,
of Kittrell, attended to various matters
in on our village Monday.
Max Frenkle and Co.'S man, L. H.
Hardee, made all one of his usual semi
annual trips to Leakesville Monday,
seeking orders of our merchants
The occupants of Mr.. J. J. McInnis'
residence we're startled Sunday morn
ing by loud report seemingly very
near. Upon investigation it was found
that the upper part Of the chimney In
to the east wing ok the building had
tumbled down thus accounting for the
loud crash heard.
Rev. H. c. Smith returned to San
dersville, last week.
Attorney ]. E. Alderman attended
to professional business in Merrill
first OF the week.
Mr.. Thad McRae, turpentine man
Of Merrill, attended to divers matters
in town Tuesday.