Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-30
LOCALS.

busy this week summoning the jury
for the coming circuit court.
Messrs Sam Garter, Erastus and
Wiloughby Byrd of Janet, were il
town Saturday attending to home
stead matters.
Mr.. 7. J. Beard of Lucedale, was
up Saturday greeting friends, he gave
the Herald office a pleasant call.
Messrs. Roche and Wolfe of Stock
ton, Ala, stopped in town few days
last week prospecting in cypress.
From here they went to Merrill vi
cinity.
Mr.. Harry Thompson, member of the
firm of O'Neal-Thompson Lumber
Co., of Leaf, was attending to bust
ness at the court house Saturday with
characteristic vigor.
Mr.. Neal Dunnam and the Misses
.Neels of Avera, were shopping in
town Saturday.
Mr.. S. HemphilI of Hattiesburg
was attending to land matters at the
court house one day last week.
Mr.. Monroe Cowart of State Line,
stopped in Leakesville for supplies
last Saturday, while making a trip
down the river with logs for Lake
Mills of Moss Point.
Testimony in the homestead contest
case of Shepherd VS.. Mcleod was
taken at the court house before the
clerk last week.
Mr. W. A. Coaker of this place was
recently so unfortunate as to get
kicked by his horse, in the face,
wasn't so badly injured after all. He
is about again with but small evil
dence of the accident.
Messrs. Dan Davis and A. @. Tim
mons, two of our old friends from
Chronicle, were prospecting in town
Saturday, they, too, having heard of
the New Leakesville. Of course
they gave the Herald office pleasant
call. The latter gentleman has taken
a good many building contracts with
the Vinegar Bend-Leakesville R. r.
Company for the erection of stations,
hotels, etc., along their line and ex-
poets to do some work in Leakesville
when the road gets over.
The Farmers Institute held here on
the 22nd inst, with Prof. W. 9. We'll
born of Starkville, as conductor,
while not so well attended, owing to
the swollen condition of streams from
recent rains, was yet decidedly a
profitable one; some very valuable
information on points touching on
that line being drawn out from the
professor who is veritable walking
bundle of data, ever ready to render a
prompt and convincing reply to all
questions. Let US have the farmers
Institute we firmly believe that good
will result therefrom.
Mr.. J. r. Delong, agent for the
American Bridge Company, New
York, was in town Saturday looking
up data for making estimates for
building steel bridges over rivers in
this county.
Messrs. A. j. Brice Of Deer Park,
and S. j. Warwick of Winchester,
Ala, were prospecting in town Tues
day.
The court house officers are busying
themselves getting in readiness for
the coming of the circuit conrt, regu-
lar September term, second Monday.
Mr.. Ben Davis saw filler in the log
camp of the Vinegar Bend Lumber
Co., near Exsho, was thrown from his
buggy last Sunday and in the melee
got one of his arms broken. He is
spending the week in Leakesville in
order to be near his physician, DR..
M. l.. Batson.
The Vinegar Bend and Leakesville
Railroad company have established a
station at point five miles from
here, which has been ohristened "Tur-
ner." They are hauling freight to
thatspoint now, bills of lading from
any point can be made out by them
on the regular prescribed order.
Miss Leila Beard Sundayed in town.
Mr.. e. r. Deuitt OF Exsho, was in
town the first of the week seeking
medical advice for family.
Mr.. James Byrd and W. P. Beard,
has been given the sub-contract for
clearing up right of-way for the
Vinegar Bend Leakesville r. r.
through the Chickasawhay river
swamp they began work this week
with a vim,