Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-09-12

Innis has been issued by the clerk,
and they, twain, will doubtless be
made one before this goes to press,
but to make assurance doubly sure, !"
we will reserve our congratulations.
Mr.. Hardy Mills went to Mobile re-
Gently hoping to receive beneficial
medical treatment, but his physici-
ans there told him that the only thing
they could do for him would be to
perform an operation, but feeling too
weak to undergo this severe ordeal he
declined and is now home again.
His friends much regret his disap
pointment in receiving no benefit from
his trip.
The Trade Edition of the New Or
leans Times Democrat, issued on the
1st inst. is one of the best in point of
matter and typographical get up ever
issued south of Mason and Dixon's
line, and we doubt even a northern
paper being able to excel it. The
Times Democrat is at all times an up
to-date, wide-awake paper, and is of
especial interest to readers of this
state as it makes specially of giving
all the Mississippi news worthy of
production.
The directors of the railroad have
decided to quit work at present, on
the main line and to put contractor
Buunabel on the branch road, which
will intersect the Gulf and Ship Island
at Bond, beginning at this point. 1t
seems they struck a snag in the shape
of an objection from Mr.. Blodget to
their running through his land. How
ever, this will be settled either by
agreement or condemnation proceed
ings in the near future. / is regret
ted that anything has occurred to in
terfere with the building of the road,
but we are glad to know Mr. Bounabel
and his force are to remain with us.
One of Greene county's young gen.
tlemen, upon matrimony bent, applied
recently to the clerk for license. au-
thorizing him to enter upon that state
OF blesse mess, but the custodian of
this sacred privilege, declined comply
ing with the request; whereupon, with
bowed head and faltering step, the
applicant departed, but ere long he
returned, bringing with b. 80 an"
sunshine. and - - i''0i II oA 'n0
....u. - ais fair intended, directing
e cleak to forthwith issue the license
as prayed for 1t seems the trouble
had been that the young lady was
minor, and therefore, not free to enter
into a matrimonial contrrct, but the
order from papa and mama made eve
rything all right and will cause two
happy hearts to beat as one," etc.
As will be seen the Board of Super
visors at its recent meeting provided
for five months school term. This
is move in the right direction, but
in our humble judgment they could
have gone one better in all safety.
Greene county will have a surplus to
the credit of her school fund of about
twenty five hundred dollars after pay
ing for the four months term, and as
the school costs only about five hun
dred dollars per month it looks as
though we could safely risk six
months term. We believe the boys
and girls Of Greene county should be
given not only long school term, but
also good teachers and if present sal
aries are not high enough to secure
them. then make them higher. The
time is fast coming when the man or
woman who does not possess an edu-
cation will be greatly handy capped in
the race CT life and now is the time to
begin placing before our young people
such opportunities as will fit them for
successfully entering upon and intel
ligently discharging the duties and
obligations of life. Five months is
good, but we believe that six would
be better,
If the people get to use the bridge
over Chickasawha at this point by the
ides of March, they will have cause TO
congratulate themselves. Some days
ago the foreman, Mr.. Haynes, pur-
suant to instructions received from
the company, discharged his entire
crew, stopping work entirely. And
as the factory has not promised the
iron and steel portion Of the bridge
till the first of December, it could not
possibly be put in place before Christ
mas. But other things are to be con-
sidered. In the first place the mines
and boundaries throughout the United
States are to very large extent tied
up with strikes Of their workmen and |
however much they may desire to full
fill their contracts, the probabilities
are that thew will he nnahle ~ do an