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

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Mr., lobe Churchwell was in Mobile
a few days since.
DR.. Dorsett has been at Merrill for
some days upon business.
Mr.. Hugh McInnis made a business
trip to Mobile a few days ago.
Mr.. h. Russell, of Deer Park paid
Leakesyille a business trip Monday.
Mr.. Knight who has been working
on county bridge, left us some days
since.
Mr.. Haynes is still With us but is
expecting orders daily to go else
where
Mr.. H. G. Bonnabel has returned
from a visit to his family in New Or
leans.
Geo. Mcmillan allowed fifty dollars
for painting the roofs of court house
and Jail,
Mr.. S. r. McKay's many friends
are pleased to see him up again after
a severe illness.
Mrs, Frank Green visited her pa
rents Can't. and Mrs. McJain. at Ad-
amsville recently.
1t may be that Uncle Sam has some
thing to say about changing the chan
mel of a uayigable stream.
We have had rains galore recently
aad are quite ready to see change
back to the dry weather again.
Mr.. Dave r. Williams, one Of Luce
dale's most prominent business men,
was at the capital of Greene this week.
Sheriff Wally is again able to dis
charge the duties of his Office after
being on the sick list for some days,
j. H. Turner & Co. are taking stock
preparatory tomoving, and will doubt
less be in their new store by the time
we so to press.
A full meeting Of the board of Su-
pervisors was in attendance this week
aud was kept hard at work equalizing
the assessments for three days.
Mr.. j. 7. Moore, of Chronicle,
agent for the Phoenix Mutual Life
Insurance Co.. was in Leakesville, re-
Gently in the interest OF his Cor "
The pretty and acoompl, H Ii. mss IS
Carrie Westerheld, of St han
visiting relatives herena nIaasnr p'' 81
ince adds much
ur voup~ 'p'e'
we understand Mr.. Il. C. Turner of
Vinegar Bend acting upon the advice
Of his physician, left for Mexico a few
days ago where he expects remaining
for perhaps six months because of
bronchial troubles.
Mr., Fl. NJ. Faulk and wife, of Leaf,
was recently the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckay, Mr.. Faulk is lately re-
covered from a severe and protracted
illness, and his friends here are glad
to see him out once more.
The Board Of Supervisor allowed
the tax collector a credit of twenty
five hundred and some dollars because
Of money he failed to collect from D.
A. Blodget, owing to an injunction
restraining him from so doing.
Mr.. Oscar Backstrom, of Kittrell,
is assisting Prof Harrison in the
Leakesyille school. Mr.. Backstrom is
quite young gentleman, but holds
first grade certificate and will no doubt
render capable service in teaching
the young idea to shoot"
Mr.. L. D. Clarke, of Adamsville,
has been assisting clerk Mckay in
getting in shape for circuit court and
will probably remain throughout the
term unless the river gets high enough
for running logs, in which event, he
will have to for axe him.
Rev Mr.. Fulton, of the Presbyte-
rian church, who is engaged in Sun
day school work preached a most in
terestiDg and instructive sermon here
Saturday night and Sunday last. Mr..
Fulton is quite a young man, not hav.
ing finished his course Of studies yet,
but bids fair to become one of the
leading preachers of his denomina-
ton.
Mr.. J, E. Alderman recently at
tended the meeting of the Democratic
Congressional Executive Committee,
at Port Gibson, for the purpose of
canvassing the vote for Congressman
from this district. The result as de
clared gave Bowers seventeen out Of
twenty-three electoral votes, thus max
ing him the nominee Of the party with
out the necessity of another primary