Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-10

ing over Tor O few days while TIT
specialist treated the eye of the lat
ter
DR.. E. A. Johnson received tele
gram late last week bearing sorrow
full intelligence The information
which it divulged was the death of :
young man in Shubuta who was ;
close friend of our Doctor. The Doc
tor went up to attend the funeral OBJ
sequies but arrived too late. He re-
turned Monday and has been putting
in the week at Leakesville.
A hunting party consisting of J.
III. Turner, p II. Hillman, T. L. Tur.
ner, Foster Tedder and Jas. Plat
camped out last week over on Big
Greek and secured the woods fol
game. We presume their success
was not extraordinary, though one
of the huntsmen informed us that
they managed to bag enough to fur
nish the campers with meat.
DIR. Batson is driving new horse
these days-one of elegant symmet-
rical build and pleasing color, as well
as swift of foot. The Doctor has
quite reputation for good taste in
horse-fesh, and considering his pro-
fession, which often requires rapid
transit to use his services in saving
life and limb, the exercise of this is
quite commendable.
Owing to an oversight in overlook
ing one of the bids, which was some
what lower than the one of firm to
whom contracc was awarded for put
ting down the artesian well, further
action in the matter will be in doubt
until the Boasd Of Supervisors next
regular term, at which time the or
der awarding said contract may be
rescinded and a reimbursement
made before contract can be re-let.
Sheriff Breland has a voice of fog
horn penetrativeness, which never
fails to draw up a crowd of gQ6dSk
natured jocular .b;ddors whom IN
the dlseha discharge of his official duty he
tfas to auctioneer of at public outcry
county contracts or public sales OF
property through legal process. The
customary sized circle gathered
around him Monday and listened to
his enticing description of the bridge
contract to be sold, and as usual some
keen competitor managed to capture
the plum.
Rev. r. H. NJ. Watson left We'd
nesday for Richton, where the NJ. P.
Conference convenes this year. This
church has been called by some THE
Mississippi Holiness Methodists. AS
this is the fifth year that Rev. Wat
son has served that church in this
district as president, agreeable tc
their discipline he cannot be re-as-
signed to that phase of work. The
affairs of this denomination have
prospered under Bro. Watson S care,
he being an indefatigible and earn
est worker.
Monday was indeed an eventful day
for Leakesville, for on that day die
we not have let both the contract fol
putting down an artesian well by the
county and Leakesvillians jointly ,anc
the contract for building the new
school edifce, which is to be not on
ly credit to our town but one thai
the entire county can point will
pride-not merely on account of its
good appearance as building but
also because that it is the growing
Athens of this section, the coming
seat of learning where our county ::
sons and daughters can become wei
equipped for the affairs of life.
We invite the clerical end of al
bodies, whether sectarian, lodge
corporate, polite or social to furnish
us with memoranda of all pro
ceedings which are suitable materia
for public edi6cation. If not skilled
in getting up newsy article from
such data, merely send us the points
worthy of mention and we'll do tn,
balance. We won't promise to pub
fish verbatim minutes or proceeding
reports, and to avoid useless dealing
in the prescribed preambles, we sim
ply require the main essential facts
If all the representatives who ar
thus invited to help us keep tab 0
the doings in all walks of life il
Greene county will respond, we cal
make the HERALD a much more in
teresting and readable paper, and a
fthe same time better subserve tn
varied interests in question.
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