Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-05-19

Prof. Miller is throwing himself
into the ardous task of working the
subscription list for the School Bull
ding UP to size sufficient to have
the construction work bagun. Re
suits are already beginning to follow
his energetic efforts; she footing now
lowering around the $1,000 mark
When that amount shall have been
assured. agreeable to later decis-
ion, the actual work of putting up
the building will be commenced.
The idea being to get the building
ready for occupancy upon the first
floor by the time for opening the new
Scholastic year. Solicitation will be
continued all along to swell the cap
italization ample enough to fit up
the upper story Our patriotic citi-
zens are rallying to the appeal for
this Movements towards better E,lu-
cational facilities in the County, and
we feel sure that Leakesville will
soon be a place 10 which all Greene
Countians can point with pride, as
one affording the educational advan-
tages which county of its size and
wealth of ours should. Schoolhouses
are second only to Churches in indi
eating what the citizenship of a see
ton is doing for itself Greene Coun
~ has awoke to the necessity OF step
ping up in the front rank with her
peers not only industrially and com
mercially, bat Internationally and re-
ligiously A resume of the past con
ditions and III different movements
being put forward in all these lines
iii the various parts of the county
will bear out the assertion.
The spirit of preparation for the
Commencement Program of the Lee
akesvilIe High School has been inten
sified to the extreme point all TINS
week, we are confident from the mu-
steal echoes and oratorical reverber-
ations that have fioatcd out from the
Courthouse, which is the Rehearsal
Hall, into our Sanctuln Sanctorum,
that treat elimaxing all past pro
auctions will be handed out over the
stage to the audience when that oc-
casion shall arrive Meantime we are
childlshly breathlcss with expecta-
ton and suppressed enthusiasm. If
we live through the adulation of the
hour or hours, Whatsoever they be,
we shall try to furnish our readers
who were not fortunate enough to
be there, with !; description of what
a pleasure they missed.
E. f. Ball, that bundle of hustle,
in the interest of the Singer Sewing
Machine, which by the way is one of
the best ON the market, dropped in
on the Herald Scribe one day this
week, and cllatted us quite pleasant
lv for while Ed is making things
hum in the way OF sales this year, ne
bids fair, considering the phenolne-
nal number of sales made during the
mouths already expired, to make
this u Banner year, smashing al pre-
vious records. Good luck to We old
Boy, Reward comes to hin who lab
ors hard.
The Picknicking Season is opening
early this year. The Epwol tn Leagu
ers of Lcakesyilie had a quiet little
Picnic last Saturday at the Rive.t
Bridge. A Picnic to be given at
Chant Old Mill Place May, 9th.
RLinchart gives his Annusl Picnic
at Swectwatpr on Thursday, the 1st
day of June. The Odd Fellows are
planning for one in Lucedale July
18th. Already src nave begun to hear
talk OF working one up for Leakes-
vile along sometime in the mid SUM
lner.
Dock Beard is making Leakesvillc
bis abiding place for awhile, being
occupied at the Carpenter trade.
Mr. l. +. Priester came up Sun
day, to take back to LucedaIe, Mrs
Prirster, who has been spending j
few days with relatives here.
Mr.. C. O. Gilbert is on visit this
week to the old home place in Wayne