Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-01-19

In this village "Wednesday, was
Mr.. w. A. Mills.
In Leakesyille Mond.y were Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Mason, of Edith.
Mr.. Alb Naples, an aged and re-
spected citizen, of Exsho parts, did
some trading in our burg Monday.
Mr.. J. t. McRqt aud his mother,
Mrs. Nj. L. McRae, made social
visit to Waynesboro during the week.
Mr.. Pres Beard ratified his wagon
over the thoroughfarcs OF our city
Tuesday, selling some fresh meats.
A contingency composed of Messrs.
Allen Mason, A. l., Mason and W.
C. Wexford, were over Wednesday
from ExshO.
Mr.. Jesse Byrd is working in the
Bank here, familiarizing himself with
banking methods of business.
What better gift could you make
to friend or relative in distant
town and state, than to send them
the HERALD for one year.
Mr.. H. W. Hinton, the genial BIZ
cycle repairer of Luceda:e, sends the
HERALD a check and writes us to
Send the dear old HERALD" right
straight along.
The Board of Stewards of the
Leakesville Methodist Church held a
business meeting Tuesday Evening
for the purpose of deciding upon
their pastors salary for the current
year.
We welcome Pea Vine, the Betty
correspondent back to our fold of
pencil pushers. We trust to have
more of the corresponding quill dri
vers get their quilts into action pref
ty quick.
The invasion of Leakesville by com
mercial spirits was up to the aver
age this week. Some of whose faces
we knew and others who evidently
have not long been assigned to this
territory.
Purchased the Cliff Williams S W.
Mill owned by W. C. Wexford, has
Mr.. Barney Pierce, and removed it
from Exsllo to this side of the river
near his place, where he is now busy
getting it set up and ready for ope-
ration.
We had the pleasure of greeting
our old friend Mr.. W. w. Mcleod,
Wednesday. Mr.. Bill has been max
ing himself rather scarce in Leakes-
vile lately. While here he handed
over currency to have the HERALD
continue to enlighten his household
on current county affairs.
Out-Of- tOwnerS, who crunched
gravel on the sidewalks of the burg
Tuesday, were Messrs D. r. viii
liams and w. R. Rush; the one living
out on the East Side of river about
nine miles. the other about the same
distance on this side of the river
southwestlywards.
Rev. R. II. NJ. Watson was in
town in the early week confined to
his bed with fever, but left Tuesday
for Chicora, where he goes to look
after the issuance of his church pa
per, the Holiness Standard. This
paper we have already stated is the
official organ of the M. P. Church
Conferences of South Mississippi and
louisiana.
At their January Term. the Board
of Supervisors OF Green County, pre-
pared the Jury-List of names from
the respective beats. These names
We're according to law deposited into
the box which is compared for that
purpose. where they remain sealed
up till the legal time for them to be
drawn out for Circuit Court.
Mr.. Ben Hoover, an experienced
Brick maker, of Meridian, and who is
to be Superintendent for the Leakes-
vile Brick & Thing Co., was here
Saturday, comforting with the Incor-
porators of this firm relative to their
plans. He is expected to arrive this
week, and be here ready to see to
the unloading and setting up of the
Brick machine, which is also due to
come i'm about now.
-Messrs w. A. Christian Jr.. and
II. A. Baria. who compose the tur-
pentine firm of Christian & Baria,
operated at Exsho, spent last Satur
day in town effecting transfer and
dissolution, whereby Mr.. Baria pur-
chases the Christian interest and
becomes sole proprietor of that bu-
siness, which will be run under the
name OF III. A. Baria. Mr. Christian
will remove at once to Mobile and
embark, in association with some
prominent men in Mill Supply circles
OF that city, in a concern organized
for thai Armistead is a
deser Al, one whose eff
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