Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-01-05


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Mr.. Odom, young man of Rich
ton, engaged in the livery business,
was in Leakesville Thursday.
Mr.. f. NJ. Baldwin is in town as
loquacious as ever with running fire
of keen satire.
Clerk Mckay is quite busy clear
ing up the pile of work always fol
lowing Chancery Court.
Deputy sheriff, Dan Breland spent
the first part of the week, assisting
his brother attend the courts.
M. L. Heidelb burg, member of the
Waynesboro Bar, had business in the
Chancery Court.
Mr.. w. II. Ross, well known to.
bacco salesman. out OF Mob lie inter
viewed the local trade on Thursday.
Justice L. C. Peaster had business
of an official nature with the County
Legislative BODY Monday.
Mr.. E. Faux left Wednesday for
Atlanta, where he goes to attend
Medical lectures for this his third
year.
The Odd Fell,.w Lodge Installed
the officers elect for the new term,
at their meeting held Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Mary K. Stephens had bust
ness in Chancery Court connective
with the guardianship of her children
in some estate matters.
Coast lawyers who met the Chan
Gerry Court here this week were J.-C.
Ford, of Scranton and C. FL. Wood,
of Moss Point.
Counsellor W. HI. Mcintosh was in
attendance on Chaacery Court dis
pensing legal services on cases in
which he had been retained.
Mr.. l.. e. James was about the
Court House Monday dispensing
jokes with his accustomed good
humor.
Demised-Monday night January
1st., 1906, at her home near Wexford
post office in the southern part of the
county, Mrs. L. III. Gibson.
In compliance with appointment
the newly elected Elders and Dea-
cons of the Presbyterian Church of
Leakesville, were ON Sunday Dec.
Sd, 1905, installed and ordained.
Hon. 7. r. James, that clever
young sprig of the law, upon whose
shoulders well rests the Mayoralty of
Lucedale, attended Chancery Court
IN the interest of clients.
The attendance on the Leakesville
Graded High School is on the in
crease still. About ten or twelve
additional names were put on the
roll this week.
This term of the Chancery Court
was one at which considerable bust
ness was transacted. Some conges-
tion had come about, attributable to
the pretermitting of the Summer
Term on account of Guarantees.
We are changing the name of the
Board of Directors to appear this
week in the advertisement of the
Bank of Leakesville in conformity to
the election as held by the stockhoI-
ders In November, 1905.
The HERALD is getting out little
late this week, but It was do this or
omit giving an account of the court
happenings, and this we felt our
readers would like to have. even
though it caused the paper s appear
ance to be behind the regular day.
Chancellor Thad Wood, conducted
himself with more pleasing manner
than is his custom with the court of.
ficials. The Chancellor has a reputa-
ton for taciturnity which has fol-
lowed him over the district, but from
his dcmeanor this time at Leakes-
vile, we must either infer that he has
changed his ways, or else that he had
q good ST eak ON.
Messrs Jake Green and Carl Pool
got in the first of the week efter
having pleasantly spent the holiday
respite from school at Beech Springs,
with their Preceptor, Prof. L. @. c.
Williams. While there they atten-
ded upon his Wedding as ushers. Or
the trip down, they stopped off al
Quitman and spent day with an
acquaintance in that good old cotton
town, situated on the NJ. & O. r. r.
We found these two items Of In
terest to our readers, In the last is
sue of the Fruitdale Herald
Johu NJ Reed and family of Missis-
sippi are now occupying the Dunn 5
property on Magnolia street.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. @. Martin left
Monday for Leakesville, Miss, their
new home. Mr.. Martin having re.