Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-22
LOCAL

an trip.
Tom Lucas, Fruitdaler and erst-
while a Greene Countian, came to
Ieakesville Wednesday.
Bingham Mcleod has got back to
these parts. We espied his physi-
ognomy on our streets Tuesday.
The smiling face of c. Mack Todd
doomed up Tuesday in the old village
where resideth the HERALD scribe.
Maintaining his reputation as a
freQuenter of Leakesville, was VIM.
Blankenship of Alabama Line prox-
unity Tuesday.
A Saturday meanderer in Leakes-
vile was w. J. Williams, Jr. of Up
per East Side. We acknowledge a
pleasant call from him.
". C. Wexford has removed to
Mullet. What Charley will embark
in down that way, we have not yet
learned. but he is hustler.
An obituary of Miss Katie Lewis
who died in Hattiesburg last week,
is crowded out this week. 1t will b
published in our next.
\ Monday stroller in Leakesville
was Hugh Mills, the handsome and
and debonair young son of Lang
Mills, ST., of Upper East Side.
b. Z. Harrison and wife got back
from Scranton Sunday. He will
probably not have any mort official
work to do until early next year.
Gone to housekeeping, have Geo.
B. McRae aud wife. They have
opened in the cottage but barely lin
ished by Johnnie Mclnnis, and lying
Immediately North of the Owen
home.
Miss Mary Metzger came up from
Mobile last Friday with her brother
George A., ON his return from a
business trip to that city. She visits
he aud his wife for few days and
then returns.
Merrill had one lone representative
in LeakesYille Saturday. E. f. Ball
answered for our sister city on that
day. He still sells and collects for
the Singer Sewing machines, but says
collecting is hard job, since times
have frightened down SO.
Pink G.. Hillman, Jr., who lives in
the neighborhOod which has the name
of Hillman, had three year old boy
to get burned Monday. 1t was the
one nicknamed The Preacher. His
physician tells us that the burns do
not seem to be deep enough to leave
any after effects. His neither ex-
tremities and groins were the portion
of his body that were subjected to
the fiery ordeal.
Miss Della Churchwell is just back
from another trip to Bay Minette,
Ala, with her grandmother, Mrs.
Ann Breland. She brings us cordial
greetings from our boyhood acquain-
lance, Dr. Campbell of that place.
She reports Mrs. Breland us now at
Merrill, and very near Death door.
That aged lady has trod this earth
many long weary year, and twill
not be long before the Master will
call for her
The Concert at the School Hall
Friday Night rendered by members
of the faculty, was real Entertaining
and netted the LeakeS vile Graded
High School, Corporation, a little
ouer twenty dollars. This will come
in mighty handy when rounding up
the incidentals of the scholastic year
as it rolls out Due tribute should
be paid these teachers for their vol
unteer and praiseworthy efforts along
this line. Its gratuitious service and
that of d very trying kind.
Mr.. Frank ]. Green informs us
that the cypress logs he has had
hauled down to the shingle mill are
for the purpose when converted into
shingles. of roofing dwelling that
he is going to have erected sometime
next year on the knob of land lying
Southwesterly from the Depot He
thinks its time to treat his family to
new home and will put materis on
the ground along between this and
the building time laid out in his
mind. That S pretty house-site he
has selected.
at the Quarterly Conference of the
Eeakesville Charge of the NJ. E.
Church, South, held at RounsaviIle
last Saturday, Presiding Elder WIN.
Sullivan and pastors W. w. Perry
and X. A. Albums were present. The
following Board of Stewards and
other officers for ensueing Conference
year we're elected: l.. ID. Clark, Rec
Steward, ) I. Thomas, Dist. Stew
ard, K. w. Breland, J. + Greene
Otto K. Hohner, Theo Platt, ]. p
Avera, l.. N. Williams. Sunday
School Superintendent and Trustee:
same as this year. The Dedicatory
Sermon of Rounsaville Church HOUSE
was preached Sunday by Rev. W M
Sullivan. Several went from Leakes
xvsfIo r,,,4 tlov.r, .,,1,..sat