Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-15
LOCAL

Amongst UHe Out-Ol-bO"hN'o "hi
was making the rounds of our stores
Tuesday, was Lloyd James.
Fletcher Williams is laid up with
an attack of the pneumonia, but his
physician reports HIM getting along
very we'll
lobe Bexley, but known legally as
J. !. Bexley for this is the way he
signs his name, transacted business
in the County Capital Tuesday
The Sam T. Churchell family have
moved into their new town house out
on the hill Westward. Intended to
localize this item last issue but it
slipped our attention.
Mr.. J. E. Leard, the contractor
from Waynesboro, who is here put
ting up the brick bank building, took
a spin out on the NJ & o at the coz
verging of the weeks.
Mr.. Kila Platt, an old time Upper
East Slider, but now business man
of Fruitdale, Ala, came to Leakes-
vile last Saturday. He too is jim
err" to that Reading Course of the
HERALD.
The latest news from B. P. Harri-
son. whom we wrote down as lying
quite sick on the Coast last week, is
that he is able to resume his duties
on the Court. The supposed Pneu-
monia didn t materialize.
Tom Jones was in town last FriCav
and he tells us that they have just
completed a nice new schOOl-house IN
his community. 1t takes the place
of the old Indian Pond School
formerly run in the Enon Church
House.
An Oyste, Supper was given al
the residence of DR.. and Mrs. Sam
Pool, Saturday night of last week by
the Presbyterian Ladies Aid Socie-
ty. Our informant reports it as voted
quite an enjoyable occasion by the
attendants.
G. W. Morris, Wayne County
man, hailing from Waynesboro vic
image, dropped into Leakesville Mon
day between trains looking after
some land matters. He contem-
plates planting a home in Greene
County at an early date. 20
The fine new barn belonging to w.
p. Rhinehart was burned down last
Friday night, Nov s, and with it
thirty thousand bushels of corn. This
to at a time when tie yellow grains
are nearly as much sought after as
the evanescent yellow gold.
A paragraph in the Sundays Mo-
bile Register, and found in the Vine
gar Bend correspondence, stated that
Geo. Oglesby now of Leakesville, but
formerly of the Bend, had re-accept-
ed the position of master mechanic
in the shops there, and that he would
move his family back to that town.
\ cold wave hit this section late
Sunday evening, being ushered in by
a slight fall OF rain When the Their
momerer goes bobbing down, lis
when overcoatS and jackets come
Jerking out of trunks and wardrobaS,
and the moth-bugs get quite a iot-
ing up from out of their nu4 and
warm improviSed quarters.
The accession of four member
namely, T A Naples, A Map.
and Mollie Naples and Joseph Eit-
is reported by Rev. r \ ttum- {
the work under his c'larEa Euo~u Il
Mills or Open Pond Sc1o'i 'a~
A Methodist Society will prebabl o.
organized there to church at home
these and such other members a:
may unite before the Conference yea
closes.
The servant-horse on J. E. Miller!
premises burnt down Tuesday night
The fire is thought to have been a
incendiary origin. The building wie
falling in when Mr. Miller family
awakened by some exploding cartrisi
ges in the flames, rushed out 10 ID
scene. Through the prompt tigh' pa
up by a number of our aroused vii 4
gers, the fire was kept from envelot
ing the home of this family. KID, th
darkey bow, who regular resides /
in this cabin, lost all his househoI
effects including his much believe
bicycle.