Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-28
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lack Valley rode down from Graf
ton to the County Seat Monday.
Isaac Lime was at the County Seat
town Monday. He lives in the Upper
East Side, near State Line.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7, r. James a promi-
nent lawyer and town official of Luce
dale, was at the county capital Mon
day.
Tyra Roberts has enlisted as clerk
with the E. f. Ballard Co. Tyra is
handy young fellow behind the
counter
Alfred Lewis, Mobile lum herman
and Greene county raised boy, was
in Leakesville Thursday of last week
on business bent.
Billie Eubanks was up to our vii
lage last Saturday. He is getting to
be almost stranger up this way.
Come Oftener Billie.
Louiey Ball dropped into our Office
Tuesday and requests that we an
nounce the giving of picnic at Betty
on the 4th of July. Every body in
vited.
A picnic and barbecue over at the
John Massey place in Upper East
Side, near the Alabama state line,
took number of folks over that way
last Friday.
Leakesville will go picknicking en-
masse on the Fourth of July. Thorn
we'll McRae has arranged an excur-
sion to take the people out to
Waynesboro for the day.
Several of the candidates lowered
around the County Executive Com
mittee Saturday watching and listen
ing to their proceedings. Everything
SO far as we could learn went off to
the satisfaction of all.
We are requested to publish call
for mass meeting of the citizens of
Leakesville at the court house Mon
day night, July l, for the purpose of
discussing the picnic and to organize
committee for same.
Reys. W. W. Perry and r. A. AL
lums are over at Chunky, Miss, at
tending the annual convention now in
session of the Meridian District Con
ference, of the Mississippi South NJ.
E. S. Church conference.
A negro murderer wanted at Bay
Minette, Ala, was apprehended in
Merrill recently by Sheriff Breland
and Deputy Dar. They took him to
Mobile and there turned him over to
the Alabama authorities. His name
is Ed. Bettus.
Sheriff E. B. Watson of Green's
burg, st. Helena parish, La, came to
Leakesville last Sunday to take away
Asa Wright, negro murderer want
ed over his way The Breland broth
ers, sheriff and deputy, had picked
him up few days before.
Henry G.. Smith was in from Jona-
than Saturday and renewed for the
HERALD, he expressed himself as
heretofore not much of a reader, but
says he has become very fond of scan
ming over our paper and notes with
pleasure it's continued improvement.
The HERALD observer saw L. E.
James have a double seated, bran
new surrey attached behind his OK
wagon as he drove out of town last
Friday. We shall expect Raj to give
us an opportunity of localizing his
wife and little ones coming to town
with him.
T. L. Naples, Little Tom as he is
sometimes dubbed to distinguish him
from the elder gentleman who wears
the same name, left last Friday for
He has accepted employment with the
mill at that point. His post Office
address is Chunchula, Ala. He will
remain there indefinitely.
Lawrence Mcleod accompanied Mr..
Mckay on his journey to Hot Springs.
Ark. We have been furnished with
Mr. McKay'S address, which is care
of New Dayton Hotel, and the HER
AID goes forward to keep him posted
as to matters current in old Greene
while away.
Don fail to take a peep at the large
ad of J. E. Miller on our front page.
Watch that space, they are going to
talk through it for the next twelve
months and we gather from their ex-
pressed determination that they are
going to make things hump. If you
are vigilant perhaps you can profit by
the humping.
A kind of round about intimation
comes to the HERALD Office that
Southern Boy, our erstwhile Exsho
correspondent, will shortly unlimber
again. Guess Dawson's awakening
is making some of the other seven
sleepers conclude to rouse from their
slumbers. Good, we will welcome
them back to the fold
A heavy wind and thunder storm