Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-10-18
LOCAL

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DIR. Batson made trip out on the
NJ. & O. in the mid-week
Mohobiars on our streets Wednes-
dav were Alex Wexford and Jack
Mills.
Down from State Line this week
Is DIR. E. Faux visiting his wife and
Mother.
Tommie Naples hove into town
Monday. Little Tommie and he's
not 50 little either.
Mrs. Lettie Burch arrived on Mon
days train for a visit to her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Byrd.
Louiey Ball landed from Saturday 5
train. He looked like he was glad to
get back to the home diggings.
Amongst the buyers in the stores
of our Town Saturday, were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben C. O'Daniel of Exsho vi
cinage.
Billie Durham, the Loquacious
Billie, alighted from Saturdays dali
~ and trudged round our city for
the day.
A Monday visitor to Leakesville
was D. a. Mcleod, the Vernal post
master, and connected with the NJ.
& L. Telephone Co.
We missed getting the departure
of Miss Nola Churchwell for Whit
worth. Collegn, Brookhaven the same
week that Wyatt left for Millsapps.
An arriver Saturday was the Hon.
B. p. Harrison who is off duty for a
few days Court at Bay St LOUIS
was cut short by recent jail deliv-
cry.
Mrs. Bell of Pocahontas, Hinos
Co, is a guest this week at the G. E.
Anding home. Mrs. Bell is the moth
er of Mrs. Anding. She arrived Sun
day.
A Delinquent Tax-Land Sale has
been filed with us and will be duly
published against the First Monday
in December to get the required
twenty-one days.
It's our good pleasure to chronicle
the coming to our village on Tuesday
of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wexford and
their son Ed. These good folks live
on the Alabama line d few miles
South of EXsho.
John Grimes, an uncle of Will
Beary drove into Leakesville Tues
day on a trading EXPEDITION. He
lives on the old .Escatawpa road,
about five miles out from the rail
road town bearing that name over in
Alabama.
Oscar Backstrom got to town last
Friday and is assisting in making
out the Collectors receipts. He
is to take office as Superintendent on
Saturday Oct. 10, tomorrow. That
is the date Bro. Ferguson's resigna-
tion was couched to take place.
Pretty soon we will present a list
of the out of town students who
have entered the Leakesville school.
Several came in last week aud more
have arrived this week. They con-
TRUE to come, 50 we delay the list
ing a little while to round them up
fully.
Wagons have been rafting to and
from the depot the latter part of last
and up to date this week discharging
loads of brick, lime, etc. on ground
adjacent to where the new brick bank
building is to rise up in the air The
contractor, Mr. Leird of Waynes-
boro, is on hand with gang of mig
gers doing the preparatory work to
actual beginning of the building.
Geo. Fletcher got lick on his
face Thursday of last week. A set
lever on the miil-carriage of Leakes-
vile Lumber Co. on which he was
working struck him just below the
nose on one side his mug infiicting SO
severe a jolt as to lift him over
against the wall He was insensible
for several minutes after the accident,
He is about now waiting for the
wound to get well.
We had a call from Mr.. Pat James
a few days back. Since removing back
here from Diaz in in Wayne Co., he
finds little time TO knock around
our town. Mr.. Pat has several hun,
dred acres of cotton land up there
which he has leased out to petty far
mers, and these rentals accrue him {
very nice little income. His wife is
drinking the Stafford Springs Miner
al Water for her health.
Down on the banks of the River
can he heard again the humming auC
throbbing of machinery, heraldina
the resumption of work at the shing
lie mill. Glad to. see the wheels spin
ming down that way.once more. Thii
is an industry of which our town /:
proud, and we only regret that tim
Der enough can t be secured to keel
it operating every month in thu