Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

was in Leskesville yesterday.
An examination will reveal a
change in the ad of Bank of McLain.
Miss Willie Mcleod got up from
Mobile this week, but will return
shortly.
John Hassels, a log man from Mer-
rill vicinity, drove up to the county
seat yesterday.
DR.. Faux came down from State
Line Sunday and returned Monday,
taking his wife with him.
Justice Box, he of the snowy head,
and M. c. McInnis, two Vernalites,
came to the county capital Tuesday.
We are informed that very near all
the county candidates attended the
picnic at Byrd's last Saturday and
spoke.
Ed Breland, Andrew Smith and
r. N. Byrd were over from Beat 3
Thursday in behalf of the first named
homestead claim.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Leakesville Presbyterian church gave
Box Supper at the school building
Saturday night.
Mr.. Y. D. Westerfeld is having the
ground cleared and material put down
for building a cottage next to the
Patterson house.
r. L. Valley passed through
Leakesville Wednesday on his return
home to Grafton. He has been cleo
pioneering down in the Rocky Creek
neighborhood.
Hardy p. Smith arrived the middle
of last week from Clinton. He inn
mediately left for his home at Adams
vile. He has spent the term at
Mississippi College.
Came in on Tuesday S train did
Mrs. Joseph G. Miller and little
daughter, Eulamal, of Ward, La.
Mrs. Miller is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. McEachern.
George McRae arrived from Van
cleve, Miss. this morning with his
bride. In Miss Annie Taylor he has
selected life partner acquainted In
Leakesville as she has visited here.
More about their marriage next week.
Mr.. C. NJ. Van Benschoten makes
occasional trips to Leakesville these
days doing. abstracting for the con
Germ with which he is engaged at
Scranton, One of these he made last
Saturday. He his become HERALD
reader.
Miss Jessie Boiling of Jackson Miss,
who taught in the Leakesville High
School the scholastic term recently
closed, after a stay of few weeks at
home is back in Greene county teach
ing again. This time at Vernal. She
came via Leakesville late last week.
Misses Bolen and Barnett gave a
concert at the school building last
Friday night. Their classes were the
presenters of the program. The
rainy weather kept the HERALD scrib-
Ter in doors, but we are informed that
an interesting presentation was
given.
At meeting of the directors OF
the Bank of McLain, held May 20,
1907, Mr.. w. L. McCrary of the Lit
tie Greek Lumber Company was elect
ed vice president of the bank and DR..
Willis Valley and Mr.. Joe G. Daugh-
drill were elected members of the
board of directors.
Miss Martha Mcleod was brought
home Monday from Montgomery,
Ala, suffering with typhoid fever.
She has been in its grip over ten days
She is a daughter of Mr.. John ],
Mcleod, who resides near Vernal
She now lies critically i'll there o.
this malady.
Sheriff Breland went to Mobile
Wednesday to take the dementeC
negress recently apprehended by him
1t develops that his theory was cor
rect. She is an escape of the mad
house for negroes at Mt. Vernon
Ala, and the authorities we're to NEE
him in Mobile and take her off hi
hands.
BY being about the court hous,
Wednesday the HERALD news gath
erer ran across Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
Cowart, who drove up from thei
home in the forks of the rivers to at
tend to matters with the Clerk. The.
are readers of the HERALD and W
were all right glad to see one an
other.
jim Woodland arrived from Agri
aultural College Wednesday. he lei
by Merrill mail-hack yesterday TO
home near Bexley. This is Jim S sec
ond year at the A. & M. He think
of going back next term. Jim is
hard student and deserving youn
man. He will make mark in thi
world some day.
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