Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-01
LOCAL

The Board of Supervisors meet
Monday next. Their regular monthly
Sitting.
Charley Stone made trip out
from town Eastward in the early
week.
Visiting relatives in Meridian this
week, is Mrs. j. NJ. Cameron and the
two little boys.
Spending few days up at Hat
tiesburg, has Mrs. c. E. Harper this
and last week.
Amongst the genial drifters about
our town Saturday, was Rich Hen
derson of Grafton vicinage.
amongst the homegoers from the
Association to pass through Leakes-
vile last week was Rufe Breland.
On last Saturday J. G. Faiu and
Kim Daughdrill were co-iourneymen
to Leakesville from Washington and
return.
That's d very pretty advertisement
the NJ. L. McRae Co, are now run
ming on our outer side, had you no
ticed it?
Capt. Murdoch McInnis spent a
few days about Leakesville at the
converging of the weeks. Merrill is
still his home.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Lea
kesvilIe Baptist Church gave an Oy-
ster Supper and Apron Party last
Friday night.
]. II. King who has been absent
for several days, was in evidence "a
gain this week. He is lumber mill
sawyer by trade.
Spent several days about our burg
this and last week pushing pen over
Hattiesburg real estate contracts,
has L. r. Priester.
DR.. Sam Pool is jerking lines over
a CLAY colored mare that works be-
tides one of bis old time greys. The
other grey got unit for service.
B.P. Harrison dropped in home
for Saturday but was out again Mon
day, gone somewhere in the district
to prosecute the States interests.
Occasionally we see fellow strut
ting about with stalk of sugar-cane
and knife in hand, chewing and spit
ting out the mashed hulls. Its sweet
and tickling to the palate, canejuice
is.
Came in to the County Capital
Tuesday to take out for distribution
at the several precincts the poll
books, ballot boxes, tickets and 9th
er election supplies; did Commission
ers of Elections Dave West and Al
fred Smith.
George w. ALEU- was in the village
which is built just West OF the Chick
asawhay river near the geographical
center of the county; the spot where
stands that imposing and to law
breakers terrifying editice, the tenn
pie of Justice.
The quarterly Statements of those
two good banks of Greene County,
the Bank Of Leakesville and the Bank
of McLain are both published in this
issue. These figures can show our
people on what substantial lines
their financial institutions hang.
Mark Pipkins has exchanged moor
ings, swapping Betty for Lucedaie
as dwelling place. He will farm in
the vicinity af the latter town. He
removed there last week with family.
He was raised in that hamlet and his
nearest of kin now live down there.
Seldom do we get to espy Riley
Valley and spouse in town, but such
we did last Saturday. They live at
Grafton, where Riley is engaged in
the triple business of Turpentining,
Saw-milling and Merchandising, with
his father, the Hon. W. w. Valley,
Fx-Shff.
One who shook the dust of Old
Greene Courty's soil of his feet, was
Felix Hunt, who boarded the cars
enroute for Beauvolr, Miss, where
he goes to enter the Old Soldiers
(Confederate) Home. He is getting
very infirm, though not real old
man either.
Another Alex to pump the side
walk sands of Leakesville into his
shoe soles Wednesday, was Alex Wei
ford of Alabama Line vicinity. To
wards the East. Formerly this mai
who lives about on dividing territory
went to Chronicle to trade, but now
LeakesviiIe invokes his patronage.
A Saturday conner to Leakesviilt
was Mr.. Billie Hoogterp, who drove
out brand new two seated surrey
He and the Madam and little one:
will now be able to go to and fro a
their good pleasure. There's nothing
like good comfortable roomy family
vehicle and "a gentle animal to pull it
Our esteemed and aged townsman
Ar. "A IT. MaRaQ in 00mn10y wi III