Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-14

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in the mid week.
Read the announcement of J. NJ.
Fountain Mack for Supervisor Beat
l. Comment next week.
Our old time friend, H. E. Flour
noy, roadster of wide repute, made
Leakesville during the week.
Thornwell McRee lost fine horse,
while the Martin & Flournoy stables
lost an excellent mule this week.
A visitor to the Geo. K Mcleod
family, is Mr.. c. G. Jones of Alice
vile, Ala He came several weeks a
go.
Miss Ethel Bolen took her depart
ure last Friday. She goes to Cincin-
natl where she will take a six week
course in Music.
Attended the Mid-year Missionary
Institute of the Mississippi Confer
ence of the NJ. E. S. Church, did Rev.
w. W. Perry this week
Webb Denmark has got back to
Leakesville again. It's vacation sea-
son with him now, and he continues
to divide time between Richton and
our burg
A new building is going up under
the hammers ard saws of Osma
Baird's crew. 1t is for Mr. Mckay
and is located near J. ]. McInnis'
residence.
Tyra Roberts hove into Leakesville
Tuesday. He stayed at Millsapps
till after commencement. Tyra, we
feel sure, has made good of his time
in college.
Owing to failure to get hold of an
exchange giving an account of it, we
delay our promised reference to mar
riage last week of Mr.. Geo. McRae to
Miss Annie Taylor.
One of the negro cabins beyond the
McInnis Mill burnt up at midnight of
the 18th inst. Nobody hurt, but all
the household effects of the occupants
consumed by the flames
G. 0. Backstrom and H. T. James
came to Leakesville last Saturday to
inspect the Sewer System of the Co.
unity, acting as committee for the
Board of Supervisors. They accepted
same.
Melton and another Valley, and by
the way very laquacious one, came
to our village together last Saturday.
Their business was connected with
the Superintendent of Education S
office, as both are teaching.
Joe Merritt was down from Adams
vile late last week. Joe has recently
entered manhood's estate, and he
took occasion to register, so as to be
qualified to exercise the franchise
function of adult citizenship.
Quite number of Leakesville peo-
pie testified to their esteem of the
departed by attending the funeral
Sunday of Miss Martha Mcleod at
the Mcleod family burying place
about five miles down the river road
on lower east side.
Our Clerk of the Courts, S. r
Mckay, is still bed-ridden, suffering
from bad attack of rheumatism. A
malady with which he has before been
strongly attacked. AL Mcleod, dep
uty, is holding down the Office during
the confinement of his principal.
AT Greene county's capital town
Tuesday was DR.. r. HI. Coleman, a
very successful physician and surgeon
of McLain The Doctor went away
for about year to Louisiana, but it
seems the piney woods of Mississippi
reasserted its charm for him and drew
him back into its folds.
Happiness radiates from the coun-
,tenance of DR.. Sam Pool once again
The cause of this effulgence is the re-
turn of the Madam and Babies, who
got back from their pleasure trip to
laurel Monday Miss Lola Smith, a
kinsw0man, of that town accompani-
ed them and will spend few weeks
at their hospitable home.
DROWNED, At Beaumont, Miss !,
in Leaf River, on Thursday May 30,
1907, Scott Breland, the twenty year
old epleptic son Of Mr.. r. f. Breland,
a former citizen of Greene County.
The young man was seized with fit
while STOPPING over the bank and fell
in and sank out of sight. His body
was not found till five days later fif-
teen miles below in the river at the
Mouth OF Little's Greek. He was a
brother of Wise Breland. The HER
AID sympathizes with the bereaved
in their loss. Such death wrings
the heart. May Providence comfort
them.