Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
Bats0n Gets Good Job.

At meeting of the directors of
the National Bank of Poplarville
Tuesday Mr.. D. L. Batson, rendered
his resignation as Cashier, to take
effect on the 21st of this month,
and will leave for Kansas about
the first of April to enter upon his
duties as national bank examiner,
to which position he has recently
been appointed For the next few
months Mr.. Batson's work will
take him to the western states,
and it will necessitate the removal
of this family to convenient point
in his territory. He will not, how
ever, dispose of his property inter-
ests here, and stated to the writer
that he hoped to be able to make
Poplarville his headquarters again
in the course of time. During the
few years that Mr.. Batson end his
estimable family have been resi-
dents of Poplarville they have en-
deared themselves to the good people
of the town and have many warm
friends here who sincerely regret to
part with them as neighbors and
citizens. .-Poplarville Free Press,
Mr.L. w Blount is making some
additions to his canning factory.
He will add thirty feet to the length
of the main building and otEer-
wise increase the capacity u the
plant. Messrs w. C. Westerfeld,
l.. P. Baxter, T.. Hamrick and
Misses Mamie L. Westerfeld and
Lizzie Burney, were among those
who attended Mardi Cras, last
week.-StateLine Locals in .Yaynes-
boro Star.
j. E. Thames is spending the
week at home, his force of men be-
ing laid off for a short time on the
A. M. Railroad. -Citronelle Call.
Richard Flournoy will hold down
the job as agent in the Mobile and
Ohio station. The office Will keep
open continuously now since the es-
tablishing of the eight hour law
working schedule which requies
three shifts of eight hours. An
aggregation of three people, call
ing themselves the Southern Com
edy Company, gave what purported
to be comic opera recital at the
school-house Wednesday night last.
Although the house contained a
large assembly the performance, to
say the most, was "the worst ever. T"
Professor Anglin, who appeared as
Maggie, interspersed his funny
actions with jokes of a crude order
end anything but choice variety.
To sum up the program twas
frost. Vinegar Bend Cor. in Sun
days Register.
Smith County is to have a rev
Jail house built which has been
needed for many years, and was let
out at the last meeting of the surer-
visors. -Mize Outlook.
Mr.. B. H. Ellis, secretary Of tie
Pascag oula Commercial club, rctur-
ned home Sunday morning from
five days trip over the Denny rail-
road. Mr. O. H. Brown, engineer
of the road, accompanied Mr.. Ellis.
They left Moss Point and travelled
by train to Hurley, at which point
they took team and continued
their journey to Luce dale, in
Greene county. From there they
went to Leakesville and down the
line of the Alabama and
Mississippi railroad TO Vinegar
Bend, Ala. Mr.. Ellis is very
much gratified with conditions
along the line as he found them.
The farmers are all prosperous an
report crop conditions as be. ng
fully up to the standard of past
years The object of the trip as
made by Mr.. Ellis was to inquire
into the feasibility of the extension
of the Denny road, and the trip
was made under the direction of
the Commercial club. 1t will oe
necessary to make another and mere
extended trip over the territory be-
fore final report of his fndin IS
can be made "A Scranton De-
spatch in Daily Prints