Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Another Rounsaville conner to
our town Thursday was Lee Rouns-
awhile.
jeff Brown, the Escatawpa, Ala. /,
merchant, had some business IN
Leakesville last Saturday.
E. Rose the Merrill lumberman,
looked after business matters
here Tuesday. .~-
Chancery Court sets at Leakes-
Vile, in Greene County, Monday
week, July 10. 1908.
Arrived enville wednesday, Mr..
J.H. Patterson, brother of our
townsman. the rstauranteur.
Gene Rounsaville and the Walker
Girls from the town of Rounsavill3
drove over ~ this village yester-
day.
Mrs. Annie X. Givins and Miss
Pauline Ball, of Merrill, spent last
Saturday. in the old county Capital
village, 80. ~.. ,..., s,. :.
.lss th = 80.
Accompanied the husband and
father to. town Saturday, did Mrs.
Rich D. Cochran and child, from
Jonathan.
Will R. Murray moved from
across the River Wednesday, into
one of the McEachern houses. He
is the town barber. L.
Jim X. Box was over from Exsho
community Wednesday, and along
with him was one of his sons. A
lad of some fourteen summers.
M. C. McInnis spent the converg-
ing of the weeks in our city. He
grows gradually better of his 'biad-
der. trouble, for which was operated
upon recently in Mobile.
In some way mention was over
looked of Mrs. Alderman of
Neshoba County, being visiting the
family of her son, j.. E. Alder
man. She has been here several
weeks. ~ =
Miss Marian Avera, a sister of
Deputy Sheriff Sam Avera. was
down from Avera during the week
visiting her kinsfolks, the Greens.
She attended the Meridian Female
College last term.
Our oldtime friend j. D. Free
man bobbed into the HERALD office
Monday. Fisrt time have seen him
in a so called coon's age. He was
accompanied to town by his better
half. Janet is still their place OF
residency.
Scarcely week passes but
what some day or other Betty sends
a contingent to the county-seat
town. Such a party was that here
Tuesday in the per sons of Lonnie
Spears, Mr.. andMrs. H. Ed Ball,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence N.
Ball.
Complying with a request to do
so, Rev. Y. d. Westerfeld visited
Capt. ]. F. MCLEAN at Adamsville
Friday last. and found the old gen
tleman, heart broken over the re-
cent loss of the partner of his sor-
rows and joys: May the comfort
ing and healing influences of the
Holy Spirit descend into the home
and hearts of this aged man and his
daughter, Miss Mamie.
Prof" w. j. Seaman was in
LeakesVille Monday. He says he
has been confronted with the report
that his wife was dead, but is pos
tive that she is very alive yet, as
she has recently had and easily sur
vived two accidents, the first some
severe burns, the other a fall out
doors. His mother-in law, Mrs.
Argent Breland, wife of 10. c.
Breland lies dangerously i'll. Hard
ly expected to live many days.
G. w. Young carried the mail
out from Leakesville to Merrill his
last trip Tuesday, bidding his
friends here goodbye after num-
Der of years of faithful daily SER
vice with but few breaks, in this
line. Wilse IRELAND began on
Wednesday the first, to handle this
overland mail route.
B. P. Harrison made the second
trip to Meridian early in the week
to assist in the prosecution of the
Hall-Mizelle poisoning case, ap-
pealed, and change of venue gran
ted to Lauderdale County. He
did not have to conduct the prose
cution after the removal of the case
from his district, but went any way
as. he was SO familiar with the phas-
es of the case, that his services
were desired by the prosecuting
side. This at his own expense too.
The Wayne County people appre-
ciate this, we are quite sure.
The ORourke case has been
affirmed by the Supreme Court I.
A publishmeont of the decisions
handed down early in the week so
shows. This was the cashier of the
Scranton State Bank convicted sew
eral terms ago in the Circuit Court
of Jackson County and appealed.
He was sentenced to several wears
in the State Penetentiary, and will
now have to go over to the state
farm and grid on the striped livery
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