Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-11-06

Everett Breland got to town to-
day from Meridian, coming by the
old homestead at Long Branch.
w. P. Rounsaville showed up in
Leakesville twice this week. Willie
ever preserves his fun-loving bear
ing.
The features of d. C. Landlord
of Avera doomed upon the hori-
ION of Leakesville a few hours
Saturday.
Lawrence Wexford was another
caller at our printery today, too
early to see us opening out on the
press work as is our wont.
A party of Leakesvillians in Mo-
bile last Friday, were Messrs,
Johnnie and Hard Mclnnis, Law
renee Evans and Nat Owen.
Arthur Clark was in town Sat-
urday and remembered us with
wheel for another years HERALD
visitation at his hearthstone.
7. H. Steede was about town
Monday. Looking after the Dantz-
Ter logging interests hereabouts
continues to demand his frequent
presence.
Henry Backstrom was over Mon
day and bid at the Trustee Sale of
the Brewer property. Henry claims
to be soaked in this deal for some
several hundred dolari.
W. j. Williams Jr., and lady
drove down to Leakesville from the
Upper East Side last Saturday.
W. j. has always got a pleasant
word to greet you with.
Arrivals Tuesday from Mobile on
visit to the Geo. A. Metzger
family, were Mrs. A. Metxger ard
six year old son Edward. This
Mrs. Metzger is the mother of our
Geo. A.
Dan Breland went to Mobile
Monday Night and there with a
large and anxious throng stayed in
the street till late hour reading
the various Geographic bulletins of
the election returns.
Hon. E. w. Breland, our Repre-
sentative, took a run up to Jackson
early in the week to hear the
elechtion news under the fine tele-
graphic facilities furnished in the
State Capital city. He went via
M. ]. & K. C..
Another letter exhibited to us by
Billy Durham from the Scranton
Single people, explains why Billy
did not leave town for that place
last Friday. The concern were
disappointed in some timber ship
ments and asks Billy to wait awhile
before coming.
jim K. Box was over Monday
and told US that he had concluded
to allow that sportive set of chin
whiskers another chance to take
root on his picturesque counte-
nanc5. Some evidence of the new
growth had. already showed in APP
pearance.
At one time Saturday, we coun-
ted ten large OK team feed wagons
loading in Leakesville. Don't know
how many more piled up with full
corn sacks and hied away to logging
camps. This tells the story of resum-
ption of log business hereabouts
palmer than any other way.
Kim Daugdrill was in Leakesville
Wednesday. Kim is one of our
staunch supporters, would that the
HERALD had thousand such loyal
readers as Kim and his estimable
Lady. We have a large number,
but not as many as should in their
most honored class, to our way of
thinking.
Returning officers for the Avera
box Wednesday, were F. Clark and
j. B. Dearman, two members of
the HERALD'S reading club. At
ter depositing the election returns
and the ballot-box with the Election
Commission they made the rounds
of the town, dropping in and look
ing over our printing plant. Dear
man had been before and desired to
have Clark to see our apparatuses.
Supt. Oscar Backstrom is up to
Jackson this week. We would warn
our young friend to watch his corn
ers when in the Capital City. for
besides its many other charms, The
jackson News frequently intimates
that the feminine charmers are a.
bout irresistible, so we drop this
caution to him provided he wishes
to still enjoy solitaire bliss and
close comradeship with Hinkle
Heidelberg.
F. M. Baldwin, who wears th.
sobriquet commonly of Dad. got
to town Tuesday and IS here for
the week busy with trowel and try
square doing sundry prick jobs.
Dad is usually referred to by that
very expressive term of Hes q
sight" Those who know him init
mately have found that underneath
his assumption of humor and pep
pering fire of sarcasm. likes KIM.
" heart and warming disposition
Right gladly do we correct an en-
intentional error made in the re-
cent writeup by Hon. Pink Smiif