Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-11-13
FRIDA Y
November, ID 1908
LOCAL


bons over a Merrill team.
The ]. T. McRae family moved
into their new home in Pool addi-
tion Thursday of last week.
Geo. E. Williams has forsaken
the mouth of the Greek and adopt
ed Leakesville as his habitation.
Leslie Mason was up from Null
lett Monday He is wearing a fes-
tive set of moustaches these days.
A nail stuck in his foot this week,
has given Squire Alderman some
inconvenience, though he has been
able to knock about.
Henry C. and H. Ed Ball were
over from Betty today. They are
father and son respectively, but
both heads of households.
Mr.. - Simmons, brother of
S. F. Simmons, manager of the
Leakesville Mere Co., has too cast
in his services with that concern,
arriving last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyra Roberts have
rented and moved into the hand
some Pool cottage adjacent to the
Masonic Hall and vacated last week
by the McRae family.
Thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
H. Turner for a half gallon jug
of that inimitable product of Dix
lie, home made 'lasses. How good
it is to dip into this kind of sop.
w. H. Suthoff alighted from
tuesdays train, after an absence
of several weeks on vacation.
Willie is very popular in Leakes-
vile, more especially some suggest,
with the gentle sex.
Another to take in the Ringing
Bros. Show at Mobile Was Mr.. Nat
Owen early in the week. His wife
ran down and came up with him on
the return, accompanied by the
Young Hopeful of the Owen house
hold.
The plans of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
H. Burch for a home of ownership
is materializing this week under
the hand of Jno. ToIbert and help
ers, in the shape of bungalow
style cottage in the field off from
Court Square looking Westernly.
The Leakesville Lbr., Co., are
having their locomotive overhauled,
while the Bear Greek Mill Co.,
are repairing the mill before the
start is made. The first named
company will log for the other, and
both areputting things in order for
an enormous big cut this season.
Mrs. l.. H. Read has joined her
husband and daughter in Leakes-
vile residency. Mr.. Read is as we
have before related, the Superin-
tendent of the Bear Creek Lbr. Co.
mill recently purchased of the
Leakesville Lbr. Co, and now I'M
dergoing a thorough repairing and
rebuilding.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lishished within the borders of Old
Greene County. This is called
County Line postoffice. Is kept by
w. N. Kttrell at his place up on
river near the Wayne County line.
Was badly needing up there, as Kit
treIl has virtually done a postoffice
business for that community for
sometime, and should be recog-
nized and have the full coopera-
tion of Uncle Sam in his offices
that way.
A trio of ladies, consisting of
Misses Gertrude, and Willie Nc
Leod and Elgenia Naples t0ok in
the Ringing Bros. show at Mobile
early in the week. It's worth while
once in life to see one of these
monster shows, to study nature in
their large animal exhibits. Pity it
is that statutes didn't prevail in
every state to preserve the old time
circus intact from the modern
vaudeville show accompaniment OF
no elevating claptrap. One has to
be subjected to the undesirable
though of little ratio, to see a
good menagerie
Tom and Jas. M. Avera rode
down to town Wednesday and back
Thursday, to attend fortnightly
convention of the local Pythian
Lodge. The latter bears a secreta-
rial relation to the Farmers Union.
The clerical end any body is ;
very important one, and upon t
depends largely the achievement Of
results for any organization. jim
wears the same Christian name as
the editor and dropped into our
office and we got little closer ac-
quainted. Our pocket-book bulges
with another dollar and the HER
AID roll-call with another name
A ripple of excitement broke
loose in Leak sville Monday when
its quiet precincts were invaded by
Cordes Dawson and j. d. Hight
of McLain. Dwson's voice rang
out fer several blocks disturbina
and ting in motion air currents
lying dormant since the last Ian
sale when Dan Brelnd's vocal chord
furnished the echo-stirrers. Daw-
son is plum full ever and bubbllna
over with constant supply of VII
saIlies. They drove through ana
returned the same evening. The