Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-17
LOCAL

ID. A. MCLEOD, the clever Nernal
postmaster, was in town Thursday
Dock Beard is sorter under the
weather these days in health way.
This week has afforded some real
hot days Summertime weather sure
enough.
Miley Mcleod was up from Yer
nal Saturday morning and got to
see US do some printing on the
HERALDS.
Thurston & Poitervant are pro-
ceeding with the erection of the
Thornwell McRae dwelling out in
Pool addition.
Mrs. d. M. Bearry arrived home
from Bay Minette this week much
improved from the treatment there
under DR.. Campbell, she having
fieshed up several pounds.
An Obituary of Mrs. Abigil We'll
ford, mother of Henry Wexford of
Shipman, reached US yesterday, too
late for this weeks paper but will
appear in our next issue.
John Tolbert stuck an adj into
his ankle Wednesday evening while
atwork on the McRae house with
Thurston. The wound will lay
him off little while.
This has been an off week in
the yield of news. Its put US to
our wits to gather enogh to pre-.
sent a respectable spread on our
lunch-counter of happenings.
Sam and Manse Ball made a trip
UP to Meridian last week taking
Manse's mother up there to the
Insane Asylum. She has been
mentally deranged for some time.
From letter to the editor we
CLEAN that Willie P. Rounasville
and bride arrived at Rounsaville
on Sunday on the return from treir
honey moon amongst the mountain
resorts of Tennessee.
G. w. Young was in Leakesville
Tuesday wearing his best togs as
if out on a pleasure tour. Guess
since he is released from the oner-
Gus mail-riding task he enjoys
knocking round some.
Notice from a publication ap-
pearing in this issue, that Circuit
Court, August term, has been pre-
termitted by Judge Hardy. The
extreme hot weather and meagre-
ness of business the cause.
Mr.. Neuberger of the firm of
Block & Neuberger of Mobile was
up here late last week looking af
ter business connected with the
W.P. Rhinehart trusteeship. He
is winding the matter up.
Mr.. D. W. Knoll the genial
photographer of Frui tdale Ala, is
making one of his customary
rounds of Leakesville and contiig.
Gus territory this week delivering
orders and in quest of new business.
The new houses going up in
Leakesville are keeping Dad Bald
win here almost constantly of late
putticg up pillars and chinmeys.
The old town contin ues to grow in
the face of the calamnitious times.
Ed Gaines the young man who
has been keeping the commissary
for the Leakesville Lbr. Co. boar
ded Tuesdays train enroute for
Mobile and possibly Bay Minette
Ala for operation or treatment
for Appendicitis. He is npehew
of Carey Harper.
Mrs. Emma Fallon, accompanied
by little daughter, visited the Sam
Ball family SATURDAY. and Sunday.
Mrs. Fallon is a niece of Sam, a
daughter of Charley Pipkins of Eu-
banks. She lives near her father.
Is the mother of John Gibson, who
has been working in the HERALD
printery.
Our friend w. S. Childs seems
to be having a busy time these
days rafting in and out of the city
making sundry deliveries with his
mule-team which moves, with a
livelier pace since he traded off the
old brindle or clay-bank mule, for
one of a more decided red color and
quicker stepping idiocyncrasies.
Frank Brice has gotten back to
Leakevsille again, taking his old
Job O f saving w h the
Leakesville Lbr. Co. He is accom-
panied this time by pretty bride
of a few months, and another broth
err of his, whose name we haven t
vet dropped onto. Frank is pop
ular young man with our peop.e.
Another Appendicitis affiict d
one to board the the cars, enroute
to Mobile or Bay Minette Tor treat
ment or operating may be de-
cided upon after Gulf City is reach
ed, was Mrs. lila Byrd, the wife OF
James Byrd of East Side. She IS
daughter of James Beard Sr. Her
husband of course accompanies her.
Bob Lackey has the contract for
erecting dwelling for Ben W.
Mcleod in the old field towards
river from the Lizzie McInnis Ho-
tel looking a little north of East.
Ben has sold his home up near
the r. O. Mclnnis house to K. y.
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