Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
LOCAL

on.load Of beet IN the caplCal CITY
yesterday.
Peaster Hillman Neelyite, had
occasion to visit the capital burg of
Greene Saturday last.
Bill Merritt, another Forkite,
was in Leakesville Tuesday. He
accompanied Davis on the way up.
The Baptist Ladies Aid are book
ed to meet al Mrs. Nat Owens
next Wednesday evening, August
9Th.
In town in the early week to see
about his we'll sinking outfit, was
Geo H. Cowart of the Fork of the
rivers.
The Leakesville baseball crowd
went to Lucedale Wednesday, play
ing the team there another match
game.
Corners to Leakesville yesterday
from the Upper East Side, were
Lang Mills ST., and Wiley Mills,
father and son. q.
Will A. Avera spent last Satur-
day in this village in company with
a younger brother, who yet wears
the knickerbockers.
w. C. Wexford contrived to get
Leakesville on his visiting list
again this week His face was
in sight on our streets Tuesday.
Those rainy dog-days being so
freely referred to by the Il told
YOU so crowd" are putting in their
appearance with an unbroken sue
cession.
Mrs. Anna Bell Naples and chill
dren are visiting the Jas. Woodland
Sr. family in the Goose Pond set
Element this week. This is the
father of Mrs. Naples.
An article with profanity as the
text by Cordes Dawson, is postpon-
ed till our next. 1t is of that char
acter that it will not lose its value
by delay in publishing.
A trio of Grafton denizens, name
ly: Andrew Smith, the father and
Lawrence and Melton, the sons, all
heads of families had business at
the Court House Wednesday.
Bob Mcleod stopped in Leakes-
Vile Monday. We acknowledge
pleasant call. Like all the sons of
John Mcleod, the ferryman, Bob is
of a cheerful smiling disposition.
Jas. B. Davis, one of the sturdy
yoemen of Greene County dwelling
in the Fork of the rivers came to
the County capital Thursdy on bus
mess. Has become HERALD read
er.
Deputy Jailer Mack Fountain
had several loads of dirt dumped
into the old dug we'll near the Jail
this week. 1t had begun to cave
and would have if not filled up
possibly become dangerous.
Having concluded his engage
ment with the E. F. Ballard Co.,
]. K. Brown left our city today
for Shipman his former home. O.
riginally he is from the old Sc
cession State of South Carolina
and a very polite pleasant fellow.
The new two-story home of Mrs.
Kate Stephens is being much i'm
proved in outward appearance, by
the administration of several coats
of paint under the dexterous hand
of ]. M. Marney, whose card In
that line, now appears in these3col-
umns
R. F. Mcleod, a wealthy real
estate dealer, of Ensley, Ala, was
in Leakesville late last week, COM
ing in response to an urgent sum-
mons to the bedside of his father,
Mr.. Sweyn, who was then in Very
precarious condition, but who has
since rallied some.
G. G. Faux of Moss Point spent
part of Wednesday and Thursday
in Leakesville. He was the orig
inal founder Of this paper, estab-
fishing it on Sept l, 1898 and rum
ming it until Dec. l, 1898, when
the present excuse took hold and
has run it continuously since.
Owing to the photo coming in
to our hands laer THAN calculated,
we decided not to have cut made
and print, showing the partial
eclipse of several Sundays ago; ;
postcards of this eclipse can be
had of D. w. Knoll, Fruitdale,
Ala. who took the photograph.
A couple of County Correpscn-
dence reach us Thursday, one day
too. late to squeeze in this week.
Sorry. but cant fall behind one day
with an edition to please the dila-
tory writer's. Appreciate your ar
ticies, but will appreciate them,
oh so much more, if mailed to
reach here by Wednesday.
A drummer friend of th4 edI-
tors who subscribed to theHERALl'
for a year mainly on the strength
of its policy of rejecting whlskey
ads, writes this encouraging thing
of it: Il think yours is the lest
rural newspaper in this section
Thanks bro. we hope to make 1t
merit some day this mark of praise
or at least to put it in the company
Of the best. "
rrW MnpL