Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-19


in Leakesville from Grafton for
first time in many moons, Saturday.
w. B. Proctor, the turpentine
operator of Edith, was in town
Saturday.
Spending this week at Bay Mi
nette Ala, are Mr.. and Mrs. J. ].
Dock Beard.
Ed James and wife and child
were all three in Leakesville Mon
day and Tuesday.
D. C, Landlord was Saturday
conner to town, he glanced over our
HERALD outfit.
Will and George Beary are both
over near Baskerville, Miss, in the
employ of the Blodgett land owners.
r. G.. Borden, former Merrill
citizen but now of Moss Point,
was shaking hands in Leakesyille
Wednesday.
Hon. B. P. Harrison attended the
State Democratic Convention in
Jackson yesterday as delegate at
large from Greene County.
Jacob London came up to the
county capital Wednesday from
Lucedale, bringing along three
Russian Jews to take out Natural
ization papers. They hail from the
same village in old country from
which he came.
Work has begun on sinking
Artesian Well in Leakesvillc for S.
R. Mckay 0. E. Rounsaville ct al.
This is the Geo. H. Cowart outfit
and is being run by Jno 7. Moore,
of Laurel, who is an experienced
we'll man. Henry Hinton of Luce
dale is assisting him.
Our townsman, j. E. Alderman
made the trip to Jackson as one of
the delegates from Greene to the
state convention. Willis Valley
and Andrew Smith, were the other
of those elected that managed to
hike it to the gathering of the
States Democratic council.
Rich and Willis Cochran drive to
f1x 40
spent the time in completing the AS
sessment rolls from The papers gath
cred from the four ends of the
county. So far the Educable Chill
dren list has engaged their atten-
ton but will not impede them long.
Herndcn Pool, nephew of the
Doctor, dropped into Leakesville
the first of the week. HerndOn is
a confirmed nomad. Since here
some four years ago, he has roamed
pretty we'll through the Rocky
Mountain region as we'll as the Pa
cific slope. That part of the coun-
try agrees with his health better
than this.
Developing symptoms of Appen-
dicitis, Mrs. Lawrence Evan went
to Bay Minette, Ala, Saturday to
take the Electrical treatment under
DR.. Campbell. Campbell seems
to be having success handling this
disease in incipiency, without using
the knife. John Beary is back and
says his pains were banished by the
treatment.
A perusal of the Ad of the Leak
esville Graded High School begin
ming in this issue will furnish you
perhaps with the very information
wished for in that connection. The
school is already fully organized
for another years work and is
making a bid for your patronage,
sanguine that it can do work that
will meet with approval.
An article which perhaps will
prove a helping contribution in
considering the Race Problem, has
been submitted and will appear as
soon as space can be found. The
author is a negro, but very sensi-
BILE and sane one and means well.
The HERALD earnestly wishes to
see the leaders and thinkers of both
races discuss this question for the
happiness and peace of the land.
Our young statesman, B. P. Har-
rison got back from State the Dem.
Convention yesterday and feels
pretty good over being honored by
the party, in receiving the birth
of district delegate TO the Denver
convention. He was also honored
by being placed on the committee
draft the state platform for the
next four years. First time Greene
has had a son so laurelled.
From DR.. M. L. Batson, who
spins over the highways of the ra-
dating country round Leakesville
good deal we learn that the road
between here and Sweetwater is be-
ing Strengthened out and turnpiped
by overseer Put Williams and his
hands, they using three yoke of cx-
en- and the big pillow for this beat
This is a good start in this BALI
wick, may the good work continue
to catch out farther and farther O.
yer the county.
On our force now is Johnnie Glib
son of the Bexley neighborhood, {
lad of some fourteen Summers, who
is learning the printing trade. He
gives promise of making a gooc
printer, being quick to catch or
and of close and constant applica-