Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-27
FRIDAY
LOCAL


John Landlord was in our village
on Wednesday. Avers is his home.
Test the claims Of the HERALD
for excellent news service of this
region.
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.cAn. incursion to Leaksville was
made last Saturday by Sap Williams
Of Betty.
The HERALD is itself the best
convincer of it's sterling merits as
a news-purveyor for this section.
Hon. D. A. Mcleod of Vernal
came to the County Capital last
Saturday.
Our line of low cut shoes are the
neatest to be found.
E. F. BALLARD co.
Rev. w. A.Hays asks us to an
nounce that he will preach at the
Methodist Church Sunday night
next t0In sunday.
The heavy rains of the early part
of the week, were quite welcome to
the farmers, as the soil had begun
to get too dry for ploughing.
Henry Roney, white man, was
arraigned in Mayors Court Tuesday
and fined So. so on charge of Drunk
eness. Dan Mcleod was of course
the magistrate in the case.
Pete Daughdrill was also on the
highways of the County Capital
Tuesday, his errand being to prove
out his homestead claim. Ed Green
of Nicely was along with him as a
witness.
Representative E. w. Breland arri-
we'd from Jackson Sunday, evident
ly glad of the release from further
Legislative duties for awhile. The
session was long and worked the
members hard.
Hon. Pat Harrison was another
of Leakesville's absent and distin-
guished sons to HE home Sunday.
He spent about one Of the busiest
Terms with the Court at Gulfport,
since his assumption of the State S
attorneyship.
Tom Lucas of Fruitdale, came to
LeakesvilIe last Tuesday. Tom
was at one time a Greene County
man, but slipped over the line into
Alabama several yeas ago. Occas-
ioanally he will make tracks back
into the. old diggings.
Through an error the birth-no-
tice Of the Alderman boy read
1880, when it should have read 1908:
that is the correct reading would
have been: "Birthed to Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Alderman Of Leakes-
vile, Miss, on March 10 (Wednes-
day. 1905. a boy
Another party Of Nicely people
to come into the countryside town
Tuesday. were Sam Breland, Ed
Breland, and another Breland boy.
The first named Breland was here
in defense of his homestead claim
contested that day; the other two
were witnesses in his behalf.
There was homestead contest
in progress at the court house Tues
day with Oscar Evans as Contes-
taht and Sam Breland as Contestee.
Several witnesses were attendants
on the case. S. R Mckay was ac-
ting as Special Commissioner to
take the depositionhs.
Rev w. A. Hays has made an
nouncement that revival services
are. planned for the week embrac-
ing the fourth Sunday in April
Rev. G. S. Harmon, pastor Of the
Methodist Church at Canton, Miss,
is to assist in the meeting. A fur
Their notice will doubtless be given.
A contingecy of Nicely folks to
roll into Leakesville Monday Eve
ming were Messrs Oscar Evans,
Chas. Hillman, Joe Green and Chas.
Green, They came in the Evans
-Breland' homestead contest heard
here Tuesday Evans. was the con-
estant and the balance of this bug
Id ,x,o~o -
Ernest H. Burch, the railroad
Agent at this place was stricken
with paralysis, the stroke invol-
wing one side of his body. This
occurred Monday night. We very
much hope the young man will
come round with partial if not
fairly complete restoration of his
bodily powers on the impaired side.
which he cant now move to any
extent.
A man of truth, who recently
travelled the public roads from Nc
Lain to Leakesville informs the
writer that he kept close lookout
and only saw one sign board. There
some kind of law providing for
the erecting of sign-boards by the
road-overseers. Securing the Sup
ervisors consent good use could
be made of some of the commu-
tation monies'collected, by investing
in and mailing up sign-boards.
Wiley Dunnam is now incarcer-
ated in the county bastile. He is
the man who jumped his bond
several years ago, made an appeal
ed Rape case. He was captured at
Richton last week by the Perry
County authorities on Sci. Fac,