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

Wadkin, School, Miss, July 27
19O8.-Old Bright wants to pull
with you this week, as he feels 81
much better after the rain.
There are quite a number of sicl
people around here.
R. E. Bradley's baby is very sick
M. w. Balls baby has been rea
sick but is improving.
Rufe Ball is quite low but was
conveyed to his sons, Solomon
by CA. Hunt, where his heart was
made glad with song services con.
Quoted by the settlement singers
assisted by Misses Allie Sowell, OF.
tice Dunnam, Mr.. Moses Ball and
Melton Lyles, William Hudson and
Tom Byrd of Washington, and they
were all filled with gladness. Read
er YOU could have song service in
your vicinity there is othing more
entertaining and interesting for be-
levers.
George Moore has very unpleas-
ant time going up and down the
road visiting his scattered orphan
children. We have a heart of SYM
pathy for the old gentleman as we'll
know the bitter lot of mourning
after our loved ones. ~
Little Mig how are your neigh
bors treating you this week? Bad,
if so, you had better look at your
self again there may be a black
spot somewhere.
Crops are bad on this ridge for
want of rain, guess old Bright
needs the rod.
Editor, hope you wont fall over
there, but excuse me for bothering
you so much, better tenn to my own
business first. ~
Old Bright has never worded on
dots before, see!
Have nice prayer meetings at
School house, would be better if Old
Bright would throw out his tobac-
CO.
Editor excuse me for using my
name so much, Papa says that's all
| have got.
We used to have a little court
here, but don't lately; havn't seen
the Sheriff in here since he got all
the votes he could. Better watch
Old B. We may. have a blind tiger
in here.
Our school is progressing nicely
under the care of Miss Allie Sow
ell, we have been having three bos-
ses in our school, but have got one
now and a good school.
What's the matter Little Mig?
| saw an officer making fun of {
common man, better look out ole
Hannah, Mordecai had on sack cloth
These are sad days with Mr.. H
A. Ball and children, since Mrs. H
A. Ball was carried to the Meridian
Asylum and left the family tt
mourn, but blessed are they tina
mourn for they shall be comforted
OLD BRIGHT.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
BALL NO. Q

Ball, Miss. July, 27 1908. Dear
Editor and readers our crops have
suffered some with dry weather; We
are now having some good rains.
Brother Noble preached fine SER
mon at Pine Grove yesterday; he
is the blind man but he can hear
and talk alright; there was quit :
bunch there if it was rainy day.
He is to begin a meeting here on
the third Sunday in August to run
until the fourth Sunday.
E. G. and VIC. Ball are having
bad weather to save fodder off
their enormous crop of c)rn that
Curious spoke of a while back,
where the stalks average three ears
and hand full Of shelled corn in
the tassel and cup of hom ny In
the silk. They want to advertise
some seed of it through the HER
AID this fall.
| will answer Sweet Sixteen's
question, old mother Eve here is
one two fine legs on one side and
three on the other, two eyes in my
forehead and four on my back, one
tongue that is silent and two thai
can clack.
Mr.. H. Thames went to Mobile
this week t. lay in another stocl
of goods He sells SO much meat
and -four it keeps him on the move
to have it when he gets calls. i
we could get in the habit of raising
our meat at home we might have
little Egg money left to gingle il
our pockets at church, but hog rails
ing is thing of the past in on
climate.
AS it is nearly II O'Clock and
am hungry and nothing to EFT hu
smothered roasting ears ] close
Love to I'll tn Z HERALD family.
BILL, NYE.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
BETTY. NO. Q.

Betty, Miss. July %, 1908. AT
ter long dry spell here we have
been blessed with some rain, which
we were needing very badly.
Mrs. HE. Ball is on the sick list
this week.
Mrs. Sarah Breland and little son
are visiting relatives at this place.
Mrs. Rena Hillman is enjoying a
visit from her mother, Mrs. }. +.
Ederington and little sisters this
week from Coffeeville, Miss.
There was nice crowd of young
people and some old ones who atten-
ded the sing at Mr.. and Mrs. Solo
mon Balls Sunday evening last.
Mr.. Charley Hunt and wife spent
part Of last Sunday at Mr.. K. T,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
WASHINGTON. aG. C.

Nicely, Miss, July rs, 1908. "A;
nothing fills my mind except the
good meetig which has just closed,
will try and tell the readers of the
HERALD about the great revival.
Forty were added to the Church,
thirty-five for baptism, five by let
ter and restoration. Will give their
names herein below. Fathers and
mothers were made to rejoice see
ing their dear children taking their
Blessed Saviour for their guide.
We ask God to direct them in the
way they should go, and not be led
astray.
Preaching was conducted by our
Pastor, Bro. Curry. Large crowds
attended day and night. Every
thing went on quietly and peaceful.
Well of course | could sit and
write all rhis evening on this sub
ject but | suppose / had better wait
and write more after the Second
Sunday in August which is Bro.
Curry's regular time of preaching.
The Washington people are need
ing rain now, this dry weather is
good for the fodder pullers.
We are sorry to say that our DIR.
Joe Green was called Monday to the
bedside of his brother. Bliss Green
of McLain, where he renders all the
help he knows how, which is a
great deal as Joe is very efficient
young physician and good Christian.
Bliss has typhoid fever, we trust
he will soon recover.
Mrs. Charles Hillman is enjoy
ing the company of her sister, Mrs.
Black of Hattiesburg this week.
We had the pleasure of shaking
hands with Mr.. John Green and
sister Miss Bette, yesterday.
We were glad to see so many of
our friends from Leakesville Sun
day.
Mr.. Ed Green and wife are on
the sick list this week.
Mr.. Albert Harrison has just re-
turned from Mobile. He and his
lovely wife have moved into. their
new house, where they look with
smiles at each other as though they
were just married yesterday. !
Mrs. S. A. Hathon is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Triggs at Clara,
Miss.
Abb Lambert of Avera, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Moody, Saturday. /
AS | am most sure you will get
tired of reading this l desist, re-
Numbering however to write here
the names of candidates for bap-
tism: A. Wade, Bud Wide, George
Wade, Mrs. Wade, Frank Ham, Ell
mo Ham, Bril- Freeman. Rena
Moody, Bertha Moody, Lucy Moody,
Lizzie Breland, Bessie Bradley, Adj
am Bradley, Katie Breland, Mamie
Hillman, Joe Hillman. C. Bell Hill
man, Ben Hillman, Anna Hillman,
Hattie Moody, Willie Fixes, Wilce
Backstrom, Kiley Harrison, Calvin
Harrison, Den Harrison, Sam Bre-
land, Writ Hillman, Ida Byrd, E..
B. Moody, R. L. Turner, M. c.
Turner, Mrs. Turner, Will Breland,
Mr.. Hutson, Ona Byrd, Liza Byrd
Flora Byrd, Henry Smith, Desmy
Byrd, Forest Breland.
BLACK EYES. +
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
MARRIAGES
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MARRIED, - on Saturday,
July Is, 1908, at the parsonage in
Leakesville Miss, in the pres
ence of the brides father and a
bunch of town folks headed by the
so-called Loving Henry Hinton,
who happened to seek shelter IN
der the same roof from a shower
rain, Arthur John HENDERSON to
Miss Fern A. Highly. Rev. W.
A. Hays performed the ceremony
The bridal party came and went
back on the train, hailing from
Deer Park, Ala.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31

Agreeable to announcement made
last week in these columns, Rev.
S. B. Culpepper of Newton, repre-
senting the Clarke County Memorial
College, a Baptist institution of
learning in the embryoic state, adj
dressed congregations respectively
at Sweetwater Sunday Morning
and Leakesville on Sunday night.
While a younger looking minister
than we expected to see for so res
ponsible mission, Culpepper proved
himself by the talk made to be con-
siderable of speaker. His style is
pleasant, punctuted with earn
estness and occasional sallies of
wit; and he doesn't open his mouth
long before you discover that he
has some oratorical gift. Several
times during his talk here, he let
some of his eagles loose, samples
no doubt of the eloquence he COM
mands on occasions that draw him
out more fully. He got some dOna-
tions for his school from this place.
TIE Dormitories of this College are
about complete. They expect to
open in October. Culpepper, or
so he says, is third cousin of the
famous John B. Culpepper, Meth
odist evangelist.
Rev. W. A. Hays and family
left by raj on yesterday for Shu-
buta where they will alight and
journey through the country to
church on the Matherville Charge
which circuit Bro. Hays served the
four years preceding his coming
here. He will hold two meetings
while up in there, one for Rev.
Young who is the pastor of the
Matherville work and one possibly
for Rev. Mr.. Maddox who has the
Wayne mission. He goes at their
invitations of course. Will return
here before 4th Sunday in August.
Will visit old Pensioners while up
in there. The folks up in there are
endeared to the Hays family for
their pastoral labours among them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
VEL .ow PINE, ALA.

Yellow Pine, Ala. July 81 1908
We have never written to the HER
AID but once will come again
this week If this doesn't reach
the waste-basket will try to write
regularly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunnagan, a newly
married couple from Winchester,
have moved here. 49,,
Mr.. Ollie Etheredge leaves to
night for Hattiesburg.
Yellow Pine was on the boom
Saturday July the 18th.
! Quite a good many people were
here to attend GU. old fashioned
barbecue. Had the medal contest
here that day. Fruitdale girls were
the speakers. Miss Carrie Smith
won the medal. We also had bail
game in the afternoon between
YELLOW Pine and State Line: the
score stood IA to % in favor of
State Line, but we must allow
them game sometime.
Miss Essie Martin from Tenn.
Miss Linnie Rucker from Dyers-
burg and Miss Nora Jernigan from
Mobile are visitors at the home of
Mrs. j. L. Wright; they took fly
ling trip to Fruitdale yesterday af-
ternoon.
An ice cream supper was given
lat the schoolhouse last Friday night
for the benefit Of the new church !;
a good crowd was expected but on
Ily a few attended on account of
rain. sa m
Mrs. Burns has a nine pound boy,
born on the goth.
DR.. w. M. Moore has been in
Mobile for 10 days, is expected
back Tuesday. ea
Bro. Mcdonald preached a fine
sermon Sunday. His text being
Account fer thy stewardship 1or
thou mayest no longer be stew ard. =
Mr.. Omear Dubose from Frcst
Bridge, Miss, who has been work
ling here, has gone home for ten
days to attend camp meeting.
| Mrs. ]. M. Mackey and baby Wis
lifted her mother, Mrs., Coaker, in
lState Line Sunday,
Misses Ruth Boykin and Irene Nc
Leod from State Line, were visit
ors here Sunday.
| Mr.. Wash Lott is here visiting
old friends.
| Miss Nettie Everett has returned
after spending long time with he
sister in Ellisville, Miss.
Mr.. Charlie Rockwell has accept
led position here as engineer.
II We have already made our lettel
; long so close.
ppOWN r. Rifle EWES
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
A COUSIN

With all due regard for the feel
ings of our friend Fish-Hook, are
obliged to exclude his contribution
from insertion, as it is written
from Leakesville and there is not a
single news item in it that was not
covered by our last week serving
The HERALD scribe is able yet a.
while to write up the locals of this
city, but appreciates any informa-
ton to put ul next to an item. Ii
Fish, Hook will take our job for q
week or two, we will enjoy trip
off on a vacation, whil2 he swings
the tripod and MAKES local notes
The funnyisms of his letter, may
strike his sense of humor all right
but might offend some of oul
readers and subscribers, and these
we have to safeguard. Ia ia ole
boy, and don't be mad.
J. C. Fain, the debonnair school
teacher, is authority for the state
ment that the best public da!
Washington G. C. ever had Twill b
Saturday, Aug. Is, 1908, when
w. O. w. Picnic will be givel
there. Public speakers arrange'
for to address the people that da
are II. F. Simrall, State Manage
| for the Woodcraft order, and E
M. Barber, candidate for Congress
Theirs are positive engagements
Correspondence is in progress to al
so secure Hon. E. j. Bowers, bu
yet that is yet in doubt.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31

Pipkins.
Nance and Alex Ball, Will Hut
son and George Moore drove over
to SNeetwater Sunday.
Little Ella Ball is staying with
her aunt, Lizzie Ball, going to
school as it nearer than from her
home.
Miss Isabelle Ball is still getting
along fine with her school.
Mr.. j. R. Brewer was down this
way Sunday.
Miss Leila and Matte and Mrs.
Ball were driving around in B 'tty
Sunday eve, -.
PINE KNOT.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
MERRILL.

Merrill, Miss, July II 1903.
Here | come again knocking for adj
mission, asking for a little space
in your paper to spread some of my
idle thoughts for the inspection o.
the many who are watching an
Continued on Editorial page fth Co umn)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
BROWN & BLUE EYES

Please conform to the rule and
sign your real name below assumed
one on each letter, because we have
it here in the office from a prior
contribution does not abrogate the
continuity of such signing. 1t vii
not be published, but we must have
lit thereon. ED.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
Marriage Liscenes.

Week ending July Both:
7-2-08.-Bony Howard to Miss
Mary Celia Henderson.
7-25-08.-Arthur John Henderson
to Miss Fern A. Highly.
-30-08.-Calvin Montgomery to
Annie Summers. col.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
A FEW M0Rg

Vacancies in class Vickbsurg
Sanitarium training School for
Nurses. Young women wishing
to become trained nurses. write
for particulars. DIR. ID. +. STREET
Vicksburg Sanitarium, Vicksburg,
Miss. 1928.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31

THEHERALD wants CORES pundent at every
Post ONCE and hamlet in old Greene County, a
r al We one: one who will write frequently
pointed para raphS detailing the happenings.
In this way the paper can be maze more inter-
sting and both the kindly writer and his or
her respective community helped. we VIII 1ur-
ishustatloneryand postage to anyone who VIII
voIrteer for real business with hum to 1t IN
this line
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-31
GREENE COUNTY HERALD.

MAKE a certainty Of the proper mention in
this column of any locals coming to your
knowledge by putting the office in touch VIII, Win
the data. III you have visitor or go Vlsleins ~
yourSelf. or stumble on any likely matter OF
reading interest tell u.s. bout it or drop
memorandum of it in the postofice. Inc
HERALD wants to keep up with all the happen-
ings but we need your help as we'll as kindly
criticism Don't let timidity or false sense
OF propriety keep good live news item unoer
cover.
The evening world., 1908-11-25
NO BARNES WILL CONTEST.
Brother of Dead Contractor Denies
Report as to Daughters PInns.

FlSHKILL, N. Y, Nov 25.-There will
be no contest over the estate of Oliver
Weldon Barnes. the railroad contrac-
tor who died in New York about ten
days ago, The announcement that
Mrs Thoma1 E. Phillips. one of the
daughters, was about TO take steps to
break the viii was denied by Willis A.
Barnes, OF No. % Broadway. New
York, a brother of the dead man.
There viii be no contest" said Dir.
Barnes. An the heirs have agreed TO
the probating OF the will. ana the
necessary consents have been Med at
Poughkeepsie. The report that my
brother left half a million IS also
wrong. The amount OF his estate Is
well within 10000.
"oliver ". Barnes, grandson OF the
Mich. as reported. His father Is
there, but the young man who had
such a picturesque career on Broadway
while his money lasted is now In
South America. engaged in business
and doing well, His wife Is playing In
a musical show in New York.
The evening world., 1908-11-25
THREE BURGLARS
FROM SING SING
ESCAPE IN FOG
Elude Guards While at Work
on New Prison Site on West
Bank of Hudson.

Three Sing Sing convicts, who slipped
away from the guards while working
on the new prison site on the west bank
OF the Hudson. between Fort Mont
gomery and Iona Island. last evening.
have not been caught to-day and the
police here ere keeping q sharp lookout
for them.
The three had not sneaked through
the line of guards more than ten
minutes before they were missed. The
new prison site is surrounded by dense
woods and the fog made it impossible TO
see more than a few feet. The fog also
helped the prisoners in another way. for
when, the guards asked for help the
prison authorities found it impossible to
get a boat across the river bec~"ee of
the mist.
A ferry boat commanded by Capt.
Van Schaick, who was convicted for
negligence in the General Slocum case,
makes a trip from the prison to the
new site nearly every day, but the fog
was so thick it was thought unsafe to
run the boat yesterday,
The convicts who escaped are George
Rogers, twenty-one. convicted in Colum-
b!a County for burglary, and who had
year more to serve: Arbil Fuller.
twenty, who has two more years to
serve for burglary in Essex County.
and Max Ferrano, Westminster County
thief. who would have been free in five
months.
Seventy-one convicts are now engaged
on the new prison site. Barracks. with
.ron-scTeened windows and iron doors,
which are locked at night, furnish quar-
tiers for the cUnyicts, but there Is no
stone wall 10 detain them and they are
helumeG Ia by Gordon OF armed
guards while al work. The convicts
have been engaged in dwelling the
plateau on which the new prison VIA
stand.
Near the site runs the West Shore
railroad tracks and within two hundred
yards is a water tank at which nearly
II incoming and outgoing freight trains
stop. 1t is believed the three men
med their escape TO nicely md
1Olted into a car, where they hid.
Since the fog fell the guards have
been kept on the jump. but no prisoner
got past them untiI yesterday fter-
aoon.
Ferrano formerly lived Mt No. II New
nam Ders street, this city and was n
member OF one Of the lower east side
TIuss He has a large acquaintance
nd could proh0h lv get helm for him
self and his friends should he manage
% get TO mis- CITY.
The evening world., 1908-11-25
WORKHOUSE FOR MAN
WHO WROTE TO JOHN D.
Foster, Arrested at Clarendon,
Pleads Guilty to Vag-
rancy Charge.

William A. Foster, who was arrested
at the Hotel Claredon, where he lived
with his family. for running up a bill
Of $500, which lie couldn't pay, was
committed to the work house this af-
ternoon by Magistrate Barlow in the
Centre Street Court on a charge of
vagrancy,
Foster is the man who established a
record for the number and Ingenuity Of
the begging letters he wrote. lie car
ried on one-slded correspondence with
John u, Rockefeller for months. John
+. Kennedy, the ph!lanthropist, was
also favored with an avalanche Of his
letters. Mr., Kennedy and several Of
Fosters dupes were ia court to-day.
Foster pleaded guilty. Hhe was pros
ecuted By Phillip j. McCook, counsel
for the charity organization, and Assist
ant Dlstrict-AttOrHey Guiteman showed
the magistrate some of the letters VIII
ten by Foster,
There is warrant out against Eos
ter charging him with the larceny Of
s3 900 worth OF stock In the Caracas
Marble Company and MS soon as re
serves the six months in tn eWorkaouse
he Will be rearrestsd on this charge
The evening world., 1908-11-25
GOT DOUBLE CROSS"
FROM OWN X RAYS
Doctor Saved by Timely Op'
Grafton From Effect of
His Own Device.

Because he changed from one form
OF 'X-ray generation to another, a step
beneficial to his patients but dan
gerous to himself, DR.. I. McMunn
Holly, of No $50 ST Marks avenue,
Brooklyn. suffered from the double
cross" to such an extent that he has
left his home for an ocean voyage to
Panama to recover from the effects OF
an X-ray burn and a serious operation
that was made necessary
DR.. Holly had used for years the
static X-ray. He exposed himself to 1t
so often and for such long times that
he began to regard himself as immune
from the injuries that many surgeons
think certain to follow an operator S
oyer-exposure to the action of the rays.
Recently he installed in his office. op-
posite the big static device, the small.
compact coil, which looks harmless
enough under its glass case on a small
stand.
He was pleased with the effect OF the
for treatment, but on the back OF his
own hand an amond-shaped purplish
burn mark appeared. The N-ray burn
began eating into the flesh with alarm
ing rapidity and hasty operation on
the hand was performed by other sur
geons, just in time. they said. to save
the injured member.
The surgeons wife has received word
from him that he Is out Of danger and
that the wound has begun to heal
The evening world., 1908-11-25
HUGHES SERVES
A NEW "NOT|CE"
ON PARTY BOSSES
Will Serve His Party Only as
He Is Serving the People,
He Declares.
HOME RULE FOR CITY.
Merit and Right Must Rule
Governors Actions, He
Says, Not Expediency.
HOME RULE FOR CITY.

Republican state bosses" are not
hilarously enthusiastic to- day over Gov.
Hughes's latest declaration OF indepen-
dence. He made It plain at a dinner
given 10 him and other State officers
elect at the Republican Club last night
that when there is pie" to pass around
1t will be distributed on a basis OF merit.
not expediency.
There was little encouragement of
party leaders receiving consideration
from him. either in carrying out his re-
form programme or in making appoint
ments. His speech was plea for doing
what is right rather than what is ex-
pedient.
'Oh. the hours that are wasted In the
discussion of whether a thing will take
instead of considering the question of
whether It is right" he exclaimed. "Oh,
the waste of ingenuity and talent In
trying 10 simply give an administration
that is palatable instead OF one that
is square! The mistake of 1t lies in the
misjudgment OF the American people.
because the one thing they viii not
tolerate is the doing of that particular
thing II they catch man at 1t. Ptey
will stand for opposition II they think a
man means what he says. They will
recognize the quality OF one who is
opposed to them II they think he is
straightforward, but If any officer in q
responsible position tries to gain by
duplicity what he cannot gain by can
dor he will generally i've long enough
to see that he has made a sad mistake in
his estimate of his fellow countrymen."
Viii Do His Best.
III I were leaving the chair of the
Governorship to-day instead of entering
upon second term and were in a po-
sition TO give words OF advice to my
successor, / should say: Never think
for q moment, when you have a convic-
ton that you cannot afford to act in
accordance with It because OF any an
tagonism you may create
Then the Governor called on the Re