Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-01-17
LOCAL

County Capital Monday.
Rev. w. A. Hays preached at Brew
er School near Currys Still Sunday.
Charley AGREE and John Fike from
Janet vicinity Games to Leakesville
Wednesday.
Exsho was represented in this
burg Monday. Ben O'Daniel answer
ed to that call.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will meet
with Mrs. J. J. Beard Saturday,
January, IS, 1908.
Representative E. W. Ireland ran
down from Jackson Saturday account
of a day adjournment.
DR.. G. NJ. Lackey came to LeakeS
vile Monday to settle up bis taxc !.
He still is located at McLain.
Jack Mills came TO town Monday
to have a finger dressed that had
been lacerated by hoy bite.
Miss Eva Grouse was an arriva! on
yesterdays train, she is d sister 10
the Grouse Bros, contractors.
Opposing delegations are in Jack
son this week from Lucedalc aud
Leakesvllle account the New County
question.
Tyra Roberts is now working for
the Leakesyille Mercantile Co. He
seems to be having that store all to
himself at present.
Hon. b. P. Harrison is up in Wayne
County this week as States Solici-
tor. He was sworn in there Monday
for his four year term.
Another one of those heavy snow
like frost coatings covered the ground
Wednesday Morning, and was accom-
panied with small size freeze.
Marriage Licenses are nil again
this week. The Tightening of CONNER
cial conditions seems TO be discour-
aging to matrimonial entertainments.
Account revision of schedule on
the NJ. & o. the A. & NJ. has changed
it's time table, the train arriving a
little earlier and leaving little soon
each day.
The [Leakesville Lbr. Go. is one of
the few large saw-mills in this part
of the state that has not yet Shut
down account of the dullness in the
lumber market.
Wise Breland tell US that he es-
Inmates roughly his entire loss from
fire of home and household effects at
$2,60O.00. Quite blow to any man
in these parts.
Charlie Dunnam was down from
Beat 3 Monday making arrangements
TO have his name put on ticket in
Special Election TO be held on Both.
inst, as Supervisor.
This has been one of the dullest
weeks locally we have had in good
many moons. 1t mas put the HERALD
news-rustler to his wits-end to gath
er the small crop on deck.
The planer- mill con tinues to make
the air resound with that peculiar
noise which is neither a scream, moan
nor groan, bnt is Ii medley of all
these and more kind of sounds.
Nicely post-office began business on
Jan. 1st., 1908. 1t is being supplied
with mail three times q week from
McLain office. This new office is To-
Gated in Washington neighbohood.
Rev. w. w, Hill, the Methodist
Protestant preacher on this work
was in town Monday and Tuesday
and tells us he has been over all of
his fed. He is boarding with Char
ley Dunnam near Betty.
From friend we CLEAN the infor-
nation that w. T. Daughdrill has
moved from Merrill back out into
the Fork of the rivers, but has built
and is occupying new home about
eouple1of miles from his old place.
Leakesville gave up family this
week to Waynesboro. Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Cameron who left Monday.
Cameron has been with the Leakes-
vile Nero. Co. here neerly year,
but evidently something better has
coaxed him away.
Our County Correspondence are
urged to rouse from the slumber
that seems to have stolen over them
neasly all at once and enliven these
columns with their valuable and APP
preciatable letters. Wake O ye
Sleepers, Wakell
Rev. II. B. Vandenburg, former
Methodist pastor ct Leakesvllle for
several years, is now serving a work
at townsville, Ala. We CLEAN this
from letter he has in last weeks is
sue of his Conference organ. This is
mis- second year there and his eommu-
nication indicates that he and his are
being fed royalty by that flock.