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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12


Janet, Miss, June 2, 1908.-Mr.
Colon McSwain Of Hintonville was
in Janet last week. 80
The Byrd School is now pro-
crossing nicely under the care of
Miss Melvin.
A. E.. Byrd went to McLain
Tuesday.
Jesse Z. Fain was out from
Jonathan Sunday.
come as little child We can in no
case enter the Kingdom Of Heaven
when He left the sky and for sin
ners came to die, in his mercy bid
them come little ones to him; a lit
tie child shall lead them.
Luther Turner was over near
McLain Sunday to Riley Breland S.
Mrs. Richerson and daughter
Miss Minnie, has returned home
after quite a long stay down at
Wade, Miss.
The little folks had Tackey
Party at Mr.. Josiah Byrd's last
Saturday, night and reports a nice
time. Miss Myrtle Byrd and Dewey
Byrd got the cake.
Mr.. Irwin Roberts of McLain was
in Janet last Saturday night.
Mr.. Add Bradley and sister,
Bessie, attended the party Satur-
day night Qast.)
Messrs Callie and Kyle Harvi-
son were up in Janet last Saturday
from Washington.
Mr.. Walter Crawford from
Richton was in Janet last week.
Mr.. Charlie Byrd is going to
McLain today on business.
Miss Flora Byrd has returned
home from South Mississippi Col
lege where she has been going to
school.
Mrs. Richerson is very i'll this
week. We wish for her a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. Chalmers Freeman and faith
er have gone down the river now.
We are having some warm wealth
er now. but crops are looking fine.
Mr.. j. K. Roberts who has been
making McLain his home for quite
while, was in Janet last week.
L. E. Turner has just returned
home from Moss Point.
Mrs. Jeff Byrd spent the day last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. BE-. Hill
man.
J. D. Byrd was in McLain last
Friday.
Wishing much success to the
HERALD and readers. ~"
TWO SISTERS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
KITTRELL SCHOOL HOUSE.

Avera, Miss. June, 10 1861 at
tended church yesterday at County
Line and had nice time. Rev. D.
q Robertson, our pastor, delivered
us good sermon. After services
there We're seven young members
received the right hand of church
fellowship; also seven more Joined.
six for baptism and one restored to
the church who had been excluded.
The baptising will be at Kittrell
School House on the third Sunday
morning in June at 10 A. M. Bro.
Robertson will do the baptising and
afterward will preach at the same
place. Everybody come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman Henderson
are the proud parents of fine boy,
born May 81, 1908.
We received a very gccd rain
Friday past and it was needed as
everybody's crops were suffering
from drought. In this part of the
country there was hail too, but it
was not heavy enough to do any
damage as far as we have heard
yet.
Mrs. Mag Douglass and Mrs.
Ruth Mills visited Mrs.J. P. Avera
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Hilton and son, Willie
are visitors over in Greene this
week. They live at Richton.
| close as we have got to go and
pick Brier Berries to can.
MOSS ROSE.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
WIsDOM,s FOUNT BURSTS.

The Woman's Suffrage move
ment has received a most parlyz-
ing blow, one that it requires mar
Vicious speculation to guess whether
it can recover from: the sage of
Jasper has spoken and the welkins
are bound to resound with the fem
mime walls over his awful pronun-
ciento; his pa per the Bay Springs
News is the vehicle that bore the
air cleaying ebullition and here it
is:
The Leakesville Herald is out
in favor of Woman's suffrage.
The women have suffered enough
already, Bro. Faux, and it seems
strange that man of raising would
want to increase their sufferings.
The News is in favor of taking
away some of their suffering rather
than add to them"
If giving the ladies a chance to
present their arguments to our
readers is taken as our being in
favor of the movement, then the
HERALD is guilty and we can
prove by clipping from back
number of the Bay Springs News
that it has also made this kind of
commitment The HERALD has
gone further. We have editorially
said that we are quasi-favorable to
the movement but only a passive
friend to it, not an active advocate.
Has Bro. Thigpen been SO bold?We
propose to allow them space for
awhile to present their side of the
argument and let our constituents
read and make up their minds for
themselves. If the movement is
wrong one, it will fall, and agita-
ton of its principles will but has
ten its fate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
vERNAL NO. 2.

Vernal, Miss June 9, 1908. d.
P. Mcintosh has returned home
from school, he attended the Cham
berlain-H Hunt Academy at Natchez.
Miss Isabel Reeves is spending
this week with Mrs. w. D. Eu-
banks.
The new Presbyterian church is
nearly completed quite nice
house for worship.
Miss Minnie Mcleod has gotten
home from Meridian Female Col
lege, where she attended school
the past winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Eubanks
and children ACKNOWLEDGMENT day
at Rocky Creek
Mr.. and Mrs. D.A. Mcleod were
some more of the Vernalites that
were there.
Miss Laney Box was on the sick
list this last week, but we are glad
to say that she is up again.
Miss Hattie Williams is visiting
relatives at Richton this week.
Mr.. Julian Seaman passed
through this hamlet Monday.
Mr.. w. D. Eubanks is up near
Leakesville putting up telephone
wires.
Mr.. D. A.McLeod spent Monday
of last week in Leakesyille.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

The Gospel Messenger is the
name of a newborn journal to Miss
issippi, that comes to our desk this
week. 1t emanates from Meridian,
and the name of Rev. Roy H. Klei-
ser. appears as its editor, with
Haughton Faux, associate editor.
This is thea-Faulk that has been. as
sisting in the M. P. meeting now
running here. We presume that
this is an Independent religious pa
per. 1t recites that it is to be pub
lished monthly in the interest of
religion and temperance. A good
cause to live for. as the old common
wealth needs greater quantities of
both. Somehow. we are of the O.
pinon that this will develop into
periodical of more definite purpose.
Success to it. May it find room to
exist and do much good.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
JANET.

Janet, Miss, June 4 1908. -Thot
I'de give you a few dots from our
enterprising little village. The
entertainment given by the Misses
Byrd Saturday night to celebrate
the birthdays of Mr.. Travis and
Miss Myrtle Byrd was very much
enjoyed by large circle of
friends.
Mr.. Andrew Smith, who has been
in the Infrmary at Hattiebsurg,
returned home Tuesday accompa-
MED by his sister Miss Stella, who
has been attending school at Meri-
dian.
Bryd School is progressing under
the skillful management of Miss
Cretia Melvin of Heidelberg, Miss.
Miss Flora Byrd who attended
school at S. M. C. last: session, re-
turned home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Todd made a flying
trip to McLain Monday.
Mr.. William Brewer who has
been at work at Washington is at
home again this week helping his
father on the farm. s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Turner were
Sunday visitors at Andrew Brad
leys.
Mrs. j. Hillman, who has been
visiting her son, Mr.. Brewer, re-
turned home Wednesday.
Masters Charles and John Hill
man are domiciled at the home of
Mr.. Ira Roberts, while attending
Byrd School.
Little Hilliard Smith is at the
home of his uncle, Mr.. Rance
Smith, attending the same school.
Mr.. Milton Lyles was seen at
Janet two Sundays in succession,
that must mean business.
Mr.. Irwin Roberts of McLain was
a Janet visitor Sunday.
Mr.. Luther Turner visited "some
where" over the river Sunday.
Mr.. Irwin Byrd, Miss Nola Todd,
Master Mack and Mrs. Bradley
were school visitors this week.
Mr.. John Byrd of Leakesville was
seen in Janet this week.
Prof. Fain was a Sunday visitor
in Janet.
Sunday School and prayer service
at Pleasant Hill are progressing
nicely.
Mr.. Erastus Byrd has been all
smiles of late, must be because the
end of June is near at hand.
Quite crowd have planned pic
mic excursions to Girls House Bluffs
Friday and Saturday. We hope
they will have a pleasant time.
Success to the HERALD.
SCHOOL GIRLS
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

umn padding over at Jackson. Har-
rison is content to serve out tho Of
flee to which the people have called
him. The rumor probaly took printed
form from solicitations that have come
to this rising young statesman to
enter the Congressional race He
wisely declined, choosing the rather
to remain out of politics in that con-
test. Harrison is develoding, how
ever, rapidly into timber for most any
Office within the gift of his people,
but he will not allow his ambition to
soar ahead of good judgement and
his present tense stature.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

items from Skull Fork. We are
having some fine weather now.
Crops and gardens are looking fine.
Messrs. j. u. and l.. G. Freeman
ere getting ready to start down the
river with a raft of timber. We
wish them good time.
Mr.. Dennie Freeman who has
been sick SO long is now able to be
out horse trading again.
Mr.. John Freeman, wife and
daughter, Miss Nora, made a visit
to see their daughter, Mrs. Melton
Smith last Saturday and reported a
nice time.
A little stranger came into the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Cooley
May the 26th. 1908, it being a fine
boy.
Mr.. j. A. Smith and little son
Guy, visited his daughter, Mrs.
Chalmons Freeman, last Sunday.
Mr.. James Avera was seen in our
community today.
Mr.. Lawrence Smith of Jonathan
has been sick with walking typhoid
fever but reports that he is i'm
proving. Hope he will soon be
we'll.
The fruit is fine this year.
We are expecting to put away
lot of it this winter if it is not de-
stroyed before it ripens. The finest
thing we saw was Mr.. Fate Free
mans watermelon and cucumber
patch; look out Fate when your
melons get ripe l will visit you
quite often.
D. W.. Bradley and wife and two
little sons, Lloyd and Everett. are
visiting his mother this week.
!. Miss Pearlie Smith IF Northern
Jonathan, has returned to her old
home again after a few weeks stay
with her sister,. Mrs. Lena Wal
ley of Clara Miss.
Good wishes to the HERALD and
all its readers.
SLEEPING BEAUTY.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
NEELY.

Nicely, Miss, June g. 1908.
Washington G C. is too large
city to remain unheard from long
at time.
The farmers around here have
begun to look just a little down.
hearted, as it seems that their
crops are to be parched to death
by the suns penetrating heat.
Mr.. J. c. Daughdrill, former
ly of Leaf, but now of Everywhere,
spent night in our burg this past
week.
We are glad to see that Prof.
Fain of Permissible has not entire
ly forgotten the good people of our
community, as he shows this by
wandering back every few days.
Washington has already become
noticed as a center for protract-
ed meetings; but the people have
changed somewhat for now we are
n living protracted meeting.
On last Wednesday night large
crowd was seen at prayer meeting
which was lead by DR.. Green.
Then on Saturday night the Meth
odist church was filled with people
who, came to hear the gospel ex-
p1afned by Rev. Hill CAS- it was his
regular appointment but he failed
to meet US. We do not know the
cause. of his absence, but suppose
he must have been sick as he has
always been very punctual. Will,
the young people were singing, a
slight disturbance was raised on
the outside which was due to a fell
low being overcharged with booze,
but our friend Nixon dept. Sher-
iff) of Leaf, appeared on the scene
late Sunday evening and made a
search for the disturber, but he had
gone West and | expect we'll for
him that he did. On Sunday morn
ing a large crowd gathered for
Sunday School at the M. P. Church
and were lead by Mr.. C. w. Green.
Then in the afternoon at the Bap-
fist Church for Sunday School a.
gain, which was lead by Messrs.
Hathorn and Evans. Then in the
evening we all gathered for prayer
meeting which was lead by ]. C.
Hathorn, and for about two hours
God was praised with prayers and
songs. We are expecting great
meeting Sunday as it is Rev. j. c.
Currie's time to. preach and already:
The hens have ceased to cackle when
And the roosters crow except before day.
Mr.. Bud Williams is on the sick
list at present but we trust he will
soon be up again.
Mr.. C. H.Hillman and DR.. Green
were seen driving out of town soon
Tuesday morning and we have
since learned that Mr.. Hillman was
on his way to Choctaw Bluff Ala,
where he goes to visit his. daugh-
tiers.
Katie and Mrs. M. B. Carr and
DIR. Green were en- route to Leaf,
where he had been called TO render
medical aid. We wish both of the
gentlemen a successful and happy
trip.
Quite a crowd of Neelyites were
visitors to McLain last Saturday.
Guess its time for me to close as
I am getting hungry and that
means its time to cook and eat a.
gain. =
RPf1MN- EWES
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
THAT HARRISON RUMoR.

It's reported that District Attor-
ney Harrison, of Leakesville, will en-
ter the race for congress in this dis
trict.
LATER The Greene County Herald,
published in District Attorney
Harrison's home town, Leakesville,
failed to mention his candidacy for
Congress, or to deny the rumor.
This fact might be taken to indicate
that the Jackson correspondents got
their grapevines crossed when they
announced Mr. Harrison
STILL LATER. Hon. b. 2. harrison
Yves in Jackson yesterday, but he
didn't do a thing to Fred Sulins for
starting the report that he would ran
against Mr.. Bowers for Congress. y
From Biloxi Daily Heralds.
You are right Bro. Herald, there
was nothing to it but some clever col
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
MR.. BRYAN NEVER SMOKES
NOR DOES HE CHEW OR SMOKE.

1t is interesting to note how much
of an insight one can get into man S
real character through the unconsci-
Gus testimony of his associates.
And with no one is this more clear
ly illustrated than with William Jen-
nings Bryan The organs belong to
what they call the Farmers Club, +"
in which the social life in normal
centers, says q writer in the July
DELINEAToR. Through the Winter
they hold monthly meetings at the
homes of the members. They come
in the morning some fifty strong and
stay till dark. Each family brings
great basket and there is spread
the finest dinner you ever ate, chick
ems. roasted and broied and fricas-
seed, pies-mince aid custard and
pumpkin, and all the cakes the dill
gent housewives can find in the cook
book. The women folks. when they
are done in the kitchen, gather round
the uarlor stove with their sewing.
Mrs Bryan brings perhaps the
nightshirts she is making for her hus-
band, perhaps the stockings from
the family darning basket. The men
get out to the barn and smoke and
talk of the value of alfalfa and the
obstruction of gophers. Only there
is one among them who doesn't re-
quire that soothing mental stimulus.
Uncle Jake" Wolfe says in proud
commentator of the leading light of
the community, w. J. IS that much
better'n the rest of us that he never
smokes nor chews. F" In dignity, it is
also true that he never takes drink,
every political banquet finding his
glass turned down.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
UPPER EAST SIDE.

Fruitdale, Ala. June ,7th 1908 =
G. c. Platt's crop. i was passing
the river road the other day and
heard terrible racket; thought it
was someone fighting: l come to
find out it was the corn and grass
fighting, the corn would have
whipped but in come the gophers
and took possession of the corn.
Bell Eel has fished until the
banks of Griffin creek are slick
as otter hide.
L. C. Odom is still holding the
road to Ezell's.
Pearl Strickland is still holding
the settlement roads hot changing
her baby from hip to hip.
/ think K. Platt and Hivanno
Lumber Co.. have suspended bust
ness as haven't heard the mill
foot for several days.
Sid Odom was late when on his
way Cork town to go driving his
team.
Lizzie Odom made flying trip
to Kila Platt's Saturday evening;
she is Sunday visitor to Mr.. F.
Griffins.
Times got hard, money got
scarce; times got no better, then
Old Mig left Fruitdale.
j. III. EzeH still holding the road
hot to State Line hunting his boat.
Mr.. and MRS. Tom Strickling
were visitors to- Sid Odom's today.
Luke Williams, Hubert Owens,
and Sid Odom were visitors to T. ]
Odom's Sunday.
The crops are needing rain
through here.
Old ball is still hiving gnats.
BLACK-HEAD.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
BEXLEY.
Brought over from last week. /

Brought over from last week.
Hello! Mr.. Editor here | am a.
gain, would have come sooner, but
you gave me such a shaking, have
just now slightly gotten myself to
gether again.
Crops are looking so we'll down
this way until the people almost
have the big head.
Mr.. Tyra Eubanks has been on
the sick list with the mumps, but
was out killing grass again today.
We are glad to see him up again.
Mr.. Richard / Eubanks is having
the old cover of his house remov-
ed and is going to put new one
on it. Il
Mr.. j. N. Dickerson and two of
his sons passed the Bexley School
House today. e"
Mr.. E. F. Ball also made flying
trip toward the city of Merrill.
L. N. Ball has resuumd his
school teaching again at Bexley /,
is having fine attendance. r..
Not long since he took trip to
the South Mississippi College, at
Hattiesburg where he and about
seventy others spent two pleasant
days writing up papers for State
License, we hope they make a
thousand year license.
The Sunday School at Pine Grove
is on boom with Mr.. W. Ball as
Supt. and corps of good teachers;
hurrah for old Pine Grove!
Master Bonnie says that he has
been catching a fine lot of catfish.
Mr.. 7. A. Ball still makes his
regular trips to Merrill with vege-
tables.
Mr.. I. A. Ball, Brother to ]. J.
and w. w. Ball and son of the late
Probate Judge, James S. Ball, of
Ball Miss, said that" Mr.. Jno.
D. Williams son of Mr.. Adam Will
liams, and the grandson of the late
Jackey Daughdrill, said that he was
coming across the water at the
mouth of Corn Greek a few days
previous, when all of a sudden he
heard a great splash in the water,
and in a moment a huge water an
imal, which seemed to be as large
as mule, suddenly rose up; it was
so near his boat, until it turned it
partly around; it was then he (Mr.
Williams) saw an opening to land
and he did not wait to be persua-
ded to make space. Mr.. Williams
did not know the name of the ami
NAL, but the writer thinks from
the description, that it must be a
sturgeon, or a jabberwock.
Mr.. Nv. Ball made a flying trip
to Merrill today.
Twill not answer Club Fists ques-
ton about the OK as some one else
has done so.
Yes, Sweet Sixteen, / have seen
mosquitoes sitting on trees and also
on bark, but not now for they are
on me, and don't you for
get but what | am having some
bloody battles with them.
| wonder can Sweet Sixteen tell
me who was the father of the two
sons of Zebedee?
Now Mr.. James, if you see fit to
run the blue pencil through part
or all of this, you may do so, but
my! don't hang me up before the
public any more, fear another at
tack would fix me up fnally!!
NICHOLAS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
SKINNER CREEK.

Merrill, Miss, June Z, 1905
1t SENS to me that Merrill and vi
cinity have been overlooked or
there hasn't been anything hap
pening worthy of note; maybe the
people are too busy working to
keep "Old Pete" from slapping
them in the face. ,;i
Crops are looking fine at this
time, still they need some rain to
make them look better. g.
Say ED. have you been fishing
this season? ISexpect to go this
evening and if | catch any fish will
whistle for you and your helpmeet
to come to the feast that is sure to
Mr. C. w. Ball has had the road
worked between Merrill and Skin
ner Greek which will make travelling
more pleasant for, you when you
come to the feast.
Mr., Clanton Ball brought some
beef to town, and while returning
was singing "The Year of Jubilee
Has Come" at the same time jung
ling something in his pockets, it
didn't sound like nails.
Your correspondent was t
preaching last Sunday, May 31st.
and listened to a very good sermon
by the Rev. Winburn. The con-
gregation was small on account of
the meeting not being announced
until late date.
| think the editor of the GREENE
COUNTY HERALD is worthy of a
great deal of credit and common
dation for the way he keeps his pa
per clear of whiskey advertise
ments. Shows you have some kind
of backbone. Good fer you jim
mic to keep such filth out of your
(our) paper, specially these times
when it is said little money would
look good to person.
Mr.. Tyra Ball still makes his
regular trip to our burg with veg
etables despite the fact that he
came very near being caught by
wild cat or some other fierce ami
NAL which he reports gave blood
curdling scream one morning be-
fore day as he was crossing the
creek commonly known as the Ard
Branch.
Mr.. j. M. Ball reports his crop
looking fine, especially his sugar
cane and watermelons. The writer
has a tooth for sweets of this sort,
and will be a regular caller at this
farm where he has found hospitable
friends.
Little Ethel Woodhouse, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Sarah Woodhouse, has
been having chills and fever. Hope
she will soon recover.
Mr.. L. N. Ball reports that his
school will soon be out. There will
be some recitations and public
speaking by the students who have
progressed nicelyIwith thier studies.
Curious is curious to know why
thesannuaI picnic at the Beach
landing has not been announced;
guess though it is time enough yet
as it generally takes place in July:
sonner or later don't it Club fist?
Mr.. ALT Mills, who has rented
the Ward place from j. v. Ball for
farming purposes, says that his
corn looks yellow. Guess Mr.. Mills
planted yellow corn, if so he need
not expect anything but yellow corn.
Curious never sees anything from
the correspondents that stayed in
little Creek last winter. He would
not wonder at anyone going in a
creek bathing, occasionally, but
just think of staying in Little Creek
all winter with the temperature
just below zero, is past the COM
prehension of this child.
The GREENE COUNTY HER
AID is a regular visitor to the
home of Curious and he thinks it a
very good paper and that every
family in the county should take it.
CURIOUS.
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Wontan's Suffrage
CONDUCTED BY
Mrs. Lily Thompson Wilkinson,
Jackson Miss.
MORE LABOR UNIONS
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The California, Connecticut and
Washington State declarations of
Labor each held their annual meet
ings recently and each declared for
woman suffrage. California and Con-
necticut FeGerations have taken SIM
liar action in previous years, but this
is the first time for Washington.
The international Union of Brick
layers and Stone Masons of America,
meeting in Detroit, also appointed 4
woman suffrage resolution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Miss Mary Rose has returned to
her home in Richton after a three
weeks visit with relatives here.
Mr.. w. M. Williams made trip
to Mobile Ala. last week.
Mrs. Henry Grouse has returnep
to Leakesville after a stay with
Mrs. w. w. Mcleod.
Mr.. E. B Box who has been sick.
is. now shortly improving.
A CLOD HOPPER