Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
FRIDAY
LOCAL

B. p. Harrison fingered in Leakes-
vile after Court till Tuesday before
returning to Gulfport, his wife is
here still.
A party of Leakesville School went
to Vinegar Bend this evening anent
w. c. T. II. Medal Contest, Prof.
Miller chaperoning,
In LeakesviIle today between
trains were Mrs. W, D, Huggins and
the baby of her household. Her
brother, youRgster in his teens,
was also along.
Mr.. E. H. Burch has added further
to the honey look of his place by
having it fenced with about as neat
a specimen of fencing we have seen
out of that wire stuff.
S. o. Smith was down from Jor-
athan today driv nga handsome bug
gy, or rather driving the. maggie
that pulled this vehicle, which is new
and built for two, l. e. the seat.et =
DIR. Sam Pool got back early in.
the week from his trip. He did not
get to take the run over to Birming--
ham, but came via New Orleans from
Meridian, to see his kinsmen in later
city.
Spent last week with the E. N.
Patterson family in Leakesville, did
Mr.. and Mrs. Ack Williams. They
are the parents of Mrs. Patter son
and reside near the mouth of Big
Creek.
Mr.. Jim Williams, young gentle
man from Mobile visited in Leakes-
vile at the converging OF the weeks.
He is the son of one of the we'll
known engineers OIL the local run Of
the NJ. & o.
Mrs. Annie Cochran. the widow of
the late Willis W. Cochran has NOV
ed from Jonathan to Henderson &C
count of being near her folks at that
post-ofice, which lieth just across
the line into Wayne Co.
Appearing the Delinquent Poll
Tax list in this issue has SO encrOach-
ed on our space as to cause several
omissions; omissions of articles and
articles and features worth while,
that will have to appear later.
While down to Court last week
A. L. West showed us photo of his
motherless twin-babies. The little
things looked fat and plump-cheeked
Indicative of that good health which
he says they enjoy. His mott er and
sister are raising them for him.
It's a subject we dislike to harp
upon, but necessity compels us to
speak out aud inform that some mon
ey our way on overdue subscriptions
will greatly cheer about now. A
number have accrued with the new
year, and now that waters have come
feel like it's our turn for some more
of the coin.
Sweetheart Of Shipman, is the
name of a would-be contributor to
the HERALD this week, whose COM
munication under the rule of exclu
sion without real name is signed,
went the waste basket route. Had
she but read the requirements at the
top of the Co. Correspondents Col
umns she would have signed her
true name also.
a letter received from w. r. Hath
orn contains the request to change
his paper from Nicely to Waynesboro
r, T. ID. 4, Box. az. This is the
Clara, Miss. address. We feel sorry
for those good folks out there al
Clara, having the name of their town
wiped off the postal map, but are
thankful that they are still on the re-
ligious and school one. Hathorn is
doing carpenter work up there as
stated in previous issue.
A lasting favor will be conferred
on this Office by being notified tx
drop any paper not being called lol
at post-office, or in home wher'
two are going and only one needed t.
drop one; or in a home where it il
not wanted to discontinue. Th
postmasters can greatly assist u
and keep us from annoying them b,
prompt notifications on this line
Also any others who happen to know
when paper is not being apprecia
ted or is failing of its mission t
reach subscriber owing 10 wroni
address or some such cause, Wax
up friends and lend US your help.
A hint reaches us of souther
lawyer from one of the upper cour
ties recently coming to McLain Q
some professional business. failing
maintain that color line which is
part of the customs of the Southlan
to both black and white, He is II
ported to have lodged at negro he
tel. The negroes themselves whel
really informed insist upon tn
maintenance Of the color line socia
ly as the happiest manner of the tw
races living in the same land. Ii "
can get hold of facts reliable enoug