Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-19

LOCAL

Cooley. DE lett a SUP tor the
AIERALD.
Miss Ruby Westerfeld came down
Saturday from State Line to spend
i few days visiting her uncle, Y. D.
Westerfeld's family.
Mrs. L. M. Kittrell of Avera was
down during the week accompanied
by two children. She had some bus
mess with the Court.
Murdoc Valley spent two DAYS
at the court. A natty looking brown
derby, gives Murdoc very distin-
guished appearance,
Our old friend Tom J. Lucas was
over Wednesday. He claims State
Line as his present post office. Tom
is both pleasant and shrewd fellow.
J, NJ, Miller had suit that brought
him from the Fork of the rivers to
Court, but he did not tarry long, as
his was civil cause which was con-
tinued,
Writ Thomson was one OF the JUS
tees up Monday to hear the charge
to Grand Jury. Writ says he has
completely fallen out with the mule as
farm animal.
At last we see the promised new
residence of Mr.. F. J. Green silhout-
ted i'll its frameworks up into the
heavens. He was delayed a long
time about getting his lumber sawn.
Capt. J. F. MCLEAN was down
from Adamsville in the early week
accompanied by little Luther Dear
man, who acts as his companion since
his feebleness.
Arrivals on last Saturdays train
were Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Harrison,
coming from Gulport to spend a
week in Leakesville while Harrison
discharges his duty as States Attor-
ney.
ALI Mills showed his face at the
Court Monday and Tuesday. Mer-
rill suits him very well he tells us as
a home. He says he raised plenty of
hog and hominy last year. SO did not
feel the panic tluch.
The weather for Court dawned
Monday very inauspiciously, lower
ing clouds with occasional fretful
showers of rains, with roads sloppy
and muddy from the heavy down
pour of the day and night before.
The various Justices of the Peace
of the County came up to Court
Monday to hear the Charg', of the
Judge to the Grand Jury as required
by the Statute. The several SUPER
visors also came in the same cate
CORY.
A recent addentum to Leakesville S
population, is Mr. @. I. Sowden of
Mobile who came severed weeks ago
succeeding MIR. Read as Superlnteud-
ent of the Bear Greek bIill Co. Sow
den contemplates moving his family
here soon.
An arrival to LeakesvilIle this week
was Mrs. Blanche Robinson and chill
dren. they coming to join Mr.. Rob
inson here, Grand Rapids, Mich,
is their home but they usually spend
part of the year here, while he is OPP
eating the single mill.
A communication from lonely
love SiOk swain from out at Jonathan
reaches us this week. It's curios-
ity and would adorn matrimonial
sheet, but we question its appropi-
ateness in a country weekly. Pos
sibly we may reconsider and publish
it as unique specimen.
a thoughtful article bearing on
High School education in Mississippi
from the pen of Prof. W. A. Avera,
has to carry over till another issue.
Avera is in position to say some
thing of worth npon this subject, and
we believe he has put much consider
alton into his contribution.
DR., Sam Pool left Monday for Me-
ridian, going as a delegate to the
Grand Bodies of the Masonic order in
Mississippi. He may conclude while
away to run over 10 Birmingham
Ala. and AXE in the Convention o
the Laymen's Missionary Movemen
of tie Presbyterian Church there
in scs sion this week.
DR.. Chas. e. Ward "as two day
behind his appointment in gettin!
here owing to feebleness from Sc
we're attack of illness that has causes
him to miss coming for t~f
months. The Doctor has had touGl
time on the health line this winter
He viii remain a portion OF mex
week.
Responsive to a summons as wit
ness in q case in Circuit Court, Ml
J. c.. Dubois Jr. came up fror
Merrill Monday, but managed to ge
off and return that afternoon. Wer
glad to get personally acquainte
with him, and find him to be genii
spirit. There is a bond of afint
between us and this young gentletlt
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