Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-15
MERRILL.
BYRD BROS.

the City of Sand on the Pascagou
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The city council changed hands OF
last Saturday when it was turned o
yer to the newly elected officers a.
follows:7J. @. Dorsett, Mayor, AL
dermen, T. Todd, A. T. Murrah, j.
Merrill, E. F. Ball, and G. C.Sellers
Marshall, c. M. BreIand.
j, w. Backstrom, Esq, of Leakes.
vile, was a Merrill visitor Saturday
last.
H Miss Maud Eley, of Beech, is visit
] ing her brother, Dir. WV. Eley and
family. fa
/ Mr.. W. w. Thomas end family re.
turned on Monday last from few
days visit to the formers parents in
Perry County. ha6 ,afl
Mr. Shelton Mckay of Shipman,
spent last Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. NJ. J. Mckay. q,
Mr.. Marley Mckay and family are
spending awhile with the formers
Emother, Mrs. M. J. Mckay They
recently went to Texas with a view
Eof locating, but decided that this part
of the globe was the best and return
led. sa a.o HAP
The Sunday School at this place
was recently re-organized and the
following officers and teachers elect
ed; Supt., J. c. Dubois Jr.; Asst.
Supt., L. G. Helms; Sec. Miss Ella
Beard; Teachers, Mrs. IA Cochran,
Mrs. G. HI. Burge, Mrs. W w. Thorn
as and Miss Leola Mckay. Sunday
School meets every Sunday morning
| at 10oa. m. to which everybody is
cordially invited to attend.
Rev. R.. B. Gunter. the newly call
ed Baptist preacher to this church il.
expected to fill his pulpit here next
(3rd) Sunday. He comes highly rec
commended. Rev. r. W. Brooks has
accepted work in Alabama. He was
the former pastor here. a4-.f.5e-o
DIR. w. w. Eley was called to Nc
Lain last Monday by wire on profess
ional business.
The friends in this section of DR..
and Mrs. R. II. Coleman, of McLain,
sympathize deeply with them in
the death of their sweet little girl,
Aletha, which occurred on Saturday
morning last at their home. after
having been painfully burned the
night before. She had prepared her.
self for bed and was standing in
front of the IRE when her clothes
caught and she was horribly burned,
death relieving her suffering the next
morning at five. In attempting to
extinguish the flames her parents
suffered painful burns, though not
serious. t-F sr, rr a
Mrs. F. Todd and children left
Wednesday for Scranton to visit rel
atives. Mr.. Todd accompanied them
as far as Mobile
NJ. j. Dyer, the photogra her of
Lucedale, has rented one of the Bre-
land houses and will move to this
place and engage in poultry raising
as well as making shadows.
Fowler Bros. monstrous (?) show
stretched their tent here on Tuesday
afternoon last with the intention of
giving performance that evening,
but the crowd not being as large as
they desired called it off, presenting
to the forty or fifty who had ventur-
ed out in the cold an April fool.
From all accounts nothing was lost
by the attendants, as those classes
of shows are not calculated to benefit
one.
Mr.. Joe Daughdrill's smiling face
of McLain, was seen here few days
ago. ~
Mrs. Anna K. Owens visited Mo-
bile this week.
Mr.. J.B. Merrill, one of the newly
elected city fathers visited the Gulf
City this week.
Messrs. Nat Owen, Prest., and J.
IE. Alderman, Vice-Pres., Bank of
Leakesville- Merrill visited Merrill
last week looking after the interests
of the Bank. Mr.. Owen is probably
one of the youngest bank presidents
| in the State, and holds the position
with much satisfaction to the stock
| holders and patrons.
Several social functions were given
during the holidays, but as the Her
aid did not issue the week after your
correspondent refrains from giving
them write up, as the news would
be stale by the time it was in print.
| However, we will merely notice them.
Among the number was one Christ
mas eve night by Miss Boiling given
at Mrs. Hassells, and on Christmas
night Miss Leola Mckay gave the
young folks at her home a party, a
number of games played, Miss Ava
Cochran being the Lucky guesser and
winning the prize. Enjoyable par
ties were also given at MIRO. E. Rose
and Mr.. L G. Helms.
Is We would not forget to mention
the Christmas tree the night of the
| "a at the Baptist Church which was
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