Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-17
LOCAL


shopping in Leakesville yesterday.
]. R. Harrison drive into town
Monday behind that white steed of
his. a..
Mr.. and Mrs. Nat Owen went to
the Gulf City during the week on a
shopping trip.
G. J. Miller has given up his clerk
ship in J. Els store and taken work
at the Bear Creek mill.
The pleasant face Of Geo. Smith
house holder of Jonathan geography,
was visible en- villa today.
Ed James came down yesterday to
move his mothers household effects
out 10 the country place.
Mrs. Ruby Brewer is over from
Brooklyn, Ala, to visit her mother,
Mrs. Sweyn Mcleod and other kin.
One of the younger Lowrey boys
is here attending school. He is a
brother to Mrs. E. W. Bre'and, also
Mrs. T. J. Roberts.
Melton Valley was down from
Grafton Tuesday He is suffering
from Rheumatism these days and
looks little peeked from it's attacks.
The work on the cells in the new
jail is just about done. 1t took quite
awhile to round up that part of the
contract owing to delay in securing
cell-material.
For all those favors which are COM
ing to as we extend thanks, but
trust that others of our friends who
have not done so, will happen to re-
member US about now. as we need
funds.
E. w. Breland, accompanied by
Allie Rock, went dow to
Mobile this evening after Mrs. Bre-
land who is in the Insanitarium for
treatment. They expect to return
Sunday and bring Mrs. .Breland
home.
Discovering that his attendance
was unnecessary, Rev. R. A. Albums
did not journey on oyer to the Con-
ference at Brookhaven as we wrote
him down. He only went as far as
Hattiesburg, meeting his examiners
there. s
Mrs. Willie Berte Bloomberg con
cluded her visit with the BurcheS
here last week and journeyed ona up
to State Line, where she visited the
pater Burch family. From there she
went to DeS0to, Enterprise and Me-
ridian looking in on the kin at the
various places.
representing the professional card
of Helms & Hall last week, someway
betwixt hands of US, 1t was made APP
pear on their copy that they would
not,practice Criminal law, when the
contrary is the case. We have made
the card to read with the change
embodying this desire on their part,
and we trust this local will dispel any
impression made the other way.
L. Hathorn was over from Nicely
today.
Luther Fountain was apprehended
in the acting of burglarizing the Jim
Turner Commissary in mill quarters
Saturday night and landed behind
the bars pending preliminary trial.
He was caught with goods in his
hands, by the officers so the Grand
Jury will unquestionably return a
true bill against him. 1t puzzling to
think of young man resorting TO
theft or burglary in this land of plen-
ty and easy chances to earn money.
Nevertheless we pity the young fel-
low and trust the court may give
him if our laws permit a predatory
sentence.
The paw of what must bave been a
truly large wildcat or catamount,
was brought to US by J. B. Dearman
Just before getting to press. We
hold up the forms to give an account
of same Friday morning in response
to some of the neighborhood pleas, ].
B, Dearman and his son, Bill, the
two noted hunters up in Adamsville
parts, set out on a desperate hunt
for this old feline that had beer
troubling that community for some
fifteen years or more according tC
the statement of one of the oldest
citizens, by depredations upon the
chicken roosts, pig htters and lamt
folds. They found and killed thi:
monster of the cat tribe, in the Nc
Innis Greek swamp near Jepsy Clarl
place, thus removing communit.
Varmint, that If not a terror hat
truly been pestiferous beast. ID
was thought to be wolf on accoun
of his great size by some, while tn
niggers called him the ''Wampus.
Dearman has relieved the fears of tn
cullud folks, by sending them wor'
the Wampus is dead. The anima
measured feet long from tip of nos
to end of tail. Dearman says tina
he must have weighed 40 or 8
pounds at least, and was the larges