Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-15
LOCAL

Amongst the MOnQay peramDula-
tors in the County-Seat, was JAS.
Hillman of Nicely. M
The Baptist Ladies Aid will meet
with Mrs. Thornwell McRae on We'd
nesday Jan. q. oaa a0 5ea aH]
The Thornwell McRae dwelling is
being beautified with some lovely
coatings of paint.
A little daughter of Alex. Ball
has been alarmingly i'll. We have no
reports from her just now. ra SIS
Departed on Mondays train for
Century, Fla, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B.
Carroll and children. He has a posi-
tion there now. .
Hugh McInnis has been having
some repairs done to the roof of bis
hotel, as also some overhead ceiling
put round the balconies.
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In town early in the week was Hon.
Thomas Steede of Moss Point, look
ing after the varied interests of his
principals, the Dantlers, in these sur
roundings.
A visitor to the countryside town
on Monday was Jas. M. Mallett, who
lives within Greene County near
Donovan post-office. He came to pay
taxes, etc.
Two of the members of Jonathan s
social set, D. A and a. B. McDon-
aid, were in town today and gave our
sanctum d pleasant call. We thank
these young men for enrolment of
subscriptions.
A young man by the name of Jor-
dan Noteworthy got his hips mashed
by logs on Thursday, Jany. Z. The
accident occurred in the Northwest
ern part of the county. Dr. Batson
who was called in to give him surgi-
cal attention reports the occurrence.
Our article last week touching the
d Gold Medar w. C. T, II. Contest at
the School Building just before
Christmas, was incomplete IN that
we failed to say that the award for
the smaller contestlng class went to
Clara Hays. The medal that John
Colbert captured was for the large
class
Ia writing up the death notice last
week of Hamp Eubanks, we were off
a little in stating that but two broth
ers survived him. A good friend of
the HERALD'S calls our attention
to the fact that there are still three
of those staunch Eubanks oaks tand-
inc viz:D. c. Eubanks, Steve EubankS
and viii Eubanks. 1t delights US to
be cited to make correction. Wish
all our readers would watch the pa
ner's items and hello us to amend
when not properly and fully stated.
The restraints of the Upper East
Side falls down occasionally. This
was the case yesterday, when a party
of It's inhabitants in the persons of
III. Hovetter, J. G. Williams. W. j.
(Pete) Williams Jr. and Lee Williams
broke away from its confines for a
trip to the county capital. j. Z, is
of course irrepressible, but the other
gentlemen, are of quiet dispositions
Seriously speaking Leakesville was
favored with a visit of a quartette OF
Greene county's sturdy yeomanry.
That famous correspondent of the
HERALD, Curious, was in town last
week. We forgot to ask him if he has
learned whether the Cordes of his
'tater account, ever overed his do
sage of the root in so many various
dishes. or died and was buried meath
later ridge with a later bank
mound over the spot and a later for
a head piece marker. Jooularly speak
ing as this paragraph is, it seems
the subject of that story must have
succumbed to the fell effects OF too
much later.
Albert Davis sprung a surprise on
MS last Saturday, when in fetching
present of some pomegranites he had
in the bag of presentation two clus-
tiers, each having several rosy apples,
the secong crop grown on the same
tree in 1908. The sprout that grew
into this tree was secured by him at
the old Mccain place below here a
cross the river. Davis says he as
gathered bushel from it on the sec
ond crop. The unusual dry and warm
season for the late year accounts for
this second bearing.
That dashing young gallant of
McLain and Leaf residency, Joe G..
Daughdrill bobbed into the staid old
village of Leakesville Wednesday
Yo scribe took occasion to inferno
gate the handsome gentleman with
reference to rumors current that be
had, was about to marry or some
thing to that effect. Joe responded
with the answer that such was not
the case. though he still had him'
self a willing disposition towards
such course. Maybe he will some
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