Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-21
FRIDAY -. January p, 1910
LOCAL

family name.
Frank Moody came up from Merrill
early this week to take work with
the Market Grocery Co.
Ennis Neel and Earnest Smith
got back from a river trip to Moss
Point on Wednesday.
E. r Valley of Exsho was over
Monday getting treatment for Rheu-
matte attack. He works down in the
Davis logging camps.
Davis Daughdrill was up to Leak
esville Saturday doing some trading.
Merrill is his post-office but his home
is in the Fork of the rivers.
Prentiss Daughdrill looks after
the w. A. Breland stables at Merrill
these days, as Wilse's other bust
ness interests necessitates his pres
ence up in this vicinage.
The Sheriff is having some clean
ing up done around the Court yard
preparatory to Circuit Court. There
was some old debris left from the
New Jail building that needed dis
posal of in this way,
Lawrence Clark walked over Thurs
day from the wreck three miles out
from town, as he was an incoming
passenger on the train from Vinegar
Bend, beng on the return from ii
log selling trip to Moss Point.
John w. Backstrom was another
whose interest in the Senatorial
deadlock at Jackson lured him away
during the week to that city. He
attended the special Vardaman meet
ing in the Capitol on Monday.
J. ". Mckay of Waynesboro was
down early in the week. Some kind
OF an interval vancouver took place
in the affairs of his firm the Leakes-
vile Mercantile Co., whereby Mr..
Jesse Byrd takes position there.
Willie George, who will be re-
membered of Leakesvile people as
the stepson of Harry Moody, is up
from Mobile, his present home, Wis
iting his kinspeople, the Campbells.
Mr.. Campbell is sawyer at the Bear
Greek Mill.
From Geo. W. Smith who was in
town during the week, we learn that
Jodie Perry and family goi off to
Torricellas, Texas, Monday taking
the train at State Line. They were
accompanied by Oliver Smith and
BERTHE Mcdonald.
Anyone desiring to purchase a set
of Ridpath's incompatible Worlds
History, will do well to apply to this
office at once as we can procure the
nine volume work for you at $50
which is about 40 per cent less than
the market price. Spot money.
J. E. Alderman spent Friday and
Saturday in Jackson looking on and
catching on to the Senatorial situa-
zion with the legislature. He is in
terested in the campaign of Adam
Byrd who is the congressman from
his old home district and his beau
ideal Mississippi statesman.
While driving down hill coming
over to town from Betty Thursday,
Mr.. Henry c. Ball was thrown from
his wagon by the dash of his pony
who became frightened when the
shaft pin came out. He was run
run over by wheel and is stiff some
in the hip from it.
Owing to a small trestle about
three miles East of Leakesville Civ
ing way with g loaded log train in
bound, the daily combination train
could not get any further than that
towards Leakesville yesterday. Sew
eral cas- OF logs and the tender were
turned over, but the engine and crew
all escaped unhurt.
r. O. McInnis was sliced with a
very virulent attack of Malaria early
in the week. The type which
kills or yields to treatment
within few days. The kind with
which hemorrages are suffered from
the lungs. DR.. W. HI. Boykin Of
State Line was summoned Monday
in consultation with DIR. Sam Poo
over the case.
See double column ad announce
ment of the Mobile Mardi Gras by
the Carnival Association of that city
The festival falls this year early IN
February as the calculation is made
with reference to Shrove Tuesday
This is the Gulf City's Annual Fete
days, and have from time aImostim
memorial attracted large crowd!
there on these occasions.
Jno. I'll. Bearry got back from
Draughon's Business College a
Memphis, Tenn. Sunday, some soon
er than he had calculated. The Bea
Greek Mill Co., wanted him back a
assistant in their Office, so he decid
ed to leave off the short hand ant
merely conclude the bookkeeping
course. He has entered on worl
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