Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
LOCAL

So far the rain has coquetted us
passing by to other points.
The Livery Card of Williams &
Amsler is to be seen in this issue.
Rings, Pins, and Silyerware mend
ed by Perkins, the watch maker.
Miss Hattie Howing of Lucedale,
visiting her cousin, Mrs. VIM.
Clark,
The depot caught fire Monday
evening but was outed before the
Ere got good start.
Sheriff D. E. Breland and Atty. ].
E. Aldermen spent the early part Of
week in the Gulf City.
Mr.. Bushong of Marshall Co.,
Miss, has been sojourning in
Leakesville for the last fortnight
c. L. Avera has changed his loca-
ton again. TEis time he writes to
have his paper sent to Ellisville.
Ma, Theo Platt made another visit
to Leakesville Wednesday looking
altar matters in estate of his deceas-
ed mother.
The Dormitory Hotel was recently
vacated by Mrs. Blair, she moving
into the Bob McInnis house, which
was built by B. W. Mcleod.
Among the sick in our town who
are getting on top again after attacks
of the Grip are Mr.. J. f Green, DR..
E. Faulk and Mrs. P, MCLEOD, DR..
Sam Pool.
Newton James and sister came
down to Leakesville Wednesday and
on the return drive home took along
their cousin, Mrs. S. J. Green and
her babe.
j. ]. Beard ran down to Mobile the
first of the week to see his wife Mrs.
Minnie Beard, who is there in one Of
the hospitals to have an operation
performed,
Two homesteaders in the County
Capital Monday, were John X
Moody and F. X. Daughdrill of
Nicely, they taking the initial steps
to make proof of claims.
A Free Trip to New York City
was won by Miss Ella Westerfield
recently in the Voting Contest of
the Mobile Register in which she
was one of the popular runners.
That Registering round was be
gun by S. r. Mckay, County Reg
istrar, this week. His brother Ed
win is holding down the Clerks
office while he is out on this duty
Monday Mr. A. Kittrell appeared
at the Court House to represent his
wife as a respondent to a chancery
notice in suit for title in which she
is one of the heirs. They live at
County Line,
Mr.. H. NJ. Sullivan babe Leakes-
vile adois Wednesday returning to
his home and business at Chrichton,
Ala, where he will look after putting
in some additions to his plant
He may come back with the Bear
Greek Co. later.
Rev. W. ]. Peters and two sons
Eddie and Roy came up from Luce
dale Thursday and dropped in our
printery and formed personal ac-
quaintance with the entiref orce; they
were ready acquainted with Jno. Glib
son. Eddie Peters came to stand
the teachers examination.
Mrs. Kate Davis of Quitman, who
lost her husband last year, has come
to spend her declining days with her
sister, Mrs. NJ L. McRae. These
two ladies are scions of the Hambric
family, whose progenity are dispers-
ed literally over this part of the
state and are fine people
Our good old friend J. V. Ball was
in Leakesville the early part of the
week. j. V. cheered us by saying be
appreciated our journalistic efforts.
He is one Of those big-hearted spirits
who magnanimously overlooks the
feeble or lame granular, etymology
etc, and dispite the poor garments
with which in the hurry and rush
of week in and week out weekly
newspapers are obliged to garb deal
of their matter in this throbbing age,
and looks at the facts and truths
which we endeavor to set forth.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. p Heidelberg
both got back to LeakeSvllle yeSter-
day; she from her parents home at
Oxford, he from down in the New
County zone where he has been lee
turing for several days in behalf OF
the Ants. He tells US that the vote
will run close; whichever way it goes
will not yield much for the
victors to crow over. The ballot
boxes in the Greene portion OF the
proposed New County will have to
brought to be Leakesville to be can
vassed by the Special Election Com
lnissioners created by the New Coun-
ty Bill, as will also these in Jackson
County to Scranton. This may make