Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-18
FRIDAY -. February 1s, 1910.
LOCAL

j. w, Backstrom made trip to-
Jackson during the week.
Chat. Denmark is home again. He
has been gone quite while with the
Government Snag-boat, working OF
late on Lake Ponchartrain in Louis
lana.
Wednesday Mr.. j. W. Lane OF
Avera was down making proof OF
homestead claim, accompanied and
shored up by two of hisneighbors, in
the deposition.
DR.. Sam Pool lett on Tuesdays
train for Columbus to attend the
Masonic Grand Chapter Of this state
as delegate from the local organiza
ton of that order.
John w, Gibson, who formerly did
some apprentice work in our prlntery
and was later with The Lucedale
Plaindealer, has re-en-isted Oh our
force. His home is near LucedaIe
The sudden revival in County Cor
respondence caused us to have to
omit the Ellis Missionary Letter this
week, but it will rppear in our next
on the outside and the fourth page.
In u game of Basket Ball played in
this town Saturday between Leakes-
vile and Chronicle girls the first
named team won the contest. \
contingency of about score Of Cit
ronelle people all told including the
play-giris, however
Apartments have been taken by
Mr.. and Mrs, S. J. Green in the old
town residence of FL, Green. Sam will
thus be convenient to his work as
Marshal and Town Tax Collector
This is Good move. The peace Of
ticer OF town should be in ready ac-
cess in case of any disturbance.
A postal from Coley F. Dunnam
requests that his paper be sent to
Bufard, Miss, instead Columbia, as
the former Office is nearer the mill.
Coley is one of the Greene County
boys whom the Yellow Pine industry
has drawn Westward as the timber
has been cut out or thinned out in
these parts.
B. T. Woulard of State Line, a
substantial citizen of that village,
and veteran friend of ye editor s,
was in the county capital Wednesday
lookidg after sene business matte
for his principal, Mrs. r. ]. Briggs
Jr., whose employ he is in the store.
Right glad We're we to see the old
chap after so long a spell.
Prof. Brock and Ernest Burch
spent last Saturday in the Gulf City.
They were there during the hours Of
excitement from the niger youth
being incarcerated in the county Jail
who was suspected Of being the as
saulter of the young white girl at
Whistler. They report that the
streets were full of excited people for
hours.
Speaking of a County Fair, there
are some tendencies which if permit
ted will always cluster round the fair
to its hurt. These the farming out
of privileges to help out the revenue
side, that will permit cheap shows
and other demoralizing things to
creep about it. Such should be re-
solved against at the very outset and
can thus be easier avoided.
A trio of Janet folks i'll Leakesville
Thursday to make homestead proof
were L. G. Freeman, Luther Turner
and Webster Bradley; the first named
as claimant, the other two as wit
nesses. They came round to our
printery and watched us running
off the first side of this edition.
They were much pleased with the
performance of our power cylinder
press.
Sunday the following gentlemen
came up from Oak Grove, Ala, to
visit their sick friend, Mr.. g. w.
Faulk: Messrs. Ben Davis Jr., Agent
for the Oak Grove & Georgetown R.
r. COL E. Jones, General Office
man of the NJ. L. DaYis Mill Co.. and
Ira Walters, Lumber Inspector for
the same concern. We got personally
acquainted with these bustling men
from that thriving saw-mill town
and found them very pleasant COM
pany.
Remember tho public speaking
next Monday afternoon at the Court
House. Would that every youth in
Greene County could give our State
Superintendent Mr.. Powers a hear
inc and draw inspiration from his
stirring talks on education. Once
get a young mind aroused and it will
unfold rapidly. May the male pa
rents at least hear him and be en-
thuezed in that case. Same with
reference to the farmers giving Mr..
Blakeslee audience.
The editor learns with pleasure
that those Panama scribbles have