Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
LOCAL
Raj Gordon is in town. today.

Nick Byrd and daughter, Miss
Fannie, are over today from Janet.
A trip to Lucedaie was made by
Mr.. Nat Owen Tuesday.
Mr.. R. S. Henderson of Richton
was in our midst Tuesday,
Ira Ball made it convenient to at
tend the Picnic at Rchton Thursday.
Bob Mcleod, accompanied by wife
and their two little ones, came up to
Leakesville last Friday to do some
trading.
A recent newcomer TO our town is
Mr.. Jackson of Shuqulak, Miss, who
is to serve the new drugstore as
prescriptionist etc.
Among those who attended the Pic
mic at Richtor Thursday were Mes
srs. G. w. Churchwell and children,
Gao, Fletcher and WIFE
Barzilla J. Brewer of the old Graf
ton community was in the County
Capital last Friday looking after hav-
ing his homestead notice published.
The Bank Restaurant, the property
of Mr.. E. N. Patterson, has been
moved into the Mcleod building,
east side of it, see his local announce
ment this issue.
Vinegar Bend is giving a picnic on
July End. to commemorate the Four
tn The A. & M. will run excursions
that day, starting the trains from
Pine Level school, two miles west OF
Leakesville.
An explosion occurred to the boilers
DIT the Vinegar Bend mill Wednesday
morning in which two men were kill
cd and great deal of damage done
by wreckage of bOiier-hOuse etc.
Cobbs and Nelson were the unfortun-
ate fellows.
That heavy weather Sunday after
noon expressed itself in pretty stiff
wind our at Bill Listers place. 1t
lifted some flower boxes full Of dirt
off the gallery to the ground and
run his wagon down the road sew
eraI rods. No real damage was done,
however.
Horace Beard and J. E. Thompson
we're in LeakesviIle this week aging
plans to open a campaign for placing
a limited number of lots and stock III
the North Mobile real estate PROPOSE
ton with Greene county folks who
have idle money to invest. Horace Is
AL oldtime friend of we ediGor's family.
d. A. Mcleod from Beat 4 and c.
d. West fromBeat 3, were County
Fair Committeeman to show UP in
Leakeaville last Saturday for meet
ing called to complet the organization
of that enterprise, but quorum was
lacking, so the business had to be
had over by default, in such attend
ance.
1t is almost useless for us to try to
keep up with mentioning "Dashing
Ed Ball, " of Sewing machine fame,
as be is a very frequent visitor TO
these parts He was here this week.
Ed is undoubtedly quite an enthusi-
astic salesman, as be has been a
connective of that end of the Singer
company o number of years.
Prentiss Daughdrill was in Leakes-
vile latter part of last week. He
has just recently got back from Lou
siana where he spent several months
working at logging in the parishes of
Tangipahoa, Washington and St.
Tammany. He will go back there in
the Fall. He expects to spend the
Summer at home in the FORKS or
working at Merrill. He is the son
of w. T. Daughdrill.
The Albums Barber Shop has
changed quarters. Bro. Albums has
bought out the Miller shop and for
the present moved into same, up
stairs over Miller's store, and Guar
ley Hunt retains his job in it, itgiv in2
the two men work. The harm ess anC
shoe repair is a growing bushes!
with them. Albums has demonstrat
ed his ability to make Barber and
leather repair shop a success in thi
town even under untoward circum
stances.
We erred last week aislrst 4 = sstssHH