Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-03
LOCAL

4 Monday distributing Poll Books
and Boxes.
Rev. W. J. Peters and ]. r. Par
ker were up from Lucedale to attend
9th Sunday Meeting at Sweetwater.
Bernice Platt a dashing son of
Kily was down from the Upper East
Side in the mid-week.
Neil Mcleod and Henry Logan are
in town helping Pete Mcleod on the
George McRae building.
Claude Breland and Ralph Mills
are two other Of the A. s. NJ. College
boys to return home since we last
went to press.
A new house is going up just be
hind the NJ. p Church, which is to
be the home of Mr.. Browning, who is
an employee at the Bear Greek Mill.
Mr., c. B, Blalack is adding much
to the coy look of his cottage out in
Poolville by remodeling and chang
ing the front to face the cross street
Notice fresh set ad for the Albums
Barber and Shoe Shop. They believe
and that wisely in a variety of talks
to the public about the features of
their business.
Mrs. G. w. Faulk lately made a
trip to Mobile and on her return was
accompanied by her son @. G, Faux,
his wife and two small boys, Ward
and Gegee, who visit for a bit here,
Ezra and Gabe Churchwen were
two of the College boys to set foot
back in Leakesvilla Sunday. The
former from the Meridian Male Col
Iege, the latter from The 4. & NJ. Col
lege, Starksville.
Elias Mills was in Leakesville
Wednesday and disposed OF a nice
bunch Of peaches. He tells us that
they have had them ripe and used
several bushels at his home within
the last two weeks
The stock in the Roberts, Beard
Co., owned by J. J, Beard has been
sod to our MIR. r. E. Smith who
shortly will exchange the hardships
of the mechanical end of newspaper
life to the balmier pursuit of mercan-
tile calling.
Mrs. Jas. L Brett of Eubanks
neighborhood, estimable mother of
John W. Gibson, who is our employee
was in town Tuesday last. Mrs.
Brett is sister of our fellow towns
man Henry Pipkins, who accompan-
led her home Wednesday.
Mr.. Billy Neel made a recent trip
to Moss Point to dispose Of some logs.
His leg got backset from the trip,
which led to having it lanced, but he
is getting along very well with it ex-
ception of the inflamed surface. Has
thrown his crutches away.
Miss Lottie Ball came up Lhnrs-
day from Lucedale, where she has
work with one of the millinery shops,
to visit relatives in this town, Miss
Lottie is an acknowledged belle in
her section and a steadfast friend TO
the Herald. Her home is in the Ball
community.
Ye editor and wife landed back in
that town, which to US is the center
of the affairs of this world, even
q Leakesville, Miss, last Saturday
after most delightful outing of two
weeks, an account of which will be
given in another column more at
length.
The editor wishes to make public
acknowledgement Of obligations
which he feels Under to the office
force and our patrons, readers and
friends who all conduced to the sue
cessful getting out of the paper
while we were off taking a much
needed vacation tour
Writ Byrd of the Upper East Side
sends US word to announce a Barbe-
cue at Massey's Place three miles
West of Fruitdale on June 18th, to
which everybody is invited. We are
informed its community affair with
Bill Elliot ard Eldridge Williams
working in the lead.
Dan Mcleod Jr. of Ball came up
to Leakesville in the early part of the
week. This Dan is a son OF W il,
Mcleod. He has recently got OaaA
from Atlanta where he has been at
tending a medical college. Dan IS u
hard student and tells Us be Ends The
study of medicine strenuous enough
to call for all his mental energies.
He was in the same college as oscar
Batson, the nephew of Dr.. Ba;son,
who is now in Leakesvllic.
Prof. J. M. Pannell, the newly
elected principal of the Leakesvllie
High Schol Term 10 Old arrived in
Leakezville Tuesday from Oxford
where he has been attending the Uni
versity. He came to get IL touch
with the situa ion, and went from
here to his home at Wesson- lie
said he knew no better way to keep
in touch during the summer than q
subscription to the Herald, and we
wrote him down. He has a pleasing
address and hopeful manner and the
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