Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
JAMES FAULK, Pub.

week which would be dated Frida,
Dec. 30. 1910.
JAMES FAULK, Pub.
Ezra Churchwell got in from TIL,
A. & M. College Tuesday for the
Holidays.
Claude Breland got in home Sun
day for the Yuetide, from Mobile
where he has been spending thu
Winter
The Anding dwelling owned by
Mrs. Lizzie Webb, is being beauti
fled with coat of new paint by Mr.
JIM. Marney.
Geo. E. Williams has moved his
family back from Old Grafton tc
Leakesville, occupying the larger Of
the two James houses.
Mr.. Calvin Ball, who is brother
of Miss Lottie, is up from Ball, as
sisting in the J. E. Miller store dur
ing the Christmas rush.
The contractors, Austin Bros, for
erecting Steel and Iron Bridge across
Big Greek at Brewers, have at last
sent on their foreman, and work has
been commenced.
W. w. iWasham of Ball was up &c
Greene's county-seat Monday cancel
ling the tax claim for 1910 which the
sheriff held for him as for all other
citizens who haven't yet paid.
DR.. and Mrs. T. A. Chapman left
Yesterday for Brandon to spend
Christmas with Mrs. Chapman S pa
rents. On the return they will stop
off az Newton to see the doctors par
ents.
Adlai McInnis is home for the hol
iday season, having got in last Sal
urday from Hurst's Preparatory
School, which will fit him by hare
study, for entering the University
next term.
In writing up the holding of thu
Town of Leakesville Election las
week, we inadvertently omitted sta
ting that Sam Green, Graham Bris
,coe and Bud Ball acted as manager
of the same
Those two old ravines On the stree
in our city going from the court
house west: the one at Dan Mcleod
and other at Bill Williams. What
boon to travellers that way if W
could have them bridged.
This is the last issue of the Heral
till the New Year, so we wish GU
readers prosperous and Happy Ne
Year, may they enjoy the holida
season to the fullest and may it nc
be via the red liquor route.
Rev. J. 7. Phillips, accompanie
by his wife and three children, a
rived in Leakesville Tuesday. an
left immediately for Betty, where tt
parsonage for the Leakesville chare
of the M. p. Church is situated.
Jim Byrd, the beef man, got foo
hurt in runaway about two weel
back. which has held him back abo
bringing fresh meat to the hous
wives of our city. His little eve
took fright and ran away pitch;r
him out of the wagon, one wheel
which rolled over his foot.
Our young mechanical genius, M
Jno. w. Gibson. will spend the HI
iday week for which we suspen
with his mother. who dwels
tween Bexley and Lucedale, b
claims the latter as her postoff
address. She is niece Of Dan a
Sam and other brothers of that &c
Grafton and family of the Balls, a
rated rightly among our best CT
zens.
A phone line is being built fir
4 Leakesville into the Upper East S
by the Beard settlement. Jim BY
takes the first link from here o
rom there it is carried on by v
Beard and the others. 1t may
( extended up as far as the Lang M
place, which if so will give conr
!. ton clear through to Fruitdale.
Neil Mcleod was in town a
days ago with an especial happy
about him, which we better unt
stand now that we have read
Marriage License list, for from
we see that he has secured one
Greene COunty's very excel
young Indies, Miss Sallie Mclnnis
a life partner. The Herald pro OF
congratulations.
]. o. Gillespie, Referee in b.
ruptcy this Southern District
Mississippi, was up from Gulf
last Friday, holding a credl
meeting in Leakesville in the I
ters respectively of E. Rose and
erts, Beard g. Co., bankrupts.
torneys Heidelberg, Backstrom
a. Alderman represented clients
~ ;nn nlai nc In the proceedings.