Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-11-04

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up in the County Capital Monday for
the first time in a coon S age.
A letter reacher as from Miss Dali
sy Freeman, and among other things
says: Il sure like the Herald and
its many good letters. p"
Mrs. Geo. A. Metzger and little son
George, were arrivals on Sunday S
train. They Will remain over prob
ably another week before returning to
Mobile their present. home.
Attorney E. W. Breland attended
Circuit Court at Scranton last week.
The Court appointed him to defend
an 1indigent negro charged with muir
der aad that trial held him there all
the week.
Dave West was down from Graf
ton Wednesday seeing about getting
the boxes and supplies out for hold
ing the election next Tuesday at the
various voting precincts of the coun-
ty.
Mr.. Watson Farley came in by
rail Friday last from Birmingham,
Ala, en- route for Vetnal where he
goes to visit the McIntoshes, who
are his. kinsmen, he being a grand
son of the late ]. R. iB.A Mcintosh.
His motherEresides. in Hattiesburg.
Roberts, Beard & Co., made a
voluntary surrender OF their stock
fixtures and accounts, to their credl-
tors this week. lawyer represen-
ing Mobile Credit Clearing House
came w and took charge. 1t has
not yet been decided whether thier
affairs will be wound up through the
bankruptcy court or not.
After being away since Spring,
probably in the far Polar regions, an
old gentleman wellknown in this sec
ton put in his appearance. His
name? MIR. Jack Frost. He is white,
no black or brown, red or yellow a.
bout him, but be visits the homes OF
all in the attitudes 30 which he
comes irreSpectiVo of color.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Knowles we're
ovei from Mohoba last Friday aud
fetched the editor some nice peppers
from which to make pepper, sauce to
season his turnip greens this Winter,
for which he is in trim, and even to
the knife if need be per the Late
Anse McLaurin's celebrated example.
Mrs. Knowles was quite sick a few
days back but is now pulling up.
They had child to have Pneumonia
lately.
J. C. Hillman brought Miss Nettie
Williams, teacher of the Skullfork
school, to the County-Seat Monday
to transact some business at the SUI
perintendent' Office. J. G. dropped
in on US and renewed his paper and
gave US the chance of getting per
sonally acquainted with him which
pleasure had not before bad. He re-
! ferred to this sheet as The Precious
Old Herald" and said that he did
not want it to stop at all.
Miss Nina Mills arrived last Fri
day from Chronicle. coming TO dis
play the Millinery line of the See!ys
per their advertisement in these col
umns. Miss Mira is kinswoman
of the Mills in this county. Her
father, the late Willis Mills, was
reared and lived in Greene County
before moving to Chronicle. He was
brother OF the Mills brothers oil
which Lang Sr. is the only remain
ing living one.
Clerk S. r. Mckay wrote the con
tractors, Austin Bros, inquirinP
why they did not proceed to erect
the Steel Bridge on Big Greek al
Brewers. They have replied ano
state the delay was due to securing
the material but that thew expect tC
get at 1t pretty quick now by Dec.
1st., as they have a foreman erecting
bridge in Northern end of Jackson
who will be sent over here to swing
this job. The long delay in thi;
matter has occasioned the people
who cross Big Greek there a grea
deal of inconvenience and we trus
that no further sheenannyging iron
the contractors will be tolerated BY
the Board.
The November number of the Tay
lor-Trotwood Magazine pays a youns
lady in whom Leakesvesville is in
terested a high compliment, namely
Miss Katie Lillian Irwin Allen o
Hattiesburg, Miss, by producing be
photograph under its department
TYPES of Southern Beauty. Mis-
Allen S face shines out with distln
gushing marks of beauty and intel
lectuality from the fine printnre Q
the pages of that high class southern
magazine. She is neice OF DR.. San
Pools and has frequently visited hi
family here during the Summe
months, but for the last two year
hasn't come being busy at home swim
ging the social column of the Hatties
burg News, at which task she seems t