Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-02

relatives near Escatawpa, Ala, las
week.
w. H. Backstrom was in town
Thursday of last week. Henry Is still
in merchandise business at McLaln
Carmack Smith was down from
Ayera Thursday OF last week. HIS
face is rarely ever seen in the county
seat these days.
Mrs. D. E. Breland and children,
and Eugene and Willie RounsavliIe,
were others who got back last Week
from Tate Springs, Tenn.
Oscar Batson got back to town
this week. He is the young medlco.
who was here earlier in the Summer
spending part OF his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Simmons were
incomers en- Tuesdays train. Mr..
Simmons went out and met the
Madame Oh her return from western
of the State.
Hon. Jnu. W. BackStrOm went up
to HaItiesburg early in the week to
attend the meeting Of the Congress
sional District Executive Committee
of which he is a newly elected men-
Der from Greene County.
Little Geneva, the daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Sam L. Churchwell OF thlo
city was dangerously sick with fever
early in the week, her temperature
running up to 10Y, but she IS now
coming round alright,
Mrs. J. J. Beard visited relatives
at Bay Minette, Ala, at the conVerg-
inc of the weeks. Dock ran over car
ly this week to accompany her home.
They contemplate making Mobile
their future home right away.
Prof. J. M. Panneu arrived from
his home in Wesson Monday, and Is
spending the week making all neccs-
sary arrangements for opening OF
the Leakesville High School next
Monday, of which he is the principal
elect.
Grover Platt dropped in on the
Leakesville trade Monday. He tells
US he spent five days very pleasantly
on the St. Louis trip. His house eX-
tended the journey on up to Peoria,
ILL.,, where they Lave still another
grain mill.
In the table by Counties Of the E-
lection returns published last week,
we got the vote of Tally and Lewis
transposed in Jackson County, max
ing it appear that Tally carried that
county. In justice to Mr.. Lewis, VINO
carried his county strongly we make
this explanation though the transpo-
sition was discovered and corrected
before the entire edition was run OFT.
The County Teachers Institute was
in session last week, with Prof, }. NJ.
Kennedy of Montrose, conductor.
We regret to mark the defamation OF
interests in these Institutes, but the
Summer Normals and Summer Yaca-
ton of the teachers, have about sung
the death knell Of this part OF the
teaching economy of Mississippi,
without the legislature rearranges
the calendar of same.
Mesdames Winnie Williams and
Rena Hillman, were in town yester-
day and gave the editorial sane Jun
call leaving a subscription apiece
TIE Herald is ever Indebted to the
good housewives of Old Greene II
seeing that its visits are made pos
slble to the family fresides. Thanks
ladies, we shall try to merit your
patronage and contribute somewhat
to the happiness of your respective
homes by our weekly servings.
A pretty good one on the Congress
sional candidates is reported by DR.
Sam Pool as gotten up by Rev. PM
Hillman Sr., who is somewhat OF
trapper in his old age He went GU
the morning of the election to visi
his traps and discovered two very
crestfallen looking foxes fastened IL
them. These he named Lewis ant
Tally. The next day he visited TIN
traps again and found but one l3re
fox and he struggling like five hun
bred, whom he named Harrison. Tn
reader can see the point very readily