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

here Monday looking after a LAND
matter.
Miss Della Churchwell has gone to
Biloxi to accept a position in one Of
the hotels of that city.
E. N. Patterson informs us that
he thinks OF studying Veterinary at
the Auburn (Ala) University.
Tyra Roberts secured a position
with the NJ. L. McRae q Co., where
he is now seen behind the counters.
c. P. Eubanks came to town yes
terday. He is one of the prominent
men of the Northern part of our Sis
ter county, George.
E. Rose of Sheraw, Miss, an erst-
while resident of Greene County, is
visiting. the Jim Hillman family.
Mrs. Hhlman is his sister.
Mr.. G. B. Blalack went over to
McLain last Saturday to take his
wife for visit with her parents
there. She will remain about a
month,
Mr.. Joe Crooms of Lucedale was
on the streets of Leakesville yester-
day. Crooms is well known up this
way, as we'll as down in George
County.
Mack Box presented the Herald
Office with a big tater<gt Saturday.
We are here to III was jolly
whopper. HAAS quite a patch of
that size hem' ne stated.
IMcInnis is taking out cross
contract. Ties have brought
very good prices all this year, as
they usually do during dull times on
the lumber market.
Mrs. DR.. John Smith and baby, of
Sandersville, visited her sister, Mrs.
A. G. Ferguson, in LeakeSville last
week. She is also a kinswoman of
Hinkle Heidelberg. being his first
cousin.
On call to look over the Herald
plant last Friday, Mrs. Bill Lister
presented US with a nice bunch of
boquet red pepper. 1t lunches out
like a flower plant and was well
studded with the green and red small
pods, noted for their heat.
Mr.. r. E. Smith has several news
paper locations on the string, and
will probably decide and locate upon
one of them, in short. He desires to
lease a small plant with buying priv
ileges, Any Of the brethren having
such an opening will confer d favor
by addressing him here.
Mr.. Oscar Noble, who is connect
ed with the Ringing Bros. Mammoth
Show, came to Leakesville Thursday
to see his brother, Rev. G. T. Noble,
while in this part of the country.
They have not been together in four
teen years, as long span Of time as
it took Jacob to earn his two wives.
On the trip down Wednesday to
perform his share in the work of can
vassing the election returns OF
Greene, as he is member of the
Board of Election Commissioners,
Riley Valley was accompanied by
w. M. Culpepper, who is a near
neighbor to him. Culp-pper form
erly lived in Richton. He got rest
less along in the evening and Riley
had to vamp round to get off with
him.
Dan Ball is big hearted man and
usually does things in big way.
He raised a very fine crop of sweet
potatoes this year, aud fetched We
editor a corn sack full of them Mon
day. W. D. says he has about a
hundred bushel of these, averaging
about that fine. He certainly struck
it right on raising them this year.
He uses the Rips Mixture, home
recipe for which he buys the chemic-
ais and compounds himself. 1t is also
fine. for sugar-cane but not so good
for corn or cotton, he states.
Our good friend, Mr.. Jno. W.
B;odgett, CT Detroit, Mich, spent
the, Summer in Europe and has just
returned and writes US letter ex-
pressing his congratulations over The
nomination of Pat Harrison for Con
gress, during his absence. Mr.. Blod-
gett happens to belong to an other
political party than we of this sec
ton, in fact is prominent in the
councils of the Republican Party be-
ing a member of their National Elk
ecutlve Committee, but he has been
South and mingled with our people,
is personally acquainted with Harri-
son. and embued with that broad
minded American liberality that
makes him pleased to see man
so singularly talented as our bril-
liant Pat, sent to Washington to as
sist in framing the laws to govern
this vast, glorious but diverse coun-
try.
We desire that our trade and the