Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12

The Day on which We elect Pat
is Monday August %, forget it not

looking fat and jolly as ever.
Billy Coaker ran down to Mobile
at the converging of the weeks.
Through an error Of the type, the
name of r. L. PipkIns in local last
week, was made to appear Pjcklns.
Mr.. ScrOggins, got hurt out in the
Bear Greek logging camps Tuesday,
a peavy handle struck his head. He
may recover.
Miss Liza Roberts, daughter of w.
G. Roberts of McLain, is in town
visi lung her friends, the Misses
Green's. Her father, Mr.. Lum, Is
the ex-supervisor.
Mrs. J. e. Lundy and dauk hLer,
Miss Annie, were arrivals On " cd
nesday's train from Oxford, coming
to visit Mrs. Heidelberg, who Is d
daughter uf Mrs. Lundy.
We are indebted TO Mrs. Hugh
McInnis for nice mess OF Suing
beans, which we consider one of tne
greatest vegetables going, it rdIks
right along with turnlp Creams.
G. L. Avera has returned lrom
Ellisville and is working with hls
uncle William in the store DIT Avera.
Chester thinks he will go back 10
Jones County early in the Fall.
Neil Mcleod, has been appointed
Election Commissioner, succeeding
d. M, Eubanks, wfo was made inelig-
ible for the Office, by being cut off
in formation of George County.
Mr.. S. o. Smith went back 10
Mobile Monday to finish the business
course. He has been held at home
three weeks shaking off malarial
attack contracted in the Gulf City.
The City Drug Co. have gotten
part OF their stock of goods, but are
deferring regular opening until their
soda fount and other fixtures arrive.
The factory is tardy about getting
these out to them.
Mrs. B. P. Harrison and two
children, having concluded their Wis
it with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh McInnis, other relatives and
friends, left Satu' day for their
home at Gulfport.
Tom Jones, his son Albert, and
VIM. Smith, passed through Leakes-
Vile Saturday with COW whips coiled
on their saddle horns, as they urged
a nice fat drove of cattle on down to
the market at Mobile.
Wednesday Mrs. c. 7. Noble left
for Grove Hill, Ala, accompanied by
her little step-daugbter Rosa Lee,
The Baby, and her sister Miss Willie
Adams. Mrs. Noble will spend q
short while with parents.
J. G.. Dorsett merchant, of Merrill,
was in Leakesville Monday. The
formation of George County has
thrown Jett in another county from
us, but his face still looks friendly,
and cheering to companions of other
days.
The Election Board of Commission
ers of Greene County, consisting of
A. M. Mcleod, r. L. Valley and
Neil Mcleod, were in session the
first part of this week, putting the
poll books into proper shape for hold
ing the election August 22nd.
A trio of folks from Old Grafton In
the county seat Saturday, was COM
posed of Barzilla Brewer, HARDY
Valley and W. 7. Pope. Brewer
was the principal and the other, wit
nesses in a homestead proof. All three
of them are members of the Herald
reading club.
See proceedings County Democrot-
ic Executive Committee in another
column in this issue. All necessary
arrangements for holding the Con
gressional Election, Monday August
%, 1910, have now been provided fol
and we are giving same due publicity
so that none can offer excuse or get
into confusion about the date, etc. etc
Mrs. D. E. Breland and the chill
dren left on Wednesdays train fol
Tate Springs, Tenn, but were &c
stop off one night at State Line
with the Peasters, Mrs. BrelanL'
folks. They go to shake off malari;
and will probably cross over Cumber
land mountains into Old KaintncE
before coming home. That is a de
lightful outing, especially this time
OF the year, as its cool up in thos'
mountains.
L. N. Childs has spent the las
fortnight up in the Platt settlement
doing some carpenter work and re-
ports himself charmed with the ex-
cellent treatment given by the PEG
pie up there. In some of the interior
districts of Old Greene County Tv'
as we have often asserted some o
the noblest people of earth, ant
Doubling Thomases have but to &c
out among these good livers to fn'
out the truth, though we would no