Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
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Mrs. j. N. Elliott, living five miles
east of Guntown, died very suddenly
of heart trouble. She had dressed pre-
paratory to visiting her son, Bodie,
who lives near her. Her husband had
left her in the house when he started
to get the buggy and horse. On his
return to the house he called for her
to come to the buggy. He had no re-
spouse from her, and upon entering
the room he found her on the floor
dead. She was 70 years of age.
The reports of the telephone COM
panies operating in Mississippi, COW
ering operations for the June quarter,
1910, all tend to show excess of reve-
nue.. The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company reports total re-
ceipts for the three months of $3.50,
33O.56, against an operating expense
account of $24S,94276, giving a net
revenue of $37,3S7.SO, which is slight
" lower than the net revenue for the
same period of 1909.
Natchez. BY agreement among
Sheriff Clarke, County Attorney
Shields and the eleven men charged
with violating the prohibition law, the
five who sold whisky and the six who
sold beer will pay $50 and costs for
the later offense and 500 and costs
for the former. In addition each one
will give bond for 5000 to observe
the prohibition law for one year and
inform the sheriff of any violation.
The beginning of a Well-org anized
crusade against the ravages of the
cattle tick in Warren county is now
we'll under way, since the arrival of
DR.. G. w. Famous, government expert,
and his arrangement for carrying on
this important work.
Louis Hoffman, aged Sc, head of the
Hoffman Hardware Company, Vicks-
burg, and rated as worth 100000 was
married at Cincinnati to Miss Gather
inc Falkenheimer, aged so, of st. Lou
is, Mo, where Hoffman and her father
were business partners before the civil
war.
c. A. Robbins, formerly of Adams
county, but who has been living in the
West for the past year, has returned
for the purpose Of securing options on
$4,000 acres Of farm lands for settlers
from the Western and Middle States.
The first new bale of cotton for the
season of 1901 reached Meridian
and was auctioned off before the
board of trade The bale weighed 428
pounds and was sold after spirited
bidding for is cents per pound.
At a county cemetery ten miles
north of Yazoo City, Polk Evers, 70
years old, a Confederate veteran, at
the funeral of his own daughter,
stabbed and perhaps fatally wounded
Allen Pigg. To make the affray more
deplorable, if possible, Evers and Pigg
are brothers-in-law, Mrs. Evers being
Pigg's sister.
Secretary F. o. Conant of the
Brookhaven Board of Trade forwarded
by express to the Ohio Valley EXPOSE
ton at Cincinnati, Ohio, Lincoln coun-
tvs exhibit of agricultural products.
Among the exhibits were wheat, corn,
oats, big Irish potatoes as well as
large sweet ones, alfalfa, clover, SUI
gar cane, rye, sorghum, peanuts, sew
eral fine varieties of canned fruits
and vegetables.
The most important Masonic meet
ings in the history of the local lodge
have been taking place during the
past three days, and the hotels have
been overcrowded with visiting breth-
rem from all parts of the state. The
grand master for the stae of Missis-
sippi, W. M. Conner, of Hattiesburg,
has been in constant attendance, as
has also A. H. Hicks, the grand lect-
urer of the state.
Gov Noel will pay his visit to Hat
tiesburg for the purpose of deliver
ing an address there. He is quite sat-
isfied that he will be unable to make
the Neshoba fair on the 18th, as he
hoped, as he has other engagements
and duties that will conflict with that
date.
After a two weeks illness Mrs. w.
D. Porter died at Oxford. She was
probably the best known and most
popular matron of the city, leader
in all social as we'll as spiritual af-
fairs, and is universally mourned.
The Rural Mail Carriers Associa-
ton of Mississippi met at Vicksburg.
The attendance was small, but consid-
cradle interest was taken in the pro-
gram by those present.
Work has been begun on the new
science hall of Mississippi College.
This is the second of a series of
buildings to constructed by the trus-
tees if this institution in the next few
years at Clinton.
VIII Paris, of Union ounty, planted
pumpkins and sunfower seed in his
cotton and corn skips, as a diversified
tiOD pYnprimnnt and for Chicken and