Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-05-19
LOCAL

Hurst Training DCuOOi.
Ralph Mills come back home from
the A. & M. College Saturday. He
went back Wednesday.
Mr. e. w. L. Davis from the Up
per Prong of Big Creek was in town
today doing some shopping.
Miss Lotto Ball spent last week
at her home in the community in the
southern end Of Greene which bears
her family name, viz: Ball.
Several of the Leakesyille boys at
tended the state oratorical contest at
Gulfport last week, among which
number were Scott Mckay and BY
ron Green.
S. r. Brcland and good lady came
over to Leakesvlle yesterday from
Nicely. Mrs. Breland had tooth
that was giving her trouble lifted
olt. Rufe frequently trades 10 this
town.
Mrs. W. e. l5earry was taken to
Mobile Sunday for treatment in SAM
tarium. The children are being car
ed for by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. G. Eubanks. at Mullett.
Mrs. H. p. Heidelberg left Sunday
accompanied by the wee Miss of that
home, who not has yet passed the
first long dress period. They go TO
visit the Lundy family in Oxford,
who are Mrs. Ii S parents.
Once again Greene County's Jail
is without a single occupant, the re-
cent term of Circuit Court having
liberated the three white men detain-
ed there for lack of evidence to justify
their further incarceration.
Rev. A. S. Byrd from Satartia,
Yazoo County, has been in town for
several days account the dangerous
illness of his mother, who is in q Mo-
bile In6rmary. He went down there
soon after his arrival to see her.
p. L. Mills, contractor for build
ing the new wooden approaches to
Steel bridge over here, has got the
pile-driver to going now and has the
work of rebuilding about half through
on this side of the river at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Fannie Faux Priester, who
who is running the Phoenix Hotel
at Bay Minette, Ala, ia association
with her aunt Mrs. Callie Wilkins,
visited paron is, Mr. and Mrs. G. w.
Faux in this city at the converging
OF the weeks.
Jno. d. Williams from the Fork of
the rivers had business in Leakts-
vile Tuesday. He tells US that these
mornings are getting plenty hot e.
nough to pillow now, though a few
days back he thought it little cool
for such exercise.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. McRae, VIVIAN,
and Miss Estelle McRae left Sunday
for Little Rock, Ark, to take in the
Confederate Veterans Reunion, which
will prove a delightful outing to
them, as there is much scenic adj
vantages from such trip.
DR.. Sam Pool i having the under
growth trimmed out of the lawns in
front OF the Bearry place aud the
space to rear OF house near Masonic
hail. This leaves the shade trees
there showing up nicely and opens
out the view to the railroad fine.
Mr.. d. B. Mcqueen, the well
known tombstone agent, was in town
the fore part of the week. He is a
popular candidate for supervisor for
the New Augusta beat in Perry
county. Fie tells us that the sen til
ment in Perry is preponderantly for
Vardaman, though in Richton, the
ants have substantial strength.
1t was the pleasure of We scribe TO
travel out on the train from Vinegar
Bend last Saturday morning with Alb
Breland, Lang Mills, Jim Ball, S. w.
Ball and one of the Daughdrill boys
whose Christian name has at this mo-
ment rebelliously slipped our mem
DRY. These good folks were on the
return from a trip down the river to
Moss Point with logs.
Justice Writ Thomson was up from
Leaf Monday of last week to comply
with Statute requiring justices OF
the peace to hear Judges charge to
Grand Jury. Writ looks saddened
over the loss Of his little daughter,
which occurred few weeks ago. lie
stands for law and order IN his part
of the of the county as shown by
his official administration.
Mrs. Laura p. Gowen, OF F'olkstoI,
Ca, recently came over to visit reid
tives in this county. She was Q
Denmark, sister to our a. }. Den
mark and also to our Mrs. ). )
Beard Sr. 1t had been thirty years
since her kinspeople here had seer
her face, and right touching was
their mutual greetings and rehersal'