Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-13
LOCAL

Ilius Hillman was in town We'd
nesday.
w R. Rush was down from the
Trnper East Side Tuesday trading.
Mr.. Jesse Byrd made business
trip to Lucedale the fore part of the
week
D. A. Mcleod has favored us with
an other article on the Centennial
Celebration which arrived too late
for this issue.
w. E. Bearry has beel laid up for
two weeks from a skint place on shin
of one leg, but is getting able to hob
bic about again.
w. f. Merritt came in Monday by
rail from State Line. He was on the
way home and has been working
with Road crews.
Henry Grimes, who is with the
Turner store here, took vacation
last week and attended the Confed
crate Reunion at Waynesboro.
Rev. G. T. Noble has beer in two
meetings lately; one al Avera assist
ing the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Young
there, and another at Fellowship.
J. X. Box of Exsho is moving to
Leakesvlle this week. having bought
the Pool house near Geo. McRae res
idence. He will rent some land and
farm hereabouts.
Mrs. McCargo of Coidwater, De
Soto County, Miss, arrived IN
Leakesville last week to see her new
grandson and visit her daughter,
Mrs. Jno. w. Backstrom.
Marvin Smith has for sometime
been occupying with his family the
Miller house near Lackey residence,
which was built by Lee Peaster sew
eral years ago.
w. NJ. Smith, hailing from Sum-
rail-, Miss, was in town Tuesday and
informs us he is working this coun
ty selling washing powder Right.
At present he is in the Upper East
Side about Kila Platts.
Theo Platt Sr. of the Upper East
Side transacted business IN the coun-
ty capital last Saturday He is one
of the patriachs of his part of the
county and esteemed as a mighty
good peighbor and citizen.
The Vinegar Bend Lbr. Co, since
converting their bond issuance into
cash and settling with their credl
tors, have resumed work on grading
their railroad branch extending to-
wards Lucedale fror this place.
Mr. DAVID Lindquist of Tidiouii,
Pa, visited his brother, a. G. Lad |
quist. il this town the fore part of
the week. He is chief salesman for
the Onion Cutlery Co., and jumped
from here to Nebraska to look after
business.
II. I. James was in town last Fri
day seeing about the closing up of
the land deal on his fathers estate.
Henry is one Of our old standbys and
lacked us up because we had not sent
him statement and kept him from
overrunning any on subscription.
Webb Turner moved from Merrill
at the conyerging Of the weeks to
Leakesville Webb will take work
IN the Turner store. We Join in wei
coming this young man and family
to our city. He has dwet here be-
fore but ere he entered the mar
riod state.
Pat James, the Jones County Pat,
and Mr.. Covibgton of Gulfport,
have been IN Leakesville sometime
lately selling stock in the new insur-
ance company on the coast. In this
company our townsmen. Nat Owen
and DR.. NJ. l.. Batson we're recently
elected to places on the directorate.
w. p. Blankenship is fixing to
move his family to Leakesvile in Or
der to get his children IN the high
school. He is brother to Mrs Wal
ker who is also moving over. She
will occupy the CoaKer house and he
will probably secure one from DR..
Pool who has some vacant just now.
The Herald acknowledges the gift
of a bag of Sweet Potatoes from Sam
Pool Jr., who raised them on an
Dat field which was moved in Aug
ust. They made quick and are Of
substantial SIZE and pleasing favor,
which shows how our Southern lads
can make pocket-money quick aud
easy.
DR.. NJ L. Batson and J. e, Alder
man attended the meeting OF the
stockholders of the new insurance
company, held at Gufport last week
in which they havs made invest
anents. DR.. Batson was elected As
:sistant Medical Director Of that com
pany, which takes the pane OF the
Gulf Coast Life Insurance Co.
Apner and Rufe Bradley of Betty,