Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24


her mother, Mrs. L. A. Walker, in
iowa this week.
Jim Grimes, accompanied by wife
and children, were over from Rouns-
avilfe Wednesday.
Mr.. L. N. Knobles of State Line.
had business in the County Capital
the first of the week.
Mrs. MI. Mckay has lately joined
her daughter, Mrs. Webb Turner in
Leakesville residency. She is also
the mother of Richmond and Edwin
Mckay.
Rev. E. T. Breland is conducting
meeting at the M. P. Church in
Leakesville this week. He ran all
last week. Lately he held meeting
at Rounsaville also.
Mrs. W. W. Heidelberg of Heldel-
berg, one Of her daughters and the
iatter's three children, recently visit
ed the Hinkle Heidelberg family.
Hinkle is son OF the first named
lady. ~ 49,
Mr.. CHI. lessen. who halls from
Germany. but is residing in Mobile
this Winter, was in Leakesville this
week looking up Hardwood for the
Dunlap exporting concern for which
he is agent.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
for Leakesville charge of the M. E.
Church, South, was held by Presid-
ing Elder, M. B. Scarborough at
Leakesvilie Wednesday, who preach
ed that night.
MIR. Ell. Herbel of Chronicle, who
is State Agent for Alabama of the
Lamar Life Insurance Co., of Miss
issippi, looked after business for his
concern in Leakesville the fore part
OF the week. He is a former ac-
qualntance of We editors.
John Washington and Jerry Trib-
cit, two of our oldtime subscribers
ofColor, dropped in together last
Saturday and renewed each for an
other year. These are darkies of the
type that would practically eliminate
the Negro Problem if they were on
ly legion.
The attendance at Circuit Court
last week was slim, about the slimest
we ever noted. The dockets are not
as heavy these days as was formerly
the case. Crime does not so abound
in Greene any more, though it has
never had the reputation having a
very large per cent of vicious citi-
zenship.
Indirectly we are informed that
Rev. A. G. Ferguson has resigned
the pastorate of the Leakesvllle
Presbyterian church and will short
ly move with family to Arkansas.
Till they secure a new pastor he is
still serving that church. Stuck
Thomas will be caretaker or agent to
sell bis place:
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Walter Green brought lis several
stalks Of erYsfne cane "a few days
ago. We counted ~ joints and no
little ones either on one of them, and
it ran over eight feet tall. This has
certainly oeen splendid season for
sugar-cane in Southeast Mississippi.
A County Fair would show off some
startling things in that line OF crop
for Greene County's raising.
John Neel, son OF the Widow Neel,
was taken to Mobile for operation
for Appendicitis late last week. The
operation was performed Saturday
night and reports show that he sus-
tanned it we'll. Their home is in the
Old Adamsville community above
here. Mrs. Neel is daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Turner residing
two miles West of Leakesvile; SIS
ter to Os. Duncan, Syl and Jno. d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Turner and
their six interesting children, are
recent acquisitions to the population
of Leakesville. They come from Sun,
La. here. Mr.. Turner has been
merchandising over there. but he
and his brother in law, Jett Dorsett,
who are partners are moving their
stock over to this place and Will
build to it as the situation indicates,
- -. 40 ,,v, IN tho old Turner