Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
LOCAL
This is Election Year. Pay your
Poll-Tax before February LIST and
preserve your franchise.

mid week accompanied by his son
Guy, who is quite bright lookin,
lad of some ten summers.
Miss Lottie Mcleod of Vernal
who is a daughter of our old time
friend, w. W. Mcleod. came up las
week to visit her sister, Mrs. ]ls
Ball.
Arts Turner got back from ovel
in the pine belt of Louisiana Christ
mas and is spending the time here
now He sold out his teams ovel
there.
Mrs. r. E. Sheehy, accompanied
by the children, ran up to State Line
Sunday, to visit her uncle, Mr.. VIC.
Yves terfield and family, before going
back to Mendenhall from here.
Another taxpayer who rode ia last
week to settle with urbane Dan, was
D. G. Turner of Janet, who incident
ally dropped by and gave the editor
both cheering word and coin.
Kim Daughdrill was in town Mon
day and paid his taxes. Kim lately
made trip down the river. He has
solicitation to enter the Sheriff S race
but so far has not come to definite
decision in the matter.
Ed Ball was en- villa for several
days this week making delivery of a
shoe sewing machine to the Hunt
Barber and Shoe Repair shop. This
machine puts tie half soles on with
stout thread instead of tacks and a
patch is no trouble for it at all.
Tuesday this scribe saw d wag-
on-load of household effects passing
through town and an inquiry elicitt d
the information that twas the goods
and chatteIs of joel Smith of Adams
vile moving to Wilmer, la. Joel is
a brother of Supervisor Pink Smith.
Jim Hilman from Hillman was in
town Tuesday and dropped in favor
ing us with a dollar. This is the Jim
sometimes distinguished from the
o her Jims of the Hillman tribe, as
Ole Yaller. To the Herald he has
been mighty white Jim, as he is
one Of our old standbyes of years.
Don forget that the Herald rnal-
ly desires to chronicle the local do
ings of all the people. We have no
ayersions or pets, though of course
it has been our practice to play up
some more than others because they
have favored the paper more in some
way. Some reop,e get on pout for
a local we missed when their own
silence damned up the channel of
information.
W. e. Brewer came out from
Washington last Friday and paid his
taxes. Ellsworth recently made
quite rapid run down the river,
leaving on Friday and getting out
Monday. Leaf was falling when he
left but he ran into strong water
when he struck the effects of Chick
asawhay emptying into Pascagoula.
Ellsworth has an exceedingly bright
boy in his home who has been a Won
der to his teachers for literary apti-
tude.
7. l., Naples arrived in Leakes.
vile last Saturday by rail and left
that afternoon for the old homestead
down at Mohoba. Tom has beer
gone about two years or more out ir
the great Northwest. He took {
steamer at Seattle about Jany. 1st.
and voyaged down as far as Los An
COLES, Gala, on the Pacific. From
there he took the cars for home go
ing by Salt Lake City, which wa
rather circiutious route, but on
rich in scenic advantages.
D. G. and John Landlord wer
down from Avera doing some trading
Saturday. Dunk informs us that h.
lost his mule as we'll as the $25 in tn
swap he made with that fellow abou
Christmas times for a horse whic
proved to be stolen one and was sub
sequently claimed by its owners fror
Vancleave. Dunk traced the horse
thief as far as Waynesboro, and ther
lost track of him as he boarded tn
cars at that place. Lawyers whoI
he consulted advised him that b
lost title to his mule when he mad
the trade same as man losses tit
to money in trade even where va
ue received proves to be WORTHLESS:
He takes that risk in the trade an
lost.
Mitchell Byrd drove over from j;
Tuesday to bring Mr.. G. e. GOWNS
ton, tut pentine operator from OF
there to the county-seat where
took the train after attending to bu
mess with the Tax-Colector. v
acknowledge call and chat vii
Mitchell who has been reader OF OF
paper for several years, but who
this was the first chance we had
know personally. FL" is a son of O.
old friend Cal Byrd. Mitchell sa