Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
LOCAL

ita city.
Lee Peaster built chimney for
E. N. Patterson out at his home on
the road to Sweetwater, at the con-
vergng of the weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Z. Thomas and
children were over Monday coming
in their su1ry They looked at some
Leakcsvlle property with a view
to buying.
The Supervisors meet next Mon
dav Nov. 6. This will be next to the
last term of the old board. The new
board will assemble the FIRST Mon
day IN January.
w. A. Breland has purchased the
Covington automobile to handle the
Merrill mail route for which he is
winding up u contract of carrying
four years this coming Summer.
The Jury List for the November
Term of Circuit Court was drawn
Monday by Sheriff Dan Breland and
Clerk S. r. Mckay in the presence Of
Justice of the Peace, L. G.. Briscoe.
The regular monthly term of JUS
tice Court for Beat /, with Bon. T.
G. Briscoe on the bench, will con.
vene Saturday Nov. 4th Graham is
also the Justice Elect fer the new
term.
Mr.. E. g. Ball and wife, Mrs. Ril
la, were in town Tuesday. They hail
from the town bearing their family
Pine, viz: Ball. We acknowledge an
appreciated call from them. They
are staunch friends to the Herald.
J. 2. Jones, who is teaching the
Watkins School, near Charley Dun
nam place, was in town Saturday
and tells US that they have made the
necessary average to have an assist
ant whom he hopes to get installed
in November.
NJ c. Ferguson, Principal of the
Lcakesyille High School ran over to
Jackson at the converging OF the
weeks to take in the State Fair.
Lawrence Williams accompanied HIM.
They W Clayton, Lawrence
brother, while over there.
Circuit Court convencs Monday
week, that is Nov. 18th. Judge
Buckley of Enterprise will preside.
We trust that all who are on the
side of Law and Order IN Greene
County will give him aud the entire
coart cordial cooperation and we
are sure they will for such is the
reputation of the sturdy citizenship
of our county.
The General Election will be held
next Tuesday, Nov. Z, 1911. The
boxes and tickets are being diStrb-
uted this week by our energetic E.
lection Commissioners Arthur c lark,
Lazarus VALLEY and Murdoch McIn-
tosh We trust that the Democrats
of Old Greene will turn ont and show
the Socialists that their ticket is a
joke so far as this county is concern
ed.
Mr., E. w. Breland, Representa-
tive from Greene County, left Mon
day for Jackson to attend the Spe
cal Session of the Legislature con.
voced by Gov. Noel. Eugene stated
to this writer, that were it not that
he thought that he would get arrest
ed and carried there to make up q
quorum, that he would not go at all.
The Legislature has police powers
over its members VIII lie IN session.
Saturday being payday the school
marms and male teacher were IN cyl
dencc about the county capital. but
money on hand was not sufficient
just now to cash all their warrants
as the fiscal year has just commence
ed. By next pay day X-Colcctor
Dan Breland will have paid ia lax
monies enough possibly to cover
these and oIher outcrOpplng school
warrants. Ii not they will have to
abide TIE coming in Of the state APP
preparation.
Bryan Oelesbey and Sam Pool Jr,
ran up on large rattlesnake Satur-
day in The swamp near John Mcleod
Ferry, on this side of the river. They
were squirrel hunting and hence had
guns along with which to end the
life of this old roamer of those wilds,
who measured 5 TT and inches. His
fangs were exhibited in town that
afternoon by DR.. Pool and they looked
something like the fins of q catfish
being long sharp thorn with Il benC
in them.
f. N. Downer of Kentucky, lee
tured here Saturday on behalf of the
Farmers Union and specially in til,
4 interest of the Farmers Warehous,
Co., which is an organization within
that order TO further its cooperative
Features along commercial lines
though they will permit people il
i other walks of life to purchase 70 pc
cent of the stock of the corporation
which he declared would paw upwar'
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