Greene County herald., 1911-01-06
LOCAL
This is Election Year. Pay your
Poll-Tax before February 1st and
preserve your franchise.

Mobile, accompanying a sister who
goes down for Hospital treatment.
Mr.. Luther Burch, q rapidly r. =.
ing young lawyer of Jackson, is in
town this week visiting his brother
Ernest.
Rich Miller spent the holidays al
lowed by Clinton College, at home
here with parents, Mr., and Mrs. j..
E. Miller.
G. M. Cowan was awarded the
Eastman Kodak in the Guessing Con-
Test at Peoples Drug Co. during the
Christmas season.
Mr.. Williams and family, a turpen-
tine man from near Leaf, Christmas :
sed with Mrs. Williams parent ts, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Davis.
See reminder to pay polltax at
head this column and also editorial
column. Neglect of that matter will
bar your vote this Summer.
Ivan Cowau got home Friday Dec.
%, from the A. & M. for the holiday
respite at home under the parental
roof-tree. He harked back early this
week.
WYATT ChurchwelI and Lonzo Den
mark, two of our young pedagogues,
teaching out in the home county la
Beat 3, spent the holidays in Leakes-
vile.
Mrs. Ira Ball was taken to Mobile
for. treatment under a Specialist at
the converglng of the weeks. Ira
went with her. They have gotten
back.
Gabe Churchwell and Ralph Mills
rolled in Friday Dec. 23 from the A.
& NJ. for Christmas times. Gabe
has returned but Ralph is still at
home.
The young folks of our town usher
ed in the New Year with quite a
spell of church bell ringing. Who
would say them nay in this youthful
sentiment?
Sam Gibson was up from the Fork
of the Rivers Saturday in company
with Mack McLendon who also halls
from those parts. Sam remember
ed ye editor with wheel.
DR.. T. A. Chapman, resident den
tist, tells us he has gotten his chair
which from description is dandy. as
it can be raised and lowered at will,
and has sanitary spittle drainage etc.
A Slight blaze round a defective
fue on the Denmark house Monday
afternoon was promptly extinguished
by volunteer fire fighting corp be-
fore any material damage was done.
The freshet now on in the river is
putting flow of water through the
last ditch dug to cutoff above bridge
but that tongue in between the two
bitches yet remains to be eat away
in major part.
Congressman elect B. P. Harrison
spent the holidays in Leakesville.
His wife and the children who ac.
companied him are remaining over 6
few days with Mrs. Harrison MS pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McInnis.
Miss Nellie Allen ran down from
Hattiesburg to spend Christmas
with her Uncle, DR.. Sam Pool S fam
lily. Miss Nellie is prime fayor!t'
of the Doctors folks, and is wei
liked generally in this good old town
Among other things written in
letter to this office, Rev. W. w. Hill
observes: II don't see how | coul'
do without the good old Herald.
He has moved from Raleigh to Har
persville. by assignment of his Con
ference.
Wiley Evans is taking charge o
the Leakesville Turpentine Co. busi
ness and has moved into the j. ID
Turner house next to Methodist pan
sonage. Wiley commences Leakes
vile residency right, by ordering tn
Heaald senu to his abode.
The heavy rains Sunday night an
Monday morning interferred wit
travelling considerably in thes
parts. Supervisor Joe Valley dl
not succeed in getting through
Leakesville till Tuesday accour
swollen streams, and Backstro
couldn't come at all.
DR.. Sam Pool, the local Weath'
Observer, reports a A inch rainfs
Sunday night, which is the heavie
in that many hours in about q
cade. The rain seemed to have be-
general and as consequence the o
Chickasawhay has it's first boom
for this season. He says temper
ture Monday and Tuesday night W
but 16 Degrees above zero.
Once year since swinging out
to the busy world, J. W. Wooda
comes back 70 the old homeste
down in lower part of the county