Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26

burg In the mid-week.
L. d. Clark went down to the Gull
City the middle of the week.
G, L. KittreIl, of Jonathan, hao
business IN Leakesville Tuesday.
Dave West and Jim Avera we're
Old Grafton citizens in the capital
town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Webb were
other Leakesvillians who took occa-
sion to visit Mobile last week.
w. P. Blankenship from Alabama
Line had business in Leakesvllle
Tuesday. He runs sawmill over
there.
The D. T. Campbell family will
shortly move to Florida, where Mr..
Campbell is taking a position. He
is mill sawyer.
The correct number OF accessions
to the Methodist church in the Kelly
meeting was &c. and not 81 as we eg-
reglously stated in the write up.
Shift. Jake Green made an official
trip to Mobile the latter part OF last
week. He has lately shaved off his
mustache, giving him a slightly
changed facial expression.
G. L. McInnis has moved to erich
ton, Ala, and we are advised to and
are changing his paper to that adj
dress. This is him whom we know
In Greene County as "Coot. F"
E. B. Carroll is driving log team
for the Louisell mill here, while his
wife and children are at Rounsayille.
They came over here from Sun, La.
in the hopes of lettering her health.
The high stage of the water has
stopped vehicle traffic over the bridge
here. The East Siders making their
way into town tie their horses and
walk the trestle in or come over on
the tram.
The heavy freshet on Big Creek
Sunday following up the drenching
rains of Saturday night before, did
much damage to the bridges on that
stream. We are unable to state just
now the extent of same.
Rev. W. B. Alsworth did not get
back until Wednesday of this week,
as he was held longer IN the meeting
at Meehan Junction than he had
planned. and he visited his home
town, Purvis, before returning;
Mr.. S, D. Wade looked in on the
Herald plant on our last publication
day. He is now living in North
Greene (the Old Grafton commune
ty) where he was raised, having
moved out of the Fork of the rivers
several months back.
Lightning struck the home of the
Lindquists Saturday night tearing
off some shingles from the roof and
breaking pane of glass by Ralph
Mills bed, but only stunned him for
two hours. The heavens were abIaze
that right with the electric flashes
and the deep-toned mutterings OF the
thunder played an incessant accom-
paniment.
The second examination for white
teachers was held at the court house
Friday and SATURDAY.. with Joel
Jones, w. G. ChurchwelI and Supt.
Joe Valley constituting the Board of
Examiners. There we're less appli-
cants at this than the previous white
examinations. There is one more
examination for colored, which will
close the Spring examinations in
Greene County.
Unless the deceased be resident
of Greene County, or allied to it's
people by ties of blood or marriage,
please do not send an obituary to
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and proposal is only to handle the
neurological matter of interest to the
reading public which the Herald
serves. In the case of sending in an
Obituary from another county under
this condition, do not miss the main
point of the article by overlooking to
state who he or she may be kin to or