Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
LOCAL


train for Mobile.
Alex Smith, from Old Grafton,
came down Tuesday to dispose of
couple Of Stalled beef cattle.
0. H. Hillman, of Betty, drove in
to town Monday afternoon to shop
and transact sundry business.
The Supervisors made short work
of the May term, using only one day
(MondaD to round up the business
of their court.
II. Nj. Faux, who still travels this
territory for the acetelyne concern of
of Chicago, Sundayed in Leakesville
with his family.
A new agent is swinging things
for the A. 81 NJ. at this place. His
name is P. G. Clay. He took charge
on the first Of May.
d. G. Landlord and his brother,
John, were down from Avera Satur-
day, attending to divers matters in
the capital burg of Old Greene.
p L. fairfield and L. N. Moody,
two McLain darkies, in the county
seat Saturday, took out subscriptions
for their county paper, the Herald.
G. w. Faux, who has been down
at Oak Grove, Ala, for about month
looking after his logging business,
spent the converging OF the weeks
IN town.
Rev. ]. J. Walker, the Baptist pas
here, leaves in a few days for Okla
koma City to attend the Southern
Baptist convention, which convenes
on the 10Th inst
A letter from our Mr.. J. w. Glib
son, dated from Georgia in the mid
week, bears the tldings that he and
his party are having fine time tax
ing IN the Confederate Reunion, etc.
Mrs. Lettie Burch, accompanied
by her little daughter. Elizabeth, left
last Friday for Lucedale, where they
will make their future home. Her
brother, James G. Byrd, remains in
Leakesville.
The rainfall from the heavy shower
of Thursday night, May End, was
something over four inches and since
then sufficient more has fallen to
bring the mark up above inches for
May thus far.
Prof. w. j. Scanlan was in the
county capital Saturday. He closed
his school at Betty last week. He
has lately built him new house on
the road a few miles out from Nolan
this way at the site of the Breland
old place.
f. K. Daughdrill brought tn e
Washington box in Wednesday. Kim
is another good democrat whom we
wish to publicly commend for his zeal
in giving his labors, etc., to see that
the partys organization is kept up
and its elections held
@. E. Baird left Tuesday for Mo-
bile. where he goes to take carpenter
work for the summer at least for
while, if wages, etc., are satisfactory.
There is lull in the building line in
our city just NOW, hence his seeking
work elsewhere for the present.
Rev. r. A. Albums and his small
son, Robert E., J. w. Gibson and w.
S. Childs, were Leakesvlllians who
took advantage of the very low rates
to Macon, Ca, and return, account
of the Confederate Veterans reunion
this week, going via Meridian and
birmingham.
Mesdames H. p. Heidelberg and J.
w. Backstrom were homecomers on
Thursday S train Of last week. accom-
panied by their respective Young
Hopefuls. Mrs. Heidelberg had Wis
tied her parents at Oxford, while
Mrs. Backstrom had also visited her
parental home at Olive Branch, ia
De Soto county.
The Herald could very well handle
more County Correspondence than we
are now getting and would be glad If
more of the scribes out in the ham,
let's of Old Greene would turn their