Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-18
LOCAL

T. L. Naples spent last week at
Lucedale visiting a sick kinsman, Ed
Deuitt.
Rev. A. L. Creel and Jas. M.
Avera were down from Sandrock
Wednesday.
Mr.. Theo. Platt of the Upper East
Side was visitor in the county-seat
town Wednesday.
Rev. w. B. Alsworth held meet
ing at Adamsville on the East Side
of the river this week.
Clayton Williams has sent US nice
letter which we regret has to lie over
a week before space can be found for
it.
G. M. Vanbenschoten, manager of
the Mobile Office for a fruit-tree con-
Germ of Florida spent the midweek
n Leakesville.
Mr.. G. W. Churchwell and two
young sons George and Johnny, at
tended the Fair at Meridian early in
the week.-G.
Mr.. Asa Breland, who began last
week to pull out from the recent at
tack OF Hematuria, is now rapidly
conyalescing.
Claude Breland came away from
his work at Georgetown and spent
the critical days OF his father, Mr..
Asa1s illness in our city.
Joe Busby, prosperous farmer OF
North Greene was in the countryside
town Tuesday. He was looking af-
ter some land matters. We acknow-
ledge pleasant chat with him.
r. @. Breland of Moss Point had
business in LeakesvllIe che fore part
of this week. On account of his
rather unusual initials he says folks
usually call him Rufus Curious. He
is kinsman of the Breland boys
here
Messrs Sam Gibson and Davis
Daughdrill both visited the County
Capital Monday. They both have
children III the Pine Level School
and come up from the Fork of rivers
Sunday on thai account as tar as
Hillman.
J. B. Byrd of Mt. Olive and b. M.
Deshazo of McLain together drove
over to Leakesville Sunday from
McLain. Byrd bad come over to
Hattiesblrg with a sister who is to
be operated on there this week, and
decided to journey on and visit here.
Dewitt Proctor of Mobile, who has
job as street car conductor in that
city, is spending the week in Greene
county looking after his fathers tur-
pentine business at Edith during the
latters absence. Dewitt was in
Leakesville Tuesday shaking hands
with old friends. He has grown in
to a stalwart young man.
Geo. A. Metzger of Mobile made
Leakesville last Friday on his round
as salesman for the Warlev Commits
sion house of that city and presented
We editor with handy and handsome
desk article in the way of combina-
ton pen knife and letter opener Eav-
ing the name and compliments of his
concern inscribed thereon.
School suspended Monday in order
that the faculty and children might
attend the Meridian Fair. The rain,
however, cut in On the attendance bad
w. More and more is it coming to
be recognized in Mississippi that
the vocational should be mixed With
literary training. hence a great MANY
of the schools suspend and go In a
cody to fairs in order that seeing
the exhibits may teach the next gen
Grafton the possibilities from the soil
of our great state virgin yet in much
of its development.
G.. L. Mizell who dwelIs on the
other side of the river out from the
Beard settlement, came in Saturday
to take the train out to Valley S
where he disembarked and journey
ed to the home of a nearby uncle,
Dave Mizell. to purchase bunch of
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