Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-07
LOCAL

est of the Mobile produce house for
which he travels.
Riley Valley came down Monday
from Grafton to attend Supervisors
court and be in some Masonic lodge
work that night.
NJ. M. Mcintosh was acting as dep
uty clerk this week, assisting Mr..
Mckay throug the Supervisor peri
cd, which is always busy time.
Fl. P. Heidelberg, attorney, looked
after professional business this week
at Heidelberg, his old home town,
and also at Jackson, the state capital,
The Board of Aldermen of the
town of Leakesville held their regu-
lar monthly meeting Tuesday after
noon transacting the usual ran of
routine business.
Gabe Churchwell has moved up to
his fathers old place temporarily to
do some logging. They are putting
in couple of RATS and it will take
something like month or more.
Chickasawhay River is up sure
enough this time. this being swamp
washer freshet. The road on other
side of bridge from here is getting
almost too deep in water to drive
horse through.
Mr.. R. J. Briggs Jr., prosperous
merchant and genial good fellow,
born and bred and still having State
Line for the cen ter of his activities,
spent Thursday of last week IN the
county-seat town of Greene.
ID, @. Turner, prominent Janet
citizen, had occasion to come to the
county capital Tuesday, and was
walking about the court yard with
his kinsmau Len Turner, but lately
up from spell with Pneumonia.
Mr.. E. Rose of Hillman was in
town in the mid week ma king ar
rangements for ordering the casket
and shroud for his dead niece. Miss
Lena Hillman. They got beautiful
and expensive outfit from Mobile
Mr. T. G.. Briscoe went to Mobile
the first of the week and found his
wife doing so nicely that it is thought
that she can be brought back home
in about another week, without hav7
ing to have any operation perform
ed.
d. W. Allen came up from Luce
dale Tuesday, Leslie Mason pulling
the ribbons over a lively team of
blacks out of a stable in that town for
him. He says he is getting his goods
opened up aud business is coming in
to him.
g. w. Smith was shopping in our
burg Wednesday and called to get a
copy of the Herald which he missed
last week. Glad to supply missing
numbers at all times as it proves to
US that the Herald is looked for from
week to week.
Joe Merritt is working for Mrs.
w. w. Ayera these days checking
turpentine boxes. Mr.. Andrew
Clark is also doing similar work for
the L. d. Clark & Co. naval stores
concern, the latter firm being lessees
of the turpentine rights from Mrs.
Avera, by the crop we assume.
The board Of supervisors opened
the bids Monday for the Agricultural
High School bonds and awarded the
sale to the highest bidder. whose bid
was so, 304, with all accrued inter-
est waived. It's nice to be able to
negotiate our county long time paper
above par.
]. G. Jones who dwells near Avera,
came to the county-capital Monday
to enter a protest at the Sheriff S
sale OF some lands involving his wife's
estate, which sales we're being made
to satisfy Judgments against the de-
fanct single mill concern he and
Arsand Clifton ran at McLain few
years back.
Mr.. G. S. Jackson has given up
position as prescriptionist with one Of
the local drug stores of Mobile and
for the present is not definitely 10