Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-04-04
LOCAL

Mr.. John Mcintosh of Vernal was
transacting business at the court
house Monday.
J. G. Dorsett was up from Merrill
Wednesday account the bank direc-
tors meeting.
Miss Valera Sygrest, a charming
young lady of Richton, lately visited
our city, guest of Mrs. HI. E. Mcin-
nis.-G.
Misses Drusie Ferguson and Mag
gle BreIand, who have been attend
ing the state normal college at Hat
tiesburg got in home Saturday.
The directors of the Bank OF
LeakesviIle held meeting here Wed
nesday for the purpose of checking
the books as required by statute.
The colored people were having a
Baptist association in the mill quar-
tiers this week, several negro preach
ers being in evidence, wearing the
sombre long-tailed black ministerial
frock coat.
L. O. Hillman was in town We'd
nesday and had the subscription OF
his wife advanced another we r
though it does not expire till August.
This kind of prompt renewal tickles
the editor muchly.
Nose Nixon has the convict crew
busy of late fixing. up the small
bridges and restoring the Eli through
the swamp on East side of river at
this place, which piece suffered some
from the recent freshet.
The J. w. Johnson family have
moved into the Pool house near lodge
building recently vacated by .Gabe
Churchwell family. This Johnson is
brother to the one dwelling in the
Metzger house and is also with the
Bear Greek mill concern.
w. J. Williams Jr. came down.
Saturday to the Fields Day school
festivities and presented We editor
with a Jug of fine molasses made
from the Japanese cane, which
always yields heavy bodi ed and tne-
ly favored syrup. Thanks W. ].
Alex. S. Miller was up from the
fork of the rivers attending fields day
and brought out Miss Euley Miller.
who is the teacher for New Prospect
the school in his community, and al
so third paternal cousin of his.
Alex Jr. is attending Pine Level
school this term and of course his
father passes back and forth to bring
him home occasionally.
John f. Brewer Of Janet come out
to fields day to bring along his
daughter, Miss Roxana and two sons
Shepard and Jas. Theodore the first
named of which lads won the ak han
die prize. We thank John and his
thoughtful good lady for bag of
fine sweet potatoes, which will make
for editorial happiness these Spring
days when the later luxury IS get
ing quite scarce.
One of the Incidents of Fields Day
was that Gwin Alderman, the five
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. ], E.
Alderman of this city got knocked
down Friday afternoon by baseball
understanding on the field witness
ing the game that day. The lick
was hard ooe but he was out IN a
couple of davs. the hurt seeming to
be mostly IN swelling to nose and lip,
both of which rapidly subsidized.
We got ready to go to press last
week at the regular time, but when
we called on our gasoline engine for
power to turn the press it baked,
and refused to accommodate. US till
past the hour to make that day $
mail, hence some delay to the sub
scribers in the northern end of the
county about getting the Heralds for
that issue, a circumstance which it
looked like could not be helped. but
we do hate these days to miss our
schedule time even once.
Randall Mcleod died at Braden-
town, Fla, and not Barlow, Fla, as
.z,.<~+o - >c7oruv ~ thn death notice