Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-04-18
DoINGS OF THE BOARD or TRUSTEES
Agricultural High School.

County Agricultural hig school, we
CLEAN the following as items of BUSH
ness such board transacted at its
meeting the First Monday IN April,
viz: The plans for the building were
adopted and ordered that ADVERTISE
ment be made for bids (see notice in
| this issue thereby;
The Dantzler conditional deed was
rejected and returned for straight
out fee simple form;
The faculty was elected as follows
A. @. T.. Smith of Waynesboro, prin-
cipal; T. L. Lewis as literary teacher
and Pete Valley for the intermedi-
ate dept Pete is son of LATE Wal
lev Sr., and brother to Webster
who is on the faculty at Miss. Heights
Academy at Blue Mt Pete gradu-
ates from the A. &. M. this termand
will be able to bring his college train
ing in agriculture as part of his
equipment for teaching in this farm
ers boy school. We assume the
principal elect is also college bred
agricultural mal.
E. w. Breland, attorney, looked
after a divorce case in chancery court
at Waynesboro the fore part of the
week. He reports that that court
made final disposition of the affairs
of the West King Lbr. Co., which
have been so long in litigation. The
receiver had realized something like
800. 900 on the property of that dc
funct concern and an agreed decree
was taken by the lawyers for the
host of creditors for the distribution
of the money.
D. G. Eubanks drove UP from Null
lett Saturday afternoon to bring his
daughter, Mrs. W.. E. Bearry and
her children home. His friends in
LeakesvilIe gave him the usual cor
dial chattings when an oldtlmer
comes to town. Mr.. Dave served
on the board and was in other ways
in public life in Greene county be-
fore the formation of George took
him out of boundaries.
Barney Pierce has sued d. r. Viii
Iiams for $4,000 damages sustained
to his physical frame in the late en-
counter betwixt these men. E. w.
Breland is the attorney for the plain
tiff. The Herald had hoped that
matters between these two men had
been dropped as in the Bilbo- Henry
assault case, but 1t seems not and will
evidently be hard fought out case
all along the line. .
Coley Mills made another trip to
Leakesville during this present
chronicling period He came down
again Tuesday to meet his brother
Nathan here, who came oyer by rail
from Fruitdale. Coley drove his
mare down, aud she has beautiful
colt which cantered along; it is a
foal of the Rounsaville stallion and a
beaut.
Mr.. D. M. Bearry has drove over
from Roundtop, Ala. the last two
weeks at the converging in order to
Sunday at home. He has man who
will cultivate the old place for him
oyer there while he is himself looking
after turpentining his timber, which
crop pays him better than straight
out farming. He uses the cups on
his trees.
G. c. Bradley of Janet had occa-
sion to come to the county-seat Tues
day. He had us forward the Herald
to his home. He married the young
est daughter of Mr.. jim Roberts in
that community and they have three
interesting children. He has eighty
acres. of nice level farm land taken
up under homestead law and nearly
ready to prove out.
II. d. McMillon came in from Mo-
bile Tuesday bringing back his wife,
who had that far recovered from the
operation as to be able to walk a
little. He himself has not pulled up