Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-28


county close with this week.
Mr.. J. E. Kittrell of Avera was in
the county capital Monday doing
some trading.
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Rufe Bradley, accompanied by his
wife and two children ca m e to
Leakesville last Friday to shop.
Mrs. ]. Fl. Turner boarded Fridays
train, going down to join. her hus-
band there day or so before his re-
turn home from the hospital treat
ment.
At a directors meeting of the Merk
store last week D. E. Breland was
elected manager succeeding ii. Z.
Smith who is going into the timber
busidess.
Mr.. E. f. Ball, the genial singer
sewing machine agent, dweller IN
Merrill, was looking after business
10 these parts this week. Ed still
sustalns his reputation as hustler.
Grover Platt was making his regu-
lar Monday call on the Leakesville
trade for the packing house concern
for which he has been travelling
salesman for this territory for sever
al years.
Teams for Mr.. lack Valley con-
tractor to erect the bridge in Upper
East Side passed through Leakes-
vile IN the mid-week conveying
lumber from North Greene to the
bridge-site.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fl. Stuart and lit
tie daughter Dorothy, were arrivals
Wednesday from Jacksonville, Fla,
coming to visit the Faulks of which
family Mrs. Stuart is a daughter;
sister to We editor.
Mr.. Ira Ball was summoned to the
lower east side this week to the bed
side of his father, Mr.. Buck Ball who
is dangerously sick. He fell a few
days ago and broke shoulder bone
and it is thought he is taking cold IN
the wound, possibly pneumonia.
Dave Williams was in our office
today and gave us his version of the
recent fight betwixt him and Barney
Pierce in which he states that there
was no dog in it, and that while be
considered the provocation too great
to withstand, vet he regrets having
been into it account the younger
generation.
w. G. Roberts of McLain came to
the county-seat last Friday to bring
the Wine of Cardui man over. Mr..
Lum is looking a little grayer these
DAYS but not much older than when
he came to Leakesville monthly as
supervisor from what was then beat
3. He lives in beat under the re-
districting caused by the formation
of George county.
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Mr.. Kerr, travelling representa-
tive for the insurance company of
which Sam Green is district manager
for this territory called on him Mon
day. Kerr halls from Indianapolis,
Ind, and makes regular round of
the agents of bis company in the
South, rendering them all possible
help in learning the best methods OF
getting business.
w. G. Pool was up from Mobile
the fore part of the week. He is at
tending the Mobile Medical College
this term, and finds it convenient to
run up home occasionally, that being
one reason determining him to enter
there this year. He is in his third
wear in the study of medicine, having
taken theoretical medicine at the