Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-09
LOCAL


Mrs. VIM. Clark and the children
are spending this week visiting her
parents in Lucedale vicinity.
DR.. Pool informs us that he saw
corn silked and tasselllng in the field
of D. A. Mcleod at Vernal this
week.
Jas. Hillman was the successful
bidder Monday for contract to erect
bridge in Beat on Con creek, near
Jno. D. Cooley's place.
w. G. Wexford of Mullett was up
last Saturday. Charley has one OF
the best farms IN his section OF
George County and is a hustler at
anything he goes at.
Misses jamie Miller and Ora Fer
guson departed for their respective
homes on Wednesday afternoon S
train, the first named routed for
Houston, the latter to Walnut
Grove.
Lonnie Spears has a position in
Memphis. with the same street car
system which his brother-in law,
Lawrence Ball has job. Il e
moved with family away from here
several weeks ago to that city.
Nose Nixon had the convict crew
up at the bridge in Upper East Side
recently erected, and put in the two
dirt dumps on each end to make that
bridge travellable, it standing up
too high to get on until this was
done.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Lawrence Evans of
Lucedale accompanied by two chill
dren spent the converging OF the
weeks in Leakesville. Lawrence is
still with the Howe Lbr. Co., near
McLain but his family dwells yet at
Evanston.
M. C. Ferguson has been elected
to and accepted the principalship of
the Brandon high school: Fl is
school wound up in Leakesville the
fore part of this week and he is leav-
ing for his home at Walnut Grove to
spend the summer.
J. S. Green and son Jimmie L.
were in town last Saturday shop
ping. Jimmie came back Tuesday to
attend the commencement exercises
of the school here that night, accom-
panied by Make Mcleod, also
dweller in his community.
Supervisor C. P. Smith, after at
tending the board meeting Monday,
journeyed Tuesday on down to Ball
to see his sister. Mrs. Julia B. Wal
lev who lately suffered from a light
stroke OF PARALYSIS affecting one arm
but she is recovering the use ofsame.
We used the best information at
hand last week in preparing the death
notice of Mrs. Cynthia Ball, but 1T
develops that she was Nelson and
not Williams, consequently it was
not her father but stepfather who
died of cancer. Her mother was a
sister to Jim Lyles of Nicely vlcinage.
S. A. J. VALLEY of Beat 3 captured
the contract Monday for erecting
bridge on Sand Hill Greek near his
place. He tells us that his eleven
year old son Writ Fl. insisted that
his father arrange for having the
Herald continue coming to their
home. sgd says that that lad scram-
bles for the Herald when it puts in
it's appearance at their home.
M. C. Mcleod tells us that be kill
ed a good sized rattle snake near his
fathers place one day last week
Some negroes found it'and called him.
The snake was short, about three feet
long, but thick in girth, seven rat
ties and was asleep when Marcus at
tackled him and never seem to wake
up much while the death strokes
were being administered, he had
probably been eating and crawled
into the sun to digest his meal.
J. Ell. Bearry is in Leakesville and
has about decided to locate here
again. It's interesting to hear John
talk of Texas, where be spent the
Winter and major part of the Spring,
getting much benefit from the ca
tarrhal trouble He likes it from q
health standpoint, but says its hard
to find living there because SO
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