Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-14
LOCAL

Neil Mcleod was up from Vernal
Saturday doing some shopping,
Mr.. G. L. Kittrell was down from
Jonathan Tuesday transactlng bust
ness,
G.. B. McRae has sold out the liv-
cry stable to Rich FlournoY. The
transfer took place the latter part of
last week.
]. B. Byrd and Oscar Backstrom
together drove into Leakesville Sun
day and spent the day basking in
the sunshine of fair ones smiles.
Mr.xJ. Nj. Marney informs US that
he has secured the job of painting a
house for Mr.. Louisell which is in
Mobile and occupied by a spinster
sister of the latter.
Mr.. G., r. Browning is having trou-
BILE with his eyes. He went to Mo-
bile this week to have a specialist
pass upon them, as 1t seems his Wis
ion is threatened. We trust he may
not find it so serious as it might APP
pear.
Eph Roberts drove down this week
from old Grafton to look IN on at the
Lamb piano display in leakesville.
Eph writes music and thinks of cul
tivating his talent further and he
bought one of those pianos to put in
his home.
Berthe Mcleod was IN town We'd
nesday and tells us that they are not
doing much this wet weather with
the hardwood mill, but have turned
to pine timber Swamps are not log
gable much in the winter season in
this county.
Mr.. Beman Ross, who is teaching
the Williams school in the Upper
East Side, spent from Saturday noon
till Mondays train departure in
Leakesville. The heavy rains cut
him off from returning in time to
teach Monday.
]. M. Avera recently made bust
ness trip to Hattlesburg and met a |
Chiropractic doctor there. Jim is
getting acquainted with the chiro-
practors over the state, recently |
looking up one in Biloxi and frequent
ly sees Downing at Ellisville.
Sheriff Jake Green desires US to
state that the M. G. Smith whose
name appears in the Delinquent Poll
taxpayers List, Beat is a negro.
There is another M G. Smith in that |
beat, who is white man and who |
paid his taxes promptly, this notice
being given in justice to him.
Two trios of homestead provers-
out were in Leakesvillc Wednesday |
making such dispositions, namely: w. |
III. Mcleod, principal with Alex
Woodland and J. f. Eubanks. wit
nesses of Bexley, and Chas. f. Bre-
land, principal with C. N. Byrd and
Dave Hillman witnesses of Nicely.
Cecil Mcleod has been teaching
Rev. A. g. Ferguson s classes in
the Leakesville High School this
week, while the latter went to Geor-
gia to see about church from which |
he received an offer of $1,000 per an
mum and house furnished. That is
an offer which will mean nice
thing for Bro. Ferguson if accepted.
DR.. Pool tells us that the rainfall
Sunday was Al inches. Quite a bit
of rain coming down in one day. 1t
came down almost in gushes at
times. The rainfall Wednesday was
heavy again, registering 81 inches
so DR.. Pool SAYS, thus giving oyer
eight inches thus far 10 March and
its coming down again today,
(Thursday.)
Mrs. Ella Brunson stopped off in
Leakesville Sunday and Monday on
her return from Mobile whore she
has been to have her baby. Woodrow
Wilson examined by the specialists
down there for some infantile trou-
BILE. He is quite fine looking club
by youngster. not appearing as if
disease was troubling him much.
She reports that the roads up in