Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-03
LOCAL

Mr.. W. w. Evans made another
trip to Cincinnstti, O., last week
looking after real estate business OF
some kind, in which he is a dealer
these days.
Several of the teachers dropt by
t.eakesville while out Saturday at
ding their association at Pine
eel, in order TO dra~ their saa-
\ IS through the superintendent s
I'D clerk s offices.
The Leakesville u. S. Weather
Observatory shows the rainfall for
month of November to have been
BIO inches which is less than it was
the last two years in that month and
yet up to the average.
Alex Mcdonald, who lives within
& 3 mile or so of Jonathan had the mis-
fortune to get his house burned up
"Wednesday night. 1t was thought
Ito have caught from oak leaves IN
n the valley of the roof.
Writ Chip Turner came in few
n days ago FROM the A g. NJ giving rs
his reason that there is some typ
y hold fever there now and OF course
he wishes to be on the safe side
about missing that disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Sali are up
from Merrill this week visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Bre-
laes Tho FIRST named couple had
ID misfortune 81 get their home
bs ned out il Merrill on Thanksgiv-
lng day.
C.Wtssord oss Mullett passed
tll aagE seasesvllle Wsdnesday en-
10 Il Tor mega Bend. Chaasley :
( tankipg 81 doing some timber oper-
ai:pg through the winter now that
y hls iUp is otf Of hand and the mar
ks picking UP.
Jus. T Watson was down from
North Greene Saturday making
his homestead claim He and we
editor were thrown together some
Asn boys up at Mt. Pleasant, Ala.
he Alabama river where his faith
ed at the sawmill in which GUYS
one-haIf owner.
1.-THE boari of supervisors meet
next Monday At this their Decem-
Der term there comes up agsin the
matter of letting contract tor steel
bridge (Wayne-Greene) county line,
as also the purchase under sealed
competitive bids of a motor tractor
road working machine as per read
n vertisements in these columns,
J. w. Gibson passed through
Leakesville Tuesday from Lucedale
on his way to Indianola, a delta city,
where he goes to take a job in the
Enterprise Office run by our friend, w.
K. Chapman. John is a capable man
a ia a print-shop and will make val
nable helper in that newspaper
plant if they mutually close for a
Der N period.
III The severe frosts of this week have
Finished the work OF killing plant.
Hlife susceptible to it's ravages. which
was. left over from the frosts earlier
y in November which did not quite
complete that work. There was
some ice also with these frosts, thin
sheats out Of doors and The ground
Asllghtly caked IN places with Ireez.
The Inornlng OF Dec. Bird.
a good deal has been, written this
Vail in varlops papers of the state
md south about big sweet potatoes
brown, but Leakesvile has one
!, which will vie with most any if not.
Bill OF them. 1t was grown by Mrs
Anna Bell Naples IN our city, and Is
of The Nancy Hail variety and
weighs rs pounds and girths the
round way round AZ inches and over
the middle it is 20 inches in circum
ferences. Its pretty near the same
size from end to end. Like all big
potatoes it has some cracks and sinks
10 IL. 1t was grown ia q pile Of cane
stalk bulls and is thought to be two
years old, the cane chews keeping
cold of last winter from killing il
and furnishing the fertilizing food
Tor it's great growth.