Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

SNAKES; Yes and Rattlesnakes at
that On Sunday afternoon w. S.
Beard, G.. l.. Beard add Rev Tom
Tominson were spinning along in
the first named's auto, when they
spled one in sand bed in road near
Deuitt' S and proceeded to kill him.
He was 34ft long and had nine rat
ties. No. 2.-On Monday morning
Alden James, son of Phil was haul
ing "Litud'' knots and in STOPPING
oyer after some was struck at by q
3ft IL inches long RATHER and felt
the swish of the strike against his
pants leg, but was not touched by
the deadly fangs. Tom Jones came
along about time Alden had finished
up the snake and was still pale from
the fright and got this information.
This one had seven rattles. No.3.-0
Policy Beard and Wilev Mills were
saving down a tree near the old Pat
terson ditch and Policy came near
stepping on a three foot RATHER in
coil in grass nearby, which he turn
ed in and killed. Some log-sawyers
were annoyed recently out IN the
Bear Creek cuttings by the seeming
singing OF kayteedid with I'M
wonted continuity. and finally in
vestigated and found that they had
cut a(saw-log down on rattle-snake
which was venting It's fury pinned
and broken as it was under the
crash of timber, which makes No A.
of the rattleasnake tribe accounted OF
within the past few days in Greene
county. A dry always makes fall
them crawl ABOUT righC sharp.
Delbert Landlord, supervisor-elect
from beat 2 was down Monday and
Tuesday looking on at the session of
the board of supervisors in order to
catch onto the hang of things as
close as possible to be thereby bet ter
lin touch to take hold himself in jan
uary as member. He did this some
last spring and proposes to do it
on through the remaining meetings
between This and the time to be
sworn into such duties himself.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Briggs Jr. of
State Line had some business at the
county capital Monday. They mo-
tored down and were accompanied
by Mr.. L. N. Knobles who also had
business here that day and on the
trip back they also carried the lat
ter S daughter, Miss Lillian Knobles,
who had been down on visit to her
aunt, Mrs. S. A. Crawford's family.
j. e. Merritt came from the Upper
East Side the first part OF the week
bringing his wife along to have a
slight operation performed, the re-
moval of growth from out of the
side of her neck. She went through
the ordeal we'll Joe is proving to
be one OF the progressive young
farmers of his section of the county.
Oscar and Sample Backstrom stop
ped over in Leakesville for few
hours Tuesday afternoon after TAX
ING in the Agricultural High school
opening at Pine Level. Oscars
health has come back to him to an ex-
tent. so he tells us, so much so that
he went back to Lucedale in March
and has been at work there since.
Young men from these parts TO
attend the target practice at Mont
gomery of the military company from
Mobile county to which they belong
were: Homer and Hardy Williams,
/ Bryant Hovatter, Curt Odom, Chas.
Daily, Henry Grimes, Dan Hyatt
and Bruner Beard. They we're gone
leight days.
The tax levy as fixed by the board
of supervisors at tie September term
| for 1915 is the same as last year,
that is Ii mills for county funds and
4 six mills for state; a total of ~ mills
however the county levies are dis
tributed differently from last year
land we will publish it by items next
week
| A good meeting was held by Rev,
| w. g. McNeece at Buffalo. last week.
| which is on this side of river from
MaI ON naar. w here the Rackstr