Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-19
LOCAL

Mr.. A. III. HARRISON of Nicely came
out to the County seat town Monday
to transact some business. at the
, Bank.
Miss Mamie Churchwell, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Churchwell OF
the St. Ellen community was taken
to Mobile recently for operation for
Stomach trouble.
Mrs. 6. A. Metzger accompanied
by two children. Geo.. w, and Annie
Mary came up from Mobile Sunday
to spend the week sitting her faith
er Rev. Y. d. Westerfeld' family.
Some have already bad their first
hog-kiIhngs and have meat acuring
now in their smoke-houses which is
guarantee of certain living for all
such households of which there are
many in good old Greene County.
Miss Hattie Turner and Mrs. Tom
Tomlinson accompanied Rev. Tom
Tomlinson on the trip last week
up to Hattiesburg to attend the
Baptist State Convention. being
entertained by the Womens College
therein which MISS Hattie had been
a student.
Now that the frost has come later
digging and lasses making are all
the go with those having those pro
ducts yet requiring that attention.
Soon the hogs and COWS will be turn
ed into the fields to MUNICH the vel
vet beans. and cane-chaws while the
hogs will be put in to root up the
missed taters, and thus it proceeds
through another fall reminding that
real winter is but livtle way off
once more.
Chas H. Daley and wife came
over from the. Alabama Line com
munity IN the Upper East Side last
Friday. Mr. Daley IS starting the
advertisement of his notice to prove
out homes tead claim, which see pub
llshed in these forms. Heis mem
Der of the Alabama State guards
and a nom commissioned officer OF
his company. His wife is daugh-
ter OF Wash Williams of that
neighborhood. q
The Herald hopes that as many of
the Greene County Methodists as
possible will make it convenient to
attend the Laurel Conference of the
Nj. Il. Church, South, which con-
venes next week Such conferences
of course have their regular repre-
sentative delegates from each pre-
siding elder district, but visiting
people are always welcome aud
place provided for them to sit and
look on at the proceedings en- course.
1t develops one to look on at the
gatherings in an associational way
of their partic0IAr church, political
party and professional or trade cal
ling.
The Increase in number of colts
peing raised in the county speaks
well tor the growing thrift OF cur
citizens in that direction for the
price of horses stays up and has for
several years and will continue to do
so for years to come account of the
European war having taken so many
out of the country and manned aud
destroyed large percent OF them.
When this writer first came to
Greene county colts trotting behind
mares was no uncommon sight and
now that the flush times of timber
marketing are pretty well forever
past this is another thing TO which
our people are beginning TO pay
close attention TO with good results
or course the ponies are going to call
for more winter oat patches and.
forage raised, but what of that when
they bring 1T back in profit and some
thing added. The mule colt hasn'
come in YET as he should but We.
hope to see the time soon come
when they too will follow the impor-
tation OF several blooded jacks just
as haye the fine calves and shoats
followed the pure-blooded regis tered
bulls and boars,