Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-27

hlcubOn W VOte. ne is Sblll WOrk lHR
in drugstore up ia that town.
Tom Albums made another trip
down from Blodgett this week to ex-
ercise his privilege as voter.
Mrs b. w. Mcleod left Monday
for the North in response to an ur-
gent telegram stating that her faith
er was very low.
We have been requested by Mrs.
Tomlinson to make mention that she
is to place millinery ad in the next
issue of the Herald.
Miss Nora Thomas, daughter OF
w. K. Thomas, sheriff-elect Of
George county, came up few days
ago to visit her uncle, Mr.. W. w.
Evans.
Claude Breland was another Of the
Leakesville boys away from home
who showed up or election day to
exercise that august privilege OF citi-
Zenship.
Byron Green came down from
Hattiesburg Tuesday to vote here
he not having been located up there
long enough to move his franchise
under the slow Mississippi system.
Sheriff-elect D. +. Breland asks US
to say that he is preparing and will
insert Gard of Thanks" next
week expressing his appreciation of
being elevated to that Office for the
second lime.
Mrs. j M. Gatlin left the first of the
* for Pollard, Ala ~here they
20 TO visit Mrs. G's mother. Mrs.
Il W. Brooks. They will return in
the fall if business revives, SO Mr..
Gatlin informs us.
Bill Williams reports the killing Of
a rattlesnake Monday near the Dave
Young old place Or rather between
it and Bud Young's place. The
snake had eight rattles and Frank
Young was the one who dispatched
it, Charley Young being present and
assisting.
Chat. Denmark came over from the
snag- boat work to cast his vote at
Leakesville box. They are working
near Basin in Pascagoula river but
intend to move up in few more
days and haye plenty of apprpprla-
tion money to work on until big wa
tiers interferes this fall or winter.
Melton Platt OF Blank, La. arriv-
ed Saturday via rail from Vinengar
Bend, coming to visit his brother
Emory b. Patt and his father, Theo.
Platt Sr's. family generally. He is
N the oldest son of that household and
is foreman of a logging crew for
hardwood mill over IN our neghbor
state to the west.
DR.. w. C. Pool got in at the con-
lverglng of the weeks from Smede,
miss, which is in the delta and
where he located last year after hay
ling graduated IN m diclne
ICarl comes to visit his parents
lDr. and MRS. Sam Pool and to minge
with other relatives and bovhood
Friends for few days.
The picnic given last Friday at
IBID Hoogterp place near l.. d.
Clark's, was not as largely attended
Is would have been the case had
PIhe day not been threatening
several showers came up, but the
Ilcnlckers we're not to be deferred
md held on till twixt times of rain
I'll dinner and speaking could be
Iulled off. The Second runoff can
fdates all spoke except Tom Avera
tho maintained his usual policy OF
bclining that stunt.
John Brelaud. aged about seventy
Iur years was laid to rest Sunday
hgust22 1915 in the buffalo grave
krd near McLain on this side Of
baf river. He has been sufferer
III Ie last several wears from an eating
hcer ia the face which has caused
IN great misery and is at last out
his troubles. He lived on the
ELain road just up the hill from
lkinson creek and was 10 tina,
w well known to nearly all Who
Ivelled that way. His daughter
Is. WI Scanlan has kept house
him in recent years. He was
father of Knox Breiand and that
of Breland's.