Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-01

T. In the special election to be held September
%. 1915. to fill vacancy created by the deaf
of SUPERVISOR @. H. Cowart.
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Henry Brewer split one Of his
feet open with an ak few days ago
and has to hop light now while its
healing up.
Misses Irnie, Raybelle Miller and
the two little ones. children OF Char
lev Miller are over from Blodgett
visiting their relatives here.
Mr.. II. p. Heidelberg came up
from Pascagoula this week and
looked after packing his law office
and household effects. Johnny Nc
lnnis will transport these down
the river for him right away.
Mr.. II. L. Green, who is barber
ing in Mobile. was out the fore part
of the week joining his wife in visit
ing his relatives here. To Bert and
his wife was recently born a boy,
who is fine specimen OF babyhood.
Dennis Lackey. a lad in knee
pants, and his little three year old
sister, Inez Laekey. childre Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Lackey Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, arrived last Friday,
coming to visit their kinsfOlks at
this place before school opens back
home.
Mrs. Newton James went up to
her fathersin-law's. Mr.. p. E. James S,
recently and was taken very sick and
Newton was summoned out there at
the copyegging Of the weak and has
gone back aud forth seeing that she
got medicines etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Smith and
children came over from McLain re-
Gently to visit her father. Mr.. ]. E..
Clark up in the Clark community,
and she was taken i'll and Mr.. Smith
has had to come to town several
times after medicines tor her.
The Herald Is requested bv Mr.. c..
B. Blalack to state to the public in
and around Leakesvi!Ie that he is
back al the job with hammer and an
vii etc. running blacksmith shop
and that be desires to serve the
trade here once more in that re-
spect. See his card appearing in
this issue,
y ADVERTISEMENT
J. B. Griffin was down from the
Upper East Side Thursday of last
week, stopping in the night before
visiting his son across the river. He
tells us that the storm and cattle to-
gether getting in the fields before
the fences could be fixed up, came
pretty near stripping him of crop.
He has potatoes. however and some
other truck left.
Mr.. G. B. Blalack has decided to
pitch ia his fortunes with Leakes-
vile once again. See local and card
in this issue dwelling upon his entry
here again into the blacksmith busi-
ness. lie came over Sunday from
McI4ain and began work at once in
the Pierce shop He will move his
family over from McLain to Leakes-
vile about the middle OF the fall.
Dr. M. l.. Batson was seized with
q very dangerous spell with his
heart Wednesday night of the 23rd.
lust. and continued to suffer with it
so much that his relatives were sent
for and Monday of this week 1t was
decided to carry him to Mobile to
get hospital treatment. He was
getting along about as we'll as could
be expected the last heard from
down there.
/. w. X. Colbert tells us OF recently
seeing hawk Hopping round very
peculiarly upon the ground as he
drove along out about Pine Level.
Upon investigation it was found
that black snake had coiled itself
round the hawks NECK and one wing
and was gradually squeezing it to
death. Believing the snake was do
ing 3 good deed. 1t was allowed to
live.