Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-10-13
LOCAL


a month or SO visiting 10 the family
of her sister. Mrs DR.. E. Faulk, left
today for the Memphis, Tenn, home.
Mrs. T. A. Chapman got home
Monday from Brandon after being
away most OF the summer there and
Hattiesburg trying to recruit up
her health bit.
Charley Miller, Jr. was down at
4 the convergIng Of the weeks khaki
clad, on visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. K. Miller, before going
with his regiment from Jackson,
Miss, to the border in Texas.
Miss Eta Hearty was over from
Epworth community IN Alabama,
visiting her relatives in Leakesville
ut the converging of the weeks Sic
has gotten in much better health
these DAYS after so much time spent
in Mobile receiving treatment for the
vertebrate trouble.
DR.. M. L. Batson got in from Ash
vile, N. G., Wednesday refreshed
from the trips to the mountains, not
looking in as good trim as we,wuuld
like to see him, but undoubtedly
much improved. He proposes to
take 1t calm for awhile yet till he
pulls up TO normal health once more.
Mr.. FL. p Heidelberg. came up
from Pascagoula the latter part of
last week to look after some person
al and professional business. He
was accompanied by his little daugh-
ter, JennelI. and son, Lundv, who
came to visit their little friends here
while he was up They returned
Sunday.
The Holiness meeting at the
M. P. Church in Leakesville under
the preaching of evangelist W. r.
Cain of Kansas is still in progress
and runs the full ten days j. Q.
through Sunday night. The attend
ance is proving good and Bro. Cain
is preaching with remarkable demon
stration OF the spirit In power and
unction.
Twas not the first of last week, but
on Friday before, that is September
%, 1916, that Miss Wilkie Gum
died at Blodgett. Miss, so Mr.. Jas.
T. Alum; meant to inform US. he
tells us that later Information from
there brings, the good tidings tSat
her brother. Ernest Gum. is now
getting better from the typhoid
and expected to overcome IL.
Webb Valley has recently pur-
chased doubled seated Ford of the
rew 1917 model aud finds it handy IN
overcoming the distance between
town and the Agricultural High
school of which he is the principal
this term. Some day we opine there
will be regular auto bus line be-
tween the "Aggie'' and LeaKesville,
which will make 1t convenient for
all concerned.
Bruner Beard was another khaki
clad soldier-boy ia LeakesviIle Sat
urday, home on furl0ugh OF few
days only before his regiment leaves
from Montgomery, Ala, for tue hont
down on the Texas border. Bruner
was one of those belonging to the
Frnitdale company who did not get
off when they were letting some go
on physical disabilities and family
dependencies.
The Meridian Presbytery met at
Leakesville on Tuesday and is run
ping today, Thursday. as-we go press.
Memorial services OF Rev. p. G. Mar
tin were held Wednesday night.
, Preaching services have been held
in the mornings at II and at night.
The business session running both
morning and afternoons. AS they
have not wound up at this writing
we shall not attempt to make any
further report of their proceedings.
Possibly Bro. W. A. Hall who has
been called to the pastorate OF the
Leakesville Presbyterian church may
see fit to furnish US next week with