Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
LOCAL.

J. Il. Clark recen thy sold an eighty
of pine timbered land to the Bear
Greek Mil Co. who are edging on up
in that country with their logging
railroad.
W. HI. Mcleod made run down
the river to Moss Point the first OF
the week and was delighted with
the clear moonlight nights which
afforded such good running.
DR.. Willis Valley, state sanitary
inspector, came to Leakesville Wed
nesday and inspected the county
iail. He came back into his JOB
with the Bilbo administration.
f. G. Pipkins was home about
Betty at the converging of the weeks
on a vacation of few days from
work at Sumrall route No. 4, where
he is engaged with the Lamar Lor.
Co.
Mr., and Mrs. Wylie Mills came
over to Leakesville Saturday to car
nv home for S u n d ay their
daughter Irene who is attending the
Leakesville school for the session and
boarding with the Tomlinson family.
Van Ball, son of w. D. Ball, who
has been working IN Memphis the
last year or so. came down Monday
TO visit the old home digglngs and
w. D. drove out to Leakesville and
met him and conveyed him over to
Bettytown.
Attorney J. E. Alderman looked
after professional business in fed
;erai court at Biloxi the fore part OF
this week, and also made a trip over
TO New Orleans and says things
were booming on Canal street OF
that city; so thick with folks you
could hardly get about.
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Another home to go up in fire and
smoke, ON February 23, 1916.
was that of Alex Ayera of the
Mutual Rights community near old
Grafton, Greene County, Miss He
had just killed a number of fine meat
hogs and lost his meat in addition to
other household effects.
The J. G. Pierce family had the
misfortune to get their home in the
edge OF Leakesville burned W late
Wednesday afternoon, Feby. %, 1916,
with practically all of their house
hold belongings. Fortunately for
Conney be has his blacksmith shop
with his tools left so he is fixed to
make living right on.
The c. ] Miller family have put
through their plans to move to
Blodgett, where Charley has IA job as
yard foreman with the Griffin mill
concern. The children left the fore
part of the week for that place and
the household effects have also been
sent through to up there. The Mash
burn family have also sent back and
had their household goods hauled
through to that place, where the head
of that house has also taken a job.
(. G'..B. McRae made trip over to
Greenville via West Point last week
q going as the representative from the
Leakesville masonic Lodge to the
meeting of the state grand lodge Of
masons. He bumped into Os Turner
Il. e. Todd and G. P. Eubanks while
up there. He and Mr.. Os went oul
and viewed the old Mississippi on its
annual rampage of flood. The lev
eos were some fifteen high in tina
city and patrolled constantly bul
were holding splendidly.
Sometimes the pen or brain one
will play trick in writing that's
hard to explain. Last week in speak
ing of the school Evern Jones has tax
en- down in George county, we mean
to refer to the 'BExLEY'' school
which has been only recently con
solidated. Instead we wrote dowl
Rocky Greek, which has been Ions
consolidated and which is taught by
someone else. Solet it be borne il
mind that Its Bexley CONSOLIDATED
School that Evern Jones is teachins
down there these days.