Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-02
June 2, 1916.
LOCAL

Adlia McInnis got home from the
State University Wednesday bring
ing away his diploma h a v
ing graduated this time with B. S.
Literary degrees.
Mrs. D. E. Breand went to Mo
bile this week to carry down her
daughter, Susie Bess Breland, who
had to have her tonsils removed
which operation was successfully
performed.
Evangelist Tom DAVIS and wife of
Mobile Co. arrived Wednesday brin-
ging along their tent which they are
going TO pitch on the same spot as
last year and commence their meet
ing at the converglng of the weeks.
Miss Wade Ball is another of our
Leakesville young ladies aspiring to
en- ter on to the school teaching pro-
fession who has gone up to Hatties-
Burg to take normal training in the
State college there for that. purpose.
H& The supervisors meet next Mon
day June 9th. The county school
board is also scheduled to meet at
that time, see published notice in
this paper from Supt. James. We
assume that the Aggie board will
also be in session.
Nh Mr.. A. G. Linquist suffered a mis-
fortune last week in the way of the
lost of his fine mare. She got tang
led in rope while pasturing about
two weeks ago and had never gotten
right since and kicked the bucket
( one night recently. N
al DR.. Jos. e. Green has recently
moved from McLain to Water Valley,
Miss, which of course creates a
vacancy in the office OF county
health officer. he having resigned
upon changing his location. DR..
Joe as he is Familiarity called, is one
Of the hustling sons of the late Sam
|. Green. of McLain.
Miss Leo Taylor of Vancleave who
has been spending the spring with
her sister Mrs. Geo B. McRae left
Sunday for Hattiesburg where she
goes to take the summer term in the
State Normal College to further
prepare herself for teaching as she
has been elected assistant in the
County Line or Kittrell consolidated
school,
Mr., Jno. j, Mcleod received a
letter Tuesday from his son Louie
Mcleod who is in the U. S. Army
and whose regiment has recently
been moved from the state of Wash.
ington to Douglas, Arizona which is
ne ar he M X leo | S.
He writes that they see plenty of
mexicans there but all are friendly.
That the nights are cold while the
days are hot and that desert dust
blows in on everything at times.
Don t>forget that Chancery court
convenes Monday week June 18th. at
Leakesville, unless the Chancellor
were to decide to pretermit it ac-
count the court house being in con-
dition of alteration and we hope that
1t can be SO arranged to obviate
that as disturbmen to the regular
sessions of tie courts does not make
for healthy condition of law. Pos
slight delay would not hurt but a
total skip of term is what we are
writing of.
The matter of collection on sub
scrlptions is one that is pressing
home to the Herald along with num-
bers OF other newspapers in the
state since the price of everything
that goes into the production of
newspaper has so advanced in price
We can not go on sending the Her.
to those overdue howsoever much we
should like to without receiving
some help now as it takes ready cash
to buy at least ink and paper and
home print service, pay express,
freights etc. Help US out some If
Syou can't square the total amount
due and it will be appreciated and
contribute towards tiding over the