Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-03

Mrs. L. A. Chapman returned
from Brandon sta tion the middle Of
last week, after having visited her
father no there since right after
Christmas.
The super visors meet next Mon
day in their regular monthly session.
The judicial election will be pulled
of Tuesday and will doubtless cause
the voters to gather to some extent
at the polls in their respective pre-
cincts to register their choice for
judge.
Mrs G. W. Faux left yesterday
Thursday for Shubuta where she
will visit the family OF her son G. G.
Faux for few Gays returning here
before she star is to North Carolina
within couple of weeks or more.
Layton, the small son of brand Mrs.
=. Faux accompanied her on the
Shubuta trip.
Arts Pierce got the tip ends of
bis first two fingers chiseled off
Tuesday while feeding the shingle
mill saw. 1t seems he unthoughtedly
let his hand come where it was rot
needed IN the job and got the flesh
part of the first joint OF the two Dig
its whitfield off thin on the front
side, but the nails were not hurt.
While over to Field Days, Miss
Katie Brewer of Janet, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. +. Brewer, re
quested the editor to announce that
the Greene County Singing School
Convention would meet at Pleasant
Hill the Saturday before and the
1 Second Sunday in March, i. O., the
1llh. and 18th. days of March, and
everybody cordially invited to come.
The Herald editor wishes to state
he can use some more sweet potatoes
again on subscription accounts.
Ii you have some surplus brother
reader and its not SO that you can
pay in cash, please bring US along
about dollars worth of Doolies and
you viii be promptly credited up and
no further questions asked. Act
quick, please, if you desire to come
In on this.
lobe Plpkins showed us twenty
steel staples for wire fencing, taken
out OF the NAV OF a hog few days
ago, which had been fattened in
bean field. They got the hog from
Rich Cochran and he could not re-
member that it had had access to
that kind of a diet at any time.
Most of the staples had "a fairly
bright color, no more dulled than
usual weather exposure would show.
There we're some few of them slight
ly rusted.
E.. B. Lopez recently happened to
a dangerous accident when about
the log-loading outfit in the woods of
the Hear Creek Mill Co., i. g. heavy
peavy being handled by a negro
slipped and struck him, cracking
him on the temple and nose and a
heavy stroke on the left shoulder and
neck. He had a pretty close call
but is getting along nicely now.
Beedy is an old acquaintance of We
EDITORS, as we knew him when in
our young manhood he was working
for our father in the logging works.
and he A No. l good log-hauler
He lives these days with his son-in-
law Enoch Davis.
The Merrill Lbr. CO. which has
been shut down for about two years
account of the depressed lumber mar
ket and war conditions. is starting
up early in the present month OF
March. Mr. Norris Jones who has
been saving for the Bear Greek Mill
Co but formerly with the Merrill
concern went down there at the con
verging OF the weeks to see about
getting the belts on that mill as he
is to take back his old job as sawyer
with them. His Younger brother.
Bert has come here to take the night
run in his place; they are both broth
ers to Mrs. ]. w. Thomson and hail
ing originally as does she, from
Moss Point.