Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-08
FRIDAY
LOCAL

house vacated by the j. L. hllumS
family, the Chapmans having pur-
chased such house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. T. Albums are
removing this week to Magee, where
Mr. Albums has found a location for
barber shop, his chosen calling.
He looked in on it while over in
Simpson county last week.
The old town board were in ses-
sion Tuesday, this being the last
meeting they will hold under their
terms, save starting of the one next
month, when the new board will take
charge OF the affairs of the town of
Leakesviile.
In coming down with his car
Tuesday to set Supervisor George
Valley back home, Will Henderson
brought his wife to the county seat
town. She had along the baby IN
arms, and another little one. Mrs.
/. Henderson is a sister to Columbus,
George, Jim and Nathan VALLEY.
The teachers association held their
program meeting at the school Louise
In Leakesville last Saturday. The
attendance only fair. Among other
items Of business transacted was the
appointment of committee on coun
fty fairs; committee for field day
program, etc.
]. 7. Thomas is having some ma
terial dropped on that ope of his lots
in Leakesville, which is located next
to the d. E. Breland dwelling. That
Is pretty house-site, and whether
Joe decides to build for himself or
for rent it will De dwelling which
with its surroundings will add 20 the
appearance of that part of town.
From A. f. Amsler we learn that
the Mr.. FISHER, who was arraigned
m the circuit court at the November
term for wine-selling and acquitted.
is Hungarian and not German, as
we wrote him down at the time. No
ticing the Teutonic flavor of his
speech we naturally inferred that he
was German, but it seems that he
is Hun.
lobe Pipkins had that leg amputa-
ted about ten days ago and was doing
well Monday when DIR. Sam Pool was
down there, calling for a bait of
oysters which they saw to it that he
could eat and got. He will likely
be home within week or ten days
more. They had to cut off the limb
aoove the knee to remove all the
rotten bone.
A revival is on in the movement for
building a railroad out from McLain
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through the Watson timber to
Washington and on up 70. G ration to
tap the Blodgett preserves. 1t
seems the Blodgett people are be.
hind this. Preliminary surveys
have already been made and the per-
manent survey is to begin at once.
Louiey Ball, or more stiffly speak
ing, L. M. Ball, is one of those who
keeps the editor in mind with some
OF the good things of the earth pro
daced in this par ( of the moral vlne-
yard. He pounded us few days
ago with can of as finely favored
syrup OF the homemade variety as
we care to eat. 1t sure goes nice
with hot biscuit and cream these
days of high cost OF living,
J.W. Colbert got one of his hands
slashed pretty bad with a knife in
peculiar way last Saturday while IN
town. He had his hands behind him
and backed into l. v. Coates who
happened to have his open knife IN
his hand and the keen blade gashed
Johns hand rather deep twixt
thumb and fore6nger. Too much
care cannot be taken with open
knives about where there are peo-
pie moving as on the streets. but this
was an accident pure and simple;
nobody IS fault, but it has its warming,
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