Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-01
LOCAL


Thursday which accounts .for The
Herald being printed on FRIDAY this
week.
Berry Enbanks made trip up
from the Goose Pond in the mid,
week with the family mule team, do
ing some hauling between the two
places. Berry stayed on the tarm
this year with his father, d. G. Eu-
banks.
]. T.. Roberts was down Tuesday
from Grafton making proof OF his
homestead CLAIM. having for wit
nesses Gaines and Dave West. jim
was suffering from an liberated
tooth, but otherwise seemed to be
10 good spirits.
A good roads meeting is to held at
Wavnesboro next Monday, in
the interest OF the latest
proposed highway, that is the
Meridian Mobile highway, which
is :planned to come through Leakes
vile with one of it's prongs.
]. T. Albums has made recen trips
to Pascagoula and Mendenhall look
ing over barber situations. jim is
taking his time about finding new
location, having been In the tonsor
nal business long enough to have
learned what it means to get shop
at favorable place.
Albert Davis of Exsho, Ala, was
over last Saturday and left speci-
men each of fall fruit in the way
II small but we'll developed apple
and pear. These grew since the
storm which blew all the fruit OH OF
the trees at that time. Another in
stance of natures efforts to make
good during the season when inter-
upted.
For the present we are going to keep
the subscription price of the Herald
at 81 for full year. but we will have
TO raise it as to smaller payments.
Hereafter % cents subscriptions
will be entered for 10 weeks and DO
cents subscriptions for five moaths.
This applies OF course only to new
subscribers, the old subscribers will
be credited on subscription for the
back period at the old basis, no'mat-
ter how small the payment. This
new rate on short time subscriptions
is being inserted at the top OF our
editorial column under the One
wear for 81" line which those inter-
ested are asked to peruse and be
governed accordingly.
In a recent conversation + g.
Roberts told us about some OF his re-
collections of the civil war. He was
fourteen at the time, missing getting
into the army by two years. He
SPOKE OF that Yankee cavalry RAID
which crossed at his fathers ferry
and DESTROYED the fiat aud punched
holes ia the dugout skiffs and later
got into an engagement on the East
side of the river above Vernal where
the yankee soldier was killed IN a
skirmisb. From there the yankee
troops went down into north Jack
sou county and hoisted the white
Dag to surrender one night, and no
confederates coming to accept them,
the next morning they took the flag
down and retreated on out OF the
country.
A. l.. Mason, of Lucedale, who
has been saving up In the Church
well kwoods for Dorsett and Wood
ard IN their operations Of Rett ug
down timber to the river, left We'd
uesday for home He may come back
If they decide TO log on, which is de-
pendent upon market conditions at
Moss Point. From Les we learn
that Policy is still at jackson, Miss.
working with the ice plant. Henry,
another brother of his, is working
at Moss Point tor the paper factory.
apd hiss two children large enough to
'be 10 school. Henrys wife was op-
Grated apon in Mobile few days
ago successfully and is doing we'll
up TO this time ALI Mills is still
iiying 1t Goose Pond.