Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-07-28
LOCAL


ed by two little children. Albert and
Alice, visited her daughter, Mrs.
John Mizell nee leila Mills, at Bur
bank this week.
Mr.. Jas. T. Albums. our popular
Leakesville barber, made a trip to
the Gulf City one day last week and
saw the storm damage, which has
caused so much comment about Mo-
bile of late.
The Bear Greek resumed opera
tions last week after an interruption
OF only eleven days from the storm
damage, which was only nominally,
mainly the dam blowout and smoke
stacks down.
Mrs. S. A. ,Ayera has gotten back
from her summer visit to folks up at
Laurel, and she left her little daugh-
ter Earline up there, to visit while
longer with the latters grandmoth-
err, Mrs. Smith.
Tyra Brewer of Hillman communi-
ty got in very precarious condition
Monday when he suffered frem an at
tack of bowels being locked. Later in
the day he got relief, saving making a
trip TO Mobile for Hospital atten-
tion.
Jim Turner hove into Leakesville
Tuesday afternoon from Mobile drv-
ing a new Ford car which he had
purchased that will prove handy in
wiplng out the distance between
their home 2 miles out from Leakes
vile IN coming to town.
G.. E.. Breland was over from Big
Greek Saturday, a witness in sup
port of homestead claim of Webb
Ball being proved out that day.
Gaines practically lost his crop from
the recent unprecedented overflow
of Big Greek as he lives in it's flats.
The storm damage IN Greene Coun-
ty as to growing stuff stacks up a.
bout this way in comparison with
the 1906 hurricane: it was not so bad
on standing timber but worse on
crops, especially corn and garden
truck, the latter being almost COM
pletely wiped out.
Ollie Wexford came over from Mo-
hoba community Thursday morning
after coffin for his brother-in-law
Red Brown, who had died that
morning from rattlesnake bite the
afternoon before, see death nOtico
elsewhere the data for which we
CLEANED from Ollie.
The roof to new part TO the court
house has about been completed. AL
so the extension of such slate to
cover the old portion with the ex-
ception of the cupola which will go
on later. Plastering and painting
is in progress and ii is making the
building look so much better all
round.
Jim Kittrell of the Clark neighbor-
hood bought three fine yoke of raw
steers few days ago from Charley
Williams of Fruitdale and lost one
of them, in this way the OK reared
up as they put the rope on him and
fell breaking his hip bone and they
had to kill him as he never could get
on his feet any more.
Mr.. Kila Platt of the Upper East
Side passed through Leakesville
Monday enroute for Mobile on bus
mess trip. He gives Leakesville
motor route for post-office address
these days getting his mail much
nearer home than from Fruitdale
which has supplied him since the
old Platt post-office was abandoned
years ago.
From ]. G. Williams of the Upper
East Side who was in town Wednes-
day, we learn that his son Lee Will
liams has gotten home from the
army at Montgomery, Ala, being
over the age that Uncle Sam was
wanting just now in converting the
state militia into an integral part OF
the u. S. army. Homer Williams,
Oldest son of Pete Williams, also got
off at the same time and returned to
his job on the Mobile street car SER
vice, he being too light.