Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-29

LOCAL

DR.. M. L. Batson left last Friday
for Ashville, N. c., where he goes 10
try the mountain air and rest for a
recruiting up to his health.
Mrs. VIM. Clark and three chill
dren went down in George county
last week to Lucedale vicinage to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rockwell Green.
AS is the custom with the Herald
we expect to procure from the coun-
ty superintendent list OF the Teach
ers In Greene county early in Octo-
Der and publish showing how each
school is manned.
The Blodgett interests in this sec
tion are now in the hands of Mr.. +.
p. Stone. whose postoffice address is
Mobile, Ala, y. 0. Box 30. He sue
ceeds Mr.. W. w. Cumnock, who died
soon after the July storm.
A little later on we expect to Sc
cure from the Principal of the Agri-
cultural High School a list of the
student body of that institution for
the current term as has been our
practice since it began running
Mr.. H. W. Allen, who has been
appointed trustee of Vernal Consol-
idated school. succeeding D. A. Nc
Leod, resigned, was up to the county
capital in the mid-week comforting
with Superintendent James on mat
tiers relative to the business of that
school which opens Monday with
Clyde Mcleod as principal and Miss
Harper as assistant.
A meeting began Saturday at
Sweetwater Baptist (andmark)
church under the preaching of Rev.
]. E, Glenn of Laurel. Sunday was
big day out there. The meeting
is running on through till Friday.
Bro. Glenn held meeting at Wash
ington last week at which place he
held a memorable meeting some
three or four wears ago.
w, p. Rhinehart sent us cluster
of half dozen Doolies hung to one
vine which he pulled up the other
day while out in his later patch look
ing round to see how they were ma
turing. This shows us that there is
life and living in the old land vet.
despite the near-famine this year
from destruction OF the corn crop
by the midsummer hurricane.
ONCE MORE wisdom is justified of
her children in the carrying Of an an
nouncement in the Herald in a polit-
ical campaign. The man who had
| his ad in the paper in the supervi
sors race in beat was the one who
came in last week. So without re-
fleeing upon anvbody's judgment
at all its another instance where it
will be we'll to salt down for future
guidance.
Murdoc Valley came down in the
auto with T. R. Jones Tuesday to
bring Will Bishop, to Jail to be turn
ed over by the sheriff to the convict
warden to work out a fine of 10 days
and costs of ($10.9O imposed in JUS
tice Hinton s court in beat 3 for va
grancy. He was married to a Miss
Brewer in early July and has six
children by previous marriage and
the family charge him with failure
to support them, so he will have to
try working some on the county
roads under the iron discipline of the
convict crew.
0Clyde Mcleod was up from Vernal
Wednesday. We have spoken eise-
where OF his going to serve the Yer
nal Consolidated school this current
term as their principal. He tells US
that they have had two letters from
his brother Archie Mcleod who left
several days ago for Port Gibson to
enter the Chamoorlain-Hupt Acade.
my for the session and that Archie
finds most of the student body new
boys like himself and 10 that way is
fairing easier about getting along at
the start as they are most of them
feelins til ir way along into academy
life.