Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-23
LOCAL


last Friday transacting sundry bust
ness matters.
Miss Laura Mills left Wednesday
for Drew, MISS. in the delta where
she goes to visit the family Of her
brother, Ralph Mills.
Mrs. W. w. Evans, nee Eliza
Turner, was recently operated upon
in one of the Mobile hospitals and Is
getting along nicelvso far,
DR.. E. Faulk purchased this week
a Chevrolet Car; one out Of the car
load recently received by DR.. j. g.
Williams, agent for that machine.
Mrs. A. G. Lindquist has received
a letter from her son, Ralph Mills,
that A Boy was born to his home at
Drew, Sunflower county. MISS, on
Friday June Is, 1916.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill McInnis, the
newlyweds, got home from Wayne
County this week and for the present
are stopping with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. McInnis.
Mrs. B. b. Rhinehart sends US a
cotton. bloom. 1t reached us Tues,
day. Wonder how many more of our
Greene county people have some OF
shat crop this far advanced?
The blacksmith shop belonging to
q. Il. Y. Churchwell has changed
hands. Gabe has sold out the busl-
ness to Jack Daughdrill but retains
the business, merely renting it.
= Ma. and AIRS. sI.J. Patterson OF
Mobile, cane out the fore part of the
week to visit the Arts Pierce fam
lily. Mrs Patterson who was but
recently Miss Ida Williams has been
off on health lately and they run out
for change few days.
A meeting began Tuesday night at
the M. e Church, south in Leakes-
vile under the preaching of Rev. p.
H. Howe who is pastor Of the
churches of that denomination in
this county at McLain, Pine Grove
and WImbourn S chapel.
At the meeting OF the Agricultural
High School board Monday June IL,
Webb Valley was elected Literary
principal and manager of the school
with his brother Pete Valley as
iAgrio,titurist, who is to have charge
of the outside work and teach those
grades inside,
Rev. A. G. Ferguson, the former
ly well-known past Or of Presbyterian
churches III Greene County was in
Leakesvllle at the converging Of the
weeks, coming down for short visit
among old Pensioners during vaca-
tion period from teaching in North
Georgia schools of his church,
Thanks to Gene Rounsaville for a
coupe of pounds OF fine honey 1t
was about as pure a white as we
have ever seen here or anywhere
else He feeds his Italian bees on
clover blossoms and get the best OF
results as the honey is not only of a
cleanest of the clear white strain but
has the most delicious flavor.
While in Leakesville on the 10Th.
inst. c. l.. kittrell liquidated for tire
Herald another year which was sew
eral days before 1T was due, us his
subscription expires on June 22nd
and he belongs to that select compa-
ny OF Herald subscribers who meyer
let il miss that 30 much appreciated
Tor their kindly and thoughtful pune
tuality.
A negro. fugitive, Jim Singleton,
was arrested by deputy sheriff Webb
Valley last week over at Kenmore
and bsought in and landed in jail I'M
der the serious charge of murder. lie
it was that other darkeys charged
with having administered the blow in
the stomach to the negress. Emma
Jane Thomas, up in the. millquarters
OF this city about ten DAYS ago. from
which she died a few days later. He
may be given a preliminary hearing
before Justice Br'scoe before circuit
court.