Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-12-07
LOCAL

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visit the family Of her sister, Mrs.
DR.. E. Faux.
Miss lduma Turner went down to
Mobile this week to visit her foster
sister, Mrs. R. G. Mcleod. Curt
is still following the carpenter trade
down there in Gulf City.
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Chaple and
two children, Harold and Diana, were
travellers this week for Moss Point,
where they went TO visit Mrs. C's
parents, who dwell near that town.
Bank Examiner Love of Hatties-
burg was in Leakesville this week
making his annual trip to check up
the books OF the local bank under the
State Guaranteed Deposits Banking
law.
The McLain Circuit of the NJ. p.
Church gets Rev. H. H. Poole for
another conference year, while the
Mutual Rights circuit has a new
pastor in the person of Rev. j. #.
Williamson of Meridian, who will be
remembered in Leakesville for
meeting he held here two or three
years ago.
The first one to get caught on the
speed Limit" law in Leakesville
was Henry Turner, Familiarity known
as Red. /" He was making his Hem
ry Ford rattle along too lively over
the streets and Marshal p J. Nc
Leod, made the charge against him
and he paid the IS fine imposed by
Mayor Alderman.
The total rainfall at Leakesville U.
S. Weather Observatory for Novem-
Der was lac inches. This makes
the total so far for this year 40 &c
inches which shows that unless De
cember proves an unusually wet
month we are going out of the year
1917 short several inches on the av-
erage amount of rainfall.
A party consisting of Wm. Clark.
Len Turner, h. ID. McMillon, A. f.
Amsler, S. r. Churchwell and Y. D.
Westerfield motored to Mobile to-
day-Friday but the last named
witnesses in proceeding 10 federal
court VS. ]. o. Aeree for timber cut
off of govt. land back in the COS
about Big Greek. Mr.. Westertield
went as shopper.
Mrs. Callie Davis, widow of the
late Ed Davis, was out the fore part
of the week visiting her daughter,
Mrs. G. l.. Browning in this town.
She was accompanied by her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Andrew Davis.
They expect to go to North Carolina
soon to join Andrew up there, he
having gotten job in that part OF
the country in the railroad service.
The Local War Board for Greene
County has received bunch OF sup
plies for handling the Second Draft
the Ques tionares for which are
to be sent out Dec. 10Th. and we
have been requested to give notice of
warning to all registrants who
might have changed their abode or
post-office address to communicate
Immediately with their local boards
where they are registered aud fur
nish their present addresses so that
Questionaires which will begin to be
mailed Dec. 10Th. will reach such
regstrants without delay.
Thanks to Rob Pipkins for buck
ct of nice fresh home grown rice.
He came to mill here Saturday to
have his rice threshed out and re-
membered We editor. From many
sides we hear good news as to the
rice crop this year in good old
Greene County. In fact it seems to
be crop which is receiving more
and more attention at the hands of
our people, and when we keep in
mind the fact that it can be raised
by the dry process easy enough in
this section 1t can be seen with it
10c and over on the market its quite
desirable thing to have around
home of your own make.