Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-03-16
LOCAL

The Chappell family moved from
Moss Point last week into she r o
Mclnnis two.story house across from
the Baptist church Mr.. Chappell
is master mechanic at the Bear
Creek mill.
Mrs. j. ID. Anthony Of Amite
City, La, is here accompanied by
Str little one. on visit TO her aged
tner, Squire J. p, Edwards. Mrs.
Anthony was in her maidenhood
days, Matte Edwards.
Mr.. Dan Mcleod, who recently re-
turred from Mobile where he was in
hospital for several weeks, is in a bad
way these days on the health line.
He has gotten very thin and is bed
ridden and at time has to be set up
with.
n G. L. Williams, 7. L. Williams and
Oscar Williams were trio of Upper
EasG Siders down Saturday getting
a settlement with one of our mer-
chants for some cross ties that they
had gotten out at the Oscar Roun-
saville old place.
The county Tractor Truck and
machine drags were employed by the
town of Leakesville some last week
IN recrowning several of the streets
that had dropped down and their
ditcnes filed up DO an extent from
the year run of rain, etc.
Mrs. ]. L. Albums, nee Lena Am
sler, arrived last week, coming on a
visit from Magee TO her parents,
Mr.. aud Mrs. A. f.. Amsler who
dwell a couple of miles south OF
town. Jim is still in the barber bust
5 ness in the Simpson county-town.
George Perkins and wife were
hurled out of their buggy Saturday
afternoon, March 3, when starting
to Leakesyil!e, their horse broke the
hanestring and then line. Mrs
Perkins soon got over the fall, while
George had To have an arm set by
the doctor.
Its presumed that the first Monday
in April will be busy day in the
county capital account of the Sher-
ifs Tax Landslide. Possibly a
GOOD deal of the lands advertised for
taxes may have been paid OUT be-
fore then, but so far they are cancel
hing them off very slow.
A surveying party is logging out
q route for the A. q NJ. extension
from Leakesville on north via Graf
ton to Richton with Laurel as the
objective point. Their civil engineer
has been in Leakesvile several Times
lately passing back and forth on such
preliminary survey work.
Pete Williams of Upper East Side
is bad on rattlesnakes. He found
and killed one five foot long and hav-
ing Zine rattles on March lst. which
day the reader will recall was a
warm one, probably accounting for
the old reptile crawling out TO seek
food after the long winter fast.
The chief civil engineer. for the
McLain branch of the Kaysee road
was in Leakesville Tuesday looking
for data to calculate the exact acreage
on right of way which is being
bought for such line the some five
miles or more upon which the per-
manent survey has been made.
Bert Jones and wife got back from
Moss Point last week. He is back
At the sawyer's post in the Bear
Creek mill showing the singing saw
into those logs which go continuously
. from pond to carriage and then out
into the great world in the shape of
mercLantable lumber and timber.
The Tax Land Sales being publish
ed in the Herald by Town Tax-Col-
lector r. q. Mcleod and County
Tax Collector ID. K. Breiand are de-
monstrative evidences. of the fact
that the dues to town, county and
state must be met or the law reqmr-
ing your property to be distressed
therefor, will be compiled with by
the respective officers.