Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-09-07


fist church is to begin next Sunday
Sept. 9Th. with dinner on the ground,
so Rev. |. ID. Eavenson, their pastor
seks us to make mention of; the in
vited preacher is Rev Eugene Ste
phens OF Meridian.
Mrs Geo. A. Metzger and three
children are up from Mobile this
week for visit with relatives in her
old home town. We had them for
fellow-travellers Monday on our re-
turn from the Gulf city, guests IN
their home for the weeks end.
Archie Mcleod of Vernal return
ed to Port Gibson in June to work
at Chamberlain Hunt Academy on
their sum ner farm to help pay his
way through the school for this an
other term. The other grown broth
er OF the family, Writ Mcleod, stays
home this winter to look after the
logging and farming business.
Charles and John Hillman. sons of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Hillman of Janet
community came over Monday to en-
ter the county agricultural school
8 for the current term. They finished
at the Pleasant Hill Consolidated
school last spring and seem to be am
bilious to push their education on
further along the lines OF vocational
# training with which the home insti-
tuition they now enter will accommo-
date them for awhile.
All preparations had been made to
print the Herald in regular form last
week. but when the train rolled IN it
failed to unload our shipment OF
Ready-Print supplies. lnquiryfrom
the express people revealed the fact
that through mistake they were
put off at New Albany, SO we had
nothing to do but go TO press as a
Half Sheet" or be late day. We
preferred the former, believing it
would be more pleasing to our read
ers as the local news is first in their
minds if we are correct in our dag
nosis.
Pretty near all the schools in
Greene county opened this week.
There are a few for whom the
teachers have not vet been secured
that will open later The Leakes-
willie school opened Monday, while
the Agricultural opened Tuesday,
Pretty soon we will give the enroll
lnent of the Leakesville and the Stu
dent Body List of the "Aggie" and
a little later the List of Teachers
and Schools of the county which we
usually publish. 1t takes / little
time for this Information to reach
the boiled down settling point.
Ye editor is in receipt of a letter
from Rev. r. H. NJ Watson, who by
the way has moved to Meridian with
College Heights as his particular adj
dress in which he says: Il am ex-
pecting to hold meeting in the NJ +.
Church at Leakesvile beginning
Saturday night before the Second
Sunday in September; we will have a
singer" This is the coming Satur-
day and Sunday, so all will keep the
date in mind From Mr. Rufe Back
strom who vas in town Tuesday we
learn that Bro. Watson is holding
the meeting at Washington this
week and comes from there out here
Saturday
N. G. Mcleod and Writ Mcleod,
two brothers from Vernal, were up
Monday circulating in the court
throngs. Clyde will leave Saturday
for Clarksdale, Tenn, where he en-
tiers the Southern Presbyterian Uni
versity for four years Academic
course to be topped off with two
years theological course. He made
good record while at Port Gibson.
securing two medals methinks he
said for scholarship. one of which he
showed us, as it was in watch fob
charm form. He is son OF the late
Pete Mcleod His mother Mrs. Ell
la Mcleod is sister to the Breland
brothers. namely; Ia, Ebert, Eu-
gene and Dan.