Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-13
LOCAL

and Mrs. j. =. Landrum Jr. OF our
city.
Upon her return from the coast
last week, Miss Kate Chapel, was ac-
companied by her young friend. Miss
Edwina Ikerd of Moss Point who is
her guest for few days.
Sam Ball Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. W. Ball of this city, is LAID up
with case OF Typhoid fever. This
is his third week wrestle with it and
he is getting along very we'll in the
battle TO wear it out.
Adlia McInnis got in home this
week from Bay St, Louis. The mill
concern down there with which he
has been working has had several
fires, tine last one temporarily inter
fering with it's operation.
The recent rains have reached out
now and brought relief to nearly if
not all parts of the county and the
farmers and gardeners are encoura-
eed to make further efforts to put in
late and succession crops yet season
able.
The following were guests in the
DR.. M. L. Batsoh home last week
his sister Mrs. I. L. Brown of Rich
ton; another sister, Mrs. Henry Nc
Gehee and two daughters, Misses
Dovie and Georgia McGehee of Car
son, Miss.
Jim M,Cann. darkey aged near
ly sixty years. dropped dead Tues
day, July 10, 1917, while at work in
the Bear Creek Mill in the perfor-
nance of his duties on the slab-way.
He fell like he was shot, his heart
having given out suddenly.
S. L. (Banty) Williams went in
home from the Bridge crew at the
conyerging of the weeks passing
through Leakesville gong and CON-
ing. They have completed work a.
bout the Miller bridge in Fork of the
rivers and have moved ever to Nc
Lain where they are at work this
week.
What could have easily been bad
accldent-but fortunately was not
in the automobile collision at the
Turner & Dorsett corner this week,
emphasizes the necessity of town
ordinance restricting the speed at
which motor cars are to run on our
streets. The state law is good, but
it seems not sufficient and the dan
ger is such that some regulation is
necessary in the general interest of
safety.
The downpour of rain here last
Saturday about the noon hour was
preceded by heavy pistol-Iike crack
of lightning that it was soon dlscov-
cred struck the McRae store at one
gable and raced across on the tin
saddle to the other and came out at
front running down to the edge on
the west side and passing out over
some telephone wires. 1t knocked
off some shingles at each end of roof,
set it on fire, which was soon outed.
The rainfall for July up to date of
the 11th, showed as 3.72 inches at
the Leakesville u S. Weather OBJ
servatory. The total rainfall for May
this year was 240; total for June. 80
inches which gives total for the two
months Of May and June and July to
date of 6.92 inches which IS pretty
short for the warm period thus far of
the year. In fact but little over
the average for one month counting
on yearly precipitation Of 60 inch
eS.
Miss Marjorie Billiard. who spent
the expired term in the Meridian
College returned home few DAYS a.
90, that is after the commencement
was over. She saw the double mar
riages right after the graduating ex-
ercises in which Prof. Marvin Bee
son, son of President J.. w. Beeson
of the college. was one of the con-
tracting parties. Marvin's friends
made here while he assisted in a
nesting several years ago will be
interested to.learn be has joined the
! benedlcts.