Greene County herald., 1917-06-22
LOCAL

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. James have
moved from out of the Miller (Mc-
Eachern) place into the Miller cot
tage which Joe, the Austrian, had
been renting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Green have
moved from out of the Dormitory
where they were light-housekeeping.
into the Charley Miller house recent
ly vacated by the Sam Avera fami-
ly.
Several young white sawyers n
the logging camps of the Bear Gre, K
Mill CO-struck last week account of
a disagreement about the number of
hours to constitute their days labor
and some Of them left for other
parts.
DIR. and Mrs. 7. A. Chapman have
had as their guests lately, Misses
Kate and Harriet Shields of Brandon
nieces of Mrs. G. The first named one
has been elected on the faculty of the
Leakesville High School for the
next term.
Mrs. ]. w. Thomson went down
to Moss Point Sunday being called
to the bedside of her mother, who is
dangerously ill. Bert Jones, her
brother and his wife. left Tuesday af.
ternoon for there also, her condition
not having grown encouraging.
W. II. Mcleod has taken the job
as railroad agent at Leakesyille for
the present. VIM, Turner. who was
attending to 1t temporarily since
the last agent left, married last week
and gave it up. His bride was Miss
Margaret Wilson, a Mobile girl
Katie and Alline McInnis got back
few days ago from Gulfport where
they visited their sister, Mrs. B. p.
Harrison at her gulf coast home.
and were accompanied by her little
son. Byron Harrison. who comes to
to visit the family OF his grand par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McIn-
mis-.
In order that our readers may see
just when it was that we got those
two inches and decimals OF rainfall in
May-las lmonth-with its prolonged
drouth, we give here the rains by
days in that month, viz: May 4th.
LII inches, May 7th. go inches and
May l1th. .09 inches, total of 2.40
inches for May 1917.
Grading on the Natchez- Mobile
Highway under contractor Thomas
son, is proceeding between Edith
post-office and Edith station. They
have d camp pitched down in there.
The lack OF rain is interfering some
with completing the work as they go,
but they will crown it later on when
the showers come.
S. L. Williams of the Upper East
Side passed through Leakesviie Mon
day enrOute Tor big Greek TO JOIN
the bridge Du'idlng crew with which
he has been working for the past
four months. They wind up there
about the middle OF THIS week and
move down to the Miner bridge on
Cnickasawhay river and bulld some
slough Driiges abouu there.
Mesdames J d. Weoo, &. w.
Churchwell aud Hugh Mcinnis were
called to Beaumont The fore part Of
the week to the bedside OF theiI
brother, w. +. Breland, who had be-
come very Ill. Frank was down
Lere not long ago at the bedside OF
his sick brother. Alb. Breland, and
now he was brought on the bed OF
atfliction himself.
The comfort Of the courtroom up
stairs has been added to recently by
the putting in of enough folding OPP
era seats to seat so people. They
are of the kind IN row with arm
rest, f0ldins. bottoms with wire hat
racks underneath aud q very comfor-
table seat. IL will be good when the
whole space court room is equipped
with them and that sight-obscuring
monster stove removed to some 9TH
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