Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-02
LOCAL

leave OF absence since they have been
up there. He seems to like the SOL
der life well these days.
Vinson Valley was in town the
fore part OF the week and told US his
wife had typhoid fever and that they
feared that the baby was also taking
it. He was feeling pretty bad from
loss of sleep waiting on the sick
folks.
The top front to the Turner &
Dorsett store has recently been i'm
proved in appearance by neat new
sign painting OF the firm name ETC.,
displacing that of the old Miller
Mercantile Co. sign-lettering which
still stood there.
Mr. H. G. Lister and Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Chapple and son Harold, to-
gether motored down in the Lister
car last week and took in the Fair at
Mobile. Mr.. Chapple has received
promotion recently at the Bear
: Creek Mill, which his faithful SER
vice likely won for him.
Miss Rubye Naples who is teach
ing music over in the Vinegar Bend
High School, and boarding with her
sister, Mrs. T. B. Ross, accompanied
the latter over here at the converg
ing of the weeks to attend the funer-
al of their grandfather, Mr.. Jas.
Woodland. Sr., who Died, in the Ball
community and was buried there
Sunday.
The recent heavy frosts has hur-
ried on the lasses- making campaign
in our county, and incidentally cut
short the yield. as the drouths this
year has held cane backward and it
was needing another month or so TO
fully mature, but SO much other
stuff has been raised that the farm
els have much to rejoice over any
way.
The supervisors meet next Mon
day, November 9th. Circuit Court
convenes on the following Monday.
On Tuesday. November 6th. the town
board meets when the new Marshal
and new alderman, will be shown
into their respective offices, the va
cancies of which were flied in the
special municipal election held on
Tuesday Oct. 23rd.
The rainfall for month of October
was very light being only AZ inches.
This brings the rainfall so far for
1917 up 10 80. rs inches as against
81. SO inches last year that is up to
Nov. 1st. in 1916. Last year it was
abnormal and this year its below nor
NAL some ten inches or Whereabouts;
we are unable to say exactly as we
have not the average before US.
There are some owing US on SUBJ
scriptions whom we are expecting to
settle when over at Circuit Court
If they fail to come round we shall
interpret it that the time has come
to part company and strike their
names from the list along with
others that will go out with Jany.
LIST. cleansing unless sooner paid up.
We regret to cut of single name
but it's not matter of choice with
us any longer but of compulslon as
we can not carry the other iGiIows
burden during these trylug tlmss If
war and money pinch.
Last week two real heavy killing
frosts had showed up. This week
those were eclipsed by the one Tues
day night; in fact the thermometer
showed % that night; 80 the nigh
before. There was ice in evidence
Wednesday morning little thicker
than that OF last week in the open.
Aud to think we had such warm
weather wsdged in between the two
cold spells that shirt-sleeves and
light underwear was the order of the
day but for two or three days only,
however. Wednesday night showed
another frost not quite SO heavy as
the one Of Tuesday night and with
slighter mifder temperature, that is
it was 81.