Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-04-20
FRIDAY. 80. April 20, 1917.
LOCAL

mE. duu WITS. hdii Mills ole iiEd
housekeeping in rooms upstairs OF
the Lindquist dwelling.
Arts Pierce, who took work in
Mobile during the winter is back to
Leakesville and at work at the Bear
Greek Mil where he formerly has
worked.
Mrs. Jim Berry, nee Ora Fountain,
is down in Mobile this week for some
treatment at one of the hospitals
down there. She is the Oldest daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. J. M. Fountain
OF this city.
Maurice Breland recently left tor
Hiwannee, Wayne County, Miss,
where he went to take work at the
Brown Lbr. Co. mill where his broth
err, Claude Breland has been working
for number of months.
Clarence Green and Jess Byrd got
in Monday from Chamberlain HUT
Academy at Port Gibson. Clarence
has been up there for the term.
Jess went over there a few weeks a.
90 in response to wire call.
Mr.. Jas. L. Albums got back to
Leakesvlle this week. He has been
down tc Mobile for a fortnight or so
doing some extra work there in his
calling of barber. His wife is still
{ here so of course he drops IN until
they can get located at permanent
home.
Tidy Hathorp came out from
Washington Thursday (to-day) with
a cousin, who is patent medicine
drummer and is making the round
with him including Leakesville. Bear
Creek, Averas and on up to Clara.
where L. T. will drop in on his
brother Will and sister Pearl
The commencement exercises OF
Leakesville High School are in pro-
gress as we write having begun as
scheduled and as announced 10 these
columns on Tuesday night and is to
run through and include FRIDAY
night at which time the diploma "a
warding to the graduates will come
of.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. W. Breland went
down to Mobile Sunday afternoon by
rail. E. W. had pain In the side
which was giving him increased dis
comfort and went down to have the
hospital surgeons pass upon his case
as to Appendicitis and operation
etc. LATER. -He Was operated upon
successfully for appendicitis Tuesday
morning and at last accounts was. do
ing we'll. Mrs. Breland who stayed
till after the operation got home
today.
The closing exercises OF the Greene
County Agricultural High School be-
gin next Thursday night April Goth.
and run through the night of Satur-
day night April Goth. and run
through the night OF Saturday April
18th. In addition to the other good
things billed they expect to have
Lieut.. Gov. Lee M. Russell with
them and probably on Saturday, the
main day OF the Commencement.
The Berald printerv is getting them
out program now which is replete
with good things; having three dis
tlnct divisions to it.
Tax Assessor A. f. Amsler in
formed us at the converging OF the
weeks that he had worked districts
and and all of East side of 2, and
all of ! except Leakesvllle separate
school district. he had all of dis
trict three yet to work then. The
State Tax Commission has ADVISED
him as we'll as all other tax-assessors
iu the state that nothing less than
100 per cent values would be accept
ed by the state tax commission and
be is taking the assessments on that
basis, the 30 percent basis adopted
last year BY our supervisors being
I byushsd aside by these instroc-
tious