Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
FRIDAY 80. Febry. 8. 1917.


Briscoe's court was held last Satur-
day at the court house, there being
some interested in such court in
from the other side of the river.
The cold weather of the past few
days has done damage to oat crops
and what arden stuff had survived
the freeze "a. November or had
been raised since len. Springtime
will soon be here however, with its
warmth to make old mother earth
send forth the shoots in fast shape.
AT the request of Rev. II. Ii.
Pool, pastor of the McLain circuit
of the M. p. Church, we announce
that President R. H. M. Watson,
who is making his round of the
charge and is at Washington today
-Thursday-wi preach in Leakes-
willie at the M. p. Church house to-
mOrrow-Fridav night; every body
that will invited to attend such
service.
The local weather observatory
showed a rainfall for January OF
4.07 inches. The coolest weather
record for this winter was last FRI
day and Saturday respectively when
it registered IL and 10 above zero.
The second coolest was on Monday
when that other blizzard had blown
in during the night of Sunday. The
drop that time, however, did not get
below 20 above. This is several de-
grees below the sharp cold of last
November and that of the Christmas
snap.
Mr.. X. Platt was down from the
Upper East Side Tuesday transact
ing business at the court house. From
him we learn that Mr., and Mrs. E.
II. Brelanu and little one are for the
present making their home at his
place. Elbert's health has given
down So much under those rheu-
matte attacks that he can't get
about but little. jennings Platt,
the Youngest son of the Platt home,
is away for this the second year at
tending the Wayne County Agrlepl
-tural High School at Clara, which ne
likes fine.
The supervisors were in session
two days this the February term,
tha. is Monday and Tuesday. 1sey
ordered advertisement for contracSV
to erect steel approaches to the Lea
skesville bridge over Caieakasawhay
sriver; confirmed appointment of w.
Il. HiIlman as asst. Tick Inspector
zDist..5 upon recommendation OF j.
&C. Williams county tick inspector;
ordered IT,. all who worked at the
Tick Eradication be allowed w per
dayton actual time. We have copy
of their proceedings and will scan
it over and. see if there IS anything
else which appeals to us as in order
ito mention in later issue. No
body pays US to publish their pro-
ceedings, so we can only make men
ton OF such things as are certain
have news value and our judgement
! dictates.
Prof. L. 7. Wilkinson and !, his
: vile we're out driving last Friday q
! their new Ford. and some how IN
( sandbod the steering-wheel got out
.,of mis- control and the car spun
around and round till it turneo tur-
tie, hurliag HIM out OF it several
yards away and pinning Mrs. WIKI
inson down under it. She was able
ito crawl out when he got the car
priced up few minutes later, but
was unable to walk. 1t developed that
she had sustained a couple OF pelvic
fractures. She was carried to Mo-
bile the fore part of the week for
( hospital treatment. Wilkinson says
the doctors down there speak very
encouraging for her. and think she
!, will be all right soon as the bones
I have time to heal. Meantime he is
castlug about for an assistant to re-
omen the Clark consolidated school
Monday, his wife having served in
that capacity. They are from
George county and this their second
term of teaching such achool.