Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-07-12
LOCAL


THURSDAYS train from Vinegar Bend
where be has been on a business
trip. He is working for the Vine
gar Bend Lbr Co. IN their logging
camp near G. X. Mcleod place.
Mrs. Fl. NJ. Faux aud her son,
Geo. Henry Faux came in Sunday
evening from Macon, Miss. in res
ponse TO telegram announcing the
low condition of the formers mother,
Mrs. Rachel Mcleod, who has been
sick now for several days.
w. S. Turner, son of Mr., aud Mrs
Os Turner OF Big Greek community.
who left recently in the draft for
Camp Pike, was first transferred to
Georgia post, and later TO Camp
Travis, Tex, where he is now with
the Medical Dept, base hospital.
Jesse Kittrell, son of Mr.. aud Mrs.
G. L. Kittrel OF Jonathan, left for
Hattiesburg about three weeks ago,
where he has taken employment with
the same auto concern with which
his brother Henry Kittrell has been
working in Mobile for the past sew
eral years.
Arrivals from Blodgett at the con
vereing of the weeks we're Mrs. Nc.
Kinley Bray, nee Irnie Miller, Ray
belle Miller and their baby sister vi
ola Miller, ALI coming to Wis t the kin
here namely, their Uncle ]. K. Miller's
family. and their aunt's. Mrs. g. T.
Y Churcnwell.
Willie Webb is another Leakesville
lad who has Lied away to the city
and is getting some good war time
wages. He is in Mobile with the
Mobile Steel and gets right about So
per day and is looking strong and
healthy; We editor chatted with him
a little Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Box of this
vicinity are in receipt of letter
from Mrs. BIS brother, Chris. C.
Brannan, written from Camp Pike,
tLittle Rock, Ark N which he tells
them of the large number of soldiers
now at that camp where he recently
went in the draft from Crichton,
Ala,
Mrs. S. r. Mckay went down to
Mobile Saturday afternoon and re-
turned Sunday morning, bringing
back her daughter, Miss Annie Ray
Mckay, who was operated upon for
appendicitis, the same day as the ed
itor S rife, that is on June oath.
Mrs. sSKay was with her at the
time and remained over down there
till Friday of that week.
+. @. Breland of Nicely was out
Monday of this week. Forrest is in
the present draft call and has to
leave his wife to respond to the
country call as is the case with a
number OF young men who married
since the first registration. Marry
ing and giving in marriage is predic-
ted in the Good Book as to go right
on till the last times in spite of wars
and other world cataclysms.
The Herald newsgatherer bumped
into Banks Turner in Mobile while
down there this week. He is work
ing with gents furnishing store and
boarding with his sister, Mrs. G. w,
Bearry in that city. Two OF his little
sisters, Misses Media and May Jewel
Turner we're journeyers out on the
train Thursday returning home from
the Gulf City accompanied by their
nephew, Adair Bearry. They had
also visited their sister Mrs. Wood
at Sun, La.
John Cooley Jr. was brought in
from Camp Pike, Ark, Sunday af-
ternoon by his brother, Curt Cooley
and taken to the family home in the
Fork of the rivers. He is the young
soldier who lost bis mind on the way
when going up from here with the
draft boys some six weeks ago at the
time they reached Memphis and has
never recovered it. He is not vio-
lent, just vacant on mind and non
talkatiye. Is cousin to Ralph and
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