Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-02-01


extension of the G NJ. & N. fecessi-
tated local quarantine being placed
on over there the first of the week
by the county health officer.
Out of ten applicants for physical
examination, before the County
Health Officer Tuesday under the
Military Draft, three failed. An
other class is called for next Satur-
day And more all along at inter
walls till the quota is secured.
e. E. Todd decided to move back
to McLain instead OF going to Louis
lana on quitting Beaumont, Miss,
and is now domiciled in our neighbor
city over on the western edge OF the
county. He is occupying the Mitch
Cochran house while the latter has
his place there.
Two other of our citizens who
have secured cars are Mr.. E. g.
Roberts a Chevrolet and Mr.. h. w.
Breland Ford, both brand spank
new. The needs for swift convey
ance press upon the people despite
the war and hence the demands for
more cars is CONTINUOUS and growing
Writ Turner, the youngest son OF
the late j. II. Turner, came in last
week from Hampton, Fla, acconpa-
MED by mis- sister, Miss Hattie 1ur-
ner, who has visited there for sever
al months with their sister, Mrs. e.
f. Harper. Chip as he is usually
called has been working down there
off and on for sometime.
T.. ID. Clark made trip to Moss
Point last week overland IN his new
big Stakeholder car to meet and mar
ket some timber sent down by water.
Lawrence made the run back from
Moss Point to Leakesville in that
car, which is smooth runner, being
u six-cylinder, in little over three
hours, and said they did not seem to
be running so fast either. This is a
great improvement in time over the
old days in returning from Moss
Point.
Joe Seaman, who was carried to
Mobile from Buffalo near Washing
ton recently, being in a bad way
from measles pneumonia, is still in
hospital down there and having a
tough battle. lie had some pus
drained out of his lungs, both OF
which were affected, through his
back, but has suffered from swollen
feet. Julian has been with him
much of the time and the other
brother got in from the North few
days ago to be with him some.
It's busy place up about Coley
Mills these days. The Vinegar Bend
folks have eight teams at work there
putting on logs off of the Lang Mills
estate lands. Then the r. FL. Weir
hardwood mill recently erected there
is beginning to run and cutting
stuff to build houses for the opera
tors. That concern bought the
Mills boys teams along with their
hardwood stumpage. and they keep
these busy. There was some nine
million stumpage sold by the Mills
heirs to Vinegar Bend and the Hard
wood concern bringing round about
$4,000. The first got the pine and
the latter the hardwood, on all ex-
cept forty acres.
J. C. Roberts was down from Sand
Hill Tuesday, coming to pay taxes
and with one of his boys down for
physical examination under the
draft. Mr.. Cass has one son, name
ly: Joe Roberts, already in the army,
he having gone off with the Leakes-
vile platoon last August that joined
Battery IF" at Meridian and went
from there to Jackson. Miss. and
later to Alexandria, La, where they
are now in Camp Beauragard. Joe
wrote him from there right lately
and expressed himself as liking it
better and better. Cdss is second
cousin to F. J. Green of this city on
their respective mothers sides, or
through the Moody connection.