Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-06-14
LOCAL

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Point in the ship wards, came home
few days ago as they are expecting
to enter the army now in short.
G. L. Avera was down Tuesday ac-
companying his sisters to the Can
ming Club Demonstration. He is
living at Avera these days, having
left Lucedale.
A quaftette of Nicely citizens over
Monday at Chancery court and at
tending to some land matters were,
G, II. Hillman, Bud Hillman, L. 7.
Hathorn and Joe Green.
Miss Alba Batson, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. NJ. L. Batson of this city
was carried to Mobile and operated
upon for appendicitis Friday of last
week and is doing we'll at last ac-
counts.
Miss Maybelle Mckay. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Mckay, who has
been teaching music IN the New Au-
gusta High School and who got home
a few days ago, left Monday for
Meridian where she will attend the
summer Normal for teachers.
Mr.. Alex. Valley of Grafton was
down Tuesday in his new Chevrolet
car. He saws the prospects for a
good wool clip this season are good
considering the unusually large
number of sheep sold off last year. the
lambs being plentiful and have lived
well.
Thanks to d. E. Brown of Edith
for a box of nice ripe tomatoes
through the mail last Friday. Eu-
gene can sure raise fine tomatoes and
raise them early. One of those sent
would cover a saucer and was itself
of sufficient size to make a family a
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A long article entitled Gov. Bill
DO makes Formal announcement of
his candidacy for Congress has
been in hand for sometime awaiting
definite Instructions for it's run
ming which have now been received
and such article will appear mex t
week as paid advertisement, so let
all interested in Gov. Bilbos cam
paign for congress look for it
then.
Ira Evans, who got an ankle cut
pretty bad last week at Moss Point
in the ship-yard works came up
here and is with his family, who
came on few days ago account in
ability to keep rooms for lighthouse
keeping down there as the landlords
are calling in their rooms for board
ers, which demand to house are be-
You'd the present accommodations
there account the great influx of
laborers to the ship-yards.
Arthur Turner, who is usually
called Toney, is working in the bank
here since Gordon Rounsaville was
called away in the draft. Tonev has
an ear trouble which will likely let
him out of the draft and in that way
the Bank may be able to train up in
him a permanent much needed helper
during these times of LABOR scarcity
along all lines, trained and unframed,
skilled and unskilled, account the de-
mands of the army upon the young
manhood of our country while at
war.
Chancery Court was rather a dull
affair this time. Having no stenog-
rapher and the inability to get one,
caused some cases to have to be put
off. Court ran on through Monday
afternoon and Tuesday. There were
two divorce DEGREES, granted as fol-
lows: one to A. G. Elliott, white and
one to Mnrdock McInnis, Col. Mel
Their of these divorce suits We're con
tested by the other sides SO they
went through pretty quick. The
volume of other business turned of
was small this time.
Work is proceeding we'll with re-
building the Bear Creek Mill Co.
plant. Quite number of mill
wrights and carpenters have come
in and some local help secured and
lumber being hauled in from the
woods on their railroad to furnish
material with which to do the con-
struction and they have bought a
second hand mill about Mobile which
disposes of the securing machinery