Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-03-08

MrS. nuSn MclnnlS came IN uOulo III
the mid-week from the coast, having
given up his job with the Gex mill
as he is in the military age.
Leonard Briscoe accompanied Mr..
A. G.. James up on trip in the lat
ter's car from Mobile at the con verg-
ing of the weeks. Leonard has been
working in drugstore down there.
He is not yet in the draft age.
Miss Beulah James, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed w. James of Graf
ton. has been spending the winter
an Leakesville attending the high
school here and in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Newton James, her cou
sins.
One day after his sudden marriage
to Miss Annie Berry, Mr.. w. M. N.
Gibbs was arrested and put in Jail
on Thursday, Feby. %, under the
serious charge of bigamy, seemingly
reliable information having filtered
in that he has another and undivorced
wife, who arrived today from Alaba
ma.
Mr.. w. II. Lister has been under
the weather for some three weeks
suffering ia way with his back.
He is getting better slowly now. but
had the misfortune to lose one of his
horses from blind staggers, and the
tother one was in a dying condition
he thought when he was over Thurs
day.
In the Field Days List of Awards
the name of the successful con testant-
for MUSIC, appeared as Allie V
byrd" when it should have been
allie B. Byrd" She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Byrd of
Pleasant Hill Consolidated School
and sister to Mrs. Newton James of
this city.
Rev. |. D. Eavenson left Wednes-
day afternoon tor Coldwater. Tate
Co. Miss. having learned that his
mother had suffered an automobile
accident which involved her back.
He did not know how serious it was.
He asked US to mention that his peo
pie need not look for him in servi-
ices until they see he is back.
Mrs. ]. H. Stewart and two little
girls, Dorothy and Elise. arrived the
latter part of last week. coming to
visit her brothers families here, viz:
DR. e. Faux. Ye editor and Fl. M.
sFaulk. She stopped off on the way
Gdown from her home Bolton, ". c..
sat Bay Minette. Ala. and visited her
ecousln, Mrs. Gasque Hall. and her
brother, G. G. Faux at Mobile.
l.. p. Peaster has bought the place
belonging to the Bank near masonic
lodge. usually known as the Sam
Green place, and is giving up the
Central. Che John Mizell family
who are IN the place which he has
bought are moving opt into the Law
renee Evans place on brow of hill
above school house. Tom White OF
,Lucedale is moving into the Central
house and taking charge OF same.
Mr.. Jesse Byrd arrived in town.
Wednesday, to visit the family OF
his oldest son. Rev. A. S. Byrd, pres
ent pastor of the NJ. Z. Church,
South. Bro. Byrd came via Luce
dale from Beaumont. He has been
stopping with his daughter, Mrs.
Iyettie Burch at the latter place for
.sone time. and In coming by the
George county capital he looked in
on Hendrix Byrd, another of his
sons.
Julian and Robert Scanlan were a.
rmong those over for physical exami-
nation under the, draft Thursday of
last week. From Julian we learn
that his father, W. j. Scsnlan of
Buffalo. is working for the present
in Mobile in the shipbuilding yards
I'm fact he secured work there while
Joe was IN the hospital and is contin-
uing. Julian recently married while
up in Perry County teaching school
and was making his way back to the
school from here.