Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-30
LOCAL

mission as second-lieutenant. The
family have heard from him right
recently in France with slightly
changed address.
The Bear Greek mill has begun
cutting some along now. For the
present they will not rebuild the
dry-kiln and planer as there is such
o demand for the rough boards I'M
der war conditions of the market
that that part of the plant is not an
immediate necessity.
Gaines Roberts, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. K. G. Roberts, was down Sun
day from Camp Shelby on a short
furlough to see the folks, and this
was the first chance the folks back
at home have had to glimpse him liz
khaki; he is wearing nice bunch OF
flesh.
Lee Williams killed rattlesnake
near his place last Sunday eve 1t
was stretched out across the public
road and had 9rattles. We CLEAN this
item from J. G, Williams, father of
Lee, who was down Wednesday
bringing his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
S. L. Williams to have some dental
work done.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. B. Ross got back
home Tuesday from East Akron, O.,
where Beeman has been at work
since last Spring. He worked with
Rich Flournoy in the latter's shop
for month and half after first GO
ing up there and says Rich has
nice business. The ROSES figure to
spend the winter down here.
g. W. Lyle was in, town Satur-
day. He is still living on his home
stead near Jonathan. Had letter
recently from his brother Leon Lyle
who went away few weeks ago in
the draft. Leon is still at Camp
Pike, Ark, and undergoing IL raining
OF various sorts about which he
writes only along permitted lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Sheehy and
four children namely. Ruth, Robert.
Baly and Bryant Sheehy arrived
Saturday by car. coming from Shaw,
Miss, but had stopped along the
way with relatives at Morton, En-
terprise and State Line. They visit
here this week and then to other
points of visit before the return
home.
r. d. Walker was down from
North Greene Saturday in company
with Supervisor G. w. Valley.
Walker saws his father has been
working some at the shipyards at
Moss Point this summer and got
very good wages, They have nice
crop of cotton which is beginning to
open now, and looks like good money
with the market little better than
30 cents.
Once more an 'Avera'' post office
is opened up in Greene County. But
this one is not on the river bluff
where old man Bill Avera kept his
store, but is out on the new railroad
in the West community and is nam
ed Avera for Tom Avera who
through the Blodgett interest pro-
NOTED that development out there,
he being their county agent. So
the new saw-mill town in our county
now has post-office facilities of its
own and is no longer lacking for
name, which was dubbed Need
more" while the post-office name
was being thrashed out.
w. H. Mcleod made trip up to
Atlanta, Ca, last week to visit his
brothers, Lieut.. Irwin M Mcleod
and Willis Mcleod. Irwin has re-
Gently married. Bill did not know
it till he got up there. The bride |
was girl whom Irwin met when up
there three or four years ago work |
ing In the phone business and her.
self bore the family name of Mcleod. |
Willis is acquiring working inter- |
lest 10 drugstore up there and is !
iwell pleased with it. Bill enjoyed |
livery much looking over Camp Cor
Idon where there are thousands OF
lnew soldiers in training; seeing the
Intern camp Of Germans at Fort