Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-04-19
LOCAL

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Steve Denmark tells Us that his
boys recently killed large rattle
rattlesnake, having IL rsttles, near
the four mile post on the Highway
below here where they were saving
logs and spied him.
The Squire Edwards family have
moved from out of the o. E. Bard
house in the Southwestern part of
town into the Webb house, formerly
occupied by the Andings and close
to the business part of our
city.
The heavy rains of last week
brought the river up so that those
having timber ready were able to
get it off. Quite a bunch of RATS
past here at the converging of the
weeks, coming mainly from about
AveraJ
Nigel Turner, son of Mr.. & Mrs.
Syl Turner, is over at Baton Rouge,
La, working on stock farm,
where there are about 500 head OF
cattle to look after each day as they
are driven to and from the bottoms
to Craze; there are three helpers be-
sides himself and he likes the work
fine.
Mr. j. H. Bearry, who has been
head book keeper for the Bear Greek
Mill Co., for the past two or three
years, left Sunday for Delhi, La,
where he goes to JOIN his wife in
residency and enters into the mer-
camille business with his brother-in-
law, Pool Ball. reference to which
has already been made in these
columns.
Shift. Z. E. Breland made q trip
up to Meridian the first part of the
week to carry Jim Mizell up there to
the Insane Asylum. Jim is a BROTH
er to John and Albert of this place.
He has been living over here tor a.
bout a year or more since getting
back from the Insane ASYLUM in Ala
bama where he was carried from his
home about Burbank awhile back.
The O. f. Johnston family left the
fore part of the week tor Mobile,
Ala, where Mr.. Johnston takes work
at nearby mill. He will return
later and move their things from
here. Mr.. Johnston was with the
Bear Creek Mill Co. about three or
four years and is recognized as an A
No. l sawmill man particularly with
reference to keeping the saws in
shape which after all is one of the
most important things about saw
mill
The Greene County Democratic
Executive Committee is to meet in
Leakesville on the First Monday and
9th. day of May for the purpose as
provided by new law enacted by
the legislature this year, for receiv-
ing the names OF prospective can
didates and sending out to the Sol
diers and Sailors a list of such names
in order that they may vote in the
coming August primaries by return
ing such list through the mail with
their choice marked on it.
The advance advertising agent for
the Radcliffe Chautauqua which is
billed up for Leakesville April q, 20
$50, got to town last Saturday and
was busy right on not getting away
until Tuesday morning. They hung
up their large flare circulars about
and distributed a bunch Of hand
literature and put on lively ticket
selling contest on the plan of the
BLUES and REDS, SO everything is
favorable to successful season for
this Chautauqua staged in our town
with big tent now within about a
week and people far and near seem
to be- planning to come from the talk
and way tickets were sold.
Willie Yates and John Nicely we're
picked up in this vicinity late last
week by Sheriff d. E. Breland acting
under wire instructions from army
officials as it seems the two soldier
lads came off home to see the
folks without leave" and make no