Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-02
LOCAL


ed the Evans near ]. T. McRae resi-
dence In Pool addition and occupied
1t this week.
q. T. Y. Churchwell made trip to
Memphis last week to secure some
repair parts and bring in some new
Ford cars overland.
Mr.. R. l. Backstrom OF McLain
vicinage, came over to the county
seat town one day last week to visit
his son, ]. W. Backstrom, and look
after other matters at the county
capital.
The democratic Executive Commit
tee of Greene County of which j. +.
Green Is chairman and S. r. Mckay,
Secty., is due to meet in Leakesvllle
the fore part of next week and trans
act business preparatory to holding
the first primary election on August
10th.
From the last issue of the George
Co. Times we notice in the published
list of the faculty for the Lucedale
High School the approaching scho-
lastic term, that of Miss Lettie Byrd
of this place as Primary Teacher.
She is daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
A. S. Byrd. T. H. Byrd, the cashier
of the Lucedale Bank, is an uncle Of
hers.
w. G. Murray, accompanied by his
wife and baby, and sister, Mrs. Susie
Tremor, came up from Mobile to
spend the week visiting the family of
his uncle, Jno. T. Murray across the
river. This young man is son OF
VIM. r Murray, and has grown up
and married in Mobile since they
lived here several years ago when
his father ran the Barber shop in
our iowa.
The Bear Greek Mill Co. are plan
ming to start running their new mill
3 next week, which will be quick re-
sumption Of operation after such a
disastrous fire Is they suffered on
that memorable DAY of May 4, which
will bring them to within a ninety
day restart, arecord hard to dupIi-
cate for quickness as we understand
1t In all such saw-miIl rebuildings in
recent times.
At a Habeas Corpus Hearing given
Fanny Melton, before Judge r. w.
Heidelberg, Tuesday July Both, she
was granted bail In the sum OF $4,000
it being the opinion of the Judge
that she should be allowed bond but
that the bond should be heavy e.
ppugh to be- sure to hold her for ap-
pearance before the court on the
grave charge OF murder for which
she is under indictment.
Hiram Valley was down from JON
athan community Wednesday, bring
ing, his wife who is daughter of
Alex. Mcdonald, to have some den
tai work done. Hiram had to sacri-
fee his home place during that trying
time when he and the little one were
operated upon and his brother Ed.
Valley Died, but has succeeded now
in building up again on a homestead
which he purposes proving out forth
with,
George Uudge) Turner. son OF b.
do Turner, was home for six days
last week under furlough from Camp
Alexandria, La, where he has been
for most OF the time snce going a.
way with the Leakesvile platoon
leaving here Aug. 5, 1917. Since
getting back there he has written
that the drouth has proved prolonged
in that part of Louisiana and that
corn is falling down. Let 1t be
hoped that they have gotten rain be-
fore now or will shorty before more
damage assrues to the crops.
W. ]. Williams Jr. was down from
the Upper East Side Wednesday
Pete has slain another one of those
monster rattlesnaaes. He and his
son Oscar were in the woods the day
before about three-quarters of mile
from his place In the turpentIne or
i chard when they heard Mr.. Rather
singing and trimming up, an oak-pole
n proceeded to kill the old boogah,