Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-21
LOCAL

Rev. and Mrs. e. 7. Breland are
recent Corners from Meridian and
think OF building here and making
this town their permanent place of
residency.
r. T. Mcleod got home from the
army this week. He was mustered
out at Camp Knox, Ky. Is the only
son of Mr.. J. Lawrence Mcleod of
this city.
Sheriff D. E IRELAND and Circuit
Clerk Geo. b. McRae made trip up
to Meridian last week to carry the
demented man Yves Cowart. to the
Insane Asylum.
A. f. Cook and H. P. Smith went
to Mobile in the mid week to take
the civil service examination for
postmaster at this the Leakesville,
Miss, post-office.
Mr.. Lucius Downey, nephew OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Cooper arrived
this week from Camp Mcdonald,
Hugo, Oklahom. having received his
final discharge.
J. E. Alderman, attorney. is down
at Biloxi this week looking after
professional business in the federal
district court, this being the first
term held there by the new Judge.
The family of Rev. ]. e. Lowe the
new baptist preacher arrived sever
al DAYS ago from Copiah County and
are occupying the James House in
West Addition or near the Nathan
Turner residence.
The Clay Etheredge family has
moved from Yellow Pine, Ala, to
our city and are domiciled in the
Miller house next to the Blalack
dwelling. Clay is working in the
Turner Dorsett store.
Miss Susie Newton went to Mobile
last wees apprehending an operation
for appendicitis, but that proved
unnecessary at this time and she
went to Gulfport with her mother
for rest and recuperation.
The heavy rain last week brought
m 2.35 inches at the Leakesville U.
S. Observatory. 1t was probably
some heavier out in the county, at
least to the North of us from the ac-
count of way streams got up.
His wife is in receipt of letters
from Tom Deuitt in France which
leads to think he may be retained
there sometime as he is in the job of
policing prisoners. He got over
there ten days before the armistice.
Scott Mckay arrived Monday from
Colorado where he has been about a
year seeking better health and LOOKS
SO far some fleshier than when he
left. He says he got over that spell
of the Flu little before Christmas.
John Landlord Jr., got in from
Camp Shelby, Saturday, having re-
ceived his discharge. His brother,
Albert Landlord is still in France
and Mack Landlord, the other SOL
dier boy brother is in Memphis now
and married.
A. G. Elliott got back from the
army before Christmas. He has his
final discharge. He would have gone
across last August but had measles,
mumps and Flu. He was 49 hours
on board ship in harbor about Long
Island but turned back by the arms
tice. Is working with Coley Mills
in the Upper East Side at the lat
tiers S farm.
Norman L. Mcleod has returned
to Jackson, Miss. and gotten back
his job there with the Merchants
Bank and at better pay. His father
d. A. Mcleod, says he wrote that
he was we'll received by both the
bank and the people about Jackson
and it made him feel good to have
such cheering welcome home from
France. 1t was from that city he
enlisted in the army.
Tyra Bearo was in town Wednes-
day. We got to talk with him some
and he showed similar machine
gun bullet as to the one which
pierced his thigh. 1t is a long sharp