Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-05-09
LOCAL

HattlesDurR District conference
which met at Petal in the edge OF
that city.
N. c. Gordon of Sand Hill was
down Monday attending the super
visors session. He is working as
kindergarten in the Wells sawmill
near his home.
Miss Ola Clark passed through
Leakesville Wednesday returning
home to her father, Mr.. ]. f. Clark S
place, after having visited her sister,
Mrs. John w. Smith in McLain, for
a week.
Miss Eva Williams, daughter OF
w. ]. Williams Jr. of the Upper
East Side, is in Meridian taking the
Trained Nurse course at the Matte
Hersee Hospital. She has been
there about eight months and it takes
two years to secure diploma.
Martin Smith recently returned
from Slidell, La, where he had
worked for over year en- joying the
high-tide Of wartime prices in the
sEip-vards. He is night Waterman
now at the Bear Greek mill. His
family came in about fortnight ago
and thew are living up in the mill
part OF town.
Mrs. Callie Davis, who formerly
dwelt in Leakesville, recently came
over from Vinegar Bend and joined
her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Browning
in residency in our town. She has
another daughter at V-B with whom
she had been living much of the
time since the death of her husband,
the late Ed Davis.
Passing down on the train to Mo-
bile on the 10Th. Ult. we bumped in
to DIR. E. E. Breland enroute for
that CITY with his Oldest son, Ray, a
lad yet in knee pants, who was going
to he operated upon for appendicitis.
Erney is still in the practice of med
icine at Mlllry, Washington county,
Ala, and brother of our Brelands
at Leakesville.
A man and woman were recently
arrested in Rogalusa, La, and
brought back to Greene County on
the charge of grand-larcenv. stealing
an automobile from Mr.. Carruth,
manager for the Piave Lbr. Co.. on
the new railroad. They give in their
names as Jas. H. A. Redding and Tia
May Hemphil. the latter denies be-
ing married to Mr.. White who was
regarded as her. husband.
j. j. McInnis has closed up the
deal with Mr.. Phil Lewis. the New
Yorker, who traded for Johns Lea
kesville property several weeks ago,
but had to have time to transfer his
money from the North here. 1t in
cludes his dwelling and all out-houses
and about forty acres of farm land.
John reserved his 200 acre farm a.
bove here. of which he has about 80
acres in cultivation. He and his
wife will for the present live up
stairs in the store building in which
they are doing business.
Mr.. ]. p. Carter went over to
Manistee in Alabama few days ago,
summoned by an urgent telegram
from his daughter, stating that her
husband, Mr.. J. A. Lockett was at
the point OF death The sick man
rallied after he arrived there and he
left him IN hopeful condition.
While there he also visited a married
son, Thos. P. Carter. who lives ia
that community. He also had the
great pleasure of seeing his son, P.
E. Carter, who had just gotten back
from out OF the army In France. and
who is at Flomaton, Ala, which was
on the route of travel for his father
in making the trip. Manistee is
within sixteen miles of Mt. pleasant,
Ala, where the editor spent the lar
ger part of his boyhood and Mr.. Car
ter knew our father back in those
days through sawmill operations.
Agent Wanted To Handle Auto Supplies.