Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-03-14
LOCAL

ing to visit her sister. Mrs. W. H.
Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Il. Ross are back
in Leakesville these days, Mr.. Ross
having decided to quit work in the
company store at Vinegar Bend.
Mrs. G.. w. Jhurchwell was called
to Hattiesburg this week to be with
her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Colbert,
who is to face an operation il her
strength justifes.
Jas. M. Lowery, sailor lad. came
in this week from Charleston, S. c..
on a 80 days furlough to visit the
family here. He has been years in
the service and is assigned to u. S.
S. Bale; has been iu Norfolk at Hos
pital.
The rain came down in sluices last
Saturday. About as heavy as we
ever have, and seldom that it falls
that hard for as long period in one
day. 1t would shower down in gush-
es for awhile and then check up and
then come again. The register
here showed 500 inches.
Ye editor is in receipt of letter
from his mother Mrs. D. K. Faux,
written from Gainesville, Fla. where
our sister and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Stewart have moved re-
Gently from North Carolina. Brother
Willie Faux is still in France but
hopes to get home soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Smith, who
dwell within four miles of Fruitdale,
Ala, but just within the Greene
County line upon a homestead that
they have settled upon, were down
to the county capital and had us en-
ter them for the county paper which
they expressed themselves as always
like TO have,
Mrs. ]. f. Green went up to Jack
son, Miss, recently to have their
oldest child and daughter. Bernell,
operated upon for removal of ade-
noids and tonsils. On her return
she is to stop off for visit with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Roberts
at McLain with whom she left the
other children.
Scott Mckay left for Cleveland,
which is one of the county-seats of
Bolivar County, Mlss..' where he
went to accept job of circuit clerk,
rendered him through the recon-
mendation of Adlai McIunis who
served as clerk on the local board in
that county at the other coun tv-seat,
namely: Rosedale.
Mr. and Mrs. julius Hillman we're
over from Betty Friday of last week
shopping. They are happy these
DAYS that their family is all well as
they had such time last year with
one little one having to be carried
to the hospital and operated upon
three times and under treatment tor
quite while afterwards.
Chat Denmark got home this
week. He says that the shipyards
work down there now is shutting
down and it's hard to tell how soon
they will resume or how many men
will be needed. There is still one
yard running. He has some work of
fencing and farming he wishes to do
while he stays home awhile.
Weeks end guests of Miss Audrey
Westerfield at Leakesville. were
Miss Viola Mathis OF Edith and Miss
Lillian Croker of Mt. Pisgah. The
latter is a student in her school,
while the former is from the Brown
where her father is teaching. The
previous week Misses Massleat
Brown and Addje Mcleod from the
Brown school came up and visited
the family of their teacher, Rev. Y.
D. Westerfield, whose school will be
out now in few more days.
NJ f. Green was out Tuesday and
made good his purpose as stated
through the columns of the Herald
in January. to make formal announce
ment for Representative, for which
he made fairly good run before and
feels that his chances are very bright
for this time. Mark and his wife are
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