Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-01-17

goes to take business course in
Draughon's College.
Mrs. r. Flournoy, nee Christine
McInns. arrived the latter part of
last week from e. Akron, O., coming
to pay her parents short visit, the
first since her marriage last year.
Sheppard Brewer, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. f. Brewer of the Pleasant
Hill community, was over Monday as
a tax payer and tells us that his
father, who recently got leg hurt
from telling off of bridge they we're
working on, is getting so he can
walk round some.
Mr. j. T. McRae has sold his nice
dwelling 10 Pool Addition to Mrs.
Margaret Faux. whose father Mr..
H. M. Stone of Memphis, is really
buying it and making her present
of it. The McRaes are going to
Moss Point, that is both the Thorn
we'll and Mrs. M. l., McRae families.
E. G. Fishel, attorney of Rlchton,
who spent two months in army
training at Hattiesburg, came down
by auto to attend Chaucery Court
Tuesday, but the trip proved as be
expressed it "a wild goose chase
as the Chancellor cut the court down
to one day and adjourned late Mon
day afternoon account the Flu situa-
ton.
- VI Wester6eld Jr. had the mis-
fortune to break an arm Monday af-
ternoon on d trip in from Brown
community He was trying to give
aid to another Ford stuck in the
mud and suffered the accident while
playing the good Samaritan and
then had to get help to get TO town
himself as he could not drive his car
!. with broken arm.
Arthur Breland, brother OF For
rest Breland of Nicely. was in town
Monday among the Chancery Court
attendants. He was wearing the
army Khaki, having but got home a
few DAYS ago. He went away last
May in the draft and got as far as
Montreal, Canada, towards going
across" when the Flu seized on him
and he had to go to the hospital and
missed the transport ship on which
his bunch sailed.
Pete Farley was ano6her over
from Nicely at Chancery Court Mon
day. Pete lost his wife last July.
She had no hope at all without be-
ing operated upon and but little
with that. She took that chance,
but died few days after the opera
ton in Mobile, leaving him two
small boys to raise, aged five and
three years. Fortunately her par
ents were living with him and are
continueing to do so account OF TAX
ing care of the children.
After both having the FLU" them
selves here, Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Bre-
land went up to Richton few days
ago and helped out Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Ball who we're both down
with it and so many people there
similarly afflicted that they could
not get anyone to wait on them.
Tom says that his sister, who was
Esther Breland. is now dong better
from that disease and they hope &c
pull out in few more days and Tom
and his lady are back home.
Tom r. and Joel K. Jones were
down to the county-seat last Satur-
day, accompanying their brother
Lieut.. Evern Jones, who was max.
ing his FIRST trip to Leakesville since
his return to these parts on a fur
Tough. He looked the part of al
army officer in the picturesque KHAKI
uniform, cap, leather leggings. sleeve
stripes etc. and talks interestingly O
the fight in the Argonne forest witt
the Lost Battalion in which he go
the leg wound from German ma
chine gun, which causes him to car
ry cane aud walk still with some
limp.
NJ. E. Green was over Monday
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