Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-04-25

courty-seat Monday on business.
Mr.. Alex has son, Ammon Brewer.
who is in France. He lett here last
summer in the draft.
From one of his neighbors, we
learn that R. H. Brewer of North
west Greene has recently purchased
new Ford car. which his son Shep-
pard Brewer drives for them. Shep-
pard is working in the Anderson
store at Richton.
Arrivals from Gainesville, Fla,
last Friday. were Mrs. ] H. Stewart
and two children, and her mother,
Mrs, ID. E. Faux, coming TO visit
the kin here of whom the editor is
one. They moved from the Carolinas
the fore part of the spring
Mr.. M. T.. Griffin. who recently
moved to Leakesville in order to
have his children n school, has Ieas-
ed out his farm near his father-in-
laws. Mr.. Geo. X. Mcleod, to the
Mr.. Irby who is feed-man for the
Vinegar Bend camps down. there.
Joel Jones was down from North
west Greene Saturday. He saw the
aeloplane which sailed over Greene
County on Wednesday of last week
and it passed their place about 9
o'clock A. NJ and was fSing very
high, being in appearance about the
size OF q window sash which shows
that it was we'll up in the skies. 1t
seemed directly overhead to them.
A. H. Meadows and Arthur Brew
er, dwellers in the Jones community
in Northwest corner of Graene, were
down Saturday as witnesses in
homestead proofs. Mr.. Brewer has
nephew. Amnon Brewer, who is in
France, and being in the Military
Police, does not expect to get home
till July.
Gordon Rounsaviile got home from
France the first of the week. He
was seized With pneumonia while at
sea on the trip gong over there and
sent to a convalescent hospital after
landing. where he was caught for
days ina quarantine against spinal
menengitis. He is wearing more
flesh than when he left here last
May for Camp Shelby.
Mr.. A. G.. Lindquist lost fine
horse last week. They were out in
the field with her She became
frightened at some chickens and
jumped round. and snagged hole in
her abdomen on the set-lever on a
cultivator. Some of her entrails
spilled out and the veterinarian in
formed them that there was no hope
for her considering the nature OF the
wound.
IT,. Jones of indian Hill was down
to the county capital last Friday &C.
companied by has son. w. A. Jones,
who Is just back from France, where
be went over the top once. It was
Albert that wrote letter to the
Herald while over there and spoke OF
being where be heard those Ger.
man bullets whine. He was ia the
hospital recently from the Flu and
in that way got to come home a lit
lie ahead of his company
]. D. Givens came up from Moss
Point on Monday 8 train aud went
up into the Upper East Side with
Coiey Mills. He had been visiting
his daughter. Mrs. Perry down at
the Point. Also three other daugh-
tiers at Pascagoula.. The shipyards
work has resumed since the strike
and things are better down there
now. He has brother. T.G. Givens
at Varnado. La, who married sis
ter Of Davis Daughdrill, whom be
wishes to visit before settling down
at steady work somewhere and has
had several propositions since he
sold out his home place. He has
been staying most OF the time since
that with his daughter. Mrs. T. ].
Wilson in Vinegar Bend. whose hus-
har,d haa q finn, Ahor.a ~