Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-04-11

carpenter trade and keeps busy
about the Avant mill quarters build
ing houses.
Miss Rayb Miller, daughter of
G. j. Miller OF Blodgett, came down
from that town the fore part of the
week to visit the families of her
aunts, Mrs. J. e. Miller and Mrs. G.
T. Y. Churchwell IN our city.
On his trip down to attend the
supervisors meeting, member d. E.
Landlord, from the Upper East Side
was accompanied by his daughter.
Miss Fay Landlord, who visited
her aunt. Mrs. L. p. Peaster.
Miss Laura Mills. daughter CT
Mrs. A. g. Lindquist of this city,
left Wednesday for E. Akron, Ohio,
where she goes to work IN abe store
for R. Flournoy, who married her
first cousin. Mrs. Christine (McIn-
nis) FlOurnoy.
On trip up from the Fork of the
rivers Monday, Mr.. A. S. Miller, was
accompanied to town by his daugh-
ter, Miss Winnie Miller, who is at
tending the Agricultural High
school. They came to Leakesvllle
shopping etc.
Mr.. Newton James left last Satur-
day for Blue Ridge. Tenn. where he
goes as q substituted delegate from
Greene County to that one of the
series now running OF Reconstruc-
ton Conferences of the Y. M. c.. A..
The course run into two weeks.
The Harris VALLEY family passed
through Leakesyille last week on the
move from their Mohoba home to new
Avera where Harris has taken work
with the logging contractor for the
Turner mill. Harris has rented out
his farm land to Will Bankenship
who lives near by and can look after
tending it.
Mr.. Pool Ball stopped off in Leak
esville the first Of this week on way
up from the old home community of
Ball where he has visited, and was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. j., H.
Bearry, before going on over to Del
hi. La, where he will reembark 10
the mercantile business, he and his
wife having sold out their establish
ment short while before she died
of Flu last winter.
Monday was right lively day id
the county-seat. Three boards were
in attendance. That is the super
visors, the agricultural trustees, and
the road commissioners from Beats
and 5. The land sales attracted
some, but the redeemers had large
ly headed off the bidders on that line
as but for short while washeard the
voiceof the auctioneer CRYING off those
wares to satisfy the charges of the
government.
The j. J. Perry family have moved
back from Moss Point to their farm
out in the Jonathan community.
The shipyards work has about play
ed out and numbers of fellows are
dong like Jodie coming back to their
farm which is sure and certain liv-
ing Some of them have saved mon
ey enough to improve up their farm
places. profiting in that way from
the high flush of wartime shipbuild-
ing prices for labor.
Mrs. Gasque Hall and son, Leslie
Hall, were visitors from Bay Mi
nette, Ala, to Leakesville the latter
part of last week and fore part oil
this. Mrs. Hall is first cousin to
ii. M. Faulk, DIR. E. Faux and We
Editor, whose families 1t was she
came to visit, this being her first
trip to our city. Her mother, aud
our aunt, Mrs. Callie wilkins, is
considerable better from the light
stroke Of paralysis and burn from
fall last year.
Walter Mckay came over from
Leaf Monday looking after his duties
with the supervisors as a road COM
missioner in beat 5 which is under
the seperate road district arrange.
ment. Rufe O'Neal came with him