Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-04-18
LOCAL


quentlv motors down to the county
capital.
Mr.. G. L. B. Cooley OF Edith COM
munity was over to tie county CAPT.
tai Saturday. He has made trade
for tract OF the H. c. Lister home
stead land. so as to have farm OF
his own.
w. II. Brock was down Saturday
from old Avera community. He had
had spell of Flu last winter, but
managed to over it as be did those
long sieges of typhoid fever several
wears ago
Geo. 7. Dunnam and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Smith were down from Indian
Hill community Wednesday and
took In the speaking that day at the
/. courthouse by A. & M. experts on
cooperative marketing.
The W. H. Cooper and J. W. Back
strom families have exchanged hous-
es In Leakesville. AS we understand
it John has bought the house which
the Coopers were living in, from it's
owner, Rich Miller, and hence the
move.
j. NJ. Clark OF old Avera commu-
nifty was down Saturday shopping in
LeakesviIle. He is son of F. Clark
of that community, and stalwart
young man he Is about six feet In
his stocking feet and built in pro-
portion.
Miss Frankie May Baxter of Vine
gar Bend accompanied Miss Ruby
Naples to Leakesville on trid home
at the converging OF the weeks. She
lived here when she was small girl
at the time her father was sawyer at
the Bear Creek Mill several years
ago.
The Herald is requested to an-
nounce that Hon. Oscar Johnson.
candidate for Governor, will speak
in Leakesville on Thursday April "a.
at ii a. In. on the issues of the day
in the gubernatorlal campaign. and
asks all to hear him. the ladies being
cordially invited to attend
Charley Davis, youngest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Davis OF Exsho.>
but young giant in physical size,
was over Wednesday. He only
stayed at Fit. Hancock. Ca, about
three weeks after went back from
home last December on furlough
as be was turned loose 10 January.
W. S. Turner arrived home from
Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas,
on Monday. Bill is the oldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Os Turner of Big
Creek residency. He has taken on
more flesh as did so many of the
bows since he went away in the army
nearly year ago. He has been in
the hospital service.
P. NJ Mcleod was up to the coun.
ty capital Monday. Miley recently
made trip to Moss Point with a
raft of logs and had pretty smooth
run except for some rain they took.
He has not had a letter from his
brother Make Mcleod, who is with
the Army OF Occupation on the
Rhine, since about month ago.
Thos. E. Jordan of Mobile county,
Ala, was arraigned before Justice
Briscoe Monday on charge OF per-
jury and bound over to await action
OF grand jury in bond OF $500, which
bond was promptly made. This is
the case where in the lrate mother is
pursueing the groom for marrying
bride alleged to be OF only about
fifteen summers, and charging him
With swearing falsely to secure the
license. A prosecution was had a.
gainst him down in Mobile county
recently, but fell down at trial.
H. E. Howard who was down from
New Avera Saturday to prove out
his homestead tells US that dry
wind, which was OF cyclonic severity
unroofed his house and scattered bis
household effects for yards away
Thursday morning April 10 at about
$50 o'clock; about an hour and hal.
before that dark spell and heavy rain
that morning. 1t swept away