Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-10-17
LOCAL

"ooh iron WISH OF several DAYS
with her folks at Chronicle, Ala.
Mrs. S. r. Churchwel. nee Liza
Williams, was stricken with paraly-
sis about week ago while in Nc
Lain visiting relatives. She is a
sister to w. w. Williams and Mrs.
E. G. Roberts of this city
Mrs. A. G. tombstone, nee Pearl
Mcleod of Brooklyn, Ala, writes
her sister Mrs. H. M. Faux, at this
place that her husband is about all
right from the spell OF Flu which
had him SO near death S door several
weeks ago.
Henry Dees, brother of Mrs. AL
bert Mizell of this city. and who
stayed some in her home while grow
ing mp, got back from France Tues
day. He landed along after the
middle of September In this country
and has been away for year or
more.
Mrs. r. Flournoy, nee Christine
Mclnnis, arrived from e. Akron, O.,
Saturday, coming to visit her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McInnis
for few weeks. She says Rich has
sold out his grocery business but
has not yet decided whether he will
settle in Ohio or come back South.
w. II. McLendon, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. McLendon of Pine Level,
got home from France about a month
ago. He was across for about six
teen months and in the artillery.
Was on the three great fronts where
the American Army was engaged.
viz: st. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry and
The Argonne.
Capt. |. NJ Mcleod, who has been
at Phillips University at Enid. Okla.
in connection with his army service,
was in Greene County this and a
part of last week visiting the folks.
Irwin hopes to get out OF the army
now IN short and enter onto work in
civilian life at some other point in
the State of Oklahoma
Lloyd Spears, commonly known as
Dagger who went away with the
Battery f platoon from Leakesville
IN August 1917 got home recently
from France and was in Leakesville
this week mingling with old friends
and comrades 10 arms. He was
scarcely more thar boy when he
left, but ls.about grown now.
By request of President Joe James
of the County Teachers Association,
we make announcement that it's been
decided not to hold meeting of such
body until Saturday Nov 22nd; this
announcement being made because
it was. generally understood that
they would meet in two weeks but
the time has been put off as it was
thought best to hold later and have
better program"
From Moses Nixon we learn that
his brother, Jim Nixon returned
from France about two weeks ago
to the family home at Bendale in
George county. and despite he was
gone ahont twenty-six months did
not spend dav anywhere in the
hospital. Noses S, cousin Rodgers,
who also went across was wounded
10 the arm in his first battle and is
now being schooled ia this country
at the Govt's expense.
Louiey Ball of the Bali community
10 Lower Greene left his b. ue-ribbon
bunch of Sweet Potatoes at the Her.
aid Office last Saturday. He won
with them both in the community
Fair at Vernal and in the County
Fair. They we're the Nancy Hall
variety and showed quite cluster
from one vine. He figures that they
would turn out 40 bushels TO the
acre from the Weld he found in Dig
ging certain number of hills.
Sgt. Hines Roberts, son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. G. Roberts, it turned
out was home only for thirty day
furlough, having re-enlisted under
the one year provision and left this
week for Camp Taylor, KY, where
he reinins hiR comnanu--I tha ooAh