Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-11-07
LOCAL


W. 5. Holland of this city had the
misfortune to get an arm broke last
Friday in cranking a car.
Jim Nixon came over from the
West Side of Leaf river last week to
visit his brother. Moses Nixon for
the first time since the former got
back from France.
j. Z. Brewer, accompanied by his
wife Francis (BalD Brewer went to
Mobile about ten DAYS ago and had
an operation performed to remove a
= cancer forming about the rectal re-
!, gion.
N Mrs. Charley Faegan came over
Y recently from Brooklyn, Ala, to see
I. her mother, Mrs. S. r. Churchwell,
who was stricken with paralysis
while on visit to her sister at Nc
: Lain.
: Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Mcleod re-
; Gently moved from Leakesville back
to their home place on East side of
& river five or six miles below. He is
/. still carrying the Vernal- Edith star
!, mail route.
2 T. B. Ross left this week for new
Avera, going to accept a position in
the store of the Turner Lbr. Co., he
/. having worked for its manager Hor-
ace Turner while he was in that ca
pacity at Vinegar Bend.
DR.. S. l.. Knight, who has been
located at Merrill, but moved recent
lly to Reba in Greene County, was
over to the county capital last Fri
day. He is running drug store at
his new location, in addition to his
practice.
q Mr.. j. ]. Griffin has moved his
family over on this side of Big Creek
having rented the N. A. Rhinehart
place so that his family could be ae-
,cessible to the Agricultural high
school. He will still continue to
work out in the Nicely community.
x-Collector d. E. Breand got
his books in shape several days ago
and begun to serve the people who
were ready and waiting to pay their
taxes and looks for heavy tide of
tax-paying during circuit court time,
which is drawing quite near now.
w. ID. Ball made trip to Mobile a
few days ago to secure hospital treat
ment for his baby and also to see how
his son-in-law Jack Brewer was get
ting along since the operation, the
latter's wife beng there faithfully at
{. his side through the trying period.
Charley Box had the misfortune to
get the end JOINT of a middle finger
pinched off OF his hand Wednesday
with pair of scissor tongs into
which it slipped in an effort to
straighten out log proposition for
W. |. McLain, whose team Charley
was driving.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Bearry came
over from Roundtop the fore part of
the week. They may give up house
keeping, turning the place over to
their recently married daughter, Miss
Eta and her husband MIR. Courtney,
as Mrs. Bearrys health is not so
good these days.
Rev. Y. d. Westerield successful
ly underwent second operation in
Mobile on last Friday Oct. 81, to
correct the bladder trouble which
has brought him SO near death 8
door, and has been making satisfac-
tory progress towards recovery
since, his condition gradually i'm
proving from day to day.
Rev. S. w. Johnson of Leaf was
at the County Capital Wednesday.
He left Reba shortly after the Fourth
OF July picnic last summer and has
made his home at Leaf since. preach
ing some along at places as he finds
opportunity while working during
the week. He halls originally from
Neshoba county, but married in
Greene several years ago.
H. 7. Cooley, who dwells In the
vicinity of new Avera. was down to
the county capital last Friday in