Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-03-07
LOCAL

dlan the fore part of the weekd to-, at
tend preachers meeting being!h
there.
The Evans Turpentine Concern at
old Avera on Chickasawhay river,
has been bought out by L. D. Clark
OF that vicinity andH. w. Webb of
State Line
Harvey Howard of new Avera
community was down Monday look
ing after homestead matter and
accompanying some on an OK hunt
from up there.
BY request we announce that Rev.
K. I. Breland will preach at the M.
z. Church on Friday and Saturday
nights at Z o'clock aud Sunday at
IL and in afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. Hard Valley of Grafton pass
ed through Leakesville Thursday of
last week, travelling out to the Ag-
riculturaI High School, to place his
niece, Miss Ethel Valley, in that in
stitution, the Sand Hill Consolidated
School having closed for the term
account of Flu.
The Land Tax-Sales, both for
Greene County and the Town of
Leakesville have been handed in and
were pretty near ready this week,
but we deferred inserting them till
another week, account the necessary
length of time OF the publication per
law can then be secured.
Joel r. Jones was down from
Northwest Greene Monday, doing
some pulse feeling. Joel thinks very
strong of entering county politics
now that his brother Evern is out,
and Will announce formally through
the columns of the Herald in short
If he makes his decision to enter.
The sad news was received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs.J. Monroe Ball
IN Lower Greene. that their son,
Lonnie Ball who was IN the army,
had Died, in New York from double
pneumonia. 1t has been but short
while since their son Noah Ball died,
and now this second cup OF sorrow
to them.
z. .. Backstrom, who is one of the
Road Commissioners IN Beat 5, under
the separate road fund arrange ment,
was over Monday from Buffalo trans
acting business with the supervisors
IN line with his duties. Says they
are merely filing in the bad holes
now, but soon as things dry off will
begin some real road work
Ernest Mcleod, was down from
Des Moines, Iowa, recently on fif-
teen-day furlough to visit his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. j. Mcleod.
Ernest enlisted in the regular army
at the same time as his brother,
Louiev Mcleod, who died last fall
at Camp Pike, Ark. from Flu. They
went 10 before the Mexican trouble.
r. M. Mckay motored up from
LucedaIe Tuesday. bringing mis-
mother, Mrs. M. j. Mckay and also
his Oldest sister. Mrs. N. M. Meyer
OF Ellisville, who visits her sister,
Mrs. W. G. Turner. Richmond S
firm is still receiving fresh ship
ments and selling horses and mules,
see another big ad for them in this
edition.
Rev. r. II. NJ. Watson, accompa-
MED by pastor j. M. Belew of the
McLain circuit of the M z. Church,
filled the appointment published for
Leakesville on Wednesday night de-
spite the unfavorable weather. Bro.
Watson is on his presidential round
and seems to be enjoying good health
and preaching with accustomed
positiveness and power.
w. H. Mcleod has sold out his
place in Leakesville, formerly the G.
j. Miller place, to Mr.. Ed Hobby,
the railroad agent. Bill is moving
back down into the Lower end of the
county where he can farm and stock
raise, locating near his father w. r.
McLeod's place. The Hobby family
have moved from out of the Batson
into their newly bought place.
The Albert MizelI family moved
: this xuoalr fuox,. -. e.e IL.