Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-10-24
LOCAL

Mrs John M. Reed and Mrs. Har-
ry Con and baby of Frultdale, Wis
tied the j. L. Mills family in Leakes-
vile the fore part of the week. Mrs.
Reed is Lang's Oldest sister.
Columbus (Buster) son Of Jho d.
Williams of the Fork of the rivers
community, re.,entlv had the misfor-.
tune to break an arm in cranking
the motor-tallYho for the Breland
school.
REBA postoffice on the Blodgett
branch of the g. M. & n. railroad
got into actual operation several
weeks ago after having been granted
for some three or four months. It's
at the Cowan mill station on such
new railroad and near the Rufe Bre-
land place.
The late arrival of cool weather is
giving opportunity for the Sweet
potato and sugar cane crops to grow
right on beyond the ordinary sea
sons end, offsetting to some extent
The late cold OF the spring which re-
tarded growth, which is mighty kind
of nature to the farmers during these
times of high prices.
Rev. K. W. Hardy. the new Pres
byterean pastor, is serving Leakes-
vile and Vernal churches on Sab
baths as follows: Leakesville the 2nd
and Bird. and Vernal the 1st and 4th.
Sabbaths of each month. He comes
from Tennessee and put his member
ship 10 tins Presbytery a few weeks
ago at its meeting held in Wayne
County.
Il. Il. Ball was recently seized with
spell of fever which has kept him
in bed till now and continues to
hang on though he is able to eat
along. Ed is an active man and it
must be hard for him to have to
keep his bed, especially at this sea-
SON of the year when logging opera
tions on the river are starting up,
and in which he usually figures.
Ralph Cooley is expected home
now in short. The editor had a lets
ter from him not long ago stating
that he had been Camp Pontanezen,
Brest France, and seen over a. mill
ion boys start home with smile on
their faces, and now he writes Oliver
Smith, his brother-in-law that soon
that will be his privilege and may be
on the way now Oliver thought when
speaking Of it last SaturdaYto the
editor.
The Fourth Quarterly conference
for the Leakesvllle charge of the M.
E. Church, South, is published in
the N. o. Advocate as for Nov. 18th.
and to be held at Leakesville. The
pastor. Rev. H. ]. Maddox is still at
Laurel on a sicx-bed. but as we un-
derstand the Presiding Elder w. b.
Jones will hold the conference any,
way at that time as he has to keep
going on his regularly mapped out
schedule to wind up for annual con-
ference but few weeks off now.
The General Election is close at
hand, being Tuesday week, Nov. 4,
1919. The Herald printery received
the copy on final closeup from the
Ticaet Commission this week and
soon the ballots will be turned out
and made ready with other supplies
to the managers for holding such
election. The Socialists have pretty
well full sci. of names under the
state Offices, but the democratic vo-
ter can easily tell which to vote for
as the order of arrangement is the
democratic nominee the first name
under each Office. f.
Travelling down to Mobile recently
We editor met up with the DR.. John
soR-we mean the first one and one
who came the most--that used to
practice dentistry in lLeakesville on
date DAYS while living. at Shubuta.
He had just paid visit to that old