Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-07
LOCAL

Camp Shelby this week.
]. G. Roberts and Gaines West
were two taxpayers down from Graf
ton community the middle of last
week. These are men whose friend
ship the editor values as they are OF
true and tried stuff.
7. A. Lott is moving his family
from Rounsaville to Oak Grove, Ala.
Tom is working as foreman for the
logging crew of the M. L. Davis con-
Germ and wants to get his family
where he can visit them with less
inconvenience.
Ii was at Laurel that the son of
Oliver Moody was operated upon for
en- ear trouble as an after effect from
Flu. His daughter was operated
upon at Meridian. Our Item dealing
with this previously spoke of Mobile
as the place, they were taken.
Mr. and Mrs. Rance Smith of the
western part of the county are down
at Thonotasassa, Florida, where they
have children. Mr.. Rance is finding
the trapping better down there than
up here. He intends returning in
time to begin farming this spring.
The r. P. Pipkins family have
moved from out at Betty to 90 up
on the new railroad, that is the Blod-
gett branch OF the G. M. 81 N. Rob
and his oldest son are both working
for the l.. A. Cowan mill. He has
arranged with Charley Ball to tend
his farm this year.
Rev. II. j. Maddox, pastor of the
Methodist Church, asks us to state
that If there are no new unfavorable
developments on the Flu situation,
that Sunday School in the morning
and services at night will be held at
the Leakesville church the coming
Sunday, February 9th.
la letter received late in Janua-
ry, by his brother. P. Mlley Mcleod
of Vernal, ]. Make Mcleod wrote
from Derman Germany: Am on the
Rhine where they make much VINE,
and getting the Greene County Her.
aid. Was on the Sedan front when
the armlstice came. etc.
From W. d. Valley. principal Of
the Clark Consolidated School, who
was in town Saturday, we learn that
his brother. Buford Valley, was last
heard from in Paris. We have il
this week issue a letter from an
other brother, Richard II. VALLEY,
who is also IN France.
Barney Pierce was happy mar
the latter part of last week. having
heard from his son, Walter Pierce
after q silence of about three month
Walter wrote that thew had been sc
busy travelling could not write and
that he thought they were then il
Germany or either close to it.
Mr.. B. G. Martin, merchant anc
present postmaster at Nicely, was
out recently to the county-seat fol
the first time. He tells US that ht
came from Hazelhurst, Copiah Coun
ty, Miss. about II years ago ant
was with Griffis at Beaumont unit
be decided to move down in Greene
out on the new railroad and try hi
own fortunes in the mercantile bus
mess.
Rev. J. E. Lowe, the new pasto
for the Baptist church at Leakes
vile was here Sunday and preached
both at the morning and evening
hours. He,has been delayed by tn
Flu situation in moving his famll'
but has returned to Bogue Chitt
with the purpose OF making the NOV
this week. He has a horse and bug
gy and will drive that through tn
country.
Fl. G.. BreIand was up from Toul
minville. Ala, which is suburba
town OF Mobile, at first of the week
He is running grocery store dow
there. They have been there on
year and he is pleased with bis bus
ness. His mother, Mrs. Emily Bre
land is with them at present. Sh
stays with her married daughter