Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-12-05
LOCAL

this term. to spend Thanksgiving
with the family in Leaxesville.
A committee from the recent
grand jury met the board of super
visors in their session Monday after
noon and presented some matters to
them which grew out of their labors.
w. G. Bradley left the editor two
extra fine Doohes when over shop
ping one dav last week Will is a
good farmer and can usually show
products to match with most any of
them for what he raises.
The Herald is reliably informed
that ]. j. Mcintosh Chat is young
john will enter the race for Super
visor in the special election to be
held in beat this mouth, and will
make regular formal announcement
in our next issue.
J. e. Jenkins of the old Betty com
munlty has at last gotten up from
the Typhoid fever. Joe got up
awhile back from the first siege of
some seven or eight weeks and had
relapse which put him back in bed
about three weeks more.
Sheriff Elect J. W. Valley pur-
chased q new Chevrolet Touring car
last week Webb will find need for
car sure enough after January 9th.
when he takes oath of Office, as the
sheriff frequently needs machine
and needs it bad when he does.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Carter and chill
dren left last week for Jackson, Ala,
where they make their future home.
Mr.. Carter has job with logging
railroad over there in building track
out from that town piece. They
sold their home here several weeks
ago to Etheredge Turner.
Rev. A. A. Little, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church in Meri-
dian. came down Thanksgiving Day
and has been conducting meeting
for the Leakesviile Presbyterian
church which has run into this week,
and be offlciated at the installation
of their pastor, Rev. r. w. Hardy.
lobe Plpkins reports the killing OF
large rattlesnake "a few days Jack
Dy Amos and Oscar Ball. The for
mer is son OF Ed Ball; the latter ot
Jim Ball. They killed the snake
with sticks near the school house in
the Betty community, it having
crawled out OF hollow log. 1t hao
IA rattIes.
w. D. Mcleod was in town Thurs
day (today) visiting his sister, Mrs.
q. o. Thomas. Willis has been
away in Atlanta for about a year.
lie is still in the drug business up
there or rather is associated with
others in remedy for colds, which
is proving heavy seller over the
country, being an advertised prep
aration.
DR.. b. E. Green motored into
Leakesville Tuesday from Hattles-
burg, having "a professional call 10
attend to at new Avera, and decided
to drop on down here with his wife
ana baby and see the folks. Byron
is getting back into his practices as
Veterinarian and pins round good
deal over adjacent territory to tue
Hub city.
Rev. Y. d. Westerfield cot home
from Mobile last Friday after an alb
sence of about two months. during
which time be sustained Successfully
two dangerous operations and is
now seemingly on the rapid road to
recovery OF his wonted health. hav-
ing gained back to within nine
pounds of his average weight and
feels so much better.
Willie Buckalew came down from
Grafton community this week to
visit his uncles the Buckalew broth
ers who work for the Bear Creek
mil. Willie has just gotten home
after having put up four years of
service In the navy. He was on the
battleship Florida during the war
and in The West Indies when his