Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-12-26


Miss Mavbelle Mckay, who is
Eeachlng again in the New Augusta
High School, got home the first of
t)he week for the Christmas holidays.
A The big killing frost Wednesday of
alst week, i. e. on Wednesday Dec.
w, 1919, sent the temperature down
to II above zero, the lowest regis
kfation so far this season.
Misses Mildred Rounsaville and
Katie Pool arrived last Friday for
khe holidays, coming from Jackson,
Miss, where they have been in at
*6n1 lance on Belhaven College.
Hiss Audrey Wester6eld and Miss
lSielnda Whatley, teachers of the
gilmore school, in our neighboring
hnnty of Perry, came home last
saturday for the holiday season.
Miss LESSEE Amser, who has been
ttendipg the Normal College at
,Jattiesburg again this term, ar
|fved home Monday. having come by
|kichton to visit her sister, Mrs. j.
I. Albums.
II Tyra Beard got home from the A.
IA. College last Saturday for the
Holidays. He has been attending
here under the provision of the fed
raL government to educate the
ounded soldiers.
Oscar Smith came down from the
-.& NJ. College last Saturday in or
~ &c BE- home for the holidays, he
ing q brother to III. p. Smith of
lis city and son OF c. F. Smith of
lark community.
Scott Mckay came down from the
Delta last SATURDAY. to spend the
tuletide with the home folks. He
as been working in the Chancery
Jerk S Office al Cleveland, one of
he county seats of Bolivar county.
Last Saturday a very unfortunate
Hair occurred in the Moboba com
4unlty when John j. Denmark Shot
is young son Julius in the breast;
be load being intended for an older
bn with whom he was having trou-
lie.
While down last Saturday to at
lend the Farmers Union meeting,
G. Williams of the Upper East
hide, told us that be had cooked sos
k.alIons of syrup this season for other
barties and had not yet made his
lwn; that he has made 5000 gallons
or Delbert Landlord counting the
ook of the several seasons that he
has served him.
County Agent, /. r. Bradshaw, is
taking this week a wel-earned va
ation at his home in Ellisville, Miss.
Ind writes US enclosing an impor-
notice about Fertilizers at Cost
|11 the farmers. which is being given
Prominent space in this issue. He
rites ne will be back in Leakesville
\ ext Sunday. Nothing like good
.%st to freshen mp hard working
yesA, -itor of the public for better of
4brts, as we have tried it and proved
Is bensits.
Our old friend, J. D. Givens show
b up in Leakesville Tuesday, being
b from the coast to visit folks in the
Upper East Side his old home dig.
bngs. He is working at present at
hie carpenter trade at Cedar Lake
bear Biloxi on mill the Dantzlers
re- building, he having married
bn who is working for them. Since
e was here last be has visited bis
rotEer, T. G. Owens at .Varnado,
ia.
Geo. Henry Faux got in from Ak
on, Ohio. Monday. where he has
las beef, this fall. Instead OF re-
laining over at the A. d M. College
Is went on up there with other oil
he boys who decided to take advan'
hge of the good wages in the facto-
es. He has lately been working
br an oil refining concern which re-
noes kerosene and natural gas to
asoline bv new process which is
{bnsidersd somewhat revolutionary
, that line.