Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-06

week as the Sand Hill school in
which she is teaching has suspended
Tor a while on account OF the preva-
lence of the Flu in that community.
Mrs. G. W. Churchwel went up
to Hattiesburg last week in response
to long distance phone message
telling that one of the Triplets born
to her daughter, Mrs. John Tolbert,
had died and another of them very
sick at that time.
Clyde Mcleod rode down to Lea
kesville from New Avera Thursday,
having respite from teaching work
as the school there suspended this
week for thirty days account the Flu
which has quite run in that com.
munity at present but seems a pild
type.
Newton James was carried to Mo
bile the first part of this week to see
if hospital treatment would not af-
ford him relief from the stomach
trouble which has been serving him
so bad the last few days, he having
great difficulty in retaining anything
on his stomach.
Us. Smith accompanied his daugh--
ter, Mrs. J.. u Perry and her hus-
band and children to town today.
He plans to leave for Flynn. Texas,
In about two weeks. He will go
from here today to his brother, Geo.
w. Smiths place to see his brother,
Hugh Smith, whom he has not seen
i five years.
From Luke Lott who was over
from Exsho neighborhood today
tFriday) we learn that his brother,
Wash Lott, was able to travel down
from County Line the day before by
train and they met him at Rounsa-
vile and got him down to Luke S
place IN car and he will stay with
them for awhile to see if he cant get
Quilt up some more.
a number OF schools in beat 3
closed this week account of the Yin.
among which are (new) Avera, Sand
Hill. Piave, Mt. Zion, Zion's Rest.
closed for stated time, for instance
Avera for month and Piave for in
definite. We suppose the closed pc
Rod will depend on how the disease
holds Oh or disappears.
Roy Amsler writes: Please change
address of my paper from Hixson.
Tenn, to Dahlonega, Ga. / filed
my place up there and resigned to
accept position with the North
Georgia. Agricultural College here
as Assistant in Mathematics and
Science. | hope to get in the Agri-
cultural Dept. here next year; the
work Tor which am best fitted +"
The spell of open weather this
week has done great good to the
roads. Both the sunshine, and wind
OF Monday have contributed greatly
to drying out the soft spots. The
highway in the swamp was being
worded on in the mid week by the
road crew to get those new bridge
approaches licked into passable
shape. With few more days OF
good weather, those miry places
down there should take on the nee
essary hardness to bear regular traf-
tic.
Prof. e. j. Shows went up to
Jackson. Miss. in the middle of the
week to attend a meeting of the
principals of county agricultural
schools called to discuss the method
of distribution of the $50, 900 made
available by the Y. M. G. A. to tins
state for giving educational help to
ex-soldiers financially disabled from
going ahead with their educations.
4 A plan was settled upon, which will
4 be more fully worked out as to each
county with tie 1910 census as a
basis.
h A number of farmers and stock
Eraisers went before the Supervisor:
MONDAY and entered plea for the
Iretention of County Agent /. K
ABradshaw another year. Upon such