Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-01-09
LOCAL


lting her sister, Mrs. A. c. Turner.
She has visited her once before
X. N. Byrd was over from Hemp
hill Monday. He is afraid his wife
will have to have a second operation
to cure,a hernia developed from the
previous one.
w. w. Beard, usually known as
Wise, and son of w. p. (Buck)
Beard, happened to the bad accident
to cut one foot pretty bad on New
Year S day.
John Box came up from Mobile to
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X.
Box, during Christmas. He is
working in the r. o. Harris grocery
h store down there and likes it we'll
Mrs. L. P. Peas ter, accompanied
& by little daughter Sallie, visited the
families OF her father, Z. LaL kford
md brother D. E. Landlord, in the
Upper East Side during the holt
days.
| S. t. Churchwell has purchased
one of those comfort riding Fords of
Che Sedan-or closed body type, which
has the glass doors and windows and
makes travelling so nice these cold
Edays.
/ Hines Roberts got leave from duty
] long enough to run down from Camp
\ Taylor, KY, and spent Christmas at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. q. Roberts,. His term of
re-enlistment will expire this coming
n September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Bearry
/ dame up from Bexley for Christmas
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs j. N.
Iurner of this city. George still
has charge of the plane r mill at Bex-
lev for the Hemphill mill concern up
on the new railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs J. T. McRae and
daughter VIVIAN spent Christmas
in Leakesvile. Miss VIVIAN came
down from Jackson where she has
been attending the BelLaven College
and came up with her parents from
their Moss Point home for such hol-
days.
Chas. E. Miller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. e. Miller of this city, made
o trip to Kansas City after they had
gathered the crop which he helped
make after returning from the war,
aud took a course in auto repair |
work in one of the schools up there
for that purpose.
DR.. w. G. Pool of lssaquena, Miss.
pane down and spent Christmas
with his parents DR.. and Mrs. Sam
Pool. Carl reports business as boom
ng in the delta now with cotton SO
high and big real estate transfers of
ands running into thousands of dol |
ars, of frequent occurrence.
J. G. Pierce had the misfortune to |
get his blacksmith shop burned up
Fhe night of Friday January End. |
he had been working in there after
hrk and the only theory for the |
ttch-out of the flames is a flying |
parx might have gotten hid away /
pmewhere and later bldzed up.
K. K. Todd, G. 0. Backstrom, Mr..
nd Mrs d. D. Daughdrill and chill |
rem motored out from McLain on
le 18th. Ult. and after attending
le p. G. Hilman funeral came on
to Leakesville on taxpaying mis-
Dn. Todd says the recent flood
! tiers got up into the streets of
belr, own, as it also did in the July
16 sto.' m. /
G. Nc Todd was among the crowd
l hich came to the County seat Mon
Nv to see the new officers ushered
i Mack has leased the S. S. Green
ore and dwelling in Nolan tor the
Y ar and is taking over such bust
ss at once, and moving there
p IN will go on the road for awhile,
y ling Dodge cars and produce tol
XII Ne trade.
n wv. W. Faux arrived Christmas
" from Jacksonville, Fla, and re-
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