Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-11-19
LOCAL

SOlHe uentat WOrK done.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Thomas mo-
tored up from Lucedale Friday.
Iyra is still looking after the inter-
est of the jefferson life Insurance
Co. in these parts.
Somebody sent US mess of fine
snap peas fortnight ago and we
cant figure who it was except our
good friend Eugene Carter Of the
other side of the river, who recently
promised toremember us that way.
y A special examination for the ac-
commodation of some teachers, is
beinff held in the Superintendent 5
office at the courthouse this week.
This is time OF scarcity of teachers
that keeps the superintendent taxed
10 keep their forces filled.
& On his forty acre tract of land be-
low. ali OF which he has fenced,
Chat Denmark raised nice crop OF
sweet potatoes this year, and has
Ehne lot OF turnip greens at this sea-
sson. He has OF course only a por-
ton OF 1t under cultivation as yet.
Rev. K. w. Hardy. pastor of the
Leakesvllle Presbyterian church,
went up 10 HaJtiesburg this week as
One OF The pastors from the Meridian
Presby terry ia attendance on the
Synod of Mississippi which is the
State organization of that church.
The freeze came in on the country
SO quick and fast thai some who had
not previously planted or banked
their sugar-cane seed, got caugh5
aud It's probable that planting time
next spring will show great dam
age to thai which may yet be sought
/ TO save.
The syrup making campaign is go
ing on at full blast these days and
many, many cans of new. sweetening
are to be- seer coming from different
quarters, so even If there is another
sugar scarcity, which there is not OF
Course, Gaeene County would be well
liked for sweet stuffs.
a Zeal killing frosts have visited
This section this week. attended also
BY ice and frozen ground early in
The mornings. There have been
Some slight frosts earlier in the
month but these we're of the plainly
visible real old Jack Frost white
spear bristles kind.
Hub Box, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
X Box, is home on leave of alb
sence from the army until after
Christmas. His one year term. of
enlistment expired in the early fall.
but he has reenlisted and was car
ried to Detroit, Mich. with another
bunch of soldiers who are stationed
up there for the winter.
In Renting for bis subscription
G. Il. Harper writes from Hampton,
Fla. where be is still located as man
ager tor the Hampton Naval Stores
Co.. that he expects to spend Christ
mas in Leakesville. 1t is getting
sbont time Carey showed his face in
the old town again as he has not
cove over now tor several years,
though his wife has visited the folks
there several times since she and G.
E. took up their domicile in Florida.
Willis Hillman is well pleased over
notice received this week that he
has been awarded free ten day trip
to Chicago to attend the Interna-
itional Live Stock Fair, such prize
coming through the State Fair of
mississippi where he secured prize
son Sweet Potatoes same as he did in
tthe Greene County Fair Miss Raw
Ball of Lower Greene also has been
awarded such a trip on Canned
floods. and Mr.. [. r. Bradshaw as
county Agent. The party which
dwill consist OF something over a doz-
I'm from Mississippi leaves the latter
Gpart of November for the Windy
UCity.