Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-10-08

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K. Clark Of the Clark community, is
back at Millsaps this season putting
IN another term there, being deter
mined to finish his collegiate educa-
ton.
w. W. Green. who dwells in Lea
kesville vicinity had the misfortune
to get an arm hurt q few days ago
while handling his team. He
brought in a nice load of cotton
Wednesday to have ginned.
Mr.. D. E. Breland is working at
the Bear Greek Mill Co. store.
Knoxie Jones who has been working
there has gone to Hot Springs, Ark.
to take the baths for abit.
Miss Jennie Rec Turner, who is
teaching in the BIrdline School on
Route 2 out from Lumberton, Miss,
fortnight ago spent the converglng
of the weeks home with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Turner of Pine
Level.
Information reaches us that Dave
Klttrell had the misfortune to get
his dwelling in County Line burnt
up Monday, the fire catching out
from the kitchen fue. Some of the
household effects, including the piano
were saved.
Mrs. W. w. Roberts and two chill
dren arrived in the mid week from
Hayden, Arizona, to visit her people
and those of her husband, who is a
son of Mr., and Mrs. E. G. Roberts
of this city, while she is a daughter
of c. P. Smith of the Clark commu-
nifty.
Mr.. |. S. Brewer of the Upper
East Side was at the County-seat
Tuesday looking after some land mat.
ters. Mr.. Brewer worked out at
New Avera awhile but finding it did
not agree with his health there NOV
Led back into the old home diggings
and is looking after turpentine these
DAYS, hauling to Fruitdale.
W. W. Roberts, Eph Roberts and
I. w. Breland made up trio, who
motored down from new Avera We'd
nesday. w. w. has pretty good
crop for new place. Eph has been
following tie-making this year and
had pretty good run of it. Tom is
still running his taxi car and makes
occasional trips to Leskesvile set
ting people of his community back
and forth travelling to the county
seat.
At the stockholders meeting of the
Bank of Leakesville held Wednesday
Oct. 9th. the following were elected
directors for the ensueing year: j.
G. Dorsett, j. &. Alderman, Hugh
McInnis. ]. w. Backstrom and B. w.
Mcleod. The directors met after
wards and selected the following as
officers: j. q. Dorsett. Prest.; j. E.
Alderman. Vice-Pres.; B. w. Nc
Leod, Cashier; and Arthur Turner,
Asst. Cashier.
Some saw hight frost last Friday
morning October first. Anyway the
pea snd tater-vines show signs OF
blasting from cold, whether it was
the cold wind or the light frost that
got them is hard to tell Evidently
the frost w3 that light that it
struck mostly in low places, it al
ways visiting the lowlands across
the river on mild cool spells before
it does the ridge side But ere long
we will be chronicIing killing frost
for the season is rushing on fast to-
wards winter.
From Wiley Mills we learn OF the
catching of a rattlesnake Sunday by
L. E. Dillerstone at the Kings place
at Ball Hill in the Upper East Side.
1t seems that Mr.. D. has been a
snake tanner and his method of catch
ing this one was to lay stick down
on his head when he quickly reached
down and grabbed Mr.. Snake by the
neck and lifted him up and still has
him alive. The snake was about 81
# long and had nine rattles; arather
dangerous plaything sure but it