Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-11-12
LOCAL

daughters Iva ana Alma hay, are
visiting relatives of hers in Moss
Point this week.
The peoples drug store is build
!. ing an addition to the rear of their
establishment for ware-room pur-
poses.
G. A. Kittrell who dwels on the
Richton RI was in Leakesyille the
fore part OF the week drawing his
warrant for road work and settling
his communication road tax.
K. G. Box brought us two stalks
of cane last week that we're some
tall. being the one 20 joints with 80
inches length, the other 20 joints
and 81 inches tall. Mack says he
has more of it he believes equally as
tall.
Asa IRELAND has sufficiently recov-
cred from the recent severe burn on
his right arm as to bearable to be in
town this week without having it in
sling, but it is still in bandages.
Its been about two months since it
happened and he says he has suffer
Med much from it.
81 ]. j. Perry was ia attendance on
1 court part of this week and is still
81 wearing that binder on his right
eye which has given him good deal
trouble lately, so much so that he
N has been to Mobile and had spe-
4 ciaisk treat it. 1t became liberated
from malaria settling in 1t.
n Miss Elizabeth VALLEY, o d Q t
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe j..
Valley, DIED, at the family home
some three miles from Leakesville,
on Thursday November IL, 1920, af-
q Ter lingering illness of months, fol-
y lowing 10 severe attack of Flu last
winter. Her mother is sister OF
W. W. Mcleod of Vernal.
J. III. Massey has been having
! some trouble recentlv with an eve
| into which he got piece Of flying
steel. While hammerlng a pow-
| point small chip OF the metal flew
off and buried itself in the ball Of his
eve and it was several days before
The doctors could locate and remove
i I after which he got relief and dis
carded the binder for pair of glas-
.ses.
n j j. Griffin, whose postoffce is
BDenco below Washington, drove in
town Wednesday with load OF fine
.turnips, and presented the editor
with the prize one OF the bunch. 1t
measured 81 inches in diameter and
kligtly over A inches from top to bot
tfom, being of the purple top variety
III alone made pot full OF good old
vaurnips and greens. He pushed
tthese turnips with blood and bone
Emixture IN combination with the
Thome fertilizer.
E Wednesday afternoon, just as they
Swere getting ready to rdiourn, the
IGrand Jury was detained tc examine
Into a case of murder and returned
Ian indictment ia open court against
eAnna Box who had been lodged in
klaiI charged with the killing that
1snorning of Hattie Abram, wife OF
kArthur Abram. all being negroes.
The killing occurred at Colmer-Green
Tout on the new railroad and the deed
twas done with shot gun. A. ID.
Harrison brought in the negress and
the eye-witnesses to the tragedy.
J. w. Woodland. accompanied by
ais wife and two little girls. motored
nto Leakesville the first of the week
nd visited the family of his sister,
Mrs. Anna Belle Naples. jim went
from here to Bilingsley. Ala, which
IS in Autauga County, and its there
his wlfe's people reside and twas
here while the Twintree Lbr. Co.,
IN Dr. which he has worked for those
IA oxen years since leaving Greene
tountv, was cutting their timber
loldings that he met and married
is wife. They will remain over
/ lere a bit. la fact they motored
b there IN his fine new ESSEX car
vice recently, spending some of the
me there since here the fore part
the fall.