Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-01-23
LOCAL

mess trip, and then he was on the
hurry out to Reba where he is still
working for the Cowan mill concern.
G. w. Allen is busy with his pair
OF large mules helping do some work
to the town streets which is always
much needed at this time of the
year after the heavy rains of the
winter season.
II. T. Cooley passed through Lea
kesville Tuesday with his family and
household effects on the move from
Grafton nelghborhood to Edith,
wherr he will locate near his father,
g. l.. b. Cooley.
Mrs. C. G. Ball was over from
Betty Wednesday shopping in the
Leakesvlle stores. She was accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Harriet
Golf, who is up from Merrill on a
visit to the folks.
p K. James is very sick man
with Pneumonia which seized him
last Saturday night. He had the
Flu last winter and came near dying
then but got over it but has not
been as sound in health since.
Rev. l.. Il. Meyer, arrived in Lea
kesvile Wednesday from Jackson,
Miss, coming as supply for the
l. g "a k e sv lille charge Of the
N. K. Church, South. He halls
originally from Rankin County. Al
tended Millsaps College last year.
Rev. ii. ]. Maddox has moved onto
his work at Silver Greek. it being
found too far away to pastor and
live at Laurel where his family
moved early in the fall account OF
school for the children and to be
with the older boys who are working
there.
Mrs. S. g. Perry was up from
Merrill the latter part of last week
visiting her parents, Nj. and Mrs.
G. w. ChurchwelI. MIR. Perry re-
Gently came back To the Merrill Of
flee after having worked at Louin,
in Jasper county farther up the line
on the G.. NJ q N.
w. Il. Bearry has sold out his
place in Leakesvllle to Mr.. l.. G.
McAlister of Lafayette County, Miss.
and is moving this week with his
family to the Goose Pond in George
County where he has bought the
Melton Taylor place near his wife
father, Mr.. w. d. Eubanks place
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Harrison
came out from Nicely with Ed Bre-
land in his car as he motored into
Leakesville Thursday Albert is
branching out with his telephone
business. He has both a metallic
and grounded line up on the new
railroad and is coming into Leakes.
vile soon with metallic circuit
line.
The road and bridge crews have
done lot of hard work getting that
highway back in shape, or as near it
as it stands, as quick as they have,
and it wont be many more days now
before traffic can be resumed over
the full length of the highway
4 through the swamp. There is only
short span of it now, where the
turmoil has to be negotiated.
Prof. j. w. Vaughn, the new ag-
riculturiSt at the Greene County
Agricultural High School asks us TO
state that in the basket ball game
between the A. G. H. SIS. Greene
County won over Wayne County
with score of 81 g. Mr.. Vaughn
took charge since the first of the
year and halls from EIlisville, Jones
County. and tells us that he was IA
class mate with Mr.. |. r. Bradshaw
at the A. & Nj. College.
j. M. Byrd was over from Pleas
ant Hill Tuesday seeing to tax mat
ter. He lives in what's called the
'Ragtown' locality, since the tur-
pentine worns went in there. In
fact he and Hard Sowell gave that
name one day in joke and its