Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-07-16
LOCAL

bile last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Y ,. Westerfield
and three youngest children visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. M.
Bearry at Epworth, Ala, the fore
part OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Flournoy had as
their guest at their home in Craw-
ford, Miss, during the month of
June, Miss Aliene McInnis, sister OF
Mrs. f. and daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Mclnnis of this city.
The List of Educable children for
1920 as filed by Tax Assessor A. F.
Amsler at the July Meeting of the
Supervisors, showed 4,340 children
for Greene County now as against
1888 shown on the 1916 list, that is
the last one taken four years ago
From W. e. Bearry who passed up
this way in the mid-week ON one of
his Watkin remedy tours, we learn
that w. c. Wexford has been brought
from the hospital in Mobile to his
home in the Goose Pond community
and is slowly convalescing.
At the June term of the supervis-
ors, j. w. Backstrom rendered his
resignation as advising attorney for
the board, and the supervisors there
upon employed J. E. Alderman as its
attorney for the balance of the year
1920 at the usual salary of $50 per
month.
The Mills brothers bought the
Fordson tractor which the Church
well Motor Co. we're recently demon
strating. Coey tells us that they
have planted field in corn with it
doing some remarkable work in
bringing in land which had been
lying out.
From Sid Odom who was down
from the Upper East Side Tuesday,
we learn that his daughter. MISS
kdy Belle Odom, who was recently
operated upon in a Mobile hospital
for appendicitis has rapidly recover
ed and is able to go about now with
out trouble.
Solomon Ball made trip a few
days ago into Walthall County, Miss.
to visit his mother, and on the re-
turn home was accompanied by his
sister, Miss Isabel Ball who has been
working in Louisiana for about six
years and but recently joined the
family at Darbun.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Turner visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Yves Hav-
ard of Chronicle during the week
and made flying motor trip back
over here one day OF the visit to
bring her father and brother K. o.
Hazard out for a days outing on
Chickasawhay river fishing.
Mrs. Edna Thomson and youngest
daughter, Willie Thomson left Mon
day for their home at Leaf after hav-
ing spent a week visiting in the
Beard community across the river
from Leakesville. Mrs, Thomson is
sister of Thos. W. Beard and VIM,
p. Beard and Mesdames Jno. T. MUIR
ay and James Byrd.
The total footings for the Person.
al Roll for 1920 of Greene County as
fled by Tax Assessor A. f. Amsler
at the July meeting of the board
showed 1917 ,O31 valuations, as COM
pared with the final approved total
on the 1919 Personal Roll of $500, 410.
The Supervisors equalized such 1921
Personal Roll at the july meeting
and the revised footings shows a
total OF 81 ,12S, 38l.
Mrs. Eugene Terry. wife of the
genial editor of the New Augusta.
News, is here this week visiting her
friend. Miss MaybelIe Mckay. Miss
Mckay has boarded with Mrs. Terry
for the past two or three years while
teaching In New Augusta, aud hence
their strong friendship. Mrs. Terry
is postmistress Of her city. The
Herald force was quite glad to get
acquainted with her. feeling as she
statad that wa almost knew one an