Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14

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the State Medical Association which
Las been holding its annual meeting
there.
Mrs. j. B. Byrd and children are
over from Mt. Olive visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f. Green and
others of her relatives who dwell in
Leakesville.
Rev. Luther r. Turner left Sun
day via Jackson, Miss, for Washing
ton, d. c., going to attend the Sou
them Baptist Convention which is
meeting there this week.
FL. N. Breiand of Nicely, a son OF
Jack Breland. is running a garage in
that town and was pretty busy this
week setting folks from bis part of
the county back and forth to and
from the court
w. T. Jones was down to Circuit
Court Tuesday. He is farming in
the Avera community on the new
railroad and working at the carpen-
ter trade at odd times. lie formerly
dwelt up in the County Line neigh
borhood
Our friend, f. G. Harrison was
over from Nicely Wednesday answer
ing court summons, but anxious to
get back as he is sawing-in the Nicely
mill and his absence bad same stop
ped. He tells us that they have
about five year cut of timber, Mr..
Nicely having bought some four or
five million feet.
Lloyd Byrd returned from Akron,
Ohio, few days ago where he had
been working for awhile. We are
informed that he frequently saw the
Briseoe boys and that they we're
we'll and doing we'll. Collier has
position IN barber shop in the bus
mess part Of the city, while Leonard
Still follows the factory work.
A new post-oi1ice in Greene Coun-
ty is that Of Nickbyrd which IS on
the new railroad at the Hemphill
mill where Nick Byrd's place is,
hence the origin of the name. DR..
knight has been appointed post
master and its expected the office
viii open in few days. While at
Merrill he aud his wife kept the
post-otfice so that they are quite fa-
miiiar with its duties.
Mr.. W. M. Wells was in Leakes,
vile Wednesday to take the train
home, he living near Frost Bridge in
Wayne County. He ran across the
sheriff of that county here and got
an auto ride into Waynesboro. He
has several thousand turpentine box
es rented out 10 the Ragtown works
near Janet and is staying over there
looking. after them going home about
oncea mouth. His wife is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j ID. Byrd.
]. Q. McLendon returned to Ho-
mer, La, this week after visit at
the parental home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
M. McLendon. He is working with
contractor who follows the oil field
and they worked in Texas while
and may go to Arkansas soon near
Little Rock where some new wells
have recently been brought in He
gets good wages, a dollar an hour
hut board is very high being about
$50 month as there IS scarcity of
houses there as elsewhere over the
country.
A. Il. Byrd was IN Leakesville the
first of the weea greeting old ac-
quaintances among + b e court
througs. Rastns tells US that its
been twelve years since he has been
to Leakesville. That he has accom-
plished the purpose for which he
moved to Richton. To put his chill
dren through high school and the
last girl graduates there this SEES
sion. He may move back to Greene
out in the Pleasant Hill community
this fall. His son Lamar ByrdyisN
now % years old and at work ia New
York City andwill probably marryN
there soon. His daughter, Annie
Lee is married and living at Donald