Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-03-05
LOCAL

Moss Point last week in the interest
of some real estate deals which he is
working at these days, and which
keeps him lodging about right
sharp.
Mrs. DIR. e. Faux left last week
for Jacksonville, Fla, where she
goes to spend a few weeks visiting
his relatives there. Her sister-in-
law, Mrs. G. G. Faux of Mobile is
keeping house for her during her alb
sence.
K. o. Moody and D. d. Green are
two young men from Nicely commu-
nifty who are working with the Rob
erts & Hillman mill which is cutting
the John Washington timber some
three miles below here on this side
OF the river.
Our good friend G. B. Edgar came
up from Ball community Tuesday to
meet the board on some allowances
in which he was interes ted. We got
to speak with him little and found
out that he too got over some into
Canada while in Michigan last sum
mer.
L. A. Dunnam came over Satur-
day to bring negro woman, Judy
Hudson. to jail pending preliminary
hearing before justice of the peace,
under the serious charge of Assault
and Battery with Intent to Kill &
Murder, she having slashed up a
negro youth with a knife.
The government thermometer
showing a reading OF rs above zero
Saturday night and "a above Sunday
night, being the coolest this winter,
and ushering February out in real
winter style as there was plenty OF
Ice Sunday night and the ground
froze harder than at any time this
season.
Jas. C. Henderson. who is assist
ing Assessor A. F. Amsler, take the
Personal assessment this year was
in Leakesville Monday. He was
away about three months this win
ter taking bookkeeping course al
a Hattlesburg business college. He
has been working at the deputy as
sessing principally in his home heaI
3.
T. HI. White is in Detroit, Mich
working in the Ford factory learn
ing the. auto business from the
ground up as he is helping make, The
Ford cars there. He writes hi.
brother-in-law. Mr.. G. B. Blalacl
that its quite cold up there now hav
ing to climb over snow banks to ge
to his work. He will be there few
more weeks before finishing up.
Walter Neel, son of Mr.. and Mrs
w. j. Neel of Pine Level had thu
misfortune on Sunday Februar.
22nd. TO break his right arm allow
the wrist; it was bad break boil
bones being broken. 1t occurret
from his taking a 'slide" on tn
ground practicing in the game. il
which that is played and fell ON hi
arm and sustained the acciden
to it,.
From her father W. ]. Williams
Jr.. who was down from the Uppe
East Side Saturday to attend th
Farmers Union meetlng. we lear
that his daughter, Miss Eva William
is still in Meridian, taking tina
nurses course at Matte Hersee hos
pital and will graduate this spring
She was fortunate enough to Sc
Genl. Pershing when he passe
through Meridian few days ago am
wrote the family that he looks ex
actly as his picture shows him.
L. N. Williams had the misfortun
to get his home burned up in st. Fl
len community last Friday night
February 81. 1920. The family ha
Jain down for the night and at slight
ay after ten o'clock were disturbed b
roaring at first mistaken for cal
but which on investigation prove
to be the house ia flames in catchin
out above the fireplace. The famil
had not gotten out but a few NIT