Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-21
LOCAL

Jr. and neice Miss Helen Johnston,
visited the ]. E. Johnson family at
Richton Sunday and there met other
members of Mrs McInnis's family |
including her mother, who were over
on visit there.
The place for holding the Fourth
Quarterly Conference on the Leakes-
vile Charge, M. E. Church, South,
has been changed from Pine Grove
to Leakesville. but the date remains
the same, so the announcement
should be now: Leakesville at Leak
esville church Nov. 1920.
The Bear Greek Mill Co. are lay
ing track on their dummy-line which
branches off from the A. &. M. near
the old Clubhouse in Leakesville and
goes down the river to get the Thorn
as timber which thew purchased from
Tyler Turner recently and which Is
a pretty good batch of cutting.
Circuit Court rolls nearer and
nearer by. Those who have business
with the court are beginning to re-
alize that the time is short to make
preparations to attend its sittings,
which it hoped will not be as long
drawn out as was the Spring term,
account the heavy expense and the
strained financial condition of the
county now.
From John Byrd of Hillman COM
munity, who was In town few days
ago, we learn that his good wife,
usually and afiectionately known as
Aunt Cass" BYRD, has been down
IL weeks from a stroke of paralysis.
And John himself is very poorly
as he expresses it, bis eyesight dim
ming and rheumatism causing him
to need the support Of a stick in
walking.
The Bear Greek Mill Co. have been
having dry kiln erected recently
under the direction Of p. ]. Mcleod,
contractor Their dry kiln burnt
up In the great fire which destroyed
their plant couple of years or more
ago and was not rebuilt during the
rush incident to restoring the plant
hurriedly for cutting war-tlm stuff.
NOW they find need for it and are
putting it in again.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Denmark are
moving down from out OF the Upper
East Side into the place in Leakes-
vile with Lonzo's mother, who has
become unable from her Affections ID
look after housekeeping to much ex
tent. Ionic has gathered his crop,
which was made on shares on the O.
E. Rounsaville old place, so he could
get away az this time without any
disadvan tage to same.
The Cleanup Squad for World War
Veterans Bureau got to town as
scheduled for today and are busy ex
aiming the number of ex-service
men who have been showing up t6
make application for vocationa
training or war insurance benefits
At this stage of the proceeding WI
can't say how many are coming al
there is another day to be reckonet
with and they are coming in al
along.
L. r. Cochran spent several day
sn Laurel this week at the bedside
of his wife. who has just recent.
undergone an operation. Latest re
ports from there say she is doins
we'll. MISS Edna Cochran, VIII,
is teaching at Leakesvile. spent sew
eral days at her home last week. Sh'
also visited her mother in Laurel. =
Richton News 10 New Augusta New
Oct. 14th.
October is proving dry month
and we have had but little COO
weather either. 1t reminds thos'
OF US whose recolections run bacl
that way to the prolonged drouti
and delayed cold weather of the Vel
low fever epidemics Of 1898. wher
the dust lay so long on the grount
through the fall and the long hopet
for killing frost was SO long abou
putting in appearance. Sugar-can'
and sweet potatoes are being Gu