Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-16
LOCAL

Harper for several weeks. On the
trip she was accompanied by her
niece Henrietta Evans.
Mr.. ]. K. Clark recently had the
misfortune to get hurt in a buggy
turning over with him in it. and he
has been right sick this week, as a
possible after effect from the injuries
received in the accident.
Writ Turner. who has been away
part of the summer at Biloxi, acting
as collector for the Giraults, is home
again, having come up few days
ago over land. driving one of their
big cars, Mr.. Grault is running a
garage down in the coast city.
w. G. Mcdonald spent few days
vacation from the A. & M. College
with the folks in the Jonathan com
munity and returned to the school
the middle of this week. He is tax
ing the vocational training for ex-
service men and it keeps him busy
pretty near all the year through.
Miss Lettie Belle Clark, daughter
of Mr.. and Mis-. Arthur Clark of the
Clark community. who attended the
summer Normal at. Hattiesburg, is
teaching in the Unity School in the
Bradley community, having charge
OF the Primary work, and she goes
home on Sundays as the family have
a car and run over after her.
Walter Harvey returned fro
Camp Jackson, S. c., on the 9th.
inst. having served ont his one year
enlistment. He is commonly known
as Shorty" and looked we'll in his
khaki uniform. Says he may reen-
llst He tried first for the navy be-
fore but could not get in then but
thinks he may now if he has the COR
rect Information.
H. S. Jackson, OF West Point, re-
Gently visited the family of his
brother, G. S. Jackson, in Leakes-
vile. He motorrd down so as to see
the country. Stanley (the name he
is better known by) was here as
Best man when G. S. was married.
He is also druggist but not a pro-
prietor, working as prescriptionist
in one of the drug stores in the prai-
RE belt city.
Luke Lott brought US a bag of
Sand pears few days ago which
made some excellent eating after
they had been cooked. The sand
pear is coming into a great heritage
these DAYS for despite its poor eat
er raw, it's wonder when cooked
and it is about the only pear which
will withstand blight in this section.
Luke has five trees and sold 19 bush
els off of them as a surplus while
they we're bringing such good prices
in the summer.
The heat OF the September hot
spell has been something fierce in
this section. 1t was so dry and the
sun seems to strike with such a
burning CLEAN. Usually such spells
last only about ten DAYS but 1t seems
to bid fair to run over that on this
streak. The fore part OF several
nights have been extremely hot, adj
ding to the discomfort of the situa
ton. Rains and cool spells will like
ly strike soon and roll this dry tor
rid heat away. LARER, very heavy
thunder shower visited Leakesville
Wednesday. but seemed to cool the
heated air only temporarily.
The LeakesviIle High School open
ed on the First Monday morning of
September with appropriate exer.
cses, the opening address being de-
: livered by Prof. |. E. PEBBLES of the
Agricultural High School, whom we
are told by those competent to Judge,
made good telling talk for the oc-
casion. The faculty of the L. H. S.
this year is as follows W. R. Hud-
dleston, Principal Miss Maybelle
Mckay, list. Asst; Miss Edna Coch-
ran, 9th. and 9TH. grades Miss Ruby
Lopez, 4th. and 9th. grades; Miss
FLORENCE Scott, End. and Ord. grades
MISS Sarah Burney, Primary aud
Mrs. Nj. w. Breland, (nee Myra Pool)