Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-27
LOCAL

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Leod lives in that city.
Guy McInnis arrived Monday from
Pontotoc where he has spent the sec
ond term In Chicasaw College,a Pres
byterean institution. He attended
there year before last, and last year
he worked and this term he went
back again in the school.
The sweltering heat OF summer
time Is at last upon US. Tuesday
old Sol began to beam down in way
that brought the sweat and made
coats O burden. The temperature
shot up In hurry and owing to the
continued cool spells pretty well all
the spring. was felt more than usual
account the sharp contrast.
From T. B. Byrd, who came over
TO court Wednesday, we learn that
his father, e. N. Byrd had spell of
vomiting last week and was carried
to Laurel hospital as there was
considerable blood from the spell.
He was doing better at last reports
and complaining OF being hungry,
which is taken as good sign.
G. G. Box recently finished up the
Job of loading the million and half
feet OF hardwood lumber for the Nc
Farland mill in the Upper East Side
which shut down last fall when the
market about closed up on that COM
modify. Charley expected to com
plete the job in six months but by
putting on an extra team got out in
ave months.
Sam B. Churchwell came up with
o motor party from Pascagoula last
Saturday to listen to the Manse
Kelly murder trial. Sam B. says
thai the high school down there will
close ia another week and he will be
free again from the arduous duties OF
teaching but he plans to take some
literary work this summer either at
the State University. Peabody or
Tulane.
Quite q number of people from
Richton, McLain and other places
attended Circuit Court during the
s4eelk. especially on the important
days of the Manse Kelley murder
trial, they being interested as rela-
lives or friends OF the two slain men,
Durham and Green. The court
corners have characterized them
selves all through as quiet orderly
set oil, people. lockers on as the mill
Of justice grinds and willing to let
the law take is course.
w. ]. Williams Jr. came down from
the Upper East Side Wednesday an
swsripR q special venire jury sum
mont. He recently visited over in
Jefferson County, Miss; one of the
river counties on the west side of the
state and says that he saw two big
ware houses stuffed full OF cotton
bales besides a large pile of them
stacked on a yard. His daughter,
Miss Eva Williams. has accepted a
position as nurse in the Matte Her
see Hospital from which she recently
graduated as trained nurse.
4. g. Amsler got home from the
State University at Oxford the fore
part Of the week. Guy received his
diploma IN law before leaving, and
for which be has been working
since getting out OF the army. He
undecided where he will locate for
practice II he decides to go into at
present but rather leans towards
Arkansas where he has heard of
some good openings. He has an arm
strapped down with bandages in
order to allow a collar-b bone broke
recently at Canton in baseball play,
a chance to knit back together.
Rev. T.. K. Turner was over from
Pleasant Hill community and reports
. rousing good time at the Southern
Baptist Convention recently held at
Chattanooga, Tenn, at which there
were upward Of five thousand dele
gates. Luther left before the ses-
sion was quito over but says that
they held shorter one than usual
this being but eight days when their
usual run of time is twelve days
The expeditlng Of business has been
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