Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-02-18

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driving a new car to which he recent
~ treated his family. He was not
we'll, having q heart trouble which
was causing him considerable suffer
ing at times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe f. Roberts were
down from New Avera on a trip to
Leakesville last Friday with her
mother. Mrs. Len Turner. Mr.. Len
has recently bought a new Ford from
the Churchwell Motor Co. and it is
proving quite handy to the family
10 riding back and forth to town
and other places.
Mrs. F. ]. Green. will accompany
her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Batson, on
the latter's return in a few days to
Jackson, Miss, and she will stay up
there awhile. About the first Of the
coming month, her daughter, Mrs.
]. L. Mills with family will move
into the FL j. Green home and she
will live with them there.
A letter from Mr.. |. r. Bradshaw
reveals the fact that he has moved
from Mendenhall aud is now at Ack-
erman, having accepted the position
OF County Agent OF Choctaw County
and he sends his best wishes through
the Herald to his Greene County
friends. as he labored among us here
for two years as County Agent.
Geo. W. Bearry. who was operated
upon In Mobile about two weeks ago
for kidney gravel, had a bad turn
last Saturday which ran into the
middle Of this week, being delirious
lat times. At the present writing
his condition has slightly improved.
snd its hoped within a few DAYS he
will have thrown off the trouble.
Rev. c. C.Grifin. the new Method
list pastor. arrived last Saturday
from Western Askansas, in which
state he has been for five years since
transferring from the Mississippi
Conference to which he now comes
back. His children are all grown
and out In the world for themselves.
His wife is stopping off visiting some
of them on the way down.
O. e. Baird of Houston passed
through Leakesville last Sunday on
the return home from a trip made
down in this county to make pur-
chase OF some Of the yellow pine lum-
Der for which this section is famous.
: He found same at new Avera. Osma
is building him a home ip Houston,
and says it will be very much on the
plan Of the n he butt here and sold
TO 8. J. Green. He of course STOP
ped over with his wife's people, Mrs.
Alb Breland OF the Betty Community
while down here.
This weeks paper carries the
Sheriff's Tax Land Sale. The copy
has been submitted and is being put
into type for the Delinquent Poll
Taxpayers List which will appear
in next weeks paper. Sheriff Webb
Valley with his force has been very
busy lately and nov that they have
about caught up with the cash book
for January, the biggest paving
month on taxes in the year. and big
ger than ever this year-as we'll as
the preparation of these two and the
auto licenses lists, they Can have a
deserved breathing spell from such
strenuous duties.
A County Correspondence from.
n of the communities out from
State Line reached us too late for
insertion last week, coming in Fri
days mail. We regret also that it
was unsigned SO we a do nothing
but lot 1t 90 to the was ebasket de-
spite II seemed to be quite newsy, as
w have no guarantee of the truth
fulness of the items therein assem-
bled. Somebody has to stand behind
averything that goes into a news
paper. We q not vouch for the
correctness Of that about which we
know nothing and have to rely upon
those furnishing it to do SO. If they
are too modest to let their identity
Do known, We car but regret thai
their communications have to go to