Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

deputy II. Z. Smith are busy at the
court house compiling the assess
ment rolls or rather sorting the as
sessments for the personal and put
ting on some of the realty stuff.
Richard Boykin, COL, from out Of
the Bear Greek mill quarters, was
placed in Jail last week on charge OF
beating. but was released before
trial as his, wife who had made out
the affidavit, later withdrew it.
L. w. James was down Monday
attending to some business in con
nection with the school IN his dis
trict. He ana his wife have recent
ly acquired some property in new
Avera. Both store and dwelling
house.
The item last week making men
q ton of the Hard McInnis family liv-
ing on the Griffin place across river
had tangle in it in this way, that
we wrote her down as a daughter of
J. S. Green when she Is a daughter
OF John Mcleod.
A negro, Price Thompson. by name
was picked up by Sheriff Valley, the
first OF the week while on trip up
to State Line. He is charged with
assaulting white man few days
before that, having knocked him
h down as the latter was driving a
team.
Thanks to w. W. Cooley for bag
of fine Bermuda onions. Writ knows
how to raise them, as these were ex-
ira fine large specimens. His moth
err, Mrs. John d. Cooley has been in
poor health now for several weeks
being troubled with smothering
spells at intervals.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Cook left Mon
day for Lafayette County, Miss,
where they go OIL visit to his PEG
pie and are accompanied by their
three children. Mr.. Cook is taking
his annual vacation from the confin-
ing duties as postmaster and Miss
Vadie Ball is looking after the office
during his absence.
Miss May James accompanied her
father. p K. James to Leakesville
Monday as he came down to look at
ter some business at the Supervisors
meeting. They have a new Ford
car and Miss May was doing the
driving. Next week she visits her
sister, Mrs. Tia Gordon near Bucka-
tunna.
Frank Collins and Cal Powell, both
colOred we're brought in Monday
from Avera on charges of "manufac-
turing" liquor. Each had a still
which the officers captured. In fact
there was third still but the un-
known owner skeedadled so fast the
officers could neither identity or
overtake him. Cal is the aged dar-
key who was let out several months
ago on payment of part of his fine
for selling liquor.
John Lambert and Byron Mcleod
were placed In jail Tuesday in con-
nection with the shooting of Charley
Mcleod Sunday at Edith by Hard
Mcleod. They were present when
the deed was done and will be held
to await investigation of the grand
jury as Charley has since died and
the murder charge demands close
ferreting as to who might be lmpli-
Gated. These men bring the num-
Der in Jail up to fourteen. Hard
Mcleod was placed in there Sunday
shortly after the crime was commit
ted.
J. E. Merritt was able to hopple
about town Tuesday on crutches.
The cut which he inflicted on himself
with an AK hewing cross-ties week
before that had gotten along that
well thai he was able to come down
to have it looked after again. Joe
tells US that it was a knot peellng
out from stroke of ak at end of the
tie Sc. up for smoothing off. the
blade going into the fieshy part Of
his right leg below the knee and
glazing the bone some. He bled a
great deal before could be got to
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