Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-07-29
LOCAL

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she will drink those healing waters
for awhile.
Mss Clonie Pierce, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Pierce of this
city, Is spending this month in Pla-
teau, suburan town to Mobile, VS.
iting the family OF her uncle, Arts
Pierce.
Claude Breland came in Monday
from North Central Louisiana where
he has position in charge of the
grocery department of big mill con-
Germ. He is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Breland and fami-
ly.
Johnny Churchwell got a foot
broke last dip day in Leaxesville
chasing an obstinate COW, his horse
slipping and falling on the foot which
has given him pain and Inconvenience
causing the use temporarily of crutch-
eS.
Mr.. Monroe Lee, who has been To-
Gated near Montgomery, Ala. and
is moving to Mobile in his occupa-
ton as contractor, came by the first
OF the week, while in this locality
to visit his sister, Mrs. @. e. Foun-
tain.
Miss Helen Johnston has as her
guest this week her maternal cousin
Gladys Johnson of Richton, who is a
daughter of ]. e. Johnson, the pre-
sent Tax assessor of Perry Co. and
well-known in Greene County from
his long teaching career among us.
The supervisors hold their regular
monthly meeting for August next
Monday which is the first day of the
month as well as the First Monday.
The matter of hearing objections or
making changes in the new assess
ment rolls will come up at such
meeting.
Goode and BOYD Hazard were oyer
from Chronicle in the mid-week Wis
lting their sister. Mrs. Arts Turner
Goode is home for the summer vaca-
tion. He IS still with the Armour
Packing Co. in Chicago while Boyd
lives at Chronicle and has a Stock
farm there.
Summer is passing swiftly and
soon tall will be upon us and schools
will be opening up. The heat has
not been so intense the past fortnight
as the showers cool off the air but
still at times there is a steam coming
even after the showers that makes
the sweat pour from human kind, re-
minding us that Old Sol is still on
the job giving US run for the sum-
mer season of hot weather.
Rev. Mr.. Currie of Mt. Olive,
Miss, who is home for a vacation
, from Texas, where he is teaching in
Presbyterian school, was in
Leakesvllle at the converging of the
weeks visiting and assisting Rev,
r. W. Hardy on this work, he being
sent out as kind of extra man by
the Presbytery to relieve the preach
ers as they go away through the
summer to mold meetings on other
works.
From many sides we are hearing
of the great come out to the crops
since the showers have been descend
ing. Farmers who had begun &c
fear they would not have any crop
tell us that they believe they viii
make enough corn to DO them
while others say they will have the
best crop in years. Some its true
are cut short. but not near so many
as would be thought from the way
things looked while the drouth was
on.
Jim Trotter, Col, was brought il
to jail Saturday from Justice Hos
per's court at Avera, in District 3
where he was convicted on charge
of carrying concealed weapons ant
fined $i90 & 60 days. He was bound
over to await action of grand jury
on charge of burglary, it being
charged that he had broke into thu
house of Willie Hines another darkey
at new Avera and taken a suit-cas,