Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
LOCAL

Miss Mary Thomas, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. co. Thomas, has re-
turned from McLain after fort
nights visit with the family of her
maternal uncle, Dir. Dan Mcleod.
Roy Amsler got home from Dah-
lonega, Ga. the first OF the week.
He came via Richton where he
first stoppedsoff and visited day
or so with his sister, Mrs. ]. T.
Albums.
Jas. t, Albums Of Richton motored
down Sunday bringing his wife to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
+. Amsler, and also her brother Roy
Amsler Who had come in home from
Georgia sia their town.
A. S. Miller of the fork of the riv-
ers was in Leakesville the first of,
the week looking after business mat
tiers at the court house. Alex has.
lately had trouble with his eyes due
to bad teeth but is getting better
since having number of them ex-
tracted and his gums treated.
PROT Ivey K. PEBBLES made a mot
or trip TO Mobile In the mld-week-
PEBBLES duties in looking after the
preparations for the coming term
OF the Agricultural High School
causing him to look round consider
able as purchsAing agent securing
needed supplies &c. to make the
student body comfortable when the
session shall have begun.
A preliminary hearing of Chas.
Ukena OF the Upper East Side in
the assault case was given Saturday
at Leakesville before Justice Briscoe
and Ukena bound over to await ac-
ton OF grand jury in sum OF $500
which bond was executed and he re-
leased. Lee Williams who brought
the charge against Ukena as the as
sault was on him, was present and
testified as to their trouble.
These hot summer days remind one
that this is the Sunny South sure O.
nough. 1t has been a long hard sum
mer but surely 1t won't be long now
before the people OF this section will
get rest from the steady heat
which has been upon ls so long and
so little broken by cooling showers
and night breezes. When one goes
to bed perspiring and gets up to go
at it again we are reminded of this
being warm climate and that the
hot season is on for certain.
Homer p Beard got home on Aug,
4th. from Camp Meade, Nd, having
gotten his final discharge from the
army. He is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pres Beard. He went away with
the first volunteer squad from
Leakesvllle in the spring OF 1917.
He was sent to Texas to do hospital
work and from there he reenlisted
to go to Siberia but there was q
change in plans that cut off sending
any more troops there and he was
then sent to the Maryland camp
where he has been since.
B. w. Beard went over to Healing
Springs Sunday to see his wife who
had up till then been there two
weeks drinking the healing waters
but had not so far been able to tell
that she had gotten benefit from
them, but was told bv the physician
there that il might take month to
do so. Bruner rode with Mr.. and
Mrs Ezra ChuYchwell who .motored
over there by the community in that
county in which Mrs. Churchwell
hadtaught. LATER. Bruner went
over ia the mid-week and brought
abe wife home.
+. M. Jenkins. who arrived in
Nicely Sunday from Beauvoir, where
he IS in the old soldiers or Confeder-
ate Veterans, Home, was in Leakes-
vile Wednesday and is looking well,
and says his health is much better
and that his old enemy the asthma
has about let up on him. His wife
is also with him at the home and
they have one son and two daughters