Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-07-08


Mrs. .. r. Etheredge and three
little girls got back home the first
of the week from Mobile, where they
had been for several davs visiting
her relatives,
Some repairs to the front steps
and upper part next to the belfry,
are being made to the Baptist church
in Leakesvile under the workman
ship Of I. G, Brlscoe and Q. e. Byrd.
Sam Lister had the misfortune to
ret an arm broken last Friday morn
ing while cranking the Ford truck
ghich he drives in transferring crude
rom the orchards to his brother
Clay's still.
w. w. Faux of Bethera, S. c..
listed relatives in Leakesville at
he converging of the weeks. He is
,till engaged with a large saw-mill
concern up there in their logging
'oad construction work.
Mrs. G.. T. Y. Churchwell and
children are over in Choctaw County,
Ala, this week visiting her sister,
Mrs, Hall, whose home Is in that
rich Tombigbee river valley farming
section. Gabe motored them oyer
via Meridian few days ago.
The supervisors opened their ses
ion Monday to provide tor the le
,ality of the term and then adjourn
d after short time IN session ac+
count the national holiday on the
Fourth and the members whilst off
he balance of the time of the day
attending the Avera picnic.
The resumption OF the three mills
this vicinity, that is the Clark
mill two or three weeks ago; the
6oons Lbr. Co. mill last week, and.
he Bear Greek mill this week. puts
more cheerful tone to things in
hat line. We understan the mar
5et is still dull but there is some
business anyway.
Miss Calle Beard, sister to T J.
Beard. is very low, she having had
stroke few days ago which has
rendered her condition as very seri
Gus. She lives at the old parental
home across the river and is the
Oldest living one of the elderly Beard
sisters, being one of the first set.
and full sister to Tom and Pres
Beard.
Mrs. Minnie Beard lies critically
i'll at the home of her father. Mr.. ].
d, Webb of this city She has a
kidney trouble that is causing her
great suffering. Her brother, Les.
lie Webb is hero at her bedside and
the little boys were brought down
the first of the week from their
uncle's e. N. Beard, III the Grafton
community.
CHI. Allen was up from Bexley com
munity Tuesday. He is working at
new Avera since getting bis crop lay
ed by but was home for the week end.
He attended the opening of Circuit
Court Monday at Lucedale which he
was a witness but got released. He
stated that they had gotten a rain
in his neighborhood which had saved
the crops of corn about to burn from
the long sustained drouth.
Misses Moiree Thomas, Susie Bess
and Irene Breland, and DeLois
Rounsaville together went up to
Meridian Thursday to spend few
DAYS visiting the Downing family
there of which Miss Mabel Downing
Who was recently here as their guest
turn, is member, and she it is
whom they primarily will visit,as al
20 the uncle and aunt of the Breland
girls, Rev. and Mrs. E, T. Breland.
Mrs. ]. D. Byrd, who was operated
lponA in Mobile about three weeks
go, was allowed to return home the
after part of last week, She it was
hat Mrs. Newton James was with
when seized herself one night and |
lad also to be operated on by day
light, for gall stones. We stated it
IS gravel-stones last week. There
we're 19 gallstones removed besides