Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-08

49, hOlIOOA WoO Val Y
to Mobile recently for hospital treat
ment and has pulled up considerable
and was able to return home a few
days ago.
The Two Tax Land Sales and some
other auctioneering Monday attract
ed az ito q crowd to LeakesvIlle that
day. The Supervisors we're unable
to conclude their labors till Wednes-
day.
The special election held in March
at McLain to decide upon the pro-
posed bond issue for erecting a
brick school house, carried unani-
mously. there being only 20 votes
polled and they were al favorable to
the movement.
Mrs. Eugene Terry, Misses Lucille
Williams. Willie Lee Mikell and May
Belle Mckay went over to Leakes-
vile last Sunday and were guests
for the day of Mr.. and Mrs. S. r.
Mckay and family. New Augusta
News, April 1st.
From Sam R. Turner, the manager
Of the Turner Telephone Co., we
learn that they have about ten miles
of the posts up for getting the long
distance in on their line in the near
future, on the metallic circuit sys-
ten of installation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie McLendon
have purchased the Cook place in
Pool addition near the G. B. McRae
home and recently moved into same
from the Pine Level community.
making it handler for Willie in serv-
ing the Leakesville RIA as motor
carrier.
r, V. Taylor, a former official Of
long standing of the M & 0 was re-
Gently appointed Receiver for the
A & M. r. r. by the federal court.
Its to be hoped that when be takes
active charge of the road an improve
ment will be inaugurated in keeping
with the needs of the traffic.
For the present Mrs. j. NJ. Byrd
is at Collins, Miss, re, with her
people, but will join Jess in residency
at Oxford, Miss, soon as they can
secure a house which are scarce still.
Jess decided to go there instead Of
to Millsaps as we first localized HIM
in taking vocational training course.
Cierge Pipkins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. P. Pipkins of Betty COM
munity, had the misfortune to get
the tendon of his right heel cut
about three weeks ago in a runaway
of horses on a disc machine. 1t has
pretty well healed up now and he
thinks he will have good use of it
again.
Rev.. G. Ellis of Beaumont, Miss,
came owe Saturday to attend the
]. F. Green funeral. Bro. Ellis was
pastor of the Methodist church here
when the parsonage was first built,
Y floating the lumber down from
Ck "a mill on a fiat. He has one
child buried here on the burial plot
adjacent to the church house.
The nice new store building for the
Geo. B. McRae mercantile concern
was completed aboss two weeks ago,
when the move-in vas accomplished
and such business is now open to Gus
toners at the new stand with a nice
fresh line of clean goods, see ad an
nouncement In this issue, asking for
a continuance of the public's kindly
patronage.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Jenkins of
Betty, went down to Mobile Sunday
and had their little eighteen month
old son. relieved OF a stone passing
from the bladder by a simple opera
ton requiring but little use of the
knife. They brought him back Mon-
day as far as Leakesville where he
was left SO as to be near a doctor
until he gets on safe ground again.
Rev. r. H. M. Watson. accompa-
MED by pastor Smith of the VI. p.
Church at Corinth, came to Leakes-
vile and preached in their church
house here last Friday night. Bro.