Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-09-08
LOCAL

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before they could complete the bus
mess OF the session for September.
This week has been a pretty thin
one on local news. Most of the stir
ring has been connected with cleo
tion matters and we have oil been
so engrossed in that IN a big way
| that the MINOR facts have faded out
of mind.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Massey, OF
Syllacagough, Ala. came down to
the Mt. Pisgah community few
days ago to visit Alvin S parents, ME-.
aud Mrs. J. J. Massey. They were
h accompanied by their son Leslie
Massey.
HI DR.. M. L. Batson came down by
Iauto from Jackson, Miss, and re-
turned Monday afternoon the same
h'way. DR.. Batson is Superintendent
of the State Institution for the
Blind 1t the Capital City, and lives
h on the grounds belonging to the
same.
II The biistering heat of this week Is
4 making 1t pretty uncomfortable, but
I1gschools are opening and business
II Iproceeding despite the weather. The
hot spells 10 September are usually
n whitening and this one is proving no
Exception 10 that well established
| llTecord.
h Mr.. S.. T. Churchwell returned
from Hot Springs, Ark, few days
ago and says that he feels better
4 from the boiling out the baths gave
him, or thinks he will feel better
after he gets bis strength back
u Mr.. Hugh McInnis, who was over
I there at same time returned same
day as did S. 7.
\ There was not as much interest
n manifested in the returns from this
election which came in Wednesday
as there was in that OF August 10Th
In fact the County Democratic Com
mittee had to squeeze proxies to
muster quorum and returning Of
fcers came in and got away without
much STIR to the occasion.
The Greene County Agricultural
High School opened Tuesday with
appropriate exercises. The student
body was 116 in number as compar-
ed with 80 students last year at the
opening. The .lormitory is full with
no Greene County students turned
away. Everything seems to point
TO a successful year of work with
much accomplished to making the
institution a greater and greater
success and help to the youth of our
county.
Mr.. Fair, from the Ozarks
ia Northwest Arkansas, hove in
few days ago accompanied by his
wife and daughter Miss Bernice Fair
coming to visit the family. of their
son and brother. Mr.. Loraln Fair of
| Vernal. whose wife Is daughter of
Mr.. w. w. Mcleod of that commu-
nifty. The Fairs drove through in
car and were seven days on the trip
and say they enjoyed Il very mnc.. as
the weather was fine and the roads
good most OF the way.
Pending some form OF approval OF
the new ownership operating same,
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. the A & M. r. r. has been
temporarily abandoned in large
measure, but few trans having
come over from Vinegar Bend since
the Receivership was ended by the
approval of Federal Judge e. r.
Holmes OF the recent sale under de-
cree OF his court. Meantime the
mail Is being carried by W. O. Tur.
ner Of Vinegar Bend by anto daily.
The Leakes vile High School open
ed Monday with appropriate exer-
cises that morning in the auditorium
upstairs. Prot. Lands, who is the
principal arrived few days ago from
Tennessee, accompanied by bis wife
who is the Primary Teacher. The
other members OF the faculty are
| Miss Maybelle Mckay, lst. Asst;
| Mrs. John Colbert. 9Th. and 7th. Mrs.