Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-06-30
LOCAL

OcioW Achi III 0eOrRo tCOuuby, Cdnc
up q few days ago to assist in the
family OF her uncle Moses Nixon,
account the latter's wife being sick.
Miss Katie Pool has gotten home
from Columbus. where she had put
ia another terms work in the Missis-
sippi State College for Women, which
formerly wore the name OF the |.
]. sc.
Mrs. Annaa Belle Naples recently
paid visit to her daughter, Mrs. I.
b. Ross at New Avera. Mr.. Ross
still works in the Turner Lbr. Co.
store In that our neighbor CITY to
the North.
The Supervisors convene next
Monday for the July term. The 4th.
OF July celebrations will likely break
In on the term for Tuesday the Sec
ond day, possibly prolonging it a.
day or so.
Mrs. r. Flournoy came down from
Crawford, Miss, to visit the family
OF her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Mc,unis. while her sister, Mrs. B. P.
Harmon and children were also here
with them on a visit.
@. E. Fountain and ]. W. Owen
were taken to Laurel to the hospital
the first OF the week in order that
they might have hospital treatment
in combating the typhoid fever with
which it has developed that both are
suffering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Valley and
!. children, and his sister, Miss Rhoda
Valley returned from Hot Springs,
Ark, last Friday. Webb did not
get to take the full II days run of
baths but says he feels and looks as
If he got benefit.
Rev. l.. 3. Golden, pastor of the
Leakssville Baptist Church, resigned
q few days ago, and has moved to his
new work which is at Goodman. on
the I. @. r. r. in the edge of Holmes
County up above Jackson some hun
dred miles and more.
]. ]. Mclnnis, Of LeakesvilIe, has
filed petition in bankruptcy in
which liabilities are placed at$9, 046.
ID with assets of $l,975, added to
which are $40, 695. 81 which he claims
due him on open account. Biloxi
Co. 10 Mobile Daily Register, June
26.
Two picnics are scheduled in
Greene County for July Fourth,
namely: at Leakesville and New
Avera. For awhile 1t was thought
an arrangement could be effected for
one or the other OF the places to pull
down and avoid conflict on the time,
but finally it seems to have been de-
cided to go ahead with both.
Mr.. d. E. Breland has resigned
the position as store manager with
the Bear Greek Mill Co. and is now
working in the Lister Turpentine
Co. store Mr.. Knoxie Jones. who
was working as assistant at the Bear
Greek store now has the first place.
which be filed once before and gave
up when he went to Hot Springs.
From his father, J. W. Preston
of the old Avera community, who
was in Leakesville Monday, we learn
that Leo Preston, is now at Guam
tico, Va, having been transferred
from Hoboken. N. ], to the latter
place. being in the U. S Marine SER
vice. AS he cant arrange to get to
go across seas. he has about decided
not to reenlist. and hopes to get
home along in September when his
two years Of service will have ex-
pred. He IS son OF J. W. from his
6rst marriage.
The jurors from out of Greene
County at Federal Circuit Court,
sitting In Southern district at Biloxi
last week. were S. ]. Green. ]. Will
son Valley, H. E. Ball and Joe Hen
derson. This was the third week OF
such court and principally given over
to-trisl Of violations OF the National
Prohibition law. Such court is in
session for this the Fourth week.