Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-07-21
LOCAL

Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Briggs Jr. of
State Line is down visiting her
friend, Miss Vyvian McRae.
A guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Millard
Hicks is Miss Bertha Hicks OF Falco
Ala. who is sister to Mr.. Hicks
He is the depot agent in LeakesvilIe
Mr.. and Mrs. @. E. Fountain and
j. w. and William Owen, sons Of her
first husband, have gotten back from
Laurel where Quilla and j. b. were
+ in the hospital throwing of that
attack OF typhoid.
After staying IN Mobile for over a
week taxing hospital treatment for a
stomach trouble, Mr.. Knoxie Jones
got back to Leakesyille Tuesday and
& is able to be about now. though a
little thin from the sickness.
Il Miss Agnes Howell, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Howell of this
",
latter part OF the week to visit her
parents. She is taking the nurse
training course in hospital up
there.
Mrs. O. II. Billman came over
from Betty in the mid-week to visit.
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ii. G.
Ball and to tane in some of the meet
ing under Bro. Watson at the Cos
pei tent pitched in the old field in
Leakesvllle over towards the rail
road track.
Eugene Rounsaville has contract
ed the logging for section or so Of
timber for the NJ l.. Davis mill at
Oak Grove and is kept pretty busy
looking after his teams. The Oak
Grove mill has recently increased Its
capacity and its calling for more
force in their logging operations
which are partly in Greene County.
Sheriff Webb VALLEY, accompanied
by Chief Deputy Jonathan Turner
and special deputy Murdoc VALLEY
made the trip to jackson the first of
the week to bring Henry Bord from
the Kinds County Jail for execution
Friday but Bond had been killed by
the jailer there. who was himself
shot fatally by Bond, before Webb
got hold OF the desperate condemned
prisoner,
From T. A. Naples who was over
from Mahoba Wednesday we learn
that he recently killed rattiesnake
Al feet long in his yard which had
9 rattles and had partly eaten a
chicken. Ed Box killed one about
three weeks ago with in quarter
mile of Abs place which had 8 rat
Ties. Then Ed also killed one in his
own yard which had 7 rattles and
had been discovered by his wife near
the pailings piled up in the coil.
]. G. Woodland dropped over to
Leakesville last FRIDAY IRON Mt.
PIsgah community where he had
been TO see his mother, Mrs. Jas.
. Woodland Sr., and his, sister Mrs b.
G. O'Daniel. Jim motored over
from Waycross, Ga. with his family
crossing Mobile Bay on the boat at
ter having come by Pensacola.
They return via Selma and Mont
gomery route in order to drop by
and see his wife's people while he is
off on the short vacation which his
company allowed him. He was
looking we'll and seemed happy and
contented and enjoying the rest.
The Barbecue given by Bill Elliot
at al at Powell Avera old place Fri
day July IA, was well attended there
being some 500 or 600 people present
and good dinner of roast beef, Nut
ton with bread and pickles. Speak
ing by Judge Luther M Burch in
behalf of Senator Vardaman; jeff
Collins for Congress; Judge J. d.
Fatheree for reelection as Circuit
Judge, G. G. Miller to same place
and Hubert Stephens for u. S. Sen
ate, they speaking in the order
nared per agreeable arrangement
made on the grounds, each speaker
being consulted. Ye editor attend
ed and wanted to give fuller write
up but our space this week does not