Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-06-09
LOCAL

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part of last week for Knston, Ala.
where she goes to visit her mother.
Representative he. Green was in
town Monday and asks us to say
that; He is political timber too
for reelection. Whether or not he
is square edged and sound.
Melvin Thomas, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. o. Thomas, arrived home last
week from Oxford, Miss, where he
has been student for the term at
the State University.
Miss Helen Johnston, niece of Mrs.
H. K. McInnis, who makes her home
with the latter, is at present visit
ing relatives in Perry County. One
household where she is stopping is
that of her uncle, Joe Johnson Of
Richton.
Mr.. d. M. Bearry of Epworth
community. who was loading 36
hampers of beans into a carload be-
ing made up at Vinegar Bend the
day we returned from the Press
meet told this editor that he realized
102 sacks of Irish Potatoes for mar
ket off of IL bushels planted.
]. NJ. Avera was elected Justice of
the Peace in Beat 3, succeeding the
late Fl. p Cosper, who died while
holding that office. A special cleo
tion was held last Saturday to find a
successor to Mr.. Cosper. Jim was
down to the county capital Monday
to see after making his bond and
getting the records for the office.
Tyra S. Beard, Ex-Semice man
taking army vocational training at
the A. & M. College for the past two
terms has shifted over to Canton,
Miss. for spell. Tyra is son of
our Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Beard of the
Upper East Side and the one who
saw actual service on the front in
France and got the German bullet
in his thigh.
Chancery Court of Creme County
convenes in Leakesville next Mon
day June H. This is the last term
under which SAID court viii! be held
under the old calendar, as the bill
providing for change of the second
term each year from June to july be-
comes effective after July 1922.
Chancellor V. A. Griffith of Gulf
port will be present and preside.
Mr.. w. S. Pearce. who taught the
Unity or Bradley School the term
just expired, has bought a place out
there: the new place which Ed Ball
was opening up and he has small
farm going this season. His family
are living there and he will be con-
venient to his WORK another year as
he has been reelected principal OF
the Bradley school and accepted the
place.
]. S. Green was up from Vernal
viclnage Monday to the speaking
aud tells us that he has been sick In
bed for about three weeks with Grip,
the same trouble that took out his
sister-in-law, Miss Williams, from
their home. She contracted pne u
monia with it, and he just bare
ly escaped pneumonia, one lnng pos
sibly being slightly touched with it
for short spell. 4
Hard Mcleod, who is awaiting the
action of Supreme Court in his APP
peal from Circuit Court in which he
was convicted of murder at the No
vember term 1921 and life sentence
: imposed on recommendation OF the
jury, is still in Jail at Meridian.
The attempt at Jail delivery sever
al months ago, IN which he with 9th
ers came so near saving out of their
cells, caused search to be made OF
him which revealed several saws in
his overalls.
Sheriff Webb VALLEY left in the
mid week for Hot Springs, Ark, ]
where be goes to take full Il days
period Of the baths in the interest OF
his health. He was over there last
year for short spell and got appre
ciatabIe benefit from those baths
and since he has had the kidney
trouble this spring he feels be can
be helped again from it and its about
as duh season as can be found in
his office TO take short vacation in
that way He was accompanied by
his family and sister Miss Rhoda
Valley.
Mr.. Arnold Walters, the young
man who while driving mule team
Wednesday of last week for the Bear
Creek mill, shaking logs out OF the
jam from the late dam burst, and
who was knocked down by falling
stump which in some way the team
upset, is considerably better. His
worse trouble from the accident