Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-02-17
LOCAL

Kila Platt in the Upper East Side
end is now visiting the BreIand fam
lilies, her relatives, in Leakesville.
This has been dull week on the
marrying line as there have been no
Marriage Licenses issued since our
report OF last week to either Whites
or Colored. LATER.-One issued
today to Colored couple.
From Rev. A. l.. Creel, who was
in town Monday, we learn that Rev.
S. E. Gipson, the President of the
M. P. Conference this year, is living
at Ovett, and that later in the year
he may come by Leakesville with
bro. Creel and preach few days al
their church here.
So as 10 catch up again, we are
going to press with less amount of
home news matter than would like.
but have to use this means to over
come the delay with which we en-
tered the week from last weeks late
appearance of the paper account of
funeral in the family.
J. l.. Prentiss, who is working in
the shop at the Bear Greek logging
camps below here. spends Sundays
at home, the work being so far off
that he could not conveniently get
home oftener. Jim believes in his
crop, but also likes to do public
work when he can so arrange his
farm affairs.
]. M. Ball recently stuck an AK
in one of his legs. The blow went
in to the bone above the knee. Jim
!, was getting along very we'll with it
till few days ago, when he ventur-
ed out into the cold to see about
some rafting and got a backset,
which it was thought a few days la
ter meant going to the hospi tai.
Fields Day is close at hand. it
was decided to have only one day
this time, as that was thought the
better plan and is being adopted in
other counties, j. Q. a one day pro-
gram, so as to save the people from
the rura. schools trouble of staying
over night or returning the follow
ing day at season when bad wealth
er might pop ip.
The recent Commissioner Sale OF
the Hinton estate farm place at pub
lie cutlery under decree of Chancery
Court in which Webb Byrd was the
only bidder, and for sum of $1,000.
was not approved by such court and
that land will be sold over again,
possibly the First Monday in April.
There are over 200 acres in the
tract.
Rev. A. L. Creel. pastor of the Nc
Lain Circuit of the M. p. Church,
boarded the train at here Monday
returning to his home at Clara af-
ter having preached to his congrega
tion Sunday at Corinth. He tells US
that he got ptomaine poisoned sew
eral weeks ago from eating hogshead
cheese and had quite wreste with
it and then took grip but has shaker
it all off now.
AS the result of Alex Avera's ten
ant house getting burned up few
DAYS ago, Mr.. Maxwell of the new
Avera community, was arrested un
der warrent from Justice H. P
Cosper and brought to the county
jail charged with arson. Maxwell
lived not far away from the hous,
that burned and had previously beef
renter of it. They had some blood
hounds out there alter the hre, ant
their trail wound up at Maxwell
place, followed by his arrest.
This week has shown variety o
weather. First it looked like ;
break for early spring. Then som,
more heavy downpours and wet slop
by days. Then roll off of thu
clouds and high cold winds succeed
ed by freeze Thursday morning, pos
sibly the severest piece OF weather
we haye had as to freezing, as th'
ground was froze more apparently
than in the former light freezes thi
winter. And now it's bright sun
shine with movements towards an