Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-05-05
LOCAL

that THE all-day Sing at Williams
Schoolhouse of Upper East Side will
meet on the 3rd. Sunday In May;
Dinner on the ground. Everybody
invited to come and bring a basket. "
Mrs. j. f. Green visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Roberts in
McLain Sunday. Mr.. Lum has been
laid up in bed for about two weeks,
but able to hobble about some with
stick and hopes to pull up enough
to come over to Court next week
and visit with Mrs. Green some.
r. Z. Wexford is living in Gulf
port these days. His wife is a
daughter OF our friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Blankenship of Alabama
Line on Chronicle road. Ed is con-
tracing carpenter in the coast city
and we are informed is doing well
at his trade.
Fletcher Turner, who is a son OF
the late Jno. Luther Turner, and
lives with his mother on the old
place on East Side near Alabama
line above Roansaville, tells us that
he plowed out corn knee high on
9th. April and that they have fine
crop of Irish Potatoes planted on
14th. February and now big enough
to eat. s4
The Jury-List has been about sum-
moned for both weeks. Sheriff Wal
ley aud deputies are rounding up
the few scattered summons left.
elk. Jno. w. Coli srt is posting up his
dockets and other preparations beng
about completed for Circuit Court
the next two weeks. Colbert thinks
that the Civil Docket will show a
little more than average number
OF cases. W
G.. w. Brown was up Monday
among the throngs OF that day on
the court yard and brought us from
his wife, Mrs. Inez Brown a large
egg laid by an ordinary hen. 1t
measured 81 inches in circumference
and was inches long and did not
have thick heavy shell like that
big one Lazarus Valley exhibited
here Fields Day and which was laid
by pure strain of hen of the Rhode
island Red type.
On trip over to the county capt.
tai Monday from Denco. Mr.. K. K.
Turner was accompanied by his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Bennett and
his three year old son, Bennett who
has been staying with the grand
mother since babe at his mother
was invalided for months before her
death and his care devolved upon
the loving hands of Mrs. Bennett.
He is sprightly youngster now and
evidently growing fast.
In attempting to get IN the wagon
few days ago, our good friend G..
B. Edgar, had the misfortune to fall
someway aud the front wheel passed
over him wrenching his back some
and laid him up, he going down to
his daughter, Mrs. H. K. Mcleod S
place. The accident occurring up
on the Jake Green or old Jake Nc
Clean place which he was farming
and had partly planted and hopes to
resume work on it short as he is
improving nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. McInnis was
called to Moss Point Saturday NOR
ming by a wire message which
brought the sad news that Mrs. Nc
Innis's mother, Mrs. Rachel Mclnnis
had DIED, as an after effect of Flu.
The deceased is a sister of John Nc
Intosh of Vernal community where
she was herself raised being daugh-
ter of the lato J. r. Il. Mcintosh.
She has frequently visited her
daughter here and was well-known
in that way to quite number OF the
Leakesville people.
That Colored man Of Vernal com
munity. Henry Cooley, who is also
known as CHG Williams, who SUI
fered from being struck with light
ming the Second Monday in MAY,
1921. was in Leakesville a few days
ago and limps some but otherwise