The Brookhaven leader., 1883-06-07
BRO OkHAvEN ITEMS.

Too much rain.
Blackberry pies!
Vegetables abound.
Ripe peaches ego like hot cakes"
Sam Lightfoot is "boss" barber.
A meeting of the blackberry club has
been called.
Read Capt. Merry's letter about the
Land Excursions.
Several festive drummers have visited
our town during the last week.
We desire to return thanks to Mrs. L. NJ.
Bee for supply of fine vegetables.
THE LEADER from now till the LIST of
January to all new cash Subscribers, for ST..
We regret to learn that DIR. J. B. Daugh-
try is confined to his bed from an attack
of catarrhal fever.
"One-seyenth of the Miller place is to
be sold July 3rd. See in another column,
"Guardan's Sale of Land"
Maj. j. N. Schwall will please accept our
thanks for lot of excellent snap beans.
He is among our best gardeners.
Bishop Thompson preached here last
Friday night, to q good-sized congrega-
ton. All who heard him were delighted.
The farmer who came to town last Sat
urday without business and idled away
the day, had better been at home killing
grass.
We are requested to announce that w.
Master Moreton desires full attendance
of the members of the Brookhaven Mason
10 Lodge, at the time of next regular meet-
ing, Monday, june 18th.
Elder j. A. Scarborough will preach at
Union Hall next Sabbath morning at IL
o'clock, and at o'clock P. NJ, by special
appointment, will fill the pulpit of the
Baptist church in this city.
The Board of Supervisors held called
meeting at the Court House last Monday.
Warrants were issued to Mr.. Maxwell, the
County Contractor, few road overseers
appointed, and the building of some new
cohnty bridges considered.
Rev. w. b. Bingham, Pastor, will
preach at the Presbyterian church in this
place next Saturday and Sunday at IL A.
N. and p. NJ. each day. A full attend
ance of the members is desired and friends
generally are cordially invited to attend
these services.
We are requested to inform the mer-
chants of Brookhaven that Mr.. Jno. A
Bentley, the affable, clover representative
of Messrs. Boisseau & Martinez, of New
Orleans, will visit them on or about the
9Th of June, prepared to fill all orders in
his usual prompt and satisfactory manner
We desire to return the hearty thanks
of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Method
list church for a treat to some delicious ice
cream and cake on Friday afternoon last
We are especially grateful to that elegant
little lady, Mrs. Fred. Sherman, for hel
kindness and co urtesy.
We invite the attention of fruit anG
vegetable shippers to the attractive adj
vertisement of Messrs. Philip Meyer & Son
fruits, etc., New Orleans. They solicit
oonsignments of fruits and vegetables, ant
you will find them gentlemen with whom
it is a pleasure to deal.
We return thanks for beautifully print
ed invitation to attend the "Second Annu
oil Reception by the L. o. T. F. to the Sc
nior class of Whitworth Female College
Brookhaven, Miss, Heuek's Opera House
June 18th, 1888" The members of this
Society promise that this shall be one o
the most elegant entertainments ever Civ
en- here, and from our acquaintance will
them we are confident they will more thar
fulfill their word.
f.In all the towns where a newspaper il
published, every man should advertise IL
il, even if nothing more than a card, sta
ting his name and the business he is en-
gagged in. 1t does not only pay the ad
vertiser, but it lets people at distanc
know that the town You reside in has
prosperous community of business men
As the seed is sown, so the fruit recompen
ses. Never pull down your sign Will
you expect to do business, for it often in
dictates that business is poor and you ar
loosing your grip, commercially speaking
The judicious advertiser will receive i
return ten dollars for every one investe
In the columns of live newspaper" -
Peter Cooper. A friend handed us th
above clipping the other day with the RI
mark that if we would publish it, it migf
benefit some of our readers. Within til
last six months we have heard substantial
~ the same truths expressed by a nun
Der of the most successful business men
Mississippi and Louisiana.