The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-12-13
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farmers.
The air is laden with fragrance Of orange
blossoms.
u.nv per.onals and local dots were I'M
.roidaDly crowded out this week.
Mas Annie Hooker, of Little Rock, Ark,
9. here on o visit to relatives and friends.
n, and Mrs. Z. 7. Butler, Of Wessou,
h.;d our town flying visit last Sunday.
Paw up your State and county taxes.
onlv two more days without liability for
damages.
The CITY Council will hold meeting be-
..on now and Jan. LIST to fix the rate of
city taxes.
DIR. g. o. Smith, q rising young NJ. d. of
Uessop, made us pleasant call last Fri
day evening.
Rows. read the city ordinance about the
handling of fire works, and govern your
selves accordingly.
Miss Maggie Scarborough has returned
from her visit among relatives and friends
IN Texas and Missouri.
Read every special and displayed adver-
.isemept in this paper. You may learn
something to your profit if you Will.
.Judpe Chrismau reached home last Satur-
dsy night from Port Gibson, having held
hin last court for the year and his present
term of office.
You can get a splendid bargain in cloth
ing at the store of our clever friend Max
Priebstsch, as well ~ in many other things
necessary to be purchased.
Read TyleTs lad" He is one of the
oleyerast and best business men in Lincoln
comfy, and comes as near as any one
keeping what the country people want.
We hope to see the city ordinance rela-
five to the discharge of fire arms within
the corporate limits rigidly enforced. 1t
has been sadly needed in some quarters.
We learn that Rev. w. B. Bingham, Pas
To, of the Presbyterian church at this place
and Hazlehurst, has declined to take
charge of the Female Institute at Fayette.
The Board of Supervisors held short
meeting last week and allowed few &C
counts They will hold their final meeting
for the year next Monday, and all having
business before them would do well to be
OH hand
Brookhaven is fine place for our conn
try friends to bring their marketing and
make their Christmas purchases. If you
can't secure bargains from the mere hants
who advertise in The LEADER you can't
secure them anywhere.
Elder J. A. Scarborough, of the Wesson
DelSHUUI uOuu, 10 WIN pfN
cali last Saturday. He will shortly move
to Rockport, and by his so doing, Lincoln
will lose and Cepiah gain most worthy
citizen and Cody minister.
Mai. r. w. Millsaps and his beautiful
and accomplished wife will spend several
weeks in Brookhaven. The Major has
placed us under renewed obligations for
st. Louis dailies, and we are also indebted
to him for q very agreeable call.
Mr.. Tom Perkins, of the Southern Ex-
press Office at this place, yesterday for
wsrded package on which the express
sage was prepaid to town in Germany.
This gives a fair idea of the extent and
systematic working of the great Southern
Express management.
There will be q meeting Of the Knights
Of Honor next monday night for the cleo
tion of officers for the ensuing year and
the transaction of other business OF impor-
lance, and we have been requested to urge
npou all members of Hilzim Lodge to
be present on that occasion.
THE LEADER will come out twice more
before Christmas-the next Thursdays
number and the number for Christmas
week, " hich will be issued on Monday, oath.
Advertisers who wish to make special an
nouncements would do we'll to take notice
and send in their advertisements.
We are requested by Treasurer Beacham
to urge upon all subscribers to the Prohi-
bition fund in this county to come forward
and pay up at once, as 1t IL necessary TO
wipe out all Indebtedness within the next
ten days. 2. ID. Davis of this city is au-
thOrized by him to receipt for all amounts
thus subscribed.
Have you seen Schwab's big clockf 1t
Ia the largest and handsomest time-piece
ever brought to BrOOkhaven, and will
always give you the correct time. We
NAV also mention here that Schwab's entire
establishment presents an appearance of
unusual attractiveness just low. His
stock of clocks, watches, jewelry, ETC., is
beautiful and immense.
Our clever, whole-souled friend, Maj. S.
B. Wilmoth, returned last week from
looking after his interests in the noted
Castilian Springs, Of Holmes county, and
will devote his entire attention from now
until Christmas selling good things for the
holidays. Be sure to give him a call.
partial list of the things he has in stock at
his little store on Cherokee street will be
found in another column.
Mr.. Noah Ramsey, an old Brookhaven
boy, paid us a genial call last Thursday.
Noah is now making his home at Natshez,
and is representing the noted American
CcWluR Machine, Ole Ol THO HHcob tuo
market, and he looks as though the world
is serving him well. While here, he APP
pointed Max Priebatsch as local agent fer
this popular machine, and anyone desiring
TO examine its superior merits should give
Max call.
Rev. ]. W. McLaurin, formerly pastor of
the Methodist church at this place, but for
the past conference year the pastor of the
Mt. Carmel circuit, paid MS very pleasant
call on Monday morning last, whilst ON his
way to NatcheZ. Mt. McLaurin informs us
that three new churches have been built
In the Mt. Carmel circuit during his pas
torate, one recently dedicated at Column
bia being the irst church house that town
has ever had.
On last Sunday night, in anticipation of
his departure for Annual Conference which
met at Natehez yesterday, Rev. John Ellis
who, for the past year, has filled the po-
sition of pastor of the Methodist church in
this place, preached his farewell sermon.
Mr.. Ellis does not anticipate return to
this statiOn--something that will he learn
cd with regret by every one who has come
IN contact with him since his residence
here, and especially by those who sat un-
der his immediate ministry. He is an
atfsble, christian gentleman and an able
preacher, and the community which Sc
cures his service for another year is to be
congratulated.
Mr. n EitaI of th;a ,,laoa has shovn ma