The Brookhaven leader., 1885-09-17
Town AND COUNTY ITEMS.
ur.lrd,mcs' now for 10 cents!

sitting Miss Halle Galloway.
pr. and Mrs. Bennett spent last Sunday
Mt the Association near Bogue Chitto
II you need any tinware, call on J. r.
Perkins who has just received large lot.
A large supply of spokes, hubs and fell
loc- aud buggy wheels at J. Il Perklns's
cheap for cash.
Mr.. w. l.. Mitchell, IF the Hazlehurst
Signal, was in town last Thursday and
favored us with n call.
Major Il. w. Millsaps and wife and
riecc, Miss Fannie, returned from Wauke-
ma last Tuesday night.
Go to J. X. Perkins for white lead,
mixed paints, linseed, lard, lubrieating
and all kinds of machine oils.
Roy. w. Il. Bingham will preach at tho
Presbyterian church next sabbath and DIR
johnson at the Methodist.
DIR. II. F. johnson and family have re-
Turned from their mountain home in n.
e.. and are gladly welcomed back 10y their
many friends.
We regret that our clever townsman,
Mr. John Nevin, has been confined TO his
room for several weeks with an aggrava-
ted sore throat.
A negro boy, in the employ of the Rail
road, was run over by the ears at this
place Yesterday evening and soon died
from his injuries.
The prayer meetings at the NJ. +.
church are source of encouragement to
the pastor. About eighty were present
ut the last meeting.
Washington county has fair repre-
sentative in our town, in the person of
Miss Lizzie Ncwsom. She is visiting the
family of DIR. Bennett.
Mrs. Hutchins, of Claiborne, IL now at
her fathers, Mr.. A. d. McClendon. She
has suffered great loss by the death of
her oldest child, Mamie, and her babe
Ellen.
To Rev. f. p. Douglass, J. Q. Byrd, S.
T. McRee and !. r. founghlood, friends
and patrOn of The LEADER, we are in
debted for plea SAINT calls during the past
few days.
Next Sunday being the Centennial An
niversary of the temperance reform, the
w. c. r. L. of this place have requested
the ministers of the various churches to
preach temperance sermons.
We are indebted to Rev. W.B. Bingham
fnr a pleasant call on Thursday last while
gu his way home from Bensalem church,
whittier he had been to assist Rev. G.
NJ. Grafton in protrscted meeting
The w. c. T. u. will meet at the Bap-
fist church next Monday at 5 p. m. Our
Union loses it's Significance if there is not
:, union Of hearts and hands in the WORK.
Let all members attend il possible for
them To do so.
On last Wednesday our Jewish friends
celebrated the New Year of 5646 and on
next Saturday will celebrate Yom Kippnr,
the day Of Atonement. Religions services
will be held Mt the Masonic Chapel to-
morrow evening.
Mr. Hyinan Zwirn, until recently CON
nected with the mercantile establishment
of MIR. ID. Wilson, has been spending the
jewish holidays with friends in this city.
He expects soon to locate in Summit,
whittier his brother Paul has preceded
him. They are both worthy young gentle
men, of excellent business training and
habits.
As will be seen by their attractive don
hle column advertisement in another
place, Messrs j. G. and S. N Storm have
opened n magnificent new store in the
Brooks Building on Cherokee street nm
der the firm name of Storm & Bro. They
re Young gentlemen of first-class busi-
aess habits and qualifications, who have
been raised Id our midst, and we bespeak
for them the confidence and patronage of
our readers. Their stocli--all fresh-cOn-
sists of plantation supplies, family groc-
cries, dry goods, clothing notions, boots.
shoes. hats and caps-in fact, everything
You would expect to find in a genera
inercha disc establishment. Tho best of
all, they sell cheap. Try them.
We take pleasure in presenting to our
readers on the 4th page of this Issue an
advertisement of "TaylOr's Cherokee
Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein," that
new and justly celebrated remedy for
coughs. colds aud consumption. 1t is
made of the sweet gnm of our Southern
swamps, and the Mullen stalks of the
old fields, which contains mucilaginous
healing principle now drawing the atten-
tion of the leading physicians of the
world, as being superior to that nauseans
dose "Cod Liver OIL" and combined as
they are in "Taylor's Cherokee Remedy
of Sweet Gun and Mullein," it presents
the finest known remedy yet offered for
I.ung and Bronchial troubles, and so
pleasant in its nature, that any child is
pleased to take it.
As will he seen by advertisement in
another column, the colorcd people of
Mississippi will open their first State Fair
at Jackson on Monday, Oct. 26th This
is a most praiseworthy enterprise, and
should receive the hearty encouragement
of the white people. Alderman Staten
Baker is commissioner for Lincoln county,
and we hope tho colOred people of the
county will cooperate with HIM, and