Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-09-19
TOWN AND COUNTY
Business is picking up.

ed Mrs. PROXY last week.
Miss Sarah Stewart has resumed her
position as teacher in fazoo county.
DIR. and Mrs. r. ID. Sessions and
Mrs. PROXY leave to-day for the Fair.
Eleven new cases of yellow fever
were reported III Brunswick, Ga, Sun
day.
The Senate is still talking over the
silver question with no day set for a
vote
Mrs. L. ii. Baggett and Miss Emma
Bee leave to day for visit to New Or
leans.
We regret to hear of the serious ill
ness of Mrs. w. l.. Mitchell, of Halle
hurst.
Rev. /. w. Cooper assisted in the
Methodist protracted meeting two
days last week.
Mr.. Davis McCalip, an excellent
young man from near Caseyville, left
last night for the A. & M. College.
Mr.. H. Brill, one of our enterprising
shoe-store men, is making some valua-
BILE improvements on his residence.
President Fitzhugh is carrying his
good right arm in sling, occasioned
by severe fall he received about a
week ago.
An immense congregation assembled
in the Methodist church Sunday night
and were given an excellent sermon by
Bro. Weems.
Mrs. \. G. McNair left for Chicago
last Saturday accompanied by Misses
Jessie McNair, Edith Sherman and
Gertrude Thompson.
Mrs. w. H. Huntley is the guest of
Mrs, Hattie Sherman. She is accom-
panied by Bessie and George Crosby
and little Willie Huntley
Mr.. N. H. blanchard, of New Or
leans, is here as witness in the Chan
Gerry Court and is cordially greeted by
his many Brookhaven friends.
Meredith Wood has gone to enter
college at the A. & M. Meredith is a
deserving young man and his energy
and ambition will doubtless win him
success.
Mr.. Ed. Evans, after protracted Wis
it to his sister, Mrs. Will Penn, has
left for Chicago. Mr.. Evans will be
greatly missed by numerous Brook
haven friends
Miss Matte Easterling, of Brandon,
who took the medal in elocution at the
last commencement of Whitworth Col
lege, is now a member of the faculty
of the Lawrence County High School.
Rev. Geo. Butler. who filled the pull
pit of the Baptist church here last
Sabbath morning, left yesterday for
Mississippi College, from which insti-
tuition of learning he will take his di-
ploma next June.
Chancery Court convened Monday
morning, with Judge Conn on the
bench, who, with the assistance of
Chancery Clerk May and the attorneys
of the Brookhaven bar. is rapidly dis
patching the business.
The sympathy of numerous friends
goes out to Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Moore
in the death of their infant child,
which sad event occurred at their
home in Texas. The remains are ex-
pected to arrive today and will be in
tered in the city cemetery.
Messrs. Oscar and Slifton Green, Ira
Parsons and Jas. White, left yesterday
for college at Clinton. They were ac-
companied as far as Jackson by Mr.. w.
Parsons. THE LEADER confidently as
serts that no community in the whole
State will send more talented, moral,
energetic and promising quartette of
young men to Mississippi College than
this one
Mr.. Thos. Brady and Harvey Thomp-
son left last week for the State Univer-
sity. Mr.. Brady was under the tute-
lage of Hon. r. II. Thompson for some
weeks before he left and will take a
course in the law department. He is
an excellent young gentleman of much
promise. Harvey Thompson will take
regular literary. course and will
doubtless win high honors.
Members who failed to attend the
meeting of the Baptist Missionary So
clety at Mrs. Benefits yesterday eve
ming have good cause to regret it. AT
ter pleasant business meeting in
which the pastor shared, all were in
vited to the dining room where de
hghtful refreshments were served and
an enjoyable social time passed; all ac
cording DR.. and Mrs. Bennett an ap
preciative vote of thanks for theil
graceful hospitality.
The minstrel entertainment by thu
McComb City Elks last Wednesday
evening was much enjoyed by thos,
who witnessed it, but their audienc,
was small, owing to the short motto,
and the evident fact that the gentle
man who acfa1 90 THAR advauoa auap