The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-08-13
.1,,r AND COUNTY

Cow your turnlps'
I,istbe "Brookhaven Hotel" now.
rno sbovers continue almost daily.
-. tontalize the defeated candi-
dates.
Miss Belle Cantoni has been visit
ING friends in Jackson
Miss Bessie Hoskins visited frlends
:, Monticello last week.
large number of colored Democrats
took part in the primary.
The T. C. will locate water tank at
This place soon near the oil house
That gray beard of yours can be col
I'D brown or black by Buckinghams
Dye.
Miss Birdie Hexter, of Greenville,
has been visiting Miss Annie Lewen-
thai.
The behavior of some of our young
people at religious services is deplor-
able.
Dr BARRIERS sister, Mrs. Willis, OF
Gallman, is spending some time at his
home.
Evarv mother hates to make her
children take Castor Oil. LAxoL is
sweet Castor Oil.
For SALE.-A good and complete Gin
outfit for sale cheap. Apply to w. F.
PARSONS, Brookhaven.
Ouite number of Brookhaven peo-
ple attended the protracted meeting
at Caseyville last Sabbath.
Judce Chrisman came down on the
cannon ball Saturday to visit his chill
dren and grand children here.
Claude Anding and Charles Redding,
two "coming men" of Crystal Springs,
are visiting relatives in town.
President Chambers is receiving
much encouragement for fine open
ing at the next term at Whitworth.
The Brookhaven Brick Company
has resumed work, They have won an
enviable reputation for their brick.
Who furnished the whisky at yester-
days primary? There we're few old
fashion war -whoops by w. II, on Front
street
How would j. N. Cooke for sheriff
and VIM. f. Davis for Treasurer, suit
as a part of the Prohibition county
ticket?
large number of people are in town
today to hear the election returns.
The defeated candidates have our SYM
pathies.
Rev. W. F. Marlborough returned
from splendid meeting in Pike coun
ty to fill his appointment here last
Sabbath.
zolly Daniel is back from his Euro
pean trip, looking hale and hearty. He
reports having had pleasant visit to
his old home and is welcomed back by
his many friends,
Rev. r. j. Boone returned last Fri
day from visit to Rankin county,
where he assisted in several protract-
ed meetings. The LEADER returns
thanks to him for club of cash sub
scribers.
We return our hearty thanks to Mr..
Jno W. Foltz, with w. w. Womack, for
several pounds of elegant steak, pre-
sented with his compliments yesterday
morning. Mr.. Womack's stall seems
always to hold the "fatted calf"
Mr. Z. W. Chamberlin long engaged
IN the lumber business in this county
was visitor to town last week. He
was enthusiastic over the Prohibition
victory in Grenada, where he is now
making his home.
Several delegates to the Democratic
State convention from the interior
counties passed through here Satur-
Gay looking the worse for the long
deadlock they had gone through at
jackson. Conspicuous among them
was our genial friend VIM. Rutledge,
OF Covington county.
sandy Roberts, the colored depot
porter, and Prof. j. B. Harper, colored,
VINO live close neigbors just west of
town. got into bad scrap last Wednes-
Jay night Roberts says Harper was
Planning to set his house on fire and
ne shot him in the side of the face with
load OF small shot as he made off.
harper, on the other hand, claims that
ne was waylaid by Roberts some dis
lance from his house on account of q
outstanding grudge, and that after
Deihg hired at twice, he ran through
nooerts' yard as the nearest way to his
own home, while Roberts was in hot
pursuit.