The leader., 1897-04-28
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Circus, Friday next.
Now is the time for picnics.
Leary's Ice at so cents delivered.
Wedding bells are heard approach
ing.
Carry your crippled bicycles to Ed.
Penn.
%. When you want to cool off go to
Leary's.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
next Monday.
For SALE.-A lot of old papers cheap
Call at this office.
Mr.. S. p. Bloom, of Wesson, spent
last Sabbath in town.
Call on THE LEADER for all kinds of
Job Printing. All work guaranteed.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Chandler were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sartin last
Saturday.
Geo. McClendon is going to estab-
fish an up to date ice cream parlor for
the summer.
Street Commissioner Hurst is add
ing some valuable improvements to
Front Street.
What about the miraculous draught
of fishes S. N Storm was out fish
ing last week.
Mrs. l. c. Smith and children, of
Union Hall, spent day with Mrs.
Jesse Smith last week.
Ed. Magee has taken H. T. Bixler's
position at the express office and will,
doubtless, capably fill it.
Leary, ever enterprising and pro-
gressive, now has his electric fans in
operation at his restaurant.
There were services at the Jewish
Temple last Friday, for the feast of I'M
leavened bread was at hand.
There will hardly be a remnant of
all the remnants left-when the sales
are over at McGrath's today.
We regret exceedingly to note the
loss by fire of the residences of Mrs.
Converse and Mr.. Way at Wellman.
Mrs. E. Fl. Crutcher left for Match
ez on Tuesday, to spend some time
with her daughter, Mrs. DR.. Sessions
Geo. McClendon opened his ice
cream parlors yesterday and will have
delicious cream for sale daily here aft
er.
Miss Maria Buie has met with most
gratifying success in disposing of her
millinery. See her ad. elsewhere and
call on her for bargains.
Miss Marguerite Herring returned
on last Friday evening from the New
England Conservatory of Music and is
most cordially welcomed back to
Brookhaven.
Ed. Hubert, who was engaged on
The LEADER in 'S3, was welcome Wis
itor last week, having come to the dy-
ing bedside of his uncle, Judge Bag
gett. Ed. is now railroading in Louis
lana.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary
Society will sell ice cream at the Rail
road Park on next Tuesday evening.
They will have have bountiful sup
ply of splendid ice cream and cordial
ly invite the public to give them
call
The "Little Workers" will give an
entertainment at the parsonage on
next Friday night at o'clock, consist
ing of recitations and tableaux by the
little folks. Refreshments will be
served on the lawn. A liberal patron
age is solicited
The Baptist Teachers Club has re-
vived with the spring time and enjoy
ed pleasant meeting at Mrs. Ben
nett's hospitable home last Friday
night. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Pope, and those interested are
invited to attend.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give "May Day" party a.
Mrs. r. III. Thompson's. Saturday af
ternoon, May LIST, from to o'clock,
and will be glad to see all their friends,
both young and old Admission, 10
cents. Ice cream for sale.
A number of our subscribers have
voluntarily come forward and paid
their subscriptions during the last two
weeks, for which they have our cor
dial thanks. With an editor, a propo-
sition to pay your subscription, like a
motion to adjourn, is always in order.
Who'll be the next
Captain John Mason, of the Key
stone Lumber and Imp. Co., returned
from Chicago and Memphis on Satur
day last, where he had been on the
business of his company and to see
after some legal matters. He returned
feeling much benefited by the change.
He reports business rather quiet, but
with good prospects ahead, generally.
Thus it goes in our stirring city i
Friday night the Little Workers of the
NJ +. church at the parsonage Satur-
day afternoon, the children of the
Presbyterian church at Mrs. Thomp-
sons Tuesday evening, May 4th. the
Baptist ladies at the Railroad Park
Wednesday evening, the Benefit Con-
cert Friday evening, the Kings
Daughters at Mrs. Hardy'sall these
beside the regular society meetings,
church meetings, etc.