The leader., 1897-07-21
ADDITIONAL LOCAL. I

ID. Schwem is adding seed-room and
other improvements to his public gin.
Mr.. Geo. Bowsky left last week for
Cooper's Well, where he is enjoying a
we'll earned vacation and recuperating
his health.
Rev. w. p. Price having been invited
to preach before the Chautauqua As
sombly at Crystal Springs; Rev. J. f.
Thigpen filled the pulpit at the Bap-
tist church on last Sunday night.
An elegant reception was given by
Miss Jessie McNair last night in honor
of Miss Marguerite Herring, and on
this evening Miss Edith Sherman will
chapmingly entertain in like manner.
Miss Lizzie Cruise, who recently re
turned from Elizabethton, Tenn, has
been elected principal of the public
school of that place, in which she has
been a teacher for two years. Her
promotion is well-deserved.
Mississippi gets s7,763.91 of the an.
nual allotment by the War Department
for the State militia, and the Stonewall
Guards will have new uniforms to at
tend the State encampment in this
year. The total appropriation for the
several States is 100000.
Rev. r. J. Boone has been assisting
Pastor J. L. Price in protracted meet.
ing at Mt. Moriah during the last few
days. This is the largest church with.
in the bounds of the Fair River Asso-
citation, and for nine years Bro. Boone
was its faithful undershepherd.
The latest report is that the commit.
tee on location will recommend the lot
of Chas. Chrisman, Esq, in rear of Mr.
Chrisman's residence, as the most suit.
able place for the site of the water.
works. This property is in the V be.
tween the l. C.'s main line and branch
road.
Little Daisy, the infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Turnbough, died on
last Friday and was buried from the
family residence on Saturday IN orning,
the services being conducted by Rev
j. j. Green, assisted by Rev. B. F.
Jones. In this sorrowful bereavement
may the Swallowed household rest Sc
cure in the Christians faith and hope
j. N. Hazlehurst, of the firm of j. n
Hazlehurst, Atlanta, Ga, who have the
contract for constructing the public
improvements at Grenada, is a guest OF
the Commercial Hotel and will put in
bid for the Brookhaven contract OIL
the 9th inst. Mr.. Hazlehurst is a son
of the civil engineer for whom our
neighboring town of Hazlehurst was
named.
We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement of Chamberlain
Hunt Academy, of Port Gibson, which
appears in this issue. This institution
is the successor of Oakland College, OF
ante bellum days, and has we'll main.
tanned the reputation of its predecess
or. It's reputation for thorough and
successful training and the Christian
influences surrounding its students are
too we'll known to need comment here
The Brookhaven Foundry and Ma
chine Shop, run by those clever gentle
men, Messrs. Joseph Connolly & Son
is giving special attention now to gin
machinery, getting gins in running or
der for the fast-maturing cotton crop.
Farmers and public gin men needing
anything in this line should put in then
orders as early as possible. No need
of sending elsewhere.
The Colored Educational and Indus
trial Association, which is engaged in
the laudable undertaking of building
up good colored high school at this
place, is seeking to have the colored
public school hereafter located in the
building of the Association on Monti-
cello street, near the cemetery. 1t is
hoped the authorities which have
jurisdiction over the matter, will make
the desired change, as the location and
grounds of the Educational Associa-
ton are decidedly more suitable for
the location than the old site at Benev-
olent Hall. Besides it would give aid
and recognition to the commendable
efforts of the Colored Educational AS
ISOLATION to build up the educational
intaractc Of THAN rooo in p,ooI,b,,on