The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-20
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
TOWN AND COUNTY

Mrs. IL. Reading mas Deen quite III
several days.
uFor the finest meals and lunches
go to Leary's.
Joe Price is up again after spell
of malarial fever.
Mrs. Moreton has been a great suf-
ferer from rheumatism.
Mr.. Frank Bills is enjoying a
months vacation at home.
We regret to announce the serious
illness of Mrs. Addie White.
Don't raise the quarantine before
Jack Frost looks very coldly upon us.
Mrs. C. E. Converse, of Wellman,
was a welcome guest of Mrs. John
Mason recently.
If your time keeper is out of order
carry it Thos. d. Evans at the Front
Street Drug Store.
Last week Miss Frances Mason re-
tnrned home from long visit to rela-
tives in Lansing, Mich.
Some of the prettiest College girls
enjoyed Monday as guests of Mr.. A.
Mikas, at his hospitable home.
Bring your cotton to Brookhaven.
You can find no better cotton market
and no cheaper place to buy goods.
Miss Mamie Hoskins, who has been
refugeeing at Johnston Station, has
been the guest of the Misses Chris
man.
Miss Kate Rutledge had. sudden
attack of illness Sunday evening and
was unconscious for some time.
Messrs. H. Brill, Chas. Hamilton,
bennett Ewing and H. Cassidy, Jr,
have been made deacons of the Pres
byterian church.
Mrs. Henry Hartman, of Chatta-
nOoga, Tenn, arrived Friday to
spend while with her husband at the
Excelsior House.
Rev. r. j. Boone has been called to
to the pastorate of Mt. Moriah church,
where he served continuously for
nine years, previous to this year.
The Annual Methodist Confer
ence which was to have met in Jack
son early in December, has been post
poned until the 30th of that month.
Miss Molle Garner, the sister of
Miss Lillian, who died here of fever
some weeks ago, is now very low at
We see from the Summit Sentinel
that our townsman, Ike Hoskins,
mourns the loss of his fine Gordon set
ter dog and offers reward for its re-
turn.
The literary societies of the Public
School are becoming vastly interest
ing to the advanced grades. This is
a new feature inaugurated by Prof.
Wilson.
With Halloween Party IAN Art
Exhibition and Thanksgiving Din
ner awaiting the public, surely there
is "spice" enough for those who like
variety"
One of our oldest physicians says
he may leave town if the yellow fe-
yer gets here but if he does "it will
be out to Rose HILL That's the GEM
etery, you know.
j. NJ. Wood has made quite an ad-
dition to his grocery store, to which
he is constantly adding a large line of
choice fancy and staple groceries.
Meredith is a hustler.
Stand by your town! Let the
newspaper stand by the town and the
business men stand by the newspa-
per and let us all make our town the
very best town in the country.
Rev. w. P. Price, arrived via "the
dirt road " from Magnolia, Saturday
was " taken In" by DR.. Barber upon
his arrival at this place and preached
two enthusiastic and earnest sermons
Sunday to good houses.
Rev. J. f. Thigpen has been filling
his regular appointments at Little
Bahala and Union Hall, travelling
from Hazlehurst in his buggy. At the
latter ehurch's conference on Satur-
day. Mr.. Thigpen was unanimously
called for another year, and has ac-
copied
Geo. McClendon aud w. L. Powell
have opened first class restaurant in
the old Bank building and have ev-
erything in apple-pie order for the
hungry public. Everybody who re-
calls Meclendon's elegantly served
oysters of last winter will rejoice to
hear he is in the same business again.
w. T. Baggett, Esq, of San Fran
cisco, CAL, has done most magnan-
imous deed and thereby reioiced the
hearts Of the struggling Baptists at
this place. On yesterday his check
for $4,000 was received ut Sherman
q Davis Bank. to be used in the
building of a new Baptist church.
LET Us be thankful for all we re-
eeise.n