The leader., 1898-07-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.

The Convention next Thursday.
The glorious 4th was Swallowed BY
clouds and rain.
Miss Mary Buie has returned from {
visit to Indianola.
Mr.. John Aylward and family spent
last Sunday in Wesson.
DR.. Thos McNair has moved into his
neat new dental rooms next door to
THE LEADER.
Miss Jessie McNair's recital brought
forth many words of praise from the
Crystal Springs press.
Mr.. Nathan Pfeifer will have hand
some two-story residence erected one
block north of the depot.
Misses jamie and Eva Jones leave TO,
Jefferson county today to spend the
remainder of the summer.
Mrs. Fannie Deason Mcclure, of
Hattiesburg, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. A. Hurst. She is welcomed by
many old friends.
Little Miss Norma Evans celebrated
her seventh birthday on last Saturday
afternoon by entertaining large mum
Der of happy little friends.
Mrs. +. J. Flanagan is holding open
air concerts at Crystal Springs and is
warmly seconded in her efforts by
those talented in her line of work.
Dr. Van Watts will occupy DIR. Tom
McNair's old dental Office at the cor.
ner of Cherokee and Jackson streets,
which he will have enlarged and i'm
proved.
The Fourth of July was more gener-
ally and enthusiastically observed
here than for 80 years All bus
mess houses closed, and everybody re-
Joiced over the glorious news from
Santiago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Fass, whose
marriage on the Doth ultimo was the
great social event of the season in
Greenville, are spending portion of
their honeymoon with their sister, Mrs
Richard T. Scherck.
Mrs. M. E. Strickland arrived on last
Friday from Jackson, to spend some
time at this place with DR.. and Mrs.
Bennett. Mrs. SIS visits always come
like benedictions to her many warm
Brookhaven friends.
II have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in my family for years and al
ways with good results" says Mr.. w.
b. Cooper, of Ell Rio, Cal. "For small
children we find it especially effective"
For sale by C. E. Grafton.
Mr.. Harvey Thompson, Jr., spent the
Fourth in Brookhaven, and was &C
corded a cordial greeting by old
friends. He recently graduated in the
Law Department of the State Univer-
sity and expects to locate in jackson
for the practice of his profession.
The many friends and former school
mates of Miss Anna Strickland will be
interested to learn of her marriage in
Yoakum, Texas, to Mr.. Marshall More
land on Sunday last. THE LEADER ex-
tends to the young couple its heartiest
good wishes for happiness and pros
perity.
The Kings Daughters will meet at
Mrs. Hartman's at $3.50 on next We'd
nesday afternoon. They are at present
engaged in an interesting work, having
decided to furnish one room of the
Orphans Home, at Water Valley, which
is at present superintended by Rev. NJ.
L. Burton, SO favorably known in these
parts.
Mr.. Robt. ID. Lanier returned from
Oxford Saturday, where he received
his diploma from the Law Department
Of the University. The LEADER is
pleased to learn that as soon as he
passes the required legal examination
before the Chancellor, Mr.. Lanier will
locate in Brookhaven for the practice
of his profession. We predict for him
successful career.
The LEADER acknowledges the pleas
ure of a call yesterday from Mr.. j. A.
McCluskey, of Bessemer, Ala, general
agent for the Triple Link Mutual In
demnity Association, the insurance
division of the Odd Fellows. Mr.. Nc
Cluskey is an exceedingly genial and
pleasant gentleman and enthusiastic
Odd Fellow, and hopes to meet all the
local members of the Order at the Hall
OF Torrey Lodge tonight.
Our baby has been continually troub-
led with colera infantum since his birth,
and all that we could do for him did
not seem to give more than temporary
relief, until we tried Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
Since giving that remedy he has not
been troubled We want to give you
this testimonial as an evidence Of our
gratitude, not that you need it to ad-
vsrtise your meritorious remedy.-G
H. Law Eeokuk, Iowa For sale BY @.
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