The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-20
ROGUE CHITTo DOTS.
BY JEEMs.

A goodly number Of our young peo-
pie went fishing Friday.
Miss Amanda Belle Tyler is still at
Summit in lingering health.
OThe spring fights opened up at Bris-
ter's mill the other day between a
white man and negro.
Billy Williams suggests that we let
our Congressmenfight, as that is about
the only fighting we will ever be able
to get out of them.
Rev. |. III. Anding, of Summit, the
popular pastor of the Baptist church OF
this city, spent few days visiting his
| flock here recently.
Positively selling out at cost" is
what we see swinging out in the front
of Mr.. Wooten's Racket Store"
Which way now, Mr.. W?
Mrs. b. f. Brister has returned from
Columbus, where she had been on a
trip, visiting her daughter, Miss
Bessie, who is attending the l. l. * {.
The post office pie has not arrived
yet, the time having expired on the
10Th ult., to the contrary notwith-
standing Mighty busy around Wash
ington, some how.
How's your ''watermillion's and cow
cumbers," Bro. Sawdust? From the
blustery weather recently, we are led
to believe that you are using the pump
with fine results.
The Topisaw people are all in mourn.
ing over the recent sudden death OF
"Uncle Zeke" Busby, prominent citi-
zen of his community and useful and
worthy member of the Shady Grove
Baptist Church.
Our coming young men," when will
they get here? Ben Bullock has made
the landing with his fine stock of new
goods, and says his customers ought to
"say grace" every time they make a
purchase.
Capt. Ransom Smith says he has a
| Company organized to go at the first
tap of the drum. Rev. Mr.. Moore is
their Chaplain. By calling on Capt.
Smith you can ascertain which way he
and his Company will go when the
drum taps.
1t would be very embarrassing to
President Mckinley if he knew how
some men who are out of a job and
praying that they may not find one, sit
on dry goods boxes and smoke and
cuss and say that Mckinley haint got
no back bone.
Bro. j. A. Scarborough is on ten
days trip through the country to Lou
isiana where he is doing quite a lot
of effective cancer practice, selling his
rheumatism cure, etc. The "Parson'
says he has been running from riches
all his life, but now he has come to the
place where he is forced to stand and
take it. He has our sympathies.
The reception given to Rev. Mr.
Moore, the Methodist pastor, and his
fair young bride was grand affair in
deed. They are now comfortably en-.
sconsced in the Osborn house, where
they seem as happy as lambs and as
harmless as doves. May there never
fall shadow across their pathway
along life's journey.
Rev. j. A. Scarborough returned re-
Gently from a ten days trip to Law
renee county, where he was attending
the bedside of his dying father, who
fell quietly asleep in deaths cold arms
at 3 NJ, on the 31st nlt., in the S7th
year of his age. Mr.. S. says for more
than fifty years his father was Deacon
of the Baptist church, loved his coun-
try and for many years has been a
Jealous believer in and advocate OF
political reform in governmental affairs
In the midst of many Borrowing
friends, his remains were laid quietly
away in the beautiful cemetery at
Society Hill Baptist church to await
the sounding af the last trumpet.