The leader., 1898-09-14
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Tue weather has dSSuIueu ueClutu |
tendency toward Fall.
DIR. Van Watts returned from Chi
cage on Sunday evening.
Brookhaven caught part of the early
Texas norther last week.
Mrs. John Marshall, ST., has been
seriously ill with la grippe.
If you need Shot Gun or Rifle see
c. B. Perkins. His line is new.
Thos. Brady, Esq, visited his old
home in Lawrence county last Sunday.
Dr. Bennett took to his bed with
fever last Thursday, we regret to
learn.
Competition in the purchase of cot
ton seed promises to be lively this
season.
Mrs. S. Rauch arrived last Wednes-
day for visit to her mother and
friends.
Chancery Clerk Felix May now has
a nicely furnished room in the Cassidy
Building.
Mrs. Bradshaw and children and
Mrs. Doherty are visiting relatives at
Clay City, Ill.
Ben. Bullock has opened house at
Bogue Chitto for handling cotton seed,
hulls and meal.
Mrc ,of, oct
Friday from long and pleasant visit
to New Orleans.
James McGrath is expected home
this week, and will meet with an en-
thusiastic reception.
Messrs Jack McGrath and Ferd
Becker have entered Spring Hill Col
lege for another term.
Mrs. j. W. McMaster was summoned
to Hazlehurst last week by the illness
of her sister, Mrs. Peale.
c. B. Perkins has just received a
carload of sash and doors, which are
being sold at factory prices.
Don't forget that c. B. Perkins has
Bucks Brilliant, Home, Michigan,
Scanlin and Bridge Beach Cook Stoves.
Hot days followed by cool nights will breed
malaria in the body that is bilious or costive.
Prickly Ash Btters is very valuable at this time
for keeping the stomach. liver and bowels well
regulated. Sold by c. f. Grafton.
Take dose of Pricky Ash Bitters at night
when you 90 to bed and you will feel bright and
vigorous next morning. 1t will insure you CO.
pious and healthy passage of the bowels. i'm
proved appetite and digestion and increased en-
ergy of body and brain. 1t beats stimulating
drinks because its revvng influence is natural,
hence permanent Sold by c. f. Grafton.
If you eat without appetite you need Prickly
Ash Bitters. 1t promptly removes impurities
that clog and impede the action of the digestive
organs. creates good appetite and digestion,
strength Of body and activity of brain. For sale
by c. T.. Grafton.
For RENT-A good brick store next
door to J. NJ. Wood, on Cherokee street.
For particulars, apply to S. P. Oliver,
at the Court House.
Julius Priebatsch, who has been en-
ployed by the Brookhaven Grocery Co.
has gone to New Orleans to accept a
position with S. & j. Katz.
Chattanooga Cane Mills are the b est
made. 1t has steel shafts and brass
boxes. c. B. Perkins is agent and will
sell them as low as cheaper mills.
Misses Eddie and Fannie Schaller
and Henry, jr., returned last Wednes-
day from Memphis and are stopping
with their aunt, Mrs. Bennett.
On account of the quarantine Rev.
T. N. Compton failed to reach this
place last Friday and so the protracted
meeting at the Baptist Church was
postponed.
New Years services will be held a
Temple B'nai Sholom, Friday evening
at 7:30 o'clock and Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock. The public is cordially
invited
Since the LEADER spoke of Brookha-
ven's many advantages as a centre of
trade and commerce for country Gus
tom, Jackson is mending her old water
troughs, only three of which, however,
are in the business district.
We are indebted to Col. E. M. Bee
for copy of the Confederate Veteran,
a most valuable magazine published at
Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Bee is agent, and
every lover of his country and of his
tory should have this journal upon his
table.
1t will be seen in another column
that this healthy metropolis has quar-
antined against the State Capitol.
Nothing has been said in the papers
regarding Jackson's fever, and we trust |
it will not terminate as disastrously as
feared.
A plain spoken old brother sat all
during last Thursday nights prayer
meeting on the steps of the cid Baptist
Church, having been told by some sly
lish city cousin that service would be
held at the First Baptist Church"-he
said that was the first church the Bap-
fists ever had here!
Mr.. Walter Buie departed this life at
his home near town on Sunday evening
last. He died of consumption of the
bowels, from which he had long been a
sufferer. Mr.. Buie was an industrious
and honest farmer. a good husband
and father, and to his family is extend
ID our heartfelt sympathy. +