The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-13
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Colds are prevalent.

The Episcopal church was most
tastefully adorned in honor of Easter
Sunday.
Mr.. /. Morris, of Beauregard, was
the guest last Sunday of his kinsman,
|. Isaacs.
Messrs. u. ID. Davis and P. u. Jones
have been elected deacons of the Bap-
fist church.
Miss Mary Hoskins is selling popu-
lar book, "War in Cuba" BE sure
and get one.
Miss Virgie Marshall is quite ill we
regret to learn.
Waterman's Soda Water is the pur-
est and best in the world. Kept by
H. P. Lotterhos.
Rev. Ben. A. Crawford will preach
at the Magee School house on the 4th
Sunday of this month.
Mr.. Kerle and sister now occupy
Mr.. VIM. Davis residence in the
northern portion of town.
Joe Watts now has a license for
''tooth carpentry" DR.. McNair speaks
highly of DIR. Joe's efficiency.
Mrs. Blanche Baugh and baby boy
are now in McComb, where Mr.. Baugh
has work in the railroad shops.
Waterman's Soda is made of distilled
water, and is the purest and best
known. Kept on tap by Lotterhos.
Mrs. w. II. Allen, of Jackson, came
down Sunday to attend the funeral of
her little grandson, James Hickman.
Mrs. Blanche Walker, of the A. &
NJ. College, is enjoying visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. White.
Judge Hiram Cassidy and Chas.
Chrisman, Esq, spent last week in
Meadville attending the Franklin Cir
cult Court.
Mrs A. ID. McClendon has returned
from delightful visit to her daughter
Miss Henry. who holds splendid po-
sition as teacher in Louisiana.
Mr.. f. S. Rails and Miss Ellen Lam
bert were married Monday night at the
residence of Chas. Cohen. Justice
/. w. East officiating. II was Gretna
Green affair.
Thirty ambitious elocutionists will
contest at the Public School next
week, for the privilege of competing
for the Thos. ID. Evans gold medal at
commencement.
How many of Brookhaven's poets
will try for the Times Democrats
prize of $1,000, offered for the best
poem on the loss of the Maine and
pertinent subjects
w. A. Decell, who was brief resi-
dent of this place, is in flourishing
livery stable business at Wesson, and
has purchased a home in that town
We rejoice at the prosperity of our
neighbor.
The Easter Egg hunt was pleasant
success at the Parsonage. Sherman
McNair won the prize for finding the
greatest number of eggs. We return
thanks to the ladies for a nice treat of
delicious cream
The sad intelligence of the death of
Mrs. Lou Futch, from paralysis, at
her home in Orange, Texas, was re-
ceived by her Brookhaven relatives
Tuesday evening. She was the eldest
sister of the late J. G. Hardy, and
Mrs. A. E. Forsythe.
Mrs. M. T. Reed, of Red Star, wishes
The LEADER to state for the benefit of
some of her misinformed friends, that
the impression that she is convert to
Mormonism is altogether a mistake.
She says she despises Mormonism
worse than anything on earth.
The case of John P Fore was argued
in the Supreme Court Monday, and the
case of James King on yesterday. The
appeal of Silas Davis was submitted on
briefs, without oral argument. A de-
cision in these cases is likely to be
handed down in the next two or three
weeks.
McGrath's corner show window. with
its wealth of vari- colored millinery.
has been a veritable vision of en-
chantment for several days past.
Every lover of the artistic and beauti-
full should see it. The arrangement
was by Mr.. M. T. Flood, whose artistic
eye and taste in such matters may we'll
be envied
The daily papers of jackson have
each day recorded synopses of Rev.
w. P. Prices sermons at the Capitol
Street Baptist Church, and state that
great interest is manifested and large
congregations fill the auditorium.
After one weeks service, IA additions
had been made to the church. The
meeting continues through this week.
All churches of the Fair River Bap-
fist Association which have not al
ready contributed the $500 requested
of each church by the Association to
defray the expenses of it's delegate to
the Southern Baptist Convention, are
requested to do so without further
delay. The Convention meets early in
May. Send the money to A. j. Martin,
Treasurer, Bogue Chitto, or to Rev.
E. P. Douglass, Wesson.
Now that war with Spain is immi-
nent, Mr.. u. T. Hoskins, of this place,
declares his purpose to organize a
Colored Artillery Company, and tender
his services to "Uncle Sam" Ali able
bodied colored men of Brookhaven
and Lincoln county who are willing to