The leader., 1900-12-05
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Will Raines was in town last Friday.
Don't say turkey" again, until
Christmas anyway.
Mis- Annie Cassidy spent Thanks
giving with her parents at Summit.
We Parsons is adding two more
rooms to his attractive and comfort
ablenew home.
Our thrifty shoe dealer, VIM. Alb
shaeen. has frightened his quarters
with fresh coat of paint.
Miss Jessie McNair elegantly enter
timed the faculty of Whitworth Col
loge on Thanksgiving day.
Nr. and Mrs LEM have arrived from
Chicago Mr.. LEM is the new and
competent baker at Lotterhos.
Miss Adele Priebatch entertained a
nln5,, of young friends on last
Thursday night, at her charming home.
The most effective little liver pills
made are DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
They never grippe. c. E. Grafton Drug
Co.
Call at Rev. r. J. Boones book store
for Holiday books, Peloubet's Notes,
family Bibles and teachers. Examine
hi, stock before buying elsewhere.
Oh the toys and dollies and Santa
Claus follies that have already come
down the merchants chimneys Come
to Brookhaven for Christmas goods.
DeWtt's Little Early Risers are
dainty little pills, but they never fail
to cleanse the liver, remove obstruc-
tious and invigorate the system. c. e.
Grafton Drug Co.
Daniel II Zwirn have been kept busy
arranging furniture, dry goods and
groceries in their enlarged apartments.
They mean business and "Zollie's Ad."
means something.
Parsons, Moreton & Co. believe in
printers ink 1t is the best way in the
world to keep before the public. Note
the successful merchants In Brookha-
ven they are the ones that advertise.
Price n Watson are having the office
rooms to their handsome drug store
re-Wpered and are also preparing for
the exhibition of some of the hand.
somest Christmas goods ever brought
to this city.
We regret to hear of the serious H.
ness Of DR.. Pegram, with typhoid
fever at home in Ripley. He
has been i'll for thirty five days.
His wife, formerly Miss Susie Wood,
has the sympathy of Brookhaven
friends in this time of anxiety.
Don't use any of the counterfeits of
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Most of
them are worthless or liable to cause
injury The original DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is certain cure for piles
eczema, cuts, scalds, burns, sores and
SKIN diseases. c. E. Grafton Drug Co.
An impromptu gathering of friends
and neighbors honored Miss Jennie
Stevens birthday on last Thursday
night, by gathering together at Mrs.
hartman's home, where they were de-
Nghlfnlly entertained and spent sew
er1l hours in pleasant social inter
course. Miss Jennie says she was just
sixteen and isn't going to have any
more birthdays.
Schwem's gin burned down on
thursday night last between the hours
Vi l. and l o'clock. Two bales of cot
ton and quantity of seed were also
consumed. The value of the gin was
estimated at from 81 800 to $1,000 and
was insured in the Southern Insurance
ASSOCIATION, of New Orleans, for 81 ,05O
lhcendlarsm was, doubtless, the cause
oi the contlagration. This is the fourth
uae "Schwem's gin" has been burned
On The same spot In 1895 two negro
ooys were roasted to death in the fire.
We regret Mr.. Schwem's repeated bad
luck aud hope he is still able to rise
superior to adverse fortune.
among the tens Of thousands who
nave used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy for colds and la grippe during the
past lew years, to our certain knowl-
euge, not single case has resulted in
pneumonia Thos Whitfield e. Co,
-fo Wabash avenue, Chicago, one of
'ue most prominent retail druggists in
'nat city, in speaking of this, says:
we recommend Chamberlain's Cough
" medy for la grippe in many cases
aS 1t not only gives prompt and com
p'''e recovery, but also counteracts
"ny tendency of la grippe to result in
Pneumonia" For sale by C. E. Graf.
ton Drug Co.
HeV Il. ID. Purser had packed his
nousehold goods and begun his re.
"iFal TO Brookhaven from Wesson
Sneh notified that he was expected to
preach the Thanksgiving sermon for
,"iS community. He was, consequent.
- unable to be present, A large con,
sation gathered at the Metho
uast church at the appointed hour on
thanksgiving day and listened, with
a.efest, to addresses from Rev. C
ooerschmidt and DIR. A. f. Watkins
- i'eu ei the regular sermon. Some
,uihs more than sl4 was the sum col
.ee'ed Tor the three Protestant or
phans' asylums of the State.