The leader., 1901-09-18

! VINE lIlcuuS JulS Neeh. TFuHhttH 1t-
COcdtc.
/ Just received one car load of cook.
ing stoves. We are prepared to give
our customers the benefit of car load
prices. Parsons Moreton- Wentworth
! Co.
Lightning struck the pretty new
home of Mr.. Bill Lowell, near the
Pearl River Lumber Co. plant Monday
evening. The house was burned to
/ the ground.
All those who are willing to con-
! tribute flowers on memorial day to
+ morrow are requested to send them
to the Methodist church by o'clock
/ in the morning.
Miss Johnnie Lee Allen has accept
ed position with the well known dry
goods house of Whiting i Gray, of
jackson, and will enter upon her
/ duties on Oct. lst.
There were % tickets sold at this
station Saturday for the excursion
North Fourteen went to Chicago
nine to St. Louis, two to Louisville
and one to Cincinnati
/ Mrs. Jno. Williams, Of Natalbany
La, lies at the point of death at the
home of her brother, Mr.. l. p. William
son, near town. Her five little chill
dren have arrived at her bedside.
Lotterhos' bread is now baked in a
brand new oven, which Mr.. lotteries
had constructed from his own plans,
and his years of experience assure ev-
eryone that it was made Just right"
Mrs. Anna Rutledge Bowen spent
the first of the week with her friend,
Mrs. Henry Meyer. Mrs. Bowen is
teacher of voice in Noble College at
Admission, Ma, and left Monday for
that city.
The Parsons Moreton Wentworth
Co, are having constructed a hand
some private office in the rear of their
mercantile establishment. As bust
ness expands our merchants meet the
demands.
y never failing cure for cuts, burns,
scalds, ulcers, wounds aud sores is De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. A most
soothing and healing remedy for all
skin affections. Accept only the gen
uine. G. +. Grafton.
Mr., Chas. H. Dahlstrom, of Brook
haven, Miss, is in this city this week,
organizing Lodge of the Star of
bethlehem. This is new secret in
surance order, or an ancient order
modernized. NcComb Enterprise.
Thousands suffer with torpid liver,
producing great depression of spirits,
indigestion, constipation, headache,
etc. HERBINE will stimulate the liver.
keep the bowels regular, and restores a
healthful buoyancy of spirit Price, 20
cents. Price Il Watson
Mrs, Ewing returned from her sum
mer's visit to Louisiana last week to
resume her duties in the public school
/ The latter's opening having been
/ postponed, Mrs. Ewing left yesterday
for visit with her son, Capt. bennett
! Ewing at Fernwood.
There will be services at the
Methodist church tonight at the reg
ular hour, when Rov. B. f. Jones. the
/ presiding elder, will preach: after
/ which there will be a business meeting
/ of the Quarterly Conference. All mem.
bers of the church are earnestly re,
/ quested' to attend
Estus l.. Summers and Luther Scar
/ borough left last Saturday for Mis-
/ sissippi College. Frank Summers had
/ preceded his brother to Clinton. Both
of these young men are sons of Mr.. A
NJ. Summers of this county, while
Luther is the one-armed boy of Rev. j.
y. Scarborough, Of Bogue Chitto
\ case of mild smallpox has devel-
oped in the extreme south of town.
Willie BayliSs is the victim and is get
ting along nicely No one has come
in contact with it except Mrs. MEGA
/ lips family, who are quarautined and
there IS very little or no apprehension
/ concerning the spread Of the disease
/ It is an accepted fact that smallpox is
! NOT cOutapipuS a1Tuay-
At the meeting of the delegates from
the city wards last Wednesday night
/ which had for its object the reor gani
zatlnn of the fire department, S. W
! Hoskins was elected chief, with Luther
Harvey and John Seavey assistants
Ward meetings will be held at an early
date for the election of officers in each
territorial division of the town: the
Fourth Ward having already chosen
Charles Heuck as foreman, with J. G.
( DeyereuX, assistant.
Capt. +. w. Brown, clerk of the Su
preme Court of the State, was a visitor
to his daughters, Mrs. Frank BEDDING
and Miss z. T., at the home of Mr. j.
Ii. Redding Monday evening. The
Captain was accompanied by Jacksons
remarkably gifted young musician,
Chalmers Clifton. whose performances
upon the piano ovinco rare talent.
The young man is the son of Mr.. Oil
yer Clifton, Of the Capital, gentle
man well known throughout the State.
Sunday night Dnrant was again Wis
tied by disastrous conflagration that
destroyed her remaining livery stable.
Eighteen horses, a lot of vehicles, har-
ness and other property were consum-
ed. On Thursday night last a fire
brought similar destruction to another
stable. Origin of neither fire is