The leader., 1902-12-24
He LEADER.
Wednesday Evening, Dec. "a, '02.
TOWN AND COUNTY.


ing the week at home.
Christmas cigars at Price Drug
Co. put up Is in a box.
Mrs. D. j. Batchelder visited
New Orleans last week.
Jacobs and Lowney's Candies
just received at Price Drug Co.
Pneumonia and typhoid fever
are unwelcome Christmas guests.
Willie Davis is enjoying
Christmas with his mother and
relatives.
Prof. Z. w. Darlington, of the
Grange Hall School, was Satur-
day visitor.
Rev. r. M. Burton has moved
his family to the Cameron place
east of town.
Rev. r. H. Purser went to
Kentwood last Thursday to Off
ciate at wedding.
Miss Octavia White has entered
Touro Infirmary to receive
training as nurse.
The Sunbeams pleasantly en-
tertained at the PASTORS Home
last Wednesday evening.
Get the time. from Price Drug
Co.'s Regulator Washington OBJ
seryatory time every day by wire.
The highest market prices paid
for chickens, turkeys, squirrels
and eggs at Smollen's Dining
Car.
Our store is warm and we'll
lighted. Wen make it pleasant
for you at any time. Price Drug
Co.
Messrs. Oscar Hartman and
Joe Chrisman are at home from
Mississippi College for the holi-
days.
Brookhaven knows no change of
pastor or presiding elder of the
NJ. E. church. Everybody is sat
isfied.
Mrs. W. w. Holiday and
lovely little daughter are spend
= ing the holiday season in Halle
hurst.
Miss Virginia Marshall's elocu-
ton class gave a most excellent
program in a recital at Norfeld
last night.
The Teachers Reading Club of
the Public School, held regular
meeting at the school building
Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. McGrath
} and little son left Sunday for the
Carnival City to enjoy the sea-
sons festivities.
Mrs. A. G. McNair attended
the marriage of Miss Bessie Cros-
by and DR.. w. H. Frizell at Hat
tiesburg last night.
Rev. M. L. Burton, who is sta
toned at Summit for 1908, as pas
tor of the Methodist church, was
in town last Friday.
One little boy says he wishes he
had four legs like his cat, so he
could hang up more stockings for
old Santa Claus to fill tonight.
A nice purse makes an ele-
CANT gift and it is always some
thing useful. The Price Drug
Co. has a very fine lot of Seal
skin purses at very low prices.
T. j. Rails, former respected
citizen of this place, but for sew
eral years a resident of Lake
Charles, La, is visiting his for
mer haunts in these parts, and
gave us a pleasant call Saturday.
It was overcoat day at L. Coin
& Bros. last Friday. There are
more people in town and country
now prepared to meet the biz
yards. The sale of their over
coats was unprecedented.
The public school pupils flew
out of their building like birds
last Friday at 10 o'cloc, free to
try their wings without let or him
drance for whole week. A mer-
ry time to each and every one of
them and their preceptors, includ
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Brister,
Mrs. Luther Tyler, A. B. Con
nally and DR.. F. H. Thompson,
of Bogue Chitto, and DR.. and
Mrs. Charles Thompson, of Wes-
son, attended the reception at DR..
and Mrs. McNair's home last Fri
day night.
About sixty college girls board
ed the train last Friday for their
respective homes to spend the hol-
idays. Only three of the students
were left at the college and one
thinks of banquet halls desert
ed'' etc., in passing by the for
saken campus.
Our little boy, who may be
taken as typical child of the day,
says he wants drum and a horn
and a billy-goat and doll and
buggy-and an elephant and ball
and wheel-barrow and donkey
and "dat's all 'cep a horse wild a
saddle on and a iumpin' Jack. =
Old Santa Claus feels more equal
to supplying what he doesn't
want.