The leader., 1902-04-02
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Warren McNalr visited OClca laSC
week.
DR.. Gordon Penn has been doing
dental work in Copiah.
Henry Schaller, Jr., has gone to
Memphis on brief visit.
Mrs. W. H. Smith is visiting her hus-
band at Gulfport this week.
Mrs. W. A. Brewer enjoyed the Sun
day School convention at Utica.
DR.. J. L. Beavers, one of NELSON'S
most prominent citizens, was in town
last week.
The tremendous rain of last Wednes-
day night moved a large amount of
real estate.
Willie Hartwell, of New Orleans.
spent Sunday at the home of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bee.
H. Brill has made good move and
is now occupying new shop next door
to Henry Schaller's variety shop.
Our stores that handle notions were
we'll supplied with beautiful Easter
corrections that were the delight of the
little ones.
Seven inches of rain fell in this city
last Wednesday night. Mr.. Bee says
there hasn't been such rainfall since
April, 1856, when II inches fell in one
day
We are glad to see Mr.. Henry Bates
In town. In few weeks he will re-
sumo hi, duties as clerk in John Nc
Grath X Sons store at BrookhaveD.-
Summit Sentinel.
P. II. Harrington has gone to Limce-
cum La, where he will again engage
i'll the sawmill business. Pat is a
steady, reliable, worthy young man,
and the best wishes of many Lincoln
friends attend him.
Wade Summers, eldest son of Mr..
A. NJ. Summers, of this county, aud a
recent graduate of the Georgia A la
bama Business College, is now en-
poyed as stenpgrapher and typewriter
at the Commercial Bank.
STOLEN From the resi- lencs Of W.
T. Mason near Pc ,rlhaven, a lady's gold
watch, with diam )ud in tho back of
case, E(gin movement. A liberal re-
ward will be paid to anyone for it's re-
turn and no questions asked. Address
Miss Lol Mason, Brook haven, Miss.
We rsgret the discouraging reports
OF Mrs. W. +. Parsons condition. After
two months of suffering from the acct
dent that befel her, she is still unable
to use her limb and the sad prospect
nov is that she will never be able to
walk again without the aid of crutches.
On account of i'll health and recent
alllctlon, Mrs. A. S. Boswell has de-
clded to sell out her property and bust
ness The Boswell House" enjoys an
eh'iable reputation and Is good prop
erty, we'll located. This affords an
opening for some enterprising person.
Your attention is respectfully called
70 The al of the Eis Union Lumber &
manufacturing Company. This COM
p'ny Is we'll adapted to supply at
oace any dem md for lumber and carry
sarge assorted stock. They make a
speciality of tina home trade and are
always glad to furnish prices or stock
quickly.
Mr. Joe Watson, of Vanderbilt, ar
rived Saturday at his home in this
wy Mr., Watson says that a hundred
nies north of this place, there is not a
sign of bursting buds or towering
trees and that he felt he was in a
new country on arriving in Brookha-
'en with its springtime foliage. We
are glad to have Mr.. Watson among US
again.
lhe Progressive Oil Mill and Fertil-
N0r company on Saturday closed a
'on'ract with j. o. Ashworth, Of Kos
'lusko, for the construction of their
pant III this city. The machinery
ouilding will be of brick, and the other
buildings of wood. Messrs. David
oonn and H. Cassidy, officers of
.ue company, have returned from a
"Trip TO several points in Mississippi,
Snere oil mills already in operation
We're inspected.
a baseball game was played at the
rdoi'c school grounds at $3.50 p. m. on
ffiliy last. The batteries were com
pOsed Of Schalfer, Berger, Byrne, Gull.
"!a's, Allen aud others. At the close
" the game, which was very vigorously
uu enthusiastically contested, the
'0ore stood 81 to IS in favor of Schaller
auu Berger. The umpire of the game
was Horace Simon. The motto of the
,ic'ors is: "We never lose, but always
wi. "u' We think the boys will change
,u's when losses come, as they inevita
oily will.