The leader., 1903-08-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Heavy rains continue.

Heavy rains continue.
w. W. Holiday came home tc
vote.
Mrs. Thomas Brady is in New
Orleans.
The first primary has had its
inning.
Don't, cross the bridge unit
you get to it.
j. w. Smollen visited Crysta
Springs Tuesday.
Mrs j. E. Hodges. is confined
to hel home by illness.
Artht r Roberts has succeeded
Geo. Fultz as caller at the depot
The Fats and the Leans on the
diamond at Storms Park next
Monday.
Miss Susie Powell returned
Monday from protracted visit
to New ORLEANS and the coast.
Miss Addie Harvey is in charge
of the Western Union Telegraph
Office, during her brothers. so.
journ north.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Penn,
who have travelled exclusively
during the summer, have been the
guests the past week of Mrs. j..
Cope.
Baseball has taken new i'm
petus-probably inspired by the
warm August sunshine. 1t must
be funny when you feel that
way"
TaImon Chandler, who is son
of our own good countyman,
ID. w. Chandler, left for Sand.
spur, La, yesterday, where he
is engaged in lumber MILL
The excess of rain in the way
of daily showers is proving hurt
full to the cotton by making it run
too much to weed. Otherwise
the crop prospect is very fine.
DR.. Z. B. Graves University.
School closed Friday after pros
porous and most profitable SEES
sion. DIR. Graves gift of impart.
ing instruction is indeed remark
able.
If the Leaders candidates were
not elected, we did all we could
to win and have nothing to regret.
There is victory in defeat and we
have won it, along with some
other folks.
Next Monday will be the 18th
anniversary of Lincoln's enamel
patton from the grog shops. There
never has been and never will
be reason to take step back
ward in their direction.
Some folks think that you are
bound to feel ugly toward a
competitor or an opponent. This
is a mistake. We may do all
we can to beat the other fellow:
but we won't blame him if he
does the same thing wins.
The ladies of the Methodist
church postponed their Inter
national Fete until next Friday on
account of the wet weather. May
they be rewarded at that time fo1
all their anxiety and patience
under difficulties.
Julian Harvey got crazy drunk
on Tuesday night, broke large
plate glass window at his mothers
store and INDUCED in a lot of dis
orderly conduct. He was finally
arrested by officers Byrd and
Magee and after desperate
struggle, carried to the Jail for the
night to sober up. When sober,
he plead guilty before the mayor
and was fined $1,000 and cost.
Ed. johnson, colored porter al
the depot, was arrested and tried
before Justice Hoffman yesterday
morning on the charge of embez
cling tickets from the railroad
ticket Office and selling them
johnson undertook to throw the
blame on Geo. Fultz, who has beer
serving as caller at the depot
charging Fultz with supplying
him with the tickets to sell
Justice Hoffman gave johnson 81
days on the county farm.
Mr.. Frank Cameron, first as
sistant postmaster at this place
has resigned, and onthe 18th inst
will accept situation as book
keeper at Zoliie Daniels. Mr.
Cameron was very faithful AMI
efficient in the dischargeOf his du
ties at the post Office, having th'
principal burden Of the Office Of
his shoulders, and the patrons D
the Office will greatly miss him
His successor has not yet been ap
pointed, and for the present Post
master Jobes and Mrs. Job ar
in charge