The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-01-07
THE LEADER.
Wednesday Evening, Jan. 7, 'O3.
TOWN AND COUNTY.

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Get DIR. Ripley's prices on dental
work. He can save you money.
During the next 60 days DR.. c. L
Ripley will make teeth for Sc plate.
Henry Schwem is visitor
from jackson. f.
A deaf mute at jackson, Tenn.
acquired the gift of speech on her
death bed.
Hoskins & Phillips, of Brook
haven, were here on business
Tuesday. Wesson Enterprise.
Mrs. C. w. Crisler and children
returned last Friday from de-
lightful visit to relatives at Fay
cite.
j. w. Smollen generously enter
tanned the new Mayor and Board
of Aldermen last night in his Din
ing Car.
The recital at the public school
last night by the pupils of Misses
Cassidy and Bowen was very
creditable.
Mrs. w. H. Milton and her
daughter, Miss Pauline, have
rented rooms with Mrs. M. V.
Powell and moved in Monday.
Mr.. Chas. NJ. Higdon, of Halle
hurst, arrived here Thursday to
join his brother at the Brook
haven Drug Co., where he is now
engaged.
Some miscreant has punctured
the plate glass front door of the
Masonic Temple. If he will
make himself known, committee
will wait on him.
For Washington Observatory
Time, see the Regulator in
Stafier's Jewelry Store, which has
shown the Standard time for the
past thirty years.
O. H. Berry and Louis Brown
of the I. G. survey corps, left town
last week to join Messrs. Muir
ply, Thorn and Price. This en-
cheering party is going to be
missed by many friends.
The lethal chamber for the
painless destruction of dogs,
built by readers of The Times
Democrat, has been completed in
New Orleans. So now even dogs
have something to look forward
to.
The quarterly statement of the
Bank of Brookhaven appears in
The Leader of today. 1t is good
showing of that excellent banking
institution. The stockholders of
the bank will hold their annual
meeting on January Goth.
On Jan. DIST at the Opera
House will take place the third
entertainment of the public cshooI
Lyceum Course. Luicus Perry
Hills, poet and humorist, will
appear in his popular roles of lee
turer, humorous story-teller and
impersonator and authorized
er.
The Commercial Bank begins
the New Year with every assur-
ance to its depositors and patrons
generally, since its capital stock
is greatly increased and special
security is, therefore offered.
The Savings Banks have been
especially conducive to economy
among the young people and very
many of them are now running
bank accounts A father told
his little son the other day that he
didn't care to go to certain ex-
pense for him, when the little fell
low independently retorted:
"Well, | can pay it myself; I've
got money in the bank" 1t is a
fine idea; and more of our young
folks should begin the New Year
by saving the pennies that at
last make dollars.
The reception and ball extended
their lady friends by the members
of the Cherokee Club on last
Thursday night, were events of
great social Interest and were at
tended by many visitors from
neighboring towns as we'll as by
a large number of Brookhaven
people. At the former function
a whist tournament was held and
the very handsome prize was
won by Mrs. J. H. Redding.
. At the ball, music was fur
nished by the Gem Band, of Jack
son, and the brilliant throng,
amid the elegant decorations and
attractive environments, made
the scene one to be remembered.
Messrs. Ben Wilson, Jos. Julier
and Richard Nalty deserve
especial credit for their efforts
toward the success of the occa-
sion.