The leader., 1903-09-26

Miss Pauline Milton is the guest .
of her cousin, Miss Jennie |
Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs. ii. G.. GodboId, |
of Kennolia, were Wednesday |
visitors.
Mrs. WiIdurr Willing left yes
terday for visit with llazlchurst |
relatives.
An clocution recital will be !
held at Union Hall on next Fri
day night.
Mrs. +. G.. Hoffman, returned |
Wednesday after pleasant visit
to New Orleans.
Il. ID. Davis, of Jackson, came
down Thursday evening and spent
Friday in this city.
5. J. and j. II. McFadden, of
Bogue Chitto, were visitors at
this office yesterday.
Van Kees is reported as doing
very well now, and hopes are en-
tertained of his early recovery.
Editor L. ii. Bowen returned
Thursday from his trip North.
Mrs. Bowen has not yet arrived.
Mrs. f. w. Darlington and
children have returned from a de-
lightful visit to Crystal Springs
relatives.
DR.. j. L. Butler has been quite
i'll with malarial fever during the
entire week. He is still confined
to his room.
Mrs. w. W. Davis left Thurs
day for her home at Ora, after a
pleasant stay with relatives in
this vicinity.
Rev. J. w. Roseborough will
arrive today from Alabama and
will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. n. Cooke.
Mrs. W. A. Racine returned to
the Crescent City Sunday, after a
pleasant visit to her sister-in- law,
Mrs. Frank Hoffman.
The Y. NJ. G. A. night school
will begin next week. Prof. f.
w. Darlington has been secured
as teacher of stenography.
The old Episcopal church at
Jackson in which services were
held fol the last time on the 10Th,
was built just after the war.
Miss Lillian Richardson, of In
dependence, La, and Mrs. Kitty
Montgomery, of Amite, have been
guests of Mrs. WEI G. Schwem.
John Lenoir and his daug htel,
Miss Ada, have been guests of
their relatives, DR.. and Mrs. J.
W, Bennett. They are Texas res
idents.
Wednesday night burglars did
a poor business at Hodges Bros.
meat market. Only a few cents,
fortunately, had been left in the
/ drawer.
The Opera House is making
things comfortable and attractive
for t b e coming season. The
whole building will be furnished
with opera chairs.
A very neat and commodious
cottage has been erected in the
Swain Addition, just north of the
colored Methodist church, which,
by the way, is now being painted
on the inside.
Dir. and Mrs. J. II. johnson
and family returned from North
Carolina on Thursday afternoon.
We regret to hear from them of
the failing health of the doctors
mother, Mrs. Margaret johnson.
The Fair River School has been
chartered. Judging from t h e
amount of printing being done by
the county schools, in the way of
posters, catalogues, folios, ETC.,
the schools are making decidedly
long strides toward perfection in
methods and work.
Yom Ripper, Day of Atone
ment, services will be held at
Temple B'nai Sholom, Wednes-
day eve at 7 O'Clock and Thursday
morning, beginning at 10 O'Clock.
The Day of Atonement is the hol-
lest day in the Jewish calendar
devoted to fasting and penetential
praying. (Num. xxx 711.)
James and Clifton Cooper, aged
Is and II years, picked 100
pounds of cotton on their fat hers
farm at Newton, under promise
first of S. if they picked 700
pounds; and then double the
amount when they themselves sug
gested they could pick 1000 in a
day. They rested forty minutes
for dinner and began at daylight.
At $50 in the evening the cotton