The leader., 1904-10-05
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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1904.
TOWN AND COUNTY.

cent City Sunday.
Miss Addie Watson was a Wes-
SON visitor Sunday.
Cotton in Brookhaven today is
going at 1.50 to 1.55.
Mrs. O. Newton is enjoying a
visit from her mother.
Capt. j. Z. Storm is now en-
gagged at the McGrath Store.
Mis-. 7. G. McNair, Of Nice Comb,
was a CHEEKY Saturday visitor.
There are no prettier Fall goods
anywhere than in Brookhaycn.
Misses Susie and Nellie Cox
have returned from the EXPOSE
ton.
Miss Lutte Afford visited Miss
Nellie Jones from Friday to Mon
day.
Mis-. Ada E. S. PROXY, of Nat
chez, is a popular visitor to this
city.
Mrs. Vernon Smith and son,
Nj. Joe, left yesterday for St.
Louis.
Capt. j. M. Tedford is antici-
pating visit from his sister, of
California.
Miss Emily Mckenzie, of Sum
NIT, is the charming guest of Miss
Meta Smith.
Mrs. F. B. Noodle and Miss
Nellie McGrath returned last week
from Canton.
We regret to know that Mrs.
Frank Parsons is having a long
siege of fever.
Miss Emma Halford, of Frank
lin county, is visiting Mr.. Louie
Magee's family.
Mrs. Geo. f. Nixon, Of Lex
ington, is the guest of her moth
er, Mrs. w. H. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Holiday
returned Friday from visit Of
several weeks to Hazlehurst.
Miss Laura, sister of Mr.. r.
G. Applewhite, will make her
home with him and his family.
Sartin & Chandler's gin south
of town has ginned something
more than 300 bales this season.
Little Miss Naomi Brown has
been spending several weeks with
Miss Keithley, at Crystal Springs.
Mrs. w. M. Anderson, of Jack
son, and her lovely little daugh-
ter, have been guests of the Miss
es Mikell.
Hodges Bros, meat market men,
now have their slaughter house
about one mile east of town on the
VIM. Maxwell place.
The seventeen year-oId daugh-
ter of Mr.. Lee L. Hughes, of the
Mt. Moriah neighborhood, is very
low with "slow fever"
Mr.. Joe Storm, who has lately
sold out his mercantile interests
in Summit, was a visitor to his
brother, s. N, in this city last
week.
Carpenters tools. We gualan-
tee to discount any ones price on
them. Won't find anything but
the best at g. B. Perkins Hard
ware Store.
The cotton fields adjacent to
Brookhaven are white unto har-
vest" Moonlight and sunlight
pickers could be kept very busy
hereabouts.
Bogue Chitto High school opens
Monday. October 10th, with Miss
Lucille Vaughn, principal. Misses
Maize Buie and Efie Bali, assis-
tants, and Miss Harvey, primary
department.
Little Robert Lee Jones is still
very i'll with typhoid fever. He
has been confined to his bed for
more than FIVE weeks. We earn
estly hope this bright little boy
will soon be up again.
Miss Daphne Blackwell will
leave tomorrow for her home in
Vicksburg, much to the regret Of
friends and admirers who have
enjoyed her bright presence DUR
ing the summer months,
Pastor Purser requests us to an
nounce that on next Sunday night
he will resume the sermon so
rudely interrupted BY the sudden
alarm of fire on last Sabbath even
ing and invites the public to at
tend.
On last Sunday Ernest Parsons
came near bleeding to death at bis
fathers home in this city while
undergoing a delicate surgical
operation. The Leader is glad to
announce chat he IS now out of
danger and doing we'll.
Mrs. NJ. v. Powell, who has
been a longtime resident Of
Brookhaven, will leave tomorrow
with her daughter, Mrs. A A..
McAlpin and Prof. McAlpin for
Copiah county, where she will
make her home. We regret to
lose this excellent lady from our
community, and 10 spirit will fol-
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