The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-03-05
TOWN AND COUNTY.


Mr.. W. W. Henderson is suffering
some inconvenience from his fall.
E. j. Carpenters great scenic pro-
duction at the Opera house tonight
Topisaw is fortunate in securing the
services of Rev. j. E. Wills as pastor.
Mr.. A. B. Middleton has been great
sufferer with inflammatory rheuma-
tism.
Buck Stoves and M ajestic Ranges,
two of the best, at G. B. Perkins Hard
ware Store.
Vegetation, like the proverbial mush-
room, is springing up in night during
the warm spring days.
Have you seen the four-coat kitchen
enamel ware in G. B. Perkins show
window? Better than granite.
Mrs. Belle Hoffman has returned, af-
ter spending several, weeks in New Or
leans.
Miss Laurie Penn is again at home,
after char ming visit to New Orleans
friends.
Mrs. r. c. McNair, of McComb, was
a last weeks visitor to Brookhaven
relatives.
Reserved seats for ALittle Outcast
on sale at Heuck & Sons. Prices 35,
30 aud 75c.
Hon. F. A. McLain has the thanks
of this Office for some select flower
and garden seed.
Mrs. Birch Herring, of Franklin
county, is the guest of her mother,
Mrs. S. E. Buckets.
Webster Buie, of Jackson, was cor
daily welcomed among Brookhaven
friends last Sabbath.
Mr.. Myers, of Franklin county, has
purchased the Beam residence prop
erty in the Schwem addition.
Will Lee, the white convict from this
county, who was sent up for assault
and battery, has been pardoned by the
Governor
Mrs. J. B. Daughtry left last Sunday
for Houston, Texas, where she is en-
joying visit with her daughter, Mrs.
A. G. Bullitt.
Mrs. johnson, of McComb, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Storm,
in her pretty new cottage home in the
Becker Addition.
Manager Heuck authorizes US to say
that if A Little Outcast does not please
he will refund you your money. At
Opera House tonight.
Harmon GOA, youth of about four
teen years, accidently shot himself in
the foot Tuesday evening while out
hunting. 1t is a serious wound.
Mrs. W. W. Henderson spent several
days this week in New Orleans. We
are pleased to state that this excellent
lady is now greatly improved in health.
Mrs. Susie Wood Pegram was taken
critically i'll on Thursday night, and
for several moments her life was de-
SPARED of. She is still ill, but better.
On account of smallpox, which has
developed at Laurel, Rev. r. Fl. Purser
will not go to that city next week to
assist in the protracted meeting an
ticipated.
We have failed~to note before that
Mr.. Oscar Newton, Jr., the urbane
cashier of the Bank of Brookhaven, is
now owner of the former DIR. J. M.
Martin property.
Little Bert Crisler is suffering with
pneumonia. Mr.. Crisler is still pain
fully afflicted with sore eyes. The
sympathy of their many friends goes
out to this beloved family.
Mrs. E. F. Brennan is ill with typhoid
fever. A trained nurse has been or,
dered from New Orleans. Mrs. Bren-
mans many friends much regret this
attack upon her usual fine health.
The Leader regrets to hear of the ac-
cident to Mr.. 2. q. Linton at Fern
wood, A piece of timber struck him in
the head at the mill and he is suffering
from fracture of the skull. We ear
nestly hope he will recover.
Mrs James Mcintyre is improving, af-
ter critical illness at the home of
her sister, Mrs. E. f. Brennan. The
death of her little child i; a sad blow
to the young parents, and the sympathy
of friends abides with them.
Mr.. J. C. May, of Nola, was pleas
ant caller yesterday. Mr.. May has just
recovered from an attack of measles,and
reports his farm work greatly retarded
by sickness throughout his entire fam
lily. Mr.. May, however, remembered
the editor in his affection.
Little Mary Thomas Flood is her
own bright little self again, after suf-
fering with measles. When Mary
Thomas was taken i'll she objected, In
her vigorous way, to the physicians be-
ing called. After patient persuasion,
she at last consented, with the follow
ing stipulation: LET the doctor come;
but tell him not to bring his yalise."