The leader., 1905-10-25

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and fell and broke bis arm.
Justice w. G. Summers and
wife, Of Edgar, were pleasant call
ers at The Leader Office yesterday.
The Brookhaven Furniture Co.
opened up again yesterday for the
first time since the FIRE in the
Masonic Temple.
Babe Maxwell, of the Union
Hall neighborhood, has raised
some very fine ounces on a par
with Bardwell's potatoes.
Unprecedented crowds are gath
ering each night at the Baptist
church services. Every seat and
chair has been filled up to this
time.
Heating Stoves of all kinds
and sizes at c. B. Perkins. See
him before you buy. He will
save you Money.
Mr.. PouIson requests that all
Y. NJ. G. A. books out. be sent
in, without personal notice. They
may be sent to The Leader Office
or the Racket Store.
Brookhaven Cook Book! Call
at Mrs. f. H. Hartman's. Price
reduced to 25 cents since the fire.
Money will go toward improving
the circulating library.
The Lincoln County Baptist
Association will meet with the
Arlington church 6 miles south
west of Bogue Chitto next Friday
at II a. m. A large attendance is
expected.
The ladies of the Methodist
church will have their holiday sale
early in December, date and place
to be given later. Anyone desir-
ing to make donations, will please
have them ready by that time.
Secretary Poulson will be at the
Y. M. G. A. rooms Thursday un-
til noon, to dispose of the remain
ing furniture. Those who have
purchased articles are kindly re-
quested to have them removed at
that time.
We regret to hear of the death
of Mrs. Wilburn Montgomery, of
the Red Star neighborhood. She
was a young woman of many vir-
tues and died leaving a husband
and two little children, sadly
bereft.
G. B. Perkins changeable cleo
trio sign is the attraction of Front
street. There has never been any
thing like it in this city and few
towns as small as Brookhayen can
boast of a similar attraction. Mr..
Perkins is a leader in his business.
A large number of Franklin
county farmers took advantage Of
the quarantine raise and came to
Brookhaven last Saturday and
Monday. Those who brought in
cotton gained by being fenced out,
as they got the benefit of the rise.
Mr.. E. L. Summers, son of A.
M. Summers, Of this county, left
Monday for Memphis. where be
will attend the Medical ColIeg e
for third term. Mr.. Summers
gives promise of ranking well in
the medical fraternity of the
State.
The meeting at the Methodist
church closed last Friday night.
Rev. Mr.. Clifford distinguished
himself as preacher of unusual
ability and conservation. He did
not hesitate to call spade a aspade
and spoke out boldly against pop
ular sins.
The Y. M. G. A. library, which
is now the property of the ladies
who composed the Auxiliary, will
be kept up as a circulating libra
| ry. At present its headquarters
is the Racket Store, with Charles
Hamilton in charge. Five cents
will give you book for one week.
DIR. Van B. Martin and Mrs. M.
A. EasterIing, Of the Moreton &
Helms Lumber Co., are reported
to have married at Green
wood last Saturday. Mrs. Easter
ling was granted a divorce from
her former husband last week by
the Lincoln County Chancery
Court.
The Leader is in receipt of The
Goliad Advance, of GoIiad, Tex
as, j. A. White, editor and pro-
prietor. Jim" is one Of our
BrookhaVen boys, who reflects
credit upon the land of bis natiyi-
ty. We are pleased to note the
fuency of his pen and the whole
some tone of his editorial columns.
Corporal W. H. Warnock and
BugIer B. E. Spencer, of the
StonewalI Guards, who have been
in the detention camp at Camp B..
F. Ward, returned home last
night. Corporal Marshall Doug
lass, Bugler Lee Plantz and Pri-
yate w. L. Carpenter will remain
at Biloxi until the quarantine at
that point is lifted.
The old road contractors,
Messrs. Smith, Williamson and
Evans, have finally resolved TO
bring suit against the county for
ten or twelve thousand dollars of