The leader., 1905-04-01

Mrs. 1. Abrams is enjoying a
visit from her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Calm, Of Grand Lake,
Ark.
Mrs. Lily Friou is having a
pretty cottage erected in the east
Of town near Hon. p. z. jones'
residence.
Mrs. w. f. Parsons was pros
trated by illness on Thursday and
at this writing continues i'll, we
regret to learn.
Mrs. Ovens and Mrs. Pur-
Vance, of Canton, have been
guests of their good friend, Mrs.
j. B. Daughtry.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Pfeifer and
Miss Josie have returned from a
visit of several weeks to Hatties-
burg and New Orleans.
The armory Of Company H.,
Mississippi National Guards, is re-
ceiving new coat of paint, which
adds much to its appearance.
Oscar Boone has been taking
photos Of the public school chill
dren and other outside work. !"
He is making a success of it.
Cotton has about regained the
back set given it by the Govern
ment ginners' report. The price
in Brookhaven crawIed back up
to 7.50 yesterday.
The case of the City VS.. Sam
Thompson for retailing was the
only one disposed Of BY the may
or during the past week. He was
fined $100 and costs.
Messrs. H. q. DAILY, F. II. Eel
lows, Mayor R. D. Lanier, Ben
Wilson and Henry Greenwood
spent Thursday on Pearl River
near Monticello on a fishing trip.
Mrs. w. H. Butler passed
through Brookhaven this week on
her way to her home in Lawrence
from Terry, where she visited
her daughter, Mrs. w. w. New
som.
A. d. Huff has received as a
nresent from his father in Indiana
a handsome young buggy horse
which is one of the finest trotters
ever seen in Brookhaven. The
elder Mr.. Huff was offered $500
for him just before shipment.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the ordination ceremo-
nies at the Baptist church tomor-
row morning at Il o'clock. AS
before mentioned in these coll
umns, Revs. G. {. Mckee and Iii.
r. Holcomb will be set apart for
the ministry on this day.
Rev. R. j. Boone will speak at
the Mems Meeting tomorrow af-
lternoon at $3.50 in the X. M. G..
"a. rooms. These meetings are
being we'll attended and are great
" appreciated by a number of our
citizens, who thus pass a pleasant
and generally profitable hour on
Sabbath afternoons.
q. S. District Attorney Charles
Lee was in Brookhaven yester-
day. He was here for the pur-
pose of seeing some Of the gov
ernment witnesses and comforting
with Hon. Thos. Brady in the
franklin county white cap cases,
which he is getting ready to try
at the May term of the Federal
Court in Jackson.
The Price Drug Co. are prepar
ing for the soda water season in
an elegant and elaborate way.
Besides a fine new earbonator for
! the soda fount, which keeps the
gas at an even temperature and
the water distilled, Mr.. Price is
also installing new Miety &
Weiss engine with which he will
have power to run his ice cream
Ifreezers and will also light the
store by electricity. He will use
| it for several other purposes for
which power can be utilized. At
tractive tables and chairs make
his apartments inviting for the
season.
Zollie Daniels fine st. Bernard
dog which weighs about $50
pounds and is thought as much Of
almost as a member of the family,
strayed off last Friday night.
Wednesday the missing dog was
advertised in Tie Leader and
Thursday morning Zollie came
around To inform Us that the ink
was hardly dry Oh the paper
Wednesday evening before the
little ad brought Yukon (for that
is the dogs name) safely back
home. The dog il d faithful sem
tinel when at home, and Zollie ali
so informed Us that the first night
after its disappearance, some Of the
Ethieving vagrants about town,
took advantage of Yukon's ab-
Isence 20 steal two fine turkeys
from bis coop.
Mrs. John FL. johnson was the
hostess for the Whist Club on
Wednesday afternoon, and right.
royalty did she do The honors or
| the evening. Her speciaI quests