The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-12

Il 1919 ds1 = I'LL 2 tA5AS " ASAO -
| Wells.
Mr.. John 2. Butler, Of Mead
vile, paid US a pleasant visit last
Friday.
Work has begun on the newly
/ purchased residence Of Rev. j. A.
Hobbs.
Mrs. j. w. Whites new sur
rey is one of our most attractive
vehicles.
John w. Ross, depot agent at
Nola, was a Brookhaven visitor
Monday.
Conant & Company will write
your Fire and Tornado Insurance.
Phone No. ~.
Bert McNair is still confined to-
his fathers home with an attack
of typhoid fever.
The McGrath Store dealt out
groceries by the wholesale yester-
Iday at their bargain sale.
| Mr.. Will Schwem and family
lspent Saturday and Sunday in
Brookhayen with relatives.
Miss Fannie Renfroe, Of Wes-
lson, has been the guest Of her
cousin, Miss Nellie Sasser.
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Little Lillian Dampeer, of Haz-
lehurst, is with her grandparents,
1 Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Cooke.
WatermeIons are plentiful and
Frequently poor. Too much rain
this season for the finest melons.
Mr.. Elias Jones, of Crystal
Springs, was a visitor to his cous-
ms, the Misses Sartin, last Sab
bath.
Miss Benneta Purser has been
engaged as assistant to Miss Ben
ME Dunn at Ruth for the coming
Ischool term.
Rev. r. j. Boone has moved
| his book and news stand into the
building next door to Staffler's
Jewelry Store.
i Mrs. w. w. Henderson and
! Miss Emma Bee spent Sunday
with McComb friends. They had
a delightful day.
i Alva Smith came down from
Crystal Springs and spent the
day with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Smith, Sunday.
Mr.. T. G. Maxwell spent Sun
lday in Monticello with his broth
er, w. g. We regret to know
that Mrs. Maxwell is quite i'll.
/ Mrs. M. E. Green and little
grandchildren are expected home
today from Summit, where they
have been the guests of Rev. and
Mrs. |. H. Anding.
j Brick and lumber have been
hauled for Alfred Moreton's new
residence on the beautiful lot
south of DR.. S. G. Wilson's hand
some new hume on jackson street.
Mr.. j. j. McGrath, Of the Lex
ington (Ky.) Herald, and his sis
ter, Miss Nellie, arrived Sunday
| from that city. Mr.. McGrath's
Il friend Mr.. Helm will follow al
an early date.
! Abb COIN has been cordially
welcomed home and has been we'll
4 nigh overwhelmed with congratu-
lations upon his success in win
ming the oratorical medal at the
Gulfport Chautauqua.
T. j. Wills was in town Monday
afternoon and paid this Office a
pleasant call. He has been elected
i principal of a aourishing school
in Smith county, which he will
take charge of in September.
/ Rev. j. P. Hemby attended the
Baptist convention at Tupelo.
Mr.. Hemby was reelected re-
cording secretary of that great
4 body, after service of sew
eral years. He is now busy pre-
pairing the minutes for publiea-
/ tion.
i The Methodist and Baptist
lchurches of Pearlhaven are at
tractive frame buildings of good
capacity. To outward appearance
i they are exactly alike. Rev. R.
| j. Boone walked out to his APP
pointment at the latter on Sunday
| night aud gave his congregation
one of his thoughtful and earnest
sermons.
Il will be of interest to her
friends to know that Miss Vir-
]. ginia Hart, who is SO pleasantly
remembered in Brookhaven as the
Epro6uient teacher Of art at Whit
worth several terms ago, has been
attending the Chicago Art lnsti-
tute during the past session and
has also been numbered among the
instructors Of this famous institu-
tion.
Hon. j. B. Webb, district at
torney for this district, has gone
to Charlottesville, Va, where he
will spend a month taking a post
graduate course in the Law De-
partment of che University Of
d Virginia. Mr.. Webb is an able
and vigorous prosecutor, and
when be gets back, criminals with
4 bad case in court will doubtless
j have still greater reason to dread