The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-12-20

Ihe festive bl-valye is having its
inning.
The rain vanished and it was
"coId enough Monday.
Our Christmas show windows re-
mind one of Canal Street.
Our aviators will be in Yazoo
City on Friday and Saturday.
Membership in the Brookaven
Library is nice Christmas gift.
Mr.. Louis Durr. Jr.. Of Route 6,
was in town Saturday on business.
DR.. N. A. Mcleod will spend
the holidays with his mother at
Philip.
Miss Mary M Hobbs is expected
home tomorrow evening from Hat
tiesburg.
Miss Josie Heuck anticipates
spending the greater part of the
winter in Texas.
Mr.. R. E. Furr. of Northeast
Lincoln, transacted business in this
city last Saturday.
Miss Clara Carlisle, of Nola,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
the Misses Barron,
Mrs F. F. Parsons, one of
Lucien's loyeliest representatives.
was a visitor of yesterday.
Hon. and Mrs. j. S. Sexton, of
Hazlehurst. were Sunday visitors
with DR.. and Mrs. Higdon.
Miss Theoda WeIch. of Halle
hurst. will spend the holidays with
Misses Lola and Leila Barron.
Mr.. j. Mosely Hart, of South
Lincoln made his annual trip to
Brookhaven Saturday to pay his
taxes.
The Y. w. A. Bazaar at Mrs.
Cotten's millinery parlors has been
very successful and continues
through this week.
The Baptist PASTORS Home is be-
ing put in comfortable repair for
the incoming residents, Rev. w
H. Morgan and family.
The store just fitted up by Mrs.
2. Daniel opposite The Leader office
doesn't look like Boll-weevil. and
prophesies future business.
A world of sympathy goes out
from friends all over the county to
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Oliver, in the
loss of their splendid home by fire.
Mrs. John Mogan and little
daughter are coming home from
Meridian tomorrow. Mrs. Geo.
Dunn is going up to Jackson to
meet her sister.
Rev. James Kiernan, of Gulf
port, the former popular rector of
st. Francis church. was a visitor
Monday and Tuesday. Brookhaven
friends were pleased to meet Father
Herman again.
Get a Victor Victrola
for your family Xmas
gift at Prices.
The Methodist fraternity well
coined their new pastor. Rev. Robt.
Selby. on yesterday afternoon.
Committees received Mr.. Selby at
the station and at the home, and as
has been the custom through years
of change. everything was done
to make the pastor and family feel
thoroughly welcome and at home.
The Leader extends the hand of
fellowship. Mr.. Selby is one of
the prominent preachers of the
Mississippi Conference.
Hon. G. R. Dale, of Prentiss.
was a visitor on Sunday for few
hours, en- route to Wesson to visit
his eighth grandchild Mr.. Dale
manifests the ardor of youthful
conservation in his continued inter-
est in church affairs and made
talk before the Baptist Sunday
School, and fingered long enough
before catching his train, to hear
the greater part of DIR. /. W Coop
er's magnificent sermon at IL
o'clock at the Baptist church
The best opportunity
you ever had to buy
holiday goods cheap--at
Prices, of course.
There was large attendance of
teachers and members of the Bap-
tist Sunday School at the meeting
held with Superintendent and Mrs.
Jones on Monday evening when
plans were laid for another years
work. Mrs Jones, assisted by her
two lovely daughters. Misses Ruth
and Ella May, served dainty sal
ad course, and a pleasant social
season was enjoyed by the congeniaII
company present. A petition was
sent to old Santa Claus to visit the
Baptist Sunday School next Sunday
morning.
The X. w A. held an interesting
meeting on Sunday afternoon last.
Miss Fannie Maxwell and Mrs
Hobbs made reports of their trip
to the State Baptist Convention
and Miss Vara Scott was elected
Leader Of the organization for the
first quarter of the coming year.
Miss Vara succeeds Miss Annie
Spencer who has developed
through the several years of Y w.