The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-09-05
Mary Pickford Monday.

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Mary Pickford Monday.
Circuit court Monday. Board Of
Supervisors Monday.
State Auditor Duncan L. Thomp,
son visited his brother, DR.. N. K
here last Sunday.
Mrs. Thad Hampton and chill
dren, of Jackson, were here yester-
day, the guests of Mrs. S E. More
ton,
Mrs. VIM. J. Bee and James
have been welcomed home from
Dardanelles. Ark, after a season 1
visit.
Prof. B. 7. Schumpert is at his
post ready for the school opening
Monday. A large attendance of pu-
pills is expected.
Mrs. Ed. Penn is now better and
able to see her friends, after a two
weeks seige of fever at the home
of Mr., and Mrs, Will Penn
For Rent -Up-to-date, we'll sit.
uated boarding house. All mod
ern improvements Apply to G
J. /Kees, at First National Bank.
Mines F. v. McRee and L. p.
KEGS entertained their Sunday
School classes in the sub. story of
the Baptist church yesterday after
moor.
Franklin Agricultural high
School will begin its second session
next Monday, the 7th. The build
ings have been enlarged and every
thing is in readiness for success
full term.
$50 rats have gnaWed their last
holes and eaten their last cheese in
Brookhaven The Mayor has paid
out $3.50 for the dead rodents.
None of them have shown suspicion
OF bubonic plague.
Miss Lois Cooper returned last
Tuesday from Chicago, where she
occupied much of her time with
musical studies. Miss Cooper al
ways commands a large class on
piano at Whitworth.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Morgan
and children returned yesterday
morning from a pleasant vacation
in the Delta. A belated A. & v.
train kept them in jackson Thurs
day night, much to the delight Of
the four little Morgans.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D Middleton
and their young sons came over in
their touring car on Monday to Wis
it Mrs. Anna Middleton and fam
lily. Mrs. Middleton. entertained a
flew friends informally in honor of
her guests on Tuesday evening.
An ideal cotton farm picture has
been noted in the DeceIl field north
of town in the sunshine of the
past week, The cotton pickers,
negroes, men and women, were
seen filling their sacks and loading
their wagons with the feecy staple.
Mrs. E. d. Byrd has enjoyed a
six weeks visit from her three
grand sons. Messrs. Vivian r.. Ben
c.. and Colonel Byrd. the manly
young CONS of Mr. Vivian Byrd
we'll known among US. The boys
returned recently to their home in
Memphis.
Mr.. Geo. B. Greenwood. that
versatile and successful Brook.
haven theatrical man and manager,
who has made Atlanta. Ca. his
headquarters for several years, has
Ibeen here for couple of days with
Ehis relatives and niDgling with old
acquaintsnces.
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Mrs. c w. Maxwell, of Fair
River, was a guest Of Mrs. Frank
Smith Thursday. Mrs. MaxweII'l
bereavement in the death of her
husband. who was Mrs. Smiths
brother. has aroused the sympathy
of numerous friends throughout
South Mississippi
The farm and home place Of Mr.
Etter, one of our later residents,
who has revivified the Milan yoIc
lplace to the south of Brookhaven,
is idel for this time of year.
Great shocks of corn are neatly
massed over a large area, and the
thrifty out houses and barns anc
the beautiful family residence, TO.
lgetber with the avenue of ancient
cedars that mark the carriage way
to the house make a picture worthy
lof page in some Of our industrial
journals.