The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-07-08
M!C!lsA!lLE5a7 &C
NEWS 8MA

Sunday visitor here.
Mr.. S. r. Whitten, of jackson,
spent the 4th with friends.
Miss Bessie Anderson, of Gloster,
is a guest of Miss Susie Smith.
The historic Brown House" is
being "razed to the ground" grad
ually.
Henry Day has gone to Beau
mont, Texas, to accept a business
position.
Mr.. Thos. d. Evans, of Amite,
La, spent the fourth with his fam
lily here.
Miss Ethel May is visiting reIa-
tives in the Mt. Moriah neighbor-
hood this week.
Mrs. E. E. Epps and little daugh-
ter Irene, left yesterday for a visit
to Searcy, Ark.
Mr.. j. D. Warren, a travelling
salesman out of Laurel, was WIS.,
itor of yesterday,
Mrs. j. T. Gotten, of jackson,
spent Sunday here with her niece.
Miss Rebecca Butler
Church conference will be held
at the Baptist church this evening
after prayer service.
Miss Josie Hurst came down
from Jackson to help the homefoIks
celebrate the fourth.
Master Thos. Reed Evans left
Monday for ten days visit to his
Dad" In Amite, La.
Mrs. Fannie Dickson, of Jackson,
has been guest of Mrs. B. E.
Higdon and Mr.. Frank Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs RuffelI Montgom-
cry. of Opelousas, La, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs, Hugh Montgom-
cry.
Mr. I. M. Storm gladdened the
hearts of a wide circle of relatives
with one of his CHEEKY visits this
week.
There will be an important busi-
ness meeting of the Lady Maccabees
Friday afternoon at four at the
usual place.
Auto for short trips or long ones
at any hour. Prices reasonable
and machine reliable. Percy Dun
gan. Phone 358.
Or. A. M. Dodds, Mr.. Lewis
Drane, Hon. R. E. Bennett and Mr.
McGehee, of Franklin. have been
among recent visitors here.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Magee and
little son, of San Antonio, Texas,
arrived Sunday night to spend a
couple Of weeks with relatives.
Prof. W. H Saxon, the newly
elected principal of the Bogue
Chitto High School, is attending
the normal at Waynesboro, Miss.
Little Miss Ethel Morgan, the
gifted and attractive young daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Nor
gan, has been i'll for several days
past.
Next Monday Mr.. and Mrs. E.
M Bee and family and Mrs. |. l..
Parsons will leave for season on
the Chautsuqua grounds at Crystal
Springs.
Misses Rhipeheimer and Rubel
expect to leave Sunday for their
home in Okolona, having been Mrs.
A. A. Cohn's attractive guests for
two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. B. Brown re-.
turned Thursday last from Liberty
Friends in Brookhaven share in the
sympathy of others with Mr.. Brown
in the death of his revered father
Pastor Morgan treated the ladies
of the w. M. s. with delightful
service of ice lemonade on Monday
afternoon. This unexpected favor
is noted especially by those who
were absent.
Mrs. A. w. Russell, of Hazle-
hurst, has come to Brookhaven to
run "a large boarding house, !"
states the Courier. Mrs. Russell is
the mother Of Mr.. Cleveland Rus
sell of this city.
DR.. Rupert Blue, Surgeon Gen.
eral of the u. s. Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service, who is
fighting the bubonic plague in New
Orleans, is a nephew of Mr.. d.
Blue, of our city.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Fleming
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Thos.
Evans and family, en- route to their
home in Holden, La, having re-
turned from three weeks honey
moon trip through the East.
Mr.. Jno. w. Boone. who lives
eight miles southeast of Brook
haven, has subscribed for The
Leader fourteen years and has
never missed getting or reading a
single issue during all that time.
Another delightful family re-
union OF the glorious fourth"
was held at the John w. Boone old
place. seven miles southeast, with
good Grandma Boone" in charge.
Mrs. Boone is about 81 years Of age
and is revered by her children and
grandchildren and friends and