The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-27
Hope you're satisfied.

Hope you're satisfied.
Stanley Byrd is in place as usual
at election times.
High prices haven't gone down
since the election.
For Rent.-Room for two at Mrs.
Anna Middleton's, 1872 s. Jackson St.
Mrs. w. e. SWEET has as guests her
sisters, Mines. Emma Dudley and
Kate Fordish of McComb.
Hon. T. Brady addressed an au-
dience on Monday night at the City
Hall favoring sewerage for the city.
Miss Laurie Gillaspy and her
brother, Leroy Gillaspy, of Hickory,
have been guests Of the /. w. Cooper
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hoskins and lit
tie two months old son of PoplarviIle
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Hoskins.
Jack Seavey is entertaining his
young cousin, Alden Bishop of New
Orleans at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Seavey.
Mrs. w. B. Tanner has received a
message that her brother, Mr., Ru-
dolph Foster, landed in PHILADELPHIA
from overseas last Saturday.
Mr.. Ferguson, of the A. & M. rep-
resenting the Dairy Department. will
be in this vicinity for some time
serving our interests in his line.
Quoting from Booth Lowrey's ''ole
Billy William" the candidate that is
left" this morning can "Only stop
and cuss for he don't know who to
trus' :"
Although the sun was shining,
snow fell in New York yesterday
while our mercury was crawling up
to IS in the shades of the early
morning.
The stokers just installed at the
Power House will help to conserve
coal. The shovel and the hoe are
both becoming extinct in big enter
prises and institutions.
Mrs. MELVILLE and her charming
daughter, Miss Louise accompanied
by little Shirley Sartin, arrived from
Houma, La, at the D. Sartin home
in Brookhaven Monday night.
On Monday night at the City Hall
Hons. ]. w. Cassidy and Hugh V.
wall made addresses in behalf of the
candidacy of Lee M. Russell, dealing
especially with the Tax Commission.
"Pll be blowed and be blest and be
dang If ever fool with politics
again" says a good man, cause it
didn't go to suit 'em. Be game
loser, man, and do your part to make
good officers out of the elect.
Mr.. Walter T. Jones, who left with
Mrs. Jones about two months ago for
their former home in England, re-
turned last Saturday to Brookhaven.
Mr.. Jones is looking to be in fine
health and. expects Mrs. Jones to re-
turn in October.
Several Sunday School Glasses of
the Methodist church assembled in
the sub-story last evening and en-
Joyed a social evening with Mrs. j.
M. Drury, as supervisor. Games were
played and refreshments of iced tea
and sandwi ches served.
Mr.. Oscar Adams had the misfor-
tune Monday to break one of the
bones in his wrist while cranking a
pet" Ford-the machine being one
he had practically built himself. The
accident will serve to keep Mr.. Adams
from his usual occupation as a me-
chanic at the Ford Service Station.
Miss Bonnie Storm received a pain
full injury last week when she step
ped backward upon an upturned rake
with which she had been gardening.
and in her haste to extricate her foot
fell, driving the prongs still deeper
into 1T. She has been unable to walk
since the accident, but satisfactory
recovery of the injured member is
an ticipated.
There have been one hundred pu-
pills in attendance upon our one
month summer term. at the Public
School. These pupils were hindered
in their school work by the flu and
other causes and it is greatly to their
credit that they availed themselves
OF the fine opportunity afforded by
the Board of Control of our Public
School and under supervision of our
City Superintendent of Schools.
We haven't discussed the matter
with Manager Montgomery, of the
Arcade, but if there could be a
"Children's Day" arranged when the
pictures might be selected for their
special benefit and pleasure parents
might be led to consider full out
pouring of the little ones and young
er element on that day-a day adapt
ed to young eyes and open minds
profitable alike to them and to the
Arcade.