The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-20

Misses Emma Harvey and Boykin
are planning an auto trip to Alaba-
ma.
Candidate Oscar Johnston will
speak at Brookhaven, Bogue Chitto
and McComb Friday.
Little o. D. Herring is spending
few days in Bude with her cousin,
Mildred Laird, and is expected home
this week.
Miss Mary Cornelius Furr has Just
returned from a two weeks visit with
her relatives and friends in Jeffer-
son county.
Mrs. M. d. McGrath is detained
at Bogalusa with her daughter, Mrs.
Leontine Black, who has not fully
recovered her health.
For Sale.-Best small farm in
county. Well improved. Cash and
terms. Come to see me. Cassidy
Building. B. A. Comstock.
Suburban Homes-If enough peo-
pie will contract for 2 to 10 acres,
will sub-divide to suit. See me.
Cassidy Building. B. A. Comstook.
Lost-Between Union Church and
Brookhaven one Goodyear Cord Tire,
S4x4 ". Suitable reward for return
to Leader office.
Mrs. Maynor and her daughter,
Miss Ruby, are visiting in Pela-
hatchie. Mrs. Alma Fisher is keep
ing house in the absence of her moth
er and sister.
Brookhaven now has a School of
Music" Read about it in this is
sue. Parents have wonderful oppor-
tunity to educate their children in
Brookhaven.
Miss Emma Campbell is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Rogers, in San Anto-
MO, Texas. She will also visit
friends at Dallas and Marshall, Tex,
before she returns.
Since Brookhaven has taken UP the
government food proposition other
cities have followed suit Vicksburg
has. ordered $4,000 pounds and
Natchez will have sale.
Wanted Bright boy for
Grocery Department. Age
IA to 20, must write plain
hand and be accurate in fig
ures and Of good character.
Apply in own handwriting to
Box 35l, Brookhaven.
Mrs. o. B. Brown has had that
wonderfully gifted little girl, Jane
Hurst, as piano pupil during the
summer and her progress in the few
weeks she has studied with Mrs.
Brown has been remarkable.
A joint meeting of the Board of
Aldermen and the Board of Trade
will be held at the City Hall at 4
o'clock tomorrow evening for the
purpose of mapping out a plan for
the City Sewerage campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Ford are now
happily located at Greenwood. Mr..
Ford is host of the Kitchell Hotel at
Greenwood while Mr.. Frank Hoffman
is day clerk and Mr.. Perry Barron is
night clerk. All Brookhaven people.
Miss Bessie Sumrall and brother,
Robert. spent last week with their
aunt, Mrs. ]. B. Holden at Jackson
and returned in the Judges Mash"
last Friday with him and Mrs. Hol-
den who spent the day in Brookha-
ven....
Mr.. w. H. L. Carruth, of Sumrall, |
was in our city Tuesday en- route to |
Crystal Springs. The M. c. was
just twenty minutes too late to |
catch the noon-day north-bound and
Mr.. Carruth had to wait over until |
S:15 in the evening.
Maj. John c. Sheffield, erstwhile |
prospective candidate for Governor, |
is announced to succeed Congressman |
Stephens in the Second District. DR..
B. &. Lowrey's candidacy has not yet |
been authorized, DR.. Lowrey inform
ed the Leader as he passed through |
last Saturday.
Mrs. S. D. Chandler left yesterday
for Chicago and oberlin, Iowa, to Wis
1t her sister, Mrs. Ada Sartin Cham
berlin. Mrs. Chandler was accom-
panied by her two lovely young /
and the one little son to
all OF whom the trip is a delight.
They will be away month.
Mrs. J. E. Evans of this city, who
enjoys the distinction of being the
only woman manager of a telephone
exchange in Mississippi, left Sunday
for two months outing in Colora
do. Mrs. Evans is the widow of the
late j. E. Evans, who, for many
years, was local superintendent of
the Cumberland Telephone Company
here. At Mr.. Evans death the COM
pany rendered her the place.-Crys-
tai Springs Dispatch.
The lamented J. E. Evans was a