The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-19
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Local News Items


HOn. y. W. G&Shedy Was ~ SaSA
SON Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Storm are at
home now on West Monticello st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Laird have well
coined little daughter into their
home.
Mrs. T. G. McNulty and little
daughter departed Thursday for
Memphis.
Next Monday the election COM
missioners will meet to revise the
poll books.
"what time does the eleven-c'-
clock train conner" asked a busy
business man.
Some slack lime S1.25 a bar
rel at c. B. Perkins Hardware
Store.
Miss Genevieve Storm has been
the guest Of Mrs. G. Miller in Hazle-
hurst since Thursday.
A one-line advertisement in The
Leader has overwhelmed the adver-
tiser with orders. Advertise!
Mrs. Marcus Brister, and young
son. Early, were visitors at our Of
ice last Wednesday from Ruth. route
!.
Miss Emily Jones was guest OF
Mrs. Charles Hamilton Thursday
night, after attending the Grange
Hail uicnic.
: Miss Ellen johnson is pleasantly
anticipating being guest at a house
party in McComb to be given by the
Holmes next week.
The U. D. c., will hold its next
, meeting with Mrs. Lee Wilson at the
home Of Mrs. Mary Hartman on
Tuesday afternoon at nve o'clock.
Misses. Gladys Yates and Evie
Redd of jackson, and Miss Florence
Ferguson, OF Caseyville, have been
visiting Miss Ida Sasser OF Brookha-
ven.
Miss Rea Ard has had as her guest
her cousin, Miss Emily Jones. a mem
ber Of the faculty of the Mississippi
Normal College. Hazlehurst Cou-
rier.
Miss LuIah Ragsdale has been Sc
cured by the Chautauqua manage
ment at Crystal Springs for readings
during the session which opened
today.
Rev. J. T.. Leggett will conduct
B the memorial services for young
William Peets, who died for his
country In the World War, at Sweet
water, tomorrow.
Miss Mary Lou Barneld Of Baton
Rouge, q recent graduate Of St..
Mary's, Chatawa. will be the guest
of Miss GeneYieve Storm Sunday and
after a few days the young ladies
will go to Coyington, Louisiana, to
be guests of Mrs. J. D. Kerr.
Miss Lille Miller, one OF Brook
haven's attractive and efficient
young nurses who recently gradua-
ted from the Hospital School for
Nurses here. passed the State exami-
nation in Natchez this week and has
been granted license for practice.
Mrs. r. B. Noodle expects to go
70 Mobile to meet her nephew, Rev.
Father Thomas McGrath upon his
arrival after landing in New York,
July .27. Young McGrath has been
studying in Spain and is now an
ordained Priest of the Jesuit Order.
Weeds and Rid-O-slxid chains
pumps, globes, tire cages, valve
cores, patches, fan belts. --Ev-
erything for your automobile at
C. B. Perkins Hardware Store.
Rev. L. r. Scarborough, General
Director OF the Baptist rs Million
Campaign, has taken immediate hold
Of the work and 10 seeking all pos
sibie publicity through the press just
as the government did when 1t need
ed war money" greatly prohting
thereby.
Miss Bessie Sanderford returned
to her home at Georgetown after a
delightful visit at the home Of her
brother, Mr.. e. r. Sanderford.
Miss Bessie was accompanied by
Miss Gladys Woods who expects to
visit relatives in Jackson and 0ma
while away.
The Leader hopes its special cor
respondents will mention the return
OF soldier boys Of their vicinities. A
number cali at our office, but some
fail to do so and friends failing to
report their names are omitted. We
would like to give each one well
come home.
That was great picnic at Grange
Hall, Thursday The speeches by the
three candidates for superintendent
OF Education were Of especial inter-
est and the people out there listened
with rare intelligence. A magni-
Ncent spread was enjoyed and other
candidates added interest to the oc-
caslon.
The joyful news has come that
Miss Lois Cooper arrived in New
York from overseas yesterday, on the
Kaiserlin Augusta Victoria. Miss
Lois IL expected by her parents. DR..
and Mrs. /. w. Cooper. and other
members of her family 20 arrive in
BFookhaven Sunday afternoon. The
homecoming will Bio one Of the
most joyous OF the after-war period,
Miss Lois being the third member OF
the Cooper family to resume aces