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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1905

Page

4

Local notices from Brookhaven and area posted Sunday

The Brookhaven column lists numerous Sunday visits and hometown events. Names include Calt O. A. Gibson Lynwood Harris E H Chandler W J Layton B A Higdon Felix Thompson Nora Smith Mrs Abe Conn J D McMaurechy Nola White Leta Lambright Meta Smith Nettie Anderson Mrs M A Green Mrs John Pierce Heucks Opera House ads Miss Elizabeth Purser Minnie Davis Rena Cain Paul Prichard and many more. Community notices cover visits to Magnolia Pearlhaven Utica Hazlehurst Wesson Pelahatchie and Blue Mountain plus local sales rents and upcoming shows and rehearsals.

O. A. Gibson Virginia Lynwood Harris Bogue Chitto E. H. Chandler Summit W. J. Layton Hammond B. A. Higdon Wesson Felix Thompson Brookhaven Storm McGrath Nora Smith Abe Conn Hazlehurst Emile Cohn Ray Sejayed J. D. McMaurechy Nola White Leta Lambright Magnolia

Lincoln County News Mixed Troubles and Gatherings

Reports span Lincoln County events from Sheriff Newman’s grave injuries after a roadway duel near Meadville to illness of Mr. A J Martin in Bogue Chitto. Notes cover student enrollments at Whitworth College, a large open term, a peaceful Lincoln County Association meeting at Arlington, and a large Baptist sermon led by Rev J P Williams with extensive church music.

W. K. Wood Wood Bethel A. M Brookhaven P. H. Polk A. O. Bamber Mississippi College Wesson Mr. Reynolds Hoffman Inna Pickens Leat Sabai A. M. Newman G. Guire Meadville Whitworth Col R. H. Purser Lincoln County Association Arlington John P. Hemby George T. Douglass Z. P. Jones A. J. Martin Bogue Chitto Martin Lincoln County Baptist Church J. P. Williams Messrs. Conant and Brown M. T. Flood

Heack's Opera House Opens Tomorrow Night

Heack's Opera House begins the season with the Herald Square Opera Company presenting the Mascot tomorrow night after quarantine delays. The Glick Stock Company follows for a week starting Monday, offering high class repertoire at popular prices. Harris and Watson publish the season calendars and plan occasional box honors for Brookhaven’s popular young lady. a coupon contest by merchants will decide the winner.

Opera House Herald Square Opera Company Glick Essrs Harris & Watson Brookhaven

Glick Stock Co to Perform at Heuck’s Opera House

Beginning Monday November 6 the Glick Stock Co presents A Doctors Crime a four act society drama at Heuck’s Opera House for one week. High class specialties between acts. Ladies admitted free Monday with paid companion ticket. Evening prices 16 25 36 cents. matinees 10 and 20 cents Wednesday and Saturday. Company of 15 well reviewed. seats on sale at Heuck's store. Nearby Hattiesburg assessments rose by about 2 million dollars in the last year.

Mabel Trotter Bailey Winona Mya E. Price E. A. Bass Lee Bass Our City A. C. Seavey & Sons A. C. Carnes Carnes & Mollins Union Church J. E. Evans New Orleans Crystal Springs Glick Stock Company Opera House R. P. Case Caseyville Mississippi College Heuck’s Glick Stock Co G. W. Douglass P. B. Raiford Porter Stevens Mr. Reynolds Shige Wesson Manay Mabel Guess Meridian College Bros. Beeson Lipscomb Newsom Whitworth Heuck Mills & East Co Max Priebatsch Cherokee Street Brookhaven

Assassination at Serop Ends Quiet Negroes Life

Bim Stovall was shot at his Brookhaven road home Sunday night around 11. A stranger hailed him asked for a match and after Stovall complied fired a double barrel shotgun and killed him. He was respected as peaceful and honest with no known enemies and had just become executor of his sister’s estate and guardian of a minor. Circumstantial evidence only links any suspect.

Bim Stovall Serop Brookhaven Stovall Minorson

Halloween Euchre Night in Brookhaven Shines

Mrs. Emile Cohn hosted a Progressive Euchre Club gathering for about twenty Brookhaven ladies on South Jackson Street. The event featured a Halloween color scheme, elaborate table decorations, ghostly favors, and festive dining. Prizes went to Mrs. Becker and Mrs. Scherck, with guest prize to Mrs. Abe Coun of Hazlehurst. The evening included ghost stories and a dramatic red dunce cap for each guest.

Brookhaven Emile Cobn South Jackson Street David Cuba Hazlehurst

Hallowe'en Party at Mrs Hartman's Home

A Presbyterian church group hosted a Halloween vigil at Mrs. F. H. Ben has home with a concert by O. B. Brown J. H. Johnson B. W. McCormick E. M. Bee J. I. Redding Miss Mary McNair Carrie Cassedy and Messrs Conant Montamat. Miss Ragsdale read That Grass Crap and Mrs. Wm. Melville contributed an original poem. The evening featured games a ghost appearance and an elegant multi course luncheon drawing a large crowd and festive mood.

E. M. Bee J. I. Redding Mary McNair Carrie Cassedy Messrs Pfifer Hallowe’en

Death and notices from Bogue Chitto era

The piece reports the death of L. Hi White of Wesson and the death of Leroy Bowman's baby son. It notes thanks from the Bowmans, praises Pine Grove School with Prof Homes and Miss Virginia Martin, and mentions Will Kyzar's planned enrollment at Mississippi College. It covers Lincoln County Association events, temperance appeals, and upcoming sermons at Pleasant Hill church. It concludes with health updates on Capt A J Martin and Eugene Phillips, a successful Arlington session, and leadership elections.

Pine Grove Homes Virginia Martin Nola Kyzar Clinton Mississippi College Association Arlington A. J. Martin Lincoln County Pisgah Pleasant [Hill Church J. P. Hemby Roosevelt United States

Lincoln county offers final teachers license exam

Notice to teachers in Lincoln county that due to few applicants only one more examination will be held this term on November 10. Supervising official AK Green, Superintendent of Education, announced the change amid local disruptions and external conditions described in state communications.

Lincoln County Os Presoul Ees Cere AK Green Supt. of Education

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