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Mr.and Mrs.L. C. Crosby spent several days in New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Storm have enjoyed a visit to New Orleans, For Rent—Small cottage in wes tern suburbs. Apply to Paol M Hobbs Mr. and Mrs.,Monk have, enjoy ed the week in our city, guests of Mrs. J. E. Sasser, Miss Bessie Boadwee is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Parker Cunning ham, at McComb. Mrs. Walter Rees has been grat ified to have with her, her brother, Dr. Frazier, of De Ridder, La. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce are very proud of their little son who arriv ed Tuesday to be a playmate to his five-year-old sister. Mrs. T. H. McNair’s mother, Mrs. C. A. Thompson, had a fall last Sunday morning which has caused the good lady much suffer ing. Mrs. C. S. Hopkins and little Helen Hortense left Thursday for their home in Hickory, after spending several weeks in Brook haven at the College, Clifford Lee left last Monday for Soule College, New Orleans. He is making his home with Mrs. R. E. Gatlin and is much pleased with his situation and prospects. Mrs. W. P. Mills gave a lunch eon Wednesday noon complimen tary to Mesdames Butterfield and Coln, of Brookhaven. Mrs. Mills had as guests several McComb la dies.—McComb Journal. Robinson’s Old Kentucky Min strels, advertised as the **world’s premier colored minstrels,’’ and traveling in their own special car, gave a performance on the Henry Meyer fot Thursday night. FOR SALE---Eggs from my prize winning White Leghorns and White Wyandottes, $2.00 per setting of 15 eggs. Fertility and safe delivery guaranteed. L. N. Fielder, Vicksburg, Miss. In a communication to The Leader from Disputana, Va., ask ing that The Leader follow him to that place, Mr. Spurgeon Smith, formerly of Route 2, Brookhaven, says that on his arrival there he found the country covered with snow. Abrams Bros., will not close up on Lee's birthday, but will honor the event by beginning their great clearance sale, before taking stock for the year. From Jan. 1931 are the dates. Abrams is first class in all he advertises. Try Abrams Bros. and see for yourself. It will interest the Brookhaven public to know that Miss Inez Scherck and Miss Elsie Barge are about to make their respective de buts before the Cincinnati musical public. Miss Scherck is to play a movement from a Beethoven Sona ta and Miss Barge will appear in the van Weber Concert-Stuck Op. 9. The serious illness of Frank Pennington is deeply regretted in Brookhaven. He is suffering with typhoid fever at his home on Fair River. Frank, graduated at our public school lagt.term and during his stay in our city won the esteem of all who are now concerned over the outcome of his critical condi tion. The Planter’s Bank at Bogue Chitto are again giving the pub lic a statement of their conditions in today’s paper and its officers and directors will take pleasure in talking with any parties that are interested in the bank or its affairs and explain still further the pal ient condition the institution is now in. The Zoellner Quartet that will ap pear in the Whitworth Artist Course Friday evening, Jan. 28th, needs no introduction to the Brookhaven public. This is one of the strong est and most artistic quartets be fore the public and an evening spent with them does one’s sou. good and such a treat can never be forgotten. The Home Mission Committee of the Mississippi Presbytery met here Tuesday to plan the work for the coming year. Beside Rev. W. H. Hill, there were present Dr. M. E Melvins Jackson; Dr. S.C. Cald well, Hazlehurst; Dr. B.C. Bell, McComb; Rev. J. M. Williams, Wesson; Rev. S. P. DuBois, Mead ville; Rev. O. M. Anderson, Cen treville; and Rev. R.A. Bolling, Columbia. All kinds of weather is being handed out by the weather man, Wednesday we wanted our Palr. Beach, suit—yesterday and Thurs day the cold wave caught us and the mercury ran down to 25, re minding us of that overcoat we thought we'd ‘‘get for winter”’ at the beginning of the fall term that tee retineting. git carte .up to now, t prophet can tell how long it is going to last. zo Mr. Big Taulbert, he has purchased the City Bakery taken charge. Mr. merry owned the East Side Bakery at McComb. Mr. Ernest he has been with the bakery here [see need retained by Friday, Jan. 21, and Saturday, Jan. 22, the Board of Trade will give a free picture show in the city hall. Films have been prepared by the International Har vester Co., showing progressive farming operations in all parts of the world, and will be shown free on the above dates. There were 6,105 bales of cotton ginned in Lincoln county during note compared to 7,341 es = | , according to Special nn d Sam F. Magee's report to the cens sus Bureau. This shows that the Lincoln farmers are paying more attention to the raising of food crops, and are as a whole, more prosperous. Mr. Cassedy Holden, son of Judge J. B. Holden, left Wednesday morning to resume his duties as a student of Washington-Lee Univer sity at Lexington, Va. Cassedy was delayed in returning to school, owing to a severe attack of the grippe. We wish for this young gentleman a successful session.— McComb Journal. Out of town guests of the Foote- Selby wedding were Mrs. Anna Foote, the groom’s mother; Mrs. Frank Foote and two little sons; Mrs. V. Scanlan, Rev. R. Selby’s sister, of Hattiesburg; Mrs. T. H. Allen, Mrs. Selby’s sister, of Vicksburg; Rev. and Mrs. N. B. Harmon, of Magnolia and Miss. Lena Decell, of Hazlehurst. Little Mamie Meyer Penn, the lovely little granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Penn celebrated her eighth birthday last Saturday, the day marking her younger brother's sixth anniversary. Mamie had thirty-five little friends with her. This little girl enjoys the dis tinction of having made the fourth grade at school when seven years of age and her name is seldom ab sent from the honor roll. May the little ones pass many more happy birthdays, MONEY TO LOAN. Sam prepared t place loans in Lin coln County on improved farms in sums of $1,000 and upwards. None need apply unless security is good. Call on or write me. D. M. MILLER, Hazlehurst, Miss.
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Brookhaven Semi Weekly Leader
Brookhaven, Mississippi, US
Sat, Jan 15, 1916
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