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The Leader.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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One Year. $1 50
(Payable in Advance.)
B. T. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
THE LEADER’S CHOICE.
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR,
A. H. LONGINO.
FOR GOVERNOR,
EDWARD F. NOEL.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
J. B. GREAVES.
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JUNE.
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then heaven tries earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays.
Whether we look, or whether we listen.
We hear life murmur or see it glisten;
Every cloud feels a stir of might,
An instant within it which reaches and towers
And, groping blindly above it for light
Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers.
The flush of life may well be seen
Thrilling back over hills and valleys;
The cowslip startles in meadows green,
The buttercup Batches the sun in its chalice.
And there’s never a leaf nor a blade too mean,
To be some happy creature's palace.
The little bird sits at his door In the sun,
A-tlit like a blossom among the leaves,
And lets his illumined being o’errun
With the deluge of summer it receives;
His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings,
And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and
sings,
He sings to the wide world, she to her nest
le the nice ear of nature, whicli song is the best?
Joy comes, grief goes, we know n t how;
Everything is happy now;
Everything is upward striving.
'Tis as easy now for the heart to be true
As for the grass to be green or skies to be blue;
’Tis the natural way of living.
Who knows whither the clouds have tied?
In the unscarred heaven they leave no wake.
And the eyes forget the tears they have shed,
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache;
The soul partakes the season's youth.
And the sulphurous rifts of passion and woe
Lie deep ’neath a silence pure and smooth,
Like burnt-out craters healed with snow.
—James Russell Lowell.
Longino will win with a shout.
Mark the prediction.
From all quarters comes the
good news that Longino is mak
ing big gains.
Senator Money, with his dys
peptic race hobby, will be a back
number after August (5th.
Batson, the murderer of the
Earl family at Welsh, La., will be
hanged on August 14. He is still
stolidly indifferent.
Between the Mayor’s court and
the Circuit Court the blind tigers
and gamblers are having a “hot
time’’ in the old town of Jackson.
Whatever else they may lack,
Calhoun and Leake counties are
not short on candidates. There
are 87 in the former and 9(1 in the
latter.
The famous murder trial which
closed in Breathitt count}', Ky.,
last week, was noted for its strid"
ing colors in more ways^tinfone.
The two murd£«rs^tried were
named Wd&j and Jett, and the
JudgS'-who presided was named
--Rfid Wine.
A soap manufacturer was asked
why he aid newspaper advertising
altogether and didn’t use sign
boards, etc. He said in his ex
perience he had found that the
man who does not read newspa
pers never uses soap, and we
guess he is about right.—Brandon
News.
Last week the federal grand
jury was in session and one day,
while the jury was not doing
much, it was proposed to take a
poll of them just tor the purpose
of seeing how they stood on the
race for Governor. The vote
stood Noel 10, Critz 7, Vardaman
7.
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E. F. Noel is making a clean
and able campaign for Governor
of Mississippi. During the cam
paign not a single word has ever
been said, even by the bitterest
enemies of Mr. Noel, against his
record or against the man person
ally, He is such a man that any
person would trust him with their
private affairs and know that they
would be properly administered.
Such a man do we want to admin
ister our public affairs.—Jackson
Evening News.
The cloud-burst at Hepner, Or
egon, last week wTas one of the
most distressing calamities that
has ever occurred in this country,
and will go,down into history as
a rival of the Johnstown and Gal
veston disasters. It is now stated
that moie than five hundred per
sons were drowned and that their
bodies are strewn for miles up
and down the valley of the little
creek on which the town was lo
cated. There were not a sufficient
number of men left in the village
to bury the dead, and appeals for
help were sent out in every
direction.
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THE PEOPLES’ CHAMPION.
It lias almost passed into a pro
verb rliat republics are ungrate
ful, but The Leader does not be
lieve that the people of Missis
sippi will prove this by refusing
to elect as their Governor lion.
E. F. Noel, who has done so much
for the cause of the people’s
rights and free government, and
whose public and private record
stands without stain or reproach.
Not only has Senator Noel a
public and private record which
cannot be successfully assailed at
any point, but he has proved him
self a safe, conservative and
brave champion of the people’s
rights, lie is the author of the
primary election law, which The
Leader publishes in full today.
For two sessions of the Legisla
ture Senator Noel made a strong
and persistent fight against the
convention and ring politicians of
his' party to get this law passed.
The first time it was introduced
and passed by the Senate, it was
killed by the politicians in the
House. At the last session of the
Legislature Senator Noel prompt
ly reintroduced the bill and again
it passed the Senate, but a num
ber of objectionable amendments
were tacked on to it, when it went
to the House, for the purpose of
loading it down and defeating it,
and when it went back to the Sen
ate for concurrence, some of
these, though not all, had
to be accepted in order to
prevent its defeat a second
time. The main features, how
ever, for which Senator Noel con
tended, were retained and the ob
jectionable ones accepted in pref
erence to having the whole meas
ure indefinitely postponed, as it
was well known that these defects
could be remedied by future leg
islation.
But Senator Noel's champion
ship of this measure in the in
terest of the voters of the State,
did not end with its passage by
the Legislature and approval by
the Governor. It had scarcely
become a law before it was assail
ed in the courts and an effort
made to prove it unconstitutional
and void. The Senator then went
before the Supreme Court as vol
unteer counsel at his own expense
and argued it before that tribunal
and won a second victory for the
people by a favorable decision.
At the last session of the Sen
ate, when one attempt to amend
the anti-trust law ana throttle the
cotton seed oil combine and other
trusts which were preying upon
the people, had been defeated,
Senator Noel got an amendment
before the Senate a second time
and produced such strong proof
of the existence of the cotton seed
oil trust that that body did not
dare go on record a second time
against such a measure. Not only
did Senator Noel produce this
proof and insist on the passage of
the amendment, but he agreed to
give his personal security to pay
the costs of the first test case if it
should go against the State. The
amendment passed and the cotton
seed oil trust, the ice trust, etc.,
went to pieces, so far as Mississip
pi was concerned.
We believe the people of Lin
coln county and the people of
Mississippi will delight to honoi
such a man, and by their votes at
the August primary sa}', “Well
done, good and faithful servant.”
JACKSON GAMBLERS INDICTED.
The grand jury of Hinds count}'
threw a bomb into the society ele
ment of Jackson' last week by
indicting a number of young men
“ of social prominence,” for
gambling. It is hinted that they
are not all youig, however.
When a grand jury of the hub
county of the State, "and located
at the State capital is simple^and
Puritanic andhaffggtTnough to
y!l&''gfr"V4HrTo\v crime men who
are scions of noble families and
representatives of society, what is
left to be said of a piney woods
countv jury that mildly states it
only lacks convicting evidence to
indict some blind tigers, (that
were actually seen to wink) and,
with sufficient evidence proceeds
with charges for gambling against
a well-known element! Theie
are more cranks in the mill than
ever were turned in Brookhaven;
and Judge Powell utilizes them in
upholding the honor of the State
and the dignity of its statutes.
Mayor Hemingway, of the Capi
tal City, is plaving a strong second
to Judge Jrowell, be it said to his
praise, and says the Jackson gam
blers and blind tigers must go.
Judge L. Brame is meeting
with great encouragement in his
race for Attorney General. The
fact that the incumbent of this
office is required to represent the
State and ail county or municipal
corporations in all causes before
the Supreme Court, and that he is
to pass upon the constitutionality
and legality of all charters, and to
give his opinion to various offi
cers upon legal questions when so
requested, the office is one of the
most important within the gift of
the people. It is not in any sense
political, but its functions are to
a great extent jiylicial in their
character, and Judge Brame
measures up to all of the require
ments, besides being a man of the
highest moral character.
The citizens of Kosciusko hav
ing become convinced that they
have a good thing near their doors
in the shape of an immense depos
it of the finest building stone, are
again after the Illinois Central
railroad to build a spur road out
to their quarries, ana it is possi
ble this mav be done. There is
no doubt tnere is a great deal of
valuable stone in the State of Mis
sissippi, but somehow or other,
no capitalist has ever thought
enough about it to spend any mon
ey in the development of same.—
Clarion-Ledger.
A DEPLORABLE PICTURE.
The Vicksburg Herald and the
Vicksburg Evening Post have
done much splendid service for
Mississippi by denouncing mob
violence, cultivating a healthy
public sentiment -on this subject,
and contending manfully for uni
versal respect for law and order.
It is therefore both lamentable
and inconsistent to the last de
gree to see both of these papers
supporting for Governor, the
most important office in the State,
a man who is openly and avowedly
committed to mob violence. It
shows in a most pitiful way how
completely, sometimes, clear
headed, well-meaning men will
let their prejudices blind them.
In order to gratify their preju
dice and spleen against Gov. Lon
gino, his McLaurin supporters
and an imaginary Jackson ring,
a spleen, it seems, born of local
political faction and a prefer
ence by these Vicksburg editors
for certain Republican policies,
they are ready at a single blind
stroke, to undo, and worse than
undo the good work they have been
years in helping to accomplish
against the mob spirit.
The Leader can scarcely con
ceive how anything could happen
to Mississippi worse than the elec
tion of Major Vardanian for Gov
ernor, being, as he is, a race agi
tator and an open advocate of tne
mob. it would be setting the
hands of progress back and losing
all that has been gained in twenty
years, and it would not be surpris
ing if, under such a State admin
istration, there were massacres of
negroes in Mississippi, which
would be as bloody and awful and
shock the civilized world as pro
foundly as did the recent massacre
of Jews in Russia. That brutal
crime is directly traceable, accord
ing to high authority, to a race
agitator like Vardanian, Avith a
newspaper.
Nearly all of us have about as
much race prejudice or instinct as
Ave can Avell control, Avitliout giv
ing Avilling ear and bridle to dan
gerous race agitators. Let us
have a care about playing with
file, and act like Christians and
patriots. * •
Longino’s Canvass—Money Men Dis
pirited.
Some of the same gang Avho
bolted the Democratic ticket at
the last two elections, and Avhose
abuse contributed largely to the
election of Gov. McLaurin to the
Senate, are yelping at the heels
of Gov. Longino, and they are
helping him just as they helped
Gov. McLaurin.
Gov. Longino is making a high
heeled canvass for the United
States Senate, and his election
seems absolutely certain. The
failure of Senator Money to enter
into a joint canvass of the State
with Gov. Longino as has been
well stated by the Greenville Dem
ocrat, dispirited Col. Money’s
followers.
Candidates for State offices, as
some one has said, are the best
political barometers of all. They
are flocking to Gov. Longino’s
appointments and they Avill tell
you confidentially that Gov. Lon
gino is in the lead everywhere,
and as the canvass progresses
they grow bolder, knowing that
tney are not oeing hurt Dy such
talk, and state without enjoining
confidence that the Governor is
certain to be elected Senator.
In his speeches Gov\ Longino
indulges in no personalities, but
gives the people cold steel facts.
—Grenada Sentinel.
The Best Material Needed.
■' If we desire our future to com
pare with our past, we must exer
cise good judgment in selecting
members for both branches of the
Legislature. Men with revolu
tionary ideas should not receive
even a complimentary vote. Such
should be the case with guberna
torial aspirants. To put a man at
the head of the State government
whose sole ambition is to experi
ment with State and federal con
stitutions would be a calamity to
the present growth and develop
ment of the State's resources.
Such a man would disorganize la
bor and drive it away, cause cap
ital to pass around us and cripple
commerce.
We want men with practical
ideas in the Legislature and we
must have a practical man for
Governor. Tms is not the time
for the theorist and experimenter
to hold office.— Hazlehurst Cour
ier.
The Leader today publishes
the full text of the Noel primal3"
election law. As nominations for
all elective officers are to be made
this 3rear under the provisions of
this law. every voter into whose
hands it falls snould study it care
fully and keep it for reference.
Under this law no one except per
sons qualified-to vote in Novem
ber, will be permitted to paitici
pate in making nominations, and
there are several other provisions
that are Avell worthy of close at
tention. The law is, in all re
spects, as binding as the regular
election law, and persons violating
it lay themselves liable to the pen
alties prescribed.
Clifton Foster, alias Clayton
Foster, is in the Rankin county
jail on a charge of bigamy. He
married a young lady of that
county two years ago, but after a
few months disappeared. The
father, W. B. F. Stacy, made out
the affidavit against him, upon his
reappearance in these parts, but
the villain has eluded ariest.
The Western Union Telegraph
Co. is now constructing its line on
the Columbia branch line of the
G, & S. I. B. R.
FROST, IN JUNE.
Political Ambition Nipped—Money
Loses on His Own Speech.
The much-advertised address of
Senator Money in the interest of
his candidacy for re-election to a
seat in the United States Senate,
took place at the court house last
Saturday night.
The size of the crowd tells the
tale.
After liberal newspaper notices
and dodgers cast throughout the
country, on a balmy moonlight
night in a city of 5,000, the larg
est in his old Congressional dis
trict, there were by actual count
78 persons present at the speak
ing, less than 25 of whom were
qualified voters.
The size of the audience was a
fair indication of the strength of
Mr. Money in Water Valley and
vicinity, and was sc accepted by
warm admirers of his from Coffee
ville and Oakland who were pres
ent.
In personal appearance Mr.
Money i s sadly changed. The
vigor is gone from his step and
bearing. He looks soured and
aged and disappointed and his
speech is bilious and full of ill
temper.
On the tariff, trusts and similar
questions Mr. Money stands with
other Democratic leaders, but on
the matter of a “race issue” he is
in opposition to practically every
brainy man of the South.
I he speech was a disappoint
ment to his warmest admirers,
and they are now sorry he was
brought into the count}'.
It was the speech of "a loser and
confirms the growing majority
for Longino.—Water Valley Pro
gress, June 13.
The above is akin to Senator
Money's experience at Summit,
where the ugly spirit he displayed,
no less than the subject matter of
his speech, disgusted his support
ers and turned them all into the
Longino ranks.
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Assessing the Candidates.
Jackson, June 17.—The Demo
cratic Executive ‘ Comm ittee of
Bolivar county, has led off in the
matter of fixing the amount of ex
pense to which State candidates
will be subjected on account of
the coming primary.
At a recent meeting it was de
cided that State candidates should!
be assessed $2.50 apiece in that!
county as their contribution to
the cost of holding the election.
The amount so assessed is ex
tremely reasonable and will doubt
less be highly appreciated by the
numerous State candidates.
If the other counties follow
the example set by the Bolivar
committee it will only cost a
State candidate $187.50 to get his
name on the official tickets in all
of the 75 counties. The Bolivar
committee has decided that all
assessments from State and coun
ty candidates shall be paid before
July 15 or the name of the de
faulting candidate will not be
placed on the official ballot.
The State in Statistics.
Second in cotton ginning.
Fourth in cotton oil products.
Fourth in turpentine and rosin
products.
Thirteenth in lumber and tim
ber products.
Eighteenth in gross agricultural
products.
Seventeenth in cotton goods put
out. /
Twenty-eighth in planing mill
products. /
Forty-second in flour and grist
mill products.
In population the State stands
in the twentieth place.
Some time ago Attorney Gen
eral Williams delivered an opin
ion to the effect that the constitu
tional provision requiring voters
to be registered four months be
fore they are qualified to vote,
applies to voting under the new
primarjT election law, which many
of the leading lawyers of the State
held to be an error. In reply to
an inquiry from Hon. C. C. Mil
ler, chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, the
Supreme Judge’s answer “that
the Attorney General’s opinion
states the law correctly.”
This is the first instance in the
history of the State when the man
in the back woods has had a voice
in the selection of State officers.
Through the primary law his
vote counts as much as the big
gest politicians, and he knows it.
—Columbus Dispatch.
For which “the man in the
back- woods,” by the way, and
every other honest voter in the
State is more indebted to Sena
tor E. F. Noel than any other
man in Mississippi.
Grave’s University School.
Prof. Graves’ school has changed
its location from. the Seavey
Building to the Zwirn residence,
opposite Mr. Montville’s. The
school is very large.
Prof. Graves gives certificates
which admit to the University of
Mississippi.
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rickets and bone consumption.
Send for free sample.
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Elocution Contest for Beat 5.
I will hold the contest fi>r t he Kclumls
of Beat 5, at the Beaver Creek School,
6 miles west of Brookliaveu Friday,
July 10. All schools having contes
tants will govern themselves accord
ingly. It is also desired to hold a reg
ular meeting of the Lincoln County
Association at that time.
I have conferred with the principal
and am authorized to announce an all
day picnic, to which the candidates are
invited to present their claims.
E. W. Barrington,
Manager.
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used Ballard’s Snow Liniment for
rheumatism, backache, etc:, in my
family. It is a splendid remedy. We
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Dr. C. L. RIPLEY,
Dentist,
Brookhaven, Miss.
Office over Postoffice.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Dr. W. H. FRIZELL, Jr.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Brookhaven, Miss.
OFFICE: Storm Building. Office Phone ICC.
Residence Phone 189.
Dr. T. Y. NELSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
Brookhaven, Miss.
Office: J. T. Grant’s Store, Telephone 97-2.
Residence Telephone No. 68.
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Dr. I. L^PARSONS,
P HYS I C I Art AND SURGEON,
Brookhaven, Miss.
Ollier, in Millsaps Building.
Office Phone No. 55; Residence No. 92.
G. G. LYELL,
Attorney At Law,
Brookhaven, Miss.
OFFICE: Up-stalrs In Cassedy Building.
J. N. YAWN,
Attorney At Law,
Bogue Chitto, Miss.
Will practice In all the Courts of Lincoln and
adjoining counties.
R. D. LANIER,
Attorney At Law,
Brookhaven, Miss.
Will practice In the courts of Lincoln and ad
joining counties. Office In Mlllsaps Building.
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E. F. BRENNAN,
Attorney At Law,
Real Estate & Investment Agent,
Brookhaven, Miss.
Will practice In all the courts of Lincoln and
adjoining counties, and In the Supreme and
Federal Courts at Jackson, Miss. Real Estate
bought and sold and titles carefully abstracted.
Office: Up-stalrs in St. Marco Building, rooms
Nos. 4 and 5. Opposite the passenger depot.
a. m. McMillan,
Attorney At Law,
Brookhaven, Miss.*
E. B. HARRIS,
Atiokne y-a t-L a w,
Bogue Chitto, Miss.
Will practice lu all of the courts of Lincoln
County.
Hr. R. E. HIGDON,
Physician and Surgeon,
Brookhaven, Miss.
Office: Up-stairs, Storm Building. Phones:
Residence, 103; Office, loc.
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STATE HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
OF THE PAST WEEK.
A Short-Hand Chronicle ol Mississippi
and the Doings ol tier People.
Utica’s first cotton bloom came
in on the 20th.
The cost of the talent on the
coming Chautauqua program is
$2,500.
The I. C. is using its double
track from Johnston Station to
Magnolia.
Sardis' new oil mill is being
built by home capital at a cost
of $40,000.
Miss Camille Goldstein and
Felix Moyse, of Summit, were
married on last Tuesday.
A party of fisheimen on the
coast near Scranton, caught 250
red snappers on the 20th.
A train load of snap beans left
Crystal Springs last week. The
train was composed of 25 cars.
Leliore county has adopted the
new road law and will henceforth
work her roads by contract.
Mrs. Harriet Cocke, widow of
the late Capt. J. T. B. Cocke, of
Brandon, died at the age of 70 last
week.
Dr. Charles Hillman Brough
has been elected professor of
Economics at the State University
of Arkansas.
W. N. Hurt, in assuming edi
torial control of the Common
wealth, has swallowed both Var
daman and Money.
Q. C. Maxwell, of Lake Prov
idence, La., died at Vicksburg of
malarial fever on the 20th. He
was 34 years of age.
Three gentlemen from Missouri
are prospecting for another cotton
factory at Tupelo. The mill will
contain 10,000 spindles.
Robert Bennett, the 20-year-old
son of R. L. Bennett, of Yazoo
City, was run over and killed by
a freight train on last Thursday.
H. C. Simmons, an old settler
and Confederate soldier, died at
Kewfon on the 18th. He was
born in Lawrence county 76
years ago.
Last Thursday World's Fair
Commissioner R. H- Henry left
for St. Louis to arrange for floor
space and general plans for the
Mississippi Exhibit.
At Port Gibson Robert Williams
called his wife out of the house
and shot her down. There was
one eye witness, Jealousy was
the cause of the crime.
The negroes of the Alcorn Col
lege have begun work on their
industrial exhibit at flip Workl's
Fair. It will consist of wagons,
buggies, implements, steel drills,
etc.
At Hosem, Jones county, Mrs.
Ella Ward struck herself in the
Jjead with an axe, cutting into the
skull, in AJi attempt to kill her
self. It is thought she will re
cover.
Mississippi women resent Maj.
Vaidamau’s recent disrespectful
allusions to Roosevelt’s mother.
Mrs. Roosevelt was not only a
lady, but a splendid Southern
woman.
Mr. Samuel I. •Solomon, of Me-!
ridian, has* been appointed (brand
Lecturer of Mississippi Masons,
to till out the unexpired term of
the lamented John L. Spinks,
deceased.
F. L. JBellenger, of the Jack
son Evening News, paid a glow
ing and merited tribute to the
memory of the late Janies Hill.
It should be preserved in the ar
chives of the State’s history.
Nbt satisfied with its new arte
sian well, Jackson is trying to
get her saloons back. Dp. W. T.
Rolling says Jackson may choose
between grog shops and such in
stitutions as Millsaps College.
Claiborne county will spend
between §18,000 and §20,000 in
improving the jail and court
house; this amount spent in re
pairing and refitting the present
buildings will give Claiborne’s
officers and prisoners very hand
some quarters.
The Mississippi Railroad Com
mission. at its recent1 meetiner.
June 15, made the assessment of
the railroads operating in the
State. The assessment shows a
general increase of values of rail
road property as compared with
the assessment of last year.
A yonng soldier, W. M. Lewis,
jr., ol Ellisville, while on his way
to drill with his company last Fri
day night, was overpowered by
two negroes and robbed of his
Avatch and $12 in money. Lewis
was choked into insensibility
and was found about 15 minutes
after the attack. He did not rec
ognize his assailants.
After a siege of eight weeks
with typhoid fever, appendicitis,
developed in the case of Robert
Merritt, of Jackson. He was in
a dying condition when placed
under the knife, and the abdom
inal cavity was opened front and
back, to establish necessary drain
age. No unfavorable symptoms
developed after the operation and
it is believed the patient, who had
one chance in a thousand, will re
cover.
Near Oxford, the spring of
James Butler was poisoned with
Paris Green by Mingo Thompson,
colored, because of a threat Butler
had made to poison his corn if
Thompson failed to keep his cat
tle out of his field. It is a stock
law community. Four negroes
are under arrest and the poison
was discovered before fatal results
followed m from drinking the
water.
SEARCHING TEST.
In these days of hurry and
rush it is necessary that you
be careful that the medicines
you take are of the
HIGHEST
GRADE
AND
ABSOLUTELY
PURE.
A test of ours wtll convince you that we are
selling the finest grade of drugs that can bo
had on the market.
OUR VOLUME OF TRADE
gives us fresh supplies of everything in our
line at frequent intervals, and you have that
advantage here.
C. E. GRAFTON DRUG Co.
BROOKHAVEN, MISS.
taPATTENTION, FARMERS AND SAW MILL MEN !
—^==BROOKHAVENl!=&—
FOUNDRY & MACHINE SHOP,
BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI.
The undersigned wish to inform the public that they are now well prepared
to do all work entrusted to them in first class style. Business attended to
promptly. No delays. Satisfaction guaranteed. Saw mill men will find it to
their interest to give us their patronage.
Jos, Connelly & Son,
Shop east of Merchants' Croeery Co,
Che Commercial Bank
of Brookbaven
will put a
Branch Bank
In every home, open 365 days in the year, to receive
deposits. The perpetual calendar attached to the face
of the Bank makes it very attractive and useful.
We
Loan
You
the
Bank
COMMERCIAL
But
We
Keep
the
Key,
Bring your savings to us once a month and we will give
you a Bank Book and pay 3 per cent, interest. For
further particulars apply at the Bank.
OFFICERS.
J. W. McGRATH, President.
LOUIS COHN, Vice-President.
V. ¥, JJJ'CKKR, Cashier.
L. H. BAGGETT, A*s*, C^ftier.
DIRECTORS.
,T. It. Heavers,
CUas. Henck,
H. Cassedy,
J. W. McGrath,
F. F. Becker,
Dave
ityman Uwirn,
K. U. Easterling,
M. U. McGrath,
Louis Cohu,
George Bowsky,
Cohn.
Lumber
Lumber
Lumber
Long Leaf Yellow Pine
ROUGH AND DRESSED.
Our three mills are now running full capacity
and we are always prepared to handle orders with
promptness.
We always keep on hand a large and well assor'
e. stock of Flooring, Ceiling, Finishing and s>i
mension, and guarautee our grades and m work
fully up in every respect.
(Jef; our prices before buying.
Special attention given local trade.
East Union Lumber & Mfg. Co.
BROOKHAVEH, MISS.
Nine
Tenths
of
all the
People
Suffer
from a
Diseased
Liver,
HERBINE.
...
Pure Juices from Natural Roots.
pURES Malaria, Biliousness, Constipation,
M Weak Stomach and impaired Digestion.
Every Bottle 6Qarants8d to Give Satisfaction.
XjAIIGtE BOTTLE, _ SMALL DOSE.
Pi ice, pQ Cents,
_,_• .
Prepared by JAMES r. BALLARD, St. Louis, Mo,
Bare you sore? use 4
aracamph
Relieves Instantly or Money Refunded.
'osquito Bites, Stings,
»rn. Chafing, Swellings and all Inflammations,
s Chiggers. It Cook. It Soothes. It Cures.
Sold only in 25c., 50c. A $1.00 Bottles. At all good Druggtot*.
BOLD BY THB PBICB DRUG COMPARY, BROOKHAVEN.