Hinds County official seeks Auditor post at State Convention
The Brookhaven Leader reports Hinds County official Wileorankichaiee seeks the Auditor of Public Accounts role at the State Convention. He thanks supporters and cites service and loyalty, as backers from 41 newspapers and individuals across the state express favor for his candidacy.
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Hinds
Hinds County
Wileorankichaiee
Teefile
Ien
Hines
Pir Leann
Tinos Aganet
Editorial notes and political blurbs ripple through era
Floods in Jackson and nationwide prison counts reveal a crowded era. The Texas Legion pays 472000 in death benefits while Trenry Wand nominates Secretary Lamar in PS88. Reports on Grant’s health, New Orleans waterways meeting, and ministerial changes mix with state politics, university moves, and upcoming county office campaigns.
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Trenry Wand
Lamar
Grant
Boston Journal
Randall
Cleveland
Westville News
L. 2
Covington
Simpson
Vicksburg Post
Lowry
New Orleans
White opposition calls for peace and law in Mississippi
The Observer notes the charge of racial violence and condemns political murders while urging harmony. The Jasper County case of M Hanley, saloon keeper, ends in a $2000 verdict with appeal to the Supreme Court. Prohibition moves, injunctive relief, and debates on taxation of alcohol are discussed amid editorials and reader comments.
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Mississippi
Winn
Era Herald
Commercial Herald
Taman
Mordecai
Haman
Mississis
Mayers
Jasper County
Hanley
Supreme Court
Pardoning Power and the Need for Strict Enforcement
The article argues for firmer use of pardons and execution of verdicts, citing Mississippi Supreme Court reversals as proof that misused clemency harms public safety. It warns signatures on petitions are often exploited and urges strict enforcement of law, prompt punishment of ideologically just convictions, and caution against executive overreach.
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Supreme Court
Clove Tam
Darfalo
Alice
Cleveland
New York
South
Prohibitionist Judge Morris Cited By Natchez Correspondent
A Natchez correspondent of the Vicksburg Post declares Judge J S Morris of Vicksburg a pronounced Prohibitionist after witnesses him attend a Miss Willard lecture with uplifted chair. The piece notes critics doubted his earnestness but not his sanity. The World Exposition Board lauds Commissioner General F C Morehead for energetic leadership as his resignation is accepted. The San Francisco Post reports Cleveland no longer controlled by his friends.
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Natchez
F. C. Morehead
San Francisco Post
Cleveland
Bis
Prohibitionists Seek Local Option Law in Mississippi
The State Executive Committee meeting in Jackson on July 1 1888 endorses a local option law to let counties decide alcohol questions by ballot. They urge cross party support, warn against liquor-driven politics, and insist officials be free of intoxication. The piece notes Mississippi temperance sentiment grows, calls for unity across creeds and parties, and previews a state convention to press reform.
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Jacken
Thee Perpen
Olr
Friends of Prohibition
Mississippi
Many & Mah
Friends of Reforms
Jacksom
Cras
B. Gatrowar
The Shooting at Haxlehurst and a Political Rally
A chaotic report recounts a shooting on a southbound passenger train near Ware and Ter ry. Charles Fore was shot twice, W. A. Wart wounded, and the would-be attacker, Ware, captured or dead. The piece mixes this violence with political notices for state offices, including Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor, Superintendent of Education, Attorney General, and a note on Grant’s retirement pay and legal cases.
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South Sound
Ware
Terry
Crael
Charles Fore
W. A. Wart
Metropolis
Tnitial
Jeft Im
Jackson
Memphis Avalanche
Col W.L. Men Ineway
Hints
Jas. H. Duke
Kemper
D. VL. Porter
Hinds
M.M. Evans
Sea Coast
Geo. M. Govan
Pike
W. A. Roane
Yallabsha
D.s. Hoskins
Times
J. A. Gordon
Pontotoe
Charles Humphreys
Copizh
Sykes
Monroe
Mines
Uouds
Mon
Wow
Stone
Washington
Colo Wo
Holder
LaFayette
Roc. Patty
Noxulve
MeeRea Mosby
Lam
Grant
Congress
Arthur
United States Treasury
Washington City
Mrs Wells Delivers An Eloquent Lecture On Wed
Fragmentary OCR shows a political social critique praising noble women and condemning corruption. References to well known names and groups appear garbled, but the piece condemns vice among merchants and judges, urging upright conduct and civic virtue.
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