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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1891
Page
2
The Leaper pleads for immediate payments from delinquent subscribers to fund a new printing press and cover freight and setup costs. It warns that statements sent earlier received no responses and urges renewals from expiring subscribers as the paper aims to improve over the next year.
Fragmented notes record local events: banking moves in Jackson, stock losses in Delta, political appointments, deaths, investigations, and court actions. Mentions include A. M. Couner enticing workers, Thos C Teasdale death, penitentiary funds, cotton tie tariff, and upcoming speeches by Senator George in Webster and Clay counties.
The item reports political squabbling over taxes on whisky tied to a state party chairmanship, with quotes from editorials criticizing officials and a call to “show his backbones.” It mentions Major Sessions’s candidacy for railroad commissioner, a temperance incident in McComb City, and a swamp lands board decision to sell 30,000 acres of pine lands with a minimum bid.
The Mississippi passage argues only registered white Democratic voters should participate in primaries and nominating conventions to ensure fairness and control by eligible voters. It cites constitutional aims and notes Hinds County already restricts primaries to white registered Dem voters, urging uniform adoption statewide.
A 1902 article discusses voter registration standards, residence and age requirements, and the February 1801 date for residents seeking eligibility. It notes potential confusion over new qualifications and the push to register before the next election, with long-standing fears of disqualification and the need to meet constitutional elector criteria.
Rev Dr DC Kelley, noted Prohibition governor candidate, visits Mississippi to speak on prohibition at towns including Osford Clinton Meridian and Coleman May 1 through May 6. He is described as gifted, engaging, well informed, and seeks strong turnout from prohibition supporters at each stop.
In a polemical column the Vicksburg Commercial Herald denounces the Alliance as impractical and dangerous. The piece ridicules its Treasury scheme, labels its authors lunatics, and rouses against the group as a radical, misguided force in politics.
The text notes Congress passed a broad Indian Depredation law potentially injecting 50 million dollars into circulation and easing losses payable to settlers heirs. It cites Henry N Copp offering to mail copies, and reports on revivalist S Inge holding a May meeting in a large tent with all denominations invited. It covers political endorsements by Bolivar and Clarke alliances for Sub Treasury, and notes John R Cameron declining reelection.
A long, uneven summary of Alliance principles from Ocala to Mississippi, urging loyalty to platform over individuals. Notes on SubTreasury debates, mortgage crops, and political commentary. Mentions include Saint Louis, Ocala platform, Hinds county order, Democracy, and various editorials.
The Executive Committee of the State Sunday School Convention outlines the aim to unite for aggressive work, save children outside Sunday Schools, and invites delegations to Greenville for the April 27 to 8, 1891 meeting with noted speakers and broad interdenominational cooperation. It also includes local notes on community events, farming, and school affairs.
In the Delta counties the Convention factions clash over apportionment and Sub-Treasury influence as crucial political lines form for the State Convention and future legislation. Editorials from Greenville Democrat and The Lever criticize the unequal apportionment and warn of its consequences for Democratic unity while The Memphis Commercial notes ongoing Alliance agitation and rural populist rhetoric.
A Congo native who learned to read and write sent his first letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He expresses reverence for the church and asks for more Gospel and less ray, greeting the Chief of Christ’s tribe and pledging loyalty to Christ.
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