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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1889
Page
2
A list of statewide candidates led by Joan M. Stone with several others across offices, plus Beat results and local officials. The piece notes Stone’s stance on the lease system and cites reactions including a Memphis Appeal interview. It also reports incidents such as a fatal shooting in Claiborne county and a church camp meeting in Gloster with evangelists and reduced rates.
The Leapen editor traveled to West Point for a Baptist State Convention. delegates from various Charities and groups met to discuss missions and education and plan increased contributions. The visit highlighted West Point as a growing town with railroads, factories, schools, and a $125,000 cotton factory project while noting crop challenges from recent rains and a damaging storm.
A Mississippi reader argues against claims that laws favor capitalists, contending most statutes support agriculture and urging acknowledgment of farmers’ needs. The letter criticizes class legislation, notes tax and revenue issues, and defends legislators while urging reforms to aid rural prosperity. P Bandt, Pass Christian merchant, adds a related assignment.
In Alabama and the Deep South the Farmers Alliance and the Cotton Bagging Trust face off over carrier bagging material. Alliance members vow to withhold cotton shipments and demand jute use, aiming to disrupt market flow until the trust concedes. The movement, aided by Alabama’s 55 000 members and allied groups, seeks a large daily output of bagging and coincides with a forecast of a bumper cotton crop.
The eighteenth annual camp meeting at Crystal Springs Camp Ground in Crystal Springs starts Thursday August 8 1889 and ends Wednesday evening. Ample accommodations and reasonable rates are offered for all attendees. Season tickets cost five dollars and fifty cents plus a gate fee known as a season ticket. The editor of the New South at Charleston SC praises self-help and moral development for African Americans and critiques reliance on politicians.
Meridian sustains a strong education push as the State Business College gains backing from Coy Lowry Rev HF Sproles and local leaders including Maj RoW Millsaps and Col dl Power of Jackson. Principals WoL Pry and L A Ontein bring solid trade and banking teaching experience. Governor Lowry pushes liquor license restrictions, with editorials praising high standards and local option hostility to saloons.
The Memphis Appeal notes the recall of Cincinnatus, praising Gov. Stone and the party platform. It highlights loyalty, fiscal issues, and confidence in leadership, portraying the recall as a milestone in Mississippi politics and a sign of enduring public fidelity.
A Board of Control member reports after cancelling the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad lease the convict death rate fell to 5 percent from 11 to 16 percent. The penitentiary funds itself and contributes about $2,000 monthly to the Shire treasury, a fact expected to please humane and moral factions. Some deceased souls may see their work not in vain.
Fragments show Col Frantzy’s temperance lecture and references to a Copiah Confederate veterans reunion set for August 22 at Damascus church. Includes education address by Prof Mayes and coverage of a ground ratification meeting for the State ticket in Jackson with speeches by Gov Lowry and others. A Mississippi county marriage noted for Payid Hering and Miss Mary Miller on the 2th.
The Blue Mountain Female College advertises a liberal private school in the South with 157 boarders and 122 music students. It lists W. L Lowrey as president and C M Berry as manager, with thirteen teachers and a female education program including English language and literature. The seventeenth annual session begins September 11, 1880, Blue Mountain Tippah County Mississippi.
Starkville Miss announces the Twenty first annual session opening Wednesday September 11. Board and tuition for ten months or 40 weeks with music costs range from 145 to 150 dollars. Music included, no extras except art. Send for catalogue and compare rates with other state schools. T. G. Sellers, President, Aug. 1-2m.
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