Mississippi Primary Echoes and Local News Chuckles
Mississippi headlines note J W Wilson's death at a Aberdeen meeting and debates over Longino’s Lincoln majority. Yazoo City court term opens August 24. Annie Strong charged in a land dispute killing a Black man near Vicksburg. J J Dennis touted for Lieutenant Governor as primary results loom. Real estate in Jackson and Biloxi grows. Century Building front foot sale at 90 now 116. Local figures like John Carraway in New York draw interest. oratorical warnings urge fair primary process and caution against fraud while commenting on Mississippi politics and culture.
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Jackson Real Estate
Century
Reminiscence of The Comet and Pioneer Women Typographers
The piece recalls Brookhaven 1877 founders James M. Buckley and Fleet T. Cooper and their daughters Marion Buckley and Lizzie Cooper who worked as typesetters. It notes Marion Buckley later became mistress of Mississippi’s Governor’s Mansion and the family ties to The Comet office and The Leader.
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Leader
R. H. Henry
Daily Clarion-Ledger
Jackson
Mississippi
The
Comet
Brookhaven
James M. Buckley
Fleet T. Cooper
Chancery
Buckley and Cooper
I. C. Depot
White House
Marion Buckley
Jas. M. Buckley
Lawrence County
Whitworth College
Lizzie Cooper
Col. Cooper
Buckley
Sylvester Gwin
Marion
Uoe
1Ookhaven
Reich
Grace Characerste
Governor Longino and wife inspire Mississippi youth
The piece highlights Mrs. Marion Buckley Longino as a rising social figure, likely to join the circles of a U S Senator's wife, citing Governor Longino's rise from modest roots to national esteem as an example to aspiring Mississippians. It emphasizes endurance, talent, and character as keys to achievement.
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Marion Buckley Longino
Governor's
United States
Gov. Longino
Lawrence County
Mississippi
Noel and Noel urged in Hinds County gubernatorial race
J. M. Black and J. L. Gaddis of Bolton publish a circular urging Critz and Noel followers to unite behind Noel. They claim Noel has wider support and the Evening News predicts Noel will carry Hinds County.
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Hinds County
J. M. Black
J. L. Gaddis
Bolton
Critz
Noel
Evening News
Hinds
T. M. Henry for Auditor
Lincoln county voters are urged to back T. M. Henry for State Auditor. The Brookhaven native has 17 years in the Auditor’s office and strong Democratic ties. In robust health, he seeks the county’s support again next Thursday.
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Lincoln County
Tom Henry
Henry
Brookhaven
Gwin
Stone
Holder
Cole
The
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Lincoln
Noel poised for second primary victory in Mississippi
Ripley Sentinel reports Noel as the leading candidate with strong support across Delta counties including Leflore and other central and northern counties. Supporters of rival candidates are accused of exaggerating his weakness. The piece urges supporters to stand firm as the race narrows to Noel versus one rival.
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Noel
Cruz
Vardaman
Delta
Leflore
Mississippi
Ripley Sentinel
Carter Withdraws From Lieutenant Governor Contest
Hon. M. M. Evans retires from the lieutenant governorship race and endorses Hon. J. P. Carter. Evans praises Carter as a trusted ally and longtime friend and thanks supporters across the state while noting his own limited time for politics. The piece mentions other political figures and a campaign committee contrasted with Anse McLaurin’s foes.
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M. M. Evans
J. Print Carter
J. P. Carter
Captain Carter
Lopes Carter
Pisses
Easant
Money crisis grips Senator Money as race near August vote
Jackson Mississippi editorials lambaste Senator Money over stock in the Deene me Company claiming guilt and urging resignation. The piece notes Money’s supposed right to accept stock while planning retirement and describes aggressive campaign tactics by his allies against Governor Longino and McLaurin factions ahead of the August 6 polling day.
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Jackson
Miss
Own Petard
Senator Money
Deeneme Company
United States Senate
Congress
Sieg
Money
Burns
Smith [Evenby
Longino
John Sharp Williams
Committee On Entertainment
Williams
McLaurin
Mone Cees
MacLaurins
Pan-Electric Telephone Company
Major Vardaman
Meridian Press
Meridian Governor Denounces Slanderous Circular
Governor Lon gino of Meridian condemns a thumb-paper editorial from the Okolona Messenger arguing that the piece, titled Longino's War Record, is calumny aimed at his stance on supremacy and negro elevation. The piece is blamed on Abe Sternberger, an imported political operative from Ranoa who assaults reputations rather than bodies.
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Longino
Meridian
Okolona Messenger
Rar
Abe Sternberger
Mississippi
Ranoa
Sternberger
Lincoln County Education Policy Debate Readies Votes
The piece argues for reelecting the Lincoln County superintendent, praising current leadership for school improvements and teacher cooperation while labeling the challenger a "calamity howler." It contrasts records, stresses progress and governance for nine thousand local students, and calls voters to choose forward moving leadership.
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Lincoln
Lincoln County
Green
Times
Lincoln’s
Mossack
Political notes and local election items from Mississippi
A compilation of campaign letters and notices from Edgar Mississippi and surrounding areas. Denials of false treasurer support rumors for Wade Summers, endorsements for candidates Applewhite Scarborough Watts, and Prohibition plank pledges. Legal matters include Mrs. Print Odom bound over for killing her brother and related charges. Commentary compares Roosevelt Vardaman Noel and local gubernatorial hopes, with immigrant passage through Jackson en route to California and lynching news in Shreveport.
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Messrs. Applewhite
Scarborough
Watts
Print Odom
John Rich
Hattiesburg
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Annie Strong
Vicksburg
J. J. Dennis
Dennis
Piney Woods
the Picayune
J.H. Willoughby
Robert Pitard
Alma Biggs
John Carraway
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Equitable Bank of New York
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Mississi
T. M. Henry
J.P. Carter
Anse McLaurin
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Monty
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John W. England
Gilmore
Tradseman
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Ellisville
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Lawrence
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Par
OW. Maxwell
L. P. Kees
Duncan B. Magee
Rooger
R. KR. Phillips
Y. Jones
Jas. E. Adams
Justice of the Peace
Wade L. Summers
Wade Summers
WM. H. Reeves
Edgar
Simpson County
J. H. Sharp
Columbus
James K. Vardamna
California
Roosevelt
Jennie Steer
Shreveport
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Denver
Calorado Springs
Pueblo
Ogien
Salt Lake City
Hycampouni Grand Army of the Republic
San Prangigen
Boston
C.e.grafton Drug CO
Brookhaven, Miss
JOS. Connelly & Son
Merchants’ Crocery Co
Perkins
Jackson and
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C. B. Perkins
T. H. Perkins Furniture Co
East Union Lumber & Mfg. Co
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