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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
6
Supt John Miller of the Coan e Convict Farm provides a list of prisoners sentenced to the farm since December and the offenses. Justice Hoffman of Brookhaven has supplied the superintendent with farm hands, showing notable turnover among local officials and convicted individuals.
Stolen bicycle described as a Hiden King with Tito double tube tire. Used condition. Reward offered for recovery or information leading to the bicycle. Contact Mrs. Jexine Curisman.
The reception celebrated debt cancellation and renewed the YMC association’s mission. Members urged support for the work, noted overflow in the library, and announced an upcoming gathering on September 8 with a request for Ladies Auxiliary dues.
Work began Wednesday on the People s Steam Laundry to be located in the rear of the Court House near the Armory. G B Gardner of McComb City heads the enterprise with a group of prominent local businessmen including F F Boeker J W White A McCa L H Bowen G W Ard Chas Heuck H Moodie and H Zito. The charter of incorporation and other details were filed.
Dr Luther Sexton writes from New Orleans reassessing yellow fever fears. He downplays mortality, notes most cases are in the Italian quarter due to poor care and mosquitoes, and argues the Stegomyia mosquito is the transmitter. He says quarantine is unnecessary for goods, urges eradicating mosquitoes, and predicts near elimination within six weeks.
Sage General Wyman calls for forty volunteers to serve in the yellow fever areas of New Orleans. He urges ready aid from medical men to aid the afflicted and safeguard public health during the outbreak.
Fragmentary verse theater recounts a mythic rite where merchants, priests, and a Tyrian goldsmith refuse offerings to Moloc. A pirate ship and a demand for a sacrificed heir unfold, exposing the peril of wealth worship and the ritual cost of gold. The tale ends with a reflection on Phoenician gods and the modern urge to sell sons for money.
At pre trial Wednesday Justice Hoffman set bond at $2,000 to next circuit term for Jim Hunter charged with the murder of Mattie Wimberly. Hunters' sureties were S. W. Hoskins and Luther Harvey. The defense claims the shooting was accidental. no eye witnesses. Wimberly alleged a dispute over six dollars before the gunfire and died about 24 hours after being shot.
A Mississippi oil expert from Lincoln asserts traces of crude petroleum in many counties. He outlines indications of an oil field starting near Trotter's Point and extending through Coahoma Leflore and adjacent counties toward Mossy Lake and west toward West Point, with further uncertain routing through eastern areas.
Edward Barris, editor of the Girownwond Enterprise, was married to Minnie Mercet Warner of Dayton, Iowa, years ago on a National Aiditanial guard West service, with Memphiv as the place, the State for twelve years.
A Mississippi roundup notes varied items from August through autumn. Updates include the courthouse cornerstone not laid on August 17 in Columbia, Mayor Harney of Abbeville acquitted of murder, and Marshall County adopting contract roads. Other items cover a Magnolia sawmill blaze, quarantine closures at Gloster, new brick storefronts replacing burned ones in Liberty, and postponed Madison County circuit court. Additional notes mention a $125,000 Hattiesburg underground telephone franchise, a marriage in Columbia, a fatal cattle drown at Fannin County, postponed Port Gibson Farmers Institute, Jackson real estate strains, and a Jackson loan-office court fine for concealed weapons.
Mrs A McQ Kimbrough reports a fifty dollar contribution from Mrs Varina Jefferson Davis to aid the Beauvoir convalescents infirmary project. A June 13 1905 letter from Varina Davis expresses support and affection for Mississippi veterans efforts, offering hope for progress and requesting updates.
In response to a request from a Western newspaper the governor has sent out the following statement from Mississippi. Only two yellow fever cases in the state, one at Lamberton and the other at Sumrall. The Lamberton case is convalescent and no new cases from either infected point. Quarantine regulations are being enforced vigorously. no embargo on merchandise and health certificates allow entry if the holder has not been in an infected district for ten days. The Mississippi press notes the Mississippi Louisiana dispute as largely inconsequential while pursuing health policy to keep yellow fever out of the state.
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