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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1904
Page
1
The Aberdeen Examiner reports tepid crop openings causing hill farmers to travel to nearby camps for work, lured by flag wages or weights. The Beauloer suggests the bill may offer more income than home crops, highlighting shifting load aboard streams and distant labor prospects.
In Macon county Mississippi a recent Macon Circuit Court session drew attention as Judge Robert B. Cochran harshly condemned local crime and lax law enforcement. He warned whites and blacks alike that neglect would harm the community, urging accountability and action.
Jackson reports Tardy and Dixon, charged with shooting Jesse Puckett, face a complex legal tangle after preliminary Jackson proceedings. They were later jailed in Brandon on Rankin county warrants for unlawful retailing, with habeas corpus and de novo trial to be decided by Judge McCaskill.
Memphis Tenn Aug. 23 J W Eldridge of Hillhouse Miss a major cotton planter plans to import several hundred Mexican families to harvest his crops. He has 6000 bales in sight at Coe and expects East Tennessee mountaineers and Black workers to market it. Eldridge notes crops on his plantations never before were so good and cites declining reliability of local farm help.
A man from Lawrence County 18 miles north of Columbia shot his wife and then killed himself after using a pistol to go hunting. Neighbors say he had shown odd behavior for days and is suspected of insanity. The report also mentions early notes on radium uses and a Russian physician proposing medical applications.
General Mississippi news and notices condensed from the state scene. Items include local visits, depot plans, and civic events in Jackson, McComb, Fayette, Hattiesburg, and Laurel. Officials discuss road contracts and a state industrial carnival with rail sponsorships. Confederate veteran profiles, obituary notes, and local miscel lany round out the roundup.
A Clarion Ledger commentary questions why eastern bankers and cotton merchants favor low cotton prices while supporting wheat loans for western harvests. It argues eastern finance profits from cotton shipments and cotton goods while funding the wheat crop, with little eastern money needed to move grain in recent years.
The Clation Ledger notes Mise Janic plans to leave Friday for San Francisco then sail to the Far East to engage in missionary work with the Mississippi conference society. The report mentions her departure and the broader mission movement.
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