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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1904
Page
4
The Ceader page lists events and local notices including theater, property, and personal visits. It records upcoming meetings, a pauper/prisoner count at the county farm, and various residents traveling, returning, or visiting relatives and businesses. The piece mentions Dr J T Walker enlarging his residence, Mrs Cotten planning Bowen subdivision, and several local sales and hardware promotions.
Benedicts win 9 to 4 over the Bachelors as Watts and Becker boost the Bachelors while Younts delivers for Benedicts. Catchers McNair and McCormick flash quick throws to second as Ramney and Cohn lead Benedicts with a few singles amid sparse hits.
Details of a Brookhaven Dramatic Co. production with cast including Kim and Becker plus a special string orchestra, admission 50 cents downstairs 25 cents gallery. Brookhaven Camp No 9 Woodmen of the World held its third annual picnic at Driver's Grove drawing near 2,000 attendees with remarks by Prof. Edgar Green and S P Oliver. Brookhaven Graded School opens Sept 5 at 9 am. pupils to report and be examined for promotion. first bell at 9:00 am. school work to begin at 9:25 am. patrons invited to visit the opening.
Farmers busy with cotton picking as road work improves. Mr R E Woodall reports his gin ready for ginning. Miss Alice Wilson visited friends in Smithdale last week. Mrs C T Montgomery and J W Woodall attended church in Smithdale. Dr Chisholm back from Vicksburg and home again.
The article notes St Francis School reopening under Sisters of Notre Dame with renewed exams and facilities. It also reports Yazoo County Board of Supervisors scheduling a county election on adopting contract tax and commutation tax to fund roads and schools, with trustees elections and road-duty provisions. Col. Pink Harrington's death is reported in the county.
A fragmentary account describes duties at a hotel near the Exposition grounds with directions to reach via Boulevard and Garden, plus baggage handling and moderate rates. It then notes complaints on jury reliability, citing Judge Sykes and other cases as concerns grow over the time honored jury system and twelve good men.
Messages from Edgar Green Superintendent note schools opening October 3 and a Johnson Academy contest set for Aug 27. promoters report no difficulty raising $10,000 capital stock for the Cotton and Corn Carnival while new bale sales at Johnson Station and visits by McComb residents unfold. ill health in the community and local visits are mentioned.
Fragmented OCR text mentions trustees-elect appearing at the office at a set time to be sworn in. It references a London editor and various misread names, but the key fact is the swearing-in at the trustees' office at a specific hour. The passage is garbled with no clear date or place.
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