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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
2
A compact column presents verse from Albert Bigelow Paine about a lonely boy in the House of Too Much Trouble, advocating gentleness and tidy living. It follows with short homilies urging kindness in speech and reflections on farmers, cotton crops, and self-reliance from various Southern newspapers.
A fragmented ad style note extols babies to gain fat for vitality and growth. It mentions Scott's Emulsion as a product to help a scrawny baby store fat for future needs, framing fat as wealth and comfort for infants.
The Leader argues against gloom over current cotton prices, noting past recoveries and recent prosperity. It urges farmers to hold some cotton, cut acreage and fertilizer costs 25 to 30 percent, seek advances, and coordinate with merchants and banks to restore a healthy economy. Local farmers in Lincoln and surrounding counties are urged to act to improve the outlook.
The Durant to Lexington electric inter urban line seeks a charter in the coming days led by promoter Cheater James. Mississippi’s World’s Fair success is celebrated, with Commissioner R. H. Henry credited for the state exhibit triumphs in cotton timber grains and cereals and praised as vindicated.
A ragged column mixes proverbs, incomplete phrases, and garbled names about life lessons and social habits. It mentions Charles W. Montgomery of Col W A Montgomery and Dalzia Pennebaker of Jin Parish, La, in a Gretna Green style note, plus a dog bite incident affecting Mr Grint and family and a Paskeut remedy.
New Orleans January 27 The meeting of cotton growers and interested farmers wrapped with strong support for enlarging the Interstate Commission’s powers. Harvie Jordan of Georgia was elected permanent president and E S Peters of Texas vice president. A report urged state commissioners to compile gin output and bale totals for 1904 and 1905 and to provide monthly updates from October to March 1905. The committee backed rapid reporting through the National Ginners Association and urged legislatures to authorize sufficient funding.
A convention details a plan to secure four markets by limiting production through recuperative pricing and shared costs. It outlines Stargand Territorial, county and parish groups under a main executive committee of twenty seven with allocations by state. Funds arise from initiation fees, dues and a per bale charge. A special committee will press for U S government and foreign trade action. A Fayette bank named Commercial Bank with $50,000 capital is planned, backed by prominent local businessmen.
Delegates from most Southern states gathered in New Orleans for the Interstate Cotton Convention. Leaders including Harvie Jordan and John M. Parker outlined goals to retain surplus cotton until prices strengthen, reduce acreage, and cut fertilizer use next year while expanding trade with manufacturers and smoothing transport. Bankers pledged 10000 dollars to launch, farmers vow crop diversification, with over 1500 delegates and 2000 guests attending.
A dense lament accuses a rising drug scourge of corrupting mothers and children, undermining law and peace. The piece condemns the drug trade as a brutal force that damages households, distorts politics, and endangers the nation, linking it to violence and moral decay.
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