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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1891
Page
2
Oren ender Nething 22 Chenier Heroet appears in a weekly publication with Stookhaven Yeader and Ry B T Hobbs listed as contributors or editors. The item reads as a byline style notice for the periodical.
A compact snapshot of late 19th century Mississippi mentions Meridian church counts, cotton receipts at Summit, and various political notes. It references Weet Point calamity, Blind Tom’s death and poverty, endowment fund efforts, and remarks on the Force bill. It also notes constitutional updates, printing plans, and local political endorsements and appointments across several towns.
The Aberdeen Weekly quotes The Right Creed praising temperance in all things as a natural growth of love and virtue. It contrasts moral suasion with legal pressure, critiques Prohibitionists' creed, and mocks the idea of forced temperance through aggressive rhetoric.
The piece critiques Justice Campbell's admiring view of the Code of 1880 law on local option and contrasts it with the petition law. It notes the decision’s mixed reception in Brookhaven and Aberdeen, praising the local option approach for county wide control while criticizing counter petitions. The column argues the real option law better curbs saloon growth and underscores the Prohibitionist stance.
Yazoo Herald answers Kawokhares Leader criticism by correcting figures on business failures. It notes Yazoo City, a Prohibition town, shows fewer than ten thousand dollars in failures despite a three month downturn, while Columbus and Greenville have higher counts. Brookhaven, also Prohibition, reports no failures this season and solid demand for housing.
Explitor Hobbs of Brookhaven Leader withdraws from the Democratic party and shifts efforts to the prohibition cause. Local commentary questions future viability of prohibition beyond Hobbs and others, citing suspicions about church figures and past gambling in a dry county. The piece notes ongoing questions about where voters for the prohibition party will come from and reflects on biblical and moral references.
At a February Brookhaven Bar meeting, Hon. RH Thomson was nominated for appointment to the Supreme Bench to fill Chief Justice Woods's upcoming vacancy. Resolutions praised Thomson as experienced, capable, and of sound character, likely to honor the bench. Secretary ordered to convey the resolutions to Governor J. M. Stone. meeting adjourned.
A report on the Supreme Court decision revoking W. N. Perkins license amid a brutal assault by Ledbetter. Perkins, a leading Aberdeen figure, had battled saloons and gambling dens. citizens condemn the attack as a defiance of law and order. The piece ties liquor traffic to lawlessness and notes a separate post office inquiry into the Matthews killing in Carrollton.
The Old Petition Law is explained by Judge Campbell in an Aberdeen case. A municipal board refused a license when Ledbet ter lacked majority support, circuits court and supreme court rulings follow the local option framework. The decision upholds noncompulsion to grant licenses despite public demand and notes penalties for illegal sales.
The Yazoo Herald and Leapen comment on Prohibition as a hostile stance of the national Democratic Party and praise for members leaving the party. They note Major Barksdale’s recovery and potential leadership, Capital Commercial College’s strong placement, and Mississippi public school moves to a new building with a growing campus fence near the Methodist Church.
The Vicksburg Herald comments on Kansas, declaring the state is “all right” as a Prohibition stronghold. The brief note frames Kansas as a model or example of prohibitionist policy in the era.
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