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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1904
Page
1
The Mississippi document urges coordinated farmer action at the court house to counter whitecapping and labor agents. It links lawlessness to intimidation of Black tenants, worker strikes, and home violent acts, warning that ignoring the home frontier gives labor agitators leverage and endangers all communities.
The Ministerial Alliance of Brookhaven organized at St James Baptist Church on February 4 1994 with Rev P H Polk elected president and Rev T W Price secretary. It plans bi monthly meetings to advise communities and curb street loafing while promoting civic effort and sobriety.
A mass meeting of Lincoln county farmers and law abiding citizens is called for Saturday at 12 o'clock in Brookhaven Court House. At a Feb 18 meeting in the Old Mayor's office, L S Strait moved to organize the assembly to remove labor agents and protect local labor from outside interference with John Storm as chairman and W F Parsons as secretary.
Hon W B Walker senator from Monroe County died near Kosciusko Mississippi this afternoon at 6 o clock after four weeks of illness. He was to be returned home in a special car but died en route. The notice also reports diverse items from railroad charter changes to a Baltimore fire and other brief news notes.
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