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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
2
The Leader publishes rates for political announcements. District and legislative and county offices cost 10.00 for each notice. Real estate ads 500. Money must accompany every order. No deviations.
Announcement lists Wade Summers and W Price as Democratic primary candidates for Lincoln County Treasurer and Assessor, with W Maxwell also named for Assessor. The notice cites party primary participation and authority to announce, while the rest of the clipped text shifts to a poem about marriage and purgatory with no clear news value.
Grand Master H T Howard denounces liquor in Masonic life urging expulsion of members who drink. He calls for lodge rooms cleaned of drunkards and warns Shrine leaders that Masonry’s reputation suffers from their practices. The Mississippi Journal includes Bryan on immortality and a garbled wrap of quotes on life after death.
The Jackson mass meeting shows Prohibitionists undivided on three aims. They seek both constitutional and statutory prohibition, plan to influence the next Legislature, and to elect a legislature aligned with Prohibition goals. The platform denounces liquor traffic as a social evil and endorses suppression measures without compromise.
The Mississippi mass meeting endorses a constitutional amendment to prohibit liquor sales, calls for local option restrictions until law, urges electing prohibition allies to offices, and organizes civic leagues to aid enforcement. Resolutions push Congress to ban liquor licenses and treat shipped alcohol as contraband. Charles Lowe dies at Hot Springs. university notes on high school ties and new campus dormitory.
The Times-Democrat reports that a chancery suit over a $2,000 county fund shortage requires writ service at the next term. With the sheriff disqualified, the coroner and ranger must serve papers, but Franklin County lacks both due to long vacancy and resignation. A special election may be needed to fill the offices to proceed.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America held its convention in Philadelphia and urged women's total abstinence societies. It called for open meetings lectures and temperance literature to counteract drinking among women of society and influence public opinion.
The article recalls salt pork as a traditional treatment for consumption and contrasts it with Scott's Emulsion, touted as a refined fat and aid for digestion. It claims fat feeding is vital, with cod liver oil and phosphates in the emulsion boosting strength and lung health.
Short-Hand Chronicle of care rent happenings and local items from Jackson to Yazoo City. Notable entries include births and marriages, fires in Utica, a $30,000 McComb school plan, embezzlement case against Zack Morehead, and the Grand Lodge Masons meeting in Biloxi. Includes Roosevelt deer hunt rumor, yellow fever era medals, and Confederate reunion notes.
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