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Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1891

Page

2

Brookhaven Leader Digest on Liquor, Rights, and Public Safety

A Brookhaven Leader item discusses legislative protections for public welfare and state powers. It cites Supreme Court references, including California ex rel and Mississippi cases, linking liquor sales, public safety, and municipal control to broader constitutional limits and citizen rights.

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Does the candidate get drunk

Editorial notes discuss Prohibition politics in Mississippi, criticizing liquor interests and urging support for constitutional Prohibition and statutory enforcement. It highlights tax, registration, and election issues, mentions politicians and papers, and argues for selecting Prohibitionist, law‑abiding officials.

Millsaps College Site Debate Narrowed to Three Mississippi Towns

Jackson Winona and Grenada leaders vie to host Millsaps College as trustees weigh cash gifts of 20000, 27000 and 25000 plus land. A committee will interview residents, with final choice to be made in Winona. Payments structured: half before building contract, quarterly installments through 1892, with bonds and secure pledges required.

Lr Gwen Jackson Millsaps College Stielch State Library Union Board of Winona Grenada Renvil of Resolveil Ich Croesus Wall Street

Prohibition Party Call Upsets Democracy Riff

A Raymond Gazette column mocks Wall Street and liquor interests shaping the National Democracy. It urges readers to endorse the Prohibition Party declaration, predicting cross party tensions and party realignment. The piece lampoons Col. Ananias Frantzy and urges support for temperance principles.

Wall Street Democratic Party Raymond Gazette Democratic New York National Democracy The Prohibition Party

Morals in politics and prohibition drive reform

A careful editorial in the Gazette argues that government must uphold public morals and that party machines corrupt policy. It cites Supreme Court dicta on liquor laws, laments party entrenchment, praises the Prohibition Party, and notes reader letters from Illinois supporting prohibition amid farmer grievances and calls for reform and new registration guidance.

Supreme Court of the United States Kansas Greece Rome Ria Babylon Leaper Prohibition Party

Democratic doctrine and local notices in Woodville

The Woodville Republican discusses Democratic precinct rules allowing some voters to speak at meetings and conventions, arguing for taxpaying voters over nonpaying ones. It notes L. I. Babb’s appointment as Alliance Lecturer across several counties, questions liquor licensing, and reports the death of ex-Auditor Sylvester Gwin in Sharkey County with funeral details in Jackson and notable pallbearers.

Woodville Sylvester Gwin Sharkey County Jackson Bishop Gyloway Guy Stone Lowry Trasurer Evans Bay Vation Preston Carlisle T. ©. Cooper Messrs A. H. Longino Millsaps D. P. Porter Eigty

Murder of 15 year old Albert Hill at Dr Lamb’s

A 15 year old named Albert Hill was shot dead at Dr. Lamb's in Bankly county during supper. The killer entered unnoticed and fired a slit gun into the family gathering, killing Hill. Dr. Lamb was the original target but no motive is clear.

Bolivar County Review Albert Hill

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