06 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1897
Page
1
The Leader pledges cautious, nonpartisan guidance for Brookhaven readers, promising steady principled stance, attention to June news, and focus on public welfare while avoiding personal attacks. Notes editor’s deep local ties and commitment to serve community interests amid a quiet political year.
A sketch honors Major J W Millsaps, head of Capital State Bank, born 1803 in Copiah County. His life spans farms, education at Depaw University and Howard Law School, Confederate service, and postwar banking. He funded Millsaps College and supports youth education, church and state, with wide civic influence.
The minutes recount Lincoln County Board of Supervisors convening in Brookhaven January 1887 with members Parson, Bryant, Brister, Montgomery, Linton, and officials McNair and May. They appoint overseers for roads, hear road petitions, and record inquests, expenses, and pauper care arrangements. The second day notes accounts allowed, pauper contract for Thomas Crawford as Poor House Superintendent, and financial summaries including state county assessments and local newspaper notes.
Arch ie Addison age 20 of Osyka is killed on Christmas morning by cousins Meredith and Tom Case both about 22 from Lincoln county. Prisoners remanded to Copiah jail awaiting April circuit court action. The governor ordered a military escort which was protested and then withdrawn. A Pike county Baptist association passes a verbose resolution of thanks for local hospitality.
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