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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1890
Page
2
Brookhaven Reader reports on political shifts from Brookhaven and nearby towns. It notes changes in city attorney elects, court actions, and local sentiment toward railroad development connecting Brookhaven, Monticello, and Meridian, with Kansas City-like ambitions hinted by regional rail discussions.
The Mississippi Press Association demands local laws passed by the Legislature be published in county newspapers. The call has merit, supported by justice and common sense. A change in the current arrangement is hoped as the Legislature meets this session.
Bishop Galloway announced the first board of Millsaps Methodist College trustees eight from the Mississippi and eight from the North Mississippi Conference. The endowment drive will be pressed and the college will be located soon.
James Stewart, possibly Lincoln county's oldest man at 101, lives with his unmarried daughter eight miles southwest of Brook Haven. One of Mississippi's early settlers, he arrived with his father 85 years ago and settled where Lawrence county later formed. He remains healthy, worked in the fields last year, and has voted in every presidential election since 1817. He is a lifelong hard working farmer who never used tobacco.
The Natchez Democrat notes uneven candidate clarity on convention support while confirming Barkadale Featherston and Cameron backed a convention and Stone hinted at backing a bill if legislature passes it. It also praises Major J F Sessions’ re election to Railroad Commissioner for a third term as a deserved compliment to a faithful and conscientious public servant.
A heated contest in Jackson pits MacNeily and Banks against Menora Henry Power for State Printer. A legislative committee will probe an alleged $871,200 overcharge for the 1886 Acts, likened to the 1882 excess by Col Power. The piece urges abolishing the office and hiring a state commission to bid out printing work.
All South Mississippians are urged to attend the Prohibition Conference in Hazlehurst next Tuesday January 2 with the aim of securing a State Prohibition statute. Prominent state Prohibitionists and W C T U leaders will attend and speak. Attendees and visitors will be entertained free by Hazlehurst residents. Prohibitionists, bring your best thoughts.
A Mississippi column reviews Governor John Marshall Stone’s inaugural address praising steady leadership for four more years and discusses related political notes. The item includes a reader letter on a cotton bale sale, commentary on Jackson election ballot reform, a wind storm in Sardis damaging buildings, Brookhaven rail prospects, and a humorous anecdote about Carrollton’s train car seating.
An old notice promotes Shilohs catarrh remedy with a nasal injector claimed to cure catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache. The ad emphasizes trials and pricing offered at a city location during a advertised sales period.
The Lieutenant-Governor and Speaker named Committees on Thursday while Gov. Lowry read the last message in both houses. Stone’s victory tally was 4 929 votes with scattered support. A new county, Jeff Davis, was created from Sunflower Bolivar and Washington counties. Inaugural ceremonies featured Gov Stone, Lieut-Gov Evans, and Justice Campbell. Sessions and McLaurin were re elected as Railroad Commissioner candidates, with Askew elected in the northern district. The secretary of state’s election list includes Mary Moraney and several others, with two ladies seen kissing in a canvass. A memorial urges Congress to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment. Summit’s December business volume was reported high, contradicting anti liquor sentiment.
The document presents a Mississippi charter draft for Banat Union fies and by that name a perpetual corporate body with power to sue, own property, and conduct timber and lumber business in Brookhaven Lincoln and Lawrence counties. It outlines capital stock up to 50 000, stock rights, corporate offices, governance, by laws, directors, meetings, dividends, and officers including President Secretary and Treasurer.
An early medical ad touts Shilohs Consumption Cure as the most successful cough medicine, claiming it cures Croup Bronchitis and surprisingly Consumption. It notes the remedy is sold on guarantee since discovery and urges a purchase, while Sherman & Davis advertise affordable shoes and other goods.
W C T U notes in Canada and the U S applaud public education on temperance. Miss Jessie Ackerman travels to Hong Kong while Mount Dora, Florida invites W C T U to speak. New Orleans bans smoking on streetcars, and twenty seven states plus Congress require temperance study. Prohibition faces opposition from Supreme Judge Brewer. Brookhaven and Summit Jewish communities vote for prohibition. Local option gains in Chester county amid cross party union. We urge mothers to teach children temperance science and legislators to act.
SPEDL and notice describe Tully Bros as Brookhaven renovators using a steam process and earning public approval. A long list of names and references to doctors and residents follows, praising the work and offering a salve for wounds. The piece notes Rev J W McLaurin of Marvis preached at the Methodist pulpit Sunday night.
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