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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1903
Page
2
A group of six blind men each touch different parts of an elephant and declare it a wall, spear, snake, tree, rope, or other. They argue loudly, none seeing the whole animal, illustrating how partial views fuel conflict and ignorance in disputation.
The Leader offers $1 a year for new and old subscribers who pay a full year in advance during January and February. arrears must be paid to qualify. Home and Farm adds $0.25. New subscribers receive a free illustrated magazine edition. Pres. B G Lowrey promotes a Europe tour. prices from $260. The piece notes looming national attention to the "negro question" in Congress.
A Brookhaven Review denounces a Hattiesburg Progress slur about Judge Jas H. Neville on and off the bench as libel. The Leader republishes the verdict of vindication, while urging unity among prohibitionists. A county mass meeting is planned at Brookhaven Court House next Monday to select reps for the Jackson state mass meeting and to promote candidates against liquor abuse.
The Baptist argues for statewide statutory prohibition to end liquor sales. He denounces the saloon as a source of vice and social ills, urges replacing local option with a comprehensive ban, and appeals to citizens to strike the final blow to the liquor traffic.
Weeds Consumption is a human weed flourishing best in weak lungs. Like other weeds it's easily destroyed while young, when old, sometimes impossible. Strengthen the lungs as you would weak land and the weeds will disappear. The best lung fertilizer is Scott's Emulsion. Salt pork is good too, but it is very hard to digest. The time to treat consumption is when you begin trying to hide it from yourself. Begin with the first thought to take Scott's Emulsion.
Two thousand copies will reach Brookhaven patrons and regular subscribers. The edition features over 50 local illustrations on fine book paper with a handsome cover, highlighting Brookhaven as a cotton market and a good place to buy horses and mules. It will showcase quality goods, variety, and reasonable prices, plus schools churches and lodges, educational and social life to attract new residents. The publication serves as a strong advertising vehicle for local merchants and trade facilities, with space available by notifying The Leader office. Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt, died last week.
A compilation noting printer requests, fires consuming three cottages in Gulfport, a death in Heidelberg, and prisoners released from the penitentiary. Other items include political announcements by P. E. Quin for State Senator, road conditions in Pike County, and a Meridian Star candidate for Secretary of State. Local incidents feature robberies in Yazoo City and Wesson, a fatal burn of James Still in Gulfport, a coal shortage at Tulane Hospital, and several court and civic notes from McComb, Jackson, Vicksburg, and Greenwood.
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