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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1890
Page
2
Mississippi readers receive updates on State Alliance figures and endorsements, county conventions, and candidate moves in the run for governor. The piece covers census preparations, enumerator duties, questions on land, crops, livestock, and farm values, plus notes on local political shifts and notable deaths in Crystal Springs.
The community endorses Judge Chrisman for nomination amid broad white voter support. The state bond on W E Hemingway continues, and Wilkinson and A Te Gaynes are named for the Constitutional Convention in Copi Jak.
The letter from W P Harte and S S Carnoon discusses convention strategy on suffrage, the risk of binding instructions, and the need for delegates to act with freedom. They argue that changing property or educational qualifications should not bar voters and urge leaving the convention to leading minds to seek fair, unbound deliberation.
Jackson Mississippi May 28 1800 a statement to Hinds County readers declares the recent convention prompted by elective covenants and opposed property restrictions. After reflection the author says they are not qualified for candidacy under the instructions and declines the nomination amid calls for relief.
A letter from Lincoln county residents asks Judge Chrisman to allow his name as a delegate candidate and Henry Cassedy to run as a state at large nominee. The document lists many signatories and stresses the grave crisis facing the state and the need for timely decisions despite a summer session of courts and limited canvassing.
Columbus residents are urged to pay overdue subscription dues or the Index will shut down. E R Calhoun is authorized to collect, with threats of legal action. Also notes Anthony Thomas was hanged in Raleigh on the 28th for the murder of Miss Leta Lofton.
S P L Ohavier writes from Witanpare Georgia May 5 1890 urging the Alliance to stay out of party politics and support capable officers. He praises harmony among Alliance members and other vocations, notes railroads and factories, and endorses local candidates and the Democratic party while warning against coercing the Alliance into politics. He reflects on Mississippi moving toward white supremacy and expresses health and business notes from Southeast Georgia.
A collage of editorials and advertisements shows party infighting over the Farmers Alliance and the South’s politics, with denunciations of the Bourbons and calls to attend conventions. It also critiques Supreme Court action, expounds on a supposed $315,000 accounting error, and promotes Electric Riders and a halftone saleable salve and medicines with typical period ad copy.
Circuit Court adjourned last Saturday with a verdict of $5,000 for Virgil Stampy against the F C Railroad for false imprisonment and injury to character. The railroad plans to appeal. Another case, Brennan v Powell over a tax title to Capt. Powell’s Brookhaven residence, also likely to be appealed. An unrelated local note recounts a stabbing near Larkin’s gate leaving Hamilton Smith with nonfatal wounds. Smith recovering. A craftsman, Sam Storm, shows a cultivator model possibly to patent. further details withheld for space.
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