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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
2
The Brookhaven Leader notices March 3, 1917 edition details by B T Hobbs. Paper enters at Brookhaven Post office as second class main matter from Office Leader Building, Cherokee Street.
In a long notice, L. C. Maxwell is announced as a candidate for a state position. The piece surveys political figures including Heaton Corbett and Governor Lowry, cites editorial voices from the New Mississippian Gambrell Sword and Shield, and references the Washington Sentinel and National Brewer's Association lawyer Louis Schade. It notes Prohibition Party potential impact and rebroadcasts a Sword and Shield critique alongside the governor’s card. The tone is opinionated and historical, reflecting press conflicts and temperance debates.
The Knights of Honor, a fraternal beneficiary society, reported distributing $120,000 in local charity through 2600 lodges in 1886 at no disbursement cost. Death benefits of $3,000 per member were funded by monthly assessments, with $3,123,000 paid to deceased members and $2,123,000 added to the fund, totaling $3,243,000 disbursed that year. Brookhaven Lodge K. of mt. faced membership declines and financial strain.
Volume V marks Tar Leapen's fifth year with a defense of its independence and moral stance. The paper boasts of opposing mob law, championing a free ballot, and driving temperance progress across Mississippi while criticizing Gov. Lowry and detailing alleged misuses of public funds and oversights at state institutions. The piece frames its past four years as steadfast in principle amid boycotts and abuse, and calls for continued moral and financial support.
Gov Lowry defends his record in a February 22 1887 missive to the Clarion amid a dispute over penitentiary bonds and lease payments. He denies claims of a $80 000 loss and notes the article cited did not name him. The exchange centers on the state’s bond issues and alleged improprieties involving lessees of the Penitentiary.
Col R 8 Cheves of Kentucky visits Brookhaven to organize a large Independent Order of Good Templars presence in Mississippi. The temperance veteran plans to create at least twenty lodges and a Grand Lodge, urging thorough, revenue-supported organization across the state.
A missionary message from R. G. Carves of the Grand Lodge urges Mississippi temperance advocates to form about 30 subordinate lodges and establish a Grand Lodge. The plan envisions enrolling twenty thousand members from age twelve up, with per capita tax of twenty cents per quarter. The appeal highlights equal rights for women and a nationwide support network, plus financial methods to fund the push.
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