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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
4
The Leader lists county and city officials and meeting schedules in Brookhaven and surrounding districts. Includes council, chancery, and su perintendent posts with names such as Haein Weary Mi jventun, Jombere District, and Edgar Green. Obituaries and death notices charged, with rates for notices and cards of thanks.
A Brookhaven Star page blends social news, visitors from Hazlehurst and New Orleans, local business notices, bread and cigar promotions, and church events. It highlights local commerce from J T Grant’s Sullivan’s Bread sale to Price Drug Co renovations, plus health notes and upcoming Baptist Church social plans.
The text notes cereals growing in importance as manufacturers strive to deliver top quality products. It mentions handling the best goods with guaranteed purity and heat treatment and hints at a list of ten suggestions to try.
A Black man named Lige Manning died Monday from three gunshot wounds received Saturday night at Pearthaven after a dispute in the Pearl River Lumber Co store over a cigar. Manning, noted for insolence, argued with clerk John Pieres before drawing a pistol. after being driven out twice, shots were fired from a bystander crowd. A coroner’s jury reported death by gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown parties.
Local items report visitors from Hogue Chitto and Caseyville, moves to Greenville and Crowley, shop openings and repairs, a delinquent land sale turnout, a church service recap, and light weather notes. Bakers, merchants, and teachers are cited, with social and family life details throughout.
A sample listing indicates Long Primer available from 0 to 120 pounds with multiple cases and spaces. The seller offers per pound pricing and free cases, inviting quick contact in Brookhaven.
The Kentucky Senate approved funding of 6100000 for an exhibit to be shown at the St Louis Exposition, marking a state investment in a major fair presentation.
Carl Brewer and Samuel C. Cook are named to lead the Eleventh Circuit Court District of Mississippi with Brewer from Yalobusha and Cook from Coahoma. The notice notes their prior legislative service and prompts public legal proceedings. Also mentions Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets promotion and a local lumber firm losing kilns in a fire incident.
A legislative committee report details findings on a treasury shortage discovered by Gav. Lington, naming witnesses and noting missing funds amounting to 1072144 after bank handling and loans in Memphis. It highlights bank practices, missing securities, and calls for constitutional adherence to keeping state money in the treasury. Public school term extensions in Lincoln County are also noted with enforcement of the law.
Lincoln County Board of Supervisors meets in Brookhaven to approve a China Grove and Brookhaven Road realignment and require D A Dawson to open and ready the road. Also approves new bonds for County Treasurer D L Easterling and checks road costs amid weather delays and pending accounts.
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