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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1904
Page
1
Lincoln county residents urged defeat of Sen Frith's bill to rename the county Jeff Davis county, arguing it honors Davis but disrespects Lincoln and would confuse courts. The measure was indefinitely postponed in the Senate by a 22 to 14 vote, likely ending the effort.
Mississippi Happenings summarizes local curiosities and updates across counties. Topics include Fulton’s pox scare Scooba bank plans Flora school fire mid year concert at Tou rslop University Fayette jail repairs land sales and club formations in Meridian, plus a Millsaps commencement sermon by Rev J W Lee and a Greenville Bank reward for a drowned or murdered cashier.
The notice outlines sermon times for Presbyterian Baptist Catholic Methodist and Episcopal churches plus Sunday School Epworth League and YMC A meeting details. It also mentions a governor offering a reward for a suspect named Dave Evans and notes an upcoming March 28 inspection of the Southern Railway in Mississippi with partial local references.
World’s Fair Commissioner Henry secured from Judge Fenner in New Orleans the bed on which Jefferson Davis died for display in Beauvoir’s Mississippi building room named Mr Davis. He also received photographs of Davis homes including the old Davis homestead near Woodville the Briars and the Richmond residence now a Confederate museum. Additional Beauvoir artifacts and a large exhibit are planned.
The Clarion Ledger notes that the fourths completed will be among the most attractive structures exhibited at the exposition, highlighting anticipated impact and design quality.
A meeting is planned at the Methodist church in Bogue Chitto on Monday evening March 7 at 7 30 to organize a club to suppress blind tigers and other lawless behavior in and around the town All residents concerned with the community welfare are invited to attend The Progressive Union of New Orleans has awarded Miss Sophie B Wright the Picayune Loving Cup for 1903 for her work with the Free Night School and related civic efforts in New Orleans
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