The Leader Weekly Chief Editor and Staff Listing
The Leader Weekly notes T Hobbs as editor and proprietor with J A Scarborough as Fletcher Editor. Published weekly with payables terms for one year.
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
2
The Leader Weekly notes T Hobbs as editor and proprietor with J A Scarborough as Fletcher Editor. Published weekly with payables terms for one year.
An editorial page advertises a one year subscription deal for The Leader and The Home and Farm with a combined price of 1.50 in advance, promising free 12 months of The Home and Farm as a premium. The offer targets new subscribers and renewals, praising both papers as leading reads in Lincoln county.
A Lexington report praises Mayor Stigler for his remarks on the dignity of labor, notes a misattribution by the Advertiser, and cites positive press reaction from multiple states. It also lists a reunion call by W N Wall for the Twelfth Mississippi Regiment and summarizes local notes on poll tax and public funds.
In Detroit, Mrs. Ellis, Admiral Sampson’s sister, laments her brother's mental distress amid postwar controversy. The piece also reports on poll tax delinquent law issues, county publication costs, and sheriff duties. Additional items include Ingersoll on marriage, a large state tax collection, Laurel waterworks contracts, Mississippi manufacturing plans, and local civic notices.
The Mississippi notes report Jacob Jackson’s St Patrick's Day events, factory plans at Tupelo, tax and treasury figures, and court updates. Other items include tax on whiskey, a new Copiah county courthouse bid, a Merid ian shooting case, railroad labor plans, and medical association announcements.
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