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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1890
Page
2
The Brookhaven Leader notes ongoing Mississippi politics including senate ambitions, the Constitutional Convention, and a critic of New Orleans press. It reports a collapsed Pearl River bridge near Monticello, praise for Rev. J B Gamtrel, and Capt. Frank Johnston on suffrage, with editor Hobbs in town and local church invites.
A critical piece argues a Columbus female protest against saloon influence and a college board clash, accusing a city politician of hiding in the ladies’ cause, mocking endorsements, and urging plain talk. It discusses Prohibitionists, local factions, and reactions from newspapers and officials to the controversy.
A legislative committee reports the State Treasurer has defaulted with a shortage of 315 612.19 dollars. The piece notes the Louisiana Lottery seeks to renew by lavish gifts to New Orleans and Louisiana levees, while Governor Nicholls returns the bribe and corruption is critiqued. It also comments on the Golf and Ship Island Railroad land grant and names political figures in a sharp editorial tone.
Letter to the editor argues Dr J B Gambrell should be elected as delegate at large to the Constitutional Convention. Highlights Gambrell’s editorial stature, race-issue writings in the Southern Baptist Record, and past support by Senator Lamar. Warns against demagogues, urges strong, public-spirited leaders to shape Mississippi and the South’s future. Also mentions Brookhaven’s charter change and new city officials with praise for Abram Lewenthal and council members.
Frank Johnston, Mississippi Democratic leader and thinker, speaks on the state’s political scene and the looming Constitutional Convention. He urges self reliance, warns of perils from a large negro majority, and endorses a candid, state driven settlement of suffrage issues within the fifteenth amendment framework.
A public notice warns customers that Fry & Ostein’s State Business College in Meridian misleads the public with claims it can grant degrees. It alleges former Capitol Commercial College instructor Wa i Fry aided the misstatements, and labels the Meridian ad as deceptive advertising. Also included is a local notice from The Jackson Fertilizer Co. about Royal C. Brand Fertilizer availability in Brookhaven through Sherman & Davis and A. C. Seavey.
The Tully Brothers, in Brookhaven for two months, continue feather bed renovation with a steamy process promising complete satisfaction. Attendees urged to get feathers refined to reduce disease risk. D A Bradford of Chattanooga reports cure from Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption after cold and lung infection, praising trials. Trial bottles free at T T Meade & Drug Store. Hartman has new spring clothing.
A long poem fragment laments the ruin of a relationship by alcohol and vows renewed virtue. It contrasts noble, untainted love with a partner’s dive into wine, concluding that reform is possible with faith and effort. The page also notes local Union activities, meetings, and political temperance discussions favoring reform and women’s roles.
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