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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1905
Page
1
The County Cotton Association hosts a major gathering in Brookhaven to promote cotton reduction. April 1 through 10 marks planting time, with anti cotton expansion urged. Leaders promise notable speakers, a 10:30 to 2:00 rally, and widespread participation across Lincoln County.
At a Lincoln County Farmers Association meeting plans were set for the April 1 gathering. A committee was named to advertise and organize, and a second panel to urge merchants and residents to close from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on meeting day. The treasurer was instructed to pay over half the membership fees to the State treasurer. The secretary was to notify the State president and arrange crane serv ers for the occasion. The meeting adjourned with Summers as president and Oliver as secretary.
A list of Hrookhaven merchants and businesses sign a closing notice for Saturday April Ast 1908 from 10 20 A M to 2 P M to attend the Cotton Growers Association meeting. Signatories include Parsons May Oberschmidt Co Bank of Brookhaven Achille Damico E F Rushing A O Seavey Sons Joseph Meuck Abrams Bros R H Hamilton Moodie Z Daniel Mills East S Lewenthal Son Berger Mendle Wood Hermann Valanke Graham Cato Herring Co John McGrath Sons Commercial Bank Moreton Wentworth Co Miss Frank Danton Louis Doln Bos Will Abshagen and others.
A reader reports confusion over a 25 cent membership fee for joining the Southern Cotton Association. The note questions whether any quarterly or annual dues exist and if the 25 cent charge is affordable, hinting at broader misperceptions about membership costs.
Reports describe a dynamite attack on a freight train near Kenner Louisiana with seventeen cars demolished and lines blown down. Two trainmen allegedly killed. passengers and mail being transferred to clear the wreckage as crews work to reopen the route.
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