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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1891
Page
3
A Mississippi weekly reports on law, politics, and local notes. Articles cover district attorney races, registration dates, grand jury findings, and editorials railing against monopolies and Sub-Treasury plans. It notes a colored bar association, state conventions, and remarks on Prohibition and reform.
A historical assemblage of Prohibition rhetoric and public notices. The text recalls Secretary Windom’s 1887 Woodstock speech urging action against the saloon, condemns saloon lawlessness, and notes various local reports from Mississippi, vigilante actions, and Prohibition views. It mentions Sicilian suspects in a police assassination case, Union Church pensions, and Clay County Leader editor Bro L T Carlisle’s shift against the Sub-Treasury bill.
The Vicksburg Evening Post rebuts a handbill from the Commercial-Herald titled Business. It accuses the post of waiting for others to decide the stance on the New Orleans uprising. Editors Earnest Hardenstein and John G. Cashman are named in the rebuttal and associated with the dispute.
The Meridian News debates party unity over a Sub Treasury plan while discussing treasury notes values. A fatal street confrontation in Hazlehurst follows an alleged threat, with Cashman surrendering after Hardenstein dies. Millsaps College ceremony cites Jackson winning bids and donations. A harsh critique of licenses for alcohol and concerns over saloons surface alongside mentions of the Farmers’ Alliance and political maneuvering.
A correspondent from the Raymond Gazette laments farmers being duped by political manipulation. He argues farmers tire of being used to finance “negro” and oligarchy agendas and warns that South Carolina and Kansas unite to crack the bonds of oppression, calling the south and west to join.
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