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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1905
Page
4
The May 6 1905 schedule lists Sinvis Central Railroad times through Brookhaven with passenger numbers and service notes. It notes No 4 and No 26 trains with morning and afternoon passes and indicates southbound timings.
Miss Gussie Paxton was in town Thursday. Miss Neva Newman is visiting in Natchez. Louis Cohn visited New Orleans this week.
Local items note court summons for city leaders, church services canceled by illness, charity dinners, and school and railroad attendance. Mentions Rev C T McKee, Miss Nell McCann, Mrs Thos Brady, and Y M C A secretary F O Conant visiting Pearlhaven with varied community notices and upcoming events.
The Ladies' Committee on Basket Dinner chaired by Mrs. Jno Eldred lists members including Mrs. Jose Parsons Mrs. Ella McNair Mrs. Martin McGrath Mrs. R. T. Scherck and others for the May 12 event. The Columbia and Charleston baseball teams tied the Delta League record with a 19 inning game without scores reported by the Jackson News.
A fragmentary tale shows a state department inquiry into Germany’s early history. A young woman with top exam marks searches shelves and questions why records do not extend far enough, while an elder observer notes scarce historical materials and names Chamberlain, a cough remedy, and wartime notes amid muddled dialogue.
A London Chronicle inquiry questions whether vanity drives both sexes to seek beauty through mirrors and shaving glasses. It contrasts Socratic restraint with modern self adulation, noting women’s fascination with glass and men’s hidden vanity in grooming.
A London News yarn recounts banker devices to delay runs and reassure customers. Anecdotes include one bank letting subscribers in one by one as door posts were freshly painted, another showing tubs of supposed gold in windows, and a Buenos Ayres scheme where deposits moved to a rival bank via an underground passage, keeping both banks seemingly solvent.
A description explains that a camel’s stomach has four compartments with movable cells that store water. The animal drinks long and fills its cisterns, then seals cells to release water later, enabling five to six days without drinking and crossing vast desert distances. Also included are miscellaneous quotes and jokes from Rangoon Gazette and various newspapers.
J M Wood of Electra and William Emmett Farr of Roxie Mississippi married Miss Brister at the First Baptist church last Thursday April 27 at 8:30 pm. The ceremony featured a Mendelssohn procession and a large reception at the bride’s home. The couple will reside in Roxie. The Times notes W S Bowen of The Times is seriously ill.
Ongoing court delays due to Justice Summers illness postpone Friday and Saturday proceedings by two weeks. Constable Williams disabled by sciatica. road pay delinquents turned over to LT. Gill of Bogue Chitto. Local residents discuss whisky troubles, social ills, and urge parents to address violence. Reporter Billy notes travels, school events at Topisaw and Ruth with Miss Maggie Redding and Miss Bessie Reeves achieving elocution laurels and county contest set for Brookhaven.
Notice to athletic contestants announces a large turnout near sixty with preliminary tests in the hundred yard dash and two twenty dashes to reduce to ten or twelve. All participants must meet Mr Hopkins on the grounds Storm's Park at 10 oclock the morning of the 12th.
The program lists Violin Solo by Mrs McCormick and Vocal Solo by Mrs Flood with Mrs R E Jones president of the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs. Vocal Solo by Mrs Rose Parsons. Invitations extend to all members and friends with an informal reception to meet Mia Jones. The Home and Farm extra issue can be obtained for 25 cents.
Record of a Lincoln County Mississippi board meeting at Brookhaven with supervisors, sheriff, and clerk present. County farm report details 4 paupers and 17 prisoners, fines collected, days worked by first and second class hands, one escape, and discharged fines totaling 522.40. Also notes on land improvement, road work, and bridge construction.
County board approves numerous payments for nails, bridges, road work, and farm supplies totaling hundreds of dollars. A timber removal investigation is launched against trespassers and a Road Commissioner orders contractors to fill road holes immediately. Per diem and mileage for members are approved.
The membership committee hosted a luncheon in the parlor Sunday evening with J M Wood E M Bee and W E Price supplying the meal. The juniors organized a ball team on Wednesday with a listed lineup including Thos Chrisman Jere Cotten Leon Oberschmidt Mal Cree Ist B Wm Cosushan and others. the secretary will act as manager. Positive reports on the outing and gymnasium events were noted as a potential Pale Trip unfolds. Perks subscribed $5 toward work.
Notes from Sweet Water recount a damaged land, a revival by Rev. Lofton, and a Sunday School gathering at Pleasant Hill. Visitors include Judge Hart from McComb and Dr. J. W. Monk, with Miss Car and Morgan traveling to Sinaia in August.
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