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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
4
Rail timetable notes Illinois Central RB and Compass Brookhaven for northbound service. Times listed include 12 9 p m and 9 10 p m with a hold at Brookhaven. May 13, 1905 reference appears in the entry.
Cotton brings 7.50 today and rentals offered. Brookhaven merchants advertise furniture, roofing, shingles, rugs, and a Mocking Bird for sale. Also real estate to rent, early college tuition offers, and a yarn about a peddler killing suspect released on recognizance.
Recounted items note military counts for ships and defense, record clock prices, electric traction in Germany, policing asks by Liverpool shopkeepers, porcine bounty in Vermont, volcanic ash erosion in Wyoming, oil fire in California with a cannon shot, flowers preserved by a new chemical method, locomotive engineers seeking mail crane reforms, Doukhobor progress in Canada, English bank clerks pursuing wages, tombstone ad fees in England, a large Colorado gold nugget, a young pianist medal, Japan marriage census data, Fukien coal and gold exploration, Dunlop tire patent burn, a silk badge inheritance in Maine, a London bookmaker dispute over watches, green attire for hunters deemed outdated, British army weapons testing, a missing student in Mississippi and railroad routes.
A fragment from a Leflore county item describes a county picnic with local residents and guests from A and M College and Heine College. It mentions contests, prizes, carpentry by Sam Storm Jr., and a bustling scene with ice cream, drinks, and crowd reactions at the opera house and picnic grounds.
The text lists jurors across three weekly groups with numerous individual names and initials. It also mentions the Lincoln County Teachers Association meeting at the courthouse at 10 4, m. May 20 to organize summer normal arrangements and other business, urging all county teachers to attend.
A Clarksdale visitor recalls Uncle Jim Townes the Tallahatchie planter of 1400 acres near Minter City. Townes keeps his word, contracts cotton sales, and settles accounts with tenants. He has not voted since the war and discourages his workers from voting, yet he ensures schooling with local teachers and funds Jackson students. Townes is described as generous and principled, with four schoolhouses on his plantation and a system to clear debts at year end.
Civil cases set for the week list debt replevin ejectment and damages involving multiple parties and railroads. Notable entries include Buckles vs Newman debt appeal and Hartman cases against Pickering and Parsons. Sessions span May 21 to June 8 with criminal docket Monday May 29 and numerous damages and appeals across subsequent days.
The Cobden Union notes marriages in the past week including Whites Albert White and Ida Douglass and Arthur MecFar lane and Hattie Heintz among others. A notable event saw a speaker A H Whitfield Sr of the State University felled by vertigo just before his son spoke. he recovered and planned to return to Jackson. City cases included fines for fighting. Dr W C Black attended the Brookhaven Methodist Conference at Monticello, a district of 15 000 communicants. Lulu Mason resigned as Pleasant Hill school principal, against patrons wishes.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple city names including New Orleans Memphis Cairo Louisville Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati. No coherent event or details emerge beyond a scattered note referencing rail connections among these places.
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