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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1905
Page
2
A Brookhaven Mississippi ad urges savers to deposit funds to gain 4 percent interest compounded semiannually. The copy uses an umbrella metaphor to stress protection and long term growth, claiming small daily deposits can grow substantially by age fifty. It promotes Bank of Brookhaven as the source.
Atlanta October 26 Hon Harvie Jordan president of the Southern Cotton Association issues a warning to Southern planters about cotton buyers. He urges farmers to withhold cotton until satisfactory prices are offered and to refuse loans or sales to exporters or buyers until ready to sell. He warns against selling below 11 cents a pound and tying cotton up with local mills or spinners to prevent market advance.
The text extols Mississippi as the first state to charter a higher education institution for young women and to pursue reforms in debt imprisonment, judiciary discipline, married women's disabilities, and state-supported female education. It notes all Mississippi colleges, male and female, will reopen next week after quarantines and health ordinances.
The Leader obtained a pamphlet by Illinois Central Industrial Commissioner J. C. Clair detailing Brookhaven Mississippi among twelve states. It lists population, debts, valuation, rail lines, banks, hotels, education, utilities, churches, raw materials, desired industries, labor cost, and current enterprises. Brookhaven’s profile highlights location, healthful climate, rising trade, and new rail surveys impacting farm lands and growth.
A listing of many Lincoln public school beat entries arranged by beat numbers. It names locations such as Brookhaven Fair River and Nola and lists numerous teachers including Miss Myra Smith Miss Selina East Miss Modena Greer and Mrs Mollie Coon for various districts. The roster covers multiple beats with numerous individuals and locales, reflecting a wide district staffing map.
The Leader near Brookhaven reports subscriber W L Entriesn brought 24 yellow gum potatoes. Each averaged just over two pounds, totaling about 48 pounds. He notes his crop is excellent with 200 bushels safely stored, awaiting favorable conditions.
Goodyear Road, a newly incorporated Mississippi line with $10,000,000 capital, begins survey work for a New Orleans to Memphis railroad. Chief Engineer Coleman and General Manager Pearsall oversee surveys near Monticelo with I C Enochs supervising Goodyear lumber interests. Plans indicate a route via Jackson and Pearl River valley, camp at Branton's ferry, survey from Louisiana border to Monticello complete.
The Jackson Evening paper reports that at the upcoming State Board of Health meeting in Jackson a resolution will be offered to request the U S government to permanently station Dr Eugene Wadsin of the Marine Hospital Service on the Mississippi coast. The board members place faith in the service and admire Surgeon Wadsin's work over the past three months. The proposal is likely to pass with President Roosevelt's personal support cited. The report also notes local rummage sales in Bratton for Methodist aid and a note on free speech rights.
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