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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
2
Announcement of R D Lanier for Mayor and AO Alplewiite for Marshal of Brookhaven with pledges to enforce laws impartially. Also lists candidates for City Treasurer Charles Heucry William D Davis John T Marshald and notes on Mississippi political events and local crime.
Lincoln County Mississippi Board of Supervisors met November 3 1902 in Brookhaven with members Parsons Bryant Williams Walker and others present. Trustees of the 16th section fund requested a $26.25 warrant for Hughey school house repairs. Various accounts allowed include stationery county farm mdse lumber and br S680 ice company items and adjournment until next morning.
On November 4 the board reviewed road work by Albert Evans and J P Williamson west of the railroad. Several roads are in good passable condition but not per plans, including New Prospect Leggett Old Holmesville and Summit routes, Sutton and Meadville line, and Red Star to Union Church. East side work by Mr Smith shows progress but needs 30 to 60 more days to meet standards. Revenue since September 1 totaled 2168 dollars. numerous expenses listed for county farm, typewriter ribbons, land copying, janitor, and temporary relief payments.
Lincoln county Mississippi board proceedings show plan to issue bonds up to 20000 for a new two story county jail, details on bond terms maturities interest and sale rules, notice publication, levy of special tax for interest and sinking fund, and plans for jail location and construction. Also includes routine accounts and payments to county officials, and a medical health officer report on sanitation and smallpox.
The board approving semi annual county attorney salary of 75 dollars and annual road and bridge inspector salaries for district members. Per diem and mileage payments listed for 12 officials, sheriffs, clerks, and other staff, with totals for days worked and miles driven.
Mississippi World’s Fair commissioner Mr Henry visited Brookhaven last Thursday. He spoke at the courthouse in the morning and at Whitworth College in the evening, entertaining listeners with a lively address that earned bursts of laughter from college girls and applause from other auditors. He is welcomed as a speaker here. The Hazlehurst Chrysanthemum Club resumes November 11 and 12. An invitation invites local citizens to attend in Hazlehurst. The Illinois Central R R will sell round trip tickets from the 9th to the 13th.
Consumption remedy history notes salt pork as a 19th century cure and praises modern Scott's Emulsion. It claims fat is vital for the consumptive, argues pork is too rough for delicate systems, and notes cod liver oil and hypophosphites in Scott's Emulsion revive weak parts and aid diseased lungs.
General John B. Gordon lectured in Jackson. E. J. Adam seeks Jackson mayoral race. Corn prices steady in Northeast Mississippi. A Clarksdale photographer advertises seven day gallery hours. Murrah of Columbus dies, brother to Millsaps College president. Oil and gas prospects noted near Enterprise. Annie Manning of Aberdeen dies in Denver. Hazlehurst Courier pushes cotton mill sentiment. Walter N. Hurt retires from Hattiesburg Progress due to ill health. Rev Dr J F H Alexander marks fifty years in Kosciusko ministry. Clip claims no cigarettes sold in Hickory Newton Forest or Brandon. Traylor gin house and Rugby blacksmith shop destroyed by fire, loss 3500 with 800 ins. Hay saved in Mississippi praised by Southern Farm Gazette. D. Robinson dies collecting pine near Crystal Springs. Mrs M B Meichee weds W F Hewitt of Laurel. Mormon elders debut in Vicksburg. Circus season thriving in state. Mollie Matthews indicted for obscene letters. May continuance sought. S W Farmer returns to Mississippi press, joins Winona Democrat. Columbus Hosiery Mills export orders from Amsterdam. Canton jail delivery thwarted. McDonald among escapees exposed. West Point colleges suffer: Minnie Marchant dies from oyster poison. Mary Holmes College reports smallpox. Mrs George Roberts of Steel sells 684 dozen eggs since Feb 1 1902. Supreme Court to rule on osteopathy as medicine in Hayden v Corinth case. Garner killer Scott Causey escapes Rankin County farm. governor learns of escape Nov 5.
A Chicago man says good deeds outvalue real estate, urging kindness, sympathy, and helping others. He notes many appreciate a kind word more than material aid and testifies to the effectiveness of Chamberlain’s Cough and Pneumonia Medicine. Sold by ration drug companies.
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