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Brookhaven’s Growth and Progress under Local Leaders
A New Orleans correspondent profiles Brookhaven as county seat of Lincoln County Mississippi, highlighting its ideals of progress. The piece notes Cherokee Club’s civic push, thriving commerce with John McGrath & Sons, robust banks, electric light and water works, and several mills and gins. It details education through Whitworth College and local public and private schools, then lists population, tax rolls, and cotton receipts. It honors funeral service and memory of Elisha Douglass, longtime minister and civic figure, praising his moral influence and extensive church leadership.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
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Cherokee Club
Boards of Trade
John McGrath & Sons
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Masonic Temple
B. T. Hobbs
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A. F. Watkins
D. D
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M. L. Burton
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Sisters of Notre Dame
J.T. Nalty
John Mason
Brookaven Lumber and Manufacturing Company
E. Pfeifer
M. Dreyfus
Pearl River Lumber Company
Beeker
A. B. Moreton
J. B. Daughtry
W. H. Seavey
Charles Schnorrenberg
A. E. Moreton
I. Abrams
J. H. Willoughby
Robert Powell
J. B. Graves
R. R. Applewhite
Rh. W. McNair
S. P. Oliver
Elgar Green
C. Douglass
Norvel Robertson Douglass
Lincoln
E. P. Douglass
Bro. Douglass
Adaline L. Conn
New Providence
Marion County
Little Bahala Church
Pearl River Association
Shiloh Church
Friendship
Shiloh
Galilee
Strong River Association
Bethel
Pleasant Hill
Simpson County
Crooked Creek
Mount Pisgah
Oak Grove
Rehoboth
Fair River
Union Church
Fair River Association
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