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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1902
Page
2
The Official Journal lists candidates for Brookhaven city offices including K D Lanier for Mayor and R C Applewhite for City Marshal. It also names district supervisor candidates for Lincoln County and reports on local notices, licensing results, and regulatory actions from Leflore County game laws to statewide commentary on lynching coverage.
The Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union closes its nineteenth annual session at Oxford. The meeting backs State Prohibition and features addresses by Mary Jewett Telford and B G Lowrey. Officers are elected, delegates named for national and international conventions, and resolutions praise Governor Longino and urge stronger temperance measures and Sabbath observance.
The nineteenth convention of the Mississippi W C T U extends gratitude to the pastor and officials for church use, Mrs Stoddard of Texas, Mrs Telford of Tennessee for their gracious presence, railroads for reduced rates, supporters, musicians, absent State officers’ substitutes, the porter and reporter, and all who offered encouragement and help.
The Clarion-Ledger reports agents for general supply houses and department stores from St Louis and Chicago are touring Mississippi towns taking orders for all goods. They sell directly to customers, slash local prices, and remove cash from counties. The piece calls for state taxation on these outsiders to protect home merchants who pay taxes and support communities.
The Lawrence County Baptist Association held its second annual session with Bethel Church, three miles south, reelecting D. M. Lee as moderator, W. J. Armstrong as clerk, and A. T. Longino as treasurer. With 15 churches and 2,018 members, missions offerings reached 837 dollars, and the group aims to raise 1,000 next year. Next session will be with Whites Church, 15 miles northeast, the Saturday before the first Sunday in October 1903.
The Mississippi Retail Druggists met in Jackson on Tuesday afternoon the 7th electing C. W. Whitney Jr president G C Grafton first vice president A J Wallace second vice president L M Danipeer Jr secretary P B King treasurer and five others to the executive committee They assign the executive committee to draft a constitution and by laws and plan a Meridian spring meeting on the third Tuesday in May 1903 Also Evan P Howell former editor of the Atlanta Constitution is nominated for mayor of Atlanta.
The Feliciana urges a moral contrast between ballot box thieves and honorably civic citizens. It warns that electing thieves would drag the state into infamy and corruption akin to the Reconstruction era, asking whether to turn offenders over to the penitentiary.
The Clarion-Ledger notes that a merchant must treat customers fairly and back up ads with true goods. Warden Parchman faced a Penitentiary Board of Control review over a $91.30 state money accounting charge, raised by Railroad Commissioner Kincannon, with a decision postponed to the board’s next meeting amid suggested personal spite.
Advertisement urges proper nutrition to cure rickets in children. Daily small doses of Scott's Emulsion claim to straighten bow legs, strengthen joints, and firm soft heads. Promotes free sample and lists Scott & Bowne New York address with price of 6s and $1.00 at druggists.
Mississippi notes Gov Longino fever and new Medgiating depot work. Recaps include 85000 addition to Louisville school, county fair attendance about 3000, Hyman Mercantile ship, Port Gibson pastor change, upcoming Laurel marriage, Crystal Springs deaths, Vicksburg shooting, state health board appointment, Yazoo City timber sale, Jackson artesian well contract, and Mississippi Day plans with state poets and prose.
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