Subcription Price Note in The Leader
The Leader announces a subscription price for one year payable in advance. Editor and proprietor B T Hobbs oversees the publication.
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1901
Page
2
The Leader announces a subscription price for one year payable in advance. Editor and proprietor B T Hobbs oversees the publication.
The Clarion Ledger promotes subscriptions to the J L Power Monument Fund to erect a memory movement. Readers of The Lespee are urged to contribute, large or small, and to expect weekly acknowledgments in this column.
The Brookhaven Mississippi annual financials cover October 1, 1900 to October 1, 1901 detailing the city’s resources and outlays. It lists the treasurer’s accounts, interest on public funds, real estate and personal property taxes, and debt service. The report notes sums carried by the city, including public works, street improvements, water rates, and expenditures for municipal services. It highlights entries for mayoral and municipal finances, revenue sources, and the city’s fiscal status.
A local court fined a man 100 dollars and thirty days on the county farm for drunken disorderly conduct and using profane language last February, later reduced to six dollars and costs. Hodges and others were implicated in a street riot last Saturday. Hodges was jailed on an old charge and released on bond for today’s trial. Marshal Vernon filed affidavits against Hodges, Jacob, and Joseph for weapons and disturbing the peace, bonds posted for appearances.
Mississippi items report water works laborers from Baltimore arriving at Pass Christian. Deaths include Capt. HP Erickson at Mess Point aged 82 and Miss Lillie Moore of Satmlersville dying of typhoid. County woes touch Copiah courthouse bids and a barn fire at J. Schilling’s residence in Osyka. Community leaders, pensions, education, and new rail line Laurel to Williamsburg appear with local officials and notable residents.
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