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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
2
The page blends poetry and editorials on labor, struggle, and virtue. It mentions Yazoo City Herald’s thirtieth year and quotes Max O'Rell. A long letter discusses Lincoln County stock law, fencing needs, and agricultural expansion, arguing for broad rather than partial measures.
The Treasury Secretary forbids clerks handling public funds from gambling at poker or horse races and urges cautious action by bank presidents and financial heads nationwide. The move follows a case of three clerks at the Treasury losing wages to gambling and is framed as a safeguard for public funds and moral life.
Mississippi’s World’s Fair plan calls for wide ranging displays from agricultural products to timber, lumber, fruits, textiles, minerals and works of art. The state seeks samples of crops, canned goods, flowers, manufactured articles, live stock, and a Negro exhibit, with special inventions and curiosities encouraged for showcase.
In a letter from Fair River Mississippi G W Ivy urges trying a partial stock law in the county to curb damage from dogs and loose stock. He notes many already have full stock laws and argues partial adoption could prove best, with repeal if unsuccessful. The Jackson rolls show valuation up about $200000 over last year.
Mississippi items report crime and sorrow across multiple counties including Meridian, Jackson, and Vicksburg. Notable events include arrests for freight car robbery, a fatal fall at Clarksdale brick yard, several deaths and marriages, a new candy factory in New Orleans by Mississippi firms, and public works projects such as street paving and an electric railway proposal. The State Institute for the Blind opening is noted for Sept 25 with a Confederate reunion planned for Hattiesburg on Sept 16.
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