The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-10
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.

Give US Hooker for fancy word
painting, but give us BarksdaIe for
solid facts and work.
This not being State election
year, the attendance Of candidates
at the Press Convention was very
small
G.adstoIe's Home Rule bill was
defeated BY 80 majority. He will
dissolve Parliament snd appeal to
the country.
During the past twelve moth
FIVE leaders Of the Democratic party
have died-Vice- President Hen
bricks, Gems. Hancock and McClel-
Ian, Hon. Durbin Ward and Hon.
john Kelly.
Under the able management Of
Mr. Dorsheimer, the New York Star
is becoming the recognized organ OF
the Democratic party Of the Empire
State. Il i. edited with marked
ability and is supplying the want q
FIRST class daily Democratic paper
10 the Metropolis.
We return thanks 70 our young
friend Chas. Heuck, Jr., for al in
yitation 70 attend the Commence.
meat exercises or Cha mber.in.Hunt
Academy, of Port 6 Uson, juno 10th,
of which be has been a student dur
ing the past term. The invitation
10 beautiful in design and execution,
surprising in this respect anything
We have seen.
The Summit Dramatic Club will
next Wednesday night present THAI
thrilling drama, Lady of Lyons, "
at Lyceum Hall, Summit. Each
character will be represented by the
best home talent Of our sister town,
and the entertainment promises to
be one well worth attending. Ad-
mission for adults will be 80 cents.
and Brookhaven should be we'll rep.
resented. The Editor Of The LEAD
Err returns thanks for a compli-
Inentary Invitation TO be present,
We return thanks to President
Walter Hillman, LII. D., tor an in
vitation 70 attend the closing exer-
cises Of that deservedly popular in
stitution Of learning, Central Female
Institute, which take place June
1923 inclusive. The Annual ser
mon before the Institute and Missis-
sippi College will be preached on the
20th, at II a. NJ, by Rev. R. A.
Venable, Of Memphis, Tenn, and the
Annual Address before the Literary
Societies Of the College and Institute
will be delivered on Monday at S
r.n. by Col Chas. T. Hooker, of
Jackson.
John Richards, the bar.keeper
who killed the painter Boothe in
Jones saloon in jackson last week,
had a preliminary trial before
Mayor McGill and Justice Harris
and was released. Richards and
Jones at first claimed that Boothe
was killed by Richards 10 self-de.
Tense, but post mortem examina
tion showed that the dead man was
shot in the back Of the head. The
decision, as well as the killing, has
been severely condemned by law
and order citizens OF Jackson. The
authorities have since closed Jones
saloon.
The Prohibition campaign 10 Co
piah opened at Wesson last Satur-
day night amid the booming Of can
non and much enthusiasm. A large
open air meeting was held 10 the
park, and eloquent speeches we're
made by Drs. Rowan and White,
Rev. Messrs. Purser, Jones and J. S
Sexton. At the close of the argu-
mnets, one hundred and fifty prohi-
billion voters were enrolled. A few
hours mingling with the people up
there will convince any outsider that
they mean business. The Prohibi-
tionists OF Copiah constitute, in the
main, the wealth, intelligence and
morality of the county, and they
have about as little intention Of
again turning the county over TO the
rule Of rum as they have of letting it
go back under the CALLING yoke Of
Republicanism, and they are right.
The public meetings will be con-
tinued at Wesson every Saturday
Disht until after the election.