The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-11-22
4 Few Words to Our Business
Men.

time, 1t behooves our people to bury
the Ratchet, put out of sight all differ
ences arising out of the late contest,
and work together in harmony fer the
up-building of our home interests. 1t
is our local affairs-the building up
of our town and community in all
that is desirable-that is of far more
concern and practical benefit, after all,
than whether Mr.. Cleveland or Mr..
Harrison was elected President
whether Congress is Democratic or
Republication these are the things
which directly affect us.
The people of Brookhaven have the
besttown on the Illinois Central Rail-
road. In point of health, natural
advantages, intelligence and social
conditions, it is unsurpassed by any
town in the State; but all who have
given any attention to the subject,
cannot have failed to observe that
there is woefully lacking here that
public spirit and enterprise, that one
ness and community of action and
interest, that are absolutely necessary
to make a flourishing and prosperous
city. Among our business men there
is too much of that spirit of "every
man for himself and the devil take
the hindmost." While jackson has
her Board of Trade, compress and
other enterprises which are the direct
outgrowth of public spirit; Crystal
Springs her canning factory and high
graded public school, Hazlehurst her
compress and fine graded school;
Wesson her big factory (Which is now
being enlarged) and one of the finest
public schools in the South; Summit
her South Mississippi Fair Association
and other public enterprises, Brook
haven seems content to run along In
the same old groove, listless and i'll
different to the splendid opportunities
within her grasp, doing literally moth
ing in a cooperative way to improve
her condition.
This is all wrong, and should be
speedily remedied. We know there
are differences of opinion and difficult
ties in the way, but our business men
and leading citizens should come to-
gether and discuss these in spirit of
concession and so far remove them as
to prevent their operating against the
common veal. We are justly proud
of WhitwOrth College, of our churches,
of the big lumber manufacturing mills
of Messrs. Pfeifer s. Dreyfus, Hart
man and Priebatsch, and of our many
big stores, handsome residences and
various private enterprises, but these
ale not enough. No public spirited
citizen of Brookhaveu should think OF
resting content until we have fine
graded public school where our boys
can have the best of public school
training, cotton compress and a cot
ton or wagon factory.
These things will take money, it is
true, but the money can be raised, il
our business men unite and will it.
Why not at once organize Board OF
Trade or come together i'll some other
capacity to discuss these and other
matters? Summit, in addition to the
immense advantage accruing to her
on account of her fair, is already talk
ing of building compress. With a
compress there to draw away cotton
and trade on the south of us, and the
cotton factory of WessOn and the
compress at Hazlehurst to draw 1t
away on the north, our town is bound
to suffer accordingly and our unhappy
fate cannot be laid at the door of eth
er Prohibition or AUTHORIZATION,
but will be the legitimate fruits of our
lethargy and culpable disregard OF
common sense and self-interest.
Again, DR.. Craig, who has lately in
vested largely in real estate i'll and
near Brookhaven and proposes to es-
tablish a real estate agency here for
inducing immigration from the West,
is willing to meet our citizens halt
way and literally advertise the coun-
ty, if they will advertise the town.
By all means, let our people wake
up and get together and consider
these things. Now is the time.
For Public InfOrma ton.