The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-21
FOR CONGRESS.
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Hfon. GEO. =. DODDS
EDITORIAL NOTES.

OF many minds
Louisiana Lottery stock has gon,
down 700 per cent.
The editor of a religious pare
ought to know Row to spell the wor,
religious.
Blasted are the hopes of the whisky
men based on the "origiDal package
decision.
Hon. r. II. Thompson came HON,
Friday evening and returned to Jack
son Sunday afternoon.
The people have dome their duty
now let the delegates to the Cmsti
tutional Convention do theirs.
The Alliance has named the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor in Ten.
nessee, Texas and South Carolina.
The Yazoo City Herald mentions a
report that thirteen candidates for the
Sheriffalty of Yazoo county will offer
themselves next year.
The unprejudiced reader will de-
eide that Mr.. w. C. Smiths letter cas-
lily sastains our editorial deduction,
and also that it fully sustains itself.
Congressman Crisp, of Georgia, has
been renoninated, and in the event
of the next house being Democratic,
he will probably he elected speaker.
The bill denying the use of the
mails to lotteries and newspapers con-
tanning lottery advertisements, went
through the House last Saturday with
whoop.
There are three of the McLaurin
boys in the Constitutional Convention
three brothers. Hon. A. j. of
Rankin, II. j., of Sharkey, and DIR. A..
g., of Smith.
No person who wishes to keep post
ed OH the merits of the lottery fight
in Louisiana can afford to be without
the Daily Delta. It's - ''holy terror"
TO the lOttcrIlteS.
The Executive Committee for this
Congressional District met in jackson
on the 18th and called nominating
convention to meet in BrOokhayen
Sept. 2nd. We are glad BrOokhaven
is to be thus favored.
The Blind Institute at Jackson
wishes 10 seeare the services of a
teacher in the handicraft department;
one who is competent and whose nor,
ais are good. Apply to H. II. Hines
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
for further information.
The Hazlehurst Signal of last weel
contained a grim, but nevertheless
amusing satire on the reception giver
by Brookhaven to the Hazlshurs
baseball club. The BrOOkhaven boy!
should take the criticism in good par
and profit by it in the future.
Mrs. Chrisman and her choir o
singers went to Hazlehurst and gave
concert last Friday evening, being
we'll received by the people of ou
sister town. All enjoyed the trip i'm
Mensely, but as the expenses were
great, bat little money was cleared
They give a concert at Wesson Sat
urday night, and we promise ou
Wesson friends rare musical treat.
The LEADER must respectfully de
cline to publish the communication o
'"M. C. Prep" attacking the County
School Board in connection with re-
cent changes in the free school dis
tricts. 1t is altogether so unjust SnG
some of its language so rough, not tC
say coarse and profane, that the
LEADER would not become a party ia
circulating such a diatribe, even fol
pay, which it's author offers. The
writer evidently wrote when he was
in a bad hrmor, without a proper
knowledge of the facts, and didn't
"coOl off" aud read his production
ever before mailing it. So far as the
Board of Education is concerned, it il
composed of earnest, conscientious
men who we are fully convinced, are
taying to discharge their duties in the
interest of the whole people of the
county. If mistakes have been made,
uhey were unintentional and not de-
signed to work hardship on any
particular citizen or neighborhood OF
the county. We will say in this con
nection for the benefit of "M. C.
Prep" and others who may look al
the subject as he does, that the LEAD.
SR will soon make an investigation
into the past management and pres.
snt status OF county school matters
and then lay the result of its inyesti
cations before it's readers. without
hear or favor, but it win do so in ,
much more judicial frame Of min,
s'lan that exhibited by our CORES
: Hondens.