The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-10-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Hemingway case at its present term
justice Miller, who was stricken
with paralysis last week has sine,
died.
Senator ) and Section George con.
ainue to catch unShrtcd shcol from
the press and Fcorfp,
Tie Summit Fair opens next Tues.
day and will continue the rest of tho
week. 1t promises many attractions
IND we hope will he well patrOnizcd
The Cha rion- Ledger seems to have
concluded that it cannot hul'tlo2c The
Constitutional Convention into sub
mission by its talk of the people he
ing the masters, etc.
The Clarion Ledger says reports
from most OF the counties of the State
show that the publications of the
American Book Company have been
adopted IN about sixty counties.
The Yazoo Sentinel struck it about
right whe1i it said Senator George has
been trying to make Il Constitution
for Mississippi and prepare the mate
rial for Il speech in The Sef.ate at one
and the same time.
Sam Jones says, in view of the num-
Der of disabled Union soldiers who are
claiming pensions ''lf we rebels had
known how many we had crippled we
would have rallied and come at them
again: If they are swearing the truth
now they wcre worse whipped than
we wcrc.n
The LEADER takes pleasure IN ac-
knowledging the receipt of cata-
lognc of the South Mississippi Fair
Association, which will hold its fourth
annual fair at Summit on October 81
25 inclusive. The catalogue was
printed in the Mississippi Enterprise
office at Summit, and reflects the high
est credit upon the taste and skill of
Che printer.
The Government really does not
lend the distllcrS any money; it SIM
ply leates the tax OH their product
i,ncollectcd for three years, storing at
the expense of the people, and repay
fhg all losses. This leaves 500, 900, 900
of the peoples Inoneg in the hands of
the whisky men to do business on.
bf course, not as a loan-just a sort
of partnership accommodation as it
Wcrc-NdtiOHdi Economist.
Seven new churches joined the Co
piah Association at its recent meeting
ut Damascus, as follows: Two from
Union Association, Gallman and
Spring Hill; four from Strong River,
IIopewell, SardiS, Harmony and Beth
Ell; and one from Fair River, Wesson.
The body numbered 757 last year, the
new churches swell the membership
to 1000, Wcsson alone having $40,
which makes her the largest Baptist
church in Mississippi.
The Little Springs Alliance OF
Franklin county have passed resolu-
tons cOndemning the horse racing fea-
ture of the Summit Fair, and rcciting
that whereas said fair association
claims to be agricultural, "horse- rae
ing seems to be the first feature and
agriculture secondary" Our observa.
tion has been that the difficulty Will
nearly all fair exhibitions in this State
of recent years is, they magnify theil
gambling feature at the expense o.
what should really be the prime Oh
ject of such Associations.
DR.. j. b. Gambrell, chairman of thC
State Prohibition Executive Commit
fee, hOnOred the LEADER with a cal
last Friday, while en- route to the Mis-
sissippi Association in the interest o
the Mississippi College endowment
fund. Like all true ProhibitionistS
Dir. Gambrell has not abated one 10
or tttl6 of his zeal and interest in Pro
hibition on account of the recent re
verse, and is ready to renew the fgh
in the most effectual way and press i
TO final victory. No, the politician
haven't settled the Prohibition ques
tiOn by keeping it out of the Constitu
tion, as they will all discover in du,
season.
test vote was reached fn the Con
stitutiOnal Convention Friday on tin
Question of an elective Judiciary, an,
1t was decided to continue the ap
pointive system by vote of IS to &c
There were 10 pairs and three dele
gates absent without pairs. So by tn
vote accounted for, IS delegates OF
pose aud So favor an elective iud
eiary, with the status of three abser
tees unknown. in view of the fa,
That the Governor, who is to do I'll
appointing, is made ineligible to SUI
seeh himself, and that the Convent,
mas NOT measured up as it should ,
az az suffrage question, we eonsia
nAs most wise and fortunate. sattl
Nasst "f the question. ~