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The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
Failures I'm Two Prohibition and
Two Whisky Towns.

Greeuvi lie, Columbus and Yazoo City
seem Ia be having more failures than any
towns in the Brookharen Leader.
The above ia unjust to Yazoo City.
During the business season there have
been only two failures of merchants
in YazOO City, and they for small
amounts. Hon. II. G.. Hudson, the
third who assigned for the benefit of
his creditors on the 18th inst, was not
merchandising at all in YazoO City.
His business was that of supplying his
large plantations and being partner
in mercantile house in the lower end
of the county, thirty miles from Yazoo
| City. So if no other town in Missis-
sippi fares worse than 1aZoo City'S
merchants have SO far, we are of the
opinion that it will be source of con-
graduation. When it is considered
that the business of 1aZoO City
amounts to over $3,000,0O0 annually
and only failures amounting to less
than $40, 600 are recorded, during such
stringency as has existed for three
months, we see no reason to complain,
though we regret that even the small
est of our merchants were compelled
to suspend. As for Columbus and
Greenville, the other two places men
toned by the Leader, we know moth
ing, but guess they are not much
alarmed yet.
Can the Leader make as good show
ing for BroOkhaven as we have of va
zoo City 7-YasOO Herald.
The LEADER gladly gives place to
the above correction by the Herald,
and all the more willingly, because
Yazoo City is a Prohibition town,
where, according to the old whisky
chestnut, trade is always ruined and
financial depression inevitable. We
were betrayed into the misstatement
by the impression that the Hudson
failure occurred in Yazoo City, it be-
ing reported in the press dispatches
from that place.
Concerning the cities of Greenville
and Columbus, of which the Herald
says it "knows nothing" the LEAD
ER's statement will hardly be called in
question. Both of these. too, are
personal liberty" towns, where John
Barleycorn
Flows like water down 'tater row."
and yet, their record of business fail
ures since Nov. LIST, stands thus:
Greenville, FOURTEEN; Columbus,
NINE.
The LEADER does not charge that
this bad showing was produced by the
licensing of whisky in Columbus and
Greenville, but it does assert, without
the slightest fear of successful contra
diction, that it is not due to Prohibit
ton. If any body doubts this latter
remark, we need only to clinch it by
stating that four of the failures in
Greenville and one in Columbus, were
houses where liquor was sold.
To the Herald's closing question as
to BrOokhaven, which, like YazoO, is
a Prohibition town, we answer, yes,
better. BroOkhaven has not had a
business failure this season. her bust
ness men are among the most solvent
and reliable in the State, and more
over, there is not a residence or bust
ness house in the town for rent, with
a standing demand for more of both.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
BAR MEETING.
Hon. II. III. Thompson Endorsed
by the BrOOkhaven Bar
for the Supreme


for the Supreme
Bench.
At meeting of the Bar of Brook
haven, held on Feb. 3rd, 1891, Hon.
G.. $. Mcmillan was elected chairman
and A. Lcwenthal, Jr., secretary.
The chairman stated that the object
of the meeting was to obtain express
sions on and present the claims of
Hon. Il. IL. Thompson for appoint
ment to the Supreme Bench. Where
upon, Hon. ii. Cassidy introduced the
following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, A vacancy is about to
occur on the Supreme Bench by the
expiration of the term of Chief JUS
tice Woods and,
WHEREAS, Judge Woods was APP
pointed for this, the second, Supreme
Court District and the vacancy there
fore will be for this District; and,
WHEREAS, The appointment should
be not only for but also from this Dis
trict (Sec. 145 ConstitutiOn); and,
WHEREAS, After the expiration of
Judge Woods term there will be no
Judge on the Supreme Bench either
for or from this District unless the
coming appointment be made there
from therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Brookhaven bar, take pleasure in
recommending the Hon. r. II. Thomp-
son of this city for appointment to fill
that vacancy. We know from years
of association with Mr.. Thompson
that he possesses in an eminent de-
gree the endowment of mind that es-
pecially fits him for The discharge of
the highest judicial duties. He is a
lawyer of experience, of great ability
and profound legal learning and now
in the prime of his mental and phys
ical powers. He is working lawyer,
studious, laborious and patient one
whose character is in all respects with
out blemish. We believe if he should
receive the appointment, he will re-
feet honor on the bench and meet the
approval of both the bar and the peo-
pie in every section of the State.
On motion, the Secretary was in
structed to transmit copy of these
resolutions to his Excellency Governor
j. Nj. Stone. The meeting then adj
journed.
G. S. MCMILLAN,
Chairman.
A. LEwENTHAL, JR., Sec'y.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

But, seriously, where the voters are
to come from to render the [Prohibi-
tion] party size, is what is puzzling
many of its leaders, including, proba-
bly,, Brother Hobbs, who Yields such
a trenchant and polished pen in the
cultivated city of Brookhaven. The
answer is only returned in echo. Is
the lecturer to give them to the State,
or are they yet in that happy embrion-
ic condition bordering on the period
of incubation jackson Correspondent
Of Memphis Commercial.
"Yet l have left me seven thousand
in Israel, all the knees which have not
bowed unto Baal and every mouth
which hath not kissed him..
KINGS, 1918.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
They Who Live in Glass Houses
Should Never Cast Stones.

Editor Hobbs, of the Brookhavon Lead
er, has formally withdrawn from the
Democratic party, and all his political eff
forts in future will be devoted to the ad-
vancement of the prohibition cause. He
had outlived his usefulness as a Demo
cIat, and his departure is neither matter
of surprise nor regret to his former polit-
ical associates.-TapelO Journal.
1t would seem too that Hobbs has
outlived his usefulness as prohibi-
ton advocate and a Christian exem-
plar; for in his county, which is dry
one, whisky still was recently found
and its owner proved to be a member
of Hobbs church. Canton Picket.
When one has taught what is right
both by precept and example he has
discharged his full responsibility in
the sight of God and all fair minded
men. "You can lead a horse to water
but you can't compel him to drink
According to the doctrine of the Pick
ct, preachers should be held RESPONSE
BILE and reproached for all the wicked
ness of their congregations, and the
Savior himself jeered at because all
mankind has not accepted his teach
ings and atOnement.
BY the way, it is reported down
this way, that Bro. Ross of the Picket
was fired out of the Methodist church
at Canton sometime ago for gambling
in the Louisiana Lottery, and if that
he true, we guess he has about "out-
lived his usefulness as a Christian ex-
emplar."
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

The Mississippian is informed, bv
the proprietors of Capital CONNER.
cial College that its employment agep.
cy has been great success, and That
out of its many hundreds of graduates
none are now out of lucrative employ
ment. Messrs. Wyatt g. Sharp are
practical business men of large ex.
perience in accounting and managing
business, and their graduates have
been tried and found we'll prepared
for any business position.-MisSissip-
plan.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
ABSOLUTELY PURE
For Sale In Rrookhaven by NALTY THE GROCER.

The LEADER is glad to record tbo
fact that Major Barksdale has sniff
GENTLY recovered from his late lines.
to be up again. The Major has been
urged as suitable successor to Mr.
Patty as chairman of the Democrat
State Executive Committee, but feels
called upon to decline the honor
though expressing a willingness to
serve the party whenever his services
are actually needed.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Meridian has six Baptist churches
SUBMITS cotton receipts from Sept
l to Feb. were ,642 bales.
Three negroes tried to burn theil
way ont of the West Point Miss
calaboOse on the 1st, and we've Gre
mated.
Mrs. jefferson Davis history of hel
husband will be ready for delivery in
few days. 1t is published in two
volumes.
Senators George and Walthall have
our thanks for appreciated favors in
the shape of several interesting publ,
documents.
The lands between Hattiesbure
and Brandon embraced in the grant
to the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
will be open for homestead entry OIL
March End, 1891.
In a private note to the editor,
Senator Walthall says that he con-
siders the Force bill "virtually dead
That's good. Lc: the whole country,
North and South, rejoice.
Blind Tom is dying Of consumption,
and the $500 200 which he earned by
his skill as pianist has mysterionsly
disappeared, leaving him II pauper i'll
mate of a lunatic asylum.
The LEADER will hereafter devote
a good deal of space on its outside
pages to Alliance matter, n feature we
hope which will especially commend
itself to our farmer patrons.
A card from Rev. j. b. Gambrell,
agent of the Mississippi College en-
dowment fund, says: 81 am winding
up the endowment fund in good
shape" That is good news.
During his speech on the Force bill,
Senator George asked and obtained
permission to have Missssippis new
Constitution incorporated with his re-
marks in the Congressional Record.
The Vicksburg Herald, to whom the
contract for printing the journal of the
Constitutional Convention was sub-let
by Z. l.. Martin, announces that the
work will soon be ready for delivery.
Hon. R. N. Miller says he will not
be candidate for reelection to the
office of district attorney. The State
never had finer prosecuting officer
than Bob Miller, and he may well rest
on his laurels.
To see man writing and talking
against the saloon as the sum of all
evil, and then voting right along fol-
the party that fosters the saloon, is
what makes us say-well, makes us
say he ought to stop it.
If the members of all boards of su.
pervisors, city councils and voters il
general were Judges Campbell, the
old petition law of the Code would in
deed be an admirable law" but alas
they are not, and there's the rub.
The Alliances of Perry and Yazo'
counties have decided to establish
mercantile exchanges. If they ar
not more successful than the Alliance
in this county, they will discover
when too late, that they have made
serious mistake.
Hon. R. H. Thompson has been en-
dorsed for Supreme Judge by the Ha
zlehurst as we'll as the Brookhavel
bar. Mr.. Thompson is a thorough
master of his profession and is ever,
way worthy of all the complimentary,
things said of him by his professional
brethren. The LEADER hopes he ma,
get the plum.
To meet the complications arising
under the new Constitution, f. w
Elmer, mayor, and the Board of Al
dermen elected with him, of Biloxi
were appointed by the Governor, VIII
took the same action for the sam
reason in the case of John CalhooI
mayor, and the new Board of Alder
men of Holly Springs.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

Our genial friend Mr.. A. Mikas pre-
sented us yesterday with some lovely
specimens of camelia japonica bios
SONS, which were grown by him on
the noted Menelas place in the open
air. Also bunch of that most fra
grant of all little flowers, the sweet
olive.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
A. LEwENTHAL, JR., Sec'y.
The MurderOus Representative
of MurderOus Traffic.

vi a
On Monday night after the news had
reached Aberdeen by wire, announc-
ing the Supreme Court decision which
we publish today, as Mr.. w. II. Per-
kins, whose name is given in that case
as the appellant, was making his way
home in the darkness from his office
at the Aberdeen Bank, he was sud
denly set upon without moments
warning by the saloonist Ledbetter
and received stunning blow on the
head with brass knucks, or some other
metal substance. This was rapidly
followed up by other stunning blows
on the head, and Mr.. Perkins, who
was completely taken off his guard
and unable to defend himself, would
probably have been murdered out
right. had not his cries attracted 9TH
ers to his assistance. He was then
carried into neighboring drug store,
the blood streaming from the wounds
he had received.
Ledbetter is reported to have been
keeping very disreputable saloon and
gambling den in Aberdeen. When
his old license ran out and he applied
for another, the PrOhibitiOnists con-
tested his petition and defeated it. A
new registration was ordered and he
! tried again and was defeated second
time. He then appealed from the de-
cision of the city council to the Cir
cult Court and Judge Houston grant
ed the license, which has just been re-
voked by the decision of the Supreme
Court sustaining the action of the city
council.
Mr.. Perkins is one of the leading
citizens of Aberdeen and a Christian
gentleman whose character is above
reproach. He is chairman of the cx-
ecutive committee of the law and or
der league of that city, and in that
way his name came foremost in the
legal proceedings, though dozen 9TH
er members of the league were just as
active as he in the fight against the
saloons.
1t is highly creditabie to all good
citizens of Aberdeen that they de-
nOunce the cowardly and brutal as
sault in the most unmeasured terms.
Meetings were held, two able law firms
employed, and Ledbetter bound over
until the Circuit Court meets in the
sum of $1,000, on an affidavit, charg-
ing him with assault with intent to
kill. They recognize, as did the citi-
zens of New Orleans, when their chief
police officer was waylaid and shot to
death by Dagoes, that this assault up
on the recognized head of the law and
order element Of their community,
whose action had just been upheld 10y
the highest tribunal in the State, was
a defanct thrust in the dark at the au-
thority and majesty of the law itself,
as represented in the person of their
worthy fellow citizen, and stab at
organized society.
The people of Mississippi every
where will realize after a while that
the Internal liquor traffic is essentially
lawless and law defying, and that such
men as Ledbetter are no worse than
their business,-only the true ex-
ponents of it's RELISH spirit.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

The Postofice Department sent a
special agent to Carrollton to investi-
gate the Matthews killing and his re-
port clearly proves that politics had
nothing to do with the tragedy, much
to the discomfort of Senator Hoar and
other Radical howlers.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
j. f. Davidson, a Meridian salo,

j. E. Davidson, a Meridian saloon
keeper, was indicted 4S times for
selling whisky on Sunday. Other
business men are content to confine
their business operations to six days
in the week, but the whisky seller
must have seven. Down with such
crime generating, law-defying traffic.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

The Crystal Springs public school
moved into their elegant new building
this week, with about $50 pupils in
attendance the first day.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

What's the matter with Kansas
She's all right Vicksbarg.. Herald.
Yes, Kansas is all right. She is a
Prohibition State.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05

A neat new fence now separates the
College Campus from the street near..the
Methodist Church.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
NOT MANDATORY.

COUNTY AND TOWN BOARDS NOT
COMPELLED TO GRANT LIQUOR
LICENSES EVEN UPON PETITION
OF MAJORITY OF THE LEGAL
VOTERS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24
Plucky Western Women.

There are some plucky women in the
new state of Washington. w. H. II.
Grant, who has been prospecting with a
party in the mountains back of Port
Angeles, found ON the extreme limits Of
civilization, nine miles from the city. a
widow named Munroe, who, with two
children, ten and twelve years old, had
taken up IA fine ranch and was industri-
ously making a clearing. She now has
about an acre and half cleared ard
planted in vegetables.
Near Mrs. Munroe Miss Reshter, a
handsome young lady of fourteen, and
her mother have ranch, seven acres
cleared and planted in a garden. She
also has Il large variety of flowers in
bloom that she has set out and carefully
attended 1t was a great surprise to the
prospecting party to emerge from dense
forest and come upon these ladies busily
making a home in so isolated a spot.
These two families We're out of food. ex-
cept potatoes and salt, and the gallant
prcspectors gave them what extra pro-
visions they had. One need not wonder
at the rapid development of the north
west when women will venture into I'M
known wilds and make themselves homes.
Portland Oregonian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24
The Game of Nuggins.

The game of cards with witch certain
watering places are amusing themselves
is constructed practically like the game
"muggins." which played with donii-
noes, beguiled many an hour of the
youth Of the present generation. But
there is refinement of drollery added
TO the present sport. a device of the
French players. y bit Of burnt cork is
provided. and as often as player loses
a dainty spot Of ebony is imprinted ON
his or her face. The effect is sufficiently
ludicrous if the player be unlucky. The
sight of a grave and sedate elderly fe-
male with the tip Of her nose. the cor
ners of her mouth. her temples and her
cheeks touched with black is apt to be
sufficiently laughter provoking.
a little artistic skill III the use OF the
burnt cork enables the marker complete
ly to change the expression of the face
upon which he is operating, and clever
touch will sometimes alter the apparent
age of a person by dozen years. OF
course the sport is not very dignifed,
but one may sometimes be merry at the
expense of dignity, and at the seaside
many things are in order which would
not please in more formal mode of
life than that of the watering place, and
in any case no one is bound to try it who
does not choose. Boston Courier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24

Electrical engineers have devoted con-
siderable attention to the application of
electricity in hosting machinery, but
the varying speed and load of elevators
have rendered the subject one difficult
of solution. The hosting machinery de-
vised to run by electricity contains
many new and important features COM
mending it to general consideration.
The armature shaft of the motor is con-
nected directly to the worm gear shaft,
which also acts as brake and is auto
matlcally applied when the current is
cut off from the motor, not only over
coming the momentum of the armature
but holding the car stationary in case
the current should fail through accident
at the generating station OF from any
other cause. Perhaps the most impor-
tant feature Of the machine is the con
troller, which is so arranged that there
is never any spark on the sliding contact
plates, as VIXEN the motor is stopped the
spark is taken up by carbon points
New York Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24

Name Cards and Menus.

Time was when we were perfectly sat-
isfed with little squares of china sup
ported on almost invisible easels, which
to the captious presented an uncanny
resemblance to miniature tombstones;
then came minute china sandwich men
carry the menu and name cards in vari-
Gus shapes-from fearfully realistic and
very ragged beggars to tiny cup'dons,
who played every conceivable antic on
and over the slab they were supposed to
support.
Gradually the taste turned to daintily
Illuminated cards, some decorated with
delicate flower paintings or landscapes,
others with beautifully executed hunt
ing and shooting scenes, according to
the sentiment" as Bob Acres observed
of his "genteel new method" of swear
ing The present fashion calls for the
Dresden china" menu and PLAGUE of
white cardboard, supported by the love-
ly little figures familiar to all lovers of
"Vleux Sake"
Another one is the ribbon menu, the
novelty of which is that the dinner is
printed on strip of ribbon slipped
through prettily decorated card bear
ing the name and date, the ribbon shift
ing with each course These are very
prettily mounted in gold or silver, the
ribbons matching with the tints Of the
table decorations. London Queen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24
CONTINUED from 6th page

Registered by C. Y. Larrabee, Fair Ha-
ven, Wash:
PRosPECToR, brown, 16 hands, 1000
lbs. foaled 1887 bred by Robert Vaughn,
Great Falls, Cascade Co.. Mont; got by
Prospect, son of Blood Chief: dam, Bird,
brown, bred by Robert Vaughn got by
Gen. Knox, Jr., son of Gen. Knox; I'd
dam said to be by Dasher.
CASCADE, brown with stripe and near
fore and both hind ankles white; foaled
April ,, 1890; bred by C. y. Larrabee,
Fair Haven, Wash. got by Prospect, son
of Blood Chief: dam, Della, brown. bred
by II. Raymond, Pullers Springs, Mont;
got by Commodore Belmont, son of Bel
mont.
Registered by Thomas Lafon, Column
bia, Mo-:
CHARLES READE, chestnut, 15i hands,
$40 lbs; foaled 1856; bred by Thomas
Iafon, Columbia, Boone Co., Mo-; got
by Woodward's Ethan, son of Ethan AL
LEM dam, Princess Dagmar, chestnut,
bred by Benjamin E. Bates, Cream Hill,
Shoreham, VT; got by Daniel Lambert,
son of Ethan Allen; I'd dam, said to be
by Ethan Allen, son of Black Hawk.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24
Art Gallery for the Stanford.

AT the Stanford university changes are
being made in the art gallery to receive
copies of all the best specimens of the
old masters handiwork, While Senator
and Mrs. Stanford We're in Europe last
year they conceived the idea of having
the tr!umphs Of art represented in Cali
fornia, and proceeded to put the idea
into execution. Permission was obtained
from the king of Italy to have copies
made of the historic pictures in the Ital-
ian galleries, and more recently similar
permission has been received from the
ear of Russia and the king of Belgium
regarding the paintings in their several
galleries. San Francisco Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24

The evil spirits which constantly beset
the pathway of the Mongolian are charged
with being the cause of all diseases. Such
thing as attributing physical troubles to
bad sewers, being out too late at night or
going to the lodge would not be given the
honor of consideration by any high minded
and honorable Chinese. If the gods and
insects will not aid him, he closes his eyes
in serenity as his end approaches, and
calmly yields up his spirits-fate has de-
creed it.-San Francisco Chronicle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-24
Estate of Hannah Wooster.
Final Settlement.
STATE Of vERMONT-Distric of Adj

- utsOh.
The Probate Court tor the District of Adj
Olson.
To all persons interested in the estate of
Hannah Wooster late OF Whiting, in said
district deceased.
GREETING:
BY the authority of the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said probate court at the Probate office in
Middlebury, in said district, on the Sd day
OF August, A. D., 1891, at 10 O'Clock IA. m, to
show cause, II any You have, why the account
of Daniel Holmes, administrators OF the estate
OF said deceased. should not be allowed, and
also why the residue of said estate should not
be distributed to the parties entitled thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this
9th day OF July, A. ID. 1891.
BY order OF court.
IS Attest; JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.