The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
BROOKHAVEN'S PRIDE.
The WessOn Delegation Came,
Saw and-Were Captured.

Saw and-Were Captured.
We had the pleasure of visiting
Brookhaven, Monday evening, un.
der the wing of our Mayor and the
Aldermen and other city officers,
together with several of the bust.
ness men of the city. We did not
60 with so distinguished a crowd
for protection, for the way-farer
needs no safeguard in that hos.
pitable burgh. Nor as news.gath.
erer, for Mcdonald was of the par.
ty, and he spent the night in gath.
erlng news and things, with an ell.
terprise all his own. Nor to
show our new clothes, for we
haven't any. We just thought we
could slip in with the rest, among
so many, and get a chance to blink
our eyes at BrOOkhaven's new light,
and sample Brookhaven's new wa.
ter, and get a fund of pleasant
thoughts and memories, mayhap,
and we succeeded. We went, we
saw, we tasted, and we were con-
guered. This last observation ap.
plies to all of the party, with the
possible exception of the two who,
like the little black and white pig,
frisked around so we couldn't count
them.
We found the incest light and
water plant we have seen i'm many
a day, nearly complete, and bear
ing unmistakable signs of having
been carefully planned from the
start, no less than thoroughly and
successfully put in operation. 1t
scarcely is true to say that Brook
haven is proud of it all, for it is
not a complete truth. They are
both proud and justified in their
pride.
They are supplying nearly twice
as much water, more than twice as
many incandescent lights, already,
as they expected to do for a year
or more. and all to paid in advance
users Even the windmill owners
are piping their houses and the
printers have already wired their
offices. Wonders may cease, but
clearly not in Broobhaven.
And they have the "proof of the
in a financial way, and
find it good pudding. From the
first of April the income will pay
a good surplus over all expenses
and their bonds are sure of the
necessary sinking fund. They pay
a three-mill tax, to meet the inter
est, and the consumers of light and
water are taking excellent care OF
the rest.
And those same consumers are
getting magnificent light and wa
ter. It's tip-top light and better
water, or first class water and bet
ter light, just according to which
you sample first.
Tue City Council headed by
Mayor Daughtry, the City Police
Chief Engineer Jack.
son, section of the Fire Depart
ment and nearly a score of the
city's business men met our party
at the depot and proceeded to make
every one feel at home. They took
us to the power house, showed us
all about it, answered all our ques.
tons and a thousand we hadn't
time to ask, got out the hose and
proved they had reliable fire pro-
lection, lit up the city i'll honor
we found it lit up, any way, when
they allowed us to take a look at it,
and it was brilliant enough to do
honor to even a handsomer crowd
than we were carried us Oft to
& Powell's popular
cafe, stuffed us full, in true Brook
haven style, listened with true
Brookhaven courtesy to our halt
ingly spoken but heartily felt
thanks, received our warmly
spoken compliments with the sang
froid which only the conscientious
ly deserving can assume, saw US
all safely on hoard the IL o'clock
train, mixed cordial good byes with
pressing invitations to come again,
till we couldn't tell which we got
the most of, and let us start for
home at last, tired-and happy.
We can't answer for the distin-
guished members of our party who
accompanied us down and back,
but for our humble selves will say
we shall go again the first half
chance we get.-Wesson Mirror.