The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-11-19
MARION AND PIKE.
and .ee-Political Apathy
The Liquor Question : Can't
swallow The Poplar Apple
whole, Etc.


ims,low The Poplar Apple |
Whole, Etc.
PIKE Cousrr, MIss., Nov. H. ios0'
eStor Demoerat-slsr'
November the 7th, Sth and 9Th
..orgbt ice and Il killing trosts to
(he counties Of Marion and Pike.
IN presume it resulted iro" the
k,olitical cyclone that eulmlna'ed
4 recently in the election OF
Northern president.
We fear that Col. Hooker has
|been defeated, unless white ana
|blaek democrats elsewhere IN
|fbr district did their duty more
|soLly than in Pike and Marion. A
majority, perhaps, OF white demo
..rnts we're more Interested ~ pick
|iny cotton, hauling corn aud boil
|ius cane juice than ~ the qae'-
,ien about the president. Tue
man spapers have al emphaticaliy
,lschr, i in every issue tnat Han
,oeh and Hooker were bouud to be
elected. Everybody but the ne
groes believed it. The whites re-
manned at home, the negroes went
20 the polls. Tue result You have.
If Hooker is elected, II VAS not
because Pike aud Marion stood
square up to him.
We hear that Garfield is elected.
Tue country is safe, the rebels are
defeated, etc, etc. Well, be II so.
Now our attention can be turned
upou home matters. Would It not
be well to take up the WHISKY
auestionf The new law Is
VOW in operation. The Brookhav'
en- Ledger, in late number, says
that in tue town of Bolton, Miss,
every merchant except Withers 4
Black, had applied for pint Ii.
cense. The county Of Lee bad
twenty applications before the lst
et November for the same privilege.
So It will be all over Mississippi,
except iu the specially exempted
counties. What use Tor "A dram
drinking license, 80 costly 10 Its
privilege, and so hard 10 obtains
nuder the new law, when TO many
drinker 4 pint of wbis y Ii
only stimulater for more. Now
Mr.. Editor, this is vital question
What eau be done to save our chll'
dren IRON the cause of intenper
aneei What will prove the best
law for all Let every nrighbor
hood, voting precinct, town aud
.euuly in the whole State agitatt
the observation-disclosures reform and
prohibition. Let us see for five, OF
ten years if our Stale would no
prosper under u prohibitory law
Many good hearted men, good clli
zeus ale selling intoxicating liquor
that loathe the results of theil
business. They agree that 1t is
legitimate business, they are II
eeused by law, are under its pro
tectou, and much money eau h'
made at il. What shall We do
Let the press OF Mississippi speai
out in clear tones, for the presen
aud future welfare ot the State. /
1t true that every man that !
drunk in public is guilty OF vic
lslion of law and subject to arrest
nne aud imprisonment Give u
the law; publish the law aeaihs
swearing profanelyi Have We
Sunday law I ii no publish it an
say whether or not there in any Z,
emp'ion tor the coast coul rs.
We rejoice TO learn OF tue pro
pect of a glass factory and cal
merry for fish, oysters, fruits AL
vegetables, at or near Scranton
also that the Pascagoula river wi
soon have an open chan1el to dee
waters. Simple creatures that v
are up in the piny woods; We ha'
inst swallowed these pubIisht
facts AS gospel truths, becat'
they were in the DEMOCRAT STA
but that "poplar apple" yarn
the Goth of October calls to min
certain tiger that WAS said
have appeared near Handsbor
and excited everybody when :
account of 1t reached us thioul
the Democrat Now, Mr.. EdiI,
III your next publish the fable
the " Boy and the Wolf"
Columbia's sun il rising. o
city now smiles upon ns in pal
aud perfume Two new paint
signs greet the hungry vision
Tue passing stranger - one te
where you can buy bread and mel
the other something to drink.
lie Kitty Nye, a live Steanlbo'
SIDE wheeler, cninc to our whar,
lately, and carried off a load
eotton and country produce. )
promises to return, and ii enc'
ragged by patronage and sntlicle
n Stage of water will be our win
Npackef MnuE ANON