The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
pAp'S WANDEkINGS.
LIBERTY, ANTE Co., MISS,
JANUARY I7th' 1890

VI LIBERTY, ANTE Co., MISS,
january 18th, 1880.
After leaving Brookhaven we pre
ceeded to the enterprising town c
Of summit, and took quarters at th
n wei conducted hotel of Mrs. Mogan
- where, during our stay, we were treat
l. IN the kindest manner by the polit,
$ ana obliging landlady Meetin.
|, many Old friends here, and calling a
y III the business places in town, aug
n hiehting to some extent the alread,
# large list of COMET subscribers. We
visited the Sentinel and Times offices
!, held friendly chat with the editors
| ana attaches thereof, and after So
, Jourh OF nearly two days, departed for
The hub of the G. N. st. L. G. c. R.R..
the busy, thriving, busting town of
McComb City, three miles distant.
And, by the way, this town deserves
more than passing notice; only a
rev years ago the site on which it is
Quilt was pine forest when General
McComb, who was President of the
railroad at the time, considered it
eApedlent to remove the shops of the
company to amore central place along
the line, not only for the benefit of the
railroad, but as rumor has it, for the
dement, OF his own private pocket.
be this as it may, however, after pros
pecting and trying to purchase land
sufficient for the purpose in different
localities, he centered on this spot, and,
together with the Mississippi Valley
Company, of which he was the ne
knowledged head, bought of Col. Gar
lana some four thousand acres of land |
ClVll Engineer Fred II. Dabney. of
Crystal Springs, was employed to lay
out the town. Saw mills were built
the woodlands axe soon bereft the
lahd OF her gigantic pines which were
into lumber, and by the ar
tlzans' skill, soon rose in tasty and
convenient cottages at suitable dis
tahces apart, and all so nearly alike as
10 resemble twin sisters, in a row on
mat particular street; while on the
next street another order of architec- /
Itfe was observed, yet so rigidly adj {
lerlng to that sameness of design.
mat mad a man got half tight, as they
'ail 1t, he would have been liable to
nave got into his neighbours house in :
tead OF his own, so nearly alike did i
hey appear. The founders of the town h
Violently foresaw this, and petitioned c
Dr. Legislative enactment prohibit o
ng The sale Of intoxicating beverages Il
'lthlh a mile of the town, believing, 9
o doubt, that if man got drunk that r
II away from home, the distance ~
'ould either lend enchantment, or the q,
cooked walk home would have ten fe
ehcy to sober him sufficiently to find 81
is own house. RI
AT any rate, the members of the ef
legislature, knowing how it was III
kindly considered the be- 80
ion, and it became a law, 50 now Y,
e cltlzens OF McComb have to 90 to DR.
lmmlt to get drunk, and generally sa
IL Off the railroad track on their re- ha
IN, and sleep till daylight doth ap- L !
ar. The foundery, machine and car ro
ops, together with spacious round no
use of the company, are erected S "!
re, and give employment to large ~ y
lhoer OF workmen, while many of clio
officers of the road have their resi- oil
noes at this place. The DeSoto int
'use is IL magnificent structure, pullt viii
on a terraced eminence to the west ant
the track, and is kept by that sW
nee of good, jolly fellows, Captain Uni
'k Montford, whose company is a mo
e cure for the blues. He is life . .|i
he subscriber to THE COMET. The hef
lthern Industrial Works, situated the
5he north end of the town, does an chil
nense business in sash, doors and hun
Ids, and the obliging Secretary, The
Van Zant, seemed to take pleas IT,
in showing us through the estab- lof
ment. olla
eaving McComb City, we next WIS., Thn
Magnolia, where, after spending md
~ and night, started across the owe,
ntry to this place. This, the home son
'ol. Johns, the present speaker of mon
House of Representatives, is a poss
It little town, containing some four heN'
dred inhabitants, twelve or thir- VIII"
stores and business houses, five oo"I
rches, a Masonic Hall, three ho- f,ot.
courthouse, Jail, etc. Some $500 nlett
S of cotton have been brought here even
year, which has mostly been mou
ed to Clinton, La, a distance of forty
lty-six miles, for shipment. The piece
ems have, for some months past, MON
apitating tho subioo+ of h,,;I'1;,, spec,
lroad from here to Clinton, La, us -. ~
'oodville, Miss, but as yet have Sne,l
t no very important progress in bles,
cause, ana L am fearful many the 5
IS will wax and wane ere the iron must
is heard i'll this vicinity. test a
is county has been known for fown
years past as the home of the peior
bugbear bulldozers, yet the sher- S Sio";
formed us yesterday that the Jail tato !
PITY, and peace reigns supreme in have
md. audI
I'M here We proceed to Woodville the he
Natchez, when you may hear rate b
us again. PAP. did L
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