The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-10-07
NORAL MOSS POINT.
what q Transient Correspondent
Has to Say.

Moss PoIxr, Miss, Sept, Is. 1881.
Editor Dcmocrat-Star;
A few months since my attention
was drawn to this beautiful little
town, as the most pleasant and
moral town in the South, In which
there were 10 evil places or bad
company to lead oa and greatly In.
jure II not ruin the youth, TO say
nothing or the waste Of time aud
means of the older members Of our
families.
l had contemplated moving my
family here, but being unavoidably
delay ed in doing 80 up to this time,
| now fear that have learned that
Moss Point is not the moral place
represented. | do not claim to he
good Christian, or perfect In my
morals, yet I zee aud hear of every
day words and acts that are dis.
grace to any Christian community
Neither do | claim total abstinence
from drink, yeti claim it is no diff.
cult task to trace nine 'tenths OF all
our ills to the whisky shops In our
vicinity. They were the cause OF
not less than two sudden deaths
| last week in this town, besides 9TH
er threatened troubles, l believe
that either the dram shop or the
good name Of this town must go.
This vile evil seems to have fastcn.
cd its fangs into the very vitals OF
our people, 20 much 30 that the
matter cannot be discussed without
causing bad feelings, ~ some OF our
lin other respects) best citizens are
engaged, directly or indirectly, IN
this business, and many who hypo.
critically coudsmu the business
can at most any time be seen pat
ronizing them. And while on thi,
topic l viii say with shame, that
only . few Sundays since, having
business OF the depot In Scranton,
and after getting there, wishing to
see two Of our most prominent
citizens, who BY the way were Dotl
prominent In our churches here,
and who had preceded me to Scran
ton, l made search for them and
/ found them in bar.rooms, and ~
one Of them camo out at the back
door, he said to me he had been IN
there to "see . man, l have heard
Of this excuse before. How car
We expect the young men OF oul
country to do more than the old
one in this respect.
l learn there has been a pollc'
officers employed to patrol oul
town, and that in order to get
good one, our citizens pay him MT!
dollars per month, besides the fee
he makes from arrests and othe
court costs. Now, - the dram.shop
are the cause Of all these troubles
should they not pay all this q
! | pense. I have heard there was
law in this State making the dram
shop responsible for oil bad acts .
> any one made drunk BY them, an
| IL the dram. seller was not able Z
pay the damage, and he kept hi
shop on rented property, the lant
lord was responsible. And fnrthel
should . man be drowned or othe,
wise killed, By his not being abl
to care for himself, then the ma
. or men who sold him the whisk
could be made to pay, and u ne
financially responsible, then agar
!. the landlord would have t. pay.
Nov, Mr.. Editor, will you a.
friend TO good merals, publish
|. the same Issue Of your paper
which this is published, the lav
bearing on this question. One u
accountable fact about dram.shoI
lja thiss.~ Than NOW. al owned 7
al orders and promise aand who hay
- low prices ~ any hous6<Aa. and ba
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