The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-10-22
FROM POPLARvILLE
PorLARvILLE, MISS, Oct 20, 1886,

P~orLARvILLE, MISS, Oct 20, 1896.
Correspondent DcmOcrat-StaI.
My letter this week will not bt
long, nor very loud. From past ex
perience I am doubtful of the pro
priety OF soaring very high. This
little town, or rather our little town.
cOntinuesto increase, grow, expand,
In tact, she is just nov spreading
herself and fonrishes like II green
bay horse. We / acquiring a vast
amount or people and sOme natural
gas-this gas does not illuminate,
but just helps to spread. Col. j. q.
Derby, proprietor of the Stanton
House, Chattanooga, Tenn, paid
us a visit last week. He proposes
to give q lot here tor a Masonic
Hall, and Que for a Baptist church ;
he also says he expects to come
here himself some day and build a
residence, plant a vlneyard-a mar
ket garden, bring in mole people,
start a factory, in fact do lots, like
the boys wOrk-feed the chickens,
chop wood, draw water, dig %taters,
go to mill, and go III swimming.
Hattiesburg is jubilant over the
prospect ~ of Il. s. s. l. railroad
that the penitentiary convicts are
going to bnild-in u horn ; aud
also over some two or three other
roads pointing down that way.
They amt satisfied with the North.
eastern that has already come to
stay. Well, we ain't scared nor
jealous, when they get the Ship Isl.
aud road, we r going there to see
it, | mean u sure enough railroad,
not a paper railroad-and we are
going to take ourselves and our
of "Pinuses," and pines and
pine knots, with long poles. From
H~attiesburg then we are gong to
orSOme other town onthat
line, and fish and hunt oysters and
a jolly time. But as | sail
l will remark, we amt jeal.
1us, tor when the Northeastern
Jnilds the tap road to our present
'biretOwn, Columbia, from this
We will flop Our wings, soar
and cry out "E pluribWs an.
tm;" but of this more anon, which
means more to come.
A few days since, about three
niles below P~Oplarviile, "a box car
Dad of cotton and car was burned,
bout forty bales in all. The cross. I
les on the spot was burned also. {
auSing a stoppage of all trans :
bout six hours loss to the road
aid to be about tour thousand dol. {
IFS. s
The Baptist Association at Juni-
er Grove wound up its labOrs at !
lis place. Elder Hall, OF the Bap. |
st Record, was present, aud reused i
the people generally ; some con- Q
and several baptized. l
ev. Hall delivered a prohibition t
cture while here that was cou-
.nGing, but he had the best side t
lyhOw. Who caresf l bope he r.
i'll come again and tell his story b
ON Dan to Bersheba. tt
The boys are going to open a G.
dye ofthe o. o. of Ii. aCthis place, p
r the dispatch OF fun. We all
low we sometimes hold our heads Of
0 high, aud it this order can learn a.
of humility sure enough, Il
d il not, why not! ii
Some cattle are yet lett up here, IL
t the railroad ears are thinning "
EN- out. If they will keep OH the IL
nd will have no use for a wire IL
ice. This reminds me OF a story u
3 old folks used TO tell: "Once q
Il time ii pig Was coming long, OF
d "A railroad was coming Hong.
g pig, 1t didn't know tho railroad e
3 COMM lOng-and the railrOad{ NJ
Int know the pig was cOmiu' sc
lg, and as the pig run over the IN
lrOad comm long, the railroad W
over the pig-comin' long
l the pig dide." PINUs. 70,