The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-09-17
ANTON. MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, sEPTEMBER II. 1886


South. In circle Of diameter OF
five miles are the saw mills of West
Pascagoula, Scranton, New Venice
and Moss Point, besides three ship
yards on the banks of the Pasca
goula river. The rivers here come
down to the sea from the very heart
of the great Southern pine belt,
from titlN to 100 miles III the inte-
rloT. These are the West river, the
Pascagoula aud the EScatawpa, in
ChoctaW, or ''Little Dog" III Bug
lish. OF the lumber towns Moss
Point alone contains nine large saw
mills, one of which is said to have
cost Il quarter OF million of dol
lars. The products Of all the mills
are towed Oat by powerful tugs,
drawing schooners and lighters to
the harbOrs off Horn and Ship
Islands, where they are loaded into
seag0ing vessels. The shipments
of lumber from the port OF Pasca
gouIa for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1886, was: To foreign
pOIlS, OO,OCOsOOI lCCN " AL-'-l iS'u
ports, 1928, l57 feet, or Il total OF
Al. .636, 764 feet. The above figures
are obtained from the official re-
cords of the collector of the port.
The number uf vessels loaded with
lumber clearing during the past
fiscal year WAS 164; foreign 84 aud
coastwIse so.
Another very lucrative industry
followed in Scranton, besides the
lumber business and the canning
4 of oysters, shrimp, vegetables, etc.,
lies in the large shipments of
, FISH AND OYSTERS
t made every fall, winter and spring
10 the Northern markets in retrig.
e orator cars. Great quantities OF
> red fish, groupers, snappers, mack
C erel, trout and pompano, caught IN
! seincs in the Sound, or among the
nelghboriug islands are thus dis
}. posed of TO profitable customers
thousand miles away. The local
4 prices Tor fish are simply astOnish
=. ingly cheap. During q large part
| of the year some of the most choice
, kinds OF the Gulf 0sh are Scld fol
=. cent a pound, aud large sea trout
. ut ouly cent and q half apiece
Good sized Spanish mackerel com
= maids only ten cents apiece, ana
i pompano may be had even at
/ less figures.
Amid so much abundance, OF
course one can be afforded a Snrfelt
of sport of line fishing. The ma
tlves express a good deal of disgust
that some of the Northern Walton.
, ians last wear would fiddle and fool
with the trout and reddish with a
/, plaguey reel, thus losing lots OF
; time when they might been "yank'
. inc" them ont OF tue water just as
fast as they could throw in their
a hooks. Local anglers state that
!. the best fishing seasons are from
:. August until November, and from
8 the beginning of February unit
:. May.
THE DUCK AND SNIPE SHOOTING
/. is so fine in this locality during thu
}. winter that the Scrantonians an(
If Pascagoulans contain among then
probably a larger proportion o
/. amateur sportsmen than the popu
e lation of any of the towns OF th'
' Mississippi seacoast. They have
J. strong gun club, and this signifies
/. the fact that if the game is sub
i iected to a few extra viciSsitudes II
J. the shooting season, it has the
If greater counter advantage o.
+ watchfrl protection at the time
u when it is most needed. Every
n where in the South the gentlemen''
5 Gun club is the terror of poachers
# and reckless law-breakers.
g Enjoying the pleasant compan
l. ionship of Capt. Mayors the writer
a visited the seashore town of
g EAST PAsCAGoULA.
This was ouce famous watering
place. in fact one of the most cele
!. brated summer resorts in the South
i and there is no reason why it should
r not 90 far beyond its ancient re-
9 pute.
5 In the ante bellum days Pasca
e ooula contained the most extensive
summer hotel in the South. Front.
+ ing the sea it was located in broad
/, and beautiful park seventy acres
? in extent. The hotel was GO fee
in length, contained more than 30C
/ rooms, and could comfortably ac
!. commodate at one time more than
0 a thousand guests. 1t was liberal
/, ly patronized by wealthy Alabam
/. Jams or the planting ariStocracy o
/ the former banner cotton State. Il
the era of poverty which followed
!. the termination of civil STRIFE the
/. South was unable to patrOnize it
9 io-rner popular resorts. The grea
il hotel v cut TO ruins, and now moth
a ing bat the wIsck of crumblin:
e foundations remains.tc mark th'
+, site where pleasure once Owffst.. {
/ summer palace in the days OF n
IS opulent epoch. In more Tecen
7, years, since the Gulf States have re
J. built their broken fortunes, it be
Il came fashionable for Southern sun
e mer tourists to seek rest aud recres
a ton in the more buStling, Ovei
a crowded resorts of Northern climei
:, Their own pleasant watering place
3 we're treated with neglect by ne
Y generation of youth, fashion an
ir beauty. Thus, famous old Pascs