The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-10-01
LETTERFROM P%OPLARvILLE
Trip to Columbia.


PoPLARyILLE, Miss, Sept "a, 1885.
Correspondent Demoerat-Stsi.
The distance from this place TO
our present county site is forty
miles. Columbia is CBe Of the
oldest towns ia this State, and AS Is
known was ouce the center OF u
State Government, and a place to
which all eyes were turned who bad
interest in political Affairs. Pleas
antIy situated on the banks OF our
own Pearl riyeT, it has alwsysb been
Il place Of some note as "A business
pOInt. The surrounding country is
we'll adapted to the raising of cot
ton, Itch staple the town sends of
yearly abOut two thousand bales.
Corn is raised in abundance by the
best farmers. Mr.. Ball, who ruOs
the city hotel there, also has a fine
farm out OF town, from Will b be
gets all the corn aud fodder wanted
for his stock and TO teed the horses
of those who Put up at his house.
Last year be rut up tour thousand
pounds of bog meat, and has raised
on his farm since the war twenty.
seven head OF horses, bred on his
place. This is mentioned as an ex.
ample OF what a go-ahead man may
do in that country. Before the war
many wealthy people owned fine
farms along the river, among whom
the Fords, FOxwOrths, Popes,
Pitmans aud many others.
All these families have worthy rep
resentatives yet among tue people
Marion county, who are now
among her best citizens, aud are
to build up her waste places.
The high school in Columbia, under
he management OF its old prOfes
sor, A. l.. Summers, is an insfitu
ion OF which its citizens are Justly
1t is now on a sure footing
and doing good work. The NJ. Il.
Jhureh building would be an Orna
TO a more pretentiOus town.
BEING neatly finished and furnished,
Its members have ordered a
hree hundred dollar organ. A
'Isit to The Old grayeS ard is OF
interest To the unions enquirer
ne old marble slab is engraved
nth the legend /: "Slcred to the 4,
lemOry of Benjamin Lee, who died
a 1873, aged 81 Years Another
D the memory of Edward Lee, born
. 1896, died 1888. These may bt f;
t the stock of Virginia's fayoritr
DnS.
Circuit Court, at the time of our
lsit, WAS In session; Judge Trrral
u the bench. with District AttOr-
ey Neville reprrSeH ing the State.
bar Was represented by Gen
ord, George, Ellis, Wal ins, Mead 8
AL LOueinO. rbe docket was
rctty well cleared. Among the
isrS tried Ma that of two negroes, G
aud woman, who had lived t
without the legal require {
tor which offense they we're :
Onvicted and sent to Jail. The, =
ere subsequently, united in mar.
age by Rev. Balland. Mr.. Mass. =
b0 killed John Cook about one y
ear agO in Columbia, wl~ trIesl nu r.
charge of mur,leT. The jury
'npUsetl of six negroes aud sly
hitr men brought in il werlich OF
not guilty. CJuT, adjourned on
~edleS,lay of the SECOND week. il
he grand jury found sixty-hvr il
ur bills, and the lodge ct '.Orieut %
Order OF Humility nd led abont n
Ie hundred new members TO it's e.
It during court week. THIS pres y
II with Others saw the elephant }
id some iun. -
Columbia wants the Northeast err az
ilrOad TO build a tap road from "
IPlarville, out through that rich
rming district to that place. and -
en- on iuTtheT. There Is no doubt Il
II a narrow gnage road built along an
tue bottom lands of Pearl r
ier in that seefiJn would be a
ylng concern, aud we look for :
lHd 10 the day when the road wilt IN
through. Ii is only q distance
about twelve Mills, through a
ely timbered section of land to
rich river bottom from whence
our local shipments Of cotton ~
v come. PINUS.