The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-07-26
SCRANTON.
A Lively and Progressive TOWnThe Gulf
Coast Represented on the State
Ticket.

SCRANTON, Miss. July 10, 1889.
| have slept within a few feet of
The singing waters of Pascagoula,
but they did not sing for me. |
renamed awake thinking and lis
tening for The song TO begin. |
could almost see the old priest, the
young chief, and the fair maiden
that tradition tells went down one
night at midnight in the waters of
PascagOula.
1t may be that | fell asleep be-
fore The hour for the music 10 be-
gin. Early IN the evening (afler
dark a band OF singers gave me a
serenade. A band whose ancestors
sang the same old story TO me they
sang tonight. They sang when
the world appeared young, and
when lie was an unread poem, and
every day in the year one o. joyfu!
anticipation. While | do not en-
dorse what the leader of The great
orchestra continues to repeat, | al
ways have a soft place in my heart
for the burst of old and sweet me
mories, but somehow they seem to
have grown older and do not sing
in the happy tone they did years
ago. Perhaps it Is | who have
changed and grown old.
notice one thing, however, they
have not changed iG-and it is this.
The whole chorus of male singers
still blame poor unfortunate Katy.
The majority hOllered out "Kaiy-
did" "Kalydid," and the poor lit
lie minority, at intervals, when The
males lire out, sing "KatY dlln't."
| often wonder when The big or
cheslra strikes up-Katydid, what
it was she did that makes them
out and sing so much about her
every year. Was her sin so great
it can never be forgOtten-never
be lost 10 memory | ask myself
is there no mercy on peace for
Katy, and will The lime ever come
when the Katy didn't's song will
be louder and longer than the
Katydid's. Some day the world
will grow better and The Katy
didn is will be so in the majority
their songs will drown the great
army of Katydids. When that
day arrives The Katy didn'ts will
come and sing a defense of the sex.
They will Join in the song of The
chief and the maiden, and the
lovely Pascag oula river will have
added a new song TO that of The
old. The Katydlds will have TO
hunt out a new estimate, land
that will tolerate The SANDER and |
abuse OF The much abused and un-
justly treated Katy.
While Scranton has its histories,
traditions and beautiful romances,
it also has large population of
live, wideawGke citizens. 1t is re-
nOwned for health, and, while it is
not summe, resort, quite num-
Der of persons visit il during the
of winter. Its principal
Industries are saw mills, and these
mills furnish employment for a
vast number of persons, who 9th
erwise would have to seek work
from home. Scranton, unlike 9TH
er towns on the Coast, is in a good !
financial condition the year round.
There is no scarcity of work, and
every person can get comfortable |
living by industry and proper at
tention to business.
The Pascagoula DEMocRAT-SrAR,
one OF The Oldest and best papers
published IN South Mississippi, is
located in Scranton, and Capt. Z. |
K. Mayors owns and edits it. The |
paper is always advocating some |
measure that will be to the advant-
age of Scranton, and Just now
what it needs 10 do most Is to work
Ior the building of a railroad from
Scranton TO Moss Point. The dis
lance is only four miles, and from
he way Scranton and Moss Point
are building up and spreading they
will soon be one.
JUST now Scranton is feeling proud,
and justly 50. for Mr.. Nj. NJ Evans,
Of Moss Point, has been nominated
for Iieuienani-Governor OF he
State. This nomination is a proud
lne for the SeacOast. At least, the
poor "cOw counties" have been put
second on the ticket. That is a
yood start. and one of these days
he Seacoast will be casting Gor a
Governor. 1