The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-04-12
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account Tor me nou-app-arAHce %
lefter 10 the DEMocRAr-~TtR.
Tie IT, day ~ my departure
s9euf meat pleasantly iH Mobile.
visited Old friends, aHd male my tirs.
cali on the R-g9tsr- For years a hav,
Snpwn that paper aud admired r..
knew it when Paul Forsythe was one
Of its brilliant editors, and I know fl
now with editors who write equally
az we'll az the lamcuted F0rsvthe,
The head OF the business, Mr.. John
l. Rapier, j. perhaps guc Of the safest,
mo careful and prudent managers
in the country. | vas told in Mobile
that he was a man Of large charity,
and that he was universally esteemed.
The Register building EOwEed BY the
Company, and is Oue Of the best and
incest in this section. The editorial
rooms are cool aud neat "a new pins.
There is an air Of pFimaess and order
all round, and do not believe 4 paper
or letter could possibly get out Of
place. / wrote A iEitle letter in one Of
these sanctum sanctOriums and [ felt
afraid that I might leave the pen in
The wrong Placr, or upset The ink
bottle.
The Mobile and Ohio has been very
appropriaie'Y chr.trHed the "OId r.
liable l found it 81. and where one
has time to spare it y a. nice a roadl
a. one could wish 20 ride on. The Of
ieials arc exceedingly polite and ever
wafchfui Ut their passenger interest
and comfort. l hearl 4 few DAYS ago
that IN the early davs Of The Texas
Pacific that the train men would get
Of WaiIc he cars were running. and
gather sugar cane, and catch the train
- II It were A country wagon. Times
ami roads change.
The great aud spieudidIy managed
Louisville and Nashville goes 90 rapid
y that a tram looks like a dim spcgk
in The sky.
The town / remained in longest was
4 strictly temperance one. No liquors
sold IN the corporation, aud the small
boy did not smoke.
Lee and PreHtIss counties went wet
By small majOrifies not long since, the
c0lorcd element vOIiug for liquor, aud
using The argumeHttbaf if whisky fall
cd what would they 10 about snake
bites. While up there I was mighty
'iraid o. snakes, fearing IL I met one
and no medicine in the town | would
surely die in the cause Of temperance.
Baldwin IS an cuterprisiug town OF
about eight OF nine hundred. The
people, black aud white are very re-
Ii2iOus, The cOlCrcd people have add
ct 10 their church a new Office, and
the officers are called church holders.
They are chosen for their strength
aud courage, sHd their duties are to
hold the brothers aud sisters when
they get happy and shout. The hiies
fCur handsome churches and the
cplOFcd people, two. There are some
nice stores, good schools and several
stores. The principal industries
are steam gins and saw mills and a
factory. BALDWIN has several
Doctors, and one Of them is DIR.
Walker, q fine physician, a liberal man
aud 4 gentleman Of exceeding culliva-
fI0n. The town delights IN t.gn no
tells, ouc built aud owned by two la
The Youngest being The daughter
Of the late gallant and lamentcd w.
II. II. Tyson.
Private John Alien was brought up
10 two miles Of Baldwin, and his ac-
mother now resides IN the
JId homestead. MANY Of The Aliens
IN AMI around BALDWIN. They
are all noted tor being bright, fol- of
sit aud %cieycrncs-. Private John is
line hero of that vicinity, aud they say
A man will have TO Se born that can
beat him tor any office. The ladies OF
BALDWIN have erected 60 the memory
Vt the Confederate dead a monument,
can be seen IN the cemetery as
one passes on the railroad.
1 met during my absence prOmiuet
aud Din from over the Stale.
/ talked with Congressman Allen, the
wit and statesmen. Isaw All eminent
whose face | had not look
ed upon for twenty years, a man
whose intellect, learning snI polish
manners would be an ornament TO any
lie would honor. His hair was
like the snow, but the soul windows
shine out IN beauty and brilliancy as
in his youth.
| heard some Of the politicians talk
Of the strength Of the different caHdi-
dates for Governor. A very knowing
one told me that Hon. Ethel Barks-
dale would 20 into the Convention
more votes Than any man before
it, and that John NJ Stone would he
a.. liz wrua - 1900 nM.E
ing out for the SeacOast aud said "We
a MAI in South Mississippi we
would delight 10 honor, aud his name
is Hon. I. s. Ford" Col. Stone is
IN TishOmingo, Alcorn, Lee
Frentiss, Itwamba aud many other OF
those upper counties. | was told by
his friends that he would be before
the Convention aud take his chances.
They argue that his past record is good,
that he left the Stale IN good finan-
cial condition when he retired. While
not very brilliant be is considered
clear, cool headed aud a safe man.
Mai. BarksdaJe also has a splendid
record as a public man, aud is looked
upon as Que Of broad, progressive and
liberal minds on State aud National
questions.
Great attention is at present being
paid in the prairie country Of this
State, TO the breeding or thorough
bred caullc aud horses. / was told
that the horses were going to equal
any trOtled out in Kentucky, and the
land Of that vicinity, 1 think l would
like TO " a few hundi ed acres, /
would go and tickle" the soil about
aud return and gather my crop.
While or my way | met a gOod
MANY Northern people. / heard them
speak about the streets Of Mobile aud
New Orleans, Of The latter city in par
| was at she table at Artesia