The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-13
NATIONAL EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION AT DE.
TROlT, MICHIGAN.
AUGUST 81, 2s, 20 AND 30, 1850.

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# train of the Louisville and Nash.
4 VILE, en- route for Detroit, the
place of meeting Of the Fifth An
I nual Session of the National Ed
| torial Convention.
The distance between Scranton
and Cincinnati was traversed with
out anything special occurring
worthy ofnote, at which latter place
we arrived Friday night spending
Saturday, Sunday and Monday in
this pushing, lively city. 1t is a
notable fact that a great change
has come over the citizens of Gin
cinnati as regards the observance
Of the Sabbath. All drinking sa-
looms and business houses are now
closed on the Sabbath, and the
holy day is observed there Just
like it is here in the South. A few
years ago it was not the case, but
Is a happy evidence that the people
Of this once wicked city are grow
ing better.
Saturday evening our colleagues,
Messrs. j. H. Duke, of the KEN
per Herald, and j. G. Mcclure, of )
the Yazoo City Herald, joined us {
at the Palace Hotel, and Monday :
night we started for Detroit accom-
panied by a host Of brethren from =
Alabama, Tennessee, South Caro- ;,
lima, North Carolina and Florida. u
We reached the beautiful city of 4
Detroit at $50 am. 1t is indeed a II
city Of 100000 inhabitants. Y
and IS located on the north bank Of u
he Detroit river, which stream. "
making a turn almost directly ri
outh at the western limits of the til
lty, flows IN that direction to Lake tn
1rle. Detroit was settle by Sieur cl'
)e Lamothe Cadillac, in July, 1901. ST,
or over a century thereafter, it TO
as a point Of dispute and war be he
yeen the Aborignes, France and co.
reat Britain, which unhappy con nl
Ltlon was finally settled by the taI
ornament ascendency at this an,
)mt, seventy-seyen years ago of pre-
e United States Government. the
Tuesday, at $3.50 pm, the Con W. Tn
'ntlon opened for business in the Ma
ght Infantry Armory with excel bet
Mt music. The body was called que
order by President Belts, of ed
tile Rock, Ark, and acting May Inn
Chris. Jacobs delivered a short san
dress of welcome teeming with cres
and hearty good cheer aga.
the pencil pushers of the United 81 ,
ties. To which President Belts Fed
pended in a neat speech. prey
he fine, large City Hall hers
5 entirely covered with bunting. In
the lawn in front hung with "ti,ii
ldreds Of Chinese lanterns, and Post
following uneque notices were insol
on the front of the hall 4: their
Getting from the City of the u )
llts, ""Cash Subscribers are the 80
type OF American Citizen ty ha
," "Gray Matters and Shears
I'D Public Opinion" "Do not TIL
lect Pleasure for Business" Conv
Teach Nations to paper
TX" The interior of the hall 10 tn
beautifully and art%istically
rated with tropical plants and The
some emblems of cut flowers une
most appropriate and sugges- n.y.,
perhaps, were Horseshoe, pen Sanfo
with quill pen, and a mound FloriC
a pair of shears at least eight presel
inches long, all executed in cut Ilon,
RS, fall roses and geraniums. vnor \
citizens committee furnished his 81,
delegate with an elaborate produ
proprl
'er these preliminaries the re lIS a
Ter of the forenoon was occu- IL tn1
IN miscellaneous business, noon
u pm the members of the world
nation were extended a car ieet M
ride to Minister I. w. Pal ~ 'Ie
log cabin and stock farm, is min
miles north of the city on presen
ward avenue. Although the The fl;
somewhat tiresome owing on me
intense heat and clouds of IL 81,
'ut all unpleasantness were ngthe
han compensated in the roy by Am
come at the cabin and farm. to the
another elegant badge was eng na'
ned to each person. 1t is a he nriy.
Die log cabin, the conception mission
lister Palmer, and was erect citation.
years ago. 1t has puncheon IN an a
sys and fire places, and all H. eD
style furniture and appoint The ,
There were the herbs noon On
g overhead, catnip, MULLEN. thereof