The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

be an outrage. But, Democrats, Their
are a great many negroes in the DIS
trict, Il large majority who will vot
for their color. Do your.tdHty. w
can't afford TO Weld these two impor
tant Beat offices. Let every whit
man, old and young, understand ;h(
situation, and that his vote is needed
TO make sure OF avoiding an absolute
calamity by the el.ctIon of the BLACK
ticket. BE up and at il, all of you.
Mrs. f. Barrus is having a ncat
fence erected around her building
Mr.. Chas. Addicks has the work III
hand, and Charley Is no slouch when
it comes to putting up a fence.
---Rcv. DR.. Thompson, of Biloxi,
Episcopalian, will hold divine servl-
ces in the Seamen's Bethel Sunday
at IL o'clork a. IN. All are cordially
INVITED to attend.
The sermon, "Christianity VS..
Earthquakes" last Sunday in the
Lutheran Church, by Rev. c. N. A.
YOnce, although a novel one, was
particularly interesting and instruct
i've.
Scranton needs educated reople
more than she needs educated horses.
After we have given our children n
good free school we can turn our at
tention to the education of horses and
dogs.
Mr.. Duncan Nix and Miss Nora
Nix. after an absence Of several weeks
at Lake Charles, La, returned home
Saturday night accompanied by their
relative, Miss Helen Ivy.
REV. d. 0. By2rs has permission
from the New Orleans Prcsbytcry to
organize a church at Scranton, if the
way Is clear. Rev. Mr.. Lyle and DR..
w. d. Bragg will aid him.
Scranton Assembly X. of J., No.
l0,0Sl, being the white organization
OF the order, has dissolved and sur
rendered their charter, seal. etc, to
the State Assembly. The blacks now
hold the fort alone at this place as
Knights of Labor.
-.-IIcre is a good hymn for candi-
dates for office. II is to be sung in
common meter. Some brother will
please raise the tune:
"Let us scatter seeds of kindness,
For our rcaping by and by"
Everybody complains of dull
times, but the building of new houses
goes steadily forward in Scranton.
Surely there arc a great many who
have faith in the future of our town
and are illustrating That faith by
works.
Eligible young gentlemen of other
places should note the fact that the
Young ladies are decidedly in the ma
iority in Scranton, being almost
double the young gentlemen in num-
Der. THIS should be an inducement TO
masculine immigration.
DIR. ID. p. Russell, of Ocean
Springs, left for the Northwest last
week to lie absent some time. The
Doctor has made someI large in
vcstments in this county, aud while
he is away he proposes TO say a good
word for II county. W. expect him
to return with a number Of land
hunters.
ION Monday Miss Dora McCartcr
and Mrs. Huntington, of Moss Point,
and some young ladies from Scran-
ton, went 10 P~ascagoula on a grabbing
expedition. They had a pleasant ex-
cursion aud returned with several bas-
kets of crustaceans---wc believe.
Mr.. r. II. Lewis, our worthy
sheriff, was taken sick OF Sunday aud
his friends feared he was In for a spell
of fever. But We arc glad to hear
that he was able TO be mp on Monday
amt Tuesday and go u collecting
taxes.
The present plan Of sending
empty cars 10 Moss Point on lighters
to be loaded with lumber Is all very
we'll in its way, but & seems rather
odd that a great aud wealthy corpora
ton like the L. & N. Railroad docs
not build a branch road TO that place,
which would certainly be a paying
investment.
Last Friday was the coolest day
VIC have had this season, and we no.
ticed some little children wading in
the pend Of water where the i%urn-table
was located at one time. Such negli-
gence on the part Of parents in allow
ing their children such freedom Is al
most criminal. Il might cause tho
little ones sickness aud death. J