The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-04-25
LETTER FnOu PIULDIXG.
PArLpSa. Mss, April II, 1890

Circuit Court for Jasper comfy
Adjourned to-day, Judge Mayer
presiding and Il. S. McLaurin, DIS.
trict Attorney. No court was held
last fail. aud 1t would naturally be
supposed that the grand jury
would have much 10 do, but such
was not The fact. They found but
few bills and they were mostly for
small olTenses. The people III the
county are in a better moral and
financial condition than they have
been since the close of the war.
There are more improvements go
ing on among the farmers than
have been for many years, and the
people are building up and foster
ing many high schools in this coun-
~. Churches are being built in To-
caliiies where there were none be
fore. The outlook is inieed prom
Using Tor The prosperity, comfort
and happiness of The people. The
question may be asked, why is
this? 1t is generally agreed that
ohe OF The reasons for this condi-
lion Of things is that for a few
years past The sale OF Liquors has
been prohibited, and there are but
very few indeed who desire to see
the saloons again opened, since it
has been so clearly demonstrated
that they are a ours toany people.
The business of the court was dis
patched without any interruption
by drunken men, and it was quite
Il pleasant term.
Here the Eastern Clarion and
Paulding Palladium were estab-
in February, 1887, by Viii.
liam Need and James Duncan,
who did not email long.
when Need received an appoint
ment from Coy. McNutt to fill a
vacancy in a State Office (Trea>ur-
er, l think and left, and the late
John j. McRae, took I
Of il who, il was believed, {
was The real and original owner)
md, after managing it a year or so. i
old it to the late Simeon r. !
who made it the Iarges; {
weekly, and ilhad the largest cir $
'ulatinn, of any paper in the State. |
I has been merged into The Clari- d
H-Ledgcr, of Jackson, and pub ?
lShes Il daily, k
Your head is very level on the a
constitutional Convention. | can p
OF see any necessity Tor it, and if W
he present Constitution needs 81
mendment, this is not a very au. Il
time to call IA convention b
better il, as we have a Presi- 81
ent and both houses of Congress 81
to The South, and if the Con-
ention should happen to violate W
Fundamental conditions" on N
hlch Mississippi was allowed rep. III
IN Congress, by the al
Of Congress, passed in 1870, pl
lere is no telling what REFRESHING 81
ensures congress would pass. ~
eSides thai, there is no telling I'll
hat they will do when it does as CT
'mble. Only conservative, clear al
eaded and able men should be til
ected as delegates. nj
BY the death of Mai. Sol. 7.
rect, Jasper county lost ore of ed
r oldest and best citizens. His WI
lawyers gave him credit Ell
r being one of The iairest and wi
d most liberal men in his prac- lily
e at the bar. He was emphali-
one of The purest and best on
IN IN the cOunty-honest and up SCI
Mt, kind and charitable, "with me
lice toward none" won and re. Thu
ned the respect and confidence ne,
all classes, not only as a man, an
t also as a lawyer. Had he lived, pla
popular demand for his SER fan
es III the Constitutional Con val
ltion would probably overcome FRI
aversion to holding office, as vii
eyes were turned 10 hin as the sue
n Tor the place. Xxx. rio