The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-09-04

south End Mobile eounty-Heaith Of the
People Delightful Breezes - shady
C%rsves-salt Wafer--EIse Bathing -
Fine FIsf-Ths Best oysters In the
WerId-Judge Williams and PeiIties.

EullOT lJcHIoCIdt-otuI
AS a regular reader Of your pape
this county, and knowing you have
many readers in the south end o
: this county, | thought | woult
drop you a line or two from oul
side OF the fence. There is bu,
little news TO write of down here
The health of the people is gener.
ally good and all are making d
living, and hope at no distant day
to make this, the Western Shore,
as popular as a summer resort as
is The Eastern Shore of the stale
of Baldwin, as it is called face.
tiouSly. We have as delightful
breezes. a. shady groves, as salt
water, as fine bathing, as fine fish
and the very best oysters in The
world as temptations to The health
hunter or The epicnre, and we hope
at no distant day To offer to the
public an easy access over fine
roads at a nominal expense, and
to induce the "EIlen n" 10 do
likewise, and then you will see us
blossom like the rose.
There has been a little breeze Of
excitement recently in a political
way. For some unknown reason
the campaign of 1872 has been
forced upon us in '91. Candidates
are as thick as are said to be the
leaves that fall in the yale of
Vallambro.ia," while those who
want to be candidates are feeling
around aud ambitious to have
MANY friends" or MANY voters"
call them TO the front and center,
and, strange to say, they appear To
want the call TO come from the
country. The Mobile Item appears
to be The medium through which
these calls are to be made. There
is an ever restless disposition
among The "outs" to make a fight
against The Gins which leaves
only the sheriff Tree from attack,
as in Alabama a sheriff cannot
succeed himself, and it is a Singh
lar fact, as you have no doubt often
noted, that the better The office is
filed and the more satisfaction is
given by an officer the more bitter
is the fight 10 displace him by that
certain cOterie of men, many of
whom are always for sale and sup
posed to possess great influence,
when in reality they do not cor
troll a single vote, their own not
accepted. And, singular to say,
they have only the good of the
"dear people," al heart. For exam
pie, Young Voter" a correspon-
dent of the Item of August 18Th,
makes a windy attack upon our
Probate Judge, which shows how
thoughtless men may become
when they want TO make The Offices
of the county. He sarcasiica!ly
to The valuable services" of
he Probate Judge, who had to
have "a countryman put HIM
straight on the road law" and then
that the county has paid
him S225. 900 for the terms which
he has been in office, ignoring"
he law, or "williully or ignoranlly
neglecting The law" What d sad
state of affairs this is 10 be sure,
and 10 think we have had all this
lime so able a man who, until now,
has held his peace.
This same able man is going 10
put out a ticket, but it is not quite
yet. Wonder if he would be
willing to head the ticket and serve
The "dear people" in the capacity
of Probate Judge on the platform
of a reduced salary, and one termg
There is no doubt of it. Most re- ,
formers are of that kind The /
Tax Collector worries him loo. {
Poor man! | much fear his dis {
ease will be chronic from long !
standing. 1t was M wonder the
Judge got mad, and lost his usually :
balance a liltle,and fired some '
red hot shot at his known, though ,
encased, enemies. And thinking |
various reasons the Item was
IN interested party in the matter, J
said so, at which The Item !
yol its back up, and, assuming 10 |
tself charges not made,proceeds TO 6
lay in effect II didn't do it, al ,
he don't say what, and !
concludes with The old "mene
meme, Tekel Uphaisin' quotation,
II Of which hurts no one. {
And then comes "Young Voter"
gain, but in no way that | can see I
|oes he d%isprove The serious charge '
he Judge makes against him Of J
making false statements, but still =
his promised ticket.
he friends OF the Judge were a lit
lie uneasy at The vigorous way he
aid on the cudgel of a 9irtuOns i'm. a,
but after the last from i
Young Voter" they thought he s
gas about right aft r all. s
Really, / think IL was a situation =.
eferred to in the holy writ, where '
re are told, "Be We angry and sin q
| don't know how The other [
of The county feel about the -,
natter, but down here 1t has not !
ARMED The Judge. c
| have no space now for other 7
andidstes in this letter, but I,
Williams and Doolan, in '