The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-06-05
CHE Demorraf- ST.,
An Editor Pssessed Win
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isETRosPEcTlvE--The first n;,,,.
we entered this town we sle, "'sNt
der . wagon on Apachs ays, un'
we felt tonch, We Tucked ,o"",.
aud we Dad just fifteen rent. ,ousi
capital. We walked ,wen,r cash
miles that day TO get somewLsnt
and alter getting there the "ere'
poets didn't seem to imprnvo p,"s'
were sustained, however, hr, we :
determination to come ont on ~"
OF The crowd il We lost both lan. .op
the hustle. That delerm;n.;m
carried Us through.
From the Very first issue or I'll.
h'cker We took for our motto ars
dono fama semper vivai.n wbioH
used 10 mean in our neighborb"oaa
In New England, Tell lbe ,r"'u
without fear or favor, even If ro"
never get an Office or own a doa
We have sluck tn that motIo. mi
while 1t has made us some enan;"'
it has also made us a hosI of irianT'
and n power IN the lard. In nnr'
OF olr policy we now wi.h
to say n word about The G.e',
Home Provider Comns'
ny" which is advertising eyien.
in The East. lis latest
scheme is TO advertise city lots i,
BLUE Hill City" al twenty dollar.
each. The "city" is Represented
~ "a hustlIpg young town-lbras
railroads, Two banks, one ihealer
5000 people, and bound TO be lbs
Chicago OF The West. We rode out
to The site The other day. When
we returned the company offered
rs twenty five dollars 10 keep sim
We denounce II rs a fraud from
top to bottom. and warn the public
against investing.
A PuINTfR FOR THE BoYs.-There
ire three or four tough men in This
lown-'wayback ionghs, with cart.
loads Of sand in their systems-but
here are 400 would. be loughs who
are moi "A BIZ Tough and never can
be. 1t isn'l in them, and they are
not in it.. They go round splitting
over their shoulders and b%lufing
he Cinnamon and half breeds, but
hey take good care not TO run up
against the man whose father own.
,d the spring which was The foun.
.ain head OF Fighting Greek. Ina
'atherly way we want TO say to
hese boys: "Don't. It's a waste
II time and raw material. The
goods are cotton mixed and the
lye won't stand. Come off tho
perch and drop your claims, aud
let everybody size you up for what
really area lot of old dead
beats who ought TO be driven to
he sand hills"
In This connection We wish 10
refer to the little affair OF
which our contemporary
will no doubt mis.tale in his muaI
ashton. We we're sitting On tho
steps OF The poslofice waiting fer
place TO open at The usual hour,
when an individual around town
known as "HOly Smoke Bengal
Steve Johnson" came along.
No one knows where he came
rom, and some folks have been
very much afraid of him. He
his teeth with a grizzly's
carried a bowie knife and
claimed TO shoot Two handed.
In writing up ''fhe Buffers" Of
his town few weeks ago we ask.
ID This Smoky Tiger, or whichever
10 calls himself, what prison he
lad run from. He's been promis.
ng the boys to slice off our right
have il broiled in Bill 1aylor's
'estaurant, aud then publicIy feed
I TO Steve Aker's Virginia fox
hound. We haven't been greatly
sOrried, and We didn't skip q coz
when we saE The Tiger moving
toward us. He came to a
la!t in front of Us, and tried TO
ook awfully wicked-real old
Mountain wicked, with the
thrown in as a chrome.
We didn't shiver.
Then he smiled-a facsimile Of
he grin Kit Carson used to put on
S he counted up his dead lnjuns
nd whisiled for the buzzards to
'eg;n work.
We didn't unwind or lose any
buttons.
Then he sent his deep base roar
own to his feet and brought il up
gain 10 tell us that our ear was
is. He reached for it, but ne
ever got there. We rose up and
nocked Smoky off his pins at one
and then we walked On
i'm and sat down on him and ham,
,ered him from head 10 heel until
e roared like q calf and whined
Ike a coyote. We have bis Two
svolvers and bowie knife on our
,ble as we write. We are waiting
'r him to prove property and take
lem away.
Perhaps il would be appropriate
observe IN this connection iha'
,ere viii, be II little bee or gather.
" or convention or some sucn
ling on Pawnee Square SATURDAY
vening. Most of our prominent
iizens will be there. Several o.
lem will be provided with ropes.
here will be various commluees