The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-03-10


Work on Camp & Hnton's new
sawmjll, at Lumberton, is IN active
progress.
The barber and other shops
are now ornamented with signs
the handiwork Of itlneraEt painters.
The Columbia high school en-
rollment reached 205 last week.
This school now takes rank among
The first in the state.
Mrs. E. II. McFall aud Miss Lily
Bukowltz, of New Orleans, Were
quests Of Mrs. II. e. Allen for sew
eral days of the past week.
Log baulipg on our principal
thoroughfare is rendering hat IA
vorite promenade dlsagre bly,
dusty. Business, however, must
60 on.
REPRESENTATIVE II. G. Stewart
d was at home for several days of
late. The Capital City seems to
agree with our friends physical
health and jocund spirits.
Lent will last forty days from the
2nd inst. AS members of the Epls
copal aud Catholic denominations
are few in tnIs community. social
gatherings will not be interrupted
to any noticeable degree.
Singing birds. bursting buds,
fragrant flowers, and-and-well,
we will not mention it. inspires our
pen with rhyme, which we conslgn
to the waste-basket, having no am
bition to take rank among spring
poets.
Our young friend, Jim Smith, has
beer under the weather for about
two weeks, the result of an acci-
dent while at work. Jim ia lmprov-
ing, however, and the light of his
cOuntepance will ere long illumi.
nate society circles as of yore.
The Poplarville FREE PRESS will
please accept our thanks for mott
ces of the school. The FREE Press
has good circulation among the
friends of the institution who ap.
preciate such favors.-Coumbia
High School Reporter IN Pearl
River News.
Artist Mcdonald Obtained pho
tOgraph of our phiz from some ones
album, and made from it an elegant
portrait. which he has presented to
us. Accept sincere thanks, friend
Mo, for your kind remembrance.
May orders for similar work keep
you busy in our town for months to
come.
The serenading club, composed
of ladies and gentlemen, favored a
few friends with their appreciated
attentions last Thursday night.
Old Youth was among the num-
Der so honored; and when the strains
of sweet music aroused him, he at
first imagined that he had been
Transported to the realms of para
disc. No recipient of the visits
made on this occasion would obj ct
70 an early repetition of a similar
Midnight treat.
Miss Ina M. Quin, of Holmes
Vile, sister of cur young friend,
Henry Quin, arrived Wednesday of
last week, and is domiciled at Capt.
i. R. Whites. Miss Quin is an
accomplished musician, and is here
for the purpose of organizing a
music class. Our citizens should
avail themselves of Miss Ouin's
services, as the musical taleut-
the most heaven born gift bestow-
ed upon man-should be cultivated
regardless of inconvenience or ex-
pense.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Croft christen.
ed their delightfully."- located new
home last Friday night by treating
the young people to the most rech
{Es erche entertainment that 1t has
III been our good fortune to attend
since our residence IN POplarville.
The ladies', matrons aud maids,
were as bewitchingly captivating
ps it was possible for wingless
lngels to be; and it did not require
my very close observation to note
hat the gallants present paid due
omage at the shrine of grace and
beauty. Mr., Croft and his estims-
pie wife are model hosts.