The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-05-19
State News Boiled Down,



pits, this spring.
A llo-pound alligator was recently caught
in Pearl river.
The West Point Gazette SAYS "dull times"
doesn't half tell it.
Biloxi has decided to number the houses,
with aluminium figures.
The new Ifysbyterian church at jackson
was dedicated Sunday.
A storm in Meridian last week blew down
the Sam Jones tabernacle.
Cut worms are damaging crops in some por-
tons of North Mississippi.
The Columbus cotton mills last year declar-
ed a dividend of Is per cent.
A coal dealer in jackson is named Klinker,
but there's nothing in a name.
Some of the Magnolia young people misbe-
have during religious services.
The Padding Review is one of the most COM
plete county papers in the State.
The Meridian Tribune acknowledges receipt
Of "seasonable horticultural %fayors."
The long leaf pine country is to-day the
most prosperous portion of our State.
Meridian's 100000 hotel is already involved
in a lawsuit asking for its sale for partition.
Four thousand one hundred dollars was
turned into the State treasury for the April
convict labor hire.
The young ladies of the Senatobia Baptist
church have by their own efforts bought a new
organ for their church.
An Oxford boy advertises to take contracts
for killing rats. He has three terriers, and
sometimes kills 30 an hour.
A movement is on foot by the citizens of
Houston to build a railroad to 0kolona to con-
meet with the Mobile and Ohio.
The continued decline in cotton has made
many converts to the anticipation theory in
iazoo City, says the Herald.
The Governor counted the States money on
the 18th. and found everything correct. There
are 1921 ,92l SO in the treasury.
The towns along the line Of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad last week entertained a party of
land and home seekers from the Northwest.
The Bay st. Louis Echo believes that the
Coast resorts will this season entertain a larg-
er number Of summer visitors than heretofore.
Editor W. l.. May, of the Pass Christian
Beacon, is one of the Mississippi delegates at
tending the National Editorial Convention at
Chicago.
Wilkinson county Board of Supervisors re-
jected the new Jail recently built, because 1t
did not come up to the requirements of the
specifications.
The Hattiesburg Citizen makes this com
plant Clogs AMI dogs can take possession of
the streets, but you must not erect any seats
on the sidewalks"
The State Baptist Convention will meet at
Summit in July next. Vicksburg was the
place appointed, but owing to the sickness of
the pastor the change has been made to Sum-
nit.
A gold-tipped gavel was sent Judge ]. b.
Chrisman by the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, in appreciation of his gallant stand in
behalf of law and order, during the Lincoln
county white cap uprising.
Senatobia boasts, with pardonable pride, of
the absence ola gossiping citizenship. That
is a high recommendation for the town, and is
the cause Of the splendid social harmony that
exists there. A o free of gossipy women
is attractive, not only. to its citizens, but to
visitors.
Says the Clarion Ledger: Every taxpayer
in Mississippi is Interested in good roads and
should interest himself in making laws which
will insure them. Every man in whose bonnet
a legislative bee is liable to buzz, should be
sounded on the subjects of road, dog and con-
cealed weapons.
The Winston County journal has this to say
in reference to estate News Boiled Down.:
''The journal admires very much the style in
which the said State news column is gotten
up, as it gives more State news to the inch
than any we know of. And not only that, the
DEMocRAT-STAR is one of the best papers in
the. State, generally"
Occasionally we get an inkling of the next
gubernatorial campaign. Since the Brookha-
ven incident several of the State papers have
mentioned in this connection the name of Judge
Chrisman, and there can be no doubt that he
will be warmly pressed for the place by hun
dreds of men who admire so much bis rugged
honesty and love for right and truth-a man
of courage and fearlcssness equaled to that of
the present incumbent, peerless John NJ. Stone.
Forty-sevcn of the Lincoln county white
caps, who composed the Brookhavcn mob, sur
rendered to Judge Chrisman, plead guilty and
asked the courts mercy. BY their special re-
quest, Ed. J. II. Gambrell and others present.
ed their cases before the bar. The whole num-
Der were placed under peace bonds for one
year. Under the circumstances, this is no
doubt the wisest disposal of them. 1t puts an
end to this class of o~utlawry and these men
have thus learned a lesson in life which will
make of them much better citizens.
The Senatobia Democrat says: "While
Tennessee, just above us, and South Mississ-
ippi, just below, are shipping Strawberries and
other fruits by the car load, reaping immense
revenues, we are sowing every patch and corn
or in cotton. This attractive plant must run
the gauntlet of beating rains and overfiows in
the spring, frcshets, drougths, flies ard rust in
the summer, and worms, rains and fire in the
fall. If it escapes all of these we may make
half a crop and pay nearly half of what We
owe.