The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-10-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

Inc hunting season Is close al nand.
Be careful about fire these dry windy
days and nights.
Mr.. L. N. D~antzler, Jr. was in New
Orleans this week on business.
lie says she will not return to Moss
Point until next summer,
P~atronize the Moss Point Bakery,
A. w. Camblcy, proprietor.
MIR. A. f. Dantzler has returned
from a visit to Cooper's Well.
The charming Misses Bertha and
Laura Dana visited Ocean Springs
this week.
Mrs. A.. Blumer and two daughters,
Misses Bette and Alberta, are sick
with fever.
Buy home industry bread at the
Moss Point Bakery-best quality and
weight.
Three young people visited Wilson
Springs last week, and had an enjoya-
BILE time.
The base ball games are not so well
attended now as formerly. The fever
is not so high.
Miss Essie Stallw0rth has been
elected principal Of the Moss Point
public school.
Mr.. T. E. Spencer, cashier OF the
NJ. p. & p. r. II. paid . business visit
to st. Louis, Mo-, this week.
There are a number of silver boys,
Is to /, Lere, but they are keeping
quiet until the Sd Of November.
Mrs. j. L. Dantzler and baby Fran,
after a visit Of six weeks to her pa
rents at Brandon has returned home.
Misses Marde and Linnie Byers left
Tuesday for Marion, Ala where they
enter school for the coming session.
Mr.. G. W. Valverde is erecting a
commodious building ut East Side, to
be occupied by him as a saloon and
grocery store.
The schooner Rita Cue is loading
with l25,000 feet OF lumber for Mexico
at the l.. N. Dantzler's Lumber Co.'S
mills this week.
Mrs. Addic NJ. McInnis left Monday
for New Orleans with her daughter,
Miss Addie and her son, Master Will
lie. They will remain there for the
winter where the latter two will enter
school.
Among the visitors in town this
week were Messrs. w. w. and z. ~.
VALLEY, prominet timbernen Of Graf
ton, Greene county.
Mr.. j. +. Palmas received a tele-
gram Tuesday morning calling him to
Oareyville, Fla, announcing the Sc
rious illness of his sister Mrs.
w. C. Palmas.
The barges Paul and Tiger, after a
general O%verhauling at the Pascagoula
Lumber Co.'s ship ways were launched
this week and pressed into service.
The schooners Hildegard and Hen.
rietta j. Powell are being loaded with
lumber at the W. Denny & Co.'s
(O'Leary) mill this week. The former
with 1901 0 feet and the latter with
250,0 900 feet.
The Moss Point Lumber Co. Is erect.
: ing a handsome and c~omm0dious Of
Ace building on PascagOula street
Mr.. J. L. Ostrom, builder.
The Hypathean Society meeting /.
postponed until Friday night, Oct. 9th
The same program arranged for TIN
! meeting Of September 18th will b.
rendered.
The Gulf Coast Society of Sabbath
Observance will meet in the MethO
dist church Tuesday, October 9Th, a
= 1880 D. IN. All the members are re
d. o. BYERS, Pres.
y J. A. VANDERwALL, Sec'y.
1.-THE NEGRO PREACHERS"
Editor Democrat-star.
n In your issue of September 18th
If an item from Escatawpa relating t
some negro preachers who, it is claim
" ed, came recommended, apparent
by Rev. r. W. Adams, and suppose
re to have assisted in religious service
in the Moss Point Methodist Church
s. Nothing would have been said abOu
ir this item of news, as every one |
Moss Point who knows anything &
. church work, knew it to be false. Blu
" your paper has many readers, and
)y course, is read by all classes. Som,
ie perhaps, would gladly believe an,
III thing that reflects on the church. /
nc the upper part Of this county the pc
ple are asking for the truth Of Il
1T matter; and as l understand, are Il
10 under the impression that there mi
y, be truth in it, by the c0ncludil
a sentence of that item: "They c0u
" not preach in HIS church, not II til,
had WINGS making the impressit
,is that these negro preachers mig
10 have preached In Rev. Il. w. Adam
he church, but l will never permit
nd Now, the truth Is that Mr.. Adar
,ck Knew nothing about the affair UNI
ey, he saw 1t in the DEMOCRAT-STAR,
,as we see there is no truth In 1t.
ily Now 1t occurs to me, and It does
no many people here, that that last sci
M ence referred to is uncalled for q
Dm reflects to some extent (unintentiUI
4 perhaps) on Rev. T.. w. Adams a
os. his congregation. 1t surely is wal
an ing 10 that spirit OF "lOve that thir
cx- eth no evil" 1t Is hasty and imp
are dent to say the least Of It, and w0,
have been better left out. The APP
tie plainly teaches that we Shot
- 'scck for things which make
Tho peace, things wherewith one may G
" another" There Is surely no ed
Is cation in the item referred to.
on word spoken, whether In haste
ted with deliheratiOn, may soon be
tho gotten, but write these words q
send them forth to exert their I'M
gnt ence either for good or evil, and
lite evil influence may never stop. We
the need to guard the tongue. st. jar
says, 4, s: Even the tongue IL ALI
member, and boosted great thlf
ncr RehOld, how great u matter \ III
pin. fire kindlethw And what about u
dcd negro preachers? True, THEY Y
imposters, but no n will deny :