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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-09-30

Detroit owns its water works, owns and ore
crates an electric lighting plant, fixes the price
Of Illuminating gas at 81 and fuel gas at 30
cents per thousand feet, and has secured q g.
cent car fare during working hours. In an IN,
teresting account of this progress in municipal
Socialism, Mayor Pingree declares that no ono
dreams of returning to private ownership.
MANY Swiss communities have extended tho
Socialism of the public school and supply
school, utensils and the means of instruetieA
free. Ii, the canton of Zurich, of 57,657 pea-
mary and grammar pupils, all but 3,or6 enjoy
this privileges and in the secondary grade Il IL
extended to 5,SI2 pupils out of total OF 1895
In 1904 the department of the interior paid
the Bell Telephone Co. an average (including
salary of woman operator) of US per each
telephone The department put in system
of it's own-I4o lines connecting scattered
buildings in Washington-and the cost to the
department now (including extra eectrielaH
and help is only $1o.25 per telephone.
The dangers and possibilities of evil result
ing from private ownership of all the Telegraph
lines in the United States is appalling whsa
considered in connection with times of financial,
social or political peril. No private corpofs~
tion should have the power to polute, pervsA
or DESTROY the streams of information on Whief
the people must depend and our governnsat
act The postal telegraph is necessary to eaa
national welfare-Congressman Gibson.
The city of Anderson, Ind, has held, fes
months, that it gained the ownership Of tAs
waterworks, the electric light plants and tkA
street railways, there would be no need to log
a cents taxation. Working upon this eieH;
the citizens have gained possession OF tAA
water works and the street lighting plants.
The income from these plants will amount 70
$40, 900 annually. Steps being taken tA
gain possession of the other public service
plants.
The testimony in favor of public ownership
is the same everywhere. AT Bradford, Eng.
land, where the gas works were bought by the
municipality in 1871, the price of gas has been
reduced sc per cent and 81 800, 900 turned into
the treasury. Under private ownership that
amount would have been turned into a private
purse for the possessor to play aristocrat and
exploit labor with This is kind of Social.
ism that hurts nobody. 1t limits the opportun>
tiles of monopoists to rob the people, insures
more efficiency and greater economy, and ~
are going to have more of it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-09-30
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Compiled by The Coming Nation.

Richmond, Va, has owned its gas works
since 1852. AT 81 per 1000 feet the city real
ICED in 1896 profit of $6,o28.
The municipal printing plant owned by the
city of Boston made profit of So, 600 i'll the
first six months of its existence.
Glasgow has erected the Peoples Palace, a
large public building, from part Of the profits
of the municipal street railways.
The markets of Berlin bring revenue of
$645 900 to the city. Any surplus is devoted
to lowering the rents of shops and stands.
The Melbourne (Australia) Metropolitan gas
company, owned by the city, declared profit
for the past half year of $3.50, 900.
The profits from the Glasgow municipal
street railway in 1898 were $500, 900, or nearly
three times as much as they were in 1895.
In Manchester, England, the municipal gas
works bring in net profit of 5000, 900 year,
while $Ioo, 900 year is received from the
management of the markets slaughter houses.
Six years ago only 90 cities of the United
States owned their elecric lighting plants; now
the number has reached 200 and i'll no case can
it be said that municipaization was not
success.
In Glasgow, Scotland, SO per cent of the
street railway fares are one cent, and yet the
average of all fares Is under two cents, yet the
city's roads made profit of $III 900 in the
first II months of municipal operation
In Switzerland, the smallest villages, tele
phone message can be sent to any place in the
republic for cents. Government operation of
the telephone here would give an equally reas-
onable rate, or nearly so.
Last year Manchester, England made a
profit of 500, 900 from its municipal electric
light, Bradford made $50, 900, and Edinburgh
made $I7,Soo. In no case, as yet, has munich
pal ownership proved Improbable.
The Baltimore Sun says that the city of
Jacksonville, Fla, gets about 81 900 a month
from its municipal plant for commercial electric
lighting. The plant cost S1oo, 900. 1t furn-
ishes the city with light worth about $17, 800 a
year.
The fact that Chicago, under the system of
private ownership of electric lights, paid $3.50
year per light, while under public ownership,
the city pays but 500 per year, shows the
enormous profits secured by electric lighting
companies.
In Switzerland there are relief stations for
the unemployed, where they are given food and
meals. The price charged for dinner is only
cents, and IS cents for nights lodging, In
1896, 12o,o 900 were cared for i'll these relief
stations.
The average cost OF electric lights in 1871
cities in the United States operated by private
enterprise is S cents per candle power. The
average cost of electric light in "a cities in the
United States operated by public enterprise is
IL cents per candle power.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-09-30

The city of Rutland, VT, is paying under
it's present contract $124.Io per lamp per year
fo, its street lighting service. The following
cities are lighting their streets at an enormous
saving with their own municipal electric light
ing plants, as the following table will show:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-09-30

Keep this fact in mind: majority of the caA.
didates on the Republican ticket are corporation
lawyers. This is not true OF the POpuist ticket
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
THE LOCAL PAPER.

rOfeuS RcSi1tctt
In every community there are men
temporarily engaged in business who
either through prejudice or lack Of
business ability fail to appreciate the
value Of advertising In local paper.
There are others who never stop to
think of the circulation OF q paper,
and are astonished wien q paper Of
1000 circulation requires q greater
price per column than one Of 800 cir.
culation. A newspaper labors from
week to week In the interest Of it,
town and community. It challenges
every cause that conflicts with the In
terests Of its patrons. 1t exposes
fraud, warns its readers against iakirs,
turns q deaf ear to slanderous com.
plants, advocates right, denounces
wrong, prints all local news II can
gather, keeps the people advised OF
the market, and can double the ss!es
Of any merchant who Is straishetor'
ward enough to tell the people wnse
he has to sell. II you have . fsrm ior
sale. one TO three insertions 10 . local
paper viii bring from, one TO one hun.
dred applicants. II you lose an article
one local Invariably brings the owner
IN you. Then who can cay that II
doesn't pay to advertise? or cnurse
II pays, and the town that doesn't ad-
vertise gradually goes down TO, the
obscurity iS people by their failure
to advertise brought It.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02

WHAT Is Your BIRTH MONTH?-If
a girl Is born In January she will be a
prudent housewife, given to mclan'
choly, but good tempered.
February, q humane and affection
ate wife and tender mother.
March, frivolous chatterbox, some.
what given to quarreling.
April, Inconsistent, not intelligent,
but likely to be good looking.
May, handsome, and likely to be
happy.
June, impetuous, will marry early
and be frivolous.
July, passably handsome, but with
a sulky temper.
August, smiahle and practical, and
likely to marry rich.
September, discreet, affable and
much liked.
October, pretty and coquettish, ant
likely to be unhappy.
November, liberal, kind, Of milt
disposition.
December, we'll pr0portloned, font
OF novelty and extravagant.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
Chancery Court-2dD Dist
N. C. HILL, CHANCELLOR.

n, U.
in the comfy Of Pearl River on the hrst
Monday OF January ana July ana commune
ok days. .u.,,o. Hr.t d,str,ct nm
,ho scrond Monday Of January and July ana
sontInuc six days. In the second distrtct
m the third Monday OF January ana July
and continue six days.
Mnniay OF January and July and continue
" IN 't6 t6e county Of Harrison on the first
Monday of February and August and con-
tnue six days.
Monday of February aud August ana con-
''In' IN the county cf Wayne on the second
Monday OF June nnd December, and continue
IL in The county Of Jones on the first Monday
OF March and September ana continue SIX
IN the connty of Jasper on tho second
Monday Of March and September and con-
In the county OF Perry held IN. Augusta:
the First District. on the third Monday OF
March and September and continue sly days
In the town OF liattiesburg. the Second i'is-
trlct. on the first Monday ofJune and Decen-
Der aud continue six days,
In the county Of smith on the fourth MOI
day Of March and September. and cont'nuc
six days.
In the county Of Greene on Thursday afte!
the second Monday OF April and October and
continue three days.
In the county OF CovingtOn on the fourth
Monday In April and October and continue
ok days.
In the county Of Newton on the FIRST Mon
day ot April and November and continue six
DAYS.
In the county of Laudcrdale on the first
Monday NJ Nav and November and Outinue
twenty-four days.
In the county OF Clarke on the third Mon
day Of Aprl and November and continue SIX
days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02

After he had kissed her and pressed
her rosy cheek against his and patted
her soft round chin, she drew back
and asked:
George, do you shave yourself?"
"Yes." he replied.
II thought co." she said. "You'
face Is the toughest l ever"-theo
she stopped, but II was too late aoo
he went away with . cold, heavy
lump 10 his breast.
A ..family tree" may at times prove
a very dlsagreeable thing 10 have 10 Q
family. In tracing It back to the
roots the seacher might ind one OF
hIs ancestors dangling BY the neck
from Z limb Of the tree.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
THE SOUTHERN WOMAN.

Mrs. F. Leslie in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
After the lapse Of a quarter Of a
century, that gracious growth has
reached an appreciablc size and beau
ty; through the fearful ordeal OF suf-
fering unknown to the casual observer
or reader, the Southern woman has
emerged into the nobler conditions Of
her present existence. The softness
and ease Of her former life, Its assured
protection and the tender Difference
that surrounded II, were perhaps .
triHe enervating to character; the af.
fections fl0urished at the expense OF
the intellect; the delight Of "being"
was more present than the necessity
Of "doing;" the whole nature ran to
vine, secure Of always finding strong
support upon which to cling and
bcautify.
But with home and friends and
wealth swept away by one tremendous
cataclysm, the lovely creature was
either to trail hclplessly upon the
ground and perish there, new roots,
new powers Of self.support; and the
heroic treatment has borne its fruit,
the terrible struggle has given birth
to the child Of promise; perhaps II Is
but a survival Of the fittest; perhaps
more have perished In the ordeal than
we care to count; but it is past, and
we look about US with pride at some
Of its obvious results. The lttest are
indeed Every it," as the Englishman
has II.
Some Of the most prominent women
In literature-novelists, poets, journ-
alists Of every grade-as well as 10 the
arts and on the stage, are Southern
women; many Of the accountants,
amanuenses and other assistants In
offices and counting rooms are South.
erners. Many OF the women who en-.
ter into commerce, or who make homes
for those happy inmates who find q
) place beneath their roofs and at their
general boards are Southerners. You
find them, 10 fact, wherever you fnd
women at work not too heavy for deli.
cately framed and tenderly bred wo.
men. They cannot become scrubbers
or daughters Of the pillow, although l
have known some who understood the
finer parts of laundry work, such as
the getting up OF laces and lawns.
Yes, and did IL beautifully, too-as
we'll or better than their slaves used
to do it for them. But these were
exceptions to the rule, for In general
way the Southern woman cannot use
her hands to any great effect, except
10 holding a pen or pencil, or q needle,
Or using her voice on the operatic dra-
matte stage, and her taste and re6ue-
ment are among the best items Of her
stock In trade. 1t Is the old story OF
the Arab steed of pure blood, but
light frame, who outstayed the big
boned Norman war. hUrse, the scimiter
which cleaves its way where the bat
t!e.axc fa,!s-the perfumed oil which
gently creeps through while vinegar
and caustic does not penetrate.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
Secret Societies.
SCRANTON.


10 o. f. Scranton Lodge No. 45. meets nv
cry Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall Mt
7:Mo'rlocx. W. d. Hughes. N. G.; 4. H. Bcckt,
secretary.
Scranton Encampment No. 39. meets every
I'd and 9Th Friday evening At Odd Fellows
Hal nall a, 7:ao o'clock Vincent Rose. r.; "
knights Of Pythias. Mississippi I.odgo B,
q, meets every Thursday evening atsVIll
Frederic building. Del,nas avenue and Ker street,
At ':M o'clock. Henry Jacobs. c. g.; Is. L
Browne. N. Of T. & x. OF X. Il :,
,,F.,&A: NJ, Gulf Lodge No. &la. meets 2nd
Wedncsdaysin In each month VT Odd Fellows
Secretary. III
Woodmen of the World Scranton Camp No
" +: y. nccht. E. c.; II. Fitxenrietcr, a. L.;
B.F, Browne, Clerk.
MOSS POINT.
The following orders meet in Stewards new hall
- Mass Point Lodge No. III. I. q. y. F.-Evcry
Monday night. NJ. Watkins. N. g.. A. II
Smith v, G.; J r. Chamberlin. Secretary.
>, Moss Point Enrampment No. s-First aud third
FRIDAY nights II. N. Watkins. G. r.; N. N. Cud
abac H. P.i W. Stewart, scribe.
=, ,fascagoula Lodge No 90a, A. F 4 A. NJ
Every third Saturday night. g. W. O'Neil, W. N.
u H. Wood, Secretary.
rascasoula Senate No. ass. Ancient Esseni,
order-Every second and fourth Tuesdays IN each
moh'h. l. W. Adams, senior senator, J. ). McIn
tosh' secretary.
wooamcn Of the World, No. h5.--Sccond and
m m"l,h rfhlays In earh month"; George W, Neil
Chrk; II. c. Herring, Consul Commander; C. O
sentry
Chapter No. los. meets every second Satur.
Wy - each month. II. l.. lowe, II. r.; y. Il
wood. Secretary.
EVtA
,0 nalf Lodge No. 24sl. knights Of Honor
ah ,"vsts second and fourth Saturday nights II
'"u" month. W. Fred Herrin, Dictator.
Maishts Of pythins, Moss Point Inlgs No. lie
Men ,et" every flst and third Tuesday al Stewart
V vaIl 100 o'clock. r. M. johnson, Z. c., W. q
'faeh. K. r. s. and NJ. +.
ps.., S.. ,Ghares Lodge, A. +. h A. NJ. No. t3o-
,Sh.'ar r,yh.'a communication first Wcdnesdn!
us,!i. Wednesday. s.. Johns days. Manual con,
h"sn,sca.lons h"s s 24th Of June and 27th Of necenl
PT taeh M year. C.s. COLLARD. W M.
'''' HILL Secretary.
ESCATAWPA.
Lodec K, Of II. No. 3iiS holds regular Imceeipg
Th"~,na second and fanrth saturdays In each r,3alh
Reporter. s''' -''''~'o'' 'o"" W. 'o"''
OCEAN SPRINGS.
Veesn Springs Lodge No. So X. Of P. "
'anc!eave, c. G.; A. p. Kotxum, v. c.: o
%;aang, =" .. l.. Tardv, N. ofM.; h. D. Wig
MADISON. is, W q :. 4 Al W. Lorsnssn. !. O.; Q. "
vANcLEAvE. w
ths s,i ~ Lodge No. 40. meets Saturday bcfor
wIs.s s"o sunday In each month at vMnclexve
rcts., W. Ramsay. ". NJ; ). Bradford, sec
DAISY.
oasy Lodge No 42l, A. r. b A. ~, meet
sS',wntaay ! w before third Sunday In each month
:. walker. W. ~: II. o. Furry, Recretarv.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
WHYDO NE rAiT.

Why do we wait TIL cars are deaf,
Before we speak our kindly word,
And only utter loving praise
When not whisper can be heard.
Why do we wait TIL hands are laid,
Close folded, pulseless, ere we place
Within them roses sweet and rare,
And lilies In their hswless grace.
Why do we wait till eyes ere sd ed
To light the love In deaths dep trance,
Dear, wistful eyes, before We bend
Above them with impasioned glances
Oh, let us heed the living friend
Who walks with us life's common ways,
Watching our eye for look Of love.
And hungerlng for word Of praise!
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
SCRANTON, MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY. DECEMBER

Of the white mans civilization. There
was much their savage minds could
not grasp, much they could not be-
lieve. 1t was as though an inhabitant
Of the stars came among US with beau.
tiful stories Of a perfect civilization
OF whose grandeur and scope we had
never dreamed.
Association with the Indians had
taught KnOwen much Of their Ian
guage, habits and thoughts, and many
of their customs. Much of his learn.
ing came through the Little Evening
Star, who found great pleasure in
teaching one who told her stories Of
the beautiful land to be.
AS the years passed each grew into
the others life 50 quietly, SO gradually
that neither knew when first II began,
and one fateful day the story was
told to the listening maiden. When
Knowen knew the jewel lie craved was
his, he sought her father and asked Of
him permission to make the little Star
his own forever. But NO." the
Chieftain replied, mo pale-face shall
ever wed my daughter. She must
marry a warrior Of her fathers tribe" "
When Nacochee heard her fathers
answer, she put her arms about her
lover and said: "Oh, Knowcn, II
father does not let us wed here, we
yet shall meet in the Spirit Land-iu
the beautiful home OF which you have
taught ME, where we shall dwell for.
ever. Do not sorrow, dear; In the
Happy Hunting Ground the Great
Spirit will unite our hearts and We
will forget the bitter disappointment
here"
She stopped and kissed his brow
then his lips, saying: '"This is ouI
farewell. l am thy wife now: Oul
spirits have welded. l will avail
thee on Eternity's golden strand, m,
husband"
The Indians became very jealous Of
Kn0wen, and they strOyc to kill him
And one day they brought his lifelcs.
body and laid 1t at the feet Of Ma
cCchee.
Nacochee had always been bright
and happy, singing and laughing ava,
all cares that had come into her life
But from that day ON none ever saw
her smile. She r0amed about tht
woods and communed with the spirit
voices until her young heart could en-
dure It's anguish no longer, and one
day they found her dead.
They tenderly bore her home ant
buried her beside her white lover, fol
whose sake she died.
When the sorrowing Chief sought
his daughters grave, 10, strange un
known flower grew in the center Of
each grave; it bore a tender white
hcart.shaped blossom from which fell
drops OF red blood.
And when the Indians had gathered
around to look at the wondrOus flow
er they all declared with one voice
that the soul OF the white man and
the bleeding heart OF the Indian
maiden had met and married In thu
Spirit.
And the little hower-it grew and nourished
On the earth, In every part,
And has long been known and cherished
By the name Of Bleeding heart.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
rHE COURTS.
TINE REGULAR TERMS.
Circuit Court-2nd Dist.
THAp. A. WOOD. JUDGE.

THAD. A. WOOD. JuDGE. e.
, WAFER A. WHITE. DISTRICT ArroRSrr
r. the county Of Wayne on the second Monday
and E S.. and Ssr SGs,naS on ss Il. 'sE s
.. ln,,' anril and October and continue six days;
dM", ,,s c"nnty of Marion, second district. on the
a.h 10 ~" Wonday Of January and July and continue
iaui,n 1',s In the first district ON the first Monday
q February and Angus, and continue .".ea ~ M"S,v %sys
" luz ,rv ard August and continue twel e days.
r.p, ,Ss co;,nty of Jasper on the first Monday OF
v.r,h ~ N" and September and continue twelve days
Sarrhh ,hs ronty Of Greene on the second Monday
d March and Septemer and continue ,% 9.h q, Ms.v SaSs
~ .Mn.. ~. and Vovemhcr and continue ak days.
IN a tbe county of Harrison on the second Monday
:, ~ wor sa and November and continue ak davs.
n y the county of jackson on tho fourth Monday
.r anril aud October and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02
q MAsHvlLLE n. n

LOUISVILLE 3 NASHVIIIe n. n.
GOING EAST.
No 2-Leavcs New Orleans at 7:O5 p. m. Ar
rives At Scranton ut 1885 p. m. Arrives in Mobile
at 1910 a. IN.
No l.-Ieaves New Orleans at ltl5 a. m. Ar.
rivea Mt Scranton at 2:09 p. u. Arrives at Mobile
AZ 3:l5 p. m.
No. G.-Leaves New Orleans at 7.55 4. m. Ar.
rivcs at Scranton At 1l:25 ~ M. Arrives at Mobile
At 1910 " m.
GOING WEST.
No. 3.-Leaves Mobile 3t5 a. m. Arrives at
Scranton lisa. m. New Orleans. 7:t0 n. m.
No. l.-Leaves Mobile els p. m. Arrives at
Scranton 3:A1 y. m. New Orleans. 7:l5 y. m.
No. 5.-Leaves Mobile at 4:05 p. m. Arrives ut
scranton sos p. NJ. New Orleans. STOP. m.
John II. SANTA CRtfz. Agent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02

Itis not true that our ships entered
any engagement 10 the war with Spain
with the signal Remember the
Maine" flying, but II 10 true that every
soldier and sailor who participated
had those words photographed on hi'
heart.
French journalIst now seem to fnd
satlsfactiou IN dodginga discuasioI
OF Yrances baekdown 10 the 0Oudal
|by sbuslag this country 10 ~ ~
settlenent with epata.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02

A g. Louis kysIcian, expresses the
oplulon that lying 10 . dIssass and
that Q born liar cannot b cured. But
could not We born liar b held some
what more In checkl He should b
content with what e1sreise hs gete Ia
political campalgus, when the oolumn1
Of 20 many partlsah newspapers are
thrown opop 70 hin. q (
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02

The Atlanta Constitution In giving
the State tax rates Of the Southern
States places Georgia next highest,
and Mississippi at the top Of the list.
The following are the figures given:
Tax per q, 900 for the current year:
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-12-02

An Arkansan named Dawson writes
to the postmaster at Fort Smith, in-
closing a circular which he wishes
placed in conspicuous place In the
postOfflce. Mr.. Dawson has o theory
for regencratinR mankind by doing
away with and supprcssing crime.
His belief Is that mixed and careless
marriages are responsible for crime
and criminals, and that II only we'll
mated people married there will be no
crime, for their offspring will be inca.
pable of committing crime. He asks
all who read bis circulars to urge Con.
gress to frame a law regulating mar.
riages. He thinks people OF base
morals, drunkards, gamblers, thieves
and robbers be restrained from mar.
rying there will be no crime. lie
would forbid the marriage Of weak.
minded or silly persons. His Law
would make marriage impossible fol
people unable to read or write, and he
would require that every male hav'
at least $500 as a prerequisite to I
license to martyr.