The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09
KILN.

Hon. A. G.. Stevenson our
efficient county superintendent,
visited the various schools in this
neighborhood last week.
MIR. and Mrs. John Ulysses, of
Logtown, came over Saturday to
the picnic. Mr.. Ulysses retsrned
to his home Sunpay evening,
leaving Mrs. Ulysses to spend
the week, the guset of her parents,
Captain and Mrs Jno. Favre.
Messrs. Everett and Albert
Mitchell Of Nicholson, with a
drove of fine horses passed
through our little town last week.
Mr.. S. NJ. Williams went to
Bay Saturday evening to celebrate
the Fourth with his old friend
and school mate, Mr.. Chris Hart.
He returned delighted with the
scenes and and people of that
pretty litty coast city.
Miss Lucretia Bell, of Bayou
LaCente, spent the Fourth at
Bay st. Louis, the guest Of the
Misses Edwards.
He was from Pennington, yet
bring a stranger to a great many
of the other picnickers, he, on ac-
count of his up-to date attire and
dignified bearing was supposed to
have come from New York.
Hon. Il. Ii. Hoffman,, hand
some and genial as ever, spent
several days at Kiln, registering
Uncle Sans good children last
week.
Mr.. T. III. Bilbo's many friends
were glad to see his smiling face
on Saturday, and quite a crowd
listened to an eloquent discourse
by him success In his new field
of labor.
Mrs. Bourgeois and daughters
of Waveland, were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Favirca several days
last week.
Mr.. r.. Cue entertained Hon.
T. r. Stocker, of Pennington, on
Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, the day celebrated
here as the glorious Fourth, was
very pleasantly ended by a num-
Der of young folks at the home Of
Mrs. s. l.. Favre where music
and dancing were INDUCED in un-
til late hour.
Cedar Grove, long famed for
the delightful times it holds for
all its inmates and visitors was
true to its colors on Sunday. The
Pearlington String Band was pre-
sent and with its genial member
it is needless to say that the hours
passed all too swiftly.
The unanimous verdict Of all
present at the picnic on Saturday
is that Mrs. Eugenia Curet of
Kiln, was the belle and Mr.. Murry
Bangard, of Bay st. Louis, the
most handsome young man.
The greatest evcntof the season
was the Fourth of July cclebra-
tion held at the picnic grounds on
Saturday July End under the aus
pices of the Kiln and Bayou La
Cente schools. The day seemed
made for the occasion. The sun
was shining bright and a cool
breeze was gently murmuring
among the leaves of the grand old
oaks when a large number Of
bright boys and pretty girls, the
members of boath school, came
marching through the woods
then up on the stage all sing
ing sweet welcome song. After
preliminary simple but pretty
march and while all were on the
stage Miss Campbell delivered the
welcome address, As we listened
to the sweet words as they fell
from her lips we all felt that we
were indeed welcome and that it
was an honor of which we should
be proud that our lot was cast in
such a happy country as this whose
birthday they were celebrating.
The programme was entirely too
long to admit of commenting on
each part, suffice it to say that all
the children acquitted themselves
we'll and reflect great credit on
their teachers. We can not how
ever refrain from mentioning two
distinctive features, of the pro-
gramme: we refer to the grand
speeches made by Messrs. s. M.
Williams and T. A. Bilbo, two
young orators OF great promise.
May their future efforts be as sue
cesful and as much appreciated.
The crowd present was the largest
ever seen on Jordan river. A
spectator, noted for his yeracity,
estimates the number at five hun
dred. We do not vouch fol- that
bnt we will say that there were
representatives from nearly every
little town and village in Hancock
county, besides a number from
Harrison, Jackson, and Pearl Ri
yer counties, Louisiana and Texas.
We were glad to see Pennington
and IoptOwn so we'll represented