The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-08-19
PERSONAL nj GENERAL.
News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

There's life IN the old land yet.
The Kickers are not all dead yet.
@Very little doing In court circles.
The saws are running 90 full time.
Business is improving In all lines.
The war is over and now they begin
to speak US they pass.
Mr.. Fl. c. Burton was 10 Mobile
Tuesday on business.
Our well known townsman, Mr..
Mckay COwan is or the sick list.
Miss Della SETTLER is expected
home shortly from Castillian Springs.
Mr.. W. H. Mcintosh, OF Mobile, was
a visitor here Saturday and Sunday.
The three-masted schooner Starke
Is tied up at the L. N. Dantz!er Lum.
Der Co.'S pier awaiting a charter.
The rivers and upper streams are up
and large RATS OF logs are expected
down this week.
Rev. d. o. Byers left Tuesday
morning for New Orleans, where he
went to attend . meeting Of the Pres
bytery.
The Hypathean society met very
pleasantly at the home OF Mr.. Fl. G..
Burton on Friday evening last. The
program vas brilliant.
Too much praise cannot be meted
out to our public-spirited colOred cit
izen, Sol Gregory, who, by his own
personal efforts has improved and
beautiicd st. Paul's colored cemetery.
Miss Virgie Spencer departed Mon
day afternoon TO spend a while with
friends and relatives 10 Meridian and
other cities.
The Little Workers" OF the Pres
byterian church. will give a lawn par
ty at the parsonage this friday ev-
cning. A large attendance Is desired.
The schooner, L. A. Edwards, Capt.
G. +. Peterson master, is loading this
week at the l.. N. Dantzler Lumber
Co.'S mill with 10000 feet Of lumber
for Havana.
Program for the meeting Of the Fly.
pathean Society at the home of DR..
w. r. Thompson Friday evening
n ukuoU AOUu
Essay on Friendship-Miss Wayne
Morris.
Vocal Music-Miss Eleanor Boards
Ice.
RecitatiOn-Miss Mayme Denny.
Instrumental Duett-Misses Byers
Reading-Mrs. II. c. Burton.
Vocal Music-Miss Rettie Blumer
Reading-Mr. Geo. w. O'Neill.
Vocal Music-Miss Laura Myers.
Subject for evening: Friendship.
Deserving praise is never fiattery-
and enough honest praise can never
be said or sung OF the promptnesswitf
which the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Co., OF New York expcdites its bust
ness. AS a glowing instance, tht
schooner Robert II. Rathburn burned
to the waters edge off Middle fleet
Saturday, May %. The insurance
papers were forwarded to their MAR
office at New York city the previous
Friday, but were not received by the
company until the next Tuesday,
Sunday and Monday being legal holi'
days. The following Friday Mr..
Jesse Bounds, the manager for the
Lake mills, was greatly surprised IL
receive not only an Acknowledgement
of the receipt OF the papers, but
found enclosed a check for the full
amount OF the loss sustained from the
destruction Of the lumber loaded for
shipment on the Inflated schooner.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted by the congre-
CATION OF the Presbyterian church on
Sunday, August IA, 1898:
WHEREAS, Our beloved pastor, Rev.
D. q. Byers, has found it to his inter
est to sever his connections with this
church and cast his lot with a differ
ent people, therefore, be it
Resolved, That during the nearly
fourteen years Brother Byers has
served us he has done SO with ferven.
cy and zeal. Each one Of us has some
remembrance to endear him to us; at
the deathbcd he has been; to speak
the last words Of consolation; at the
baptisnal; at the bridal altar; in the
hOuseh0ld-everyw where he has left his
impress, and our hearts fail to ex.
press, however deep the feeling may
be, the love and gratitude we treas
ure for our departing pastor.
We invoke Gods blessing upon him
and his family, wherever they may
90, knowing by our own past expe-
rience that wherever their lot Is cast
they will be useful members Of the
church and Of society. We heartily
commend them to the friends OF their
new home.
The originator of the ITEM in the
last issue Of your most valued paper
which referred to the ungentlemanly
conduct OF certain young gentlemen
who make q practice Of taking their
young lady friends to the beach, on
pleasure bent, was considerably mix.
ed as to the facts, which we will en-
dcavOr to make plain to the public,
and lift from innocent shoulders the
mantle Of dlsgraceful conduct. Un-
fortunately there are certain young
men, who have been well brought up,
who make a practice Of going to the
beach IA Ia stag party" who repair Ia
the saloons there, "fil up" and ''make
night hideous" with their noise. On
one or two occasions the social clubs
have been terribly annoyed at being
forced to bring their lady friends
home ON the same train. THEY,
NOT the members of the club, are the
disturbers Of the peace, and we hope
there are no mammas 10 this village
who will believe for M moment that
anyone Of our club is 50 lost 70 al
manliness and s~clf-respect and adora.
tIOn for our mothers sex as to conduct
ourselves at any time when escOrting
their daughters, or at any other time
Mo- IL vnrnrdancA with the rules