The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

various Sources.
She says me next.
Very quiet in court circles.
The health OF our town is excellent.
Several new buildings are going up
about town.
Messrs. J. L. Dantzler and Mott
Mclnnis visited the Gulf City Tues
day.
Mr.. B. f. Perkins, a prominent log
man OF Black creek was In town this
week on log business.
The schooner Robert Ruff Is taking
on a cargo OF 200, 900 feet Of lumber at
Denny 4 Co. s mill this week.
A large congregation was present
at the Communion service at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday.
The schOoners James Slater and
Jas. ii. Dudley are loading carg0es OF
lumber at the Moss Point Lumber
Co.'s mill.
Some OF our people arevery much
"skeered" that the yellow fever will
break out on the coast again next
summer
The schooners Henry Berwin and
Belle O'Neill are loading cargOes OF
lumber in the Middle Fleet from
Denny & Co.'S mill.
The schooner L. N. Dantzler is
loading this week at the L. N DantZ-
lersLumber Co.'s mills with 10000
feet Of lumber for Frontera, Mexico.
The schooner Willie II. Higgins Is
loading for Boston with AGO, 600 feet Of
lumber this week, at the OLeary
mill and the Moss Point Lumber Co.'s
mill.
Cards are out for the marriage of
our popular townsman, Mr.. l.. N.
DantzIer, Jr., on the 10Th inst, to
Miss Bessie Ferriday Hunt at Vicks-
burg, Miss, the home Of the bride.
We wish Noll every JOY in his matri-
monial venture.
Professors Pate and Evans, princi-
pal Of the Moss Point High school are
making a good reputation, and the
school under their management Is in
a prosperous condition. Miss Annie
Watkins as first assistant gives uni.
versal satisfaction.
The many friends of Mr.. Edward
Bloomfield will be panied to learn
that he Is very sick at ASheville, N.
c., whittier he went in August with
his devoted wife. on account OF his
failing health. We trust he may soon
be much better.
The sad news was received last FRI
day OF the serious illness OF Mr.. Ed.
Bloomfield at Ashexille, N. c.. where
he has been several months for his
health. Miss Mayme Denny left i'm
medately to join her sister Mrs.
Bloomfield at his bed side.
A very encouraging feature OF the
outlook for the lumbermen Of this
district is the unusually large fleet OF
vessels entered this week, no less than
ten or twelve having'arrived here and
are n)w taking on their cargoes at the
several mills. t
Mr.. II. c. Burton, Of Mcssrs. Hun
ter, Benn & Co.'s Moss Point office
went up to Mobile last Sunday to see
Mr.. Chas. Sheriff, who is quite sick at
} the Providence Infirmary. His large
number OF friends hope for and pre-
D dict his speedy recovery. being in an
institution which is one of the beSt of
its kind in the South.
Capt. w. L. Pinder, of the three
! masted schooner Henrietta j. Powell
:. arrived Saturday night last from
s Havana. He brought as his guests
:. his sister Miss Emma Pinder and hel
e friend Miss Lottie Roberts, both OF
Key West, who had taken passage on
k a steamer and joined Capt. Pinder a,
IS Havana. The voyage across the Gull
!, was most enjoyable one. MisSe!
n Pinder and Roberts will sojOurn twt
e mouths in our midst the guests o
d Capt. Pinder's family.
e CARD OF THANKS.
=, Editor Democrat-Star.
~ will you kindly allow me space il
!. your columns To thank the good pee
pie of Moss Point for the plcasan
Christmas with my children an
u grandchildren, and the privilege G
attending the session Of the MississiI
y ri Conference, which convened i
y Jackson, Miss, last week? | woul
! hereby offer them my most SINGER
! gratitude for the pleasure of my tril
+ for but for their Kindness in furnisl
+ ing me with the means l would ha,
l. been deprived of this great pleasure.
They may imagine my happiness !
e seeing children 1 had not seen in Il,
J. years, and grandchildren had nev,
seen, and how I enjoyed carving tv
&c fine Christmas turkeys, (t0r I'd rath
n carve than eat them) how it brougl
y back pleasant recOllectiOns to me
l. with friends Of yore, finding their sol
d! and daughters, who were little to
t. when left them, grown up to be mt
h. and women, and many of them tillil
a. places OF trust and usefulness in tn
of busy world of ours.
n, 1t causes my heart to swell vii
n gratitude to God to have such cOrdi
RS greetings from those OF my young
days; and the feeling came over m
that as obscure as my life sOmetim
80 seems, had not lived in vain. G;
is the life of one who meets with frlen'
an wherecr he goes have been In vain
HIS We sometimes think we do not pla
his the proper estimate upon friendshi
o. What would life be without friends
.h irs "A man that hath friends mu
err er. show himself friendly; and there Is
tai friend that sticketh closer than
.ed brother"
,cE l hope to be able to show my app
lis ciation of my Moss Point frien(
NM NM kindness In the future.
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