The sea coast echo., 1898-01-29

HANCOCK COUNTY NEWS.
Pearl River Echoes.
Correspondence Sea Coast Echo.1

correspondence Sea Coast Echo
Pcarlington, Miss, Jan. 26, 1893.
James Miller of Gainesville was in tow,
Sunday.
Bob. Leonard came over from Slidoll tt
spend Sunday at home.
Capt. j. A. Favre spent most of last
week away ON business.
Mr.. G. II. Brown and wife were visitors
to the Crescent City last week.
Born: Sunday the 90, inst, to Mr.. nnt
Mrs. Frank Mitchell, q fine boy.
Mrs. Berthelson of New Orleans Is vi
sitting the family of Mr.. Asa, Hurs.y.
Rev. Mr. Forsythe filed his appointment
at Logtown Sunday morning and night.
Mr.. II. + Mueller was on the sick list
one day last week but is at his post again.
Reports from New Orleans says that
MRS. STANLEY Koch is improving aud may
be expected home soon.
Misses Abbie Mead, Ella Boyet, MAY
and Alene McEvoy of Logtown were in
town Thursday afternoon.
The first indications of high water were
appareuthere this week. Logs are com
ing down rapidly and plentifully.
Capt. Cook, after a Visit of two mouths
to bis children at this place, left Monday
morning for Mobile, where he will take a
vessel for Kingston, Jamaica.
The tug John Bacon, of NJ obile, manned
by the Postal Telegraph Cable Construc
tion company's gang was here Friday
with the cables for this place and Bay st.
Louis.
Supt. II. L. Uhlldress of tho third divi-
sion Postal Telegraph Co., Birmingham.
was in town last week, While here he
was the guest of Mr.. Alex, Orr, the local
manager.
Messrs. Sutton, Hallertad and Krebbs
lumber inspectors for w. S. KEYS n and
Co., of Moss Point. are here attending the
shipment of n million feet of lumber to
England per steamship Acme, Ship Island
The barge Pearl loaded this week with
l6l, ,OOO feet of lumber for the steamship
Acme, at Ship Island. The lighterInp of
lumber by bargcs is watched with inter
est by the business men of tins section
aud if it proves profitable, will mark the
beginning of new era III the shipping
bust ness.
After an illness of many months, the
death OF Mr.. Augustine V. Favre occurred
yesterday evening, The funeral is to take
place at O'clock this evening. The de.
ceased leaves two sons and two daughters
and many friends to mourn his enevitnbIe
departure. TO the sorrowing relatives
the Echo extends sncerest sympathy.
1t is fact worthy OF comment and
pleases us to note the decrease of drink.
eness aud general disturbances our town
| has abinvaH in ha
commendable fact is in no small degree due
to our efficient justices of the peace, Messrs.
| w, w. Wallace and NJ. Geiger, W ho have
always meted ont proper punishment TO
OWL does when brought before them Our
constable j. Seal also comes in for II gene
rous share of praise for untrng zeal in
ierretiog out and bringing to justice
all classes of law breakers. OF the negro
element of course we have little to say. A
good many of the negroes will drink, fight
and gamble but il is safe to say that none
of them who were convicted ofsuch, were
dealt by without any degree of lienency,
for they, too, have long since evinced a
disposition to work more and fight less.
What petty lawleSsness that still exists
around here Is carried on mainly outside
the confines of the state-across the river
| over which of course our officers have
no Juflsulctlon. III Is only race against
time when that also will be abolished
and time is in the lead. However, lust
here, it is well to note that our officers
are not alone in this march of progress
1t is our noble and worthy pastor, Rev
W. G. Forsythe who is the chief promo to-
and main instigator of this good work b,
his sincerity of purpose, his gentle chris
tian influence and good teachings he ha
led a great many of our people both ole
and young out of the paths of vic
and dissipation. OF couse his words o
admonitiCn and entreaty have fallen I'LL
Needed by many, but then it is o
the majority of whom we speak w,
can safely say without fear of success
full contradiction that there is no tow
of this size and population that cal
show better moral standing. A yea
previous il was almost matter of impos
sibility to go upon the street on Sunda
afternoon without overhering some indie
cent and profane language, but now ther
exists an entirely different state of atfairl
Ii is rare thing to see n drunken man Q
a disturbance of any sort on the streets
: Formerly there was hardly dance give
a but what whiskey was a main guest, an
that some of the boys were tipsy was plan
y evident. Now things are changed n
together Friday night of lase wee
: provesths. 1t is indeed very Fcldol
, Prof. Whlskey gets in his work Statistic
corroborate the foregoing sta tement.
DIAVoLo.