The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19
THE STATE PRESS.

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Brown Smith, the man whose fam
lily YVES murdered in Lawrence county
in December, for which crime two
negroes were lynched, was here Sum-
day with his little girl, the eldest of
the two children spared by the brutes
who did the killing. He is now
going from place TO place selling
photographs Of the little girl, trafIlik.
ing, as II were, in the recollection Of
thu awful crime.
Inc Nutchez Democrat thinks Gel
cry culture in Mississippi would be
profitable:
Celery growing Is said TO be one Of
the most profitable things that the
truck farmers of this section of the
country could turn their attention TO.
Much Of the celery consumed In
southern markets comes from Mich
igan, yet it could be grown here
just as we'll.
The Greenwood Commonwealth is
strong and truthful IL what it asserts.
IL shows a clearness Of vision and
sonndness of judgment In the fol-
lowing:
Minister De LONE has gotten him
self into very ugly scrape. 1t is
another Lord Sockvill-Wast affair,
That he will be recalled we have no
doubt. The truth about the matter
is, we arc glad that IL occurred. The
course Of President McKidiy in deal
ing with Cuba has been very heart
less and contemptible--and while we
think Spain has no cause of complaint
still II gives us pleasure to know that
the Spaniards despise him. II is al
ways that way with a coward and a
traitor. His conduct brings upon
his own head the hatred Of good peo-
pie, and at the same time the con-
tempt of the dirty crew whom he
serves.
The Attala Ledger gives warning
TO the gambling Young man:
The young man who CANDLES ne
elects his business and loses his
money, is pillng up a stack of blues
that will make him roget that bis birth
had not been postponeda hundred
years.
The Scranton Chronicle sees not
falsely, as here evinced:
The arGent supporters of 1G TO |
will nc doubt be chagrined at the sad
news of the inability of BRYAN 10
address them in jackson. They are
doomed TO disappointment but DER.
haps it Is better, as the enthu siasu
in favor of the white metal IN this
state already borders on the ridiou-
lous.
One Of the state papers prints ihees
figures:
The truckers at Crystal Springs
are preparing for an enormous CROP,
According TO the Meteor there have
been sold already 800 pounds of to-
mato seed, representing z, 400 acres
1000 bushels of pea seed, represent
ing 800 acres of land 1900 bushel:
of bean seed representing l,O0C
acl es; and 400 TO 500 acres of cab
bage. The Meteor is pessimistit
over the outlook, however; and pre-
diets disaster.
The West Point Leader says Brook
haven has just complicated her water
works and electric light plant anc
the following is showing Of. wha
she expects from them. She has SIX
miles of mains, 10 to IA inch with 4S
hydrants and 33 valves. There ar,
81 arc 1000 candle power lights foI
street purposes.
The water and light rates ar,
extraordinarily cheap. There are III
water takers at Sl.00 each per moDtl
GOO lncandescent lights at an averag,
OF 80 cents each month. The ex-
penses for running the plant ar,
estimated at $4,000 per year, Will,
the revenue in sight is $500 per year
The whole plant costs SAC, ,O00, pay
able in twenty years at per cent
The Iuka vldette Is one of the
many papers in the state favorius
an elective judiciary, and has oool
argument:
To the Biloxi Review and all other,
engaged in the process Of raising ,
racket about the elective judiciary