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During the past week there were eleven deaths in Guadalajara from smallpox.
 Near romochic, Chihuahua, the other day, various Indians had d dispute. which resulted in the leader of the group ordering that one oi their number should be executed which was done by hanging the un- fortunate man to tree near by.
 Mexican Herald The shoe factory of Mr. Marcelino Pascal, in SeguDds Calle de Vanegas, was robbed by some nf the operatives, of hides to the value of $502 MT. Pascal himself took the guilty parties to the second ward police station, whence they aere consigred to Belem.
 Mexican Herald: A flat car of the District Railroad company ran ovel in San Bernardo street man called Etanislado Gonzalez. The wheel, passed over his legs, completely crush ing them. The car was heavily loaded with construction material fol the new electric tramway, thus making the accident more serious The driver of the car fled.
 Mexican Herald: The ratero Ma nuel Morale presented himself to ths crockery and lighting goods store called El Emporio de Luz in the Callt del Correo Mayor, on the pretense oi making purchase, but tried tt pocket some plates, knives and forks He was seen by MT Rafael Agurre one Of the owners. and given in charge of the police.
 Mexican Herald; On "Wednesday Eug. Manuel Fernandez Garcian, wht has his office in Cale de Jesus, sen Cargador No l,393 tu collect bill fo $37i 80 from Mir. Fernando Pimentel The cargador collected the sum il question but did not return to hanC 1t over to MT Garcia. The latter, il consequence, reported his less U ahe police who are on the track of tn, thief.
 Mexican Herald: Yesterday eve ring Felix Davalos, who has a boOtt for the sale of clothing at tue Mercec market, was on his way to his home in the CoIonia de la Bolsa. when he was assaulted by aii individual called J. Trinidad Moreno, who after rob 1ing him, inflicted on him nine severe wounds in the breast. The wounded man fell to earth in critical cOndi tion aud the assailant took up the body aud was in the act of throwing st iuto ditch, when gendarme ap proached aud arrested him. Both ht and his victim, who was in dying condition, were taken to the first police station.
 Mexican Herald; It is reported that several of the society leaders oi the American colony are talking ol producing a cake walk This quain, aanction has been in vogue in tht arstocratic circles of the principa northern cities of the United State! for d year or over and the fact that at has not yet been tried by th' American colony of Mexico City whicn is supposed to be pretty up-to date in most respects, has caused some comment. If the plans whicl are now being considered, are carried out, however. there will be no reasoI for calling the American colony be hind the times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
COURAGE OF THE SOUTH.

d. A. Tompkius in Southern Farm Magazine Of
Baltimore for September.
The institution Of slavery alone de-
stroyed a we'll established industrial
development in the South in the early
part Of the century. The disorder
and lawlessness resulting from the
abolition Of slavery and the elevation
Of the cOlored man to the full rights
of ctizenship,including the franchise,
has retarded the profitable occupa-
tion. The time is now come when
every part of the South has heed and
reason to take on new life For more
than quarter century it has requir-
ed all our Anglo-Saxon strength in the
creation of new systems Of labor and
to save the civilization Of our fathers.
II we had been less sturdy or less res
ulute the cotton growing States under
the adverse conditions that have ex.
listed, might easily have been driven
into condition Of degeneration in
which Cuba now finds itself. Al
though the courage and energy neces.
sary to preserve stable governments
and to save social conditions from de.
have been more than oner.
Dus, yet admiral results as to the
former and perfect ones as TO the lat
ter have been preserved. .
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE.

State-at-Large-J. Hunter Sharp
Lowndes; George &. Myers. Marshall
J. W. Cutrer, Coahoma; S. M. Roane
Clay; c. G. Miller, Lauderdale; J. II
Price, Pike; S. D. McNair, Jefferson
First district-E. o. Sykes, Jr. Mon.
roe; j. NJ. Boone, Alcorn.
Second district-T. r. Maxwell, De
Soto; G. L. Sivley, Lafayette.
Third district-Walter Sillers, Boil
ivar; J. II. Lowe, Tunica.
Fourth district-W. B. Crawford,
Chckasaw: L. w. Southworth, Car.
roll.
Fifth Districts. NJ. Smith, Holmes;
Jno. L. Buckley, Clarke.
Sixth district-L. P. Connor, A dams
W. A. White, Harrison.
Seventh district-R. L. Bradley
Kinds; c. A. Gordon, Claiborne.
Immediately after the adjournment
OF the State Convention, the Commit
tee met and organized by electing G.
G. Miller, of Lauderdale, as chairman
and L. P. Connor, of Adams, secre
tary.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

While at Spring Hill, Ala. last Sat
urday the DEMoCRAr-STAR reporter
met Mr.. Thomas II. Glenn, OF Chfca-
70 whose descriptive book OF the Gull
Coast, which was published several
wears ago and which met with uniyer-
sal favor for it's comprehensive and
truthful information, found him still
pursuing his endeavors to illustrate
his faithful idea OF the great claims
OF our coast as one Of the most health
full and delightful to be found in any
region OF our country. The DEMO.
reporter found Mr.. Glenn
at theSpring Hill hotel, kept by DR..
A. Jackson, where considering the To-
cation Of the hostelry at an elevation
above any other between Mobile and
our t0wu OF Scranton occupies a mos,
delightful position where sojourr
can be spent with the greatest com
fort and satisfaction.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
SIX ETCH OF LONGING.

Hon. A. II. LonginO, the next gov
ernor Of Mississippi, was born in the
county Of Lawrence in what is known
as the piney woods section of the
State OF Mississippi on November l6,
1855. He is, therefore, in his forty
fourth year. and probably the young
est governor the State ever had. Mr..
LOngino was early in life bereft OF his
parents and had to commence the
struggle for daily bread. without that
assistance which is common to the
general run of mankind. BY close
application to business and steady in
dustry he soon cane into prominence
in his county and was honOred by be-
ing elected to the position of chancery
clerk while still in the prime of his
manhood. In this position he utilized
his spare moments and prosecuted the
study OF law. After retiring from
the office he took a course in law at
the University Of Virginia and lOcat-
ed at Monticello to practice his profess
sion. In 1886 he was appointed Fed
eral district attorney for the South
ern district under Cleveland's first ad-
mnstration. This position he filled
with honor and credit and when he
resigned his trust he moved to Green.
wood, in Lefore county, to resume the
practice Of law. While residing in
Jackson as United States district at
torney, Mr.. Longino was married to
Miss Marion Buckley. daughter Of the
late J. NJ. Buckley, at that time gen.
eral hOokkeeper Of the auditors office.
In 1892 Mr.. Longino was appointed
chancellor for that chancery district
Of Mississippi which is known as the
delta district, by Governor Stone; in
1896 Governor McLaurin indorsed his
record by reappointing him to the
same position. When the present
campaign opened and Judge Longino
decided to enter the race for governor
he resigned his chancellorship and has
made a clean, high-toDe and straight
out fight for governor. >His nomina.
ton is a victory which may be termed
unparalleled in the history of Missis-
sippi politics. 1t is almost unani-
nous expression of the people.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
SCRANTON. MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,

the ratio OF sixteen TO one; exchang-
ed clogs for compliments, and Jigs for
sigh and sentimental exclamatiOns.
No ordinary mortal ever felt the rap
lures as fiddler; the fiddle is his
bride, and the honeymoon lasts for
ever.
| fiddled and l flddled and l tiddled,
until youth blossomed into manhood.
and still dddled and | tiddled. Poll
ticlanS sneered at me as fiddler, but
the girls said it was no harm, and the
boys voted while | tlddled, and the
fiddle won There is always some old
sour and tuneleSs hypocrite abusing
''us ilddlers." | have heard them say
that they never saw a fiddler who was
"any account" and | have known
good men who sincerely believed that
fddlerS were dangerous to communi-
ties. There never was greater error
Of opinion. There is no more harm in
wrigging the fingers than there is in
wagging the tongue, and there is a
great deal more religion in a good, law
abiding fiddle than there is in some
folks who outlaw the divine instru-
ment. There is infinitely more music
in 1t than in some hymns | have heard
sung by old dyspeptics who denounce
it. Music is music. whether it be the
launghter and sony of the fiddle or
the melodies Of the human voice: mu-
sic is the hallelujah of the soul,
whether it comes through fiddle
strings or vocal chords. Happy Is the
home in which flddles and flddlers
dwell, and nearest TO heaven is the
church where hddlers and singers
blend their music in hymns Of praise
to the Almighty God.
l have heard cultivated musicians
laugh at the country fiddler and cali
his tunes rag music" but the law OF
compensation governs in his realm as
well as in every other, for the country
fidderS laugh just as heartily at the
sublmeSt efforts Of high-class musi.
clans. Neither can understand the
other TO the noteless and untutored
fiddler the grandest efforts OF the
greatest orchestra are the senseless
heiroglyphics of sound, to the cultur-
ed ear the simple melodies which
dance out from the bosom Of the tid-
die and the soul Of the fiddler are but
the ridiculous buzzings Of bumblebee
disco.d.
But there is no reason why the vir-
tuoso and the fiddler should fall out.
Let the nightingale sing in his realm
and let the cricket sing in his. We
will all play together on golden tiddles
in the ''Sweet BY and By"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
NUMBER 50.
SCRANTON's PRosPEUTS.

Now that the fall season has OPEN
ed the customary hustle is TO be OBJ.
served among our business men. The
prospects for an increased traffic in all
commodities is very promising. The
commercial year just ended proved an
exceptionally fortunate one to the
lumber trade upon which this section
mainly depends for its prosperity.
All branches OF business have pros.
pered. particularly the shipping, the
ship building, the oyster and fish in.
dustries, fruit and vegetable farming
and general merchandise.
There has been no sickness Of any
consequence to detract from the
health reputation Of Scranton and
the Southern coast, which has had the
effect Of bringing back to our resorts
an influx of summer visitors.
The location of Scranton is such
that her merchants are enabled to
compete successfully at the lowest
prices for all articles necessary for
local trade.
A larger number of visitors from
the West are expected to sojourn DUR
ing the winter months in this yicini.
ty.
The DEMoCRAT-STAR confidently
looks forward TO a greatly improved
commercial and industrial result for
the ensuing year.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The cultivation Of ''live fence posts"
is an industry that is just beginning
to be taken hold Of in Shelby county,
says the Memphis Scimitar. In west
Tennessee it Is in an experimental
stage, but the agricultural department
at Nashville proposes to encourage and
foster it. Live fence posts are nothing
more nor less than trees planted to
grow instead OF fence posts. 1t takes
from four to six years for such trees
as are used for this purpose to attain
the necessary size and strength. After
that they last forever, practically
jackson Wing.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
WHEN rs 4 WON1N OLD9
Tbs query on my mirror hung


THIS query on my mirror hung
when is a woman oldp'
1t clings to me. aud long has clung,
The answer must be told.
Ali, so.de are old before half way,
And some are never old,
For these but laugh life's cares away,
While those both fret and scold.
And yet it is no easy task,
However well controlled,
To answer one. if She should ask,
'When woman is old ~
The graceful ones are still young
Aud those alone are old
Who try to make themselves look young
When age has taken old
The oldest ones of all the old
Are those alone who would look young.
For they will always fret and sccld
When ages sign is hung,
The old in years who live among
Those younger in their hearts
Will find themselves remaining young
Long after youth departs.
As long as men clings to youth
And disregard their are
They never can be old, fOrsooth,
Their youth fills up the page.
Yes, some are old before their time
Ul age usurps their youth
And some are young beyond their prime
Unless they hide the truth.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Cbsncery Court-2dDist.
Y G.. HILL. CHANCELLOR.

a,,vo NJ Pearl River on the first
,,unSa, ,nSw n January and July ana continue
six DAYS ,,,.,Ion frst district m
III luod ,' Wonday Of January ana Jnly ana
'nrM ,,rra siy DAYS. In the serond dis'rirt.
roItn,"b n".bird Monday OF January ana July
md continue six days .,o ,o.,h
anu Tn t9,'r ,hn county of Hancock on the fonrth
Noud"y i Of January and July ana commune
SIX days, u,..i,or M, tho FIRST
Mnndav Of February ana August anu co"-
'rut tbe county Of lyrksOn on the second
:, III In, I,n ~ rehruary aud August and con-
"n"' nu ,he l,e county Ct Wayne ON the second
unndsy q, June IND December. ana continue
NN"afs, aSo county of loncs on the first Monday
,uno,, ~ a aud spn,emher anG continue SIX
days ,o. "a, ,ho socond
Monday Of March and September ana con-
tnue six days, ,,, l., .,.
! the First District. on the, tiirn MONDAY OF
March and Septenber and continue six days.
In tbe town Of Ilatteshurg. the Second Dis
! trct m the first Monday June and Decen-
brr and continue SIX days.
In the county Of Smith on the fourth Mon-
day Of March and September and continue
six days
the second Monday of April and October and
continue three days
In the county Of Covington on the fourth
Monday in April and October and continue
six days.
In tie county Of Newton on the first Mon
dave April and November and continue six
days
In the county Of Laudcrdale on the first
Monday NJ May and N0ycmber and continue
,g9nty-f0ur days.
ID the county OF Clarke on the third Mon
tayoi Apri and November and continue six
Mys
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The Jackson correspondent of the
Vicksburg Post gets of the following
good story at the expense of our Leg
islature:
"a member Of the Massachusetts,
legislature wants to know If the
Mississippi Legislature has chaplain
for each branch and if so what salary
is paid The custom has been to
invite the local ministers to open
the sessions of each day with prayer.
Their salary consists in vote OF
thanks, and this is sometimes for.
gotten. The gentleman who asks the
question believes in the complete
separation of church and State, from
which we infer that he is opposed tC
paying for praying"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The Nashville Banner prints the
following marriage cerimony, which
was said by Tennessee Squirea short
time ago: "Wilt thou take her for thy
pard; for better or for worse; to have,
to hold, to fondly guard till hauled of
in a hearse? Wilt thou let her have her
way, consult her many wishes; make
the fire every day and help her wash
the dishes? Wilt thou comfort and
support her father and mother, Aunt
Jemima and Uncle John, three sisters
and brother?" And his face grew pale
and blank; it was too late to jilt; as
through the floor he sank he said: II
wilt"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

And it came to pass that after he
had advertised his goods there came
unto him great multitudes from all
the regions around and about and did
buy OF him. And when his competi-
tors saw it they marveled among them.
self saying. Howbeit this man is
busy, while we loaf idly about our
doors?" And he spaks unto them
saying: "Verily, verify l lay unto
you, in this fast age OF push and bust.
ness and rustic, 1t is easier for the
camel to enter the eye Of needle than
for a man to flourish without adver-
| tising,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The New Orleans States, IN COM
menting upon the fact that Southern
boys are not enlising for service.in
the Philippines says: "The Philippine
war has aroused no enthusiasm in
this section Of the country for the reas-
on that the people know il is wrong;
that IL is crime against the Filipin0s
who are struggling for libertySand in
dependence just as our ancestors strug-
gled more than hundred year ago TO
be free and independent"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
VOLUME %.
,cuE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TE6@S.
ci,cuit Court-2nd Dist.
rt,D. A. WOOD. JUDGE.

ann WHITE. DlsrIIcr ATTORNEY.
.onrtc Of wavue on the second Monday
y and S yam, and sytr S%%H%" an iiS ,ne "fTs ikinon
bSe fonina, and ortober and continue six DAYS.
he Ahll ." nr Marion. second district, on the
w bt%vamIay eO,"r oC # January and lnlv and continue
hrshon'", a,st district on the first Monday
ahs ars,,.,r !" and me, Hnaust and continue six DAYS
lnins ,u"d and Ausrst and continue twel days:
% @ county Of aoss ." the first ,%eITs Msnay %ays OF
Narh anu oot of Greene on the secnnd Monday
alnet '""d Sptcmberan continue six days
Of NaCn aa"ty a"" Of Hancock on the fourth Monday
I'F and r"'> V>oyemhcr aud continue six days.
Of Nas anu wv, of Harrison on the Second Monday
y llf'"5l'V, .o5 Vcyrmnrr and continue six DAYS.
Of p,y at" on,y of Jackson ~ the fourth Monday
9,ntl ,ur;l I a"G otobcr and continue twelve days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The Columbus Dispatch says that
"the amount Of wheat ground at San
ders mill, In the northern part Of this
county, shows conclusvely that wheat
raising In that section Is largely on the
increase. Last year the mill ground
about 1l,0O0 bushels and this year 10
is expected that four times that
amount viii be milled, and the mill
is now 500. bushels behind In grinding.
This betrays an encouraging condition
OF affairs 10 our county"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

A Georgia exchange says: owing
10 the additional increase OF our do
nestle revenue on last Monday, in
the way OF getting out an extra revis-
cd edition OF the editorial staff, we
have been delayed somewhat this
week with our job and press work.
We hopeour customers will appreciate
the situation and extend to US the
proper sympathy. The revised edition
Is a nine pound boy and Is doing we'll. y
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
"RAPE MEANS ROPE"

Rev Sam Jones, the irrepressible
evangelist of Georgia, referring recent
ly to the negro North and South de-
livers himself as follows:
THE average negro in the South
fares as well as the average China
man in San Francisco. Not one man
in ten in the South has seen a lynch
ing, to say nothing of having taken
part in it. Southerners discourage
and denounce lawless hangings, except
for the one crime Of rape. And |
want to say that rape means rope, be
it North or South. | never saw IA
lynching. If one ever took place
within 100 miles of me, did not
know it until saw it ia the papers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

Some one has crowded great deal
of plain common sense into these
words. 1T seems strange anomaly
that the highest aim of physical exis-
tcnce is its own preservation. In 9TH
er words, the obtaining of bread is the
grand struggle Of humanity, In this
battle for bread, no field Of labor is
more honorable than another. Honor
or diShOnor depends, not on the kind
OF work done. but upon how well 1t is
done. The worker who can grow
more corn or potatoes is worthy OF
much more credit than the one who
produces inferior poetry, inferior art
or mediocre literature. A mans work
should never degrade him. He may
frequently degrade his work"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

Twenty-Five thousand bodies buried,
one thousand persons injured aud two
Thousand missing, isthe frightful re-
cord VI the results OF the storm %
Porto Rico.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The South American countries are
getting a little shy Of Uncle Sam
they think he might spread out their
way next time.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
& NASHVILLE r. r

LOUISVILLE q NASHVILLE r. r.
GOING EAST.
No. a-Leaves New Orleans at 1:4J D. M Ar
rivcs at Scranton at 1856 p. IN. Arrives in Mobile
at l2:05 a. m
No 4-Leaves New Orleans ut lI:l5 a. IN. Ar.
rives ut scranton at 2:07 p. m. Arrives nj Mobile
AT 3:l2 p NJ.
M. 6.-Loaves New Orleans at 7:55 a. m. Ar.
rives at Scranton at li:2j a. N. Arrives at Mobile
at l2:40 y. IN.
GOING WEST.
No 1.--Ieayes Mobile 2.1J y. m Arrives at
scranton 3;94 u. m. New Orleans 40 p. M.
No. 3.-Lcaves Mobile 3:l5 m. Arrives at
Scranton i:2l u m. New Orleans. $40 a. III.
No. 5.--Leayes Mobile at 1881 p. IN. Arrives at
scranton 5:3l y. nj. New Orleans, S;3l p. m.
In effect June 3. 1893.
.lOHN II. SANTA CRUZ. Agent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Editorial and Otherwise.

If you your lips would keep from slips,
five things observe with care,
OF whom you speak, to whom you
speak, how, when and where.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-03-08

A few weeks ago the advertising
agent for DIR. Miles proprietary
medicines, which are advertised in
this paper, came here and scattered
lot OF puzzle cards, with a propo-
sition to give the one who sent in a
correct solution prize OF five dol
lars for the first from each state
and one dollar to the others, We
are in receipt of printed slip CIV
Ing proper solution to the puzzle as
also list OF the names winning the
prizes. We see from this slip that
Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texar-
kama, Texas, captured each a dol
lar prize by making the proper
guess. Mrs. M. S. Ward, 800 Vine
street, East Side, and Miss Grace
Ward, Rose Hill, West Side, were
the lucky winners. We congratu-
late the winners.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-03-08
TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH g. lS9a
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER
Renders an Opinion Sustaining Val
idity of the State Law
of Arkansas.

Washington, March I-Chiei
Justice Fuller today rendered an
opinion sustaining the validity OF
the state law of Arkansas requir'
ing railroad companies operating in
the state to pay employees when dis
charged and fixing a penalty Tor
failure. The law allows the amount
of the wages for sixty days as such
penalty.
In the present case Charles Paul
a discharged day laborer on the
Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway company,
brought suit for $2l, a part OF
which was on account of penalty
earned under the law. The rail
road company resisted the suit in
the state courts and in this court
on the ground that the law pro-
vided for taking property without
due process of law and was there
fore repugnant to the constitution.
The supreme court of the state de-
clined to accept this view of the
case and held the law to be valid.
Chief Justice Fuller sustained the
court. He said the state law ap-
piled to all alike and that therefore
the equal protection of the law
was not denied.