The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-05-25
AN ECHO FROM THE NEGRO
EXCURSION.

For what shall it profit a man II he gam the
whole world aud lose his own son'f'
The rebuke given by the DEMORRAT-
STAR in its last issue to the negro
dance hall scheme was highly appre-
by all %law-abiding citizens.
The time is always ripe to put a stop
to lawlessness and punish law break.
ers according to their crimes. 1t is
rather a farce to cut off the tail OF a
serpent which stlngs, rather than
crush It's head. 1t was also rather d
farce to arrest the negroes when the
whole local world knew the CAUSE
had been sold over the counter at
from five to fifteen cents a glass.
THE writer is not condemning the
act Of arrcsting the drunken mob: the
argument is IAN ounce Of prevention
is worth a pound OF cure.")
Had the excursionists been indians
or members of our own race, and had
they filed up on the adulterated stun
which is sold in the bar-rOoms, the
consequences would, no doubt, have
been equally disgraceful. The saloon 3
keepers plea is, that they have to pay.
such an ~exOrbitant license that they
must resort to all kinds Of means to
meet expenses. This is the Excuse for
dance halls, for allowing the most de-
graded OF womankind to stand at the
bar and drink until she sinks to the
floor in utter oblivion and Is dragged
like a dog int0 a back room to sleep
off her debauch.
On, sons Of mothers. Oh, fathers
of children: Do you dream when you
| sign your name to the petition for a
license for opening Il blr-ro0m what
it means to these growing sons? Can
you think il ~eleyati1g to the mind OF
your boy, whose curiosity carries him
. at first into these licensed places To
witness such horrible scenes as take
place nightly, between eleven and one
o'clock in the rear? Do you think 1t
tends to raise the respect for his moth
er's sex tn see these evil women coaxed
and pampered by the bar tender until
their last penny is gone, and the last
man has been found who will treat
them? Have you ever stopped TO
think. when you sign your name to IL
cense a saloon, you a respectable, law
abiding citizen, that your name,
which should be an honor to your
family and your community, goes be;
fore the world as %sanctioning these
hellish resorts?
The Pascaguula Commercial Club
, advertises inducements which are
, many and substantial. Our worthy ed
itors give valuable space each week to
tell to the world the beauty pl our eli
mate, soil, amusements andVUusincss
chances. The prospects for a splen-
, future for this Port was never bright
er. And must all this brightness be
y obscured under this cloud OF disgrace?
Other towns prosper without this
saloon clement, and the license mon
ey paid by our saloon keepers Is divid-
! ed to pay for improvements IN our Sis
ter temperance owns. We get only a
small share of the money paid into
/ the State fund from this source, and
! we are compelled to endure all the
c%ensure and all the disgrace, besides
: having our young men develop under
the most pernicious influence extaht.
] "What is done cannot now be
!. amended" unless on sober second
thought our business men withdraw
!. their names from petitions for saloon
licenses and thereby show to the
world by this stroke of manliness ant
good example that from nov on int
all the bright future they will sane
+ tion and uphold only that which tends
q to purify the atmosphere OF their sur
9 roundings.
!. A WELLwI,HER OF GREATER ScRAN
TON.
Moss Point, Miss, May %, 1900.
The strike is about ended, as the L
N. Dantzler Lumber Co.'s big mill re
/ sumed operations Thursday morning
Denny & Co.'S planer and the Mos
l Point Lumber Co.'S mill are running
= and the mill hands are returning t.
: their respective jobs at the differen'
a mills. On Monday the Lake mill
r will resume with the regular hands
, 1t is very gratifying to us to chronicl'
the good news of a resumption OF GU
) chief industry, the manufacture O
!, yellow pine lumber.
: Miss Fran Crawford, one OF tn
most beautiful, popular and accom-
II plished young women Of Memphis, !
visiting her uncle, Mr.. q. S. Meri
weather. She will soon return to be-
home, by way OF Oxford, where sht
!. will visit during commencement week
Quite a number OF our young peopl.
are driving up every day to see thu
log jam. Since the water went dowr
the jam can be seen more easily. TIL,
!, jam IS being rapidly broken, and 0ul
mill men think it will be cleared en-
tirely away In Two weeks.