The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-11
From Carriere.
To The Poplarv1lle Free Press
Poplarville Miss


est1y desire to form an acquaint-
ance and an Intimate friendship
between my friends Of Carriere
Miss and the Poplarville free
press. and to do this I will give
as near as possible the good Moral
as well as Christian Liyes, that
my Carriere friends are now en-
ioying. AS the best of anything.
is Generally Related and the
worst abandoned. will take for
my Subject the best of our broth
er Mormons at Carriere. AS the
pastor is the head of the church
So Shall he be head Of the friend
ship and acquaintance that | wish
to make, So l will begin at once
by Relating that our Elder and
brother r. L. Phillips is one of
the main Pillows of our church.
While we have many other good
Brothers that are daily going
about seeking to do good. there
is none So Successful as the
Rev. r. L. Phillips. the Wonder
Worker. to Give the free press A
clearer Idea of Good Reverent S
faithfulness l will try to Relate A
few of his good deeds and the
Path of Life in which he now
walks. he is Indeed A very clever
and Polite Elder he uses but Lit
tie Intoxicating Liquors Seldom
ever Swears or uses bad language
Of any Kind he visits the church
house as often as he visits the
neighbours chicken Roosts Wears
his own cloths and bothers no
one. he is A we'll beloved citizen
and Elder of the carrere Mormon
CHURCH and has many followers,
among whom is Brother Lootis-
coot Ezell. A Prominent Mem
Der and brother whom when con-
verified was visiting the Large
churches of New Orleans which
WAS then Located on custom
House Street. he was converted
there and after Returning home
he Saw the need of A Savior at
once. he IS A very good mem Der
A good worker and we hope will
soon be A Preacher we have good
Examples Laid out ahead OF us
by our Pastor. the only thing he
Ever did wrong was when be
didn't do right and that was this
morning when he took his gun
and Left the church to take a
hunt he killed twelve Squirrels,
and I Suppose will Eat Squirrels
tonight to- make good the chicken
he Lost at Dinner by being abb
sent. Sol have said about all in
his favor that could possibly be
said So l willLeave him with you.
and Say Something concerning
our many Carriere friends Who
do not yet belong to our mutual
band among those friends are
Prof John. p. Blackwell an. odd
Looking Slab Sided fellow but A,
Strait forward Gentleman. that
is about all l can Say about Prof
and | don t know as any one Else
can say that for him. although he
is well known in every nook and
corner. and l guess would stand
an acid test. among our friends
scattered abroad we will mention
this Little Thomas Ezel1 better
known as block. he is A very nice
Little man very industrious and
very Smart. he Seldom carries
corn in his Pockets as Geese are
very Scarce IN this city. IGuess
1 have Said enough about my
friends and brothers. that will be
of any benefit to them. So l will
give a few facts concerning my
self and drop the Subject until a
more convenient time. | can not
Say that l have ever been A very
Rude fellow, neither have | ever
been a very good fellow l have
wondered away from my duty
and gone into the mountains been
hunted for as the Lost Sheep and
the tenth Piece of Silver. but |
was found and brought back to,
the fold which l have spoken of
and all of my friends are now Re-
ioicing over my Return. and l
hope we can enjoy Life better to-
gether in the future than we have
in the Past, and Remain as ever
the Preacher and his followers
the Prof and his followers and
the Prodigal Son.
"THAT'S WHo?'