The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-05-11
LAGRANGE, GEORGIA.

| All they, tDe molly ones.
Unto whose dwelling place
Now doth my soul draw near!
How they so softly rest,
All In their silent graves"
When we take into consideration
the edifying thoughts, which we per.
force must feel towards our dear de-
parted ones, the verse quoted above
will not seem in.apropns.
The name chill View" has been
given the cemetery which sets high
above the town, and Is one OF the first
objects Of interest as one investigates
its attractions.
The care bestowed upon each grave,
tomb and monument testihes 10 the
love for tile dead which this commu.
nifty lavislles from generation to gen.
eration. And is this not the highest
pinnacle OF idealsm we can reach, to
perpetuate the memory OF our loved
ones sleeping beneath the silence Of
the shimmering stars above?
| LAGRANGE Is located on the Allan
ia & West Point Rail Road, 72 miles
southwest OF Atlanta, and possesses
the advantages OF a southern manu-
featuring seat. The educational IA.
cilities are superior here to many
more pretentious places. The South.
ern Female College, controlled by the
Baptist denomination, and the La.
Grange Female College, under the au-
spices OF the Methodists, are institu-
tions recognized as standards Of excel
lence.
Beautifully and picturesquely situ-
ated, LaGrange lends itself to sublime
landscape effects. Amid hill and vale,
= environed by wheat and cotton fields,
II Is one OF the most artistic spots on
earth. The red crusted hills and fer
tile valleys upon which the town Is
built, was q novel attraction to one
= accustomed always to the fiat surface
Of the seashore and prairie lands.
! The custom OF maintaining the typi.
cal southern home is exemplifled by
D the number Of old hOmesteads which
show forth In all their grandeur Of
past romance and realism, the most
attractive being the Ben. Hill resi-
dence before which stand the massive
: iron gates still bearing the cOat-of-
: arms OF this distinguished and chiv.
arOus family. The Ferrell Gardens,
IA vertablc paradise, where the trun-
dies OF earthwork support the rarest
and choicest shrubbery and plants.
Famed throughout the South for
their beauty, the women Of LaGrange
are truly entitled to carry off tile
palm. Beautiful in face and form,
they combine the other attributes
culture and refinement.
Among the principal industries of
this thrifty town Of 1000 inhabitants
are the Dixie Cotton Mills and In
Grange Oil and Cotton Mill, which
vie with any manufactures Of their
kind in the Uuited States.
A goOdly number OF mercantile
houses represent the prosperity OF the
place. Two flrst-class hotels, the An.
: drews and Williams. are literally pat
5 Ionized the year round.
Situate about half mile from the
centre Of the town is the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. n. Newsom, under whose
hospltable roof the reporter had the
proud distinction of being an h0nored
guest.
| On reaching LAGRANGE Saturday
night, April 28th, after a most pleas.
ant journey in Pullman car, the
> guest Of Col. J. B. Rose and Mr.. VIM.
Zeigler, millionaires of New York
U City, lie was met at the depot by the
charming daughter Of the hostess and
her beautiful cousin, Miss Caroline
. Williams, and ushered into an elegant
carriage drawn by span Of bl00ded
,. black horses and borne swiftly away
, under the glow OF the electric lights
4 to 1.-The Naples"
r. Sunday morning dawned bright aud
" clear. Walking out onto the wioe
n gallery the reporter was charmed with
a the scenery aud surroundings, which
4 displayed so much beauty Of nature
n and art. The care Of plants Is indeed
q a delightful pastime, and the flower.
decked yard beneath his feet was
proof positive that an artists mind
had directed the laborer.
The interior Of this c0zy home fur.
, Lhered the proof that an artist dwelt
/ here. The walls were hung with paint
s ings, etchinRs and crayons, executed
by Miss Leila Ridley Williams, whose
artistic touch has bcautitled the home
Of her honored and loving parents,
and reflects great credit Gu the charm-
Ing young woman whose skip betokcns
e q bright future II she but J6ntinucs u
J faithful adherent TO the noble arto
Time passes all too quickly whel
ones surroundings are just degre
e below what his conception OF Heavel
'. must be, but necessity knows q
70 law" and the inexorahle grind Of bu,
.. iness forces Us back 10 earth IN
Y. wnrk.
NJ Memory, the sweetest, though sDm
"a times the saddest, attribute OF VI
~ mind, will hold ever fresh aud dol