The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-06-22
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The fishing and surf bathing at the
islands are both good and very enjoy
able.
Mr.. Henry Siebrecht, formerly Of New
Orleans, q painter by trade, has located
In our midst.
MI. j. H. Schermann, q New Orleans
capitalist, and Mr.. b. Devan and wife,
Of Arlington, Ala, are guests Of the Cot
tage by the Sea.
Mr.. J. c. Kicks, q wholesale shoe upper
manufacturer, of New Orleans, accom-
panied by his wife, Ia sojourning at the
Cottage by the Sea
ChIldren's day concert will be held at
the Union church on Thursday 18th inst,
atlas p. m. A collection will be taken
for the Sunday school work.
Mr.. Paul +. Mitchell, wife and infant
son, Joseph, Of New Orleans, spent sew.
ersl days this week guests of Mr.. James
McFaul and family.
Mr.. H. Lang and family, formerly of
New Orleans, have located here. Mr..
Lang, who is Q cigar maker, has trans
ferred his factory to this place.
Religious services will be held in the
union church tonight friday at 8
o'clock by Rev. b. l.. Mitchell. All are
cordially invited to attend.
The Cottage by the Sea and the several
boarding houses are already gathering
In q number Of guests, who have come to
enjoy the good things and pleasures of
the sea coast.
Among the work that has lately been
done for the identifying Of Pascagoula
may be mentioned the neat little cottage
Of Mr.. w. l. Kline, and also the repairs
made on the property Of Judge 0. Ran
dali.
Mr.. Henry Converse, eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. II. W. Converse, master me-
chanic Of the keystone Lumber Com
pany, ut Wellman, Miss, arrived home
in time for the funeral Of his father and
brother.
Mr.. p. II. Mcclellan, from the Brook
Ign navy yard and designer Of the bat
tleship Oregon, and Mr.. Hugh Moore, Of
Louisville, KY, are guests of Messrs. w.
w. and r. A. Earnsworth, ut their sum.
mer home.
A good old axiom of the Bible which
We have all heard, but do not all take to
heart or trouble ourselves to practice Is,
never let your left hand know what your
right hand does; yet we all admire 1t
when we see some one else fulfill 1t. For
instance, there lives among us q little
lady who does In the simplest way i'm
aginable numbers Of unpretentious
kindly deeds. There are many who
know of her gentle deeds, and who
deeply appreciate them.
sADDEATHs OF HENRY W. CONVERSE AND
SON.
Last Friday morning, about 10 O'Clock,
a deplorable accidental drowning occur
red In Bayou Cassotte, a mile and q half
above where the bayou empties into Pas.
cagoula bay, which resulted in the death
Of Mr.. Henry W. Converse and his sec.
ond son, Sullivan. Mr.. Converse and two
Of his sons, Sullivan, aged y years. and
Wardwell, aged Is years, went fishing.
After spending a couple of hours, elated
with their success, they prepared to re-
turn home, when Ward suggested q
swim. Sullivan followed him into the
water, but when he rose from the dive
from the boat Ward noticed something
was wrong with his brother and, after
asking Sullivan to follow HIM, called to
his father to hasten with the boat, but
before his father could realize the mean
ing Of the call Sullivan sank. Ward
dived and brought Sullivan to the sur.
face and held him above water. Mr..
Converse, becoming excited, dropped the
oars and leaped from the boat. Ward
called to his father to return to the boat,
which he started to do but turned his
head Ia time to see both boys'g go down.
Ward rose to the surface, dragging his
brother with him, just in time to see his
father 20 down. Feeling that Sullivan's
life was already extinct he let 20 his
hold, and the elder brother sank for the
last time. Ward then swan to his father
and succeeded in lifting the llfeless body
into the boat. Thinking his father had
tainted he tried to restore him, but the
spark Of life had fed.
Placing the body of his father in the
bottom Of the boat, he rowed out, marked
the place where his brother went down
with one Of the oars, then tried q hand
kerchief to a fishing pole and thus called
the assistance of some fishermen.
MI. Converse's body was brought home
at noon and Sullivan's, which had been
recovered by means Of . seine, was
placed by the side of that Of his father
at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Converse wns born in Sandusky,
Ohio, November IA, 1888. He came t.
jackson county three years ago for his
health, and moved to Pascagouls las
February. He was . Royal Arch Mason
taking the degree In 1881, which mad.
him n OF the oldest Masons in tn.
United States. He had, however, per
} mitted his membership 10 lapse.
Sullivan Converse was also born II
6andusky, In 1875. He served with dis
tinctson on the ~battleship Oregon, dur
!, ing the Spanish-American war. He wa.
} a:travefing salesman for : Chicago house
and was on s'visit to ~Psscagoula.
The funeral wss held Saturday ct
o'clock, Rev. B. l. Mitchell, OF Mos
Point, conducting the services In q mos
impressive manner, after which tn,
bodies were laid side by side in one gray
In the Protestant cemetery Ut Pasca