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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
Contract Notice.

Notice is hereby given that contract
for the filling OF 40 feet OF Pine street,
or road No. i43, just north of Scranton,
and the building Of culvert thereon,
according to plans and specifications
on Ale, will be let to the lowest bidder at
public outcry, at the front door OF the
courthouse, In the town OF Scranton
Mississippi, on the
First Monday, the 4M day Of Aprii, 1901,
at ~ Ar.
Bond in double the amount OF the con.
tract. will be required, and the Board
reserves the right TO reject any and oil
bids
BY order Of the Board.
March 9, 1901. ~
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

Headache often results from n dis.
ordered c0ndltiOn Of the stomach and
constipation Of the b,wcls. A dose or
two Ut ChaniberlAin's St0mach and
Liver Tablets will correct these dis
orders and cure the headache. Sold
BY Mcvea Young, Scranton and J.W.
Stewart. Moss Point, tho druggists'
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
CHANCELLOR oEAvouRs

Will Hear the Hsbeas Corpus Case
Saturday.
Messrs. Denny 4 Woods, attorneys for
Rolls, Ashcraft and Seymour, informs
us that Hon. Stone Deavours will be
here Saturday to hear the habeas corpus
proceedings Of the alleged lynchers Of
John Knox.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
An Honest Medicine for La Grippe.

George w. Waitt, Uf. South GARNER,
Me-, says: II have had the worst
cough, cold, chills and gEjp and have
taken lots OF trash of no account but
profit to the vendor. .Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. l have
used one bottle Of it and the chills.
cold and grip have all left'me. l con.
gratulate the manufacturers OF an
honest medicine" For sale by McVea
Young. Scranton and j. w. Stewart,
Moss Point, druggists.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
MOSS PoIMT-DEpARTMENT.
CHURCHES.

METHoDlsr-Rev. W. II. Festherstun. pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning and night; pray
er meeting every Wednesday evening. Sunday.
school every Sunday at $50 a. m.
BAPTIsT-Eld. B. l.. Mitchell, pastor. Preach.
ing every Sunday, morning and night; prayer
meeting every Thursday night. Sunday school
every Sunday at $3.50 q. m.
CATHoLIc-Sunday. school every Sunday at $50
a. IN. Mass every second Sunday at 1880 q. m.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
FARM
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

About 70 acres, 10 or Is acres under
fence and in cultivation, situated near
the village Of Escatawpa, Jackson coun-
ty, Miss. There is q comfortable dwell
ing house, with nine rooms, on the place,
with all necessary outbuildings, stables,
etc. Will sell or exchange for other
property.
Price reasonable and terms easy.
Apply early to 70.
DEMOCRAT.STAR OFFICE,
Scranton, Miss.
March /, 1901. sat
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
Rss{as1Ss kssbs Hsts On For Sale!

offer my residence fronting on Krebs
Lake, one small house with two rooms
and kitchen with large yard, good stables
and buggy shed, stock and furniture will
be sold with the place or without It. On
the lot 10 fine fruit trees, bearing pecan
trees, scuppernong grape vines, fine
flower yard, good garden, excellent pas
ture and . never-failing spring Of flnc
water. Apply early or you will miss .
great bargain. Apply to
Mrs. J. N. LARSON,
Scranton, Miss.
March Is, 1901. 6-tf
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Local Notices inserted under this head are
charged for At the rate Of ten cents per
line fer each insertion.
Try Blackwell & Chase for groceries

Try Black well & Chase for groceries.
A full line OF spring millinery at
Mrs. W. S. Cooley's.
HERE UNTIL APRIL 5th.
Your last chance. Don't delay to
get ane Photo of yourself or family
before Howe leaves town.
For SALE CHEAP-One gentle horse,
top buggy and harness.
MRS. X. E. ALLEN.
The De Jean 4 Mitchell Co. have
everything up.to-date 10 spring cloth.
ing at remarkable LOW PRICES.
Come and investigate. Polite clerks.
Fresh groceries, free delivery, Black
well s. Chase's.
Call on Charley J. Jacobson at his
new bicycle shop on Ker street.
Wheels TO rent. Repairing specially.
Tinware at Blackwell & Chasc's.
Fine ripe Bananas at 10 cents a
dozen at Joe Buttone's. 3m
w. Altman keeps the best fresh
meats. Ring phone ~.
WANTED
A boy not under 16 years old, apt and
willing to learn the Timers Trade.
Apply to j. +. Wolfe, Scranton, Miss.
Telephone No. 2O3 for groceries
Blackwell s. Chase.
For elegant spring millinery, dress
goods, laces, shirt waists, ready-to'
wear underwear, etc. Call at q. Mel
sons dry goods emporium.
l invite the ladies Of Scranton, Moss
Point and vicinity to call on Tuesday
and Wednesday OF next week and In
spect my line Of ladies' and children''
trimmed hats. My patterns are Q
leader on prices, to see them you will
be convinced after inspecting my
goods. Ladies will be transported tc
their homes by Blackwells livery mer
free Of charge.
MRS. E. B. BLACKWELL.
FOR RENT.
Three front rooms, southern expos
ure, up stairs, furnished or unfurn
ished. Suitable for single or married
persons. Apply Mrs. E. B. Blackwell
new store DeImas avenue, near Pasca
goula street.
CATHOLIC FAIR AT ODD FEL
LOWS HALL.
The Ladies will give Fair for thu
benefit OF the Catholic church at Odt
Fellows Hall, on the evenings OF
APRIL 8. 10 AND II.
They will have different and In
teresting program every evening. Th
Fair will also be open on WEDNESDAY
afternoon for children. March 8.5t
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

HERE UNTIL APRIL 5th.
Your last chance. Don't delay to
get a ane Photo Of yourself or family
before Howe leaves town.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

A full line OF spring millinery at
Mrs. W. S. CoOley's.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

Subscribe fcr the DzxcRAT.srAl..
Itsives the news Of the stats ana
county.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
Three front rooms, southern expos.
ure, up stairs, furnished or unfurn.
ished. Suitable for single or married
persons. Apply Mrs. E. B. Blackwell,
new store DeImas avenue, near Pasca.
goula street.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

For SALE CHEAP-One gentle horse,
Top buggy and harness.
MRS. X. E. ALLEN.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
WANTED

A boy not under 16 years old, apt and
willing to learn the Timers Trade.
Apply to j. f. Wolfe, Scranton, Miss.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

Telephone No. 203 for groceries
Blackwell s. Chase.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

For elegant spring millinery. dress
goods, laces, shirt waists, ready.to'
wear underwear, etc. Call at 9. Mel
sons dry goods emporium.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

Call on Charley J. Jacobson at his
new bicycle shop on Ker street.
Wheels TO rent. Repairing a specially.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22

The De Jean l. Mitchell Co. have
everything up. p.to-date 10 spring cloth
ing at remarkable LOW PRICES.
Come and investigate. Polite clerks.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-03-22
Tinware at Blackwell & Chasc's.

J. W. Altman keeps the best fresh
meats. Ring phone ~.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03

Despite the %reassuring statements
sent out from Washington as to the i'm
proved health of Mrs. Mckinley,
there is a fixed impression in the pub
lie mind that the wife of the President
is in a very serious condition, and that
she has all along been much worse
than the official bulletins admitted.
Practically an invalid for years, she
should never have ventured upon the
California trip, with it's attendant ex-
elements and fatigues, and it has been
said upon seemingly good authority
that the President reluctantly assented
to her journey after she had repeatedly
expressed her desire to accompany the
party. In her generally enfeebled con-
dition the strain upon the physical and
nervous systems was too great, and the
natural result was an illness the grav-
ity of which was better attested by the
abandonment of the programme than
by the declarations of her physicians.
In Washington there is a distinct i'm
preston, amounting practically to a
conviction, that Mrs. McKinley's health
is such as to cause the gravest concern,
and the country at large is rapidly
coming to the same conclusion. The
President has and will have the univer-
sal sympathy of the people, and their
unrestricted trust and hope that there
may be a speedy and permanent i'm
provement in what now appears to be
a very ~unfavorable, if not alarming,
situation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
A MATTER FOR CONCERN.

The public at large, and particularly
the colored element, will be interested
in the report sent out from Georgia, the
greatest watermelon producing State in
the Union, that the crop will be far be-
low the average this year, and that the
production will probably continue to
be comparatively light for years to
come. This is explained by the state
ment hat the raising of vast quantities
of melons through a long series of
years has exhausted the soil, that new
land must be planted, and that the
available melon area must necessarily
become more and more restricted. Ro-
tation of crops is one of the remedies
to be applied for land exhaustion; but
that will not help the melon situation.
If Georgia is to fall behind seriously in
her supply Of early melons something
will have to be done about it, and we
suggest that the farmers of regions a
little farther north take up the matter
and see what car be done toward help
ing to meet an ever increasing demand
for one of Natures best gifts to man.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
THE COURT.

The latest decisions of the Supreme
Court are based IN so narrow a majority
that it is plain hat a single change in the
membership of that body such as may
happen at any time, might bring about q
reversal of the most important rulings
Wheeling Register.
This may look like a good point to the
Register, but it is not SO in fact. Courts
are not very much in the habit of over
ruling themselves, even when they change
membership. A precedent established b.
a divided court. is just as good as one by
a unanimous court. A thing may not be
held to be law until a court speaks, but
when determined. that settles it.-Parkers-
burg State Journal.
"A precedent established by a di-
vided Court is undoubtedly as good as
lone by an unanimous Court'-as long
as it lasts, but we venture the asser-
ton with MI of two new members in
the highest tribunal of the land the
recent ruling by the narrow majority
Of n will be upset upon the first OPP
portunity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
REMARKABLE NEW
COMET SEEN AT SEA.
Its Tail, Like the Sickle Blade, is
Full Two Fathoms Long.


NEW YORK, June Capt. Brink
man and Chief Mate Anderson, of the
Nova Scotian steamer Florida, which
arrived here. from the San Bias coast
yesterday, tell of a comet with a long,
slender tail, which is sailing through
the west-s0uthwest sky.
1t was shortly before Z p. m. of May
Sth that the comet was first seen. The
Florida was then in latitude 10 degrees
40 minutes north. and longitude 70 de-
grees 80 minutes vest.
Capt. Brinkmann was the first to no.
tice the comet. He saw it in the west
southwest, five or six degrees above the
horizon. Its tail curved upward and
then toward the horizon, the shape not
unlike that of the blade of a sickle.
Chief Mate Anderson said the tail
was fully two fathoms long, and rays of
lights scintillated from it. The head
of the comet was not large. 1t sesem-
bled a first water. diamond, the mate
said, but sparkled a thousand times
more.
I'VE saw it for thirty-fve minutes"
said Capt. Brinkmann. ut was a little
above the belt, or girdle, stars of Orion,
but it kept dipping more and more to-
ward the hosizon until it disappeared,
just before s O'Clock.
I'VE saw it again for a few minutes
On the 18th, still in the constellation Of
Orion, but not so bright as on the Sth.
Orion, as you know, is in the form of a
giant with a sword. Now the comet
was half way between the girdle stars
of Orion and Retelguenze, which is in
the right shoulder. The comet on the
18th was apparently moving toward
the head of Orion.
Our next sight of It, on May 14th,
showed the comet at 7:30 p. M, more
dim and nearer to Bellatrix, a white
star in the left shoulder of the constel-
lation of Orion"
Some of the crew insist they saw the
comet again on the 18th nearer the
white star (Bellatrix) OIL Orion than
the night before, but much more dim to
the naked eye.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
Revolution Crushed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 2.-It is
reported here that the revolution in
Santo Domingo has been completely
crushed at its inception. A number
of the prominent rebels have been
caught or imprisoned. Among the lat
ter is a son of the late President
Hereaux, who is said to have been the
leader of the movement.
The royal mail steamer La Plata re-
ports that there is little cargo offering
from Columbian ports in consequence
of heavy export duties recently i'm
posed by the Columbian government in
order to redeem its issue Of paper
money and to meet expenses incident ia
tho revnluticn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
Il ALL OTHERS.

The announcement of a settlement be-
tween the great railroad interests re-
presented, respectively, by J.. P. Morgan
G. Co., James Hill, E. H. Hartman and
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the two first named
having been arrayed against the others,
IS coupled with the statement that the
new combine is really the greatest
e.est OF them all. representing six
billion dollars, and that these allied
interests will absolutely control the
trans-continental business Of the coun-
try. Whether the Morgan or the Har-
riman interests really controlled North
ern Pacific has been Z much disputed
p0int. and It u not cleared up b. the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
Postal Matters.
Special to the Register.

special TO the Register.
WASHINGTON. June New postof-
hces have been established in West Nir-
ginia at Foster Chapel, jackson county,
John Doniey, postmaster. Saitwell. Har-
rison county, Isaac N. Linville, postmas-
ter, and Teddy. Clay county, Ezekiel Hol-
comb, postmaster. The postofdce at Hol-
hday, Greenbrier county will be discon.
tinued June Il. Mail should be sent Ia
Meadowbluff.
Fourth-ciass postmasters appointed,
George w. Sims. Arnold. Lewis county,
vice Porter Arnold, removed; j. w. Nc
Dermitt. Deer Lick. Mason county vice
Balser Lub, resigned; j.. W. Mcfarland,
Echo, Wayne county vice Zachariah
Rigg, resigned; c. J. Lilly, Flat Top. Mer.
Ger count, vice T. II. Lilly. resigned; c. T.
Rayburn, Heights. Mason county. vice L
A. MeMillin, resigned NJ. c. Hunt, Matte
Roane county, vice I. +. Jones, resigned;
w. r. Helfenbine, Roney's Point, Ohio
county. vice Geo. Epple, resigned; c. A.
Galloway, Arvilla, Peasants county, vice
S. NJ. Williamson, resigned; Adam Ham
mer. Munday. Writ county. vice T.. l..
Wolverton. resigned. David Ruckman
Meadowville. Barbour county, vice j. l..
Johnson, removed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
An Intcrcsttng Rumor.

CLEVELAND, o., June 2.-Tht
Leader to-day says:
AN interesting rumor is current IL
conditions on the Lake Shore and Bal.
timore & Ohio railroads.
Conditions on the Baltimore G. Ohio
are said to be uneongenial to Oscar
G. Murray, first vice president in Chi
cago of traffic of that road. The Lake
Shore presidency demands at this time
a traffic manager, and Mr.. Murray II
one of the best in the country. The
rumor is current in Cleveland that
MFR. Murray may become Mr.. Newman's
SUCCESSOR.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03

A notable case is that Of D. V. RE
ger, formerly president of the Missouri
National Bank, of Kansas City, who
left New York, alone, last Friday
for Jefferson City, the Missouri CAPT.
tai, where he will don a striped suit
to-day and enter the penitentiary rs a
convict, to begin the serving of a six
years sentence. He was convicted
OF completely in frauds amount
ing to a million and a half, dating back
five years ago. For over two years
Rieger has been living quietly in New
York.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
Senator Lodge.

Senator Lodges var whoop speech at
the opening of the Pan-American Elk
position is giving a great deal of pain
to many people in the east. The expo
sition is intended to be a festival of
peace and commerce., but Senator Lodge
took occasion to ena all of the great
powers. AS Mr.. Lodge is practically
chairman of the Senate committee on
foreign relations, his truculent attitude
becomes a matter of Importance and
possibly of danger. Commenting on the
Senator's unhappy public utterances,
the New York Evening Post says:
Senator Lodge is a dangerous man
simply because he has made himself
the spokesman of those people in this
country who, with Hamlet, consider
their thoughts nothing worth unless
they are bloody. He broods upon war.
He cannot address the most peaceful
gathering, like the Home Market Club,
without calling to arms. For mere
commerce, for industrial triumphs, he
cares not a straw. The only serious
national occupation he evidently re-
CARDS is war. This leading and ambi-
tious Republican Senator, this misrep-
resentative of educated and industrial
Massachusetts,, this stirrer up of inter-
national hatred and strife, is evidently
a man that President Mckinley will
have to keep his eye on"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
The Color Prejudice.

New YORK Tribune.
Taylor, the black bicycle rider, has
redeemed his reputation by defeating
the wheel champion of France, and our
Gallo friends are browning his Sene-
gambian brow with g%arlands. In Eng
land and on the continent a dusky skin
is no bar to popularity or preferment-
The prejudice against color is stronger
in the United States than anywhere
else. 1t is to be hoped it will wear
away in time. No matter what the
complexion may be. "a mans a man
for all that" to Anglacize the Scottish
poets words and give them an applica-
ton of which he was not thinking.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
MouNDsvILLE.

Mr.. orry4 A. Jenkins, Alderman Hotel
MoundsviHe. w. Va, says: Il can rec
ommend highly DR.. A w. Chase's Nerve
Pills TO those whose nerves are weak or
shattered. / used to suffer from nervous
attacks of a severe type, and tried IN
many ways to cure them. / heard Of and
got a box of the Nerve Pills at Rogerss
drug store, on Seventh street, and they
are fine. I am gaining In strength gem
orally fast-tbe nerves are steady n
/ have not had an attack since | began
to use the medicine. / feel certain nov
that shall be cured. as SO great and good
a change has been made already. / can't
speak too positively or highly OF Dr.. A.
w. Chase's Nerve Pills
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03

in certain quarters in Europe to sug-
gest mediation to England in the pend
ing war has some elements of probable
ity. The offer, if made, will doubtless
receive the distinguished consideration
Of a nation spending s 5000, 900 per
week in an apparently hopeless strug-
gle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03

al understsndins has BEEN reached w.
tween Northern Pacific and Union Pacific
interests. under which the ~compositfon OF
b Northern Pacific board will be left In
the hands OF ]. Pierpont Morgan, certain
names already having been suggested. not
now to be made public. which will espec-
tally be recognized as representative Of
the common interests.
1T IS asserted that complete and perma-
nent harmony will result under the plan
adopted between all interests involved"
This admits of all sorts of interpre-
tations, but it is scarcely worth either
analysis or comment. The fact the
public will be interested in is, a gigan-
tic railroad combination has been
formed, and an ugly and costly and dis
quieting feud brought to an end. 1t is
another and a long step in the direction
of the concentration of business inter
ests, and will set people to wondering
what Is to come next.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-03
COUNCIL AND THE POLICE.

The I~ntelligencer, with characteristic
disregard for the truth and with an
habitual contempt for facts, puts the
blame for the discomfort of the police
for non-payment of salaries by the city,
upon the combination of Democrats
and anti-ring Republicans. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. The
Democratic position at the last session
of Council relative to the June appro-
priation ordinance, was entirely correct,
and it should have been passed by the
First Branch, as it was by the Second.
The blame for the resulting trouble
rests entirely with the minority repre-
sentation of the late city ring, and
there will be no serious division OF pub
lie sentiment upon this proposition.
In defeating the monthly ordinance in
the First Branch the Republican ma
iority of that body we'll knew that not
only the police, but other city employees
and officials as well, would be deprived
Of their salaries, earned and due, and
would be greatly inconvenience. But
this did not deter the aforesaid major
ity from carrying out a dog-in-the-
manager programme, and naturally this
course had the approval and support
of the Intelligencer, the organ of the
old ring. But a vast majority OF our
citizens will neither approve of the
course of the majority in the First
Branch nor commend the endorsement
of the Old Woman of Fourteenth
street The time has fully come when
the representatives of the people in
Council should attend to the peoples
business, and personal or political mo-
tives leading up to delay in the conduct
of the public business will neither be
tolerated o justified.
The fact is, the city of Wheeling was
under the ban of a close political
corporation for five or six years, and
the bosses in power for that period cast
all regard for the public interests to
the winds. At the last municipal cleo
ton there was a protest against a con-
~tinuance of that policy, and the result
was the defeat of the Republicans in a
community where their apparent major
ity was at least one thousand on ma
tional issues. 1t was a evolt of the
people against an undesirable state Of
affairs, and the verdict was unmistak-
able. And yet the political survivors
of the old order of things refused and
still refuse to accept the verdict of the
polls, and persist, with what power
they can command, in thwarting the
will of the voters to whom they owed
their temporary power and who subse-
quently and emphatically set the seal Of
disapproval, upon the conduct of SER
wants honored by election and trusted
with public affairs. And the highest
Court in the county of Ohio. presided
over by a Republican Judge. has in all
things sided with the people, and there
by earned great regard and increased
respect. 1t is high time that the OBJ
structionists at the City Hall retired
into the hole they themselves dug, and
closed the oriice Theoretically aud per-
nanently. The public would rejoice at
this timely voluntary interment, and
would be willing to go to some small
expense to strew flowers upon political
graves.