The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1901-08-02

sometimes.
There are quite q number of home
stead entries constantly being made IL
this county.
Vessels of the rigs of barks, three ant
four masted schooners load at the saw
mill wharves.
The colored Methodist camp meeting
is in progress at the Fast Side CAM
grounds, having opened last week.
Mr.. Wiley G. Bullock, Of Fort Bayou
neighborhood was . welcome caller a
the DEMocRAr-SrAR Office Saturday.
Chas. Clark Il Co., contractors, are still
dredging the bay channel. The depth
of water is between l6 and IS feet.
Regular meeting of the Board Of Sup
ervisors next Monday. This is . very
important meeting for the taxpayers Of
Jackson County.
MI. b. D. Valverde is confined to his
home with fever.
Father Charles, of Cullman, Ala. is
visiting our city in the interest Of the
Cullman college for boys. He is the
guest of Father Ten Brink.
A tribe Of Comanche Indians passed
through our city one night this week.
Mrs. P. e. Blumer, Of Moss Point, &C.
companied by her charming sister, Mics
Vivian Cook, of Ellisville were guests
| Wednesday of Mrs. A. g. Delmas.
Capt. F. McEwean, Of the steamship
Oriole, was a guest of Mr.. Edmond
Mitchell on Wednesday.
Services will be held in the Episcopal
church every second Sunday at II q. m.
and fourth Sundays at 7 80 p. m.
REV. IRENAEUs TROUT, Pastor.
Deputy Sheriff J. A. Canada from Beat
No. 2 was o welcome caller at the Demo-
oRAr-STAR Office Monday. He left two
shiny dollars for the "Old Reliable"
which made the editor smile and smile.
The shipping interests will revive as
usual after the first Of September.
The delapidated plank sidewalks
should be repaired. They are a menace
to pedestrians.
Boys take p. KS. advice, learn o trade
or 60 to farming.
The tonsorial parlors Of A. A. Farragut
and N. Sheffield will close at 7. p. m. ex-
cept on Saturdays, on which days they
will remain open until midnight. This
rule will operate until September l.
One Of the most delightful affairs Of
the week was a surprise party given at
the charming new home of MI. and Mrs.
Chas. A Farnsworth on Orange street
Wednesday evening. Dancing and music
intersperced with delicious refreshments
was enjoyed until the small hours of the
morning at Odd Fellows Opera House
where the guests were taken by the
gracious hostess.
Sheriff r. G. Allen, Of Grove Hill,
Clark county, Ala, accompanied by his
brother, Deputy j. E. Allen arrived here
Wednesday for two. negro prisoners,
John Collier wanted for assault with in
tent to kill and Steve Cheney forgery
and false %pretence. He left with his
prisoners on the 10 :52 L. Il N. train the
same morning.
The new tow boat hull built by Christ
ianson & Thompson for the L. N. DANTE
Ter Lumber Co. was successfully launch
ed at Krebs lake Thursday at noon. The
tug was named for the wife Of Mr.. L. N.
Dantzler, Dr., "Bessie H.. Dantzler."
Under the auspices Of the Pascagoula
Commercial Club valuable statistics Of
the enormous lumber export trade of the
Port of P%ascagoula have been compiled
by Messrs. I. p. Delmas, w. r. Moseley
and F. H. Lewis and will be printed for
general distribution and information.
The outlook for q greater trade with
Cuba and Mexico is very encouraging.
The DEMoCRAT.SrAR Office received q
pleasant visit Tuesday from Mrs. Maude
Wood Henry, representing the North
and South, a northern monthly journal
devoted to the commercial interests of a
united country, published at Toledo,
Ohio, now become o semi-oficial organ
Of the Louisville Il Nashville railroad.
Mrs. Henry was here collecting data for
o write-up Of the coast and especially
this immediate locality. Our section
has been written up 80 often that our
people don't seem to take to the offer
made by Mrs. Henry. We look upon it
as a foolish expenditure of money.
There is a stretch Of thirty-fve miles
of excellent farming lands between here
and Mobile which ought to be more
thickly settled in truck farms. The
climate is healthy and the land produce
tive.
Presiding Elder w. w. Simmons held
divine services in the Methodist church
Sunday at II o'clock a. m. and 8 p. m.
assisted by pastor Rev. James G. Gal
loway. Pretty fair congregations for
the hot weather. Two accessions to the
church.
On Saturday, Corporal H. o. King,
United States Army, who had opened a
temporary Office at the Lindinger Hotel
for recruits left in company with Lieut..
G. G. Todd for Biloxi. He was unable to
enlist a single nan here. They will en-
deavor to obtain recruits at the other
different places on our coast
MARINE.
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