The progress., 1904-12-24
LOCAL NEWS.

And New Years.
i Pleasant weather.
The HOLIDAYS are here.
Sunday and Chrislmns
1sn'rthjs lovely "father
| A Merry Christ mas 10 all.
| Give US your Job Printing.
! Firemcn ball-Wedncsdav.
! Wait and see % sunday.
What are you going 10 drink.
Will you bave an "egg-nog:"
Fish are biting lively these days.
Eggs are selling at 3 cent u piece.
Subscribe--only Sl.25 per annum.
Old newspaper for sale al this o flee.
Winter has set in or good, SO IL seems.
Read all the adyrr iisements in this
issue.
Christmas comes but once n year,
SO enjoy it.
D. Watts tests eyes and its glasses ut
the ynh'e House.
Keep posted on local matters " read
ing THE PRooRRss.
Every store In town are proiuseay
decorated this week.
Fox Sales.--future bale hay. Stuart
Pecan Co. Phone %.
"HAPPY HOLLIGAN" At Dukate
theatre Saturday night.
Keep the titemen ball 10 mind--which
will occur next Wednesday.
FREE TUITION TO ALL in Harris
! Business College, Jackson. Miss.
BRING In five new subscribers and get
the pxbsr sent free to you for one year.
(, Read the advertise semsa,s aud savv
money doing your Christmas shopping.
| Japanese Crockerv Ware and Japanese
Fancy Work Baskets at I. p. Dulion
4 Co.
| d. Watts. Matchmaker ard .Dewsler,
at the Vxhle House First GLASS work
guaranteed.
There are men who nnroy say u good
word for their wives until they do il on
u tombstone.
Quile good many from This place
have attended the Street Carnival ~
Biloxi his werx.
4. p. Dul,on n Co. has Ladies' and
Gents Kid Gloves IN Back and populpr
shades from sl.OO 10 LIS.
FOR RENT-Furnlshrd Rooms To-
Rent At French Hotel on the Beach ut
Three dollars per month.
Wicker Rocker, Velvet Rugs, Silk
Lam brequins. Linen Hand Drawn Work.
4. P. bullion & Co.. Biloxi.
Christmas Cards also Christmas Pos,
tai Oards IN great variety ,rom to Is
cents At T. P. Dulion g. Co.., aIloxi.
Rev. y. Swllzer has been appointed
10 pre- eaeh once q month ut Fountain.
bleau. West Pascagorla. Barcley and
Shilo.
Ladies Embroidered HandkeYchiefs,
Beautiful assortment Linen and Swiss.
from 10 to rs cpgts each, !. p. DnliOn
& Co.. Biloxi.
Life insurance companies claim thai
total abslainrrs" live longer than
moderate drinkers. That isn't
strange. A sIow life Ought to last
lauger bhan fast one.
We printed some very handsome in.
vitations this week for the tiremen bal
next Wednesday. II would be well for
all who are SO fortunate Ms 10 be invited
to keep their invjlatlOa for y souyenir,
The residence Of z. +. Griffin, at
Pascagoula, was destroyed by lire with
IT'S conlenps, Tuesday evening. together
with several buildings ia the neighbor
hond. DE-. Griffin apd family were
absent from the city.
The sch ooncr ANNE Redding. owned
by Chas. Bedding, of Biloxi, sunk Mon.
day night III the south OF Cat Island In
twelve feet OF water heavily loaded
with py sicrs. The captain. Peter Parker.
aud crew of four mep weEe iurlunete:y.
all saved.
II has leak ed out from adm illustration
circles that President Roosevelt will
not re-appoint any Of ,hH negroes xps
poiuied by the late President Mckinley |
10 any Federal offices, but will let them |
out. The President wants . white
party Ia the South aud rs n consequence
only white men will fll Federal Offices.
The following contains more ruth
than poetry: ''Some go iq werp, while
Others go 10 sleeps sams 60 Ia tell their
woes. Others ~ H. show their clio, hes;
some 60 to hear the preacher; others
like the sol0 scrrecher; bows go 10 re.
conu.it~r; girls go because they "rter;
srmr eo fur reflection, precious few go
lo help the collection.
The new Board Of Mayor aud Alder
men will take the r~ius of the citv gov.
erument neat January with sincreascd
salaries. the increase having been made
u the last meeting. The mayor and
nsrshal will each get Sl2a pnr month
nd the policemen s60 instead Of $50.
All the perquisites will be cut out. how
.ver. such money going into the city
reasury.-9ulfport News.
After carefully thinking the matter
,yer we have decided that IL is aur duty
o publish the following selection for
he benefit Of our male subscribers. I
avs an exchange, but rs il should not
" read by ladies we insert II wrong
ide up so that there can be no pos
ibihty OF giving ofiense:
prsu Isu 10 puRls q, pvq aus II