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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.

There are times when everything
seems to go wrong. From z O'Clock a.
m till 10 p. m. are in twist. You rise
in the morning, and the room is cold
and a button is off, and the beefsteak IS
tough, and the stove smokes, and the
pipes burst, and you start down the
street nettled from head to foot. Ali
day long things are adverse. 1nsinua-
tions, petty losses, meanness on the part
OF customers. The ink bottle upsets
and spoils the carpet. Some one gives
a wrong turn to the damper, and the
gas escapes. An agent comes in deter
mined to insure your life, when it IS
already insured for more than it is worth,
and you are afraid some one will knock
you on the head to get the price of your
policy; but he sticks to you, showing
you pictures OF Old Time and the hour
glass, and the deaths scythe, and a
skeleton, making it quite certain that
you wilt die before your time unless you
take out papers in his company. Be
sides this, you have cold in your head,
and grain Of dirt in your eye, and you
are walking uneasiness. The day is
out of joint and no surgeon can set it.
The probability is that if you would look
at the weatnervane you would find that
the wind is northeast, and you might
remember that you have lost much sleep
lately. 1t might happen to be that you
are out of joint instead of the day. Be
careful and not write many letters while
you are in that irritable mood. You
will pen some things in the way of criti-
cism or fault-fnding that you will be
sorry for afterward. Let us remember
that these spiked nettles of life are part
of our discipline. Life would get nau-
seating if it were all honey. The table
would be poorly set that had on it moth
ing but treacle. We need a little vine
gar, mustard, pepper and horseradish
that brings the tears even when we do
not feel pathetic. If this world were all
smoothness we should never be ready
for emigration to a higher and better
one. clustering March and weeping
April prepare us for shining May. This
world is poor hitching post. Instead
of tying fast on the cold mountains, we
had better whip up and hasten on to
ward the warm inn, where our good
friends are looking out of the window
wa atpbiucr tn SOC us come m
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
MAY TURPENTINE LEASES
BE TAXED AS REALTY?
This Question VIII Soon Be Decided By the Su-
preme Court of the State of Mississippi. The
Case is that of Hancock County VS.. the I'M
perial Naval Stores Company Complainant Won
in Lower Court-The Final Outcome Will Be
Watched With Considerable Interest.

The case of Hancock county VS.. the
Imperial Naval Stores Company is one
upon which depends great deal for the
timber smen and timber lessees Of the
southern part of Mississippi, involving as
it does the very important question of
whether turpenUine leases can be taxed
as realty. The chancellor in the lower
court decided that leases of this charac-
ter cannot be taxed. Because of the
many leases of this kind now existing a
ruling of this different from that made
by the local chancellor, turpentine oper-
ators would be liable to back tax assess
ment amounting into the thousands OF
dollars.
The Attorney General has prepared a
very extensive brief on the case, and has
filed the same with the clerk Of the Su-
preme court. He contends to the oppo-
site of the rule laid down by the Alaba-
ma courts, that turpentine lease is a
mere license, and therefore not taxable'
and that to tax same is double taxation
and agrees with the Mississippi Su-
preme Court in the case of Fex VS.. Dill,
Eighty-sixth Mississippi, that lease is
not license.
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endar year 1904 amounted in value to
about ST 800, 900, divided as follows:
Total tonnage los ,11e; total value, 81 100000.
The shipments leaving the Wolf and


The shipments leaving the Wolf anC
Jordan rivers are delivered generally a
Gulfport, Miss, and New Orleans, La.
while the return cargoes OF merchandise
are loaded at these ports.
Nature of improvement desired. As
stated in the reports OF 1893, the river
channels of the Wolf and Jordan rivers
are sufficiently deep to accommodate al
vessels which can navigate Bay ST
Louis, but the entrances to these rivers
are obstructed by bars which limit the
draft of vessels navigating these streams.
The range of tide in Bay ST. Louis,
while not great, is affected considerably
| by the winds, which in winter time
lower the water surface considerably
On this account, navigation by even the
small vessels now engaged in the trade
on the Wolf and Jordan rivers, is rem
dered quite uncertain. One vessel is
reported as having made but 20 trips
during the past year, whereas, with a
deeper channel, 50 trips might have
been possible. BY reference to Coast
Survey chart 100, it can be seen that the
water in Bay st. Louis is quite shoal,
and the draft afforded by that waterway
is the governing factor in determining
the depth to which the entrance chan
nels to Wolf and Jordan rivers might be
dredged.
On May 4, 1905, with a normal sum-
mer tide, the mouth of the Jordan river
afforded depth of slightly over feet,
while at the Wolf river entrance there
was foot less water. At the same time
there was navigable approach to Jor-
dan river bar of from ~ to feet, and
of from to IL feet to Wolf river. 1t
can be seen, therefore, that channel
about 7 feet deep at low water is all that
it is practicable to obtain at the locali-
ties under examination. The cost of OBJ
tanning snch channels of navigable width
at these localities is estimated at from
S25, 900 to $4,000. The work would
have to be performed by a hydraulic
dredge, as the depth of water is insult
ficient to accommodate mud scoWs of
any size. The conditions for mainte-
nance are considered quite favorable,
although, owing to the srsags and dead
head logs xnich are carried down these
streams and lodged at the entrances,
shoals would probably form in the
dredged cuts. 1t is believed, however,
that the channels can be maintained in
navigable condition at an annual cost of
about 10 per cent of the cost of the pro-
iect,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
E. ]. CEx FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

That young man and one we'll verse
in legal matters; one who is abreas
of the times and acquainted with con
ditions and who could ameliorate ther
and administer to the wants OF his con
stituency, should be the next represen
tative from Hancock county is but fit
ting. In summing up such requisites W
can think of no one in the countYbette
qualified to represent Hancock mex
year than our townsman, E. J. Gex.
Mr.. Gex has been urged by his man,
friends, both here and over the county
to allow his name to be used in tht
coming campaign, but so far he has
reached no decision in the premises
However, it is safe to say, should the
matter be left to his friends, he viii, nc
doubt. become a candidate; for they
are as a unit and unanimous chat he
should serve them. He is young, ag-
| gressive and wide awake, and it would
be his highest ambition to return home
from the Capitol with the proud record
Of having accomplished something for
his people, and for the State at large as
we'll.
Hancock county, as other Gulf Coast
counties, by reason of its geographical
position, is peculiarly situated, and from
this fact arise wants that are singular.
The majority of laws enacted for the
welfare, betterment and protection OF
Mississippi and her people, suited to
the State, are generally misfits for the
Gulf Coast and prove largely detrimen-
tai to her social and material welfare.
Mr.. Gex is largely and popularity known,
and his chances for election are such as
to warrant success at the polls, and, if
elected, his efforts as citizen Of the eX-
treme coast portion Of the county, will,
if assisted by others, prove instrumental
in bringing about reform and applying
the necessary remedies to those laws to
this section that are monstrosities and
general misfitS.
1t is the duty of a live and progressive
newspaper, as the friend and representa-
tive of the people, to urge the best men
to allow themselves, for a while at least,
to be separated from their business in
terests and to serve the people in a pub
l1c capacity. If all men are not born
equal, then it should be expected of
those who are our superiors in mind,
ability and talents to give the others the
benefit Of their time, for while at least.
With such duty to perform as is ex-
pected of the press, we urge Mr.. Gex to
seriously consider the call that is being
made by his friends, and, i he cssn con-
in some wise permit the use Of
his name in connection with the trust,
to accede to the popular demand.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
BORROW A MILLION DOLLARS.
Lumber Dealers Near Hattiesburg Negotiate Large
Loan to Expedite Operations.

A press telegram from Hattiesburg
that Camp &c Hinton, the big lumber
dealers and manufacturers of Lumber
ton, have just had recorded in Perry
county deed of trust to secure $1,OOO,-
600 in favor of the Central Trust Com
pany of Chicago. The deed covers all
the properties, timber lands and mills,
in Perry, Lamar, Pearl River and Ma
rion counties. Itis understood that this
money has been raised to facilitate the
handling of the fallen timber on the
company. Owing to the mild winter it
has been found that the worms are at
tacking this timber earlier than was ex-
pected, and the owners are bestirring
themselves to take care of it.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
GULF COAST ELECTRIC
THROUGH BAY ST. LOUIS
Talk of Extending Gulf Coast Road Again Re-
viyed.-Runor That Proposed New Railway
Will Use Tracks of the Northeastern to
Enter New Orleans. While This is Only a
Rumor, Neither Confirmed Nor Denied, There
Might Be Something in it.

/ Whether the thought is father to The
wish or not, The Echo has always enter.
tained the hope, and still does so, with
the many other minds who opine the
same, that sUide day in the near future
the Gulf Coast Electric Road will touch
Bay st. Louis and continue on its way
to New Orleans.
Every once in while the project, or,
to be more accurate, the rumor to this
| effect is revived and gains current circu-
| lation. While this does not necessarily
mean the road through Bay st. Louis
on to New Orleans will become reality,
yet it keeps the subject alive, and the
agitation might yet bear fruit. But,
perhaps, there might be something after
all in the latest anent the subject, which
appeared Saturday evening in the New
Orleans Item, as follows:
The report gained circulation in rail-
road circles to-day that Colonel j. T.
Jones, president of the Gulf Traction
Company at Gulfport had perfected
plans to extend the western end of his
electric lines into New Orleans by build
ing from a point between here and Gulf
port to the north side of the lake, where
he could use the New Orleans and
Northeastern tracks into New Orleans.
President Harvey, of the New Or
leans and Northeastern, is out of the
city, and this prevented verification
OF the news. However, his chief clerk
stated that he had heard nothing of the
reported agreement between the electric
line and the Northeastern Railroad.
The information obtained to-day is
that Colonel Jones had already surveyed
route from a point just east Of Bay
ST. Louis, around the lake and low
lands to North Shore, in order that he
might use the Northeastern tracks and
bridge across the lake by stringing
trolley wire overhead. The fact that
the Northeastern is now building dou-
BILE track between its New Orleans depot
and the lake is not denied. On the
other hand, 1t was stated to-day that
this track will be completed within the
next few weeks, but that it is being
built to relieve congosted conditions.
A few months ago it was unofficially
announced that the Northeastern in
tended to double track its bridge across
the lake to accommodate an electric
line, but the project fell through.
Mr.. Harvey's chief clerk said he
placed little faith in the report of an
electric line to cross the bridge, because
the Northeastern is now operating about
forty trains a day over the line and
across the lake, and according to his
views this is about all that could be
taken care.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY BOARD.
Held Thursday Night at City Hall to Discuss Gas
Franchise With Promoters of Project.

Pursuant to special notice, made /;
part of these proceedings, specia
meeting of the Board of Mayor and Al.
dermen of the City of Bay st. Louis
was held at the city hall on Thursday
the 17th day of January, 1907, at 81
o'clock. Present: his honor, John K
Edwards, mayor; 7. w. Adam, ]. L
Favre, E. J. Gex and F. S. Fabre, Jr.,
aldermen; A. J. Carver, marshal; r.
Mendes, secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Bay ST. Louis, Miss, Jan. 15, '07.
Special notice to the Aldermen of the
City of Bay ST. LOUIS.
Gentlemen
You are hereby notified that special
meeting of the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen of said city will take place at
the city hall on Thursday, January II,
1907, at 1870 o'clock p. M, the object
being to entertain propositions for gas
franchises from Messrs. A. l., Stokoe
and J. Bishop, respectively.
By order of the mayor,
Attest: j. K. EDWARDS,
RICH'D MENDES, Mayor,
Secretary.
Executed on Alderman T. W. Adam
JAN Is, '07, at $3.50 a. m.
Executed on Alderman J. L. Favre
January Is, 1907, at $3.50 p. m.
Executed on Alderman E. J. Gex
January Is, 1907, at ll:3O a. m.
Executed on Alderman F. S. Fabre
January 10, 1907, at 800 o. m.
F. TACONI,
Deputy Marshal.
The Board was addressed by Messrs.
A. L. Stokoe and ]. A. Bishop on the
matter of gas franchises.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
PROTECT YOUR TOWN.

Protect your own town and thereby
show you are in favor of protection. If
protection is good for the nation, it is
good for the town. AS tOWnspeople we
should favor our town above every other,
as the growth and development of it is
what will enhance the value of all prop
erty both in and about it. Then buy
your dry goods, groceries,, hardware,
furniture, ETC., at home; have your
printing, your blacksmithing, your shoe
making done at home; patronize home
in every instance that you can. The
success of our merchants and mechanics
means new business houses and resi-
dences, additional demands for labor of
various kinds. To the farmer a first
class town affords a better market for
his grain, better trading point, and
such a town is bound to increase the
value of his land. Unquestionably Gin
union there is strength. Let Us pro-
tect our town.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

Mr.. Stokoe not being ready to submit
d proposition at the time, Mr.. j. A.
Bishop was heard, the matter thor
oughly discussed with the Board, and
terms upon which franchise will be
issued him agreed upon. And further
time was allowed Mr.. Bishop to reduce
his proposition to writing, which will be
submitted to the Board at a subsequent
meeting for adoption.
There being no further business, the
Board adjourned to meeting in course.
Attest: RICHARD MENDES,
Secretary.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

The best way to build up city is for
each and every man in it not to strive
to rend and tear down. Whenever a
man in the town is doing well, do not
try to- tear hIm down. All the residents
of town are partners, not opponents.
In all likelihood the more business done
by your rival the more you will do.
Every gentleman who treats his Gus
toner honestly, eourteously and fairly,
viii get his share, and the more busi-
ness that can be secured by united
effort, the better it will be for all. When
town ceases to grow, it commences to
die, and the more the people try to kill
off each other in their business and good
name, the more rapidly will utter ruin
come to all. Stand together for the ad-
vancement of every citizen. If man
shows ability to prosper, do not pull
him back with jealousy or weigh him
down with cold indifference.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

the result is as near a perfect play as it
is possible to get. The very height OF
stage realism is in getting as near to
nature as the laws of mimicry will per-
NIT, and this has been the sole object Of
the author OF this really splendid play.
1t is a play in which the audience is
brought into personal contact with liY-
ing, breathing characters, whose lives
were interviewer with conditions and
surroundings, and whose frailties and
foibles, virtues and idiosyncracies are
as pictures thrown upon canvas by a
master painter. No wonder this COM
pany is meeting with such wonderful
success.
This is the same company that has
played all the large cities of the South;
no doubt, they will be greeted with a
large attendance.
Seats can now be secured.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
THE BEAUTIFUL PLAY OF EAST Lynne.
Will be Presented at The 0soinach Opera House
Next Tuesday Night, January 22nd.

"Whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing WE'LL" is a maxim that is
as true as it is old. The lines of this
adage have been closely followed by
the producers of this seasons great re-
vival production of "East Lynne.
headed by Miss Dorritt Ashton, and
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

Substitute comfort for show. Put
convenience in the place Of fashion.
Study simplicity. Refuse to be beguiled
into style of living above what is re-
quired by your position in society and
is justified by your resources. Set a
fashion of simplicity, neatness, prudence
and inexpensiveness which others will
be glad to follow and thank you for in
PRODUCING. Teach yourself to do with
out a thousand and one pretty and
snowy things which wealthy people pur-
chase, and pride yourself on being just
as happy without them as your rich
neighbors are with them. Put so much
dignity, sincerity, kindness, virtue and
love into your simple and inexpensive
home that its members will never miss
the costly fipperies and snowy adorn-
ments of fashion, and be happier in the
cozy and comfortable apartments than
most of our wealthy neighbors are in
their splendid apartments,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
MORE CANDIDATES THIS WEEK
To Announce in The Echo These are Messrs. l..
B. CapdepOn and Alcide Moran for Treasurer.

In the proper column of this weeir s
Echo will be found the formal announce
ment of Mr.. Leon B. Capdepon as a
candidate for the Office of county treas
urer. Mr.. Capdepon is a native and
resident of Bay ST. Louis, a man of
family and representative citizen,
worthy of any and all honors the voters
may confer upon him at the ballot box.
A gentleman of the highest integrity,
Just and honorable in every undertaking
and fair in all dealings, he is we'll quail
fed to hold the trust he aspires to, and,
we'll and favorably known as he is, both
at home and over the county, there is
every indication that he will be snccess-
full. Mr.. Capdepo1 served one term as
alderman of ward from Bay st. Louis,
and his administration of the affairs of
the office was such as to win for him
the plaudits of his constituency. He is
and has been for many years the local
representative of the Singer Mig. Co.,
and that concern holds his services and
personal worth in the highest regard.
-
The formal announcement OF Mr.. AL
eide Moran, of Bay St. Louis, also ap-
pears in this issue of The Echo, and
his entry in the race for the office OF
county treasurer, for which it is said
aspirants will be numerous, makes an
other formidable candidate in the field.
Mr.. Moran is not without his friends
and supporters; for these he has over
the county as thick as the proverolal
"leaves of Vallombrosa," and his friends
base his success on the fact that nearly
four years ago, wden he stepped into
the political arena a new man, he was
beaten by only eleven votes, and that by
one of the strongest men. Mr.. Moran
is an exemplary citizen and enjoys the
rsspect and esteem of his fellow-men
wherever he is known. His qualities
are of the sterling kind, and his ability
to worthily hold the office, if favored
with its entrustment, is such that COM
mends itself to the earnest considera-
ton of every voter over the county.
Mr., Moran says he is in the race to WIN,
and we feel sure that he will fill the Of
fee to the fullest expectations and will
merit the support which viii be neees-
sary to put him into office by his faith
full discharge of the duties thereof.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19
JOSEPH F. CAZENUVE
! II s.. 2 Z = n = =,
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI.

Liverpool and London and Globe Insur-
ance Company,
Southern Insurance Company of New
Orleans,
Etna Insurance Company of Hartford,
Home Insurance Company of New York
Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool,
PhGnix Insurance Company Of Brook
lyn, New York,
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society
Of England,
UNITED STATES FIDELITY
RgPrompt and careful attention given to a
County Bank.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

THE UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER has no
equal. Let me sell you one, either for
cash or on time. G.. @. MOREAU.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

sion often heard in business
circles.
What do you suppose is
thought of you when it is
found that you can't be
reached by a modern meth
cd. 4
A few dollars a year
would place Telephone at
your disposal and the service
offered by the
Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Co.,
is unsurpassed.
Call central for particulars.
. III R. L. GENIN, Mgr. 3
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance
Company,
Hartford Fire Insurance Company,
Queen Insurance Company of America,
National Insurance Company of Hart
ford,
Continental Insurance Company of New
York.
Western Assurance Company of Toron-
to, Canada,
AND GUARANTY COMPANY.
l business intrusted..to us. O1ice-At Hancokc
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-01-19

BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS.
Evening star., 1907-09-01

emnly, that We not the villain that We are,
and SO we bid you go free
Softly, man., said l. seeing how matters stood,
and willing to be with the party OF addlepates.
You cannot thus lightly affront the law without
any rebound upon you. Who is it that gives orders
for my release?
'Tis Squire Pearce,' says he, "enstos rotnIo-
rum"
"Oh, stay that gab!' said 1, If he be Lord
Chancellor, It's all to me. 'Ts how he holds
himself and what his behavior is that in question.
What hath become of the charge against me-"
He looked sheepish for the first time Twas
error, he said. - Twas the size of your nose
misled 'un
Size of my nose!' l roared. "Damme III
teach you to thrust at my nosel And what is
more I'll have the law of you all. My Lords
nephew, that has influence at court, will not easily
sit down under this atfrOnt SIM mel no. Let EN-
come their knees to me- / says, "or, damned
I'll stay here all day and all night too
At that Master Duck looked very much like
owl, and whispered to his watchmen, and they
argued together, while watched them with anluse
ment, but stern face. And then one of the youths
that was looking ventured egg at me, the
which, being misdirected took old Duck in the
face and broke all him in a stream, that
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