The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1908-09-26
ADDITIONAL CITY ECHOES.

ADDITIONAL CITY ECHOES.
Mrs. L. Landreaux and sister, Mis-
Gex, spent a part of the week wit
friends in New Orleans.
d Charles A. Butler, the artist-photog'
rapher, formerly of this city, but nov
of Biloxi, spent Sunday evening here
4 with friends, and was guest at The
Ihome of Mr.. John F. Markey.
| Street Commissioner Leopold Ban.
lgard is serving the citizens of the towr
| liable to duty with "Notices to Road
Hands,, and parties not meeting him
with spade on Monday morning, the
18th, corner Main and Toulme streets,
will pay $500. All firemen are exempt
from duty.
Miss Queenie Homes, of New Orleans,
is spending a while with her friend,
Mrs. Geo. r. Rea, accompanied by her
little brother. Miss Homes recently
suffered through death the loss of a
brother, and is here recuperating from
the sorrows blow.
| Capt. w. S. Cary returned to his
home at Donaldsonyille, La, on Mon
day night, after weeks stay here,
during which time visit to Biloxi and
Gulfport was paid. He left deeply i'm
pressed with the natural beauty, re-
sources and future development in store
for this, Gods own country.
Mr.. w. Carnahan, Box IS, San Mar
Gus, Texas, is interested in Bay st.
Louis and is desirous of learning all he
can at distance about this vicinity.
The Echo has sent him a package of
literature, and possibly some one else
can tell him more of this place. He is
desirous of making this place his home.
Ex-Sheriff J. E. Saucier and other
such officials of the State are interested
in the project of forming an organiza-
tion to be composed of the sheriffs and
ex-sheriffs of the State of Mississippi.
The project, it is hoped, is one that will
carry. A call for meeting at Jackson
is published in another column of The
Echo.
The building of the Church of Our
Lady of the Gulf is reaching a stage of
early completion, and the building is
looming up in great proportions and
artistic shape. 1t is proposed to lay
the corner stone, with appropriate cere-
monies, on Sunday of next week, and
the occasion will be one to warrant a
large attendance of the congregation
and friends from at home and away.
Merchant Jos. O. Mauffray returned
Monday night from Biloxi and Missis-
I 1sippi City, where he had been visiting
since Sunday. At Mississippi City he
visited his relatives, Hon. and Mrs. j.
A. Mauffray. At Biloxi he inspected
municipal improvements with view of
benefitting Bay st. Louis when the op-
portunity presents itself in his capacity
as an honored and useful member of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The Mississippi Railroad Commission,
in session during the week, turned down
a petition from Waveland citizens, ask
ing that the depot of the Louisville G
Nashville r. r. at that place be moved
to another location. The counter petit
tion had an equal number of signatures,
and the matter was promptly dismissed.
The request to move railroad depots to
other locations than their present ones
seems to be growing epidemical.
Mrs. A. F. Cameron is here from
New Orleans, spending few weeks at
her summer home in Union street, and
is seeking tenant for same. Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian and excellent family
who have been occupying the dwelling
are preparing to move to Scranton
Miss, where they will reside perma-
nently. Mrs. Cameron recently spent
a while with friends at Covington, La.
and her departure from there was re.
GREETED by a large circle of newly-made
friends.
w. A. Mcdonald, of "Red Hot" sue.
cess, has an interesting advertisement
in this weeks issue of The Echo con.
cerning feed. You are invited to rea6
and profit by it. Another delivery
wagon will shortly be put in the trade
and, as Mr.. Mcdonald says, "Just keel
your eye on this feed business if yol
want to see how it's done; I'll show yol
something you hadn't thought off,
In another column of The Echo viii
be found quarterly statement of tht
Merchants Bank, of Bay st. Louis
showing the condition of the bank a
the close of business on September 17th
1908, published by direction of Chapte
IA, Mississippi Code, 1905. The state
ment shows up well for the Merchant
Bank. and for the prosperity and success
of the people of this city and vicinit!
who have made such figures possible.
/ Yesterday afternoon brought to +;
close the second week of this year.!
session of the Bay st. Louis publ,
schools. The enrolment up to Thurs
day afternoon was 212, against t55 las